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La opinión., 1939-09-04
9 JUDlOS
en- A
ENVIO DE Fills

quenas c~olonias hebreas en- Rhode
Island y Maryland. Otros Sc fueron
a Pennsylvania, donde Ell fundador
Guillermo Penn habfa establecido
recien ell principle de Ia libertad
r~eligiosa.
Cuando estallo la guerra de re.
belion contra Ell opresor extranjeroi
a saber contra la Inglaterra de Jor-
ge Tercero, las consabidas trece CO
lonias contaban en- juuto con Il
poblacion de apenas dos millones y
medic de almas. De estas, habfa
que contar cuando mas unos tres
mil hebreos. Empero, los judfos
hicieron su deber revolucionario
con tOda bondad, pese a 10 escaso
de su numero. De acuerdo con ell
REAR de las cronicas de la epoca,
la epopeya libertaria Sc vic tinta,
tambien, de sangre hebrea, pues en-
las filas del Ejercito Insurgente ba
jo Ell commando del egregio General
Jorge Washington militaron unos
Glen judios. De estos Glen, veinti-
cuatro lograrOn grades de oficlA
para arriba.
En- la siguiente guerra IN que Sc
vieron envueltos los Estados Uni
COS, en- 1872 y que fue tambien
con Inglaterra, tambien tomaron
parte los israelitas. En- la contien.
da Sc destaco I'm Urias Levy. Este
era marino y lego a comodoro que
por entonceS era 10 mas alto ell la
marina de Estados Unidos. Ell CO.
modoro Urias merece bien de la
historic, ademas de su. bravura,
por haber sido ell que abolio la bar
bara costumbre de azotar. como
castigo, a los marineros de la Re-
publica.
Corren los amos, mas de cuatro
decadas, y estalla ell eanonazo del
Fuerte Summer, apenas elegido ell
senior Presidente Abraham Lincoln
y declarase la guerra civil, en- la
que espacio de cuatro amos cOrrie-
ron %torrentes de sangre unionista
Y mares de sangre secesionista. Es
ia ST que fue guerra grande. Y
como va habia una poblacion nu.
merosa, tiene ell lector que las es.
tadfsticas dan fe de que en- las H.
las del Ejercito legftimo, o sea Ell
Unionista. combatieron soldados
hebreos como sigue: 5000 soldados
rasos, 500 %oficiales; nueye genera
les. Tambien Ell ell lado perdldoso
hubo judfos. En- ell gobierno COME
(Sisue Ell la Ga. pag.l
La opinión., 1939-09-04
OCASO DE
UN ASTRO
Por BRIGIDO CARO-

N---s N Magdalena, Sonora, Me-
i xico- p~jntoresca ciudad de
leyenda profundamente re-
Il ligiosa- inmortaliZada por
su quito TRADITIONAL a San
Francisco - vegeta actualmente,
agobiada por los amos, pero tran
quila y feliz, la exquisite p%oetisa
mexicana, Manuelita Marquee, como
cida en- ell mundo de las %letras, ba
jo ell romantico pseudonimo de
''Fidelia."
Pertenecio Manuelita a aquella
pleyade luminosa de mobiles paladi-
mes que en- las postrimerfas del ST.
glo pasado lograron- por su ms
piracion y su talento- distinguir-
Sc de sus contemporaries EN- los
campos fecundos de la idea.
Era aquella la epoca, bautizada
por la critica international, como
la "Edad de Oro' de las letras
nacionales en- la vecina Republi-
ca del Sur.
~ asi fue, Ell efecto. -!
Porque, mientras en- la Capital
azteca, Chucho Valenzuela, ell es-
plendido Mecenas de la in%telectual-
dad mexicana, lanzaba a los cuatro
yientos desde las Columns de su
immortal "Reyista Azul", los des-
tellos de aquellos genio5 prlyile'
giados que Sc llamaron: Amado
Nervo. Manuel Gutierrez Najera-
ell "Duque job Agustin f. Cuen
ca Juan de Dios Pea, Luis q. Ur-
bina Y demas proceres del Parma
so Mexicano; en- Guadalajara sc
levantaba- ipujante y v%ictoriosa!
-aquella legion brillantfsima de
historiadores y poetas; de- filosofos
Y sociologos, forjada en- ell seno de
la gloriosa Bohemia Jalisciense';
que llevaron los nombres ihstres
de Jose Lopez Portillo y Rojas,
Mariana Coronado, Alberto Santos
coy Manuel Puga y Acal, Antonio
Zaragoza. Andres y Pancho Arroyo
de Anda Y otros muchos de iguai
valia Intellectual.
iToda una generation de genios
inmortales -!
Ademas: Yucatan, Veracruz. Pue
bla Y cast todos los Estados de la
RepGblica. pusieron Il contribution
Dor medic de u poetas, sus es-
critores y sus artistas- Ell porcen-
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solo moral. sino Que tambien relt
giOso, en- Ell sentidO de Ia contem.
placion diYina del deyenir. Sc ira
ia de e%ncontrar IN criterio que de
termine los motives y los fines de
cualquier moYimiento vital que as
pire al dictado demoeratico. Y,
para que I'm regimen. o un progra-
ma, o n institution, sea demo-
cratica, tiene, como Sc decia al CO.
mienzo, que repudiar TODD absolu-
tismo de factura humane.
Esto es, que 10 a%tanedero a go
bierno y a control social, es religio-
so en- su meollo. Sc significa-dan
do por sentada la negatfVidad . in-
convenience del totalitarismo -
que la Democracia. aun en- su mas
alto niyel de bondad, tiene que es-
tar sujeta al juicio ultimo del Rel
no de Dios. Esto es, que toda for
ma elaborada por los hombres es
relative sujeto al Absolute perma-
nente que en- ell mundo de habla
espanola Sc designa con Ell vocablo
Dios. La definition de Dios va de
cada definidor. Dios puede ser ell
Padre de Jesucristo, o bien ell Prin
cipio de Concrecion. En- cualquier
case, Sc trata de la Valfa trascen-
dental, y del tribunal de instancia
Ultima. Porque nuestro Cosmos -
con nuestro mundo en- medic de
ell es Cosmos unitario que sc ri
&c y Sc conduce por un Absolute
invariable. -. Porque nuestro nun
do es entidad politica, cuya cons
titucion o carta-patente Sc tiene
en- la voluntad de Dios. Y 81 tai
entonces, ell endiosamiento de cual-
quier relative inclusion hecha de
la Democracia- sera violacion y
quebrantamiento de Ia carta funda
mental.
La pregunta fatal que. segdn
Berdyaev, no sc atreven nj siquiera
a proponer los dirigentes democra-
ticOs, cuando Sc conteste, tendra
que ~contestarse a la religiosa. La
pregunta es de 81 hay a la presen-
te fuerza capaz de veneer al fascis
mo sin convertirse en- fascismo a
81 NEAs 1d 1EoPuCOld Cd lEllSlOop
en- ell sentido de respuesta constitu-
cional, ajustada a la voluntad de-
Dios, ell legislator supreme. que sc
ra respuesta de derecho, valga de.
cir. cosmico.
Ash, la unica fuerza capaz ds
veneer al Anticristo sin %tornarse
Anticristo en- Ell proceso tiene que
ser fuerza juridica, de derecho eteT
no, respetuosa y devota de la car.
ta-patente moral del Cosmos, que
es constitution fundamentals en-
Principe como este: que la sobera.
MIA dimana exclusivamente de
| Dios....
En- 10 que a 10 polftico atane, y
dentro de la Jurisdiction de Occi-
J dente. Dios es ell Dios personal del
~cristianismo, Dios que Sc las ha
con personals. que son los objetos
de cualquier colectividad humana.
Aquella respuesta y esta fuerza
aparecen en- ell horizonte social &C
mo los unicos medios de mantener
Y pro~agar una democracia con sen
lido religioso- la unica digna de
mantener y propagar,- impregna
da de obediencia a 10 Ultimo, que
es subordinacion a 10 Absolute, y
de pleitesfa a 10 divinamente huIna
no. que es quito y adoracion de los
Valores que permanecen para STEM
pre-.
Nueva York, Agosto de 1889.
La opinión., 1939-09-04

Abraham, dc isaac y de ia
cob comenzaron a apare-
- Ger en- ell Nueyo Mundo des
de los commences de la CO.
l~onizacion europea, pero en- 10 que
a los Estados Unidos en- particular
toca, Sc puede decir que la inmi-
gracion israelita no Sc hizo nota-
BILE sine hasta hace unos sesenta
amos, cuaudo comenzo a hacerse
sentir en- grandes numeros.
Durante los tiempos de las trece
colonias primitivas ell influjo he
breo procedia principalmente de
Espana, Portugal y Holanda. Lue-
go despues, ciertas conmociones
europeas Sc tradujeron en- sendas
ondas de immigration judia. Ash
despues de las guerras napoleoni-
cas-; asf despues de las revolucio-
mes de 1S4S. Los hebreos llegados
por este oapitulo procedfan princi-
palmente de Alemania. De 1870 en-
adelante, los hebreos llegados a Els
tados Unidos venian en- grandes MI
meros de Polonia y Russia.
A la presente, la poblacion judia
de Estados Unidos es de 1000, 600
de almas. Este numero equivale al
&c por ciento de Ia p%oblacion judia
del mundo entero. Por 10 que a los
judios estadounidenses atane, ell
hecho historico es de que fueron
recibidos aqui Ell terminus de pari-
dad absolute con los demas inmi-
GRANTEES: Sc les abrieron las puer-
tas de la oportunidad, y ellos con
SUI bien conocida ~constancia y ash
duidad al trabajo, supieron approve
charla. A la presente, los MEM
bros de esa fe han realiZado gram
des logros ell differences esferas de
la vida estadounidense, como sc va
a yer mas adelante en- ell curse de
estas lineas.
Sc dice que los primeros judios
que jamas respiraron los aires Ii.
bres del continente americana We
MAN en- una de las fragatas del
Gran Almirante, Y que + cinco.
De igual manera. Sc dice que ell
mismo Descubridor era de la ST
miente de Noises y los pa~triarcas.
Otro grupo de judfos en- numero de
% y que yenian huyendo de la
religiOsa persecution aparecen en-
Nueva Amsterdam, que ahora Sc
llama Nueya York. a mediados de
septiembre de 1864. Por auuellos
mismos t1empos Sc establecen Dc
La opinión., 1939-09-04
EUROPA
TRAGlCA

LAS VERDADERAS CONSECUE NCIAS DE LA GUERRA NUN
DIAL VElNTICINCO AMOS DESPUES
Por ell Iustre Sociologo Itaiano, GUGLIELMo FERRERo
La opinión., 1939-09-04

Los suscriptores. al zanzibar de residences,
deben darnos tanto Ia nuevs como IA an
tigua direction a fin de anotar propis-
mente ell cambio en- nuestros libros.
La opinión., 1939-09-04
Ell MUNDC
EN- MARCIA
Por REMBAo

ANTENER 10 relative
Ell plano de r~elatiyi-
dad. He aquf la norma
que Sc impone para sa
La opinión., 1939-09-04

OS DESCENDIENTES de
Abraham, de Isaac y de ia
cob comenzaron a apare-
GER ell ell Nueyo Mundo des
do l.. o~0n;opzoe do 10 ~
La opinión., 1939-09-04

y--a N Magdalena, Sonora, Me-
= xico- p~jntoresca ciudad de
- leyenda profundamente re-
= ligiosa- inmortalizada por
d, quito tradinioDaI n Gan
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Generosity Softens Plight
Of jailed Mans Fumi|v

Mrs. Nora Poff and her five chill
dren are getting along fine now,
although things looked pretty dis
NAL for while. Saturday the
father, John Poff, was sent to iail
Tor year for striking one of his
little girls, 5-year-old Margaret
Ann.
With him gone there was no sup
port at all for the mother and
children, but a few generous citi-
zens rallied around. and everything s
going to be all right. Here's how
the larder stacks up right now:
Three quarts of milk daily for
two months.
A cord of wood.
Two crates of oranges and grape-
fruit
A chest of groceries that includes
about everything.
Twenty-Five dollars in cash.
A few clothes for one of the bows.
Half ton of coal promised.
A few things are still badly need
ed, though. Bennie, the 7-week-old
infant, has only two diapers The
chlidren's shoes are about gone. The
beds have only scanty blankets, and
sometimes the children get a little
cold.
Mrs. Poff, pretty mother whose
cnlldren have inherited her deep
dimples, has been through quite an
ordeal the last few days. She said
nothing. about her own clothes, of
course, but a fresh, clean gingham
Evening star., 1939-03-14

dress probably would cheer her up
nightly. That's natural in women.
Mrs. Poff has been pretty worried
that the big rats in their frame
house at 619 street S.W. might
get in the baby's crib and really
lnJure him, but that's going to be
taken care of. The Health Depart
ment is going to send out an ex-
terminator. :,
Judge Edward M. Curran, who
sentenced Poff, has spared no effort
to see that the family is we'll cared
for. Chief Probation Officer JOS
eph Sanford was assigned to the
case specially by Judge Curran.
Yesterday Mr.. Sanford was busily
looking for a laundry to do the
tamily's clothes. Mrs. Poff was Ill
for some time after giving birth to
Bennie, and she hasn't been very
strong.
The Bureau of Rehabilitation, a
Community Chest unit, also has
been helping in the case pending
aid from the Public Assistance Di-
vision. The children's birth certifi-
Gates have to be sent from West
Virginia.
Mrs. Poff is taking the separation
from her husband philosophically
and realizes that if he wasn't Jailed
that smoke" he had been drinking
soon would begin to affect his mind.
She has no intention of appealing
to the court for his release, she
said.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
Takes up 1888 ,s2e, 900 Treasury
Post Office appropriation bill Noon.
Labor Committee decides whether
TO consider amendments to Wagner
Act. 10 am.
Monopoly Committee hears Fed
eral Trade Commission experts on
sulphur and liquor industries. 10
am.
Banking subcommittee considers
extending stabilization fund and
Presidents power to revalue dollar,
10:30 IN.
House:
Debates 166,000,00o Interior De-
partment supply bill Noon.
Judiciary Committee hears West
| coast witnesses on Secretary Per-
klns' impeachment resolution. 1890
am.
Ways and Means Committee hears
proponents of social security extern
sion. 10 am.
Military Affairs Committee studies
proposals for Government acouisi-
ton of,raw materials. 1890 m
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Will take up Smith cotton bill If
Treasury-Post Office bill is finished.
Finance Committee meets in exec
utive session on Connally hot oil"
bill. 10:30 am.
Banking Subcommittee continues
hearings on stabilization fund.
Monopoly Committee continues
hearings, probably on liquor industry
House:
Considers miscellaneous bills on
calendar.
Public Lands Committee considers
California National Park BILL 10
am
Immigration Committee considers
miscellaneous bills. 1890 am.
Appropriations Subcommittee con-
tinue hearings on Labor and District
supply bills. 10 am.
Banking Committee considers
housing bill. 1890 am.
Interstate Commerce Committee
considers transportation bill. 10 m.
Agriculture Committee considers
farm bill. 10 am.
Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee of
District Committee. resumes hear
ings on tax bill. 10 am.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Maryland Decisions
May Affect Revenues
BY the Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, Md. March A.
Two decisions vitally adverse tc
State revenues were handed down
by the Court of Appeals today.
One denies the right of the State
to collect income taxes from Judges.
and by inference from all State en-
ployes with fixed salaries.
The other holds invalid the 6 per
cent income tax on unearned income
passed by the 1885 Legislature, and
may adversely affect the administra-
ton revenue program now pending
before the Legislature.
The 6 per cent tax on the income
from securities and fiduciary estates
is the cornerstone of Gov. OConor' S
budget-balancing revenue program.
Attorney General William B
Walsh said he did not believe
the adverse report would affect
the tax program now under consid-
Grafton.
Il believe the case was decided or
other issues" Mr.. Walsh said.
The opinion was handed down ir
the case of Mrs. Henrietta Blausteir
against the State Tax Commission
Her attorney argued the invalidity
OF the tax on the primary grounc
that her income was derived from E
trust fund held in another State.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Plane Flies Over Junqles
With Engineers S Bodyl

Airplane, boat and train will be
used to return the body of D. Tucker
Brown, 54, senior highway engineer
for the Bureau of Public Roads.
from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where
he died last Friday of a heart at
tack.
The first stage of the journev
began today when Mr.. Browns
body was placed on board an air.
plane to be carried through jungles
through which he was helping build
a road. 1t will be taken to the
coast and placed on a boat for New
Orleans. From New Orleans it will
be brought by train to Richmond
for funeral services.
Mr.. Brown left Washington two
weeks ago to return to his regional
| office at San Jose, Costa Rica. He
stopped en- route at the capital of
Honduras, where he was stricken
He had been acting as liaison off,
Ger for the Bureau of Public Roads
to the countries through which the
1nter-America highway, connecting
Laredo, Tex, with Panama, will
pass. He had been with the bureau
since 1924.
Mr.. Brown lived here on JanneEs
lane, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
$4,000 Yearly Deficit
Expected at Home

An estimated annual deficit of
$4,000 is anticipated by the Home
for Incurables when the 33-room
wing, gift of the late Mrs. Abram
Lisner in memory of her mother,
is completed.
Ground will be broken for the
new wing on March % at the site
of the home, Wisconsin avenue and
Tilden street NV. The ceremonies
are set for an exact half century
after the cornerstone of the home
was laid.
j. H. Oehman, treasurer of the
home, who is accepting contribu-
tions to meet the deficit at his
office in the Washington Building,
explained that the 100000 gift of
Mrs. Lisner covers only cost of
building the wing. The expenses of
running it will create the $4,000
annual deficit. he said.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Workers for Blind
To Meet Thursday

The Madrigal Singers, we'll known
local artists, will entertain members
OF the District of Columbia Associa-
ton OF Workers for the Blind at the
March meeting in the Church of the
Epiphany at 7:45 pm. Thursday
They will give their own interpre-
tation of Elizabethan songs. A So
cial hour will follow.
Any blind person or any sighted
person interested in the blind will
be welcomed to the forum to ex-
press opinions on all subjects af-
fectlng the welfare of the blind
This is the association responsible
for distribution of talking book ma.
chimes in the District. Several hun
dred have already been placed, and
new w. P. A. allotment is expect
ed soon. NIL.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
London Times Manager
Here 10 Plan Edition

Chris Shotter Kent, general man.
ager of the London Times, was in
Washington today making plans for
magazine supplement treating
with many phases of American life
which the Times will publish on the
occasion Of the visit of the King
and Queen OF England to America in
June.
The object of the supplement, Mr..
Kent said, will be to portray Amer
lea to Europe as fully and impair
TALLY as possible with an avoidance
OF controversial subjects.
Articles by well-known authorities
will touch on such subjects as his
tory, the Constitution, operation of
Government, industry, natural re-
sources. culture and education.
natural beauties, parks and vacation
resorts and Anglo-American trade
relations.
Mr.. Kent arrived in New York
January 30, visiting PHILADELPHIA
before coming here. He planned to
leave for Chicago later today. and
will travel through Canada before
returning to London. ,
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Two Boys Injured
In Auto Accidents

Head injuries were suffered yes
terday by Donald Collins, 3, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Collins, when
struck by an automobile near his
home in the $500 block of Western
avenue NV. He was treated by a
nearby physician. Police said the
car was driven by w. D. Meyers, 23
of the $500 block of Laurel street
NV.
A 9-year-old colored boy, James
Richard Slater of SO Fenton street
NE, received a broken left leg
when he stepped from between
parked cars into the path of an
automobile in the 1000 block of
North Capitol street. He was taken
to Sibley Hospital for treatment and
then transferred to Gallinger Hos
pital The car, police said, was
driven by John r. Mccarthy, 81, of
the 1000 block of I street NE.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
42-Year Monopoly
In Sulphur Industry
Is Charged
U. Of Texas Professor
Testifies at Probe
As F. T. c. Expert
BY the Associated Press.

Prof. Robert H. Montgomery of
the University of Texas told the Mo-
nopoly Committee today the SULPHUR
industry 'has been closely monopo-
hzed for approximately AZ years"
Testifylng as Federal Trade
Commission consultant, Prof Mont
gomery said sulphur represented
the narroWest and at the same time
most vital bottleneck in modern
industry"
AS raw material for sulphuric
acid, sulphur is a necessity for a
wide field of industrial operations,
the witness said.
Sulphuric acid, he told the COM
mittee, is probably the most vital
single product for war USE" He
testified that every pound of smoke
less powder required % pounds Of
sulphurlc acid, while each pound of
INT used % pounds of the chemical.
The United States. Prof. Mont
gomery said, produces more than
half the worlds sulphur from half a
dozen plants located in Texas and
Louisiana.
About IS per cent of the annual
output, he said, is used in the man
ufacture of sulphuric acid.
Second largest source of sulphur,
the witness said, is located in Sicily.
Phillip E. Buck, general counsel of
the Federal Alcohol Administration
was to present background picture
OF the liquor industry this afternoon
before the Monopoly Committee.
Serving as special adviser to the
Federal Trade Commission for this
particular study, Mr.. Buck was to
precede nearly 40 spokesmen Of the
industry summoned for the inquiry,
Among them are Gene Tunney, for
mer worlds heavyweight boxing
champion and now chairman of the
American Distilling Co.. and Jarhes
M. Doran, former commissioned of
industrial alcohol. Mr.. Bucks }pre-
sentation is expected to occupy the
full afternoon session.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Southeast Businessmen
Oppose Sheppard Bill

The Sheppard bill to investigate
the feasibility of District-operated
liquor dispensaries was opposed by
the Southeast Businessmen's Asso-
citation at a meeting last night.
A report on the Griffenhagen
plan was given by A. w. Lee, second
vice president of the association, but
no action was taken.
On the recommendation of Arthur
J. Shaffer, acting secretary, the as
sociation reiterated its request for
traffic lights on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc. from Second street to
Eighth street and stop signs on
Sixth street Sc. north, beginning
at Pennsylvania avenue.
The secretary was instructed to
send a letter to District officials
commencing them for their selection
of Stephen Porter as new fire engi-
neer of the District.
The meeting was presided over by
Mr.. Lee and held in the Offices of
Clarence F. Donohoe, 314 Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Coolidge Urges Curb
On Presidents S Powers
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
T. Jefferson Coolidge, one-time
Treasury official who quit the ad-
ministration. urged Congress today
to curb the Presidents monetary
powers.
Mr.. Coolidge told Senate Bank
ing Subcommittee "our banking
system is overhooded' as a result
OF a gold devaluation policy and,
he declared, the Presidents power
to devalue the dollar still further
should be allowed to expire on June
81.
Mr.. Coolidge is one of several
men who have left posts in the
Treasury after policy disagree
ments. He was the departments s
Undersecretary for time and now
is a Boston banker.
He testified in opposition to a bill
that would extend dollar devalua-
ton power and the $4,000, ,0O0, 900
stabilization fund until January IS,
1941.
Even under the present situation,
there is danger of depreciation of
money and unfortunate expansion
within our banking system" he said.
Evening star., 1939-03-14
Hearing Set for tuesday
On Taxi Limit Bill

A hearing on the House bill which
would limit the number of taxicabs
in the District will be held next
Tuesday at 10 am. in room 245 of
the old House Office Building.
In setting the date for the hearing,
Chairman Joseph A. McArdle of the
Public Utilities Subcommittee of the
House District Committee said:
ANY move to limit the number of
taxicabs operating in Washington
brings up variety of other prob
lens. A bill of this type should not
be acted upon until the persons af-
fected have an opportunity to be
heard
Il know I speak for my colleagues
on the subcommittee as well as my
self when I say we have no desire to
deprive any one of an honest means
OF earning living On the other
hand, both public interest and the
interest of the drivers and owners
OF taxicabs in Washington demand
that something be done to solve the
taxicab problem here"