davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Hopkins
Continued From Page B-1.)

kind of treatment is business going to
get from the new Secretary of Com
merce? These are two questions being
widely asked now. For the present Harry
Hopkins says nothing
Makes Quick Decisions.
AS head of the w. p A. he was a
feverish worker. He takes off his coat
and vest, snaps his suspenders and
buckles down. He makes quick decisions
He stays on his toes, ready for his as
sailants, some of whom are pretty Wig
orous.
He speaks out. He said Hugh john
sons N. R. A. codes were lousy He
said Harold Ickes' P. w. A. was "hay-
wire" Opponents of "boondoggling"-
the special w. P. A. undertakings-are
too damn dumb to appreciate the finer
things of life He irritated the South
by remarking that in Dixie diets for
thousands consist of grits, green's and
gravy" Although he took no particular
interest in politics until he became asso-
ciated with Roosevelt, he never spares
the Republicans.
Those babies will be in museums after
Tuesday," he said of the G. o. P. fol-
lowers just before the 1884 elections
Henry P. Fletcher then was chairman of
the Republican National Committee. He
opposed Mr.. Hopkins relief spending pol
ICY He and his fellows, announced Mr..
Hopkins, have complete lack of under
standing or sympathy for the underpriv-
ileged class of America" Mr.. Hopkins
brother was elected coroner of Tacoma,
Wash, on the Republican ticket and
Harry said: II thought that party died
two years ago and didn't need coroner" +"
Was Leader in Purge.
Hopkins was leader in the purge
movement of last summer, and some of
those Senators who survived the purge
may we'll embarrass him during the con-
firmation debate. "The New Deal will be
here 20 years from now," Mr.. Hopkins
remarked in a moment of ecstasy. Be-
hind every other question about Hopkins
is this large question: Is Hopkins the
Roosevelt choice as the Roosevelt sue
cessor? Is Hopkins the choice to guide
the continuing New Deal during part of
those 20 years?
Mr.. Hopkins is welcomed like beloved
brother at the White House He lives at
his Office, at his home in Georgetown
1921 N street N.W.-and at the Presi-
dents house. He worships Mr.. Roose-
welt. who can stand worshiping. He was
by the Presidents side at Hyde Park
when the doleful election returns came
in last November.
He was discovered by Mrs. Roosevelt,
but Mr.. Roosevelt soon claimed him.
He and the Roosevelts met In 1928,
Evening star., 1939-01-01
Army Waits for Braid
On New Blue Uniforms

The Army is held up by shortage Of
gold-braid embroiderers. Recently an order
was published requiring all officers to wear
blue uniforms for evening functions. There
are l2'ooo officers in the Army and when
you begin sewing gold braid on $4,000
blue uniforms, or even on half that many.
you have started something
Uniform makers were swamped. They
could cut and sew the costly blue cloth.
but the gold embroidery was lob for
specialists-and there weren't half enough.
1t was bottle neck" such as harasses the
Army In times of emergency. If it isn't
gold braid. it's shortage of freight cars
The order for blue dress uniforms had
to be suspended until the embroiderers
could lay on the gold braid.
Evening star., 1939-08-27

incorporate such agreements into
written instruments, and the dis
tinct trend toward Incorporating in
such agreements formulas for hand
ling grievances without recourse to
strikes or lockouts.
All of these circumstances, it Is
observed by the National Industrial
Conference Board, which recently
made an authoritative and detailed
analysis Of the present course of
labor relations, point to more wide
spread and lasting acceptance of
the fundamental principles Of labor
organization, of greater RESPONSE
bility among participants In con-
tractual relationships, and of more
peace rather than more strife in
industry.
While there are still elements
which tend to obstruct rather than
to expedite such trend, all parties
labor, management, and govern
ment-should be encouraged and
more than ever careful that their
conduct be designed to contribute
to this improved condition.
Evening star., 1939-08-27

perfect symmetry It is one thing to
recognize beauty, it is quite another
thing to gain from it it's deeper mean
ing. In Alice Freeman Palmer's de-
lightful biography, she tells of one Of
her mcst favored enterprises, which she
called her Happiness Club" She de-
signed 1t for the less fortunate of the
tenements in Boston. One Of the three
rules she demanded of its members was
that every one was required each day
to see and notice something beautiful
Her purpose was the cultivation of the
seeing and understanding eye. Through
such method she believed that the
gray and colorless lives Of her tenement
dWellerS would be enriched and en-
nobled. The finest example of this ap-
prehension of beauty is found in Helen
Keller. Deaf, dumb and blind, with all
avenues Of approach to the world shut
OF, she came at length through the
persistent and consecrated work of her
teacher, Mrs. Macy, to see and appre-
ciate the beautiful things of life and
the world about her. Few of us who
are blessed with privileges and advan-
tages, with the unrestricted use of all
our faculties, have so deeply sensed the
meaning Of Gods power and love mani
fest in His world, as has this buoyantly
happy woman
Consider the hlies,' is the Masters
plea. See in them something more
than grace and loveliness; penetrate
enter into their meaning; catch in them
visions of the majesty, the beauty and
the love of Him who is ready and will
ing to clothe His children with the gar
ments of Righteousness, garments that
shall never grow old or fade with the
passing OF the years. Consider the
lilies and see in them the true and
deeper meaning of life and its possibil-
tiles. They shall fade, but he who has
caught the lesson which their beauty
is designed to teach-shau go on his way
assured that God, who fashioned the
lily, has made man for higher ends and
nobler purposes.
Life began in a garden. John Fiske
wrote eloquently on, "Thro' Nature to
God it is in the garden of natures
world that man feels the presence of the
eternal.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
The Record UnfoIds

Although the complete picture of
employer-employe relationships in
American industry is a development
extending over our entire economic
history, 1t is a fact that a greater
intensity of experimentation in this
field has been crowded into the past
six years than In any other similar
period.
That much Of this testing has
been accompanied by or resulted in
severe dislocation of orderly indus
trial operation has been clearly OBJ
vious. To some, this dislocation
spelled complete error for the theory
that organization of labor and appli-
cation Of collective bargaining prin-
ciples could be of benefit to a ma
tion's economy. To others, it was
merely temporary result, for which
responsibility was divided and which
would moderate with the passage Of
time. Actually, the full answer prob
ably lies still further in the future.
While an abundance of evidence
could be accumulated on short
notice to serve as proof or disproof
of any conclusions drawn, an un-
deniable significance must be recog-
nized in the increasing number Of
collective bargaining agreements, the
growing willingness Of all parties to
Evening star., 1939-08-27
The Middle E

Under a Seventy-five hundred dol
lar appropriation by Congress, the
District is about to undertake a
major phase of the traffic safety
campaign.
The Traffic Advisory Council al
ready has made its recommendations
to the Commissioners for a program
to be followed In this drive. With
the exception Of a survey Of the
double parking problem, the coun-
cips program is confined to "the mid
die e. Of the National Safety Coun-
ellis famous Enforcement, Educa-
ton, Engineering" program for the
promotion of safety.
In placing such emphasis on edu-
cation, the council not only is fol-
lowing a method which has been
effective elsewhere, and which is be-
ing stressed in almost every national
safety publication at this time, but
one which obviously still is needed
in Washington
Valuable safety educational work
is under way at present. The volun-
tary activities of various civic and
professional organizations have been
most beneficial, and the safety pro-
grams of other organizations hold
the promise of results to come.
These programs, which take the
time and energy of individual citi-
zens during the hours they would
otherwise devote to recreation or to
their families, deserve a great deal
of praise, not only for the public
spirit manifested, but for the results
obtained. The program proposed by
the Traffic Advisory Council would
be under official auspices, but other
wise would coincide with the activi-
ties of private citizens
Considered one by one, these activ-
tiles of so many agencies appear
small and somewhat futile, but they
long since have passed the stage
where they can be considered singly
The traffic safety campaign of Wash
ington has been, in the main, a spOn-
taneous uprising against a steadily
growing toll of death and destruc-
ton. It's educational features were
impressed upon thinking citizens
many months ago. 1t is directed at
this time at newcomers who may be
unfamiliar with the problems of con-
gested streets, at children just COM
ing of school age and at those adults
who appear not to visualize the
traffic problem in relation to them
selves, and who fail to understand
that reasonable regulation designed
for safety may be inconvenient at
times, but does not come under the
head OF persecution.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Appeal for Peace

the BOOK OF Common Prayer
contains petition for use "in time
of calamity which surely may be
repeated by the population OF the
world today: % God, merciful and
compassionate, who art ever ready
to hear the prayers of those who
put their trust in thee, graciously
hearken to us who call upon thee,
and grant us thy help in this our
need, through Jesus Christ our Lord"
Nineteen centuries have passed
since the Saviour died for men, yet
the brotherhood for which He sub
mitted to the Cross still is not
achieved. The peoples of the earth
are not ignorant of Him nor lacking
in gratitude for His sacrifice. Proof
of their charity, their tolerance and
their fellow-feeling may be found in
rich abundance everywhere. But
their instinct toward love is forbid
den by their masters-the Caesars
and the Napoleons of the modern
age who lead them astray. For
better guidance, then, humanity
should appeal to the Creator of All
Living.
The churches of America should
be filled with kneeling throngs this
morning. Yet prayers raised pri-
vately in the home, or in the street,
are not necessarily unheard. What
is wanted the world throughout is
renewal of faith in divine as
distinct from mortal processes.
Providence rather than expediency
and opportunism should have the
allegiance of those who presume to
direct the business of mankind.
THAT peace which is the fruit of
Righteousness" may be had only by
submission to the will OF God. 1t
cannot be attained by devotion to
Macchiaveli and Karl Marx nor by
loyalty to dictators whose boast it
is to defy religion.
Perhaps the present crisis may
teach the race the lesson of the
danger Of listening to False Prophets.
The voice of conscience must suggest
as much.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
"THRO' NATURE TO GOD"
By the Right Rep. James Freeman, D., D. c. L,
Bishop OF Washington.

Lie began In garden So runs the
Genesis account of creation. Regarded
as fact or legend, the story has deep
significance. 1t is worthy of comment
that the early chapters of the Bible
have to do with garden, and that the
closing chapters have to do with city.
From the primitive and simple to the
complex, from the glory of Gods crea-
ton to the expression OF mans genius.
: 1t is suggestive of the gamut of mans
life. He begins in an environment that
is simple and freed from the artificial,
he comes at length to one that is COM
plex, confused and that has in it much
that Is ephemeral and superficial
The Master chose for His great work
and for His mighty utterances the open
spaces. He avoided the congestion of
the city. Most of His teachings were
drawn from nature. Flowers, fields Of
billowIng grain, trees and birds, these
furnished the rich Illustrations that
made His messages picturesque and ap-
pealing In His Sermon on the Mount"
which contains many of His greatest
utterances, He colors it by alluding to
the fowls Of the air, the lilies of the
field and the green grass as the rich
and glowing evidences of the Eternal
Fathers love and care In one of these
passages He says: Consider the lilies
OF the field, how they grow" and then
compares their faultless beauty with
the regal robes of Solomon in all his
glory" He was challenging men to con-
template and reflect upon the works Of
God in the manifold creations of ma
ture and to see in them the sure evi-
dences OF His greater care for them
There Is irresistible logic in this, for
In no place do We feel closer to the God
of our life than in the rich and manifold
things Of nature. Here we seem to
touch the hem of His magnificent gar
ment. Here We feel that We commune
with Him and catch visions of His Gre
ative genius and loveliness We speak
OF the beauty of holiness" and it is in
contemplation Of this beauty that We
are moved to reverence and solemn awe.
The appeal which the Master makes
is not only to behold the beauty of the
lily. but to consider. to reflect upon it's
significance, to learn q lesson from it's
Evening star., 1939-08-27

advice and assistance after their
babies came expanded their work,
and groups offering assistance in
improving general surroundings In
the home redoubled their efforts.
This united work now Is bearing
fruit.
The improvement is an outstand-
ing example OF what can be accom-
plished by the intelligent application
Of civic effort.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
ACiyic Victory

The Census Bureaus survey of
Washington's births and deaths for
1888 gives an encouraging picture of
rapidly improving health and living
conditions here. The number of
births was greater than ever before,
the ratio Of births to deaths was the
best ever recorded. But perhaps the
most interesting, and certainly one
Of the most important bits of in
formation contained in the report
concerns infant and maternal NOR
tality.
While the birth rate of the country
at large has been declining during
the last fifteen years, in the Capital
it has been rising. In the period
from 1921 to 1925, the national rate
OF births for each thousand of the
population was slightly above twenty
two. It has declined until in 1887,
the last year for which complete
figures are available, it was less than
seventeen. In Washington the rate
increased steadily over the same
period until in 1887 it stood at nine
teen and seven-tenths, then in
creased in 1898 to twenty and six
tenths. That these babies are coming
into the world under better con-
ditions Is indicated not only by the
ratio of births to deaths, one hun
dred sixty-two born to each hundred
that died in 1888 as compared with
only one hundred forty-one the pre-
vious year, but by the steady decline
in infant mortality and by the fewer
number Of mothers dying in child
birth.
In 1881 nearly seventy-three Of
every thousand children born died
within the first few months. The
maternal mortality rate was nine per
thousand These figures represented
a steady increase over long period
of years and were among the worst
in the country. Slight Improvements
were made from then on, but the
figure for 1885 was nearly as bad.
Last year, however, only forty-eight
infants in a thousand died, and less
than six mothers.
The improvement Is not an accident.
Nor does it refiectnecessarily an i'm
provement in private economic con-
ditions. The pre-depression periods
of the best living opportunities
covered the city's most serious NOR
tality figures. The change for the
better is the direct result Of a con-
scientious and intelligent effort on
the part of those capable of con-
tributing to the improvement. Eight
years ago various agencies in the
Capital, alarmed by the situation,
began concerted campaign to bring
about change. Led by the medical
profession and the Health Depart
ment, numerous citizens turned their
energies to the problem. Through
various Community Chest agencies,
prenatal clinics began to reach a
larger proportion Of the population,
clinics where mothers could obtain
Evening star., 1939-08-27
The San Antonio Affair.

1t is only too easy to understand
and even to sympathize with the
emotions of the crowd and it's leaders
in San Antonio who, defying the
police and firemen placed there by
Mayor Maverick for protection, broke
up peaceable assembly of American
Communists and drove them from
the hall. In the first place, the hall
was erected by the citizens Of San
Antonio as a memorial to soldiers
who fought in the World War, many
of whom died in defense of the very
principles which are flouted and rid
iculed by the Communists today
There was thus a certain implied
irreverence for the symbolism of the
memorial, in addition to the natural
repugnance of Americans for every
thing that Communists and Com
munism have come to represent.
1t may be less easy but more i'm
portant to understand the decision
of Mayor Maverick-if the municipal
ordinances left him with any dis
cretion in the matter-to permit the
Communists to meet in Memorial
Hall, to protect their right to meet
by turning out police and fire details,
and to place in jeopardy his political
life in doing so.
The Mayor had as recent guide
the fortnight decision of the United
States Supreme Court in the Hague
case, a decision which upheld the
right of groups of citizens to meet in
public places and which emphasized
the duty by public officials to pro-
tect such assemblies where the threat
of disorder came not from the as
sembly but from unlawful efforts to
break it up. And he had, of course,
the Federal Constitution and, pre-
sumably, the Constitution of Texas
as guarantees OF the right OF citizens
to freedom of speech and the freedom
Of peaceful assembly.
Those who engage in such mob ac-
ton as typified in San Antonio should
remember that the danger in this
particular form of intolerance is that
it may so easily be turned against
nom Communists as we'll as Com
munists. Mayor Maverick undoubtedly
had that in mind, for when con-
stituted authority anywhere winks
at the laws of the land 1t endangers
the safety not merely of small and
hated minority but of others whose
views and opinions today may be
hated tomorrow. The disquieting ele-
ment OF such episodes as the San
Antonio affair does not arise from
any difficulty in understanding the
emotions of outraged Americans, but
from the inescapable fact that such
exhibitions are more typical of Hit
lerism, Stalinism, Communism and
Facism than of genuine Americanism
Evening star., 1939-08-27
PoIund Must Decide

Although Great Britain has yet to
make known her reply to Hitler's
latest peace offer" the tone of the
French response as reported in
dispatch from Paris suggests that
the controversy has reverted to its
original status and that Poland is
still free to decide for herself whether
she will yield to the demands of the
German Chancellor or fight in de-
fense of her territorial integrity If
the Fuehrer resorts to force.
Hitler, according to available in
formation, has been told that France,
come what may, intends to make
good on her guarantee to Poland,
and that if Germany desires peace
full settlement OF her claims she must
negotiate directly with Poland on a
basis of mutual equality. In other
words, France has served notice that
she will not be party to any secret
deal for the partitioning Of her
Polish ally. There is every reason
to suppose that the French govern
ment consulted with London before
delivering it's rejection Of Hitler's
effort to achieve his ends by nego-
tiating with third parties pledged to
support Poland, and it may be as
sumed therefore that the British
answer will be in similar vein.
If both the British and French
leave the final decision to Poland
and reiterate their determination to
stand by their pledges, it is obvious
that the all important consideration
then will be the character Of Hitler's
so-called new offer. On this point
there has been no definite informa-
ton from any source, but all indica-
tions are that the Fuehrer, at best,
has not receded from his original de-
mand@the return of Danzig and
the cession OF pathway from ten
to fifteen miles wide through the
Polish Corridor to connect Germany
with East Prussia.
That Is the territorial demand
which Poland rejected in the first
instance and there is no new element
In the picture to lead one to suppose
that it will be accepted now. I'm
doubtedly the German leader has
offered guarantees against fortifica-
ton of the pathway through the
Corridor and against its use as an
instrument to deny Poland access
to the Baltic Sea, but in the light of
Hitler's long record of broken pledges
It is not likely that any new ones will
carry much weight with the Poles.
If Hitler has yielded on anything
It Is on his enlarged demands
the entire Corridor and Upper Silesia
with Its valuable mineral resources
be restored to Germany. These de-
mands were made recently, after
Poland had refused to submit to the
original proposal, and it must be
obvious to the Poles that the master
of Germany will not long be satisfied
merely with Danzig and a corridor
across the Corridor" On the contrary,
they have every reason to believe
that Danzig and the second corridor,
once secured, would only be used by
him as lever to satisfy his larger
ambitions.
Poland cannot give up the Corri-
dor without becoming landlocked
state and, ultimately, a vassal Of the
Reich If she is not actually absorbed
by the expanding German frontiers.
Poland has said she will go down
fighting rather than to thus &C
quiesce in her own destruction, and
there has as yet been nothing to
indicate weakening OF that reso-
111tion
Evening star., 1939-08-27

When the United States has good
harvest she settles down to enjoy
a degree, at least, Of prosperity.
When the same boon is conferred on
Europe she tends to celebrate the
event hy having Z good, rousing war.
Evening star., 1939-08-27

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
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.
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Rate by MaiI-Payable in Advance
An Other States .nd Can.d.
Member Of the Associated Press

Entered rs second class matter post ONCE.
WashinRten. D c.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Fifty Years Ago
In The Stur

Controversy over lighting the streets
of Washington arose half a century ago
in consequence of an undertaking on
the part Of the District Commissioners
Evening star., 1939-08-27

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Main once: I1th st and Pennsylvania Ave
New YORK ONCE: ITO East And st.
Chicago once 435 North Michigan Ave
Evening star., 1939-08-27

~ -
Then came the turning point tn his
career. He married the daughter of
one of the ruling families of Charleston.
1t was case of the small planter, prac-
tically q man Of the people. marrying
into the great landholding and slave
holding aristocracy and, OF all cities In
America, Charleston then probably was
most aristocratic. This altered CAL
houn's entire point of view. His politics
switched practically overnight and he
became the chief champion in Congress
OF States rights. His part Of the IA
nous Calhoun debate remains
a sort of Bible for the upholders Of
States rights
Under President Monroe, Calhoun be-
came Secretary of War. He was Vice
President with John Quincy Adams and
with Andrew jackson. Jackson was now
the champion of the small man which
Calhoun had been in his youth and be-
fore his marriage. The cleavage be-
tween them was too sharp, so sharp that
service could not be shared, and CAL
houn became the only Vice President
ever to resign. Later he became Secre-
tary Of State in President Tyler's cabi-
net and then q Senator.
These early bitternesses are unlikely
to recur. 1t is not that the American
people are less interested In politics; 1t
is that they have become little less vio-
lent and, moreover, have learned the
lesson Of party discipline.