Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1937, Page 9

Court Change Is Opposed By Women Crux of Problem Was Touched By Group's Resolution. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. HE women of America are at the moment playing a more vital part in the formation of public opinion than at any time since they won the right to vote Not only have the wives of workers been influential in insisting that law- lessness and anarchy be suppressed by governmental authorities in la- bor strife — they have become the most ardent champions of the right to work— but the women who st lative questions closely h; be- Roosevelt's tamper judi- to the plan with David Lawrence. Imost unanimous ul women against “packing” the court is one of the st events in the evolution of American democ- racy. The figures on how a cross-: tion of American women voted on the proposed plan to enlarge the Supreme Court have just been compiled in full by the General Federation of Wom- en’'s Clubs. Though the general re- sults of the poll have been known for some time, the details only now have become available and they present a striking illustration of how throughout the country is the opposi- tion to the President’s scheme. Votes Analyzed. The votes were analyzed by clubs and by individual ballot. Thus 93 per cent of the clubs reported a majority of their members as against the plan and only 7 per cent as favorable. The individual balloting by mem- bers was somewhat different in per- centages, the vote against the plan being approximately 86 per cent There were 52, club women vot- g in the referendum a the final tally stood 44 “packing” the court an favor of President Rooseve: posals. inion of in pro- Resolution Approved. This vote was taken over a period of several weeks beginning last March and was conducted through the regu- lar channels of the General Federa- tion of Women's Clubs. It be wondered at, therefore the annual cc il of the federation met at Tulsa, Okla., recently, the del voted overwheln for this that States he Constitution of neither specifies nor mandates the number of judges for the Supreme Court, but realizing that philosophy of government moti- vating that Constitution clearly in- tended that the three branches of our democracy, the executive, the legisia- tive and the judicial. to be a whole- some r for the con mon we, the General Federation of Women's Cl in council meeting assembled, declare oeur objection to the President: for reorganization of the Sur Court.” It has become Roosevelt administrs machinery of the Democratic National Committee did everything in to prevent the passage of the resolu- tion at Tul: exerting pressur tarough {nfluential members and d rectly appealing to Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson to table the resolu- tion notwithstanding the action that had been taken by the various local clubs throughout the country. Says Issue Sidestepped. It so happens that League of Women Vot the issue at their ann ing on the p at time to find out the sent members, a reason that tated considerable comment in view of the fact that the General Federa- tion of Women's Clubs busy as early as last March and found ample time to find out what its members thought on one of the most ci questions in public affairs in the whole 161 years of the history of the Ameri- can Republic. The League of Women Voters is a splendid organization, but it wili take a good deal of explaining 10 clear up why the League of Women Voters remained silent in the year 1937 on a plan to alter the constitu- tional system of checks and balances which have been the very keystone of the American Government from the beginning. the s dif al cou 1 meet- got Now that a so-called “compromise” plan has been placed before the Sen- ate by administration Senators, the question will arise as to whather the resolution at Tulsa by the General Federation of Women's Clubs covers the substitute plan, too. Careful examination of the new proposal shows that in principle the substitute pending in the Senate is no different from the original bill and would enable the Executive to exercise control over the judiciary in the fu- ture simply by changing the number of justices. The objection to the scheme holds good whether Mr. Roose- velt or any other President happens to be in office. For if a Congress which is subservient to the Executive can at any time on his recommendation change the size of the court in order to obtain a different type of judicial decision. then the independence of the judiciary is gone and the judicial branch of the Government becomes subject to the control of the other two branches of the Government. Amendment Proposed. Curiously enough the resolution of the General Federation of Women's Clubs puts its finger on the very crux of the problem by pointing out that “the Constitution neither specifies nor mandates the number of justices for the Supreme Court.” This.defect can only be remedied now by a constitu- tional amendment which fixes the number of justices. The only reason the founders of the Republic omitted specifying the size was their belief that the increase in number would be something that would be decided upon only in relation to the growth of ju- |, dicial districts in the Nation and the increase in business. It never was suspected that the power of Congress to increase or diminish the number would be used directly as a means of comteolling the character of the de- cisions of the Supreme Court itself. - uniform | is not to | that when | the | THE EVENING What’s Back of It All 200 Appointive Jobs Created in Bill Supposed to Further Merit System. BY H. R. BAUKHAGE. HE country is about to be treated to a unique phenomenon: In a few days a group of civil service reformers is going political and a group of politicians is going reform. And for the first time in many an administration there seems to be a chance that a step will really be taken to check the spoils system. The plan of strategy which has been prefty definitely, but privately, decided upon is as full of perplexing paradoxes as Pennsylvania avenue is of Boy Scouts. All this will take place at the hearings on the Government re- organization bill. This newly framed measure is & good political bill, carved by a good politician out of the more idealistic magnum opus of the President's Committee on Administrative Management of the Federal Government. * % ok The new, realistic docu- ment sweeps a great many smaller jobs right off the pie counter and into the classified civil service. But in the same breath it creates nearly 200 fresh political plums by taking about this number of burcau chicfs out of the service and making them appointive Point No. 2 likewise looks strange and out of place in a bill to further the merit ‘system: The President would appoint, without examination, a civil service administrator. 1 Of course, all these appointments would be subject to confirmation by the Senate.) * ok ko How can the reformers swallow all this? Well, here is their explanation ‘If we don't get some reform in Government now, with public opinion at least to some degree awakened, when will we ever get anything? “‘We are approaching the hearings with the assumption that the pur- pose of the bill is to strengthen the merit system. We will point out that, if this is the case, certain amendments will improve it.” They will, for instance, urge that the civil service administrator be re- quired to pass an examination. Attempts will be made to straighten out some highly ambiguous language in the bill, and to limit the exemption which would make it possible for temporary agencies to remain outside of civil service as long as 1t was seen fit to consider them temporary. But there will be no viewing with alarm on the part of the friends of Government reorganization. The bill is admittedly a politician’s bill in many senses. But, slightly modified. it could push up the percentage of Government Jjobs under the merit system from the present 60 per cent until it crowded 95. It may be only the heel of the loaf by the time they get done slicing, but it's better than no bread at all oK k% Speaking of civil service, what happened to that bill to put all post- masters under the merit system? Its strange disappearance made one of the great mysteries of the Summer. There was no secret about where it was hidden— Senator McKellar had kept it locked tight in the Post Office Committee, there to rest ad in- finitum. But the White House intended to get the measure out, so it was decided to turn the heat on Mr McKellar. Just then the investigation of the Post Office Departm: in connection with the delivery of the mails during the strike came along It threatened to get far too warm for the administration’s comfort. Mr McKellar, the chairman, managed to turn the heat off in that quarter. So it wasn't fair to turn it on him Requiescat in pace, postmaster. P She Some days ago it was stated in this column that a housing official of the Department of the Interior had frightened housing authorities in certain cities by implying that the Federal Govern- ment would not pav the “service charges” (in lieu of tares) on the land used by these projects A spokesman for the Government, who admitted checked with the official in question, assured this writer that the Federa Government didn't intend to duck the service charges. It was impiied that possibly the official was just doing a little bargaining with the cit Some of the cities, however, don't take it that way. Says a group lwaukee, which tried to “bargain” itself “Mr. Ickes’ subordinates have given the Common Counc of Supervisors and us the customary New Deal ‘horse We are preparing, therefore. to see that school service fire protection and other city and county services are not pro residents of this Government reservation.” (Copyright, 1937, by the North American Newspaper Al that he had in M the Board police and ed for the there was not | r(’wli)l-’ ligh” has been created by all kinds of kings Norman, semi-French, semi-Dutch and German. And it's common knowledge should be murdered,” she told police. | that German “sauerkraut,” Hungari | “goulash,” a panish *“cany > Ttalian “piazza” and even the Yid Kosher”—which Americ w of as a synonym for “0. K Funk calls But now he puts the thiever; per cent and in th trasted with the E says, it runs a few pof Just out of force has chosen “the stolen words.” In w Funk sever 10 most beautif lullaby, murmuring luminous, chimes, And a few months ago he picked as “the 10 most over-worked Okay, terrific, lousy, contact, definitely, gal, racket, swell, impact and honey Examples of “Thieveries.” Here are his “10 most remarkable thieveries”: Bungalow, Beng: verandah, Asiatic Indian; pickaninny, (from “Pequeno”); kimono, caboose, Dutch; pyjama, Asfatic In- dian; avenue, French; salt, Latin (from “Saltus”); hipponotamus Greek, and potato, American Indian tor tomato). “"We need not be ashamed that only a fifth of our vocabulary is from the original Anglo-Saxon.” said Funk, “It shows youth, vitality. Only dead languages are honest.” ke use are what s at 80 an, as con- LANGUAGE THIEVES English Declared Created From Varied Tongues of the World. Bt the Associated Press NEW YORK, July 5-—Americans were accused today of being “the great- est language thieves in the history of the world.” We Indian: words, a. ““tomato. The accuser is Wilfred J. Funk, dic- tionary maker, poet and publisher, who asserts that four out of every five words in the English language are “stolen.” Many Kings Responsible. Tt's no secret that “the kin; not only took land from the but we swiped a lot of their , for instance, “potato” and s Eng- who ruled England—Danish, Bridegroom Who Missed Rites Found Slain on Lonely Road B the Associated Press. | His wedding suit was ST. LOUIS, July 5—After waiting | And the unaccounted-for vainly for the bridegroom who failed | lay near it to appear for their wedding, a sob-| Saturday evening Miss Traub read bing bride identified the body of althe ncwspaper description of an tne man found Saturday shot to death| icentified man found slain that morn- on & lonely road as that of her|ing. She and her friends crossed fiance. | the Mississippi River to Belleville, A package of cigarettes near his Ill, where the body had been take wedding suit, neatly laid out in the | At 2 am. she told officers it was home he had prepared for his bride, | the body of her fiance. Henry Groh was the only clue officers found. The | Kappen's half-brother, verified the woman told police her fiance did identification and claimed the body. not_smoke. | Miss Irene Traub, 38, of St. Louis, said the bullet victim was William Kappen, 38, also of St. Louis, ‘o whom she was to have been married Saturday. “I know of no reason why he there, too. cigarettes WHERE ARE YOU HEADING? Own your home outright in 5, 10, 15, 20 years with one of our convenient monthly pay- ment loan plans. Friends were first concerned when Kappen failed to appear for the ceremony at St. Anthony's Church. | They went to his former home, then to the new home he had pre- pared for the honeymoon. There was no sign of him. 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Phone NA. 2184 tablished Nearly 4@ Years | sent STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C THE opinions of the writers necessarily The Star’s. ONDAY, on this page are their own, not Such opinions are presented in The Star’s effort to give all sides of questions of interest to its readers, although such opinions may be contradictory among themselves and directly opposed to The Star’s. We, the People Steel Strike Rouses Demon in Many Mild-Mannered Souls, Letters Indicate. BY JAY FRANKLIN. ROM C. C. L., Macedon, N. Y.— “I note with satisfaction that Dorothy Thompson devotes her column to annihilating you and your ideas with a few majestic sweeps of her literary paw. You are to be congratulated. It takes a lot to make Dubious Dotty come down out of that foggy atmosphere, haunted by pale, screaming ghosts of Hitler and Stalin, wherein most of her thought processes are conducted “Yours is the only available daily political comment which T can read with any degree of satisfaction. Pear- son and Allen are political Winchells. Mark Sullivan is a nit-wit Lawrence's column has lately con- tained some of the most abominable drivel that ever insulted the intelli- gence of a literate person. Doroth Thompson is Lady Macbeth in pink pants, alternately babbling of indus trial democracy and screaming with rage at every actual tain it. In addition, we in this section are to be regaled with the discourses | of Walter Lippmann, the deodorized liberal. ‘Words as sharp and keen as A surgeon's blade.’ says the blurb. I wish he would string some of them together and cut his throat with them.” Democracy Speaks From Dallas. From R. A. K., Dallas, Tex —"You never had a decent thought for the people. Any one with the intelligence of a 12-year-old will immediately rec- ognize your pitiful trash as paid prop- aganda of a rapidly tarnishing tin god. The only reason God lets you live is to make sane human beings keep aware of the constant menace to all government, that exists when we are too lenient torkill off the un- fortunate imbeciles such as you. May God have mercy on your filthy soul.” From A. Z, Atlantic City, N. J— “Please tell me the true state of affairs in Washington. I have always thought, and still do, that Mr. Roosevelt is one of the best Presidents this country ever had, and I. with all the rest of the people that love him and believe in him, was so happy when he was re-clected, but now it looks as if they tied his hands, and all the good things he had told us he would do won't be Did we really elect Landon after | Did that rotten crowd really win? elected to high office to help President Roosevelt do thin: betray him? What sort of a rotten bunch of so- called men are they? His own party has gone back on him after they were to Washington for the express BATISTA OUTLINES. LAND USE POLICY 'Cuba’s Strong Man Thinks Distribution of Holdings Is First Problem. e Associated Pr HAVANA, Batista July head of th man,” yesterday outlined his “three-year plan” for sweepinz reor- ganization of Cuban agricultu | dustry and finance. Land distribution is the firs dered, he declared in an but denied that he ad- vocated widespread confiscation levies on wealth His plan, Batista said, has the ap- proval of President Frederico Laredo Bru and leaders of Congr and is assured of being translated into law. The army chief said he believed the constitutional assembly to be elected early next year would have full powers to re-establish constitu- tional government in Cuba, which has been governed under emergency laws since 1933 prob- lem to be co: view, “Because of Cuba's nature we are | obliged to think fir and land problem: said Batista. “But we are interested in bringing wealth into equilibrium, not destroy- ing it. We are working neither to create or consolidate an all-absorbing of the farmer capitalism nor establish an nnal’(‘hl(" and infecund collectivism, * * = We want to put the largest number possible of families on farm land and | educate them in its effective use. Lands now held by the state, to be | recovered by the state or bought by the state with state funds, will be ample” - = . More than 12,000,000 graduated from 112,000 mass education classes in China in the last year. Money for Construction Loans and Loans on Existing Properties 5% FIRST DEED OF TRUST ONLY GEORGEI.BORGER 643 Indiana Ave. N.W. Nat’l 0350 First Trust Loans For Purchasing a Home or RE-FINANCING EXPIRING TRUSTS NO COMMISSION CHARGE NO RENEWALS REQUIRED Terms Arranged on Easy Monthly Payments AMEMBER BUILDING § LOAN ASSOCIATION couNCIL o O.C. NATIONAL Permianerii BUILDING ASSOCIATION UNDER “SUDLRVISION of U.S. TREASURY 949 NINTH STREET, NW. David | attempt to at- | Is it possible that the men we | or| purpose of helping President Roosevelt give a fair deal to the working people of this country. They are nothing but traitors of the worst kind to the people who elected them, and I wish we could kick every one of them out of office right now.” The Hall of Shame. Nominations for this distinction have been received from numerous readers of this column. The citations of demerit are plainly libelous, but the names include President Roosevelt, | Mrs. Roosevelt, Associate Justice Butler of the United States Supreme Court, Mr. Alfred Emmanuel Smith, Miss Dorothy Thompson and—from several | | sources—Mr. Jay Franklin. Balloting will now begin. | This is a little more than “a lazy | man’s column.” The letters quoted | above are offered in evidence of the | | bitterness of political feeling now | | raging through the country. I have | omitted the gentleman from Buffalo | | who challenges me to answer a ques- | tion which he does not state; the | North Carolina physician who points | out that my forecast of Senate action on the court bill in the merry month | | of May was completely cockeyed; the | | California_editor who wants to know | { whether the Roosevelt democracy is | communism or fascism: the guy in | Michigan City who sent me a de- famatory post card every day for a week; the charitable souls who assert that I am a “paid propagandist” for the Government; the Youngstown, | Ohio, vigilante who invites me to come | out and be killed, and the people who urge me o go back to Soviel Russia instead of to the Mayflower. Not be- ing in a financial position to employ a secretary, many letters must go un- answered or must be content with such references as these. New High in Vilification. It is probably the sun spots or the hot weather. but the political opinions of the readers of this column have reached a new high in intemperate | utterances and vilification, malice, hatred and all uncharitableness, The battle of ideas is tending to become & battle of epithets and the steel strike has aroused the demon in many mild- | mannered souls. I respectfully suggest that we keep our tempers and our sense of per spective and realize that the world will not come to an end if collective bargaining is established here as well as it is in E t soctal reforms are due and overdue in this as well as in other lands and will be enacted sooner or later, rage the fe- actionaries never so bitter] PREMIER ESCAPES BOMB IN LISBON STREETS _— | Unhurt — Natiion-Wide Hunt Is Made for Would-Be Assassins. By the Associa ss. * LISBON, Portu —Police | pressed a nati oday for | assassins who yesterday attempted to { kil de Ol Salazar, strong man of the Por governmen The pri caped dea! Salazar e search Premier Antonio eria uese ister narrov hen a bomb exp alk as he left his aut tend n covered with dust roken he chapel pavement | “Why all asked when cf after the ex o0 mass. es- | bded and the alazar hed up to him “We RO ir The padre is waiting for us.” | | ARCHDUCHESS HAS SON ‘ Daughter of Queen Marie of Ru- mania Bears Fourth Child. VIENNA, July 5 () —The Arch- duchess Ileana, daughter of Queen Mother Marie of Rumania, gave birth vesterday to her fourth child, a son. Both were reported well. | She became known to the United | States during a tour with her mother | before her marriage to the Hapsburg Archduke Anton. —— e | = { MORTGAGE LOANS ON | | Centrally Located BUSINESS PROPERTY very attractive | interest rates ROBERT PEDDICORD 1713 K St. N.W. DISTRICT 0010 Office Hours, 9-12 may be 716 11th Street JULY 5, 1937. This Changing World Sumner Welles Reported to Have Free Hand in Overhauling Foreign Service Machinery. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. HE President has given a free hand to the new Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles to overhaul the antiquated machinery of the American foreign service—especially our representation abroad. And Welles intends to do a thorough job of it. For the time being he is engaged in weeding out the undesirables; bringing into the service new blood; changing good men from one post to another. because under the old system they had been “forgotten” for years in the same place. * ok ok % Many of our best careef diplomats have been abroad for such a long buy time that they have completely lost touch with the United States, short, occasional holidays in the United States are not helpful. A few days in Washington, with occasion visits to the department, otherwise engaged in a round of calls and parties with their old friends are hardly enough to familiarize them with the new trends of thought and the changes in this country. A diplomat who does not know much about his own country can hardly be expected to interpret for his government the policies and trends in the country to which he is accredited. * % X ¥ Important changes in the methods of appointing new repre- 0 sentatives to the key posts are also to be erpected in the course of i There will be a real attempt to do away with the system of appointing sometimes a perfectly useless man to an important embassy either because he has made large contributions to the party chest or because he has been a staunch supporter of the adminis- this year tration in the elections. The President realizes the and understanding. * ok %k Heretofore the ambassadorship to places like London, Paric o were considered choice plums for those who had contribiited heavily to international complicated and tense and the role of the United States is o that the key positions must be entrusted henceforth to men of real ability Headline Folk and What They Do Mabharajah of Darb- hanga Pays $75,000 for Diamond Trinket. BY LEMUEL F, PARTON. HE Maharajah of Darl Marie Antoinette's ecklace 000, That seems dirt cheap, consid= ering that de or about with the mistaken for the of the pet, the meeting the dumb ve of Venus, the slick operations of the fake Countess Lamotte-Valois, the forged letters Queen the cardinal— / there’s a yarn nd ever porter he was a give the igh blood The Mahar. aces, his jewels, silken robes, elephant quite a spot of color 1 account, need- Their mond for the gullible Cardinal Rohan paid 1,600,000 $8,000,000 for it, idea he was bu Queen. from the to born ton Better pressure, situation has become important shorten ory and a half, at the could a cel cene Rome party chest and wanted to have a pleasant social time in these cap Wwhere their wives could hobnob with dukes, co there have been signal exceptions, but on the whole the men ap) the blue ribbon jobs were totally unprepared for their tasks s and barons. Of course, ointed to ‘They had to rely on the counsellor of the embassy—a career man-—with the result that the real ambassador was an officer of the foreign service without and frequently helpless. He spent most of his time trving to prevent, tactfully, his ambassador from making blunders. had to run the show they were maintained for many years ta the s and this was detrimental to the career of the man and to the authol own and a Because these counsellors ng big parties, e post, service. * ok K % Undersecretary Welles, wealthy career man hi requisite to become an Ambassadors are no longer con of the excellence of the dinners and parties they can give, trary, there are so many men deprived of private means at t affairs in the world, that a rich representative soj not the paramount changed in the world People are shy of him in the United States. He does not mingle with the right k abroad. There are New Dealers all over Europe at the prese the European New Dealers are less well off financi nself, realizes wealth is ador. Things have 1sidered in the light O a chaplet ambas as going e con- e head of metimes is a handicap. e of $60.000 w of men | Would be just pin moment and reir colleagues * ok ¥ *x Ambassadors and ministers these days must be fi class reporter They must understand the mind of the people where they are accre ) And that cannot be obtained by contact with foreign office officials and socialites. Because these are the main contacts of American chiefs of mission abroad, the Gov- ernment only seldom obt various cov partment g ally unreliable con ments from some for at the psychological frame of mind of a governme: had a better represe have been avoided by the State Depart tation in nent. say, Berl a more constru ive policy * ok ¥ % Sumner Welles aims at obtaining the services of men who wi an ambassadorsh such men are already in Europe other Joe Davies in Moscow. himself, he look. He i at the quisitive and nosy. be at his post. Neither man is i best appointments of the admini ituation from the newspaper man's poir Davies still is raw, but he sho wife's tremendous wealth, a real desi p or a ministership as a job where they work as hard as a professional man who i trying to make a 1 One is William Bu 1 Bullitt frequently is like a bu shop, but he gets along splendidly with the French. A former repor of v Ammonia Scatters Pickets. FLINT, Mich. (#.—Dr. R. 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