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The Doctors Help

A real contribution to the traffic
safety campaign of Washington has
been made by the District Medical
Society's Committee on Automobile
Accidents which offers a six-point
program of far reaching possibilities.
Three points in the program are
outstanding: The proposal that hold
ers of drivers permits be required to
have their eyes examined before the
licenses are renewed; limitation on
the speed OF vehicles taking injured
persons to hospitals, and establish
ment of scientific method of de-
termining degrees of intoxication,
for the purpose of proving contribu-
tory negligence.
At first glance there is a possibil-
lty of some objection to the eye
examination proposal, but any one
with a knowledge of ocular imper-
fections would not hesitate to indorse
1t. Many drivers with minor defects
OF vision never have had such an
examination, and many who wear
glasses frequently let years pass
without re-examination. The indi-
vidual would find the benefits greatly
outWeighing the inconvenience en-
tailed.
In connection with limiting the
speed of cars carrying injured per-
sons to hospitals much could be
written. 1t is closely tied with the
doctors recommendation that an
educational program in first aid be
sponsored by the Medical Society. At
present thousands Of citizens do not
have the most rudimentary knowl-
edge OF first aid Great work has
been done in recent years by the Red
Cross. the National Safety Council
and the Boy and Girl Scouts, but
the great mass of the people. in manv
cases those who need the knowledge
most, have not yet been reached. The
all too common practice of bundling
an injured person into a car and
dashlng to hospital. the horn blow
ing steadily and traffic lights being
ignored, already has contributed one
death to this years toll Patients as
well as public are endangered by
such a practice. Hence, another of
the committees suggestions-that
the public be better informed of the
availability of emergency ambulance
service now not being used to the
maximum--is pertinent.
The committees cooperation is
heartening. Besides arousing
greater general interest in the safety
program, the physicians offer DOS
slole solutions to important phases
of the problem.
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Thinkino

In 1878 the late F. S. Oliver, who
amused himself by using the pen
name "A Gentleman With a Duster"
when he wished to address his fellow
men, published a book which might
be read with profit by Americans
tooay. The title Of the work was
Seven Ages and the author de-
scrloed 1T as "a narrative of the
human mind" 1t was an appeal for
rational and effective thinking.
Mr.. Oliver argues that "the only
propulsive force which bears the
children Of men from one epoch to
another and from the bewilderments
OF illusion to the confidence of real
lty' is that of conscious and delib
crate intelligence. I'VE make our
destiny by our thinking" he saws.
and the only determinism in nature
Is furnished by the verdicts of the
mlnd. The course of history is the
course OF thought" With such a
premise, it follows that when a man
perceives that the motive power in
the affairs OF mortality proceeds
from the brain, and that the onlv
force OF evolution is the invisible
energy OF ideas, we may logically
expect OF him the realization that it
IS among his obligations to think
nationally, Again. when he per
celves how constantly the progress
OF humanity has been checked and
even hurled far backward toward
oarbarlsm by wrong thinking. we
may as logically expect of him, If he
is moral being, the realization that
to the obligation to think nationally
must be added the duty to think
effectively"
But Mr.. Oliver is more concerned
about indifferent thinking" than
with wrong thinking" "Indecision
IN public opinion" he declares, is
the open gate through which the
forces OF nihilism pour into the
citadel OF civilization" His particular
complaint is that for the last fiftv
years or SO men have been thinking
IN the language of agnosticism." The
tragedy OF their mistake, however
appears to have been that they have
not been skeptical with regard to
their own doubts. For example if
may have been natural to wonder
about the immortality of the human
soul. Why, then, has it not been
natural to question the doubt?
This, perhaps, is merely another
way OF asking when the inevitable
reaction to the past half century of
negative thinking is likely to occur
No commentator can answer with anv
assurance save that of his own en-
thuslastlc hope. Yet it may be that
the end OF a cycle" is at hand. There
is precedent in history for confidence
that when humanity has blundered
up a blind alley, it is for that verv
reason all the more anxious to re-
turn to the normal path of progress.
The world is rife with confusion.
Does not the chaos suggest correc-
tlon? II Mr.. Oliver were writing now
would he not be optimistic for ra-
tlonal and effective thinking at
moment when it is so badly needed?
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Dictator DuIudier

Premier Edouard Daladier is to
remain dictator" of France for
another two years. Official an
nouncement was scheduled to be
made in Paris today that the present
Parliament would be prorogued until
the end of 1941, thus prolonging the
life of the Chamber of Deputies first
elected in May, 1885, with Popular
Front majority.
The Daladier cabinet has contem-
plated this step for some time, mo-
tivated mainly by the fact that it
would not be desirable to begin an
electoral campaign during the pres
ent tense and still incalculable Euro
pean situation. Whatever betides
during the next twenty-four months,
at least, France will be prepared to
face the emergency with a stable
government, which can act in the
Interest of national security unfet-
tered by the restraining fear of
political sniping or the danger of
partisan back stabbing
From that standpoint, the far
reaching measures to be promulgated
on the Quai d'Orsay today are essen
TALLY measures of national defense,
as vital in their way as additional
military or naval arrangements. The
French Parliament has not been pro-
rogued, as it now will be- since the
World War, when Tiger" Clemen-
ceau sought and received such pow
ers as NJ Daladier now wields.
Coincident with perpetuation of
the cabinets powers are eighty
new laws One of particularly human
interest appropriates 9,OO0OOO,OOO
francs in bonuses to encourage larger
families. The revenue will come
partially from the taxes on bache-
lors and childless families. reward
of 1000 to 5000 francs will be given
for each f1rstborn child. Other grants
are to be made to encourage young
peasants to remain on the land.
Penalties for abortion and diSsem-
ination of Objectionable literature
are raised. Child adoption and guard
ianship will be facilitated There is
to be more rigid control of radio
emissions" on political subjects,
especially international relations.
France is intelligently taking time
by the forelock so as to be in readi-
ness for what may be the World of
Tomorrow.
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NATURES WAY
BY the Right ReD James E. Freeman, D. D., ILL., d. D. c. L.
Bishop OF Washington.

We live in the presence of an unfold
ing miracle. The recurring seasons with
their disclosures of divine plan, a plan
that proceeds along its course uninter-
rupted and unhindered, yielding gifts
and blessings for mans sustenance and
enrichment, is the witness of creative
genius that astounds and aWes us. The
part man plays in this ordered scheme is
an important one, especially as it con-
Germs the products Of field and garden.
1t is his duty to plant and seed, cultivate
and reap, and this is an essential part
Of the divine order. I'm the sweat of
thy brow was the requirement imposed
Apart from the important part he plays,
1t is not his skill, genius or toll that
makes possible the rich yields of the
earth. Sun and rain have their place,
but beyond them it is through the un-
falling generosity Of the God of nature.
the great Provider. that old Mother Earth
yields her gifts and blessings. 1t is an
unfolding and revealing miracle that
transcends all our conceits and all our
planning that we witness season by sea-
ooii' AilC mdotci spOke Ol Tie secret,
hidden, creative forces that pursue their
unchanging course and that make the
seed TO spring up and grow" in ways
past mans finding out. He said the
earth bringeth forth fruit of herself, first
the blade, then the ear, after that the
full corn in the ear"
This is the process and we witness it
with reverent awe and grateful admira-
tlon. Let it be interrupted, let it fail.
even Tor season, and all our other
values, all our boasted security and COM
fort suffer grave impairment We take
as matter of course the orderly ways
and habits of Nature. We accept with
eagerness her lfe-sustaining grains and
fruits, we note the wide variety of her
products and now and again we pause
to acknowledge our gratitude for the
abundance and riches of her gifts. The
Greeks and Romans celebrated with
pomp and circumstance the recurring
seasons and their rich yields. They saw
behind these periods of seedtime and
harvest the work and skill of a divine
planner. To the gods of earth and field.
OF bounty and sustenance they paid their
devotions.
Our understanding is not sufficient to
plumb the secret processes of Nature: We
can only witness and be grateful for her
rich blessings. We can only stand in
awe before manifestations too great to
be comprehended. To worship the God
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Faulty LEGISLATION

1t is unfortunate that those
charged with drawing up legislation
for the District of Columbia did not
see to it that the way was properly
cleared for the long awaited consoli-
dation of the Community Center and
Playground Departments on a more
efficient basis than now seems
possible.
1t is evident now that the new
District Of Columbia Appropriation
Act, while purporting to consolidate
the two recreation bodies so that
their service to the District taxpayers
could be placed on a more efficient
basis, at the same time specifically
exempts from reorganization some
OF the very positions it was intended
to merge into the new organizat ton.
Because positions and salaries of
the director OF community centers,
the two general community center
secretaries and the ten community
secretaries are appropriated for "in
accordance with the Teachers Salary
Act of 1924" they cannot be touched,
In addition, four clerical positions in
the Community Center Department
may also be found to be exempt
under the Classification Act of 1923,
Therefore any reorganization which
takes place now will have to be
on a makeshift basis until specific
legislation can be passed which will
exempt these positions and their
salaries from the application of the
two previous acts.
When the time comes for further
legislation affecting the recreation
problem it is to be hoped that Dis
trict officials will see to it that the
way is properly cleared for system
attic and efficient change over from
the old order.
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of nature is worthy, but to feel compan-
ionship with God who is self revealing
is more satisfying. 1t was such a God
that Jesus Christ sought to make mani
fest. A God whose dominating motive
in all His planning is love- Not God
remote, of thick clouds and darkness
not God who speaks in the rolling
thunder and lightning flash, God who
is not touched with the feeling of our
inflrmities," but God who is both Gre
ator and Redeemer. A God who really
cares; God who sees in man possibili-
ties that lift him far above the limita-
tidns of his earthbound life. 1t is little
wonder that the psalmist in profound
reflection cries out: When 1 consider
Thy heavens the work of Thy fingers,
the moon and the stars which Thou hast
ordained, what is man that Thou art
mindful of him?" In his judgment, so
vast were the works of creation that man
was too small, too unworthy to receive
consideration by so mighty Creator.
Christ dispelled this type OF humility,
this differentiation of mans place in
the divine order He gave him the place
OF primacy in Gods plan, invested him
with dignity he had never before
known. With such a lofty vision of his
place and destiny he now walks amid
the wonders of the world about him,
conscious of his "Sonship with the Eter-
nal Father" "a child of God,' an inheri-
tor of Gods Kingdom. With such high
vision of his worth the miracles of the
world in which he lives have a new
meaning. Nature with its abundant
manifestations becomes the expression
OF love as vast and incomprehensible as
the universe itself Every flower and
tree, grains and fruits, summer heat and
autumn's golden harvest the unmeas-
ured spaces above him with their un-
numbered hosts of shining worlds, all
become essential parts of the great
mosaic, whose every single item is de-
signed for the highest development of
his own divine nature, the illumination
and expansion Of his soul
Dull indeed and unreSpOnSive must
man be if he walks the ways of earth
and fails to see in the world about him
the evidences of order and purpose de-
signed for his education and enrichment.
20 God, how manifold are Thy works,
IN wisdom hast Thou made them all, the
earth is full of Thy goodness"
1t is good TO be alive, it is better to
know that this is Gods world and that
We are His children.
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Virginia Fee System

Governor Price, of Virginia, de-
serves support from all factions in
the General Assembly in his plan to
have the next session eliminate the
fee system of compensating public
officers. Judging from the expert
ence of Governor O'Conor, of Mary
land, who put through legislation
this year to end fees for magistrates,
he will meet with opposition both
within and without the legislature.
Such opposition, coming chiefly
from selfish interests standing to
lose by the proposed change, prob
ably can be overridden easily, for the
majority of the voters are solidly
behind the Governor in his projected
fee system reform.
Governor Price, himself, delivered
a strong indictment Of conditions in
his own State in announcing his
plan to tsg to get the legislature to
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Dr.. William Moyo

They lived and labored together,
and 1t is therefore not remarka BILE
that Dr.. William Mayo has followed
his younger brother Charles so soon
to the rest they earned. Both men
had survived beyond the three score
years and ten which traditionally are
supposed to represent the ultimate
average human span of existence in
this troubled world. Fame and for
tune they had won in vast excess
of their most optimistic aspiration
Their clinic at Rochester has been
acclaimed as one of the most
notably useful institutions of mod
ern times. 1t will be their monu-
ment, continue their work, preserve
their claim upon Immortality.
Nearly half century has passed
Since the Mayo family, father and
sons, settled in the Minnesota village
which they were destined to raise to
eminence. Some unexplained quail
ity of genius distinguished them
from the start. Their skill in
diagnosis was "uncanny" But it was
scientific, also. The secret of their
capacity to detect and to cure disease
Is to be found in their policy of care
full study. Each individual patient
was observed" until his symptoms
had been comprehended Then, and
then only, was corrective treatment,
medical or surgical, attempted.
No appraisal of the Mayos, how
ever, would be complete if it omitted
the spiritual characteristics which
they possessed Physicians to the
soul as we'll as to the body, they
practiced religion of service to their
fellow creatures. Their compelling
enthusiasm, their earnestness and
their profound sincerity aided them
to the victories they achieved. And
such triumphs are not affected by
death. The race goes on forever, the
better for suffering and for the relief
of suffering-contrad dictory as the
phrase may seem. DR.. William and
DR.. Charles understood that and were
content in their knowledge.
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Capital SideIights
By Will P. Kennedy

There is a small lin-stature, meek in
spirit, unpretentious but exceedingly able
and efficient member of Congress who
has unique record. Representative
Clyde H. Smith, Republican, of Maine
has been candidate for public Office 49
times and has never been defeated.
Some of his admirers have made
careful survey throughout the entire
United States and claim his record is un-
challenged. And now MI Smith faces
an important decision before he becomes
a candidate for the 50th time. to hold an
Office that will round out half century
In public Office. In his second term
in the House he has come to like the
work here and life in the Capital CITY.
He can unquestionably be reelected.
Party leaders in Maine say that he is
just AS certain to be elected Governor
OF his native State if he is willing to
accept the nomination. Mr.. Smith won
his first nomination when he was ONLY
20, but he came of age before he took his
place in the State Legislature, and was
the Youngest legislator in the entire
United States. When he was rs he be-
came county sheriff, another State rec
ord. He has been superintendent of
schools, selectman in Hartland and in
Skowhegan for 13 years. in the State
House of Representatives eight years in
the State Senate six years. chairman of
the State Highway Commission for four
years chairman of the board for building
the State Reformatory for Women. and
member of the Governors council for
four years.
Behind the contract system for report
Ing debate in the Senate is family
tradition of nearly a century. James
w. Murphy, chief of the official reporters,
has nebulous contract which is never
slgned-but he draws the money from
the disbursing Office to pay the other
ofhclal reporters just as his father and
uncle did for score on score of years He
came to the Capitol in 1896-Which Is
43 years ago-and is still going strong
His chief assistant is Percy E. Bud
long. who came on the lob more than
a quarter of a century ago. The nes-
tor of them all was Dennis F. Murphy.
uncle of the incumbent. who started
on his duties in 184S and died
in 1896. His brother, Edward v. MUIR
ply, came on the job in 1860 and took
over the management in 1896 continuing
until his death in 1919 With him was
associated the late Theodore F. Shuey,
who started in 1863 and continued until
his death in 1888
y ~
At least 25 of the 81 States having
personal income tax laws are prepared
to tax the salaries of Federal employees
under the Public Salary Tax Act passed
by Congress this year In some of these
States no statutory changes in the State
law were necessary. In other States
visions exempting Federal salaries from
State taxation. The new Federal salary
tax raised numerous administrative prob
lens for tax officials throughout the
country, according to information that
has reached Representative John w. Nc
Cormack. Democrat, and Representative
Allen T. Treadway. Republican-both of
achusetts-members of the WAYS
and Means Committee, which handles
the Federal legislation. Montana, Cali
fornia. Colorado, Louisiana, Missouri.
New York, South Dakota and Wisconsin
are among the States that report prob
lems' in this regard.
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abolish the obnoxious system. Brand
ing it "outmoded and vicious" he
said the time has come "to abolish
finally, completely and for all time,
the fee system as a means OF COM
pensating public officers in Virginia,
especially sheriffs and city sergeants
=" The fee system, he added,
is one unworthy of enlightened
government"
AS evidence of the evils of the sys-
tenn, Mr.. Price disclosed that more
than fifty per cent of the annual
reports of receipts and expenditures
OF fee officers filed in Virginia in 1897
were both incomplete and grossly
inaccurate" Large sums were ex-
pended by some fee officers in excess
OF the expenses allowed, the Cover
nor said, and in numerous cases
practically no records had been
kept"
Such statements by the head of
State government confirm in the
public mind some of the long
suspected shortcomings of the fee
system. Under such circumstances
Virginia's legislators will be forced
to place abolition of the fee system,
along with reform of the States Jail
system and liberalization of the SAL
ary scale for teachers, among the
must items on its schedule for the
next session. Candidates who are in
favor of such reforms undoubtedly
will enjoy favored places both in
Tuesdays Democratic primaries and
the general election in November.
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Clarence PHELPS Dodoe

News of the death of Clarence
Phelps Dodge was received in the
Nations Capital yesterday with pro-
found regret. Great numbers of
strangers Joined with many close
friends in mourning the departure
Of citizen whose whole career had
been dedicated p the service Of hu-
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the District is that derivable from the
fact that the appropriation occurs in
the District appropriation bill. But this
the Commissioners hold is not sufficient
to justify the imposition of such bur-
den upon the District revenues The
most plausible inference seems to the
Commissioners to be that the item for
the park was inserted in the District
appropriation law merely for some pur-
pose Of legislative convenience"
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Exactly one civilian was killed dur
ing the three-day Battle of Gettys-
burg, and she by accident Com
pared with war today, war q century
agoAwas as clean as polo or cricket.
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would find that his product is worth on
the world market about Is to 80 cents a
bushel. His corn, with price controls re-
moved, rather quickly would be back in
the 10to-15-cent range. Cotton, if re-
leased into the market from the vast
storage supplies. probably couldn't be
given away. Nobody expects Congress
to show the self-sacriflce necessary to
allow agriculture to become a free" in
dustry. Yet If agriculture is to be main
tanned on q subsidized and controlled
basis, then other branches of American
industry will have to be maintained on
much the same basis. Business can
hardly be half free and half controlled.
half self-supporting and half subsidized,
unless somebody is willing to pay the bill.
OF course, Mr.. Roosevelt like other
heads of governments in the world is
refusing to pay the bill; 1t is a realiza-
tlon OF this fact that most upsets Con-
gress and the country. But Congress
probably has less inclination than the
President to deal with the problem either
OF taxing or of ending subsidies. Merely
to change Presidents-if the experts are
rights not going to be enough to pro-
duce the sound and enduring recovery
that so long has eluded this country.
Still, If there is anything in that idea,
it now should come to light The reason
Is that to all intents and purposes the
Roosevelt administration is stopped in
its tracks and the New Deal is just
about as dead as it is likely to be under
another administration. Unless business
is waiting for the formal shift of per-
sonnel, it now should be ready to strut
its stuff to produce recovery.A
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American L. Juniors
Give Prom Toniaht

The American University junior
prom will be held tonight at the
Congressional Country Club. The
affair will be attended by junior
and senior students only, according
to Mr.. William Hutterly, prom chair
man.
In the receiving line will be
Chancellor and Mrs. Joseph M. M.
Gray, Dean and Mrs. George B.
Woods, DR.. and Mrs. j. w. McCon-
nell and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul E. Smith.
Donald Creech and James Hewitt,
president of the senior and junior
classes, with their respective part
ners, Dorothy Lofts and Ruth
Dewey, will lead the grand march.