Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1925, Page 4

DAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 5, 1925—PART 1. CITIZEN FEDERATION VOTES TO CREATE ADVISORY COUNCIL prosperity is to ourselves. We can- 9 . ? not be prosperous and have the rest What’s Ahead for Business? ||:u it hamal . been possible 50 years ago, but not now Internation trade, If bealthy. works both ways. Trade is ex nge of goods. Exchange must be from both sldes. Therefore, if we want (0 trade with Europe, we must help Europe now, when our help is of C.OF C.TOPRESS FOR BALLOT HERE Neo. 7 — The Oil Industry as Seen by A. C. Bedford Proposed treatment of Rock G (Continued from Fi Creek and Potomac Parks, as N om_Fi {shown in model now on view New Committee to Work to " main corridor of the Navy { Building. The work is now Give District National Representation. e | A ¥Sntinued fight will bemade by the Washington Chamber of Com- merce {a,obtain national representa- tion for the District of Columbia. For | the first Wme in its history, the or- ganization has & committee on na- tional Fepresentation, which held its first meeting last week While the Chamber of Commerce has | a1wHyk indbraed the idea of franchise | and has beep active in furthering this caigd hétotore, its work has been cargied~eu. mainly through its dele- gates to the citizens’ joint committee on national representation. HBrown Hends Group. Tast week President Lloyd called together the new committee on na- tional representation, which will be one of the regular standing commit- es. The committee is functioning inder the chairmanship of George H and indorsed the plan of joint committee at meeting. The new body particularly indorsed he proposed constitutional ameud- | ent to enfranchise the District. The committee wi as part of i work, urge the passage of the amend- mient, which réads as fol The Congre shall have power to admit the status of citizens of a State resldents of the District onstituting the seat of the Govern- nent the United States. created by Article I. section 8, for the purpose of representation in the Congress and ong the electors of President and Vice President, and for the purpose of | sulng anu being sued in the courts| © the United States under the pro- vistons of Article IIT, section 2. When the Congress shall exercise ths power the residents of such Dis trict shail be entitled to elect one or | as determined by the tongres: Representatives in the ioude. according to their numbers as determined by the decennial enumera- | tion nd presidential electors equal in number to their aggregate represen- | tation in the House and Senate. “The Congress shall provide by law ihe qualifications of voters and the time #nd manner of choosing the Sen-| alor or Senators, the Representative « Representatives, and the electors lerein authorized. i The Congress shall have power to ake all laws which shall be neces- v and proper tor carrying into ex- on the foregolng power No Local Vote Wanted. s made very plain by the com- | mittee that it is not seeking a right of franchise which will permit vot- on municipal affairs, but is merely urging that the National Capital, by Ly reason of its American citizenry, | the proportion of taxes it pays and national defense it supplies should be | given the right of representation in| the National Congress and electoral college, similar to other Americans. | As an outgrowth of the committee’s decision a joint subcommittee from | the committee on national representa- tion and the committee on District finances will be appointed to act as @ publicity organ for these two bodies. Statistics and data on Dis- trict finances and the question of vepresentation will be gathered and published. Jt will be the duty of this subcommittee to..send news matter to all -the - civic “organizations and many of the newspapers throughout the country In the opinfon of some theré has been much misinformation dissemi- nated about the country on both is- eues and the members of the commit- tees and sub-committee will by ad curate publicity endeavor to counter- t this 1 The chamber will also continue to use its appeal for & franchise which is printed on &1l chamber stationery. “Ihis appeal reads: “Since the 400,000 Americans of the | District of Columbia pay national taxes, obey national laws and go to war in the nation's defense, they are entitled on American principles to be represented in the National Govern- ment which taxes them, which makes #ll laws tor them and which sends them to w The inhabitents of the District should net be the only Amer- | ans in the republic denied the rights | and privileges of American citizen- | xhip. Will you help? Write us and | we will tell you how.” 1 Several minor matters were taken | up at the mecting and the committee | ill meanwhile study the report of | Senator Jones of Washington, pr sented alons with the proposed | amendment of the Congtitution in 2. Another meeting of the com- mittee will-be called in the near fu- ture 1 Members of Committee. 'he new committee is composed of eorge H. Brown, chairman; A. Lefl- wich Sinclair, vice chairman; Ross P. Andrews, George C. Aukam, Charles A Baker, Walter C. Wistar M. Balderston Ballou, Dr. Lewis J. Battle, Charles J. Bell, W, A. Berkeley, Chapin Brown, | Mrs. Bessie P, Brueggeman, Harry R. | Carroll, Merritt O. Chance, Charles| W. Darr, B. W. Davis, Edward B.{ Dean, John B. Dickman, William M. Dove; Joseph D. Dreyfuss, John A kckert, John Joy - KEdson, G. Mason| Foote, Willia T. Galliher, Isaac Gans, Henry 1. Glassie, Edwin C. Graham, William B. Hardy, Robert N. | Harper, Robert E. Heater, Mrs. Anna | Hendley, Frank S. Hight, Milton | {opfenmaier, Albert A. Jones, Joseph | ). Kaufman, Harold Keats, Harry| King, Henry Lansburgh, Martin A.|[ lLeese, Thomas P. Littlepage, M Mayer, Louis A. Miller, Mrs. Mary P. | Mitchell, Arthur C. Moses, Alfred L. Nader, Theodore 'W. Noyes, Oscar A. ¢’ Oehmler, Michael O'Hanlone Judge Mary O'Toole, Burd W. Payne, James W. § Pete: Mrs. Susie Roat Rhodes, Clarence E. Rubel, Albert. Schulteis, George G. Seibold, A. E. Seymour, C. Melvin Sharpe, Miss | dna J. Sheehy, John H. Smail, E. A. | Smith, C. K. Sowers, Anton Stephan, W. McK. Stowell, Edward A. Tripp, Edward L. Tucker, John Z. Walker, Ivan €. Weld, Joseph 1. Weller, Way: B. Wheeler, George M Whitw, Martin Wiegand, George Francis Williams, B. Frank Wright, Dorsey W. Hyde, Frank J. Hughes, Harry C. Allen” and Mrs. Frank Hiram Snell. MRS. T. J. STANTON DIES. Balderston, | Frank W Mrs. Marianna Stanton, 65 years old, vice president of the Ladies’ Board of Georgetown University Hospital and member of the alumnae of the Georgetown Visitation Convent, died at her, residence, 3005 O street Friday. Death was due to pneumonia Mrs. Stanton was the wife of “Thomas J. Stanton. She was born in lancaster, Pa.. the daughter of John Gibbons, but had lived in this city since a child, Funeral Services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock and thence at Holy Trinity Catholic Church at 9:15 o'clock. In terment will be in Holy Rood Ceme- tery Mrs. Stanton is survived by her hus- band, a_daugter, Mrs. Leo Cobb; a son, J. Reilly Stanton: four sisters, AMrs. James Leahy of Detroit, Mrs. John Reilly of Brooklyn, Miss Julla bbons of Cincipnati_and Mrs. Rossa F. Downing of Washington. and a brother, Edward T. Gibbons of Paris, ¥rance, 4 lunder the supervision of the | Rock ( | way Commission. some of the members of the National Capital Park Commis- sion in charge of park develop- ment in the Capital. cleaning up the unsightly areas to be improved will begin about July 1. Plans then will be pushed {10 completion. reck and Potomac Park- Insets show Work of STEPHEN MATHER |[National_Park Service A\l MaJ GEN HARRY TAYLOR Chief of Engineers triees gt 7 e e o | | i | council as adopted last night was real value. This Is the way to ce submitted by a special committes headed by William §. Torbert and differed in several respects from the original plan proposed at a previous | meeting of the federation. Change in Name. The first plan called the new body the City Council of the District of Columbia. The new report changed | it to the Citizens' Advisory Council | of the District | The clause defining the duties of | the council, as adopted, reads: “The council shall act as an ad- | visory body to the Commissioners of | the District of Columbia upon mat- | ters affecting sald District, but it shall not in any way restrict the ac- | tivities or abridge the rights of the federations hereinafter mentloned or | of their respective member bodies.” | Members of the council will be elected for one year and the first | election will take place at the fed- eration meeting in May. | Each neighborhood association af- | fillated with the Federation of Citl-/| zens' Associations and the Federa- tion of Civic Associations will be al- lowed to submit one nominee for the council to the federation to which it belongs. From among these mominees the white federation will elect six mem- bers to the council and the colored tederation two members. The agreeément provides that “the respective federations shall have the right to call for and receive reports from the members of said council elected them. The president c the Federation of Citizens’ \sso-a- tions shall make to each regular or stated meeting of said federation a summary report of the activities of the council, but such report may be dispensed with at the pleasure of th federation.” - Recall Provided For. Provision {8 made in the plan for the recall of a member of the coun- cil. A petition for recall of a mem- ber must be signed by at least 15 delegates, stating the reasons such action is desired. After investiga- | tion by a speclal committee the ques- tion of recall would require a three- fourths vote of the delegates pres- ent and voting. The final clause in the plan pro- | vides that the plan shall become ef- tective upon formal approval by the board of commissioners of the dis- trict The committee which drew up the form of organization of the council after lengthy deliberation, was com- posed of Mr. Torbert, chairman, and George A. Finch, Proctor L. Dough- erty, J. C. Yaden and Fred S. Walker. During the debate the delezates voted down a proposed amendment to | exclude all reference to the Federa-| tion of Civic Associations. Proposal Was Opposed. Among those w10 «hjecied to the entire plan f creating the council | was Frank Sprizy who de- clared it would be a si-p backward in the fight of the peoplc ur the Dis- trict for suffrace He also conteade! the council wonld take up du: «. the federation itse!f should perforin. Charles A. Baker, who objected 1o the original plan submitted mentn ago, declared last nigh 4 revised scheme for a council was werthy of a trial When Chairman Finch of the law and legislation committee submitted the recommendations on the new traf- flc code there was an effort made to indorse a speed limit of 35 miles an hour wherever it would be safe on | arterial highways, but the federa- tion finally voted to leave the limi- tation at 30 miles as contained in the ort. The traffic recommendations approved follow: Indorse Pedestrians’ Rights. “The proposed recognition of the right-of-way of pedestrians at cross- ings is heartily indorsed It is the further sense of the federation that islands of safety and painted safety zones for the protection of pedestrians at crossings should be Increased and properly lighted at night so that they may be plalnly visible to on-coming traffic. “Considering the urban and subur- ban character of the entire District of Columbia and the absence of any strictly rural sections traversed by highways, the speed limit should not exceed 30 miles per hour anywhere in the District. “In view of the obvious necessity in the congested sections and thickly populated parts of the city of speed Ilimits less than the maximum limit of 22 miles per hour allowed by sec- tion 9 (a) of the traflic act of 1923, full use should be made of the au- thority granted by section 6 (b) of the act to reduce the limit wherever necessary for the =afety of pedes- trians or traffic. * W t Limit on Parking. “The streets are intended for trans- |inal Standard Oil men. He presides | tain than wheat production. Some {lamp users mostly. In 1921, the oil {rels of kerosene. That was not much kerosene business had become a sec- portation purposes and not as private By John F. Sinclair. Author of “Can Europe Hold Together?” and “Can Your Taxes Be Cut?” 1t & national business drepped from 85 per cent to less than 10 per cent of the totai in a period of 14 year would it not look as though that busi- ness was going backward, and not forward? Well, that's the simple story of the Standard Ol Company of | New Jersey. Growth fis the magic word in oil. Relatively the Standard Oll of New Jersey has gone back- ward. Yet it still Is the largest oil company in the world. A. C. Bedford, chairman of its board of direcctors, is one of the few orig- over the daily meetings of the board. At 62, he has been 41 years With the same company. Mr. Bedford grew up in the ofl busi- ness, He has helped to pioneer and weld together a great industry. To- day he guides the destinies of a cor- poration which began 1924 with a capital and surplus of $932,000,000. “Yes, our business is large, very large, but it does not total 10 per cent of the oil business in the United States,” he declared in his office at 26 Broadway— the most famous business address in the world, “The Government in 1911 caused a dissolution of the o'd Standard Oil Co. of New Jerasey At the same time 32 corporations, ntrolled by the | Standard Ofl of New Jersey, were separ- ated and the old stock dfvided amongst the shareholders. Hrve Kept Faith, He Saya. We accepted the plan and we hav Kept faith with both the spirit and the letter of that plan “Today each Standard Oil Co. has & board of directors separate and dis- tinct from all the others. 1 am an o ficer and director of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, but of no other. The officers and dire-tors in each con pany, even though the name Standa Oil is used, are distinet and separ. These corporations are not a series with one head and one guiding polics. In 1811 the Standard Of of New | Jersey had 6,078 stockholders. To- day It has more than §0,000. From 1912 to 1922, inclusive, it had net earnings of $776.000.000. ° “Then you are satisfled that there is no oll monopoly, elther in produc- | tion or in distribution, within the United States?” Mr. Bedford was asked Says There In No Monopoly. “1 am positive that this Is the true situation. Prices are determined by supply and demand. Oil production fs even more fluctuating and uncer- Years oil production is large, some years emall. in the last three years it has been very large; more than half a dozen major oil pools have been discovered. But we are con- uming an enormous quantity of oil in the United States. Even with our heavy production in 1924 we increased our surplus ofl reserves only 37,00,000 barrels “In the oil business, even more than | in . demand breeds supply. For a time, when the balance is over- weighed at one end, prices may rise, but not for long. Advanced prices bring additional production and com-| petition does the rest. The reverse is just as true.” “Has the oil industry changed ma- terially in its outlook during the past 16 years?" I asked. Change Is Complete. “Completely,” he answered. “When Edwir Drake took 20 barrels of oil| frofi a Pennsylvania well in 1859 it| astonished the world. In 1908 the oil business, with a combined capital of| half a billion doliars, supplied 33 mil- | lion barrels of kerosene—to karosene | industry produced just 46 miliion bar- | of an increass. But it was enougl.| Why? Because in this period the| ondary business, a by-product. A new business had sprung up. It was gaso- line now and not kerosene. “In 1924 the petroleum industr: combined assets of reservations for parking purposes Therefore, a constructive policy with veference to parking on the public streets should be planned and adopted. | having for fte object the eventual absolute prohibition of all-day and| all-night parking within the city limits." Delegate Finch made another ap- peal to the delegates present to co- operate in raising the fund of $5,000 to be uced in defending the cons tionality of the zoming law of the District, which is to be tested in a suit now pending in the District Su- preme Court. He said the committee stiil needs a substantial sum. Jesse . Suter, president of the federation, presided. AMUSEMENTS. HARRY CORT AND BARNEY KLAWANS PRESENT By Arrangement With EARL CARROLL SENSATION OF 2 CONTINENTS BY LEON GORDON 2 YEARS—DALY’S THEATER NEW YORK 1 YEAR—PLAYHOUSE LONDON “STRONGER, MORE LOGICAL PLAY THAN RAIN”—N. Y. Telegram A VIVID PLAY OF LOVE IN THE TROPICS THE CRITICS ALL AGREE! “A Cloudburst of Sensationalism”........:..N. Y. Herald “The Best Play of the Season” “Great, No Other Word Will Do”. . “Theater Resounded With Hurrahs”. 4 A DISTINGUISHED CAST The Play the Whole Country Is Talking About! Based Upon the Novel, “Hell's Playground,” by Ida Vera Simonton PRICES: NIGHTS 50c to $3.50, PLUS TAX SPECIAL SAT. MAT. STER MONDAY MAT. SIDENT THEATER Y= co%19 | 11th & Pa. Ave. Main 687. Mats. Eastor Mon., Thurs. & Sat. to $3—~THURS, MAT. S6c to #1.50 % %% % 7, vovoioo.N. Y. News ...N. Y. American SEATS NOW ON SALE BOe to 83 10 -times those of 1916, existed pri- marily to supply the world, not with | kerosene, but with approximately | 210,000,0. iy for motor use. So you see our patroleu changed product In 19 into the o0il business had at the dissolution of the Standard OIl Co. in 1911 Gasoli 35,000,000 barrels in 1914 to 212,000.- 000 barrels in 1924, of which 87 per cent was consumed in the United States. increasing crude production, by in- reasing refining methods and by the | cracking procees. “We consume more oil in the United States t combine 1923 our consumption of oil for each individu; 5.26 barrels, as compared with .118 barrels “New the petr covered have made marvelous prokress in two | vears. much gasoline s being oxtract:d from a barrel even 10 { ments | been necessary to find t rude oi 00 barrels of gasoline, large- m business has completely in 15 rears from one great to another. 19 more new capital flowed oil business than the whole ne production increased from This was accomplished by han all the rest of the world d," declared Mr. Bedford. “In al in the United States was for the rest of the worid inventions and processes in oleum industry are being dis- and installed con: tly, We Today more .han twice as of crude oil ~s was chtaired vearg ago. 17 these improve- d not come. it would have | co ar much | 1 as is now produced. It thix had been Impossille, brices would | have risen The low yrices are in 4 great part due to fne inventions and discover ies of the last faw vears.” | What, In your opinion, should be | the poli concessi cy of the Government on oil| ons secured by American com- | panies outside of the United States?” | he was “I hav compani, erate in the sam; asked. Stands for Open Door. e always felt that foreign oil| es should be allowed to or:-l the United States on exactly ¢ terms as American corpora- | tlons. Such a policy is fair and just. | Some of the largest oll compantes in | the Uni by fore lieve th ted States are largely owned | ign capital. Likewise I be-| e American ofl corporations| should be allowed to enter all parts | of the terms a [try. L# of the without world on exactly the same 8 citizens of any other coun-| tand squarely on the principle | ‘open door’ both within and the United States. Any other| policy has a tendency to breed dis- cord an d misunderstanding. World peace through legitimate and honor- able business dealings now of first importance. I wa clally c favor of We are ity of th nt to make this point espe- lear. 1 am very much in developing our foreign trade. finding out that the prosper- he other fellow doing business with us is just as essential as our HOW’S YOUR FAN? IS IT READY FOR HOT DAYS AHEAD? cle ment the bonds of friendship and good will." Normal Times Abnormal. My time was up. T rose. “You see, normal times in the oil business are always abnormal. 1 do not recall a when the business was normal. But 1 have great falt in the future of the oil Industry. It is sound at the core, for it is dealing with an article absolutely necessary in the present progress and prosper: Ity of the world.” “And the oil Industr. with the demand for o “In 1818, when automobileless Sun. days were instituted, there wer( 7,000,000 automobiles in the United States; now there are 17,000,000. Thd American people should not forger through good times and bad times, | times of underproduction as well at in times of overproduction, the oil in- dustry has supplicd kerosene & gasoline at reasonable prices to t public without delay, inconv: or trouble. And this in the midst o the most stupendous growth in tha business. Ol is produced, refined ant marketed today with extraordinar efficlency and economy and the is not yet (Copyright. 1025, in United Canata 4 Great Dritain by North American News paper Alliance. All rights reserved.) Tomorrow: Adolph Zukor om the Moving Picture Industry. s kept pac( hd It pays to read the want colt The Star. Hundreds obtained through the: Free Lecture T CHRISTIAN SCIENCE —BY— Richard J. Davis, C. S., of Chicago, IIl. Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. AT POLI'S THEATER, SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 3:30 P.M. 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