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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-21
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When Garfield Licked
A Country School

A MEXICAN educations was
"A primitive and lusiy afiair
~hen youthful James Aoram Gar,
Acid took his FIRST country schooi
N the pioneer midwest about
1850 Anyone knowing the mere
.rud,ments Of learning could teach
then. The result was that tne
west probably had more neon.
retent instructors than you could
And in the entire nation today.
Hut then . teacher needed more
Than scholarship and learning. a
teacher needed strength. as ycung
Garfield found the day he took
command OF his first students. For
two years his school had been
rlofous affair Every teacher hao
Aeen either thrashed or frightened
out Of the community. Elmer
Car6eld would have 70 conquer
On the nrst day or take the same
road. -
He chose TO conquer and he did
aust that. Garfield picked first on
the schools No. bully and for
The 6rS& time IN two years the
fellow cot . thrashing. But mol
before he picked UP a stuck OF
6rcwood and aimed il at Gar
lieid's skull. A general free-for-
al asht followed after that. The
schoolhouse was practically
turned upside down, but Garhelo
vas on top Of the heap when the
affair ended He was on top OF the
heap. for that matter. for the rest
81 his life.
FOR the u dollars . month that
CarAeld earned on that school ,oo
were used to complete his own
formal education. and that educa-
oion elevated him 10 the presi-
dency Garfield. the President. is
shown here On stamp OF the
q. 5. series a. 1904. Scent light
nsrooa. also magenta. enlarged
Scnoyr,ght; 1883. NEA Service. Incl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-21
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-21

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Evening star., 1939-11-03

Mussolinis coolness to Berlin ap-
peared when 1t became clear the
Polish German controversy was no
mere repetition Of Austria and
Czecho- -slovakia, but contained dire
portents Of war. It has been q long
time since Mussolini voiced solidarity
with Germany, and symptoms Of q
growing rift seemed more clear when
Count Ciano suddenly visited Berlin
and Just as suddenly returned to
Rome when Chancellor Hitler's most
recent peace offensive was in the
making. Italy did not serve as stooge
for Herr Hitler in his ill-founded
effort to persuade the allies to call
OF the war.
It is too early to assume that Italy
has slipped suddenly into the allied
camp, although the changes at Rome
are welcomed In London, but 1t can
be fairly assumed that the removal
from power Of the men who favored
standing with Germany substantially
reduces the likelihood of Italy now
fulfilling her alliance obligations to
Germany If the latter should de-
mand it.
Evening star., 1939-11-03
Detective Feat

The detective Of fiction works on
broken cuh links, cigarette butts,
bullet holes and similar parapher-
malta Of crime and deduces that the
culprtt was a left-handed sailor from
Trinidad with wooden leg and Q
weak alibi. If this happens after the
fifteenth chapter, the reader may be
sure he is right; II earlier, there is
some room for doubt, as sometimes
he Is foolish enough to be led astray
by false clues for a time. II so, he
modestly confesses that he was in
credihly stupid and should have seen
the answer along about page twenty
three. Fortunately, no matter how
many strikes he may take, in the end
he bats 1000.
The detective Of fact is usually not
lucky enough to find cuff link and
has to be content with a much lower
average. He also has a different con-
ception Of modesty, and 1t would
never occur to him to admit that he
had been a bonehead, even after the
commissioner had agreed enthusi-
astically.
Occasionally, however, he rises to
the heights of his fictional brother.
Such was the case recently in Ven-
tura, Calf. As a covey Of i've sleuths
were roosting at headquarters, sud-
denly there came a terrific crash, and
a large auto plunged through the
front door, committing the crime Of
illegal entry into a police station.
Picking themselves up, the detectives
set to work on the case. The whole
place was literally strewn with clues,
many Of them broken, the most
prominent of all being the driver Of
!. the car. There, If I mistake not, Is
our man." said the chief. Thus, due
to ultra rapid deduction and the re-
markable cooperation Of the culprit
in arresting himself, a worlds record
was hung up for speed in crime
detection.
Evening star., 1939-11-03

sible without IN unduly heavy tax
burden. Like Warrington, the prin-
cipal problem Of the State concerns
the individual driver. It Is here the
safety week program can be effective.
The only means remaining which
can contribute on q large scale to
accident reduction Is educating the
driver to maintaining q calm, rea-
sonable attitude in respect to others
entitled to use the highways. Some
accidents are due to unforeseen cir
cumstances, mechanical failure or
illness. But the large majority result
from taking chances, or to personal
emotional instability, giving way to
extreme annoyance In traffic or sue
cumbing to nerves" Self-control
is the first rule Of trafIic safety, and
1t goes hand-in-hand with consid-
Grafton for others.
Evening star., 1939-11-03

from the strict Interpretation Of the song
~ intended BY the composer. This. With
Improvisation, means swing" It has tts
good points, despite it, many detractors.
But at times It leads the listener to forget
that strict observance Of tempo has its
good points. too.
England has-or had-one dance
orchestra which is called "strict tempo
band" Probably the war has caused its
disbandonment, just as 1t has Of the
famous London Philharmonic Orchestra,
whose conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham,
has given so many wonderful recordings
to disc libraries.
There Is such thing. for instance, %
honestly not liking Wagner.
This, not because he IL German, but
because his rather SNOWY, to some ears
bombastic, music does not please the
individual nearer.
Let this hearer insist on his right to
not like, or to like, as he chooses. After
all, 1t is his heart which Is moved, his
emotions which are aroused or not
aroused, his ears which, co-ordinated
with his mind, make music interesting
to him.
We will not say, make music beautiful
to him."
Too much accent has been put on the
beauty of music. when all the time it is
the interest Of music which is important.
Much great music is not beautiful.
Until one really understands this. his
appreciation Of music is based on little.
Nor, let 1t be insisted, is this genuine
interest matter of intellectual appeal
solely In the working out Of movements
In the great symphonies.
No, II the listener listens honestly he
may be interested in the construction of
such fundamentally simple melody as
Gene Autry's you're the Only Star In
My Blue Heaven"
From this 2 plus 2 equals 1 melody, to
the integral calculus of a Beethoven SYM
phony, or one Of the master works Of
the great Russians. is not an absurd
step In the least. for exactly the same
rules Of appreciation apply to the big as
to the little works. Here again it Is not
mere beauty, but interest, which rules,
and here again the listeners honest likes
and dislikes rule, or at least ought to rule.
The trouble comes in, of course, when
prejudice Is mistaken for genuine dislike.
Real dislikes are an integral part Of the
emotional and mental systems of man.
There Is no helping them, and in music,
at least. one is foolish for trying to help
them. Respect your own likes, and also
those Of other listeners. If friend says
ne does not care for q certain song do
not attempt to cram that song down his
throat, whether or no. Insist equally on
his not trying to cram his favorites down
your throat, unless they are your favor
ties, too.
Evening star., 1939-11-03
VunduIisn,

raced with the necessity Of taking
more drastic action to curb the in
creasing tendency Of youthful row.
dies to steal or destroy public school
properties, the Board Of Education
has called attention of the Commits
sioners to this problem with list Of
complaints from the principals of the
schools most recently victimized.
The most discouraging thing about
the increase in vandalism is that 1t
has thrived in the face of concerted
guidance and leadership effort de-
signed to prevent Just what has oc-
CURED. Last year when 1t became
known that the repair bill for broken
glass In school buildings for the pre-
vious year exceeded $4,000, Super
1ntendent Frank w. Ballou called for
clty-wide campaign to attack the
problem OF vandalism at its roots by
working with the children involved
10 correct the problem. Groups in all
sections OF the city responded with
meetings OF teachers, parents, and
police being called to thrash out the
difficulties. A few weeks ago DR.. Bal
lou sadly noted that the broken glass
Dill for the past year was even higher
than the year before.
Public school property represents
a tremendous capital investment on
the part of the city taxpayers and
1t would seem illogical to stand by
and see it wantonly plundered. If
necessary the possibly curative effect
OF police power should be added to
the preventive drive in guidance and
leadership. The indications are that
school officials have been reluctant to
prosecute offenders provided the
loot is returned, and police are
equally unwilling to step in without
assurance that school officials will
follow up the matter.
1t would seem that the time has
come for police and school officials
to get together and decide Just what
the responsibilities OF each will be in
the protection Of the school property.
Evening star., 1939-11-03
Safety Campaign

Maryland's program of conducting
a monthly safety week" is one which
has a direct interest for Washington,
inasmuch as such large part of the
Capitals own safety efforts depends
upon residents of the State and be-
cause of the extensive use made Of
Maryland's highways by Washing
tonians.
Last year the State had the worst
traffic fatality record Of any on the
Northern Atlantic seaboard. This
year the record has been but little
better, three hundred and thirty six
lives having been lost in the first ten
months.
There may be doubts Of the e11ec-
tiveness of campaigns of the safety
week" type, but their value was dem
onstrated by the State in October,
when fatalities were reduced more
than sixty per cent during such a
drive. Naturally the safety problem
of a State differs materially from
that of a city. In Washington, for
instance, the more common causes
involve careless walking or striking
distractions while driving under the
influence of liquor. Accidents -e",llt-
ing in multiple deaths are extremely
rare. On the open highway, however.
these problems are augmented by
extreme speeds, as well as driving
difficulties resulting from bitches,
culverts and unnoticed crossroads.
Maryland has done much in recent
years to correct the engineering de-
tects Of its highways which contrib
ute to accidents. It has as effective
IA enforcement program as is pos
Evening star., 1939-11-03
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles +. 1rdceaoeu.

Likes and dislikes IN mudc, although
often carried to extreme lengths. arc
perfectly legitimate.
II know what like" IN expression
once having wide vogue. has been criti-
cised as merely an escape clause for is-
norance.
Yet there can be little doubt that the
personal equation In music is q very
large one.
A person has q right to dislike certain
music, for reasons which he may not be
able to understand in the least.
This comes about because music Is,
after all, an emotional matter, and In
matters Of the heart there can be no
Intellectual measure.
The intelligence shown In music has
very little to do with the reception Of 1t
by the listener.
This Is more easily seen in regard to
phonograph music, where there is no au-
dience to please except ones self.
Here may be ruled out all except what
one honestly likes.
How this works Is best understood In
regard to simple melodies.
A listener may not like. for instance.
that great old song Annie Laurie"
He can no more help this than he can
his liking for some equally simple song
which his friend may dislike.
What is the use of argument between
them?
Neither could explain. in such . simple
case. his liking or his disliking.
How futile for them, then, to attempt
to explain why one symphony appeals to
the one more than the other!
In regard to popular songs. which most
people love, either openly Or secretly,
there is truly no accounting for taste.
There can be no doubt that the silly.
and often ,lngrammAtical, words Of some
Of our popular songs repel many listeners
The typical tenor. so-called. is another
repellant factor.
Often when these songs. trite as they
may be musically, and as silly as their
words may strike the listener, are di-
vorced Of the Lyric" they become quite
acceptable to the ears Of any but . musi-
cal snob.
i
Skating rink records, the latest fad
among gramophone owners, display the
worth Of many Of the present day pop
ular ditties.
These are organ recordings, played In
the rather serious, slow way necessary
for the movement Of skaters legs.
They are, in other words, strict tempo
records.
The craze for swing" records by the
popular big name" bands has tenn
porarily obscured the plain fact that
music may be, and many think ought to
be, played as written.
Swing" simply means swinging away
Evening star., 1939-11-03
Italian Adjustment

Premier Mussolini's white purge"
Of his cabinet and army leadership
clears 1taly's decks for effective neu-
trality-with little or no beneficence
for the Reich-and clarifies a con-
fused' situation of foreign policy
which persisted as long as certain
pro-German elements remained In a
government which is definitely cold
to involvement in Europe's war on
the side of Germany.
In the first major shake-up in the
Fascist government in four years, II
Duce has removed such outstanding
pro-Nazi officials as Achille Starace,
secretary Of the Fascist party; Dino
Alf1eri, minister Of popular culture,
and General Giuseppe Valli, UNDER
secretary for air. Among the others
caught in the shake-up is General Al
berto Pariani, chief of staff, who was
closely identified with the 1talo-
German military alliance, and vari-
GUS other officials who in one way or
another were identified with the as
sociation with Berlin.
Just as significant as the removals
are the retentions, among them being
the foreign minister and II Duce's
son-in-law, Count Galeazzo Ciano,
and Count Dino Grand, who, q few
months ago, was recalled from Lon
don to become minister Of justice.
For the most part the new men
are of a younger group and members
of the Squadristi-members Of the
Fascist party since before the march
on Rome. Their appointments rep
resent, then, a return to the old
school of Fascism and a diversion
from the newer, more radical school
which grew up around starace and
Alfieri. The new men either have
been opposed to the pro- German bias
in Italian relations or have had no
influence on foreign policy, and thus
reinforce Count Ciano's neutrality
policy.
The transfers can scarcely be con-
sidered in themselves as q change or
reorientation of policy, but they do
confirm . shift In policy that has
been developing. First evidence Of
Evening star., 1939-11-03
Civil Service Program

AAC 4ACoIlu6 JUSL COuCluOeQ Oy
President Roosevelt's special COM
mittee on civil service improvement
was noteworthy on several counts.
First and foremost was the fact
that If there are any good reasons
for not bringing under civil service
the upper-bracket positions in the
executive branch of the Government,
with the exception of relatively
few Of policy forming and conflden-
tial nature, they were not developed
by the testimony of the long line of
witnesses that filed through the
hearing room in the Supreme Court
Building With one exception-and
that, Unexpectedly, from a Federal
agency-representatives from various
groups interested in personnel mat
ters strongly urged an all-inclusive
civil service as the foundation stone
for building Government employ
ment into a real career service.
The second was the attitude of the
eminent committee headed by Su-
preme Court Justice Stanley F. Reed,
which has been studying the pro-
posal for expanding the competitive
system since last February, when
President Roosevelt deferred plans
for bringing several thousand pro-
fessional, technical and administra-
tive positions into civil service be-
cause improved machinery is needed
for recruiting, training and promot-
ing this personnel, whose selection
for the most part now rests with ad-
ministrative officers. Demonstrating
a deep, personal interest in the sub
ject matter, along with a compre-
hensive grasp Of the. many problems
involved in carrying the program
through to success, the committee
left no doubt in the minds Of OBJ
servers that its ultimate recommen-
dations will be framed in the light Of
what appears best for the Govern
ment service as a whole.
Particularly was 1t indicated that
specious arguments for the exemp-
ton Of this or that class from the
requirements Of civil service because
appointing officers believe the COM
petitive method Of selections is un-
fitted for their needs will get but
little consideration, and this Is i'm
portant, for WIDESPREAD exemptions
simply would nullify any attempt to
upbuild civil service.
The hearing served to focus atten-
ton once more on the necessity for
improving and speeding up the civil
service examining procedure, and it
was significant that competent wit
nesses felt that shortcomings in this
respect were not organic, but could
be remedied for the most part II the
Civil Service Commission had ade-
quate operating funds.
Witnesses also were agreed that
improvement In employment stand
ards would require q more liberal pay
policy than has been pursued in the
past.
It will be some little time before
the committee finishes its work, but
the record this far encourages the
belief that the report to the President
will be landmark In personnel ad-
ministration.
Evening star., 1939-11-03

According to Ribbentrop, the Brit
ish were secretly planning this war
sor years. This is self-evident to
any thinking person; witness her vast
army Of about 25o,000 men, her in
ferior air force, and q few other
highly sinister items.
Evening star., 1939-11-03

. It is stated that the average wage
Of an American farm hand is $2828
with board and $36.13 without board.
To those who have watched an aver
age farm hand eat, one Of these fig-
ures should be lower, or the other one
UlBQcE.
Evening star., 1939-11-03

: A snail, 1t has been discovered, can
cover half mile in q week. Some Of
the lads who snicker at mention Of
this little gastropod do not walk that
far in q week themselves.
Evening star., 1939-11-03
The Embargo Vote

The vote in the House yesterday,
which is tantamount to approval Of
the administrations neutrality pro-
gram, will be welcomed by the people
as ending long debate which at
times tended to confuse rather than
clarity the real issues.
When the remaining formalities
have been concluded and the Pitt
man resolution becomes law, this
country will be on much firmer
ground with respect to its interna-
tional relations than has been the
case in the past. The discarding OF
the arms embargo will have the hap
py effect of withdrawing the indirect
support we have been extending to
aggressors and opening our markets
to all buyers. That this will be no
Insignificant factor in the European
conflict is evidenced by the reaction
OF Nazi spokesmen in Berlin, who
angrily accuse the United States Of
giving outright support" to Great
Britain and France, and serve notice
that the German submarine warfare
against vessels transporting arms
and munitions to the allies will be
intensified.
It was to have been expected, of
course, that Hitler would not look
with favor on the repeal of the en-
barge for the very obvious reason
that he has been the principal Euro
pean beneficiary of its consequences
during its lifetime. But at the same
time it should be remembered that,
even had the law not been changed,
the Germans sooner or later would
have been obliged to resort to the
intensified submarine warfare Of
which they now speak, for they could
not have permitted the raw materials
of arms and munitions to reach their
enemies for any long period Of time
without exerting every effort to
prevent 1t.
Under the terms Of the Pittman
resolution, when it becomes effective,
the Germans will be obliged, however,
to direct their efforts at other than
American shipping, for our vessels
will not be permitted to trade with
belligerents in danger zones. Thus,
despite all the misleading assertions
to the contrary during the recent
debate, 1t seems obvious that the bill
will safeguard the peace Of this
country on two fronts-first, by en-
abling the French and the British to
buy the military equipment they need
to fight their own battle against the
forces Of aggression, and, second, by
doing everything that reasonably can
be done by law to guard against the.
danger that American lives and
property may be destroyed by any Of
the belligerents.
The 66-vote margin by which the
administration forces won the House
vote on the question of embargo re-
peal is as gratifying as 1t was unex-
pected, and this is all the more true
because It was made possible by
twenty-one Republican members who
voted for the Pittman measure.
Those minority members who spoke
out vigorously for repeal are to be
congratulated, for they were render
Ing real service, not only to their
country, but to their party as well.