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Show Scenes and Persons in the Current News bn i I v i v i Jr f : X ?.. :s Washington. It begins to appear that the country as a whole may have a chance to New Deal know how many execuan Publicity hiws orders Issued tive have come out of the months twenty-onof life. President Roosevelt has determined upon publication In an official mannpr as the means of Informing Mr. Average Man what he is not supposed to do under the New Deal It has not been determined yei whether there will be an official government newspaper for publication of all of these laws, executive orders, codes, regulations and other means of official expression, but everything points chat way. Courts have always said that Ignorance of the law excuset no man. It remained for the Supreme court of the United States, however, to say that when the average man was deluged with hundreds of orders of inhibition and prohibition from Washington, ho was or Is quite likely to be unable to comprehend what It Is all about It was almost unprecedented for criticism to come from a member of the Supreme Court of the United States. Cut Associate Justice Bran-delone of the outstanding liberals of the highest tribunal, made no effort to conceal his grievance when, In the course of presentation of an NRA case to the court, he learned to his amazement that there had been no publication of the numerous orders, regulations or rules In a manner that could conceivably reach the country as a whole. Of course, the newspapers have attempted to keep the country Informed but there seems to be no doubt that the number of official pronouncements was too great for any newspaper, however large, to keep track of and publish them alL Consequently, the Associate Justice gave voice to a feeling that has prevailed among newspaper correspondents In Washington for a long time, namely, that the bulk of the citizens were uninformed concerning the vast number of new regulations forthcoming under the New thereunder New Deal In Its OLD Mr. Thompson sat by bis fire. lie Imd sat so, watching the leaping flames, every evening for years. Dut tonight w'as New Years eve, and although the clock on the mantel whirred loudly, and struck nine times, and the fire died to smoldering embers, he did not move. The family had gone to the New Years party at the schoolhotise, where nil but the very young and very old were gathered. As he sat on, dreaming of other New Years, the old man had a daring thought. Now, tonight, he uould go out and visit with his cronies. He struggled Into his heaviest wraps, and taking his cane, went out on the wlml-sopt porch. Cnref u y he picked his way 1 1 through the falling snow, holding fast to the railing, then the fence, and then the neighbors, lie turned In at the next gate and safely crossed the ley walk. Slowly, aboriously lhe up the climbed steps and rang the bell. Although h' could have sworn light had Just been moving through the house, now all wrs dark nnd Still. He rang again. A child cried, nnd there wns a muffled curse. Old Mr. Thompson pounded on the door. lie heard a table fall and the crash of glass. The child screamed. In the back, a door slammed, men were running, and an engine roared away Into the distance. The eld man tried the door. It wns unlocked, lie went In, nnd felt for a light. On the floor lay old Mrs. Peabody, limp. As he struggled to raise her. she regained consciousness. Oil, she cried, did they get the baby? he answered. I dont know," What happened? Kidnapers they tried to steal little Barbara. I guess one of them knocked me a i ip p nt down. From the hall came a cry, nnd t that moment the old couple smelled smoke. Flames vv ere Hiking the overturned table, but they were quickly 'J it 'p ' fji extin- guished, nnd the frightened released from muffling blankets. How fortu- nate yoi came, said Mrs. Peabody. You have saved us both. It wns mulling. he answered. 1 Just dropped In to say Happy New Year. If jou nre suie jouTe all rigid. Ill go now. Its neaily twelve. Stay nnd celebrate." He Thank yon. Not tonight. jniulo Ids way home ttuough the swirling snow'. Horns were blowing as the old man climbed tl e stulrs nnd silently went to bed. O. Wealvii .Voui'iH'Or IuU.a. shone from every the Gibson home. A Year's party was going on. Livery time the frent door opened sounds of fun and laughter rang out Into the night. Nancy Gibson seemed to be the very life of the party. Her merry laugh wns heard oftenest she had a smile and a happy word for every one on the doer. Yet Nancy was nursing a heartache. Her light manner covered a hurt, which sent stinging tears Into her eyes every now and then. For the guest she had wanted most of all nt her party had failed to come. David Wilson, who meant more to Nancy than all the other men In the world, had net even LIGHTS phoned that he could not come. And she had expected so much this evening. She almost was sure that David would her to marry him: a dozen things he had said during the week had led her to believe that an engagement ring would be encircling her finger when the New Year dawned. It was only five minutes until midnight, nnd David hadnt come. Soon the New Year would be horn, but it would not come In the happy way she had anticipated. Nancy blinked hard to keep tears from coming. Then she blinked her eye again for another reason. Across the crowded floor she saw David coming swiftly toward her. a-- k e Deal. It Is a regular practice for congress to enact legislation and Include In such laws a phrase to this effect : Authority to Issue regulations carrying out the terms of this law Is hereby extended. That phrase, whenever It Is Included, as It is almost invariably, gives to the rules nnd regulations, proclamations nnd pronouncements, the full force and effect of the law Itself so long ns the administrative promulgations nre within the terms of the law Itself and within reason. In other words, those become law and they can he sustained by any court that can find the law itselt constitutional. vv The magnitude of the problem the President has now 1th which Weighty Problem determined to S done about it. There Is, nowever, a possibility of danger In that course. Attention has been directed here to the threat that, unless careful supervision over such a publication Is maintained, some unscrupulous Individuals may take advantage of this new avenue of publicity for selfish means. It Is to be assumed that Mr. Roosevelt will protect against this potential danger, but I find In many quarters expressions of a fear that the thing may get out of hand unless the President is fully forewarned so that be can be forearmed. Much significance attaches to the Presidents projected plan to take the profits out of President's war. It is looked Shrewd Move upd fay those as a - pronouncement . . He had not failed her after all! Her heart hounded wllh a rush ns David took hold of her arm, and led her to a quiet corner of the room, lie explained the reason for his lateness ns he went along. You remember that promise I had to lie allowed a chance on the air? he said; well, they called me Just ns I was ready to leave for your party. It was a hurry up call. I had Just time to make the studio couldn't even plume you nnd Ive even boon tied up ever since. . . , Youll be glad to bear that Im going to be put on a regular program; I'm starting tomorrow. How splendid, David! Nancy exclaimed. Of course Ill forgive you for being lute with such a good excuse. Thanks, Nancy, David squeezed her arm ns lie spoke. Then under cover of the music nnd laughter he whispered : Ive get nn engagement ring here nnd and I want to put It on your linger tiefoie the New Year. Nancy. May I? The world was shouting: Hnp-pNew Year In a thousand happy ways as ho placed the diamond w here It belonged. , wlna Isunal'uptr t'nlun. y JLc ;!S V v Mb-- "'H ?. i Open & vA-- - A Vi Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt consulting Santa Claus about Christmas presents for the 2 League of Nations delegates discussing the plebiscite in the Saar. 3 Great Benito at Rome just formally opened by the premier of Italy who Is Its sponsor. This Is the paddock of the new Santa Anita race track at Arcadia, near Los Angeles, Calf, officially opened on Christmas day. The cost of the plant was about a million and a quarter dollars, LEARNING TO SHOOT Presenting a Medal to $ A i vx. . N AV "V X) , -- S "I' A- - x K jK Rcosev Tx r 4 jbA . - X - circumstance tins just develChesapeake and Ohio railroad, preparing to celebrate the The A $ A deal was suggest- P(I recently by a one hundred and fiftieth annivercommittee of the sary of the original corporation ' v 'V' American Car association which es from which It came, has found a tlmated that In the first year of the letter signed hy George V nshington NltA alone more than ten thousand which, authorities tell me, reprepages of such law were written sents among the first petitions ever t by executive authority without adefiled with a legislative body in he quate provision for notifying the half of private Interests In this public. country. In fact. If the Washing The total legislative output by ton letter In question were to have , or In connection with this one ad- been presented to the present-daministrative agency, the committee congress, undoubtedly those In opdeclared, actually staggers the position to the general's plan would Imagination. have described him as a lobbyist. The committee added that any II. O. Bishop, a noted writer and calculation Involved guess-vvoiand historian here, found In the Library It concluded after something more of Congress that General Washing An order all New York than superficial Investigation that ton had sought legislation In the policewomen requiring and police patrolwom-ebetween four thousand five hundred general assembly of Virginia In be to report for target practice once and five thousand methods of bus! half of the Jamestown company, a every three weeks, nt the precinct ness conduct were prohibited by the corpoiatlon which In later years headquarters to which they nre atcodes and supplemental amend was to become the Chesapeake nnd tached, Indicates that the time ts meats to codes promulgated by the Ohio Railroad company. General not far off when they will be armed National Recovery administration in Washington Interceded with the Vir while on duty with revolvers of at Its lu lef pci iod of life. ginia assembly on the ground that least .32 caliber. There are now In The Brooklyn Institute In a study If the United States evet were to the department 105 policewomen of the situation has found that In become of consequence ns a nation nnd CO police patrolwomen. The the federal government there are in this world there must he expnn photograph shows one of the policesixty different administrative trlbu slon westward nnd If there were women on the range at police headmils which, as the Institutes stateto he expansion there had to be quarters. ment said, are "making judicial dmeans of transportation. erisions affecting private rights. The general, according to the LiNEERASKA GOVERNOR The Institutes statement lidded that of Congress records, person brary the-sdo not proceed according to Tfi ; ally surveyed a westward route any single form, do not follow any over which the Jamestown comv uniform procedure and do not fit In pany was to operate. ns Integral parts of a coherent or Disclosure of the Washington let fc Intelligent system." ter has brought again to the fore ? - Wen Id war 1 theveering: there was front the question of what con $ an fill'd. il publication Issue-- hy the stltutes lobbvliig before a leglsla committee on public Information tlx - body. There are (host- - In this which was eloigned to necmilnt the administration, the samp as there gcneial public with the myriads eif have been In numerous pret piling f orders from the White House, or administrations, who accuse any t dors from the War and Navy done attempting to present his side epartments, oi dels from n score of of the story to a legislative body o( other places In the hope that public being a lobbyist. 1 believe, how understanding would simplify ever, that the bulk of the people ptoldcm. That Is look upon that sort of thing as an the only time, ns fur as have been exert 1m- - of the right of petition. able to ascertain, when the producIt will be Interesting to note tion of rules ami regulations and bow- when the efforts in General made"law" was so administration of the .lutm-Washington In In Vv i gic'at tluit other than normal pioss town comp my nregeeer.illv known to Mr. be osod. had Loose channels bis oerrl-- o of the rigid of petition vc It said In annnnue lug Ills decision, wMI he m t opted. Surety even the never had been ) that fiaitkly t ardent teformeis will not do t II for the lime liilieiy of gov Recent portrait of R. L. site to call the Father of Our Conn Cochran. publication of scull decrees nnd try n lobbyist. Democrat, the new governor of laws. Obviously now that the So West a tl IS Iulf'tt. - s b. - " fe.. t r y j- S. . ? i Vf t sv e x e I t 1 s j tm-s- III(-I- OW wi - f vCjf fe I 'wa ' V K vT k , i New Santa Anita Race Course Is Now r- K? yV A 1 - xS. ' Vw'" y David Squeezed Thanks, Nancy, Her Arm as He Spoke. , ? . ' ' I Every once In a while some one discovers some new letters ten by George Washington Washington. Such oped. XX' f-? L children. torium "Vf t V - ' .r . will get anywhere. Those senators were the leaders In the senate committees munitions Senator Nye, she Investigation. committee chairman, with all the breeze of his North Dakota plains, accused the President In effect of trying to stop the munitions inquiry. Senator Vandenherg of Michthe Presidents igan challenged right to Interfere. Each thought, as did some of the other members of the committee who did not become vocal, that Mr. Roosevelt was trying to steal the show because It Is a fact that the committee was on the front pages day after day during the investigation. Some observers here are Inclined to the opinion that Mr. Roosevelt will be able to lull the recalcitrant members of congress into a kindly feeling toward his program. a Lobbyist ? x I who know very shrewd move, affecting both domestic and International politics. It will be some time before Its full Import can be pieced together In one picture, but when that time comes, wiseacres tell me, among the things to be seen will be: 1. Notice to congress that the President ts not going to allow the legislative body to run away with things that gain publicity, tf the scheme Is one in which he desires to participate. 2. Notice to the world that the United States Is not going to sur render leadership In world affairs even though the London naval con ference has failed and even though Japan has renounced her signature arms limitation to the treaty of 1022. It Is too early to make a guess whether the senators who mllitant-l- y fought back after Mr. Roosevelts s '' 4 jTr to preme court has called attention the lack of a central compilation or publication of such orders, something constructive is going to be h 4 V f'f VL 3 - tf v f " ' ft"' nn, r ,n s y ,4it !' - 1. ' vimwi $ Hy x- f ' mnfiMBiw. society, John L. Slerrlll, president of the societys medal about the neck of President Roosevelt Spr member of the societys council. Is directly behind toe award wns for Mr. Roosevelts work In promoting of the Western hemisphere. n friend-nation- Brilliance, Brilliancy The words brilliance nnd brilliancy are so closely synonymous that the dictionary records them as Interchangeable. An exception to that Interchangeability might be taken In the event that two colors were to he compared. In such Instance, brilliancy Is regarded ns having degrees of quality. One would say, The comparative brilliancy of two colors" rather than The comparative brilliance of two colors, Literary Digest. Reaion for the Curfew The reason for the curfew was that In the early days all the houses were made of wood nnd thatched straw, snjs the Montreal Herald There were no chimnejs, and the smoke had to escape through n hole In the center of the roof, and thus fires often occurred. To prevent this happening at night the rule of putting out all fires was strictly enforced. They were usually extinguished hy placing over them a large copper hood. gangster V ca- h - |