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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-02

people, they have no will but that which
Is prescribed and automatically enforced.
In democracy, which is representative,
the people constitute the court Of last
resort, and consistently carried out they
make and enforce the laws. The press
ing question today is, have they the deep
moral and religious convictions to main
tain their government to make and en-
force their laws by standards that are
high and unimpeachable; in fine, by
ideals that reside in a professed and
practiced religious faith?
1t is not idle to ask such questions in
a time like the present. The uncertain
tendencies in old, established institu-
lions, the evident failure of long tested
systems of government, the wanton vio-
lation of codes of honor between sover-
eign states and nations and the un-
abashed and shameless usurpation of
free and independent states; these with
nationalistic schemes that brook no re-
straint and that enforce their will by
armed strength, put upon Christian
ideals of life new and severe strain
These days are freshly emphasizing
the need Of more of the spirit of toler-
ance and good will; how shall we MAIN
tain the principle of the brotherhood of
man unless We recognize and believe in
the fatherhood of God? 1t takes some
thing other than well conceived consti-
tuition, laws and courts to administer
them, to keep a nation in the way of
equity, justice and fair play. We hear
much of moral rearmament" today, but
If it is to be effective it must be grounded
in a deep, unchanging religious convic-
ton. BE good and you'll be happy" is
not enough. To be good requires some
thing in the way OF dynamic, a COM
pelling force, and that force is found in
reverent religious faith. We have been
reminded recently from high places that
religion and democracy are vitality relat-
ed, that they go together. We shall
make these recurring anniversaries of
our independence more practically useful
and more valuable, if we will take the
time to reflect upon those principles upon
which the Republic was builded. They
are Christian in character and they call
for fresh demonstration on the part of
every citizen.
Patriotism Is not enough" said Edith
Cavell. 1t is what sustains patriotism
We sorely need. and that is, practical
application of the principles of life given
to men by Jesus Christ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-02

comprehensive. non-partisan study
Of the whole situation"
Like the poor, public housing is
problem that will be with us always,
and since the Government appears
to recognize this fact, there is merit
and need in the establishment of a
workable and adequate public policy.
The question Of subsidies, the rela-
tive responsibilities of Federal, State
and local governments, the needs of
low-income families who are outside
the reach of Government aid are only
few of the problems phases which
would come within the scope of the
proposed study. Congress would do
we'll to give the matter careful con-
sideration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-02
OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY
By the Right Rep. James E. Freeman, D. d., ILL., c. L.
Bishop OF Washington.

Another Independence Day IL at hand
Once again and at critical time. we
are reminded OF the days when this Re-
public was in process OF being set up and
established. 1t is not characteristic Of
us to think in terms OF the past, we are
too deeply immersed In the pressing con-
Germs OF the present and too busy making
plans for the future to dwell long on
this, We are compelled, especially in days
as exacting as these, to give heed to those
things that are basic and indispensable
to our life as nation. 1t is only In so
doing we may avoid the spacious and
untried experiments that are pressing
their claims upon us from every side.
Whether our age is responsive to it or
not, we must recognize the self-evident
fact that religion, the Christian religion,
and its great principles occupied large
place in the minds of those who created
the Republic. They were reverent, high
minded men, who gave heed to the
mighty teachings of the Master of men.
In word the Gospel was a vital fac
tor in determining the path this Nation
was to follow. Where we have consist
emily followed this path, we have been
secure and prosperity has attended us;
where we have become arrogant and been
self sufficient and lost our sense of de-
pendence on God, we have invited mis-
fortune and disaster
What is true OF us as a people has been
true of other nations. Much, if not most
of the Commissions that are distracting
the nations today are traceable to aban-
doned religious convictions and those
wholesome practices that attend them.
1t is this worldwide condition that COM
pels us to serious reflection as we think
in terms of our national being, and chal-
lenges us to more pronounced and def
mite expression of our Christian faith.
1t Is leading question to ask, Can We
ride out the storms that periodically
affiict us. simply because we have grown
to such strength and such wealth that
we are self-contained and self-sufi-
cient?" To put it more practically: Can
any nation that lacks reverence for and
obedience to a religious faith and prac-
tice long endure?"
The voices of the past answer in the
negative. DemOcracies above other sys-
terms ere affected by their religious con-
victions. A dictator seeks to determine
both the thinking and the action Of a
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Perhaps never before had she been
conscious of the tragedy of sudden
and unmerited destruction. But her
parent providentially was possessed
of wit enough to meet the challenge
Of the mournful moment. Let US
go into the garden" he said, land
we will find another toad"
And while they searched, the prin-
ciple of immortality, simply phrased,
was taught. A single creature per-
ishes, yet the genus survives. Night
falls, the sun rises again. The sea-
sons pass in a ceaseless wheel. Gen.
erations OF human beings move from
the cradle to the grave. But COM
pensation-the immutable law of quid
pro quo-rules the universe. Ugli-
ness does not triumph over beauty,
nor error over truth. Change is like
the swinging of the pendulum of a
clock, from left to right, from right
to left, constantly, pausing at neither
extreme, hesitating rather at
the normal center of its tireless
sweep. Even when some careless
hand neglects to twist the waiting
key and the clock is silent and still,
it is at the midpoint of its path that
the pendulum halts for rest.
It may be that there is comfort in
these thoughts for the people of St.
Andrews Church this morning. They
have heard that their lovely place
OF worship has been sold. But, also,
they have been informed that it is
to pass into reverent custody. The
congregation of the Augustana Evan
gelical Lutheran Church will serve
God devotedly within it's walls. Reli-
gion is not hurt by such an incident
as a real estate transaction. In
stead, the zeal of all concerned may
be quickened to the work which
needs doing. Loss, so regarded, is
gain; and the Almighty Father of
both f1ocks has not abandoned either.
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Housing Study

There is considerable merit in the
timely suggestion of the Washington
Housing Association that President
Roosevelt name a National Commits
sion of qualified experts to make a
thorough study of the whole housing
problem in the United States for the
purpose of formulating a sound, ade-
quate and permanent Federal hous-
Ing policy.
Few problems facing the Govern
ment affect directly larger proper
ton of the population than public
housing, and few problems, indeed,
are more confusing, complicated and
overlapping. Expenditures of hun
dreds of millions of dollars are being
made and authorized by group of
alphabetical agencies, each of which
has the same ultimate aim but differ
ent methods of approach AS re-
suit OF this haphazard method, there
is no definite policy, nor is there a
concentrated attack on a problem
which MIR. Roosevelt describes as
involving "a third of the Nation"
The Government has made a good
beginning, Notwithstanding. But the
cause of public housing would be ad-
vanced with greater rapidity and
sureness if sound policy of co-ordi-
mating the efforts of all agencies
dealing with it should be carefully
planned. The Washington Housing
Association comes directly to the
point when it says: The need for
adequate housing is still so great, the
amount of money involved to bring
about satisfactory results is so large,
and the problem is so complicated,
that there is vital need for a careful,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-02
mo Mean City"

The people of the District of Co.
lumbia feel keenly their humiliating
position in being subject to taxation
without representation and being de-
MED the vital American right of par
ticipation in the councils of the Ma
ton and of their local community.
There are many substantial evil
dences Of vigorous, patriotic and pub
lic-spirited interest of Washingto-
mans in national as we'll as local
affairs. This is by no means a COM
munity suffering from an inferiority
complex, with the consequent hope
lessness and apathetic indifference
to the obligations of citizenship. The
Washington Board of Trade with it's
four thousand three hundred men,
bers: the Federation of Citizens As
ISOLATION with its over sixty con-
stituent organizations; the Central
Labor Union; the Federation of
Womens Clubs: the Voteless D. C.
League of Women Voters and nu-
merous other organizations of pub
lic-spirited citizens are actively en-
gagged along definite lines for the well
fare and Improvement of the Ma
tional Capital, These groups men
toned and others are all combined
in two powerful citizens Joint COM
mittees; one on National Representa-
ton for the District of Columbia,
which is seeking to obtain voting
representation in both Houses of
Congress and in the Electoral Col
lege; the other, the Joint Committee
on Fiscal Relations, seeks to have the
Federal Government bear it's equit-
able share of the cost of maintaining
and upbuilding the Nations Capital.
Judging by the contribution of
money and men in the various wars
in which our country has engaged,
the District is one of the most public
spirited and patriotic communities in
the country. 1t has always exceeded
its quota, whether it be in furnishing
men in the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps, buying of Liberty Bonds, or
contributing to the various relief
agencies of the war period And this
patriotic sacrifice of life, of blood and
treasure upon the national altar, is
rendered in spite of the fact that the
people of the District are denied all
participation in the councils which
decide whether there shall be war
and whether or not these sacrifices
must be made.
An analysis of the population of
the Nations Capital shows that it is
nationally an educational, scientific,
art, music and political center. Other
communities are losing desirable
residents continually who are drawn
here because of the Capitals cultural
and other advantages. These people
thus drawn here become in time
permanent residents and take real
interest in local as we'll as national
affairs. AS matter of fact, Wash
ington is the most distinctively Amer
lean community in the country be-
cause the bulk of its residents owe no
divided alegiance-they are National
Americans only, owing no allegiance
to any one Of the forty-eight States.
Citizens of Washington, like the
Apostle Paul, are proud that they
are citizens Of no mean city,
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The Toad

A certain Washington father re-
tains in his heart the memory of an
experience with life and death which
he would not forget if he could. One
day these many years gone his baby
daughter ran weeping to his knee
with sorrow difficult to tell. He
quieted the child with sympathetic
words; then asked an explanation
of her grief. THE little toad" she
sobbed, was run over In the street"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-02

America: a land Of great natural
and artificial beauty whose painters
are more and more devoting their
talents to portraying back-yards.
barns, city dumps and squalid build
Ings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-02

What an addition to the historical
collection of the New National Mu-
scum those royal hot water bottles
would have made.
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In a word: The opposition fizzled
through lack of leadership on the part
of the men who were pictured as anti
New Deal leaders
This failure Of the opposition leader
ship has added to the strength of the
Presidents position in more ways than
one.
Owing to the fact that he has managed
to maneuver himself out in front, Mr..
Roosevelt must be considered in the CAL
culatlons OF all members of Congress-.
Maybe he will be the Democratic nomi-
nee again in 1910. The old-line Demo-
Gratis certainly have been unable to pre-
vent that possibility. Or, If not a candi-
date himself, the President is in a posi-
ton where he can have a strong voice
in the selection of a successor. Again
his party opponents have failed to
maneuver him into position that would
deprive him of power.
Out OF that situation comes a hanker-
ing on the part Of the members of Con-
gress to keep on the right side of a man
who obviously is smarter than his party
opponents.
There is little prospect that President
Roosevelt will use his regained leadership
to foster more broad reforms Rather,
his strategy appears to be to get from
Congress authority to push the Federal
Government into the investment bank
ing business on a broader scale than at
present IN insure n fairly stahle-if mt
much Impoverished Of business In 1910.
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turn, bow to the Senate Committee on
Rules. Correspondents entitled to adj
mission. are the electors who annually
choose the members Of the Standing
Committee.
The rules are strict and are strictly
enforced. For example, no lobbyist may
enter the Senate Press Gallery, nor can
any person employed in the executive
department Of the Government enter.
The members of the families of the men,
Der correspondents may not come in.
The rules of the Standing Committee
had definitely restricted membership to
genuine photographic" correspondents.
When the question of admission Of radio
reporters arose, a very narrow construc-
ton was placed on the term "tele-
graphic" OF course, radio is means Of
Geographic communication. The term
means communication from q distance,
having a Greek root, but the STANDING
Committee. being conservative like tho
Senate, held to the old INTERPRETATION
and said that radio did not belong II
took an act of Congress to clear IN n.
matter, but now radio is in, having its
own special section.
To be sure. there is the question Of
limited space. The walls OF the Capitol
could not be moved outward. When tn.
gallery first was established there were
only about 80 members. Today ther.
are SIS. But 1t seems that the real 70.
son for the decision Of the Senate that
radio may be represented Is that the
dignified. conservative body has reached
the conclusion that radio has coma 70
stay!
Evening star., 1939-01-29

Gordon Httenmork N. B. c. announcer. eorIy the job
ot the mile Dimes stond gets coffee broeer from Miss
Marjorie Henry And before him the dimes stretched and
stretched
Evening star., 1939-01-29

Loyne thot mile of Dimes" Commissioner Melvin c.
Hozen gives boodcost interview OF the Fourteenth street and
New York stond where the people Of Washington hove
laid their dimes the line in the oompo9n Of The Sor and
the NotonoI Broodcostin9 Co. oeonst inonte poroyss
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Here Is Schedule
For Bowl TiIts
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated f1ecS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The
lineup of post-season college
football games, with starting
times in Eastern Standard Time:
Saturday, Dec. 80.
North-South-At Montgomery,
Ala; between picked teams of
seniors from colleges North and
South of the Mason Dixon line;
kickoff 2::3O pm.
Monday, January 1.
Rose Bowl-At Pasadena,
Calf; between unbeaten, united
and unscored on Tennessee,
Southeastern Conference CO.
champion. and unbeaten. twice.
tied Southern California, Pacific
Coast Conference champion;
kickoff Sis pm.
Sugar Bowl-At New Orleans,
La: between unbeaten, united
Texas A. and NJ. Southwest Con-
ference champion, and unbeaten,
once-tied Tulane. co-champion of
Southeastern Conference; kickoff
2:15 pm.
Orange Bowl-At Miami Fla:
between once-beaten Missouri,
Big Six champion. and twice.
beaten Georgia Tech. co-cham-
pion of Southeastern Conference;
kickoff 2 pm.
Cotton Bowl-At Dallas, Tex:
between once-beaten Clemson,
co-leader of Southern Conference,
and once-beaten Boston College;
kickoff 3 pm.
East-West-At San Francisco:
between picked teams of seniors
from colleges East and West of
the Mississippi: kickoff S pm.
Sun Bowl-At Ell Paso, Tex:
between Temple (ArizD State
Teachers, Border Conference
champion, and Catholic Univer-
sity, Washington, D. c.; kickoff
4 pm.
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Garcia Defends Claim
To Weller Crown by
Knocking Out Lee
50, 900 See Challenger
FeIIed Six Times in
Manila Ruinstorm
ES the Associated Press.

E. the Associated Press
MANILA, Dec. ga drenching
rain and an equally steady shower
of blows from Ceferino Garcia S
right hand drowned Glenn Lee
hopes for a share of the middle
weight title in 13 rounds tonight.
The Nebraska fighter ended his
8.000-mile quest of Garcia's portion
or the crown sitting numbed and
dazed on the wet canvas as Jack
Dempsey counted him out. 1t was
the sixth time the Filipino had
fattened his game but hopelessly
outclassed challenger in their sched-
uled 15-round match.
Garcia Comedies Weight.
Garcia. recognized as world mid
dleweight champion in New York,
California and Manila. weighed 152
pounds; Lee, 156. The National Box
ing Association lists Garcia as lead
ing challenger for the N. B. A. title
held by Al Hostak of Seattle.
Lee broke even in the first round
as the two fighters slithered cau-
tiously through the rain. which
couldn't keep 10000 fans away.
But Garcia found the range with
his right in the second and took
every round from then on.
He dropped Lee for a short count
in the fourth and again in the
eighth. twice for counts of nine in
the 18th and for seven before the
knockout in the 18th.
Dempsey Is Acclaimed.
Despite the hopelessness Of the
battle, Lee kept fighting and stag
gered the champion in the fifth.
Garcia was national hero, but
Dempsey still appeared to be the
most popular man in the ring. The
applause that greeted him would
have drowned out the crowds greet
ing to either fighter.
Evening star., 1939-12-24

proposed by the Executive Com
mittee undoubtedly another ques-
ton will come up for discussion;
namely, may a university or COL
lege now a member Of the N. c.
c. A. that maintains athletic
scholarships enter athletes In
the various N. C. A. A. meets
and tournaments?"
Back Of the controversy, de-
manding rigid action against
alleged violators of the "ama-
teur CODE" will be the Big Ten
conference and its commissioner,
Maj. John L. Grif1ith of Chi
cago.
This conference (the Big Ten)
always has taken the lead in
matters of this sort. May we
not at the Los Angeles meeting
assist in forming policies and in
reaching right Jdecisions?" That
was the query posted by Maj.
Grimth,
Evening star., 1939-12-24

touch upon institution respon-
sibility in connect$.~ with the
amateur problem" sud a formal
statement.
Further. the committee rec
ommends new method of elec-
ton to active membership. It
is proposed that applicants for
membership be considered in
terms of their scholastic and ath-
letic standards. (The phrase
"and athletic standards" was un-
derlinedD,
Further, the committee rec
ommends provision for termi-
nation of membership, that is,
any membership may be termi-
mated by the vote Of two-thirds
of the delegates present at an
annual convention, if it is felt
such member does not maintain
acceptable scholastic or athletic
standards.
In addition to these matters
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Shoughnessy Likely to Remain
At Chicago in Coaching Job
Despite Ban on Football

New Orleans. Shaughnessy tutored
several sports and also served as
athletic director. Consequently he
was believed we'll qualified for a
post at Chicago should that school
continue in the Big Ten in sports
other than football.
When the trustees first announced
the abandonment of football, it was
believed that Chicago would not be
permitted by the other schools to
remain a member of the Big Ten.
There has been evidence. however,
that many members of the Big Ten
Faculty Committee now feel Chicago
should not be ousted completely.
There has been a precedent for
dropping football and still continu-
ing in the conference in other sports.
Northwestern gave up football in
1906 and 1907. but competed in
track meets, baseball and other
fields. In 1908 Northwestern re-
turned to the Big Ten in football
competition and has remained in
the conference ever since.
Alumni Protest Expected.
Many alumni and students have
expressed resentment over dropping
OF the sport, an action which cli-
NAKED several years of poor elevens.
Members of the Chicago Alumni
Club are expected to meet soon, and
possibly may lodge formal pro-
test with the university's governing
board.
The Big Ten Faculty Committee,
which has the power to oust Chi
cago or permit its continuing in
the conference, is expected to con-
vene soon after the holiday season.
Evening star., 1939-12-24
BY BILL BONI,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Though
there's no telling what later develop
ments may bring. the 1910 college
football season will be ushered in as
one Of the best ever from the stand
point Of attendance.
A week from Monday, on New
Year Day, record crowds will fill two
of the four largest bowls New
Orleans, its Sugar Bowl seating
capacity boosted to 10000, had sold
all 10000 tickets to the Tulane Texas
A. and M. game weeks ago. Miami's
boosters had a similarly easy time
disposing OF $4,000 tickets for the
Missouri-Georgia Tech battle in the
enlarged Orange Bowl.
But in the face of coast-to-coast
opposition that has sprung up in
recent years, the Pasadena Rose
Bowl game, Oldest Of the holiday
football attractions, still ranks No. /.
This time it again is a standout.
Some 10000 persons, only $1,000 of
whom were able to buy tickets in
publ; sale, will pack the Pasadena
Stadium to see Tennessee's Volun-
teers, unbeaten and united through
their last two seasons, take on the
University of Southern California
Trojans.
North, South Open Program.
Fourth in the list of bowls is the
Cotton Bowl at Dallas, Tex. There
two imported" strangers. Clemson OF
the Southern Conference and Boston
College from down East" will play
before a crowd of Texans. Apathetic
about the whole thing when the
game first was lined up. they have
had their interest aroused by some
sound drum-beating and the fact
that they will have a chance to see
an all-America back, Clemson's
Bonnie Banks McFadden. perform
against big time opposition.
These four games, however, don't
by any means constitute all of tht
holiday festivities.
The firing will start next Satur.
day. Dec. 80, at Montgomery. Ala.
when a team of picked Northern
seniors meets a band of Southern
all-stars.
On New Year Day. college senior
from East and West will clash IL
San Francisco's Kezar Stadium. o.