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down? These men may be great
or and good In their chosen
lines, and be fallible and preju-
diced in others. This acceptance
of the opinions of q successful
man on any and all subjects, be-
cause he Is successful, or good,
is one of our national faults.
We make our own "bandwagon'
and ride on 1t. Emerson said
that Parties and creeds are ele-
giant devices to save men the
vexation of thinking" This APP
plies to the above instance of
success worship" The only safe
way is to do our own thinking,
using logic exclusively.
Mr.. Overstreet of Mossyrock
says Roosevelt is bull-headed.
Stanton said the same of Lin
coin. Had Mr.. Roosevelt, and
our great Secretary of State
Hull not been bull-headed our
National Debating society would
have arrived too late, with too
little" on several occasions, in
GLIDING the present. Certainly
Mr.. Willkie. retained by private
ly owned utilities and the Re-
publican party. has shown no
genius for foreign policy. nor
has he the experience possessed
by the present incumbents. Hit
Ter respects those who talk and
act as tough as he does. to him
friendship between nations Is
neither natural nor real The
only basis for friendship be-
tween Hitler and any one else
ceases when fear does, this is
implicit in the Hitlerian philoso-
ply. the philosophy of the
jungle.
Mr.. Keesling reviews interest
ing ancient history, the situation
he depicts is one which we are
trying to avoid this time by
being prepared II any emer-
gency arises. II was frenzied
last minute preparation that
caused inefficient waste, and
casualties among our soldiers
the last time. 8 fact that the
above writers have overlooked.
Roosevelt IL not overlooking il.
o. 3. GERMOND.
Pc Ell, Wash
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The Bay Slater ? one of the
most reactionary 'GoP-ers on
Capitol Hill. II he has ever ut
tered a kindly worrl about the
opposition, II was while he was
talking in his sleep. Even more
30 than ex-senator r eed Smoot,
he has been the apostle of pro-
tective tariffs. and a relentless
foe of Cordell Hull's tr pde agree
ments. He was suspected of IA
voring the party's most conser-
vative entry at the Philadelphia
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Taft. In
short, WILKES liberalism and
low-tarrif attitude irk,sd him,
and he was privately critical of
the party's choice.
Few days ago he received q
gracious letter from the ,candi-
date asking for his advice on
various questions, also HIS as
sistance on the stump when the
going gets hot. And now there
Ia not a more enthusiastic Will
kie rooter in congress. Whllkis
has also shown himself willing
to accept advice from old hssnds.
He modified his anti-conarrip-
ton of industry stand on the
suggestion OF Arthur Vans ZEN
berg. who recently won an OVER
whelming primary triumph In
Michigan. Joe Martin pr-
susded him to sock the thin d.
term try. observation-disclosures
got him TO declare witho ut
equivocation that he would
never" lead the United Stat -
into war.
President Roosevelt Is manilp-
ulating the strings OF his r,s-
election campaign with skill
despite his disavowal Of SUCCESS
items that he Is cleverly ming
ling the dual roles of chief ex-
ecutive and office-seeker. Hardly
a day passes that he does not.
devote hours TO political discuss
sions and planning. 4
The speeches delivered for
him by cabinet members, espe-
cially Henry Wallace's major
utterances. were written with
White House invisible ink.
F. d. r. constantly consults re-
gionsl politicians - governors.
senators. local and state COM
mitteemen - on conditions in
their districts. and his chances
OF carrying their states. Re
Gently a mid-western governor
was called to the White House,
presumably 10 talk about a pos
sible appointment, but the presi-
dent was chiefly interested in
political problems.
John Kelly. democratic leader
in Philadelphia, was listed as a
former Olympics sculling cham
pion in Secretary Early's an
nouncement Of the days callers
But Kelly found time to assure
the president that he would
sweep the city OF brotherly love.
Daily analyses Of political
trends are sent 10 the White
House by his various clipping
bureaus. He religiously scans
reports of the newspaper edi-
torials on his major moves in
the domestic and foreign fields.
And he will make many more
political" addresses hefors the
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A Document for Yesterday.
Today and Tomorrow
The Constitution OF The
United States
Bulb Out of The Extremity
OF a Greaf People
A Good Time to Know
Something About II
r EST we forget. Tuesday,
IL Sept. II. is the 15sd ami
versary Of the adoption OF tne
constitution of the united
States. by a convention Of which
George Washington was presi-
dent. The convention was organ
lied May rs, 1887. For approx
mately ss days the members OF
the convention met behind closed
doors. That may seem like =
strange preceding for conven-
ton charged with the duty OF
preparing the fundamental law
of a government dedicated to
freedom of speech, press, educa-
ton and religion. II Is. how
ever. one of the reasons the con-
stitution with its first amend
ments, the bill of rights, has
served for 153 years with so few
changes.
The constitution Of the Unit
ed states was formed TO meet
the needs of the country. As
George Washington wrote, 1--WE
have lived on our expedients
until we can no longer live
Something had 10 be done to
meet the exigencies Of a new
world nation which had severed
the ties with the mother country
and must sink or swim alone.
The wisest and most loyal citi-
zens of the America of 153 years
ago were chosen for the task.
They were wise in their genera
tion. but they also were human
with all the frailties to which
the race is heir. They had their
disagreements = some of them
bitter. On one occasion the con-
vention was near the breaking
point and was saved only by the
counsel OF such men as Benja-
min Franklin and Alexander
Hamilton. There were filibus-
tiers, and on one of these occa-
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campaign ends, especially If Mr..
willkie appears to be making
Roadway.
A majority of the national de-
Tense commission has reached a
preliminary decision advising
against prosecution Of Thur
man Arnold's anti-monopoly suit
against the oil industry at this
time. The question was sub
mitted to the Knudsenites be-
cause of the proposed actions
effect on the rearming program.
Most important oil companies
are now engaged in four pro-
cesses necessary to bring the
product from the earth to the
industrial or individual consum-
er. They produce, refine, trans
port and market 1t. Under
Arnold's proposal this vertical
arrangement would be split IN
two. He would permit a single
corporation to drill and refine.
but the transportation and sell
ing would have to be handled by
a separate organization. With
the oil industry suffering Sc
verely from loss Of foreign mar
kets. a further cut In their
business would weaken them In
their efforts to supply this es-
sential war fuel. II has delayed
construction of pipe lines from
Texas and Oklahoma fields to
the Atlantic coast-pipe lines
which obviate any danger that
tankers which now transport
the product might be sunk en-
route from gulf to Atlantic
ports.
Attorney General jackson Is
understood to share the defense
commissions opinion IN favor
OF postponement
The so-called foreign vote fig
ures more Importantly IN the
minds of political strategists
than in any years since 1920. In
the Harrington contests ele-
ments of foreign-born dissatis-
fled with the provisions of the
Treaty of Versailles ganged to-
gether TO give the COP what
was then an unprecedented ma
jority.
The Republicans believe that
they will win back millions Of
these voters to the fold after
the eight years in which they
fiocked TO the New Deal stand
ard. They argue that they will
capture the German vote out OF
their resentment against the
administrations snti-Hitler pol
icies. ugh democratic
scouts maintain that the Italian
electorate viii remain faithful.
the GOP-ers insist that they VIII
corral more Of this class than in
1896 or 1892. Mr.. Roosevelt's
s"stab in the back" reference to
-Mussolini is thought to have
wounded their pride The oppo-
sition even expects to break into
the powerful pro-Roosevelt jew
Ssh vote on the theory that nu-
iuerous small businessmen in
this group resent F. D. RS
Heavy spending. taxing and reg
ldation-
How these groups vote may
etermine the result in many
K e. electoral states-Eew Eng
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TTNTTT An Inside Picture of Finm-
Ll0a i ciol and Political America
BY RAY TUCKER

WASHING1ON-Peope who have enjoyed a peek at
correspondence passing between Wendell Wiie and key
figures through the country have had to revise their
first impression of the republican amateur politician
Perhaps the prize story involves his dealings with Repre-
sentative Allen broadway of western Massachusetts
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DFENDS R0OSEvELT'S
FOREIGN POLICIES

Editor. The Times: I wish to
answer items appearing in let
ters to The Times Of September
Z. Grace Owens quotes from
letters from an organization with
the imposing title OF National
Council for Prevention Of War"
to the effect that results of vol
untary enlistments in the armed
forces are adequate" Is the
information Of this mushroom
organization more reliable than
that Of the chief of the army
general staff who says they are
not adequate. or anywhere near
it, Another quotation anent
limiting profits on war industry
this has been attended TO long
since. What sort Of reasoning
is il to say that because civic.
union, and church leaders have
come out strong against con-
scripnon" we should turn il
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land, New York. New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Illinois. Michigan.
etc. And the foreign-voter.
foreign-language branches Of
both the national organizations
are stepping up their efforts in
this field.
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sions. > delegate. Luther Martin.
-s-,.s 20 20 -. 80 s d. Hamilton
would speak for two or three
hours AZ a stretch. and one day
talked for five hours.
Had the convention been open
10 the public and the press Of
that day, al those occurrences
would have been given = wrong
impression. Moreover. the dele
gates would have been badgercd
continuously by Representatives
Of special interests Instead Of
being the deliberate Judgment Of
serious minds attempting to
serve the exigencies of the ma
ton. the constitution would have
been IN entirely different docu-
ment.
Some of the criticism Of the
constitution is based on the
erroneous theory that the docu-
ment was hastily formed to
meet the exigencies of the OK
cart and wheelbarrow days and
therefore is not adapted to the
requirements of the automobile
and airplane era. The general
idea of the constitution grew out
of the unworkability Of the ar
ticles of confederation and the
utter failure to meet the ext
gencies of the times which re-
ouired, more than anything else,
unity among the colonies, The
makers of the constitution
avoided the mistakes of the arti-
cles of confederation and sim
cerely devoted themselves TO an
effort to meet the extremity OF
a people who had just won an
unequal contest. It was a yes
terday, today and tomorrow"
document. They remembered
the failures of the confederation.
they recognized the needs of
the present, and they had
vision of what the future might
require. and provided the process
by which the constitution could
be amended.
Altogether, the constitution
makers did a pretty good job.
The finished document was not
a hundred per cent satisfactory
to all of them. It was to quite
an extent the result of diverg-
ent but intelligent minds assum-
ing a give and take attitude.
This statement by B en- a m n
Franklin, just before the docu-
ment was signed, is significant:
81 confess that there are sew
esal parts of the constitution
which / do not at present APP
prove, but 1 am not sure that I
shall never approve them. For
having lived long / have expert
enced many instances of being
obliged, after better information
or q fuller consideration, to
change opinions on important
subjects which I once thought
right, but found to be otherwise.
-. On the whole, / cannot help
expressing = wish that every
member of the convention who
may still have objections to 1t,
would with me on this occasion
doubt a little Of his own infalli-
bility-and to make manifest
our unanimity, put his name to
this instrument"
For a better understanding of
the constitution, the present
generation should give more
thought to the means and meth
DDS of which the document was
made. There are in the public
library several interesting vol
umes dealing with that subject.
The Constitution of the United
States: Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow" Is recommended for
its historical accuracy. variety
and interesting style. The au-
thor Is James M. Beck, former
solicitor general of the United
States and member of congress.
He also is a member of the Eng
lish bar and quite evidently a
student of history. His book is
vary v,,.rh t.,or+t,xx-hff~
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The light of the body is the eye therefore when thine
eve single thy whole body also is full of light; but when
thine eye evil thy body is full of darkness-Luke IL 3D.
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tasted sweet, and on closer ex-
animation found the taste came
from his hands. Fahlberg re-
turned to the laboratory, where
he had been working with Ira
Remsen on the oxidation Of
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= 1-is u Z "a ON rssss .ss.s.s TT
o. toluene sulphonamide, and
tasted each beaker until he
found one containing the sweet
tasting substance. Today this
chemical Is widely known as
saccharin.
TOMORROW: Long Tom.
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president of the Board of Trade; G.
Melvin Sharpe, member of the Board
of Education, who serves on the Dis
trict Recreation Committee, and L.
Bert Nye, president of the Rotary
Club.
The report of Mr. Pilkerton showed
that the Executive Committee of the
Centennial Inaugural Relief Com
mittee. in March, 1889, issued the
following resolution:
Resolved, that the surplus earn
ings of the Inaugural Committee
shall be transferred to the Commits
sioners of the District of Columbia,
and their successors, to be kept in
tact as Centennial Inaugural Re-
lief Fund to be invested by them In
good real estate securities in the
District at the best obtainable rate
of interest and to be held and used
for following purposes, viz: The an
nual interest to be expended in the
discretion of said Commissioners for
the purchase of fuel and clothing
for the poor of the District"
Interest Equals $6,814.
The Pilkerton report showed that
since January, 1886, there had &C
cumulated as interest on the in
vestment a sum of S6,814.96. Prior
to 1886, with the approval of the
Commissioners, he continued, pay
ments were made to prominent local
concerns for fuel and clothing for
the poor" The amount was not
announced.
The Commissioners were advised
that the Centennial Inaugural Re-
lief Fund consisted of 4 first trust
real estate notes, amounting to
$4,000 secured on lots Is and 10,
square 1926, and $36,750 par value
27s per cent registered bonds.
The report showed the seven
other accounts in which funds are
available were as follows:
l. William Hauer beQuest. Mr.
Pilkerton found the amount to the
credit of this fund consisted of
three first trust real estate notes
aggregating $3.50, secured on lots
Is and 16, square 1894, and three
first trust notes aggregating $3.50
secured on lot IS, square 4472. There
has accumulated as interest $500,
the proceeds of which we're to be
expended for the benefit of inmates
of the Homes for Aged and Infirmed.
In January, 1882, a bus was pur-
chased from Lee D. Butler Inc, out
of the income for the benefit of the
inmates. Since that time expendi-
lures have been made each year for
radio and other equipment for the
home.
Funds for School Awards.
2. William Gait legacy. This fund
consisted of $1,000 % per cent
registered United States bonds. The
income from the investment was
to be paid over annually to the
Board of Trustees of the Public
Schools in purchasing medals and
other suitable rewards" In the
discretion of the Board of Educa-
ton. The balance in the interest
account at time of Mr.. pilkerton's
report was said to be $385.58. Por-
tons of the income from these funds
have been paid to individuals named
by the Board of Education.
8. Mathew Wright legacy. This
fund consisted of two 81 per cent
United States registered bonds in
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4. Policemens and Firemens
\ Coffee Fund. This consisted of two
$1,000 Us per cent United States
registered bonds. The interest on
the account to date is $392.05. Mr..
Pilkerton said the income from this
fund was to be used for the pur-
chase of coffee and sandwiches of
the members of the Police and Fire
Departments while engaged in fight
ing fires. 1t consisted of donations
made from time to time by District
residents.
S. George M. Kober legacy. This
consisted of $50 shares of the Wash
ington Sanitary improvement Co.
stock. Dividends on the stock in the
custody of the collector of taxes
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were to be used for prizes for domes-
tic science in the public schools
Dividends on shares of stock in the
possession Of the District auditor
were to be. used, half for prizes
for domestic science and half for
prizes for the Training School for
Nurses at Gallinger Hospital.
6. Women's Anthropological So
ciety fund. One hundred shares of
Washington Sanitary Improvement
Co. stock, donated by George M.
Kober, are held by the collector of
taxes. Mr.. Pilkerton reported that
interest on this stock is paid over
to the Free Public Library from time
to time.
7. Henry Pastor Memorial Fund.
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the amounts of 500 and 81 900 and

the amounts of 500 and 81 900 and
seven 81 registered bonds of the
Federal Farm Mortgage Corp, total
ing s21, 400. There is now an in
terest account of $325.63. The Com
missioners were told some of the
income is being used to restore the
account to the original investment
and the remainder to carry out the
terms of the trust by payment to the
Ebenezer Station Sunday School and
the remainder to the incorporated
orphan asylums in existence at the
time Of the death of Mathew Wright.
Two such orphan asylums were
in existence at the time, the Wash
ington City Orphan Asylum and the
st. Vincent Orphan Asylum.
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Finn" and THE King OF the Golden
River"-will be performed by the
Marionette Guild Of Plainfield, N. j.
One performance will be at 3:15 pm.
and another at pm. in the school
auditorium.
After the shows are over, the trick
stage will be removed, allowing the
audience to see the persons operating
the strings behind the scenes.
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This represents a 1000 bond Of the
Washington Railway e. Electric Co.,
donated by James T. Dubois to the
Henry Pastor Memorial Fund of the
Free Public Library and it is held by
the collector of taxes. The income
from the investment is paid periodic
ally to the public librarian for the
purchase Of scientific periodicals.
In his summary of the trust fund
accounts Mr.. Pilkerton said there
were in the custody of the auditors
Office securities held by the District
Commissioners as trustees, the face
value of which were $72,750 and
that there was in the custody of the
collector of taxes $4,000 in stocks
and bonds Mr.. Pilkerton recon-
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up the program" He was referring
to labor and management troubles
which have caused Interruptions in
some instances. He made 1t plain,
however, that he was not advo-
eating naturalization Of industry
or any other form of Government
control of private plants.
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Langley Junior High
To Re-enuct Huck Finn

The adventures Of Huckleberry
Finn, floating down the Mississippi
on raft, will be re-enacted in one
of two marionette shows at Langley
Junior High School tomorrow under
the auspices of the Langley Parent
Teacher Association.
The two shows - "Huckleberry
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mended that these securities be al
lowed to remain in the vault of the
auditors Office and that securities
now held by the collector of taxes be
transferred to the auditors Office.
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Coy Nineties' Play

A gay nineties" play, "Floradora,"
will be presented by the Columbia
Light Opera Co. at 8:15 o'clock to-
night and tomorrow night at Roose-
welt High School auditorium.
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Morgenthau Calls
Britain Good Risk
For j. !. Loans
Backs Jesse Jones View;
Sir Frederick Phillips
Sturts Talks Tomorrow
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