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'Slowdown'
May Effect
New Law
Chrysler Situation
| Can Be Decided by
Public Opinion
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
For several years now. the Amer
ican people have been .told that, 11
only “collective bargaining" could be
assured, labor disputes would be ma
te r i ally dimin
ished in numbers
and intensity.
Congress accept
ed that theory
in passing the
Wagner Act and
so did the Su
preme Court of
the United
States in up
holding con
stitutionality of
the law.
The Chrysler
Corp. in Detroit
accepted collec
tive bargaining David Lawrence,
too. and, when an inter-union dis
pute arose, the National Labor Rela
tions Board conducted an election
wherein lawfully authorized bar
gaining agents were selected. But
still there is a dispute and it has
fflooVtoH ciir»Vi rrraira nrnnnrfinnc that
Gov. Dickinson of Michigan has
Issued an appeal to the people to go
to the churches to pray.
“All reasonable appeals," says the
Governor, "have met with rebuff and
the only power not yet invoked is
Almighty God. Thousands of men,
women and children are on the
verge of acute suffering from lack
of food and necessities.”
What "reasonable appeals” have
been made, what are the issues, who
is in the right, where is there a
readiness to survey objectively the
causes of the dispute, and, finally,
what help can come from prayer
alone if the disputants do not search
their own consciences and the same
time to determine the truth under
lying the differences that have
arisen?”
Public Can Be Arbiter.
These questions cannot be an
swered from a distance, but the
Governor of Michigan can outline
them to the public in a fair and dis
interested way. No important labor
dispute in America has ever con
tinued very long when public
authority has seen fit to disclose
the facts upon which public opinion
can be crystallized.
To invoke the aid of Divine Provi
dence is a new turn in public affairs,
especially when it is apparent that
the Federal Government, with its
vast powers, has failed, and that the
Government of the State of Michi
gan also has failed. But prayer has
been offered before and has failed,
possibly because those who pray are
unwilling to turn the searchlight on
themselves to learn where dishonesty
and pride and selfishness have been
factors in the wielding of economic
power either by employers or by
employes, or both.
So far as can be determined from
what little has been revealed about
I he Chrysler strike, the issue is a
simple one. The workers' leaders
want to control production as they
an ivuooia. xu iiiauLCia XlUb lllau
the unions take none of the risks of
capital and assume none of the re
sponsiblities of managing the many
elements of a modern industrial
corporationn, but the unions ask
that the rate of production be sub
ject to their veto.
The "slowdown" strike is the new
weapon. It can be demoralizing to
efficient operation of a motor plant
and already has become so. To slow
down cylinder blocks means lack of
production on motors. Also, when
car bodies are in the stage of pre
welding and painting, the slowdown
means partial welding, so that
painting cannot be done. When
partially welded bodies are set aside,
congestion occurs, confusion of as
sembly results, production is reduced
and the famous quantity produc
tion plan, which has given America
each year recently better and better
cars for every dollar spent, is
knocked into collapse.
This means that Chrysler dealers
have no new cars to sell, salesmen
are idle, collateral industries which
furnish materials are forced to
close down, and. in short, the whole
economic process in a major indus
try is paralyzed.
There is plenty of Federal law to
prevent economic power in America
from being used in such devastating
fashion to interrupt interstate com
merce, but the Department of Jus
tice, in line with the policy of the
present administration, has hesitated
to prosecute a C. I. O. union, al
though it has not hesitated to indict
A. F. of L. leaders in the building
trades. No reason for this hesitation
has been offered, and it may reside
in the fact that the C. I. O. is a
political ally of the administration,
whereas the A. F. of L. is not. Such
an inference may do an injustice,
but, in the absence of explanations
concerning the indifference of the
Federal Government to what is hap
pening in Michigan, the belief will
grow that partiality is being shown.
Justifies Original Opposition.
Interruption to production by one
device or another is an old tech
nique, but this does not make sabo
tage lawful. Control of production
schedules by workers’ committees is
the basis of the system in Russia,
where capitalism is taboo. Is the
itussian system what the C. I. u.
wants for America? If so, then
collective bargaining was properly
fought for generations by employers
and investors alike, not because the
process itself was considered an un
deserved privilege for labor, but be
cause of a fear of the communistic
use or abuse of the collective bar
gaining power itself.
If collective bargaining is to con
tinue to be guaranteed by Federal
law, Congress may find public opin
ion soon demanding that there be
safeguards enacted so that a corre
sponding sense of responsibility car
be required where collective actior
by private groups is permitted.
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Leon Henderson
To Talk on Youth
Leon Henderson, member of th<
Securities and Exchange Commis
sion, and Mrs. Henderson will b<
guests of honor at the Washing
ton Youth Council's “Celebrity Tea’
tomorrow afternoon from 3 to <
o’clock. Admission is 25 cents, anc
the tea is open to the public.
Mr. Henderson is expected t<
discuss important youth problem!
"off the record.”
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The Capital Parade
Radiomen Eye Elliott Roosevelt's Chain
As Possible Outlet for Coughlin and Townsend
By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER.
The radio business wants to know two things about Elliott Roose
velt’s scheme for a new Nation-wide radio network. Will the network
ever be established? And is it part of a scheme to take the fat checks of
Father Charles E. Coughlin, Dr. Francis E. Townsend and other radio
vendors of political snake oil?
It’s already public property how the President’s second son has at
least prepared his network’s corporate skeleton, under the title of Trans
continental Broadcasting System, with a number of his close associates
in command What is not known is the surprising unanimity of the
rnriin npnnlp in nrivnt.plv Riisrvi'i.inir
that Coughlin, Townsend et al. will
find in the new network the radio
outlet they recently lost under the
code of the National Association of
Broadcasters.
The code bars N. A. B. member
stations from taking money for radio
time to be devoted to broadcasts on
controversial subjects. Elliott Roose
velt’s own news broadcasting was
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tions out of the N A. B. with a fine show of moral indignation. He then
started to try to put together his network. It is understood to have a
number of commercial advertising clients in prospect, but the suspicion
still remains as to the highly profitable Coughlinite and Townsendite
business.
Coughlin already is beginning to feel the restraints of the N. A. B.
code, and Townsend has been prevented by the code from putting on a
long-planned, coast-to-coast radio ballyhoo for his pension panacea.
They would undoubtedly jump at any chance to use the new network, if
one were offered. Meanwhile, the Federal Communications Commission
has stamped the N. A. B. code with the high approval of the Roosevelt
administration. Coughlin is one of the President's bitterest enemies, and
Dr. Townsend's influence has done much to transform California's
loquacious Senator Sheridan Downey from an ardent lip-servant of the
New Deal into a fairly frequent opponent. All of which makes the
situation pretty puzzling.
Old Friends
No one should be surprised by John L. Lewis’ genial public gestures
toward Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana. Back in the days of the
court fight, the C. I. O. chieftain went through a routine of roaring at all
anti-court bill Senators. Although the White House indulged in some
wishful thinking on the subject, the roaring meant nothing so far as
Wheeler was concerned.
Lewis trusts Wheeler and is heavily obligated to him, for the shrewd
Senator boasts a perfect labor record. With two ex-presidents of the
Montana United Mine Workers on his patronage list, Wheeler was even
able to prevent a C. I. O. indorsement of his arch-enemy, the New Deal
1UU per center, jerry o Connell, when O Connell was fighting for his
political life. Gossip goes on about Wheeler as a possible C. I. O.-Rail
road Brotherhood candidate for the Democrats' 1940 nomination. But
as yet the Wheeler candidacy looks like just another of the curious
mating dances he and canny old William E. Borah generally perform for
their constituents when they are up for re-election. It's fine publicity
to be a presidential candidate in a senatorial race.
No Midgets
J. P. Morgan & Co. is in for another of the public goings-over. which
have become an epidemic affliction of the great financial house. This
time the investigating will be done in December by the Monopoly Com
mittee. when the S. E. C. presents its investment banking study. The
committee wants to know the exact relationship between Morgan’s and
Morgan. Stanley & Co., the underwriting offshoot put out by Morgan’s
when the 1933 Banking Act barred banks from selling securities. No
fireworks or midgets are currently anticipated, however.
At Cabinet Councils
It’s an odd presidential habit in crisis periods to make great innova
tions and then forget about them. The war emergency produced two.
First th p PrPsiHpnt qcItpH PpHorol
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Loan Administrator Jesse H. Jones,
Federal Security Administrator Paul
V. McNutt and Federal Works Ad
ministrator John Carmodv to sit
with the cabinet. Then he formed
a sort of national defense council
consisting of the heads of the State,!
War, Navy, Justice, Agriculture and j
Labor Departments. The council:
rn ^ \ A met °nce. The administrators at
vV«*^^ tended two cabinet meetings and
then faded away, after giving rise to the joke that, with Vice President
John N. Garner. Postmaster General James A. Farley and Secretary of
State Cordell Hull also at the cabinet table, the President could not bear to
see so many candidates to succeed him in the same room.
(Released by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
To the Unknown Soldier
By JOHN J. DALY
ijisien. Mister:
You've been a long while on
the green slopes of Arlington.
I remember the day they car
ried you. in a pageant of glory,
to your final rest.
As a newspaper reporter—on
a morning paper—I had to turn
out before dawn to cover the
story. The chief assigned me
to start with the procession from
the Capitol. I went w-ith you all
the way over that long, long
trail—to Arlington.
It was a balmy day in No
vember.
Just as you came out of the
Capitol, down the east steps,
a streak of red light broke
through the clouds. The sky
looked like Kingdom Come.
An emblazoned emblem, Old
Glory, covered you.
Soldiers stood at attention. Bay
onets glistened. Statesmen in
formal attire followed in your
wake. A military band, muf
fling the martial music that
marched you off to war, played
a dirge.
All along the route, from the
Capitol to the Amphitheater,
throngs lined the way.
Honored by High Officials.
The President of the United
States and his cabinet, the Su
preme Court, Senators and Repre
sentatives and Governors of
States came to do you honor.
With bowed heads, countrymen
of every color and creed stood
at the end of your journey. Some
knelt on the purple-hued soil.
There were orations. The first
big radio broadcast told your glo
rious deeds to the Nation. You,
known so well but unknown.
You, dead but living.
All the Nation stood still. For
eign states allied with America
in the war bestowed medals of
honor on you, my buddy.
Then, as multitudes pressed
close to your tomb, your fellows
took you in hand—while hearts
trobbed.
Your mother was there. I saw
her weeping, silently. I wondered
if she thought of you as a little
fellow, with a paper hat and
ier man i—a mere mortal wno
still stumblas around, for a place
of rest.
There seems to be no peace.
Never has been since the armis
tice.
Forgive me for rambling. My
nerves are all shot.
That's why I feel like talking
to you today—you, of all persons.
I have hope that in the whis
pering winds coming over the Po
tomac lush lands there may be
the sweet sound of your voice—
my buddy!
If there’s a message for me,
send it through.
What is it all about, anyway?
Why are they getting out the
guns?
When will the caissons go roll
ing along?
Member the last time we hit
the dusty trail, in the service
together? 'Member that last,
long mile?
Almost, I can hear the boom
of artillery—and the weiner
werfers bursting in air.
The world is ready for another
big parade.
Buddies Too Old to March.
This time, though, I’m too old
to march. So are all our other
buddies. While you’ve been over
there, on the hillside, Time has
traced his etchings on a lot of
faces. You'd hardly know the old
gang now. Even hard-boiled top
kicks have become old softies.
It won't be long before more
of us are over there with you—
on a hillside at Arlington, away
from strife and turmoil. Me?
I'd like it—a grand reunion, sing
lnrr tlm nlJ
—o uuiigo.
Say, mister, it must be glorious
—to rest. Hardly a day goes by
without some one visiting you,
bringing you wreaths, bouquets—
beaucoup flowers.
Birds sing for you. Prayers are
said. Your home is a cathedral,
a shrine.
They are doing guard duty over
you.
I just heard “Taps.’'
'll. S. Responsibility'
Theme at Service
Dr. Philip Marshall Brown, form
er professor of international law at
Harvard and Princeton, will spealc
on “American International Re
sponsibility” at World Friendship
Services tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. at
the Young Women’s Christian As
sociation.
The services will mark the begin
ning of the World’s Week of Prayer,
observed by branches of the Young
Women’s and the Young Men’s
Christian Associations in 52 coun
tries.
Mrs. William Lee Corbin will pre
side and Mrs. William S. Gulbert
son, chairman of the World Fellow
ship Committee, will lead the wor
ship. Special music will be furnish
ed by the Girl Reserve Glee Club
and the Elizabeth Somers Glee
Club.
Jewish Center Sports
“Athletic night,” featuring a pro
gram of sports events, will be ob
served by the Service Council of the
Jewish Community Center next
Tuesday at the center.
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CTHE opinions of the writer's on this page are their own, not
necessarily The Star’s. Such opinions are presented in The
Star’s effort to give aU sides of Questions of interest to its
readers, although such opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Star's.
The Political Mill
Election Year Congress Faces Dilemma in
Spending, Debt Limit and Tax Revenues
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.
With an election coming on, how
strong will be the economy bloc in
Congress next session? There is no
reason yet to believe that the ad
ministration has
abandoned its
now time honor
ed theory that
the way to bring
prosperity back
to this country
is for Govern
ment to spend
money. Further
more, it is - a^
matter of reo
ord that the ex
penditures of
the Federal
Government for
the W. P. A. and
other kinds Of. o. Gould Lincoln,
relief have mounted in election
years and fallen off- in the odd
years.
There are signs that? in order to
bolster the cause of continued
Federal spending—which under ex
isting conditions of revenue means
deficit spending—.the need of more
adequate national defense will be
advanced, and in a big way. Al
ready there is discussion of appro
priations ranging from two to three
billion dollars to increase the Navy
and to strengthen the Army and
the land defenses.
Whether money is to'be spent for
national defense or for relief or
social experiments it must be found
and expended by the Government.
Speaking in St. Louis Thursday
night Marriner S. Eccles, chairman
of the Federal Reserve Board,
sounded a new note. And since Mr.
Eccles is a close adviser of the
White House and since he has been
one of those who have contended
that Government spending on a big
scale must continue in order to
advance recovery, his present re
commendations are particularly in
tcicauug.
Would Raise Taxes.
Mr. Eccles disagrees with those
members of Congress who would
curtail the expenditures for farm
relief, the W. P. A., etc. If more
money must be available for na
tional defense and for continuing
the relief payments, then he pro
poses to raise it by increased taxa
tion. That in Itself is a challenge to'
Congress. For while the majority
in control of that body may looic
complacently upon Government ex
penditures in an election year, it
may look askance at proposals to
levy increased taxes on the voters.
His tax proposals' include a reduc
tion of exemptions for income taxes
on both single and married men and
women. The result would be that
those whose incomes are less than
$1,000 a year, if unmarried, and less
than $2,500, if married, would be
compeled to pay a Federal income
tax. In other words, the income
taxes would be broadened at the
base, which has been advocated
from time to time by members of
Congress, but never adopted.
Further, Mr. Eccles would increase
the tax rates on those now earning
from $5,000 to $10,000. He plans to
increase the normal income tax on
corporations, in order to give to the
Government a share of "war profits”
which may be made through in
creased business because of the
European war. He would also pro
vide extra taxes on “rainy reserves”
which corporations set aside. This
last is reminiscent of the old un
distributed profits tax, which was
the target of especial attack in the
last and the present Congress and
which was finaly erased from the
statute books over the administra
tion’s opposition.
Would Adjust Security Taxes.
As an offset to these increases in
taxes, Mr. Eccles proposes that “con
sumer taxes,” such as the excise
taxes on automobiles, gasoline and
theater tickets be reduced. And
finally he proposes that social se
curity and unemployment taxes be
so adjusted that they will not ex
ceed benefit payments until times
are much better.
It seems certain that if the ad
ministration backs Mr. Eccles' tax
program and recommends it as its
own when Congress reassembles,
there will be notable struggle with
the legislature. Chairman Doughton
of the House Ways and Means
Committee and Senator Pat Har
rison, chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Finance, have been hope
ful that it would be possible to
avoid tax legislation at the coming
session. Mr. Harrison led the
fight to amend the tax laws so as
to give business some relief—and
he won his fight. If it is now pro
posed to go right back after more
revenue from business taxes, there
will be strong opposition.
A present the legal debt limit of
the United States Government is
$45,000,000,000. The public debt has
reached a new high already—$41,
168,071,490, which is $3,831,928,510
short of the authorized limit. By
the end of this fiscal year, owing
to large expected expenditures, the
statutory limit may easily be
reached, particularly if greatly in
creased expenditures for national
defense are made.
May Face Limit Dilemma.
The economy bloc in Congress
emitted a roar when it was sug
gested earlier in the year that the
debt limit be increased to $50,
000,000.000 or perhaps $55,000,000,
000. The Congress as well as the
administration, however, may face
a dilemma in the next few months,
with expenses mounting and the
Treasury Department authorized to
go only to $45,0000,00,000 in debt.
Secretary of the Treasury Mor
genthau passed the buck to Con
gress in an interview this week,
saying that he was only the "pay
master'’ and that if appropriations
were made, then Congress would
have to do something about the debt
limit or find the money to make the
i^a.vmciiio in &ume owier way. rie
did not, he said, intend to pay out
any money beyond the legal limit.
Neither the President nor he, said
Mr. Morgenthau, was likely to ask
Congress to vote an increase in the
debt limit.
In view of the administration's
constant and consistent insistence
upon large Federal spending, which
has brought deficit after deficit and
the debt to its present size, some
of the members of the economy bloc
in Congress saw red when they
heard of the Secretary’s comment
on the situation. They were not
slow, either, in demanding that the
administration cut down estimates
for relief. Senator Adams of Colo
rado, chairman of the Senate Appro
priations Subcommittee dealing with
deficiency bills and a constant critic
of deficit spending, said that he
thought relief appropriations could
be cut from $1,425,000,000 appropri
ated for the present fiscal year to
$1,000,000,000, which he figured
would be sufflcient,to care for 1,500,
000 persons.
Would Check Borrowing Authority.
Nor did Senator Adams believe
that the appropriations for increased
national defense should run to such
large figures as have been advanced.
Furthermore, the Colorado Senator
insisted that Congress should take
back the borrowing authority which
it has delegated to the Treasury
Department. He recommended that
Congress make separate and specific
authorization for any borrowing
above the debt limit.
The first session of the present
Congress was given over largely to
contests over expenditures. In the
main the administration was suc
cessful in obtaining its demands,
although the relief appropriations
were trimmed a little, and Congress
turned down the new “spend-lend”
program asked by the President. It
looks now as though this fight over
expendiutres will be resumed with
as mucli rancor, if not more.
Benefits for Jobless
Based on Work in
Previous 2 Years
Qualified Claimants
Allowed 40 Per Cent
Of Weekly Wage
No. 25 of a Series on Social Security.
A worker who wants to ascertain
his weekly benefit amount in the
District of Columbia must first count
back 104 weeks from the date of
the termination of his last employ
ment which was covered by the act.
He must be sure to take the date
of the termination of his last cov
ered employment. It is quite possi
ble that a person might be working
in employment not covered by the
act. and the date of the termination
of such employment is unimportant
in figuring the weekly benefit
amount.
Next he must separate his 30-hour
weeks during that period from the
weeks in which he did not work 30
hours. If he has a total of 26 weeks
in which he worked 30 hours or
more, he then divides the total
wages received during the 30-hour
weeks by the number of 30-hour
weeks to determine his weekly wage.
However, if there are not as many
as 26 weeks in which he worked 30
or more hours, he divides his total
wages earned in covered employ
ment during the 104-week period
by the total number of weeks in
which he was employed during the
said period to determine his weekly
wage.
Every qualified claimant is al
lowed 40 per cent of his weekly
wage If single, with an additional
10 per cent for a dependent spouse
and an additional 5 per cent for
each dependent relative. However,
no individual may receive more than
65 per cent of his weekly wage nor
more than a total of $15 per week,
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and all benefits are figured to the
nearest half dollar.
Even though the District of Co
lumbia has a maximum benefit
amount of $15, it has no minimum
benefit amount. The average bene
fit payment in the District of Co
lumbia during the last 22 months
has been approximately $8.50.
. For further information write
or call the office of the District
Unemployment Compensation
Board, 470 Indiana avenue.
Dr. Byrd to Speak
At C. of C. Banquet
Dr. H. C. Byrd, president of the
University of Maryland, will be the
guest speaker at the annual fall
banquet of the Takoma Park Cham
ber of Commerce Monday night at
the Manor Club in Montgomery
County, Md.
Gordon Hittenmark, National
Broadcasting Co. announcer, of
Washington will be the master of
ceremonies. The program of the
evening will include soprano solos
by Mrs. Dorothy Skinner Walsh
and the hillbilly dancers. Gen
eral dancing will follow the pro
gram.
Dwight L. Smith is chairman of
the Banquet Committee, assisted by
Douglas Bradshaw, Robert M. Lyon,
Arthur Walters, Charles H. Kllnck,
Robert E. Lohr, J. H. Nies and Rus
sell H. Lampson. The program will
be opened by Oliver W. Youngblood,
president, who will deliver the ad
dress of welcome.
Crawford to Speak
Kenneth Crawford, newspaperman
and author of "The Pressure Boys,”
will discuss “What's Behind the Dies
Committee” at a meeting of the
Washington League of Women
Shoppers Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. at
the Women's City Club, 736 Jack
son place N.W.
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We, the People
Gasoline Taxes on Diplomatic Corps
Become Crucial State Department Issue
By JAY FRANKLIN.
Nations ancient and modem may totter, bombs may add an exclama
tion point to Hitler’s celebration of the beer hall putsch, airplanes may
Indulge in dogfights and the armies of 17 sovereign governments may mass
along elastic frontiers—but the State Department has a far graver head
ache than even the question of the use of the Panamanian flag on Ameri
can-owned vessels, the City of Flint, and the waging of neutrality in the
second World War.
What really perplexes our diplomats is the problem of who is going
to pay the gasoline taxes of foreign diplomats accredited to Washington.
Under international law, diplomats
are exempt from paying taxes to
foreign countries, and I well recall
. the anger that shook the corpo
diplomatics in Rome in 1921 when
the Italian government tried to col
lect luxury taxes on purchases in
Italian shops.
■ Foreign diplomats here do not
see why they should pay the State
and Federal excise taxes on gasoline.
... A »na the State Department agrees
with them. It has gone to the extent of supplying them with little blue
identification cards—with the signature and a picture of the foreign
emissary on the back—to be presented to gasoline attendants. With these
cards and a little book of gas-tax coupons, the diplomatic corps doesn’t
have to pay the tax in the District of Columbia or elsewhere in the United
States of America.
Practice Imperfect
®uch ?t least is the theory. In practice, however, the average rural
filling-station proprietor laughs harshly at the cards and coupons, which
are supposed to be paid in lieu of gas taxes, which are then sent’ to the
State Department and turned over to the Treasury. At the same time
the hard-hearted State tax officials are saying that the gas tax is a tax
of refund-’ — — mat, mere can De no quetsion
f *>f° «?6 department ,is beinB dunned by the economy-minded members
25 „ Washington diplomatic corps, with thrifty expense accounts for
W. $j. $4 and on up to $20, on account of State taxes
This is regarded as very serious, for if the foreigners are made to nav
here, our consuls and diplomats abroad will be exposed to similar taxes on
gasoline—taxes which dwarf the imagination of our own legislators. In
Italy, the gas tax is 46.6 cents per gallon; in Portuguese East Africa, it is
27.9 cents; in Bulgaria 28 cents; in the Dutch East Indies, 26 cents;
iSi^UMgary’ 18 cente; ln EBypt, 13.1 cents, and in plucky little city of
mn!»!aLih<fg»S ta^ 1S 1 mCe,nts per galIon' 17115 rapidly runs into
real money and if American diplomatic privileges are stopped abroad
there will be a groan which will
snaice the entire good neighbor
policy and play Into the hands of
the isolationists!
The worst of it is that, under
our inspired system of Federal Gov
ernment, the States are within
their sovereign rights in refusing to
play ball with the State Department '
and some of them—like the Free '
State of Maryland—are gladly in
sisting on their Dound of flesh from ■
wooden sword, playing soldier.
Father Proud of His Son.
Stern and erect, your father
was proud of the boy who made
the supreme sacrifice.
Your sister’s eyes filled with
sparkling tears.
Your brother was there, too.
He stood beside me; your brother
in arms.
That was a never-to-be-forgot
ten day.
It never will be forgotten.
The world then had been made
safe for democracy. Or had
it?
Many years have passed. Some
of your comrades have gone with
them—companions out on the
hillside.
At this time of year, autumn
in the air, your anniversary at
hand, we all get thinking about
you and what has happened
since we parted at the portals—
when you enlisted in the Greater
Service.
Old humanity is still baffled.
America is not the same.
Europe has yet to learn.
Am I telling you?
In your bivouac, you know bet
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the embittered diplomats who cannot well avoid motoring through the
State of which the District of Columbia is a part.
Tit-for-Tat Tactics
Diplomats at Washington are saying in private that the German
capture and detention of the City of Flint, on highly technical grounds,
was tit-for-tat in recognition of the Roosevelt administration’s highly
technioal grounds for delaying the sailing of the Bremen, at the outbreak
of the war. The Nazis carefully underlined this aspect of the case by
taking the Flint to Murmansk, the port of refuge where the Bremen tied
up after escaping the British blockade, which might otherwise have cap
tured her after the American Government obligingly delayed her departure
from New York.
Ackerman Praises
Americas' Press as
Arena of Opinion
Speaks at Luncheon
Honoring Winners
Of Cabot Prizes
The American republics today
serve as the arena of public opin- I
ion for the whole world. Dean Carl
W. Ackerman of Columbia Univer
sity's graduate school of journalism
declared at a National Press Club
luncheon.
“Here the decisive battles of opin
ion are fought and won or lost with
out sacrificing human life or na
tional honor." he explained. "These
battles are fought with words and
ideas, with news and editorials as
a public service, by men whose pro
fessional code has long ago out
lawed the editor who had to depend
upon a pistol to reinforce his pen."
Dean Ackerman spoke yesterday
at a luncheon given by the club in
honor of the two winners of the
Maria Moors Cabot Prizes in Jour
nalism. Dr. Luis Miro Quesada, pres
ident of the Board of Directors of
El Commercio. Lima. Peru, and Senor
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of La Prensa of Buenos Aires, Ar
gentina.
Prizes Awarded Annually.
The prizes, established by Dr.
Godfrey Lowell Cabot of Boston, are
awarded annually by the trustees
of Columbia University “to publish
ers, editors or writers in the West
ern Hemisphere who by their pro
fessional achievements shall ad
vance sympathetic understanding
among the peoples of South, Cen
tral and North America.”
Two days ago Dr. Miro Quesada
and Senor Santos Gollan were pre
sented with the awards by Dr. Nich
olas Murray Butler, president of the
university, in New York City.
"The pen is not only mightier
than the sw-ord,” Dean Ackerman
continued, "but we shall never
have world peace until the pen is
universally substituted for the
sword. If statesmen worked as hard
as newspapermen to learn the truth,
to tell the truth and to interpret
the truth in written words which
every one could understand, the
terms of peace relationships could
be determined by pens, rather than
by arms.
“Some day they will use pens only
to draft the terms of peaceful re
lationships based upon changing so
cial, economic and political situa
tions,” he continued. “When that
time comes, newspapermen like Dr
Miro Quesada and Senor Santos
Gollan will be recognized publicly,
as they are professionally, for their
public services at home and abroad.”
At the luncheon. Dr. Miro Quesada
stressed the importance of freedom
of the press in the existence of a
nation. "A nation, and especially a
democracy,” he said, “cannot exist
and progress morally without the
freedom of the press, which is the
first of public liberties and which
guarantees all the liberties which
citizens must have. I believe that i
while North America has this noble
system of great respect for the free
dom and the dignity of the press, it
will head the nations of the world,
and I am convinced that it will never
forsake its traditions of liberty.”
After describing the history of
Argentine Journalism and the me
chanics of his own paper, Senor
Santos Gollan. speaking of America
as the 21 republics, warned that if
the press of America does not con
tinue its defense and strengthening
of the tradition of liberty, as it al
ready has, “its pages will do nothing
but printed sheets—they will never
be the expression of that true jour
nalism which America wants and
needs.”
Senor Santos Gollan urged that
each American newspaperman “do
his utmost to contribute to peace
through liberty and to liberty with
in democracy.”
Divided House
TEMPE, Ariz., Nov. 11 m.—'Wiley
Aker, sr., encountered a delicate
problem at the football game be
tween the Arzona State Teachers’
College of Temple and Flagstaff.
His two sons. Wiley, jr„ and Gov
ernor, were fullbacks and co-cap
tains of the rival teams and each
was playing his final game. After
tossing a coin. Mr. Aker sat on the
Flagstaff bench the first half and
the Temple bench the second.
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Headline Folk
And What
They Do
Douglas Says Demand
For Planes Will
Continue
By LEMUEL F. PARTON.
Donald Willis Douglas, president
)f Douglas Aircraft, Inc., of Santa
Monica, Calif., says war orders for
American planes and the spurt in
building won't
end with a
bursting “boom
bubble.” He and
other plane
builders tackle
$140,000,000
worth of orders
and promise
they can deliver
8,000 planes a
year.
“Who know*
what will come
next after the
European na
tions settle their
Donald W. DoucUi. own quarrels?”
says Mr. Douglas.
Mr. Douglas is in the midst of a
strictly orthodox aviation career,
without any stunting or barnstorm
ing. A Brooklyn boy, he was
grooved quietly through the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology
and into the Glenn Martin plant
as chief engineer. He will get an
important niche in aviation history
as the designer of the first plane
to lift its own weight. That proved
him an expert on the pay-load, an
advantage which he has pressed
hard, with increment sufficient to
yield some big yachts which don’t
involve problems of pay load. He
was in the U. S. Signal Corps at
the start of the World War. In
1920 he founded the plane manu
facturing company which later be
came Douglas Aircraft.
Law Above Prejudice.
Quote from Judge James G. Wal
lace. before whom Fritz Kuhn, the
bund leader, is tried on a charee of
embezzlement:
“We must suffer the demagogue
and the charlatan, rather than ex
tend the criminal law so that in the
future it might become an instru
ment of oppression.’’
That was in May, 1938. when he
was dismissing indictments against
Robert Edward Edmondson, a
pamphleteer with some kind of
“shirt” following. Bulky, genial and
gregarious, the judge just missed be
ing an actor, a standout in the Dutch
Treat Club shows until he began
warming up the woolsack. His hap
piest pastime is writing parodies.
One of his best stunts is burlesquing
the old-time trumpeting orator. An
assitsant district attorney for many
years, he is a strict constructionist
of the law and is watchful in keep
ing it in bounds.
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Heads 4-H Council
Philip Robinson of Brandywine.
Md„ has been chosen president cf
the Senior 4-H Council of Prince
Georges County for 1940. The new
president was elected at the month
ly meeting of the group at Hyatts
ville Thursday.
Other officers are Anna Lee Mudd
of Beltsville, vice president; Betty
Becker of Beltsville, secretary, and
Paul Duke of Clinton, treasurer.
Following the business meeting,
each of the groups In the council
presented a one-act play.
A Christmas party and dance are
planned by the council, and com
mittees for arrangements were
named.
Safety Education
Institute to Be Held
An institute on safety education
will be conducted December 2 at
George Washington University by
Dr. Herbert Stack of New York Uni
versity. It will be open to the public.
Birch Bayh, director of physical
education in the District public
schools, is to speak on recreational
safety; Robert W. Eaves, principal
of the Thomson School, is to discuss
boy patrol work, and Prof. John -
Dunn is to speak on home safety.
Dr. B. H. Jarman and Milton
Kramer will discuss other safety
problems.
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