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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
u. S. EMULATES GERMANY IN DRIVE
TO CURTAIL HIGHER EDUCATION

direct the policy of American schools
and colleges:
First, educational appropriations do
not yield much profit. OF the $685.
100000 spent for public education in
1886, s1,146, 100000 went for salaries.
The margin for contractors, textbook
publishers, supply houses and other
profiteers is therefore small
Second, public education is a non
cess threatens the whole system of
profiteering. 1t should therefore be
restricted to the minimum necessary
to provide vocational training.
Third, as for enlightenment and I'M
foldment, ruling classes have always
preferred superstitious faith and obedi-
ence. Neither of these virtues is cul-
tivated in school system which slim
ulates the individual to thought and
action
The rulers of the u. S. are following
het German lead. They propose just
enough education to provide trained
labor power. Beyond this point, they
prefer to spend public money on arms
or some other profit-yielding enter
prise.
If the masses of the American peo-
pie want to continue the tradition of
free public education, and extend it
in proportion to the national income.
they must demand extensive increases,
particularly in the field of higher edu-
cation.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
Nearly One-Sixth Of
u. S. Got Public
Aid in January

WASHINGTON.-(FP)-Total pay
ments for public assistance and earn
ings of persons employed under fed
eral work programs in January, 1910,
amounted to 1874, 485, 400, according to
figures made public here by the social
security board.
1t was estimated that public aid un-
der all these programs went to an
unduplicated total of 1S,164,000 per-
sons in 6,342,000 households in jan
uary as compared to an unduplicated
total of 1861, 900 persons in 6,1S9,000
households in December, 1889.
The average monthly check of each
of the recipients of public aid was
approximately SIS.
Figures showed 1,923,000 recipients
of old age assistance, $4,000 family
recipients of aid to dependent chill
dren, $783,0O0 child recipients of aid
to dependent children, 10000 recipi-
ents of aid to the blind, 1,680,000 cases
receiving general public relief, and
100000 cases for which subsistence
payments were certified by the farm
security administration
Also, $4,000 persons enrolled in the
CCC camps, 2,136,0O0 persons en-
ployed on WPA, $4,000 persons on
WPA-financed projects, $4,000 en-
ployed under student-work programs
of the NYA, $4,000 employed under
out-of-school work programs of NYA,
and 100000 persons employed on other
federal work and construction prof.
ects.
aid though those not on WPA may
have had other small sources of in
come.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
Mexican Labor
Continued From Page one)

Il
mittee's formation, prominent opposi-
ton members gave Amaro a banquet
to celebrate the first anniversary OF
an Amaro manifesto that nearly re-
suited in indictment for high treason.
| Pres. Lazaro Cardenas, sticking to
of his regime, allowed the plotters to
be acquitted. The progressive forces,
recalling that the leniency of the
Spanish republican government gave
Franco his chance, are now combining
to organize against Franco-type
movement that they now feel is in
evitable.
The only hope of averting it, they
believe, is a show of strength by the
formation of virtual popular front
and the Strengthening of the workers
militias Cat present unarmed) and the
armed Rural Defenses, composed of
peasants who have received land from
the former big estates.
Crucial in the present situation is
the reported attempt at settlement OF
the oil controversy with at least the
Sinclair Pierce interests. Negotiations
were entrusted to Portes Gil, former
stooge president when the country was
actually ruled by Gales
The Gales group is now backing
Amaro and Almazan with portion
of the huge profits they amassed dur
ing the Gales regime. Significantly,
the overture to the Sinclair negotia-
tions was a blast delivered by Portes
Gil in New York against Toledano.
An offensive against the labor move
ment was, it is thought here, one of
the secret conditions for the oil set
Element.
Some anxiety was expressed here
about the recent move of the Dies
committee in sending an investigator
to the border to look for "commun-
istic activities" 1t is thought that
this is an attempt to smash the fra
ternal relations between the CTM and
CLIO, shown vividly when John L.
Lewis attended the Pan-American
Labor Congress in Mexico City in
1888.
Diego Rivera, the painter, former
Trotskyist who has now Joined AL
reactionary campaign staff,
has volunteered to place himself at
the disposal of the Dies committee.
He is bitterly opposed to the CTM.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20

new deal-controlled) should surrender
to the Cox crowd, since the Cox legis-
lative program is virtually certain to
be blocked in the senate should it
prevail in the house, which also is
extremely doubtful.
Gift To Associated Farmers"
Howard (Undertaker) Smiths gift
to the so-called Associated Farmers
is to be found on page 4 of his bill
amending the national labor relations
act. 1t reads:
For the purpose of this subsection
agricultural laborer' means any per-
son employed in performing 'agricul-
tural labor as that term is defined in
section 1926 (h) of the Internal Rev.
enue Code, as amended"
This upholds the contention of the
Associated Farmers in the North
Whittier Heights case that migrant
workers on large-scale corporate
farms, including those doing packing
on the farms, are excluded from the
provisions of the national labor rela-
lions act The board in that case
held otherwise.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
YOUR DOLLAR
By CONSUMERS UNION

Why is it so often necessary to re-
turn children's clothing? Because the
garments are bought by age, and age
| is a most unreliable guide to size,
says Consumers Union. A better guide
| is q combination of two body meas
urements-trunk and width. So far,
however, manufacturers do not mark
their garments in this way. In its
| March issue Consumers Union offers
chart to determine the proper age
size from body measurements.
Affection is the best material for
children's underwear and sleeping gar
ments. Rib knit constructions are
likely to be more elastic than plain
knit
C. u tested II brands of children's
winter-weight underwear and 10 sleep
ing SUITS for construction, shrinkage,
warmth, durability and fit. Among
the best quality underwear were Sears
Handywear Cat. No. 16D7116 (50c plus
postage) Speedundies (66c) and For
est Mills (65c). The highly adver-
tised Denton $159 sleeping suit was
Not Acceptable because of relatively
poor fabric and construction.
WASHING MACHINES
viii it work? Will it wear out the
clothes? Is it safe to run? How
long will it last? were among the
questions C. U. asked in testing 10
well-known washing machines. Tests
OF durability included 5000 starts and
stops, 500 hours of running under load
and $50 hours of exposure to strong
alkali Washing ability was measured
by laundering test pieces, soiled with
standard dirt mixture, and measur-
ing the increase of Wilderness. The
amount of wear on the pieces was
also measured. Complete results are
given in the March issue of c. U. Re-
ports.
Best Buy of the spinner type was
ABC Model 176. Best quality and
most convenient of all machines
tested, but also highest priced, was
Bendix Model S. Highest quality
wringer types were Sears Kenmore,
ABC Model $50 Kelvinator Model &c.
MACHINE WORKERS
Many workers manufacturing wash
ing machines have been organized in
the past three years, although not
many plants have closed shop con-
tracts. Chief gains of unionization
have been better pay and shorter
working hours. Employment in the
is still irregular
Bendix and Kelvinator are made
under contract with the United Auto
mobile Workers (CIO). The AFL
that it's members are en-
ployed by the makers of Apex. The |
United Electrical Radio & Machine |
Workers (CIO) says that the makers
Of ABC refused to obey an NLRB
order to reinstate about SO men and |
hat the makers of Easy, Whirlpool, |
Thor and Savage are open shop.
B. o.
Most people who battle frequently
don't need Precipitation suppressors
)r deodorants. But if you want pro-
ection of this sort, don't buy expen-
;ive branded products. Aluminium
chloride solution is the main ingredi-
INT of perspiration suppressors like
instant Dew or Odo-Ro-No, and it's
much cheaper TO buy under its own
lame. Just go to a drug store and
lsk for Aluminium Chloride Solution
So. Wash the solution off after it
las dried, to protect your clothing.
Ii you find aluminium irritates your
kim stop using it. You might try a
R solution of formaldehyde, although I
ONE people find the odor objection ;
BILE when it is just put on; and for
laldehyde, also, may irritate. Ii
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
OPINIONS OF READERS


degree
Evening star., 1940-06-08

So buildings, with a capacity Of 76l
units and a valuation of 81, ,126, 900,
were included among the permits.
Apartment construction In May,
1899, was slightly in excess OF
s1,2O0,00o.
The May building total brought
the valuation Of private construc-
ton in the District for the first five
months of 1910 to $12,342 600, which
is approximately s5,000,000 under
the figure for the corresponding
period of last year, when building
reached its highest total since the
middle 1920s.
The value Of additions, alterations
and repairs to existing structures in
May totaled $307,6l5. a slight in
crease as compared to April.
New building in May by sections
of the city follows: Northeast, $685.
500; Southeast. SSH, ESQ; Northwest,
$685. ,720, and Southwest, $31, 400
Modernization work by sections:
Northeast, $55.470; Southeast, $685.
$40: Northwest, $780, ,525, and South
west, $16,050.
Evening star., 1940-06-08

and blind bogey prizes. A number
OF members and guests will enter
the baseball game, the details of
which will be handled by Jasper
D. Franklin. Among other sports
will be variety of races and SWIM
ming.
The demand for reservations has
far exceeded the available accom-
modations, according to William E.
Shannon, jr., chairman of the Ticket
Committee. At recent meeting Of
the Program Committee Edward r.
Carr, general chairman, paid tribute
to the support he has received from
all chairmen and committeeman.
Leaving from the boards office
at 1890, the party will be accom-
panied by a motorcycle escort from
the Metropolitan Police Department
and at the District line a detail of
Maryland State Police will accom-
pany the party to the club.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Residential buiIdinu
In Cities Reaches
1O-Year High Point
91,543 Units, VoIued
At $322,293,3 300, Is
Jonuory-ApriI TotoI

Residential construction in cities
OF 10000 and greater population
during the first four months of this
year reached new 10-year Janu-
ary-April high in both units and
dollar value, it was estimated today
by economists of the Federal Loan
Bank Board.
There were 91,543 dwelling units
valued at 1922 293 300 built or pro-
jected by all types of builders in
the first third of the year, as COM
pared with the previous record set
IN the same period last year of
81 500 units costing $500, 1863 900, ac-
cording to the Boards Division of
Research and Statistics which bases
its monthly study upon an analysis
OF building permits reported to the
Department OF Labor.
In April 20. 1923 units of all types
were built. This was a rise of 18
per cent over March and 80 per cent
over April, 1899. April construction
was valued at $l05,128,7OO, or 10
pei CcIlt more Cnan IN MdrCh and
35 per cent greater than in April,
1889
The April and four month in
creases were due chiefly to continu-
ing expanding activity on the part
of private builders, the divisions S
figures showed. The value of one
and-two-family dwelling units-the
construction of which is privately
f1nanced-was $50 ,469 500 in April q
gain of Is per cent over March
and SO per cent over April, 1899.
This type of construction had a
value of $222,14l 300 during the
first four months of this year, IA
per cent more than in the same
period year earlier.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Full Program Planned
For Realtors 0utina

Unusual entertainment will &C
company the service of dinner at
the realtors annual outing, which
will be held at the Manor Country
Club on Wednesday, June IL, ac-
cording to Raymond M. Taylor, who
Is supervising this phase of the
party.
During the afternoon members
OF the Washington Real Estate
Board, sponsor of the outing, and
their guests will participate in va
rious sports activities. Entries for
golf are being received by John H.
Davidson. chairman, and the con-
tests in this field will include COM
petition for the handicap, low gross
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Inspect the Hardware

Locks, bolts, hinges, and window
fastenings Of the home require oc-
casional inspection. Loose fixtures
should be frightened, and broken
ones should be replaced. If the hard
ware has started to rust, sandpaper-
ing and reflnishing will lengthen its
life and improve its appearance.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Permits
Continued From First Page.

Continued From First Page.)
possible all-time record for WASH
ington, though complete figures are
not available.
Apartment building in May was
negligible in quantity. Permits were
issued for 81 small buildings, having
capacity of 112 families. These
apartments are valued at $243, ,050
In the preceding month, erection Of
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Trick With q Screen

During the spring and summer
when window screens and screen
doors are used privacy may be OBJ
tanned by painting the screens with
a thin coat Of white paint. In the
daytime this will prevent vision from
the outside, while those within may
still look out.
Evening star., 1940-06-08

without screws or bolts. The back
threads into the front part of the
knocker through a hole cut in the
door for that purpose, that's all.
Naturally, it is permanent part
of the door.
X
For further information about
products described here write the
Misses Ducas and Gordon, 230
West Forty-first street, New
York City, and inclose stamped,
self addressed envelope.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Light Helpful in Closet

A light in the linen closet will do
much to lessen confusion caused by
cropping for some article.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Peephole Recalls Speakeasies.


Shades of the speakeasy days are
recalled by new device for front
doors of homes. 1t is door knocker
which is also a safety device. Its
center Is a bull's-eye of one-way
glass, making tiny window through
which some one on the inside of the
house can see any caller without
opening the door, but the visitor out
side cannot see in.
Ten hardware finishes-chromes
brasses, bronzes, nickels, dead black
and old iron on white metal-for
the rim of the bull's-eye and the
swinging door knocker which hangs
below it make the unit applicable
to any kind of door. It's interior has
shutter device which is operated
when you want to find out who is
knocking
These protective door knockers
cost about S., weigh a little less
than 2 pounds and are adjustable
for various door thicknesses up to
and including "a inches. The small
est sizes will serve on thin-panel
doors
The door knockers are installed
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Pre-Finishing for PlywOod.

A new pre-finishing treatment for
fir plywood is rousing interest in
the home building field 1t is a syn
thetic resin-base material designed
to go on plywood and insure the COW
ering up of grain, which hitherto
has been difficult even when the
wood was we'll painted.
Of course, for some purposes, such
as walls in a basement playroom,
the busy pattern of the wood grain
ing is attractive But there are
places-your dining room, for in
stance-where this might make you
hesitate and even decide in favor
of more expensive wood. With the
new pre-finishing material, selling
at 80 cents a quart or SO a gallon
there are almost no places where fir
plywood can't go.
The secret of this materials ef-
fectiveness lies in its ability to
penetrate the spring and summer
growths of the wood evenly, result
ing a smooth foundation which
will take" paints or enamels with
out the grain showing through and
eliminates the wild" effect when
fir plywood is stained. This treat
ment goes long way toward elimi-
mating hairline checking, too.
If you want to use plyWood in
formal rather than informal ways,
you should look into this new pre-
finishing treatment.
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Room-Coo|ing Units
Of Simple Design
Now on Market
Interest Aroused by New
Pre-Finishine Treatment
For Fir PIywood
BY DOROTHY DUCAS AND
ELIZABETH GORDON.

The first warm spell of the season
makes us all wonder if we can afford
air-cooling in our homes or offices.
It's always the way, the air-condi-
tioning makers tell us; given a taste
of 90-degree weather people begin
calling up to check on prices of
Toom-cooling units.
The prices of free-standing ROOM
cooling units are down a little, cost
ing about $3.50 in a size capable of
cooling a room 13 by 16 feet, $3.50
for a room IA by 20 and S365 for a
room Is by % feet, all with 8-foot
ceilings. These are installed prices
and are said to represent a drop
Of about 20 to 25 per cent from four
or five years ago.
We have been looking over a new
line Of packaged ROOM cooling units
and have to report that they are
good-looking and simple in design.
They have none of the gimcracks of
design which frequently mar the ap-
pearance of the radio cabinets they
resemble. Simple walnut-grained
cabinets with side and top registers,
they are backed up to windows, con-
nected to electric circuits of proper
capacity, and are ready to rum
If unit is properly selected for
the size of room it is to cool, a 10
degree drop between inside and
outside temperatures is possible in
almost all kinds of weather. That is
about all the cooling advisable for
persons who go in and out of houses
in summer weather. Too great a
difference encourages summer colds
For rooms where no window is
available to place the cooling unit
against there is water-cooled unit
which is connected with the plumb
ing line. It's installation is little
more of nuisance, but 1t costs the
same as the largest-size air-cooled
unit and handles the same amount
of space 1t has the advantage of
being exceptionally constant in its
cooling capacity. since the tempera
ture of the water which cools the
condenser is approximately the same
during the summer. while the air
used for cooling the condenser in
the air-cooled models varies with
outside weather.
In the winter all these units can
be used to circulate and filter air
Their operation is extremely quiet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Inhabitants Evocuute as Dover
Becomes Front-Line City
People Did Not Mind Air Roids, but
Smelling Forces Them to Make Exodus
The Better ole

mind because he couldn't sell the
stuff anyway after the war started"
A policeman stood guard over two
demolished house walls which stood
no higher than feet above the
ground.
Now, would you believe it?" he
asked, but an old woman and her
husband were dug out Of that house
on the right mean what's left of
it-and the man wasn't even
scratched? The wife was hurt only
a little"
In another section of the town
small dwelling lay crushed by a
shell, which military men said may
have been of 12-inch caliber.
The picture theater was crowded
when 1t began dancing like a Hot
tentot," according to excited patrons.
They didn't mind that at first, but
the protector and the screen danced
a different rhythm and time, and
the focus was ruined.
One shell scored a direct hit on a
church. On the floor among the
debris of plaster and shattered cam
delabra lay a colored print-station
ten of the way of the cross-"Jesus
Is Stripped of His Garments"
The picture bore the imprint of
the shop of Franz Hanfstaengel of
Munich. the family of "Putzi" Hanf-
staengel, Harvard graduate and for
mer intimate of Adolf Hitler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
London Times Backs
Changes in Government
By tire Associated Press.

BY ire Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 23.-The voice Of
the Times. usually close to the ad.
ministration. was added significant
1y today to the move for ministerial
changes in Britains government.
The paper spoke of "a number Of
misfits" in the present regime.
Reviewing the parliamentary ses-
sion closed yesterday. the Times, in
an editorial entitled THE New
Order" singled out Prime Minister
Churchill, Minister of Labor Ernest
Bevin. Food Minister Lord Woolton
and Aircraft Production Minister
Lord Beaverbrook for praise. and
had blame for Chancellor of the
Exchequer Sir Kingsley Wood and
Minister of Information Alfred Duff
Cooper.
The paper said the change in the
war leadership made May 10. the day
Germany invaded the Lovlands.
when Mr.. Churchill succeeded Neville
Chamberlain, was Overdue" and
that 1t had produced results "cer-
tainly fruitful"
Nevertheless" it said. "an ad-
ministration formed in the middle
OF a great battle must necessarily
contain number of misfits and
number OF failures in organization
not serious enough to impair the I'M
mense improvement in our strenetn
and spirit secured during the pas.
three months, but enough to make !.
certain that we are not yet in every
respect giving of our BEST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Argentine Deputy
Involved in Scandal
Dies Of Gun Wound
SeIf-Inhicted, Police Soy;
Assembly Confidence Vote
For Ortiz Predicted
By the Associated Press.

BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 23.-Victor
Guillot, member of the Chamber
of Deputies, died today of what
police said was a self-inf1icted bullet
wound, .complicating an already
critical internal political situation
created by the resignation of Presi-
dent Roberto M. Ortiz.
Guillot's custer from the chamber
had been demanded by a committee
investigating the Ell Palomar land
deal, in which the army is alleged
to have paid five times the value of
a piece of land for an airport. He
was a member of the Radical Glib
crab party. Police said he shot
himself in the head with a pistol.
The President resigned because
he said the committee report in
volved his honor without naming
him
Left Note to Family.
Police said Guillot, to whom a
Senate investigating committee had
traced part of the funds which it
declared were distributed among
officials and former officials, left
notes to his family and friends.
His body was found slumped
over a desk in the library in his
home. On a desk calendar was
scrubbed in Guillot's handwriting:
May God forgive me-"
Meanwhile categorical mo- was
expected when a joint legislative
assembly meets tomorrow to con-
slider the resignation Ortiz rendered
yesterday. Supporters of the Presi-
dent considered it certain that Con-
gress would reject his resignation
and reafirrn his prestige in the eyes
of the nation.
A preliminary canvass showed
1913 of a possible total Of 100 men,
bers favored a vote of confidence.
Resigned Yesterday.
President Ortiz, who delegated
general executive powers to Vice
President Ramon Castillo June 8
because of illness, submitted his res
ignation yesterday because a Senate
investigation into a high-priced
army land purchase had "soiled my
ofice" by attacking two Of his cab
met members, although President
Ortiz himself was pot named.
The first public show of the 81
year-old Presidents popularity was
manifested last night by an i'm
promptu parade to President Ortiz's
home, with marchers singing the
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