Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1924, Page 4

4 DAWES DEBT PLAN ADVOGAEY ERONS Same Treatment as Given Reparations Urged by Trade Leaders. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Powerful American business Inter- ts are moving in the directlon of a awes plan” for settlement of inter- allled indebtedness. including the $12,000,000.000 which Europe owes the United States Treasury. Thelr scheme has received immense im- petus from the current discussion of France's tentative funding negotia- tions in Washington and British de- mands to receive “most favored na- tion” treatment at our hands. The men at the head of the American sec- tion of the International Chamber of Commerce are the ones advocating an American-European round-table dis- cussion of the whole war-debt prob- lem. They declare that problem is intimately wrapped up with the rep- arations question. They insist that adjustment of reparatiohs on the ba- sis of the Dawes report was a long, but ohly the preliminary, stage on the road to world restoration. Until the next stage is tackled and dealt with—namely, a general adjustment of interallled indebtedness—the work 80 well begun by the Dawes plan will only be half done. May Be Parley Topie There is authoritative reason to believe that, unless diplomacy has come to grips with the debt situation meantime, it will be the main subject of discussion at the next meeting of the International Chamber of Com- merce. This will take place in Brui sels in June, 1925. An American— Willis H. Booth, vice president of the Guaranty Trust Co., of New York— is president of the international chamber He is an outspoken ad- vocate of “the allocation of indebt- edness due to creditor nations in such a manner, and with proper relations to thefr debts one to the other, that the amount so received may pay the maximum of indebtednes: Another supporter of the idea of an interna- tlonal round table adjustment of war debts is A. C. Bedford, president of the Standard Ofl Co. of New Jersey. and chalrman of the American sec- tlon of the international chamber Still another apostle of general re- cons{deration and settlement of the war debts is John H. Fahey of Bos- ton, a former president of the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States and now a member of its executive committee. Young Backs Plan. Probably the most important ad- vocate of international consideration of Interallied Indebtedness is Owen D. Young. president of the Genera' Wlectric Co. and principal coadiutor of Gen. Dawes In formulation of the Dawes plan. Mr. Young has recently reached the United States after tem- porary service as agent genera! under the German reparations scheme It Is known to this writer that Mr Young holds a “Dawes debt plan” to be not only feasible, but perhaps in- evitable. He is one of the keen American economic minds that are watching the working out of German reparation payments from the stand- point of whether their continuance on an enormous scale, as the Dawes plan contemplates, may turn out to be permanently sound from the allied viewpoint There are shrewd au- thorities who have grave doubts on that score, who fear a world-wide financial upset as a certain conse- quence sooner or later. If they hav such a result, these authorities say it will be a warning to America not to press or expect her BEuropean debtors to send billions of gold to this country. Meantime, experts be- Heve it would serve the interests of all concerned to talk matters over at a joint conference. The International Chamber of Com- merce claims, at its Rome meeting in 1923, to e la!d the foundations upon which the European govern- ments eventua'ly made the plans for the Dawes report. The avowed pur- pose s to blaze the way for a solu- tion of the war debts situation on more or less identical lines. Dedford Gives Views. Some plain speaking on the subject came the other day from A. C. Bed- ford, the Standard Gil Company ex- ecutive. He said: “The Dawes plan applies by impli- eation not merely to the question of the payment of German reparations. It has & very direct bearing upon the problem of the interallied debt: Now, we sometimes don't like to d cuss that. We seem to think it is settled. But it is not settled. It is the next problem, and it has got to ocome. If the operation of the Dawes an shows that huge sums eannot e transferred without great damage to the recipients, we will have an actual demonstration upow which to base a reronsideration of the whole problem of interallied debts. This problem can never be settled upon any theoretical basis. Therefore, it is of the most transcendent Importance that we are to have an actual exhibition of what can be done. Clesrly the world * cannot feel that commerce is back to a normal basis until we know exactly what is to be done with these questiona of reparations and interallied debt: John H. Fahes, speaking at Indian- apolis in November, said: “@reat Britain owes us something less than $5,000,000,000; France some- thing under $4,000,000,000. But France owes almost the same sum to Great Britain; Belgium, in turn, owes to France as much as she owes to us, and Italy owes to France almost as much as she owes to us. Russia is a tremendous debtor to France. Therefore, the ques- tion that must finally and inevitably arise i who I8 going to be paid first and under what circumstances. Likewise, if some of these debts must be sacrificed in order to bring a settlement, who is to make the sacrifice and in what de- gree? . . . I suggest no solution. But 1 do venture the suggestion that the final solution will not be found until again, as in the case of German repara- tions, the nations come together around the common conference board for united action. Enlightened, broadminded na- tionalism must replace the narrow, con- fined nationaliem we have seen for tne past five years.” (Copyright, 1924.) 1. C. McKINNEY DIES. Philanthropist Had Many Friends in Capital. Word was recelved here today of the death in Titusville, Pa., Saturday of James Curtis McKinney, 80 years old, well known philanthropist of Pennsylvania and former mayor of Titusyille. Mr. McKinney had many friends in this city. Death was due to_apoplexy. Mr. McKinney donated $65,000 to- ward the bullding of a highway be- tween Titusville and Ofl City, which road is now known as the McKinney Highway. He is survived by his widow and ome son, L. C. McKinney. e Jane Harvey has forsaken a r a8 a screen actress ition as chief of the 30-story hotel just opened in Detroit. In her new posi- tion Mrs. vey is ‘“boi over nearly one hugdred clerks and girl floor clerks of - WITHHOLD TAX DATA. Maryland District Officials Leave Publication to Headquarters. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 8.—Figures showing the total of income tax col- lections for the Maryland district during this calendar year will not be given out by the collector for this district, as has been the case in the past, it s revealed by inquiry made to Internal revenue officiuls at the custom house. Any information on the subject will have to come from Washington, it 13 explained. Before this edict from the national headquarters went into effect, Galen L. Tait, collector of internal revenue, Kave out income tax receipts for each quarter of the year. These figures dealt merely with totals and had nothing to do with the publishing of names, which has been so much in con- troversy lately. Rl S e N NELLON DECLAES GFT TAK IS FUTLE lustrates Pressure to Es- cape Heavy Charges on Incomes, He Adds. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. While “tax reform” is not one of the administration proposals for this session of Congress, there is unques- tlonably a good deal of sentiment in Congress for amendment of the pres- ent revenue act where specific harm is being dome in the application of the law. Much has heen said about the pub- licity provisions of the law, but there is another phase, namely, the gift tax, which Is coming In for wide- spread criticism. Under the present act every gift of more than $500 to any one person, even to members of one’s immediate family, must be re- ported and is taxable if there already has been given away $50,000. The tax applies to corporations, too, and the question has arisen whether companies will be inclined hereafter to give pensions to the injured or em- ployes retiring at old age, or to pay bonuses if these gifts are to be taxed and the total expense thus Increased. If a company had a large number of employes the total taxes would be large even though the bonus to the individual employe might be small. This tax on generosity, if not philan- throphy, in some instances, together with the penalty that it imposes on the rightful distribution by companies of sums their employes have really earned by faithful service, is all due to an ef- fort to prevent avoidance of tax pay- ments by the few who give their money to members of their family or close triends so as to escape high surtaxes or Inheritance taxes. Some of the inequitable features of the present law are to be noted in the case of & man who gives away $50,000 a year to ancther for 10 years. That giver pays no taxes nor does the recipient. Sinoe the tax is on an annual basis only the giving of $50,000 a year would avoid taxation and yet at the end of 10 years a total of $300,000 would have been donated. Should & corporation at- tempt to give away $500,000 in any one year in bonuses to its employes the total tax would be $19,000. Yet in each case $500,000 is the amount of the gift. The gift tax provision was inserted in the present law on the floor of the Senate and was not referred to any committee. “In consequence,” says Secretary Mellon, *“It was never thoroughly studied and not tied up with other provisions of the law. As an ex- ample, If a donor shoud give away a plece of property which cost him $50,000 and which at the time of the gift was worth $100,000, he is taxed on the basis of $100,000. “If the donee should then sell this property for $100,000 he would be taxed on the basis of what the prop- erty cost the donor, and be obliged to report $50,000 profit for income tax purposes, although the property was s0ld at the same price which fixed its value for taxation as a gift. “Aside from the grave comstitu- tional question of the right of Con- gress to tax gifts at all, the gift tax is an excellent illustration of the tutility of trying to preventavoidance of excessive taxes and still not penal- ize legitimate transactions. Under the statute, if property is sold or ex- changed, the difference between the value of the property and what is received is considered a gift. So, if a seller makes a bad bargain, he suffers not only his 10ss on the bar- gain but he must pay a gift tax on this loss. The more he has lost the | more tax he has to pay. The duty devolves upon the taxpayer to report every transaction where he received less in value than he gave, and upon the Bureau of Internal Revenue, therefore, to pass upon innumerable business transactions.” The Secretary of the Treasury says examples of the “unsound nature of this attempt to close loopholes for the avoldance of excessive taxes could well be multiplied” and that it is better “to adopt reasonable rates of taxation which do not compel avold- ance, and to avoid indirect and arti- ficial restraints upon usual and proper transactions—something is wrong with our tax policy if legislation such as this is necessary to make the col- lection of revenue effective.” The Senate committes which is in- vestigating the administration of the bureau of Internal Revenue is head- ed by Senator Couzens of Michigan, who has already found many things wrong with the gift tax and his com- mittee is considering the recommend- ation. In its reports of several amend- ments. It may be a year before the whole problem of tax reform is tackled in earnest, but the inequities of the present law are every day demand- ing attention as the new law passed by Congress last Spring becomes more famillar to the taxpayers and the chances are they will learn their first lessons about its unique provis- jons from now on as they begin to prepare for the returns that are pay- able next March on transactions of every sort occurring in the year end- ing this month. (Copyright, 1924.) FATALLY SHOT IN HOLD-UP Salesman Victim of Raid by Gang on Card Players. 2 By the Assoclated Press. NBEW YORK, December $.—Leroy Palmer, a salesman, was mortally wounded yesterday when three armed men attempted to hold up a group of card players in a West Side ga- rage and opened fire when there wa: show of resistance. Soon afterward detectives captured two men, identified by witnesses as the mssailants, after a revolver battle on the roof of a tenement house. A third man fled down a fire escape after an exchange of shots and was not captured. —_———— To promote the construction of dwelling houses the municipal gov- ernment of Recife, Brasil, has ceded a section of the city without pa ment to & contractor under agree. ent thet he will improve it, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1924 Snapshots of a Man Waiting for His Dinner. BY GLUYAS WILLIAMS mm.tsmkwu.m RETURNS TO PAPER. THEN PROWIS TRIES TO GO ON READING BUT AT WATCH , AND SNIFFS TOWARD KITCMEN FOR SIGNS OP DINNER PAST ONE~ISNT THERE GOING BE ANY DINNER TODAY OR TINDS WIPE 15 IN THE KITT! 2 TO DINING ROOM DOOR. TO SEE P TABLE'S BERN SET VET CANT KEEP HIS MIND OPP HIS APPETITE & McClure Newspaper Syndicate CIRCLES GLOOMAY ROUMD DIN- NER TABLE WONDERING WHAT MEY'RE GOMNG TO HAVE . HELPS. | vare ENTERS DECIARES HE'S PRS- GOODNE-S SAKE €0 READ OR DO 'SOMETHING TILL DINNKR'S RENDY DEMANDS NAVY BE STRENGTHENED League Report Compares Building by Britain and Japan With U. S. Neglect. Charging that every ship in the American Navy has a long list of out- standing repair work far greater than the financial naval resources permit of accomplishing, the Navy League of the United States in its annual report. made public today. demanded a Navy that is equal to that of Great Britain and two-fifths stronger than that of Japan. The re- port was signed by R. W. Kelley, president of the organization The report further says that there are only 6 of 18 battleships “in fair service for real action.” Six of the 18 ships in the Navy are cripples, their bollers are worn out and have been withdrawn from fleet activities. When it i8 realized that 13 out of the 18 ehips allowed the United States are in a seriously unsafe and ineffi- clent condition for real service for the lack of a total of about $18,000,- 000yit would hardly seem to be ex- pecting too much of Congress to make this appropriation immediately available,” the report says. Points to Bullding Abroad. The league then sets forth in de- tail the building of auxiliary ships in progress by both Great Britain and Japan. “When such glaring de- ficlencies as have been pointed out it is hardly necessary to add that the list could be extended almost in- definitely In lesser matters. But here it is desired to lay emphasis on the fact that we should forthwith bulld 32 more light cruisers, aggregating 220,000 tons, and about 48,000 tons more of large submarines, if we are to maintain our position and live up to the treaty tactics. “Since the conference in Washing- ton the British have inaugurated the bullding of 70,000 tons of light cruis- ers and of one large submarine of 1,480 tons. The Japanese have in- augurated the building of very nearly 80,000 tons light cruisers and 22 large submarines. Comparative Requirements. “This suggests that if the British need 300,000 tons of crulsers for the protection of their overseas trade, we need five-thirds the strength of the Japanese in cruisers, or twenty-one 10,000-ton cruisers in addition to the 10 1ight cruisers we now have. The league then sets forth in the annual statement the fact that the United States is allowing their Navy to fall behind those of Great Britain and Japan. It states: “The post-con- ference construction and program of other powers must end our bellef in one of these two bases of security. We may abstain from competition, but if we do, our relative security necessarily remains impaired. We may restore our relative security, but only by & new construction.’ SEIZE MAN AS FUGITIVE. Police Arrest Negro Said to Have Been “Rescued” by Mob. olice today arrested Robert H. N:uon, colored, 41, of 2474 Phillips court, as the man who escaped from Park Policeman Jackson Edwards yesterday at 26th and M streets, when nearly a dozen colored men attacked the officer, breaking one of his fing- ers and bruising his body. Nelson had been arrested on a liquor charge, when his friends d serted a nearby game to aid him. They knocked Edwards down and set the prisoner free. Nelson was ar- rested today by policemen of the third precinct, who charged him with {llegal possession of whisky and as- ul Become an expert ALESMAN Men who have mastered salesman- ship—who are really proficient— name their own salaries. Success in the selling field leads to highest executive positions. Any man of average intelligence can now learn to sell ‘thru scientific coaching. Call—telephone—or mail coupon. LaSalle Extension University 604 Albee (X)) Building Theater OPEN EVENINGS MAIN 8320 Kindly send information re- garding your Scientific Coach- ing in Salesmanship and also your book “Salesmanship in a Nutshell.” THEY ALL READY, DINNER. WL BE ON N A MINUTE MRS. DOROTHY HILLMAN. Former chorus girl, who fled from bridegroom, department stere owner, in Chicago. NEW HAMLINE CHURCH CORNER STONE LAID Bishop McDowell Officiates Ceremony on Site of Metho- dist Structure. at The corner stone of the new Ham- line Methodist Episcopal Church, at Sixteenth and Allison streets, s laid by Bishop W. F. McDowell yes- terday afternoon. Many of the con- gregation, after attending service in the temporary church, went to the scene of the corner-stone laying. Busses were provided for the elder members of the congregation. Rev. Dr. Joseph T. Herson, pastor of the church, opened the services with a prayer. Chancellor L. C. Clark of American University read the Scriptures. Dr. J. Phelps Hand, Dis- triet superintendent, extended a greeting, and following congrega- tional singing the benediction was pronounced by Bishop McDowell. Bishop McDowell also preached the sermon yesterday in the Hamline Church. The pastor was assisted in these services by Rev. Dr. George S. Johnson, pastor-elect of Metropolitan Memorial M. E. Church; Dr. Hand, Chancellor Clark and Dr. Clarence True Wilson. Dr. Johnson last night preached the sermon in the Hamline Church. The new edifice, when completed, will be the largest Methodist Episco- pal edifice in the District. 1t will have a seating capacity of 1,200 per- sons and will cost $250,000. A plece of the rope that was used to hang Mrs. Surratt, one of those sentenced to death for a part in the Lincoln assassination conspiracy, ls 2 prized relic in possession of an Inglewood, Calif., woman, whose father was one of the official wit- nesses at the execution. HIMSELP T PIECE OP BREAD AND AN OCLIVE JUST AS DINNER 15 ANNOUNCED REMEMBERS HE HAS TO LOOK AT PURNACE . TELS THEM TO SIT DOWN HE'LL BE TUGHT THERE BANDITS KILL 11 IN LOOTING TOWN Attack Takes Place While Tapalpa Celebrated Calles Inauguration. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 8.—Eleven unarmed civillans were killed and seven seriously wounded when 70 bandits sacked the town of Tapalpa, in the state of Jalisco, yesterday. The principal stores and residences of the town were looted. The marauders are said, in a special dispatch to El Democrata, to be fol- lowers of Manzo brothers, who, during the de la Huerta revolution, dominated Tapalpa, and supported Gen. Enrique Estrada, revolutionary chief in the states of Jalisco and Michoacan. During a celebration of the inaugu- ration of President Calles a futile at- tempt was made to assassinate Mayor Aurello Tortolero by a half dozen masked strangers. This group was later reinforced and the entire band opened fire upon the people. Looting and burning of stores and residences followed. The bandits were active un- til early evening, when they aban- doned the town. Federal troops are in pursuit. DISCUSS PARKING PLAN. House Committee and D. C. Heads May Provide for Congressmen. In discussing the trafo situation with the District Commissioners today Representative Blanton and Representative Lampert of the House District committee talked over with the city heads the question of making some arrangements under which members of Congress would be able to park their machines in front of Government bulldings while they are transacting official business. Commissioner Oyster explained, following the conference, that the members of Congress merely wanted such provision made for their cars to facilitate them in transacting business. The Commissioners will take the matter under advisement. After leaving the office of the Com- missioners Rapresentative Blanton stated that he was confident action would be taken by Congress to assist the District authorities in improving the traffic situation by providing a traffic court with day and night ses- sions and by increasing the police force. Mr. Blanton said he discussed important District legislation with the Commissioners. e TRY TO BURN SCHOOL. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., December 8—A fire at the local high school last night was of incendiary origin, of- ficlals announced this morning, after an investigation which disclosed charred bits of inflammable material in a passageway from the main to the temporary part of the bullding, where the fire started about mi night. The damage fis apout $500. Sunday morning the main bullding of the high school was damaged $1,000 by fire, starting in the furnace room. At Sloan’s Art Galleries 715 Thirteenth Street Valuable Antique and Modern Household Adornments and Works of Art Including Italian Waln Sheraton and eries, Oriental Rugs, Ch Brasses, Mirrors, Paintings, To Be Sold at lewhi Bepies, Srperie, it iture, Costly Dra; Brle-&Bn: Prints, etc. Public Auction (By Catalogue) Within Our Galleries 715 13STH STREET , Wednesday and Thursday, Tuesday, . December 9th, . At2P. M. Being effects from a 10th and 11th, 1924, Each Day. t local family leaving the city, with additions from the Security Storage Co. NOW ON VIEW. C. G. SLOAN & CO., INC., Aucts, OR JORDAN 10 GET PEACE PLAN AWARD $25,000 Prize Offered by Raphael Herman Goes to Noted Educator. By the Associ: Press. l AUGUSTA, Me., December 8.—Dr. | David Starr Jordan, president emeri- tus of Leland Stanford University, educator, naturalist and author, has been awarded the prize of $35,000 o fered by Raphael Herman of Wash- ington, D. C., for the best educational plan calculated to maintain world peace. Announcement of the award was made here yesterday by Dr. Augustus O. Thomas, commissioner of education for Maine and president of the World Federation of Education Assoctations, which directed the con- | tests Thousands of plans were sub mitted for the consideration of the Judges, The World Federation of Education was organized an outgrowth of the world conferenoe on education, which met at San Francisco in 1923. Baals of Award, The award, Dr, Thomas explained, differs from that offered by Edward Bok in that it calls for no legislative action and will not be submitted to referendum vote. The plan selected, it was stipulated, must be world-wide and capable of application in all schools. Dr. Jordan !n his plan recommends that “the World Federation make in- tense studies of certain matters perti- nent to world amity through the con- tinuous operation of appropriate com- mittees on education for peace, these to report at stated meetings of he federation and to the various Na- tional organizations corresponding to and including our own National Edu- cation Association, indicating at the same time lines of action likely to contribute toward international con- cord. Meanwhile one must admit that any specified procedure can be at the best only a step toward the development of enlightened publio opinion and co-operation in effecting mutual understanding among peo- ples.” Indicating “certain lines of hopeful activity within the scope of the world federation,” Dr. Jordan suggested the formation of a number of committees as follows: ‘The formation of a general world committee on education for peacs, to function in connection with the sev- eral educational groups in the dif- ferent nations, and a second interna- tional committee to co-operate with many established organizations for peace in all parts of the world. \ Teachings of History. “A committes to investigate the present teachings of history the world over, reporting also on text books useq, their virtues and their de- linquencies from the standpoint of in- ternational amity, and stressing the need that history, whether elemen- tary or advanced, should be just and true so far as it goes. Above all, his- tory should not be perverted in the supposed interest of national ‘honor’ or partisanship. “A committee on the teaching of patriotism, which shall attempt to de- fine its true nature, expressing its value, its limitations and its perver- sions. “A committee to consider special plans of promoting mutual interna- tlonal understanding on the part of students of various ages. ‘A committee to consider the pos- sibilities of better relations through the international use of athletic sports, especially those games which involve co-operative action or team play as distinguished from individual competition. Asks Peace Council. “A committee to consider the possi- bility of a continuous effort to com- mit the visible influence of the Gov ernment of the United States to def- inite activity in behalf of peace by means of a bureau of conciliation in the Department of State, or a peace council connected with the same de- partment. “A committee to consider without projudice the question of military training in school and college, its possible advantages to the individual and the nation, with the alleged acé companying drawbacks and danger: “A committee to consider ‘prepar- edness’ in regard to the educational, economic and social aspects. Even admitting that a large and well equipped military force (land, water or air) will make for victory in case of an attack by jealous nelghbors or other ‘imaginary enemies’ to what extent does it, also Invite war? “A committee to consider standing incentives to war and the possibility of their abating through legislation, the influence of public opinion or otherwise. “A geperal study through a com- mittee and through individual inves- tigation of the current arguments for ‘war as a cosmic necessity. “A committee to study The Hague court of arbitration, also the present Permanent Court of International Justice and the relation of these two activities to world education. “A committee to consider the League of Nations and the problems involved in our acceptance or ad- heslon to that organization, with special reference to its bearings on international education _The members of the commission on A Clue to the Lost and Found A ial classifica- tion for notices of val- uables lost and found is carried each day in The Star. Through it you'll be able to locate the loser of something you have found; or the find- er of something you have lost—more surely and quickly than in any other way. The Star prints MORE Classified ads every day than ali the other papers here combined—because of the results obtained. “Around the Corner” is a' Star Branch Office Wins Peace Prize. I the award are: Henry M. Robinson, Los Angeles; President Henry Noble McCracken, Vassar College; Gov. Per- cival P. Baxter of Maine; Herbert & Houston, New Yor! Mrs. P. W Henry, Scarborough-on-Hudson, N Y.; Olive M. Jones, New York; Henry E Dunnack, Augusta, Me.; J. W Crabtree, Washington, D. C.; Cora Wilson ' Stewart, Frankfort, Ky.; George T. Moody, Bound Brook, N. J Carleton E. Ladd, Buffalo, N. Y.; Wil- llam Gibbs McAdoo, Los| Angeles; Milton A. McRae, Detroit Mich., and San Diego, Calif.; Alfrea Lucking, Detrolt, Mich, and R. A. Milliken, Pasadena, Calif. LOCATES IN WASHINGTON Colored Branch of G. 0. P. Trans- ferred From Chicago. Headquarters of the colored branch of the Republican national committee have been removed from Chicago to the Prudential Bank Building, this city. This step is looked upon as the first definite move in the development of political leadership among colored men and women of the Nation Willlam C. Matthews of Boston In charge of the headquarters. is BALLO TO REVEAL BUDGET SLASHES Will Explain Where Bureau Cut Into Original School Estimates. Items slashed from the public school's original budget for the next flscal year by the Bureau of the udget will be revealed by Dr. Frank | W. Ballou, superintendent of schools at the annual joint conference be- tween the Board of Educatfon and representatives of the various civic and trade organizations at the Frank- lin School tonight at 8 o'clock. The superintendent today completed his comparative analysis of the school estimates before and after the re- duction, and will have it mimeo- graphed for distribution at the con- ference. The analytical comparison shows that approximately $3,250,000 was cut from the school board's original budget, the greatcst slash being in the bullding program. The board's original budget totaled approximate- ly $12,500,000, and as it was sent to Congress by the Budget Bureau it called for the appropriation of about Building Fund Cut. The most important item eliminated from the building program was an appropriation for beginning the co: struction of the proposed new M Kinley Technical High School at Second and T streets northeast, ad- Joining the Langley Junlor High School. The site for the new school has been acquired and the plans drawn. Money for the preparation of the plans was provided in the cur- rent appropriation bill, and school authorities had assumed that the Bud- get Bureau would allow the {tem for beginning construction of the new high school to remain in the estimates for the next fiscal vear. Dr. Ballou's analytical report also shows that requests for additional teachers and appropriations for text- books and supplies were reduced somewhat by the Budget Bureau, d spite the urgent need for more teach ers and larger appropriations for llexlbookn to replace the thousands of | obsolete geoghrapies and geographi- cal readers now in use More than 200 civie and trade or- | ganizations and clubs interested in | public education have been invited to send delegates to the conference. Makes My Flavor MightyNic> 'VE heard it said that you can’t please everybody. But I don’t agree. The more particular people are the ones who like me best. Pure pork, with just a pinch of spice, makes me a treat to several times my price. lunch or dinner I'm every palate, worth For breakfast, suitable and sweet. I'm tender, tasty and wholesome—I'm really a very fine meat. Ten minutes makes me ready—I'm quick, you know, to fry. I'm sure to please the whole family—just give me a chance to try. 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