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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-26

stu baliinE and praying 1.-THE
waves. thoaKh they still hross ever
the canoe and each one threatened
b turn us. gave The little motor
hsspl we finally ran into the slant
ina bank az the bar. As the nose
went up on the sand. all the water
N the beat ran 10 the stern. making
II lie % heavy In the water that
the se.s Immediately filled u.
bat We were nafe AT last sna n
took us only moment 10 haul the
canoe Up cut Of reach Of that
hungry river. Then We sat down
and spent the newt ten minutes
~orvilessly enjoying eigarets which
had somehow kept dry IN Rob's
skl Jacket pocket. We would have
given a good deal for the warming
contents Of that bottle the fisher
man had drained at Richardson
Landing.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
The Garner Strategy

Vice President John Nance Garner,
In the light of the assertions made by
his close friends and supporters, can
only be regarded as receptive can
didate for the Democratic presiden-
tial nomination in 1910. His hat has
been cast in the ring, by proxy, it
may be, but nevertheless effectively.
Mr.. Gamers friends, in making
clear they intend to do all they can
to bring about his nomination, went
to the length of saying that his
name would be presented to the
Democratic National Convention
even if that of President Roosevelt
should also be placed before that
body. In some quarters this has been
regarded as species of lese majeste.
1t has caused the promoters of a
third term candidacy for President
Roosevelt to turn upon Mr.. Garner
with vigor and venom.
President Roosevelt has not an
nounced himself candidate for re-
nomination. Indeed, his public and
private comments upon the 1910
presidential race have all been tuned
to an expected retirement from the
White House at the close of his Sec
ond term of Office. Apparently, the
field has been wide open for any
Evening star., 1939-06-06

burden would be most inequitable
and unjust now" That was the
unanimous conclusion of the Joint
Congressional Committee of 1915. Is
it any less the conclusion of fair
minded men in Congress today?
4. The obligation based on pay
ments made from local tares solely
because Washington is the Capital,
in ercesS OF aohdt ,oould be paid if
Washington 1Uere the ordinary CON-
mercial Selt-Sustdining city.
AS every one knows, a substantial
portion of Washington's high main
tenance and development costs is
due to the fact that Washington, as
the American Capital, must be MAIN
tanned and developed on a scale be-
fitting the Capital.
S. Obligation based upon heavy
national internal reUenue) tares
paid By the people of the Capital
compared 1Dith corresponding pay
nents By the States.
In developing the Capital, Wash
ingtonians contribute on both sides
of the ledger, heavily as local tax
payers and heavily as National tax
payers. In National taxes they pay
more than nine States combined,
more than any one of half the States.
They are the only Americans who
lack any voice in the disposition of
the funds to which they are such
heavy contributors.
6. The obligation to contribute to-
,Dard the Capital in lieu of the hun
dreds of millions of grants, subsidies
and bounties distributed to the States.
In this distribution the District,
paying more than any one of half the
States in internal revenue taxation
from which the distribution is made,
is not treated as State and until
recently was habitually excluded
from participation in Federal grants
and subsidies.
7. The obligation to make payment
representing the erceSs of services
rendered By the local government to
the Nation ouer those rendered by
the National Government to the Dis
trict.
This excess, as shown by the
Jacobs report, amounted to about
$2,OOOOOO.
The total obligation of the Nation
to the District is not measured by any
one OF the seven points enumerated,
but the total includes them all, less
the portions which overlap or dupli-
cate. The increase of the lump sum
voted by the Senate does not, of
course, measure the obligation. It
is an increase which seeks merely to
meet urgent, pressing needs of the
new appropriation bill. However, the
sources of national obligation, above
enumerated and described, do COM
bine irresistibly to justify the pro-
posed immediate temporary increase
of the lump sum.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Urges Perpetuation of
Old American Stocks.
To the Editor OF The Star:

One of the most urgent needs in the
United States is crusade in behalf of
our older American stocks, to withstand
the intensive propaganda by the So
called minority elements. BY the older
stocks I mean those who settled and in
the main developed the country-roughly
speaking, those who came so years ago or
more. These elements are threatened
with depletion by their low birth rate in
all the Northern and Central States, and
they will be further weakened if the in
creasing agitation against the immigra-
tion laws breaks them down and hun
dreds OF thousands of immigrants are
admitted from Europe and elsewhere.
Immigrants are not absolutely indis-
pensable in the sense, as some contend,
that our people would degenerate with
out them, but their coming should not
be stopped entirely. There should be no
absolute bar against the nationality of
European stocks, but the proportion
should be held to the immigration
quotas which are fixed SO as to prevent
the admission of such numbers as to
diSplace the older stocks and radically
change the composition of the popula-
ton.
Our young married people, when
eugenically fit and at all able financially
should be urged to have at least two or
three children per family. An average
of three births is needed to maintain the
family lines and many couples must have
four to six to Offset those who have none
or only one or two. At present the chill
dren are so few, especially among Prot
estants and modernists, that many fami-
lies are in danger of extinction.
All this need not mean that we regard
the older stocks as superior, but only that
we are determined they shall continue
to live on unweakened in the country
their people founded and in the main
developed. The prevailing propaganda
is now heavily against them. In fact
there is almost no propaganda in their
favor. Tolerance has come to mean
that the minorities are free to speak
while the majorities shall say nothing
CYRUS H. ESHLEMAN.
Lakewood. Ohio.
Nav 70.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Suber RuttIinq

Chancellor Hitlers sense of timing
is not the least distinguished of his
political tactics. He displays it again
in choosing this week as the first
occasion for a public denunciation
of the attempts of the western de-
mocracies to form a non-aggression
front.
Opening what is destined to be
summer of fervid European oratory
attuned to the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary of the World War, the Fuehrer
poured a heavy barrage into the
"encirclement" program of Great
Britain and France. That he chose
for it the zero hour of Soviet Russias
hesitation to join the peace alliance
seems highly probable, with corre-
spending expectation on his part
that his language may deter London
and Paris from pressing Moscow to
decision in their favor.
Hitler told a quarter of a million
war veterans at Kassel, the largest
gathering of ex-service men under
Nazi auspices yet held, that Germany
is now the object of the same "en-
circlement" that the old Reich faced
in 1914 Then he ratified the saber
OF defiance at the Would-be emulators
OF the policy which led to the conflict
OF quarter of century ago. Bri-
tain, France and their allies, he
thundered, will find that German
defense measures now have radically
altered" Indicating the sterner fiber
in the national high command, Hitlef
reminded all concerned that there
are no Bethmann Hollwegs in the
government today, but only those in
whatever capacity who are one hun
dred per cent men and soldiers"
That cryptic allusion has given
rise to widespread fears that another
purge In the upper brackets of the
army personnel may be imminent.
There are revived reports that, as on
other occasions, certain generals dis
approve of the political strategy of
Nazi zealots, who leave out of account
the military odds under which the
Reich at this time would venture war
The Fuehrer runs true to form in
winding up his pep talk to the vet
Grams with familiar profession of
his passion for peace. Nearly two
months have elapsed since Hitler
launched his "once for all" demands
on Poland. He has so far made no
openly militant moves to enforce
them, though there are circumstan-
tial reports of German troop move
ments adjacent to the Corridor and
Danzig. In consequence, the outlook
for peace is better than it has been
at any time since last March. The
so-called "encirclement" plans at
which Hitler rails have unquestion-
ably played their part in removing
the gunpowder from the European
air.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace1UeU.

garden notebooks are along this style
just a jotting down. with dates, of things
planted, when they germihated, when
used, and the results all along the line
1t is helpful to be able to look back to
these data, and to be able to use them
to some good purpose. Garden memories
are notoriously unreliable, just as
weather memories are. Every rain we
think is the heaviest, and every hot spell
the hottest. Except for great weather
occurrences, such as blizzards the mind
scarce can hold such things accurately,
but tends to magnify or lessen them out
of all proportion, one way or other, to
their true state
Garden jottings of five years ago are
helpful as we'll as interesting not only
in particular, but especially in their en-
tirety, showing the hopes which came
true and those which did not, along with
the why's and wherefores.
X +
Surely this spring any garden note
book should show that there was tri-
umphant blossoming of the old favorite
Thousand beauties, unspoiled by rain,
followed Immediately by Paul's scarlet
and then the Dr. Van Fleet, also Mary
Wallace, and that side by side with them
in the garden bloomed most of the
peonies
Next year we shall see if this is dup
Heated.
1t probably will not bet is rather
unusual, although not realized by many
who nevertheless appreciate the effect.
Garden effects-are they not what
gardening is for in one very real sense?
Friends of birds will not mind a few
million aphids, or plant lice, on their
climbing roses.
At nesting time the parent birds carry
thousands of these green insects to their
young, which find them a most accept.
able food
At this time the old birds will desert
young worms and younger insects for
these green, black or even white plant
lice, some species of which are the So
called COWS" of certain species of ants.
Naturally the baby birds find these
small COWS good eating, soft and ten
der, filled with plant juice which they
have secured from between the ribs OF
| leaves.
4
The DR.. Van Fleet rose is one of the
| greatest breeding grounds for aphids in
| the world.
Few roses hold more or blacker lice
| or larger.
Yet the climbers do not seem to be
harmed in the least. This is because the
Van Fleet is one of the hardest plants
in all rosedom, and has so many leaves
that it can afford to lose hundreds o1
them without any real harm to the
| plant.
| So word of caution to gardeners who
also are bird lovers Do not spray youl
Van Fleet roses to get rid of aphids; the
tiny insects will not harm the climber
much, but will afford excellent food fol
many young birds.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Corruption of Justice

The conviction of Circuit Judge
Martin T. Manton, who was subordi-
nate only to the members of the
Supreme Court in judicial ranking,
is indeed a dark chapter in the his
tory of our Federal courts. That this
should be true is all the more shock
ing in view Of the high order of
Integrity which the American people
have come to associate with their
Federal judicial system.
Throughout the past $50 years
there have been few betrayals of the
trust imposed on Federal judges. AS
a class they have been honest, hard
working, conscientious men, devoted
to the noble concept of equal justice
under law. Protected by the life
tenure provision of the Constitution,
these judges, on the whole, have
risen above partisan consideration
and have administered their courts
in a fashion that has won for them
the respect of all the world.
1t is only natural, then, in the
light of that background, that Judge
Manton's conduct, as established by
evidence adduced during his trial,
should seem particularly sordid. Not
only was Justice in his court for sale,
but it went to the highest bidder.
One litigant, if the testimony is to
be believed, often would be arrayed
against another, with the favorable
decision going to him who could pay
the greater price.
With such faithlessness revealed, it
is understandable that confidence
in the courts should be impaired.
But it is necessary in estimating &C
curately the significance of the Man.
ton case to appraise it against the
record of the Federal courts as a
whole. Viewed from that vantage
point, it may be seen for what it is
an isolated instance of betrayal of
trust. Fortunately, the Judge Man
tons have been and will be few and
far between.
Evening star., 1939-06-06

This spring will go down in the garden
book of home owners as the season in
which the peonies and climbing roses
bloomed together.
Not only this, but the blossoms of
neither were spoiled by the rain, an un-
usual thing in ITSELF most often the
peony blossoms are ruined by a down.
pour which catches them at their bloom
ing best.
1t is not usual for such climbers as the
DR.. Van Fleet and Pauls scarlet, prob
ably the two favorites in a big list, to
flower at exactly the same time as such
a>fine peony as the old Festiva maxima.
This spring they did it, and it was a
sight to remember, surely.
Lack of water seldom hurts roses,
either bush or climbing.
They are the camels of the plant world,
in sense. Home gardeners who water
them assiduously are not helping them
much, as far as the water is concerned,
while at the same time they often harm
them by helping spread the black-spot,
that fungus disease which has grown
worse year after year.
There is probably some sanitation in
dry bush or climber which the moist
one does not possess.
Here, again, some people will not be-
heve the evidence of their own eyes.
They see rose in very dry weather
going along nicely, but are so used to
the general idea of watering plants that
they cannot resist doing so.
Bushes beneath house overhang, pro-
vided the soil is clayey, can get along
nicely for days, even weeks, on end,
without one drop of water.
The peony, of course, is plant of an
other color, when it comes to water re-
quirement. Plenty of moisture-at the
roots-during blooming time is very
helpful, if the gardener desires to keep
the big blooms on the plants. Some do
some do not. The non-cutters and the
cutters will never agree Here is one of
the fundamental garden disagreements
whether to grow flowers to clip or to let
bloom in the yard Some try to solve the
problem by doing both, but others believe
that the question is larger than that
So you see the lady with the big pair of
shears tearing her plants to pieces, lit
orally, not only flowers which need cut
ting to keep them blooming, but plants
which are totally denuded by this
method.
There is another type of garden en-
thusiast who seldom disturbs a flower
leaving them all to bloom on the plant
To him or her this is right. Such blooms
as they bring indoors they take with
trepidation. Please don't ask which
gardener is right. 1t is more matter OF
psychology than gardening, perhaps, just
like keeping notebook.
Do you keep garden notebook?
While there are some very elaborate
ones on the market, neatly printed anc
bound, any old 10-cent notebook will do
One may suspect that perhaps the best
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Wild Honeysuckle

Old memories run deep. A summer day
Can halt the march of men and change
their quest
To where wild honeysuckle hides nest,
And scatters perfume where the winds
assay;
The old rail fence beside the hedgerows
gay
Is blanketed with pink for feathered
guest;
Deserted battlefields where patriots rest
Give life to tendrils hugging stones OF
gray.
Tired travellers along the dusty road,
In search of symbols which will hold
them fast,
Are caught in mystic spell of blossoming
vine;
Here, near its beauty hearts may find
abode
The search for wisdom we'll may end at
last,
BY bowers where wild honeysuckles twine.
LEILA PIER KING.
Evening star., 1939-06-06

properly qualified Democrat to seek
the nomination.
What the third termers wish. how
ever, is that all other potential can
didates for the presidential nomina-
ton shall withhold until draft
Roosevelt" movement has attained
such proportions that the Presidents S
denomination will be assured. They
have asserted that the President is
the only New Dealer who can be
nominated in 1910 and the only
Democrat who can be elected against
the Republican opposition.
The strategy of the Garnerites in
their present announcement of the
Garner candidacy is twofold. First,
they wish to give their candidate q
running start in the race for dele
gates to the Democratic National
Convention next year. Second, they
are throwing monkey wrench into
the third term machinery by which it
was hoped to slide President Roose-
welt into another nomination without
material opposition. And beyond
this, there seemingly was a purpose
to smoke out the President and his
supporters; to bring forth some
tangible evidence of their plans,
whatever they may be.
The third termers Nave now been
put on notice that the President can
not have denomination without a
fight in the convention itself. 1t is
not to be handed to the Chief Execu-
tive on a silver platter. Whether the
President will wish a nomination for
which he may be compelled to fight
is question, particularly in view of
the fact that his denomination would
break a precedent that has been
handed down since the days of
George Washington-and by Wash
ington. If the President becomes
convinced, however, that a clear duty
calls him to such contest, undoubt-
edly he will enter the lists. He is not
a man to avoid fight
An unprecedented situation will
arise If the President and the Vice
President find themselves actually in
conflict for presidential nomination
in the coming national convention
1t will be a situation fraught with
dire possibilities for their political
party.
Evening star., 1939-06-06

OF Columbia were denied such hearing?
Can it be that there are some who fear
comparison between the way the
District Unemployment Compensation
Board has done its job and the way it
has been done in other jurisdictions?
Can the House District Committee at
this time afford to discredit itself in such
a way? The so-called fair trade bill was
sent back, even though it was on the
calendar, because no hearings had been
held. The McGehee unemployment
compensation bill, though it is now on
the calendar, should be sent back so that
both sides may be heard.
SIDNEY r. KATZ,
Secretary Treasurer Maryland and
District of Columbia Industrial
Union Council
June 2.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Wants Hearings Reopened
On McGehee Bill.

AZ tne Eoltof OF ne Stdr.
Citizens who care at all about the type
of government under which they live
and whose civic consciousness has not
been dulled by lack of vote in the
District of Columbia should be aroused
by what is happening to the unemploy-
ment compensation law in the District
The first and most important injustice
to the people of the District of Columbia
is the manner in which the hearings
have been conducted. The hearings have
had three outstanding features
The first is the way in which they
have been announced. In one instance
Congressman McGehee stated to the
press that there would be hearings on a
small loans bill. When the hearings
opened, however, they dealt with the
unemployment compensation bill. Then
Mr.. McGehee said, I'VE announced
hearings"
The second is that people who re-
quested to be heard in favor of the Ran
dolph unemployment compensation bill
as against the McGehee bill were not
called.
The purpose of holding hearings is to
accumulate record so that Congress
men may vote with intelligence on the
issue before them. Representative Nc
Gehee, in scrupulously avoiding any
testimony against this bill has subverted
the purpose of public hearings and i'm
peded the free. democratic, legislative
process.
The third feature is that the only
people called were those Mr.. McGehee
felt certain would speak in support of his
bill. If the newspapers and civic and
patriotic organizations of this COM
munity take their institutions of democ-
racy seriously, without regard to the
merits or dement's of the McGehee BILL
they will demand that the public hear
ings be reopened so that all who wish to
be heard on this measure may be heard.
The District Unemployment Compen-
sation Board is accumulating vast funds
for several reasons. The most important
reason is that at every single twist and
turn the board has drafted a restrictive
administrative procedure so as to reduce
to a minimum the number of people
getting benefits, the amount of benefits
which they get, and the period over
which they get them. There is suffi-
cient evidence to prove that even under
the present law the outgo could be in
creased significantly and materially
under an administration which believed
in the purpose for which the law was
set up.
Unemployment in the District of Co.
lumbia is as high as ever. Well over
5000 people are not only unemployed but
in dire need of relief, having been certi-
fed for the w. P. A. Thousands of these
under a liberalized statute could be
eligible for more employment benefits
over a longer period of time. Thou
sands of others, such as domestic serv-
ants, taken care of at present in no
way, could receive assistance through a
revision of the unemployment compen-
sation law.
There is no sense in accumulating mil
lions of dollars in reserve, but there is
even less sense and much less humanity
in shutting ones eyes to the dire need
of the unemployed who should be get
ting more unemployment compensation
benefits.
Full and free public hearings would
involve lot of interesting facts. Is that
the reason that citi1ens Of the District
Evening star., 1939-06-06
Advertisement Policy Of
Magazines DeplOred.

To the Editor of The Star:
I have just read w. H. Shippen, jr.'s,
article concerning the effect of our
magazine advertising in the Argentine.
This advertising is without dignity and
there are no heights or depths to which
it will not go-and American magazine
editors should know that there are
thousands in the United States of
America who think the same thing.
June !. MARY.
Evening star., 1939-06-06

Representative Randolph says, ut
is unfair to myself, to my family
and to my friends to continue to
serve both the people of the District
and my own constituency" There is
truth in that. but for any Represent
ative to be placed in that position is
most of all unfair to the voteless
people Of the D. c.
Evening star., 1939-06-06

It is stated that King George
never carries money in his clothes
and parishioners of St. James
Church, Hyde Park, are wondering
what he will do when the plate is
passed. A tip to His Majesty; he can
give check with the utmost conf
dence it will be framed, not cashed.
Evening star., 1939-06-06

The German press bureau states
that behind the "Siegfried Line"
Teutons may now sip their coffee in
peace, regardless of what goes on
outside" Possibly-if there is any
coffee to sip. They drank wheat
and acorn mixtures in 1ol6-lol8.
Evening star., 1939-06-06

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the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
AL rights of publication of special dispatches
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1939-06-06
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