Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1925, Page 5

FIVE DIRECTORS - OF AP RENANED M. E. Stone Gives Talk on Service Ideals — Radio Broadcasting Up. By the ed Press NEW YORK, —Five di- rectors of the Associated Press, whose te expired, were re-elected by nnual meeting to- day 1e hoard has 15 members, who serve terms of three years. The directors re-elected are: Clark Howel anta, Ga., Consti- tution Charles Hopkins Conn., Coutant Elbert H. Baker, Plain Dealer. H Per and Tim Knowland, Associa April ns lamation at the A i Clark, Hartford, Cleveland, Ohio, Adrian, Mich., " Oakland, Ccalit., Stone, counselor and zer of the Asso- 5, delivered to the members a possible vale am an old man,” said Mr. Ston Tt not at all unlikel the last time I shall have an oppor- tunity to talk with you. c Duty. “T regard the Associated F Ereat public duty, and e public duty is a privilege. If it were not so, 1 should never have been of you. Incidentally, the Associated Pres: $s an opportunity for you to m money But if money getting and public servico may be joined hand in hand, as I think they have been in 1his institution, then you have been doubly blest. Against great odds and by the ex- @rcise of infinite patience he con- luded, “we have builded a great and most useful institution—one of incal- culable value, in my belief, to the American theory of government, and I Impc- no one will ¢ lenge my firm conviction that our merican theory ©f government is far and away the best ev devised by the sons of men. Not perfect, I grant you, but the best existent. as a Radio Use Is Up. of members of the Asso- s favoring radio broadcast- great mational and in 1 importance taken yester- be laid before the meeting today for ification. A resol on prepared at the pre- liminary meeting vesterday authoriz the directors to adopt necessary rules and regulations permitting broadeast of presidential election results and news of equal imporfance, under ade- guate safeguards and with proper credit to the Associated Press. Action ciated Pre ternation day will ext of Resolution. The resolution reads: ‘“‘Whereas the tremendous and continuing growth of radio broadcasting presenting Jaany new problems not contemplated when the existing by-laws and rules of the Associated Press were adopted; and “Whereas the great public intere in the result of presidential elections and other events of nationwide im portance has repeatedly raised the question of the advisability and wis- dom of permitting the limited and re stricted use of Associated Press mat ter in the broadcasting of such special and ou ing events; therefore, be it Resolved, That the board of direc- tors & ed to adopt the neces- ary rules and regulations which shall permit.the broadcasting of such news of the association as it shall deem of transcendent national and interna- tional importance and which cannot s very nature be exclusive; pro- le adequate safeguards and require t proper credit in each and every ance be accorded the Associated is Method of Election. Another policy for consideration at the meeting today involves a change in the method of electing advisory boards. The members of these boards have heretofore been elected at the ennual meeting, but a resolution ap- proved yesterday provides that each State association shall at an annual meeting prior to November of each year choose 2 member for the ad- Yisory board of the division in which the State is located. At the silver jubilee meeting yes- terday a_commitfee was appointed to present Frank B. Noyes with a token of the gratitude of the Assoclated Press for his efforts in raising it to its present efficiency. A silver service as presented to Frederick Roy Mar- tin, who retires as general manager tomorrow, and formal notice was given of the selection of Kent Cooper &s his successor. Mr. Noyes of The Washington Star hus been president since the organiza- tion in its present form was founded #n 1900. A resolution in this con- nection said that Mr. Noyes had con- tributed immeasurably to the develop- ment of the Associated Press, giving generously of his time, his strength and his fine intellectual equipment to he upbuilding of the institution to its present state of efficiency in the serv- ice of the public. Gift to Mr. Martin. In the presentation speech to Mr. Martin Mr. Noyes said the gift wa symbolic of very affectionate good wishes from those who had been as- Pociated intimately with Mr. Martin in his work with the Associated Press gnd from every member of the wprganization. Mr. Martin _expressed his regret over leaving the service, saying his yelations with members and the board of directors had been delight- nl > * the organization,” he added,’ T am confident will grow more rapidly than ever along the right lines. 1 ‘believe it is a bulwark in the news- papers of the country against'sen- mational, silly superficial and slouchy. reporting.” \r. Martin offered Mr. Cooper any pid and co-operation within - his power, saying: Praises His Successor. He knows the organization more shtimately than any other member of the staff and he has a most loyal and devoted staff. I hope this work %ill be as happy as I am confident B will be successful. A resolution by the board of di- yectors read at the meeting stressed Bir. Martin’s maintenance of the best iraditions of the Associated Press #na his intelligent and dignified man- pzement of its affairs. Sir Roderick Jones, managing di- fector of Renters, Ltd, cabled from _ondon his regrets over Mr. Martin's hes for suc- pesignation and his fess in the future. £. & 0. MEETING DELAYED Minority Stockholders Get Post- i ponement to June 23. RICHMOND, Va., April 21.—The an- [m.ll meeting of the stockholders of he Chesapeake and Ohio railway was ptm(pmmd today until June 23, after ounsel for the minority group of tockholders opposing the leasing of he road to the Greater Nickel Plate vstem objected to the meeting be- |Dawes Conftinues Senate Reform Fight Before Associated Press (Continued from First Page.) ment for reform in the present rules of the Senate of the United States is non-partisan, non-sectional and patri- otic. An improvement in these rules to expedite the conduct of business is as impersonal and non-partisan a question as was that of the adoption of the budget system improving the conduct of routine governmental busi- ness. “As emphasizing this non-partisan- ship, on the day after T had called the attention of the Senate to the need for a change in the rules (as a Vice President who happened to be a Re- publican), that able and distinguished Democrat, Senator Underwood of Ala- bama, long an earnest advocate of re- form in the business methods of the Senate, reintroduced a resolution in the Senate providing for better cloture. Kellogg Rapped Rule. ““The ahswence of cloture has been denounced on the floor of the Senate by Senator Kellogg, now Secretary of State under a Republican administra- tion. In the platforms of the Demo- cratic party adopted in 1916 and 1920 was a plank which reads: We fa r such alteration of the rules of provedure of the Senate of the United St as will permit -the prompt transaction of the Nation's legislative business.’ ‘It is om all this that the of this reform recognize it non-partisan. It cannot be ac- hed except it is accepted in the hearts and consciences.of all citizens as non-partisan and patriotic—a re- form demanded by the people in the interest of all the people. It should not be discussed from any other stand- point than that of non-partisanship. “The fssue is this: Shall the Sen- ate continue unchanged its existing rules, which admittedly make possible, at times, the exercise by a minority or even one Senator of power to block the purpose of a majority of the Sen- ate to legislate? Sees Claims Irrelevant. “Of what material relevancy is the claim that this power of blocking leg- islation desired by the majority, act- ing under its constitutional rights, is sometimes a check to mistaken legis- lation, if that check involves the use of power the existence of which is not contemplated by the Constitution and is inconsistent with the principles of representative government? Of what relevancy are the claims that because the power of unlimited debate in the early_days of the Senate, with its mafl membership, was not abused, that this power, with its consequences, should have existed then or should exist now? “Because it could modify the con- duct of Government business, as in- tended by the Constitution, the ex- istence of the power was a wrong in the past as both its existence and ex- ercise are wrong at the present time. Who can justly claim that the pro- tection of the country against hasty legislation demands not only a con- currence in legislative action of the two houses of Congress, the veto pow- er of the President of the United States and the power of revision by the Supreme Court of the United States, but, in addition, a power dur- ing the end of a session of Congress on the part of a minority, or even at times of one of the 96 Senators, to block and destroy legislation by con- suming time necessary for decision by prolonging debate until the session ends—a power the existence of which the Constitution of the United States does not contemplate—a power which at times puts into the hands of minor- ities and imdividuals the ability to modify or control legislation by barter? The reserved power of the tates in the Constitution does not include the power of one of the States to elect a Senator who shall control a majority or even all of the other States. Says Argument Despotic. “No argument is sound to the effect that to protect a majority of the Sen- ate and of the American people from themselves it is necessary to put them at the end of a session at the mercy of either a Senate minority or of any one United States Senator. It is in effect and in changed form the old argument upholding the principles of monarchical and despotic government —the argument that minorities or in- dividuals know better what is good for the people than the majority of the people themselves. All the lawful restraints the people have imposed on themselves should be and are found in the limitations of the Constitution and not in the rules of the Senate. Any restraint upon the people im- posed by a Senate rule is a usurped governmental power not found in the Constitution. “Perhaps there was a time when the discussion of incidental phases of this question might have created oratorical fog banks and smoke screens around the real issue, hiding it from the mind and conscience of the American people, but for years the average cit- izen has had the operations of the United States Senate under his eye, and he understands what is involved. He knows there is at question the possession, in certaln circumstances, of power by minorities and individual members of the Senate which is greater, at times, than the veto power exercised by the President of the United States. He ‘ealizes that these extra-constitutional powers which have been gradually built up and which, from time to time," he has seen exercised, are subversive of the prin- ciples of representative constitutional government. ‘Would Make Majority Tell. “This reform does not mean that the right to be heard at length upon any important question shall be denied any Senator. The purpose is not to prevent Senators from fully debating a question, but to make impossible the prolonging of debate to prevent a majority from settling a question. The purpose is not deprive a minority of the right to be heard, but to bestow upon the majority the full right to legislate. The purpose is not to in- terfere with the protection of all proper rights of a senatorial minority, but to prevent the improper use of a minority right under the Senate rules from rendering the Senate it- self impotent. It is important that these rules give every Senator a square deal, but it is imperative that they give the American people a square deal. . “Under the Constitution, the two houses of Congress make their own rules. Since the Senate acts under its constitutional right in making its rules, the Senate and the Senate alone can rectify them. I am, of course, aware that each Senator realizes that to change the present rule to provide better cloture he must individually re- linquish_a potential right of obstruc- tion which at times he can use either wholly to thwart the will of the ma- jority or compel an unwilling majority to_accept a modification in legislation imposed by him. But knowing that this power has been built up by the slow crystallization of custom into rules for which no party or any individual Senator is responsible, and with full confidence in the patriotism and integrity of Senators when they confront a question of plain duty have appealed to them for their rectification of rule 22 so as to pro- tect the majority of the Senate in its constitutional right to legislate. Appeals to Voters. “And more than this, I now appeal to the citizens of the different States {»uw the annual Aeport of the com- pany had not been placed in the hands stockholders fifteen days before the eeting. Fitiat . ) to impress upon _their individual Nenators by correspondence, by Tesolu- tion or petition their-attitude on this proposition. If the people believe in this reform in government, their be- lief should be reflected in the attitude of the Senators themselves in rectify- ing the rule. The United States Senate is respensive to public senti- ment, but Senators must know that in the States which they represent this sentiment exists. “This appeal is not in a spirit of hos- tility. It is to form and present an issue upon which a fair test of public opinion can be made. It is to the end that those who are the source of governmental power may express themselves upon a remedy in a lawful way. In introducing the Vice President Mr. Noyes said: “By a series of subtle executive en- croachments 1 have succeeded in establishing, in practice at least, the right of exhorting you briefly on the ideals of the Associated Press on these annual occasions, and on this, the twenty-fitth anniversary of the Asso- clated Press in its present form, I have no intention of waiving any of my prerogatives—even usurped ones. find that even within our mem- bership are those who only dimly realize our purpos: “I begin, therefore, at the begin- ning. You who are gathered here to- day are the Associated Press. There is no entity with a separate interest. The Associated Press is merely the instrumentality through which " 1,200 member newspapers exchange news, one with the other, and also collect original news through a staff em- ploved by these same 1,200 news- papers. Organization Co-operative. Your organization is purely demo- atic, co-operative and non-profit- making. “For purposes of administration you select 15 newspaper men, connected th member newspapers, who act as ur trustees. The news service you require and receive must be non-partisan in the broadest sense; it must be without bias of any sort, and it must be as accurate as is humanly possible, “These principles were lald down by Victor F. Lawson and Melville E. Stone and thelr associates more than 30 years ago, and are the very foun- dation of the organization as it exists today. “I do not, of course, claim that there have not been the failings to which any human institution is subject—but these have been individual errors and not an intentional departure from the principles laid down “We have no qu prietary news-gathering organizations it they choose to furnish partisan = rel with the pro- affecting the interest of the nation, I} matter to their clients. It couid fairly be argued that the pronounced views of the owner of such an organization could as properly be urged through his news service as through his news- paper if he owned one. Own Case Different. “With the Associated Press the ca entirely different, and design- edly so. ““The members of this organization have no thought of delegating.to the officers or the board of directors of the Associated Press the duty or the privilege of doing their thinking for them; of determining what is the right of any public question; of either ad- vocating or opposing any cause or in- dividual. ‘“Years ago Mr. Stone, in_ publicly discussing the question, said: “ “There is an underlying belief that the American people are capable of self-government. If so, they must be able to form a judgment. And we conceive it to be of the greatest im- portance that the people be given the facts free from the slightest bias, leaving to them the business of form: ing their own judgment.’ “Now while our organization may have ideals and purposes . of the highest type, it is quite another thing to attain them in practice. “The accurate news, the unbiased report, must be the work of human hands and minds, and the real triumph of the Associated Press has been the c:e;uon of its wonderful working staff. Praises Work of Staff. “These are the men that have made our dreams come true, and I can never let an opportunity pass to pay a tribute to these quiet, earnest men who each day comb the world in order that we may promptly and ac- curately know of its worth-while hap- penings. “It is, of course, true that the pas- sion for truth that marks the Associ- ated Press puts severe limits on any of its staff who may have gifts for fiction. ““When the purpose of a news report is simply to furnish ‘peppy’ and thrill- ing items, it is obvious that facts are distinctly hampering. “Only recently we had two cases that clearly illustrated the different angles of approach to occurrences of the Assoclated Press and its pro- prietary cotemporaries. “In the first instance, the Associated Press carried a dispatch from London stating that, according to a Lisbon dispatch to the Sunday Express, Port Alexander, a small island in the Portu- guese colony of Angola, West Africa, had been suddenly submerged in the sea, and had completely disappeared. No details had been received, but a considerable loss of life was ‘feared, as the islet, which was 4,000 square yards in area, was inhabited by Portuguese and native settlers. Gives Competitor’s Version. “Following its much eriticized drab and unimaginative custom, the Asso- clated Press proceeded to check up on this story, but was outpaced in this endeavor by a competitor, who came through with this thriller: ‘LISBON, January 27.—Reports from Africa reveal that the little island of Port Alexander has disap- peared as if by magic under the sea. Scores of dead bodies and floating de- bris are all that remain of the once populous and prosperous -port. ““‘The cause of the disaster is un- known, but it is presumed that a sub- terranean earthquake caused a tidal wave. ‘Details are meager and confusing. A few gibbering madmen were picked up by vessels standing by near the spot where the port once was, and from these survivors it was gathered that the sea suddenly heaved moun- tain-high, then dropped in a swirling maelstrom, engulfing the island.’ Check-up Shows No Loss. One day only after this harrowing dispatch appeared came the result of our ‘check-up’ in this form: *“ ‘LISBON, Portugal, January 28.— Recent reports that Port Alexander, a small island in the Portuguese col- ony of Angola, West Africa, had re- cently sunk in the sea, were denied today by the minister of colonies. “‘An official statement declared that only a sandbank, 100 meters long, on Port Alexander, had been sub- merged. It was added that there ‘were no casualties, as the submerged portion was not inhabited. “No scores of dead bodies, no sea heaving mountain-high, engulfing a once prosperous and populous port; no gibbering madmen picked up by near- by vessels—only a simple little sand- spit 100 meters long submerged, with no loss of life. + One Sentence Correct. “‘One sentence in the farrago of hor- ror of our competitor seems to have had a basis of fact. It says ‘details are meager and confusing.’ The state- ment that it was from the ‘gibbering madmen’ that these details were gath- ered adds artistic verisimilitude even though these -particular madmen proved to be non-existent. “The second gase Was ong of inter. PEACE PLEA MADE BY WOMAN VOTERS Ask Also That U. S. Join World Court—Urge Dry Law Enforcement. By the Associated Pross. RICHMOND, Va., April 21.—Legis- lation that would effect the United States entry into the Permanent Court. of International Justice and additional measures to promote world peace through international co-operation were fndorsed by the National League of Women Voters at the closing busi ness session of the annual convention here today. The league also reaffirmed its sup port of the eighteenth amendment by adopting a statement urging specific epplication of a civil service merit sys. tem to the prohibition forces and call- ing upon individual citizens and State governments to co-operate in making prohibition more effective. Tilt on Prohibition. More harmonious discussions pre- vailed during the consideration of the peace program than during the con- sideration of any other of the eight programs of legislative recommenda- adopted by the convention. To- tilt came when the special com mittee appointed to consider a resolu- tion reaffirming the league’s stand on prohibition made its report. The peace program specified among other things the “support in general of constructive efforts for peace by world ce-operation and world federa- tion.” Its provisions had been pre- pared by the commiittee on interna- tional co-operation to prevent war. Program for Legislation. The program of legislative ommendations was as follows: 1. Entry into the Permanent Court of International Justice and support of measures promoting its effective- ness, 2. Support of resolutions permit- ting the United States to take part in international disarmament, eco- nomic_and_humanitarian_conferences rec- pretive embroidery with which our correspondents and deskmen are not permitted to dally. '0Oid Womare is the curious name of a hamlet consisting of a road house and a few cabins and is ap- proximately the half-way point on the Alaskan 90-mile mail trail from Un- alaklik to Kaltag. This settlement has figured in recent stories about the diphtheria scourge at Nome. One such story was brought from Anchor- age on January 31 by the Associated Press which told of the race of Sep- pala and his dog team to deliver a second supply of antitoxin. It contained the following sentence: ““The last report received placed Seppala at Old Woman, near Norton Sound, which is an arm of the Bering Sea, with his dogs in full run.’ Methods Far Apart. The other news service also dis. tributed a story about Seppala and his dog team some hours after we carried the foreg Here is the way it covered the ‘Last word of Seppala received today by radio told of an aged Eski mo woman who had seen Seppala on the trail near Unajakleet. ‘“It was Seppala the Finn,' " she said. ‘1 knew him. But he did not stop. He was going like wind.” * ‘Thus are our modern miracles per- formed and the huts of an Alaskan hamlet are transformed into an aged though vocal testifier to the news en- terprise of an esteemed competitor, affording a pleasant variance from the gibbering madmen of another day. ‘And so y easy steps 1 have reached the time for the exercise of a second cherished prerogative, and that is the offering of the only toast in which it is our custom to indulge on these annual occasions. Proposes Toast to Coolidge. “Last year, you will remember, we had the pleasure of drinking—and for the benefit of those who hear, but do not see, 1 add that our beverage is entirely lawful—the health of the President, who had come into his office through a tragedy. “Today I toast the same office and the same man, but today holding that office in his own right, the choice by an unexampled vote of the American people. “On one point, the eager partisan- ship of the individual members of the Associated Press vanishes. We all delight to honor this great office and to evidence our respect and affection for the great and typical American who fills it. 5 “I am sure that I express the heart- felt wishes of all within the range of my voice when I invite you to drink the health of the President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, and of the charming and gracious lady of the ‘White House. “I have already mentioned, today, that portion of the creed of the Asso- ciated Press that forbids on its part any partisanship, any bias, any tend- ency to be pro this or anti that as to anything. “We report a pogrom, but express no views as to the propriety or efficacy of pogroms. We report a murder trial, but do not ourselves find the accused either guilty or guiltless. We report a seizure of the Ruhr without in any way expressing an opinion as to whether or not the facts justify the seizure. “In all cases we aim to give the facts, and the facts only. ‘“Why, Mr. Vice President, it is only a few weeks ago that, at a dramatic moment, we confined our report to a simple statement as to the actual time reuired to go by taxicab from the New ‘Willard, in Washington, to the Sen- ate wing of the Capitol, under the ex- isting traffic rules without so much as a hint of any view on our part that these same traffic rules were archaic to a degree that seriously hampered an earnest-minded man who had im- portant business at the other end.’ “We are to have the pleasure of listening today to a man who hes a ‘wonderful record of achievement. “When this country entered the World War he was a successful busi- ness mgn. His work in France, as the American purchasing agent and in ihe co-ordination of the supply service of the allies and ourselves, was of extraordinary efficiency; his form- ulation of and putting into effect the budget system in the period follow- ing “the war was a most notable achievement; he headed the interna- tional commission which evolved the plan for dealing with the German rep- arations which bears his name, an ac- complishement that in itself would have been glory enough for one man. Says Dawes Task Great. ‘He has now cut out for himself a man-sized job. “You wili, most of you, remember the story of the man who prayed for. assistance in a fist fight upon which be was about to engage, ‘but,’ he said, “if you feel, O Lord, that you can't take sides in this scrimmage I advise you, if you have nothing particular to do, to stick arotnd for a little while and you will see the gol-darnedest, prettiest scrap you ever laid eyes on.’ “I have mentioned some of the con- spicuous achievements of our guest of honor, but I may say to you that, with all his well earned glory, his chief at- traction to me, and, I am sure, to many of you who personally know the man, is in the radlant personality that has so gripped to him those of us ‘who have been his friends for years. “I have the honor of introducing to you the Vice President of the United States, Gen. Charles G. Dawes.” and commissions, whether called by the League of Nations, by individual nations or initlated by the United States {tself. 3. Support of measures to secure prompt publication of State Depart- ment reports. 4. Support of policies designed to effect international reduction of arma- ments. 5. Support of measures providing for the codification of international law; also measures designed for the outlawing of war and its abolition as a legalized institution. 6. Support in general of construc- tive efforts for peace by world co-op- eration and world federation. Work to Cut Expenses. The past three years have been years of earnest striving on the part of the Budget Bureau to achieve what is regarded by many as impossible— 1o bring our annual spending below $3,000,000,000, Gen. Herbert M. Lord, { director of the budget, said in an ad- dress last night. “Federal expenditures in 1921, the last pre-budget year,” the speaker de- clared, “were $5,115,927,689.30. This was exclusive of the amount applied to the reduction of the public debt. In 1924 expenditures were $3,048,677, 965.34. This showed a notable reduc- tion in spending, but we were $48,- 000,000 short of our goal.” The budget director then described the economy machinery set up by the pregent administration, saying that w e the amount of reduction direct- 1y due to executive pressure through the Bureau of the Budget will always be & mooted question and an idle one, he was content to point to falllng ex- penditures, the development of team- work and co-operation and the spread of the gospel of economy with effi- ciency in the Federal service. Debt Is Lowered. “August 31, 1919, we reached the peak of our national debt,” the speak- ““At that time \h;‘ llzrn; ebt was $26,694,267,878.45. July 1, Sort at the completion of three budget . the gross debt had been cut to 0,812,490, showing a reduction during the three budget years of $3,095,632,771.20, and this, too, in spite of the reduction in the tax rates ef- fected by the acts of November 3, 1921, and June . which material- Iy curtailed Faderal receipts. ” Bureaucracy in government and the adding of bureaus and commissions to Zovernmental machinery were con demned by Huston Thompson, Colo- rado member of the Federal Trade ernment in business by statesmen, offi cials and business men, bureaus and commissions are constantly being add- ed, the speaker declared, asserting that there was no escape from this dilemma as long as price-fixing asso- Clations are allowed to destroy com- Petition or economic power is allowed {osentralize in business combinations by building up mergers of competi tors whose united business is beyond State control and whose actions can- not be understood or grasped by the common mind. Likened to Snowball. Mr. Thompson likened the tendency toward centralization of power to a snowball falling downhill.” Election of national officers resulted in the seleqtion of Mrs. Casper Whit ney, New York, first vice president: Miss Adele Clark, Virginia, second vice president, and Miss Katherine Luding- ton, Lyme, Conn., treasurer. —Mrs. Mary E. Cowper, Durham, N. C., was chosen _regional director, to succeed Miss Clark. The remainder of the regional directors were re-elected. UNION PLANS WAR AGAINST OPEN SHOP (Continued from First Page.) urged upon them to meet their em- Dlrt;;yem p‘l’t is understood both the union men and the master painters are agreeable to conferring if the proper arrangements can be made. It is evident that neither side wishes to approach the other and ask for a con- ference. Mr. Colpoys, underterred by the failure of his efforts to bring about a meeting between the citizens’ fair- wage committee and the master painters, is doing all in his power to make his second efforts at a confer- ence to settle the strike a success. ‘Whether or not after the opposing sides meet there will be any change in their attitudes cannot be foretold. Both the union men and the master painters are determined in their oppo- site stands and claim successes. Ac- cording to the union men, A. L. Hais- lip, one of the master painters, has signed up at the $10 scale. This makes the second master painter who has left the ranks of his comrades. The union men also state they have re- celved seven jobs from various Fed- eral employes’ unions; that they have also received a large job of decorating the interior of the Mount Vernon Sav- ings Bank. On the other hand, how- ever, the employes say they have been successful in having removed a num- ber of union men from jobs upon which they had started to work at $10 a day. The time for the master plumbers to indicate whether or not they would grant a raise to their employes has been extended until Thursday. At this time the citizens' fair wage commit- tee will be informed as to whether it can expect the suport of the master plumbers or not. If a new wage scale enacted by the master plumbers, then the building contrac- tors will hold up all their contracts with them, as has been their inten- tions. IF IN NEED OF A Stenographer Bookkeeper Typist or General Office ‘Worker let a Star Help Ad find one. ‘Word your advertisement so .as to cover all the important details required. From the results of such an advertisement you will likely find the first applicant to be the satistactory party. In today’s Star 43 are adver- tising for Office Help. In this list are found 18 advertisements for Situa-- tion, including ACCOUNTANTS BOOKKEEPERS STENOGRAPERS GENERAL OFFICE WORKERS SALESMEN CLERKS TYPISTS CONSULT THESE Flashing jewels, handsome creations of the modistes and an array of jew- eled decorations of patriotic orders made the scene in the Auditorium last night one of great brilliance from a sartorial stanGpoint. The interest of the delegates and visitors in clothes, of course, was chiefly centered in what Mrs. Coolidge wore. The first lady of the land never looked lovelier or more becomingly dressed. She set a high example of how to dress for the 10,000 feminine eyes that, with the acumen of woman- kind in this particular regard, “‘took her in” and knew instantly just what she was wearing. Her gown was a strikingly hand- some one of salmon pink velvet of the new texture, made on graceful draped lines, cut rather round in the neck. On the bodice she wore the sapphire and diamond spread-eagle pin, which is one of her favorite ornaments. Over | the gown she wore a long cape of iri doescert metal cloth of pastel shades frora a foundation “olor of a dull | green. ! Mme. Daeschner, wife of the French | Ambassador, who was one of the prin- | cipal speakers, wore a gown of black crepe with elbow sleeves of about her neck was a band of bl velvet a little over an inch wide. Baroness de Cartier, wife of the Am bassador of Belgium, was a striking figure on the platform. She wor gown of black, which was almost tirely covered by a handsome shawl with deep fringe about the edge. Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook was con spicuous in beaded iridescent robe, the outstanding color being old gold. The command of the photogrs at the rear of the auditorium, up, people,” or “Sit down, people during the taking of the picture the platform at last night's se caused much merriment. The Presi dent and Mrs. Coolidge were in the| center of the scene. | of | of One of the best known members the congress is Mrs. Alexander Patton of Pennsylvania, formerly re- gent of that State, and now president of the National Officers’ Club and chairman of platform for the congress. She is a very effective officer, and has many friends among the members. Mrs. Coolidge was presented with a large bouquet of American beauty roses and carnations and an old-fash- ioned nosegay by the society last eve ning. The Navy Band gave a delightful program of music last night. The| members of the band are classed as| fine specimens of American manhood, and were especially well groomed for the occasion fn honor of the Chief Executive and Mrs. Coolidge. | precedents, of the resolutions committee and the list of her associates includes Miss Alice Louise McDuffee, Mrs. John Campbell of Colorado, Robert Bruce Campbe!l of a Mrs. George De Bolt of West Mrs. Ellet Grant Drake of Nebraska Mrs. Harold R. Howell of Iowa, Mrs Howar ‘all of Georgia, Mrs. Eli: of W ington, Mrs. son of Illinois, Miss Janet R Robert J. Reed of Wes Miss Anne Wallace of Haupshire, Mrs. Henry D. Wilson of Indians Francis G. Wilson of New Mrs. William Lee of Arizon: J. Mannhart of California, Hickman of Oklahoma, ceau of New York and Mr: 1 Downey of Pennsylvania New Mexico, Mrs. P 3 R. Alfred Rob- Mrs. George honorary president general, is only here in that capacity, but member of the Kansas delegation, and a powerful one at that. It is an open secret at the congress that Mrs. ernsey, who was one of the most successful presidents general the so clety has known, is being urged re peatedly to run again for that office next vear. She is now eligible fo it, several terms having been held by others since she 1 as active president general. A pronounced un dercurrent of sentiment for Guernsey is apparent in many dele gations, and there is no doubt that she would be a strc ndidate. ds floor Guernsey, Miss Janet Ric the administration authority on parl Mi perience in D. A 2 r to quietly straighten n by pertinent questions further discussion and elucidation the issues involved Richard Nelson Barker Island is a veteran D. A. who has held nu vy important offices in the society. She is prominent in her State, politically as well as in the D. A. R is practically leader. An law long Mrs Rhode ¢ the Vir nbecause of the recent death of its beloved Kate Waller Bar rett, State regent, who had planned to attend the congress with her sociates. Dr. rett was classed one of Virginia's greatest women of this generation and she had a long and honorable D. A. R. record. was paid many eloquent tributes at the memorial service today At the afternoon session yvesterdas the platform resembled a flower den, with the many bouquets prese ed to the president general and tional officers in evidenc Mrs. John Trigg Moss is chairman | In order to have the sions open not | Mrs. | promptly and to gain quietness, Mrs. Cook, president general, yesterday de clared she would haye the meetings open on time if only she and. the bugler were on hand. Also, Mrs. Cook implored the delegates “to please [ be quiet.” The “proudest mau in the world was seen at the congress yesterduy m the person of Mr. Anthony Wy Cook, husband of the president Mr. Cook occupied one of s with a party of friends. Another proud husband present was nk W. Mondell, who ilstened to his wife, Mrs. Mondell, national pres. ident of ‘the Children of the American Revolution and chairman of the pro- gram committee, make a detailed re port wte Club will enter gia delegation to the at a reception this evening at ashingtor: Club, followed by Progi m of mus. and dancing. ¥ | celving with Dr. J. G. B. Bulloch | acting president of the club, will be Howard MeCall, vice president 1 D. A. R Mrs. Julius gia State regent; Mrs State corresponding Mrs. John D. and Mrs Robert . L ordon Greene will make The Gec tain the D.A. R | th | | secreta historian, Hall: Ma the preser | “Anc cordis {5 i la | ael about | number of State. The quarters at The urry ations fans and their friends are ited York ion in State larg the congr having ship and ters than any other delegation has its head the New rd Hotel chap! from Mohawlk and Gansevoort with delegatio rles White | Nash is S also is na tional chairman ¢ Daughters of | the American ion Magazine board. She man of | the Daughters of Ame Revolu tion st rd committes A R. standard is the official flag adopted by the twenty-third Continental Cor gress from a design whieh had beer 1b ber of New York chap and presented through the regent ch |1 a nu ters was State | The New York State board gave a ’hlm heon today following the meetin | at the New tending Willard Hotel a Mrs. Harry ( gent of Gen. Montgon { Gloversville, N. Y., was for the sec ond time in charge of the luncheor Among the prominent women attend | ing were M nuel Verplanck, for d now ate di Florine Broad regent, with other about 20 Hilts, re ry Chapter of yrmer State Phone Main 8108-8109. 604-610 9th St. N.W 6 weekly: $10.50 rooms, $8 hower and lavatory. §. ore. 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