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API TAL TALfr fr frCarter Carter Carter-Field Carter Field - Field Fieldli . ashington "ashmgton ashmgton "ashmgtonA ashingtonA ft li " -A A - A horde of medlo mcdio medlocre mcdiocre nacdioere cre irresponsible IrrLsponsible yet well dressed dressedand dressedand dressedand and smug people is an unatural unaturalsIght unaturalsight unaturalsight sIght to behold For outside of ofWash ofWash ofWash Wash ngton men and women are arehno arekno arekno areknon hno kno -n n "II II vi " - by the r ) looks ooks The staminaof stamm stamina a aof of the laborer is wr tten in m his hisweathered hisweathered hisweathered weathered nee hce f-ice f ice - and on his hard hardhands hardhands hardhands hands How the banker gets his his1 1 sing % \ ing mg shows in m his prudent eye eyeThe eyeThe eyeThe The store g rl r1 s ability ablhty to endure enduremonotony enduremonotony enduremonotony monotony and an 111 ill manered pub pubhc pubhe pubhe hc he is told tod ) by her weary smile The Thepreacher Thepreacher Thepreacher preacher the ticker ) lounge ounge gam gambier gambier I IbIer ' bIer the petty pettv thief the college pro professorall professor fessor-all fessor all - all ) look oo ! . their abil abd ty to make maketheir maketheir maketheir their way say v . sayBut wayBut ay But in m Washington Washmgton as nowhere nowhereelse nowhereelse nowhereelse else you see the dull unworned unworried tax taxleeches taxleeches taxleeches leeches by tens of thousands smug smugin smugin smugIn in futile security From half past pastthree pastthree pastthree three on just as the workers in incompetItive incompetitive Incompetitive competItive life bie are buckling bucklmg down downto downto downto to make hay of the day s effort , , , the thecapital thecapital . capital crowd erowd sarms s sw s\\ s \ ' . arms out of its mar marble marble marble ble palaces gaily lamming Jammmg lammmg the poky poky6treet pokystreet pokystreet 6treet street cars ears and two bit taxis head headIng heading heading Ing tor for cocktail ) lounges ounges or more morehours morehours morehours hours of indolence mdo1ence at home If It it s swmter swinter swinter wmter winter they re muffled up in m wool woolens woolens woolens ens and furs In summer they re rearra rearrayed rearrayed arra arrayed ed m in \ volute slute lute linens 1mens marred marredonly marredonly marredonly only on the seats by chair chall " varwsh varnish varwshmelted varnishmelted varnishmelted melted in m the capital s steamy heat heatMassed heatItassed heatMassed Massed Itassed faces show not a trace of ofthe ofthe ofthe the alert aert ) concern that marks marhs men and " women "omen omen who sal sail ) under their theirown theirown theirown own steamAlong steamAlong steam steamAlong Along m les of corridors corndors m the theDepartments theDepartments theDepartments Departments ot of Commerce Agncul Agricul Agnculture Agriculture Agnculture ture Interior Post Office you see seethem seethem seethem them going gomg through the motions of ofwork ofwork ofwork work earler earlier ) in m the day But much muchof muchof muchof of the work is mere motion for by bygesture bygesture bygesture gesture and voice the worker worher re reveals reveals reveals veals that it doesn t matter muchv.he.her muchshe much ftheAer v.he.her vhe.her vheher she . . her the task turns out good or orbad orbad orbad bad Many don t even make mo motons mot root tons t ons ens they lean back in s\\lvel s lvel swivel slvelchairs swivelchairs swivelchairs \ chairs powder their thelr noses or Sit SitI Sitstarmg sitstaring sitstaring starmg staring at the electric clock When Whenthe Whenthe Whenthe I the gong rings rmgs they spill out of the thebwldmgs thebuildings thebuildings bwldmgs buildings like gravel fiom flom from a dump dumptruc dumptruck dumptruce truc truce ! . , . Not All Are DronesHow DronesHow Drones DronesHow How many of these jobs lobs are necessary necessary nee nec ] essary to the nation nations s welfare no nobody nobody nobody body knows Probably more than thanhalf thanhalf thanhalf half are justifiable JustIt1able maybe three threequarters threequarters threequarters quarters But generally speakmg speaking speakingTOO speakingtwo tv two . out of three . of the jobs lobs could couldbe couldbe coulAbe be held down by any bright person personwho personwho who , ho wanted to try The workers workersare workersare workersare are not sought for the jobs the theJobs thejobs thelobs Jobs lobs are p piled ed up for the workers workersEvery workersEvery workersEvery Every five or six people must sup support support support port one tor for government go\ernment go ernment \ Nothmg Nothing Nothmgwill Nothingwill Nothingwill will be done about It it . . . But there are happy exceptions exceptionsin 111 in this city of drones Most eon con eongressmen congressmen congressmen gressmen doubt it or not are fairly fairlydevoted fairlydevoted fairlydevoted devoted to to toil The post office su supermtendent superintendent superintendent permtendent perintendent of air all " mail mall for exam exampIe exampie exampie pIe v . works orks like llke a musher dog The Thechall"man Thechairman Thechairman chall"man challman chairman " of the maritime marltune eommls commis eommlsslOn commission commission slOn sion is 15 a demon for ) labor abor and hekeeps hekeeps he | keeps the whole outfit on its toes A Ayoung Ayoung Ayoung young fellow in is the machinery maclunery dl di dlVISIon division division VISIon of commerce drives ahead aheadjust aheadjust aheadjust just as be he would in m a private flrm- flrm firm- firm flrmor firmor firm firmor - or get fired The young woman as asslstant assistant assistant slstant sistant to one ambitious brass hat hatgoes hatgoes hatgoes goes home too late and toed tll"ed tlled tired " to eat eatdmner eatdinner eatdinner ' dmner dinner five nights a weekThere week weekThere weekThere 1 There must be he thousands who do dothell dotheir dotheir thell their ' honest best A big order from fromthe fromthe fromthe the chief chlef m 111 in the White House re rerverbera reverberates reverberates rverbera ( verberates tes along the Ionic Iowc colon colon'nades colonbades colonhades 'nades nades bades ' and thousands must lay towhether to towhether whether they like it or not Some Sometimes Sometimes .tmes tmes times ! . ambitious effort gets govern government government government ment workers ahead But not often oftenand oftenand oftenand and they know it They can see seeplamly seeplainly seeplainly plamly plainly enough that even many of o1 ofthe o1the ofthe the leaders of government are not notchosen notchosen notchosen chosen on merl merit . . Wants Labor LawOne Law LawOne One of President Roosevelt Roose\elt Roose elt \ s sgreatest sgreatest sgreatest greatest ambitions a labor stand standards standards 1 1ards ards law to give the unorganized mil I IIons Ions milI 1 ons of workers a minimum mmlmum wage wageof wageof I Iof of about 40 cents an hour andmaximum and a amaximum I maXImum workeek work week \\eek eek seek \ \ of 40 hours hoursI hourshas I has gotten exactly nowhere intwo in m a atwo ' two year battle of wordsThe words wordsThe 1 1The The President s tota total ) program dl d1 dlI dlvldes d1vides divides I vldes vides the ( he United Umted States into lDto three thre e bIg threebig threbig labor abor groups They are industry mdustry la ) a bor mc1udesthe and agriculture agnculture That mc1udes include includethe includesthe s be1 the bulk ot of o1 the population He be 1 ) eves that industry mdustry exploits and op oppresses oppresses oppresses presses labor and agnculture agriculture thereby agriculturethereby agnculturethereby caus ng most of o1 the coun coup getlaws gelaws try country couptry s ills So he started out to get ge t laws to regulate the country s lD in dustnes dustries industnes lDdustnes industries and laws Jaws to assist labor laborand labo laboand laborand r and agncultureHow agricultureHow agriculture agnculture agricultureHow How tar far has he gotten with his hisprogram hi hiprogram hisprogram7 s program ? ' Pretty tar far To cite a few fewexample fe feexamples fewexamples w example examples exchangelaw exchangeJaw exchanglaw U tl it e a securities secunl1es exchange exchang e Jaw law WallStreet WaiStreet put a severe snaffle bit in lD ui Wall Wai l Street s mouth The labor relatIons relatIonsact relatso relatsoact relationsact S withthe witthe act forbids business busmess to Inter interfere ere wIth wit h the labor 1bor formation formabon and functions of la 1 a bor berahzethe beral1zethe berahzthe unions His b II to I 1 beral1ze berahz e butthe bthe the Supreme court was beaten but b tit ofthe upthe the battle changed the mllke make makeup up of f the court The social actis acis security act ac t Is an overwhelming overwhelmmg v ctory tor for thecommon the th thcommon e common man-If man If man - it Itorks it works \\orks orks \ years year s afew Infew hence yearshence yearhence when it s supposed to In a few weeks Mr Roosevelt will signh sigh sign sig n h s crop control law which 1 I ) mds mdsproductIon mit mitproduction milsproduction s productIon and gives millons mill ons of farmelS farmers offarmeis offarmelS onsfarmers stable prices and at least a aliving alivmgIf leastlivingif livmg-If livmg If living-if living - it it worksBut worksBut works worksBut But there is now considerable considerabl considerablequestion considerablquestion considerablequestion e question \ whether hether the wage lour lourchapter 1 l lo lchapter ourchapter o ur chapter of the Roosevelt program can be realized A mighty effort effortwlll effortwill effortwill wlll will be made In the ) latter atter part of ofthis ofthis ofthis this session of congress to enact it itmto itinto Itinto mto into law Jaw A wage hour law Jaw is such suchan suchan suchan an importint imporhnt important factor In the whole wholescheme wholescheme wholescheme scheme that if It R it isn t passed the theNew theNew theNew New Deal must be considered as ashavIng ashaving ashaving havIng failed to cross 0\ 0 os over 0er \ er to the theland theland theland land of mIl milk ! . and honeyUnorganized honey honeyUnorganized Unorganized LaborFor Labor LaborFor For after arter all only ony ) a small smaU per percentage perccntage percentage centage of American Amencan ) labor abor is or organlzed organized organized ganlzed ganized and able ahle to demand high highwages highwages highwages wages through collective collecbve ba'rgam bargam bargain ba'rgaming bargaintog bargainIng ' ing tog The rest re-st re st - are scittered SC'lttered SClttered scattered ' help helpJess helpless helpless Jess less and unable to make themselves themselvesheard themselvesheard themselvesheard heard F-imihes F imihes F'lmilles Flmilles F ' - imrhes by thousands sub subSISt subsist subsist SISt on such weekly incomes as $14 14 $14$18 1418 $ $18 18 $ $25 25 $ Mr Roosevelt RooseveIt and his fo fol followers followers ) lowers contend that people living Uving lD in lDsuch insuch msuch such cond eond tions are not of much use useto useto useto to society and are not good custom customers customers customcrs ers for busmess business businessWhy businessWhy Why has the wage hour bill blJI madeno madeno made madeLno Lno no progress ' ? Because ony only ) the ad ads adsministration administration , . minIstral10n ministration is fight ng for it it . . In Industry Industry Industry dustry is against agamst such a law be because because because cause it tears fears the government glv giv glven given given en an inch would take ta.e tae ! . a m mile e and andclamp andclamp andclamp clamp more irons to Its leg The TheC TheC TheC C I 0 O and A F of L say they theyare theyare theyare are for it but they do nothing nOthmg Barfn Bar i , - .n'n .nn nn . ' - " fn * , . , A hbnl lahnr itAM ' _ is ( o AhAir their taarticu parl1cu particu I " " " " - - - - - - - - - lar Jar business busmess and they don t want wantthe wantthe wantthe I the government musci muscl musiI ng In The TheSouth TheSouth TheSouth South put up the bitterest fight of ofall ofall ofall all because it pays as ) low ow as ten tenand tenand tenand and fifteen cents an hour and thinks thinksits thinksits thinksits its smallindustnes small industries " , would ould go broke brokepaymg brokepaying brokepaying paymg paying 40 centsBesIdes centsBesides cents centsBesides Besides the administration admmlstratlon of ofcourse ofcourse ofcourse course the millions mlll10ns of common commonworkers commonworkers commonworkers workers workersant w \ want \\ant ant ant a minimum m1Dlmum wage wageThey wageThey wageThey They can vote and it would seem seemthat seemthat seemthat that congress v . would could ould respond to tothem tothem tothem them But congress eongress responds pre prec1sely precisely precisely c1sely cisely as pressure Is brought to tobear tobear tobear bear And the ) lower ower third thU'd thUd ' WhICh WhIChMr whichMr whichMr Mr Roosevelt RooseveU says is 1S ill 111 fed III ill IIIcothed illclothed illclothed cothed clothed ) and ill 111 housed can cant t affordto affordto afford affordto to hire lobbies and print prmt propa props propaganda propsganda propaganda ganda - . . I ' 1 1 I I I I ' 1 I - It If the President and h s si st pport- pport ppori- ppori pporters pporiers ppori-ers ppori ers - - - ers can enact a 40 40 wage hour law lawthey lawthey lawthey they can hoist their banner stack stackarms stackarms stackarms arms and wait walt for the mornmg morning mornmgsun morningsun morningsun sun to show what manner of country countrythey countrythey countrythey they have capturedTake captured capturedTake Take Up DmglblesNext DirigiblesNext Dingibles Dmglbles Dirigibles DingiblesNext Next summer another German GermanaIrshIp Germanairship Germanairship aIrshIp much 1 I Ike ke the giant HID fin HIDdenburg findenburg Hmdenburg denburg which burned 36 peope people ) to todeath todeath todeath death at Lakehurst N J last May Maywill Maywill Maywill will cross to the United Umted States Its Itsfirst Itsfirst Itsfirst first passengers back to Europe will willbe willbe willbe be a few adventurers willing w111mg to rIsk rIskanythmg riskanything riskanything anythmg anything for a thrill In time tlme a asecond asecond asecond second German ship will enter the thetransatlantic thetransatlantic thetransatlantic transatlantic service If It no acd acct acddents acctdents accidents dents befall more and more travel travelers travelra travelers ers e ra will blimp bl1mp the Atlantic Mean Meanwh Meanwhile Meanwhile wh while e the United Umted States will get getmto getinto mto into the dirigible d11'lglble d11lglble ' business busmess and If it Ifsuccessful itsuccessful ifsuccessful successful eventually will outdo outdoGermany outdoGermany outdoGermany Germany For this country owns ownsabout ownsabout ownsabout about all the helium there is and andGermany andGermany andGermany Germany must buy it 1t from us usProbably usProbably usProbably Probably never again agam will passen passenger passenger passenger ger airships be inflated with hydro hydrogen hydrogin hydrogen gen gin the highly lugh1y inflammable mflammable gas gasthat gasthat gasthat that turned the H ndenburg into 111tO an anmferno aninferno aninferno aninfernoBut mferno inferno mfernoBut infernoBut But though the United Umted States has hasa a monopoly on helium hellum Germany Germanyseems Germanyseems Germanyseems seems to have all the skill in m bwld build bwldmg buildmg buildmg mg and flying flymg dirigibles dlnglbles German Germand11'lg Germanding Germanding d11'lg d11lg ding ' bles bombed London durmg during durmgthe duringthe duringthe the war kept the British Bnl1sh people peopleand peopleand |