Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1927, Page 4

DRY EDICT SHUNNED IN SENATE CAUCUS Democrats Decide Prohibi- tion Is Question for States and Not Party. Vress frank discussion. Sen y conference de- Br the Asso After full and ate Democrats in par cided vesterday & t any pro nouncement on the prohibition issue In the very nature of the question cannot be made & party issue,’ sald . statement issued later by Chairman Robinson of Arkansas, summarizing the results of the conference It is recognized that differences exist in the varfous States in political subjects, and that these differenc respecting prohibition are not to be regarded as partisan in nature.” Left to States. Senators said the discussion of the subject was quite general, and that, | was | while no motion or resolution «cted upon, it seemed to be practical 1y the unanimous opinion that the party as a whole ought not to create ihe issue, leaving the question to the Democrats of the various States 1 There were suggestions, Senators | added, that the whole subject could he Qtft o the next Democratic na- tional convention ut which a presl- dential nominee will be chosen, and ‘hat there each State would have its representatives to voice its opinions and conclusions. Presidential candi- dates were not mentioned in the con- ference, it was stated by participants. Glass Addresses Caucus. Senator Glass of Virginia addressed the conference at length against mak- ing prohibition a party issue. He contended that it was a State question purely, and that it had no place in the national party platform The Virginlan explained to the con ference that, although he was a dry and a teetotaler, he did not believe in fanaticism or intolerance in dealing with the question. e contended that | adoption of either a wet or a dry pronouncement would be certain to lose a bloc of several States to the party. Prohibition got into the discussion | when the suggestion was made that there be a pronouncement restating Jeffersonian principles. Several Sen- ators suggested that probibition could not be ignored in any declaration, but subsequently it was fairly well agreed that the issue was one for the States themselves. TREASURY TO PUSH | BUILDING PROJECTS | AS FAR-AS POSSIBLE | (Continued from First Page.) between the -Botanic Garden, Penn sylvania avenue, Fifteenth street and the Mall. The Treasury is also faced with the difficulty now of the present law re- stricting the size of at lenst two of the principal buildings in the triangle area, to A total cost considerably smaller than was proposed 'in the | public buildings bill, which passed the House, and would have passed the | Senate, it was freely pred cted. | The Department of Commerce Build- ing, to be erected bstween Fourteenih and Fifteenth streets, extending northward from B, under the present law, has a limit of cost placed at $10,000,000. while that limit had been raised to $13.000,000 in the bill which dled in the Senate. The Bureau of Internal Revenue Building has a pres- ent _cost limit of $7.950,000, while the Hmit had been raised in the bill which died to $10,500.000. Treasury to Go Ahead. The Treasury, it was undersiood, will go ahead to let contract for the excavation and foundation of balf of the Internal Revenue Building, which ! may be this Summer, but further de- velopment of this structure will- prob- ably have to await the decree of Con- gress as to its total cost. It is to lo- cated south of the Post Office Depart- ment. N Survey of the ground and tests of the subsoil will be made on the site of the Department of Commerce Building beginning the latter part of this month, while York & Sawyer pro- ceed with studies of the building. Here again the Government will be hampered, however, on account of the complication in the matter of limit of cost. Construction probably will be con- tinued on. the unfinished two addi tional stories to the Liberty Loan Building adjacent to the Bureau of Sngraving and Printing. Studies are being made for the bui ings for the Department of Agrici ture, but it will be come time before any contracts for construetion for this department will be made. > Failure of the bill including £25,000, 000 for purchase of land in the tri angle ties the Treasury’'s bands on | condemnation proceedings. Condem- | mation will be forwarded only on the sites for the Government Printing Office. the Department of Agriculture and for the archives building imme- diately to the west of the Post Office Department. But no new requests for condemnation will be entered | Prices May Be Raised. | Acquisition of the entire plot of nd in the triangle was urged by ecretary Mellon on account of both economy and beauty in the develop- ment of the Washington of the fu- ture. Whether the ground there will appreciate in value during the delay caused by the failure of the bill is an interesting problem. There were in- formal indications, however, that ef- forts to buy the land direct from owners would meet with fallure, and that eventually all of it would have o be condemned by the courts. Purchase of a site for the Supreme Court Bullding has been authorized by Congress, which appropriated $1,- 700,000, now avallable. The Public Buildings (ommission has selected the site immediately east of the-Con- gressional Library, bounded by East Capitol, First and Second streets, and Maryland avenue. The Treasury will move to purchase this site, first by negotiations with private owners, but, if this fails, will resort to condemna- tion. 1d- ul- The Perfect Servant. From the London Answers Jenkin was the perfect butler. and his master, though proud of such an acquisition, kept him in a becoming state of humility. One evening, however. Jenkin ap- peared to be suffering from an attack of nerves, for he made a number of - 1ing blunders at dinner. is annoyed master fumed and fretted, but, ignoring the threatening glances bestowed upon him, the but- ler carried on bravely until he had seen the coffee brought in. ‘Then he sidled up to his master's chair and whispered. *“Could you spare me now, sir? My house has been on fire the last half hour!” T. B. White Named Warden. Thomas B. White was appointed vesterday warden of the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary, effective March 7. He has been active warden for some time and formerly was attached in an_executive capacity to the At- Janta Penitentiary. | brought about | transfer——that is. the District govern- | { fer the land to the agency which cor CLOVER PARKWAY INTEERITY SOUGHT Move to Prevent Cutting Up Tract by Streets Is to Be Made This Week. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATL s Transfer of certain street wreas| within the Glover Parkway. George | town, and the so-called Hill property | the latter adjoining, FFort Dupont, from the jurisdiction of the District to the office of publio butldings and publie | parks, will be sought this week, for the purpose of insuring thut at some future date these parks will not be| cut by streets into reservations of one quare or less each. ‘The proposition will be put squarely up to the Com misstoners, In order to seitle for all time the dual authority over some of the park areas. The Glover Parkway, so-called, wams ceded by Charles C. Glover, for park purposes, and while It i3 generally be- lieved by the public to be one truct, it was disolosed at the office of public | buildings and public parks that it is| a serdes of nine separate and distinct | reservations, varving in size from one | square down to less than half a block It ls true that it is an unimproved area, and outwardly appears as a| great single tract, but there are pro Jected streets in the area lald down in the highway plan for the city. These streets are held by the Dis triot, and there is nothing to prevent any Board of Commissloners from | opening them, as they were dedicated | by the owner for this purpose. The | question to be put up to the Commis- sioners fs that of returning the land | to the present owners of the property which in this case i3 the Federal Gov- | ernment. Situation Is Explained. This condition, it is explained. was | in the following man- | ner. When the offer was made 1o/ cede the property as a parkway, the matter was put up to the District | Commissioners, and in the District surveyor's office a plat was made of the tract. In making the plat the sur- veyors drew off the lines taken up by the streets, and this plat was made a part of the official record in the trans- fer, so that all of the ground not taken up with streets in the area ceded was given as a parkway, and the reserv; tions appear on the plat books as offi- clally numbered reservations only. It should be explained, of course that Mr. Glover intended to give it as a parkway, and the condition was brought about by the dual exercise of authority during the period of the v ment and the Federal Government. The streets now on the highwa plan which would run through the property are Cathedral avenue, from Forty-secondt street westward for | about 600 feet;,New Mexico avenue, trom Forty d street, northwest- erly for a distance of about 800 feet: Arizona avenue, all the way through the tract from Massachusetts avenue to Reservoir road, for approximately the distance of one mile, Wyoming avenue, Calvert and Edmunds streets. This street Is 100 feet wide. There is also provided in the plat one public | alley 20 feet in width. 1t was pointed out that if the Dis-| trict Commissioners ceded this street land back to the owners, then it will be one solid tract, and it may then be improved with winding roads and otherwise treated as a parkway, and would prevent the opening of the streets through a demand from any source at some later date, if It were sought. Hill Property Similar. Much the same =situation applies to the Hill property recently pur- sed in the eastern section of the cfty, adjacent to Fort Dupont, and Wwhich eventually will form a parkway connecting that old Civil War outpost with Anacostia Park. It is through this area that it is proposed to ex- tend a section of the proposed fort drive, destined to connect up all the Civil War posts in and around Wash- ington in one continuous roadway. ‘When this land was purchased, however, it had already been subdiv- ided into lots by the owners, and.the Federal Government in making the purchase bought distinct lots compos ing the entire area, aggregating with- in its outside boundaries 33 acres of land. The streets here had been dedi- cated and they include G street, run- ning through the entire tract; Gorman place, one square, and Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth streets for a distanee of two squares, as well as Cathell place, for one square,'and | several public alleys. These streets are not opened; but are merely a part of the highway plan, and it was pointed out the only way to insure their closing is to tran: trols the greater part of the tract. this area are nine acres given over | to streets, and the remaining 24 acres are in squares originally subdivided into lots. | Have Authority to Act. | The Norment tract in Georgetown also has certain streets included in it which are on the highway plan, but this matter will be left until a decision is reached on the Glover and Hill properties, which will be sufficient to bring the matter to a head. There appears to be no doubt of the author- ity of the Commisisoners to transfer this land, as it was pointed out in the legal department of the National Cap- ital Park and Planning Commission that lands are constantly being ceded back and forth befween the two gov- ernments to meet certain purposes and conditions, and it is believed that a transfer of the streets in the park areas mentioned will not only work to the best interests of the people, but will provide for treatment and im- provement as parks without fear that in the future some effort may be made to force the opening of the highways within them as now laid down on the plat_books. Officials are not unmindful of the consistent refusal of the District Gov- ernment in the past to cede to the Federal Government certain roadways in Rock Creek Park. It is not gen- erally known that some of the roads running through this big parkway are controlled by the District. while others are controlled by the Federal Govern- ment, which also controls the park. One official of the parks office when asked what roads in the park were | controlled by the District, suggested hat they nught be easily determined | by driving through the park. They could be ascertained, he said | by comparing their surfaces with the condition of many Washington streets. | The parks office is willing to take over | and maintain these roadways. Mili tary road, one of the most used thoroughfares in the park: Pierce Mill road, Broad Branch road, Daniels road and Klingle Valley road are under the jurisdiction of the. District: Bt the situation as to roadways in Rock Creek Park are not as serious as that prevailing in the other park- ways mentioned. For one reason, the other parks are smaller. and attempts | to run streets would cut them up. In the case of the roadways in Rock | | Creeic Park they are established road | ways, and were opened when the city | was young, and to most appearances | ave & part of the parks through which they run. When the Archbold tract was donat ed for park purposes, the condition now prevailing as to the Glover park- way was obviated, as that transf was handled entirely by the Federal Government. There are no strests now provided for in this arew in {July THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. The section of the map embraced by the dotted line indicates the Glover Parkway In Gi terfere with its use as a park if they were opened. The District of Columbia holds the {nnd for gift of Charles C. Glover, holds title to the parkland. A conference ceded back to the Federal Government so that the integrity of the Parkway will never be threatened MARCH 6, 1927—-PART 1. between Disi NOL1 LA b L 1’ . LATdLsS trict and Federal officials and shows how the streets, as planned, would in- streets while the Federal Government may result in having this land, dedic: t, by virtue of the for streets, COOLIDGE GUIDANCE SOUGHT TO REPAIR FILIBUSTER LOSSES | (Continued from First Page.) could create a deficiency. He pointed out that the Army imprisons desert- ers, and that it could scarcely desert s men with fmpunity. Both callers | strongly indicated that it a way@®ut | is found it would'be in one of these two directions. Gen. Lord was less hopeful of meet ing the Nation's obligations to its 500.000 pensioners for the months of May and June, and possibly April. Included in this vast army and vet- erans of Amerca’s wars, from the Civil War to the World War, are the wid- s, orphans and dependents of vet- , and a host of workers who were retired by the Federal Govern: ment from civél positions. The director of the budget was asked whether a deficiency to meet these pensions would be legal. He replied that it “absolutely and most certainly” would not, adding: “If there 18 no money with which to pay the checks. no pension checks can be mailed. That's all there is to it.” Pensions Held Up. An appropriation of $37,200,000 for war pensions went down with the de- ficiency bill under the broadsides of the closing Senate fitlibuster. This sum would have met all pensions until 1, when the appropriations for the new year become available. Ex- isting funds will be wiped out about May 1, and Pension Bureau officials said no checks for May and June, at least, would be malled out unless funds are found elsewhere. The Interior Department declared vesterday that it had not found a fund which would anywhere near equal the deficit. It was said, however, that the accrued pensions may all be paid out of the 1928 appropriation in July. Should the accrued pensions be paid out of the 1928 funds, however, Con- gress would have # make up this defi- ency next December to avoid a repe- titlon of the present situation a vear hence. The deficit is brought about largely from legislation enacted a vear ago, when Congress boosted the annuities, adding a total of $33,000,000 to the pension pay roil. The addl- tional $4,200,000 covers payments not included in the 1927 estimates. Curtis Visits White House. Senator Curtis of Kansas, majorily leader of the Senate, and Senator Nor- beck of South Dakota called at the White House yesterday morning in the hope of finding a way, with the help of the President, to supply the farmers of the 12 States in which crops failed last year with seeds. Congress passed a bill authorizing the distribution of seeds and loans for fertilizer in these districts, but the appropriation of $8,600,000 to meet the terms of the measure was sunk in the deficiéncy bill The most seriously affected areas are in the Northwest and in the cot- ton belt of the South. President Cool- idge was told that conditions there are bad, and that unless help is fur- nished the farmers they will not be able to fertilize and reseed their farms this year. The two Senators suggest- ed that the same fund in the Dej - ment of Agriculture from which money was drawn to help the farmers in Florida after the disastrous hurri- cane might be used. ' Senator Curtis told newspaper men, upon_leaving the President’s office, that President Coolidge offered no ob- jection to the plan, provided Secre- tary of Agrlculture Jardine could spare the money needed. They went immediately to the Department of Agriculture, where, however, theyv learned that the fund was too small to be considered seriously for such a large undertaking. Too Small, Says Jardine. Secretary Jardine told his callers frankly that the fund they sought was nowhere near large enough to sup- ply the farmers of all of the affected areas seeds and fertilizer. He took the position, it is understood, that the Government could not discriminate in favor of one section against another, and that unless a fund large enough to take care of the whole situation were found the program would have to be abandoned. Secretary Jardine, Lully cognizant of the condition of farmers in the crop- failure area, assured the Senators that he would exhaust every reservoir in an effort to obtain the necessary money, but it is known that he feels the hunt will be hopeless. While he has not closed the door on' the affected farmers, he does not wish to hold out to them false hope. Temporarily, it was learned, he simply declined to dis- criminate. Official circles saw in this problem a situation that is fraught with im- portant political possibilities. ~ For several years the agricuitural indus- try of the country has been seeking relief from its economic plight from Congress.« With the McNary-Haugen i farm relief bill, which had the indorse- | ment of Middle Western firm organi- ations, vetoed, the failure of the Gov- ernment to help farmers in the crop- failure areas may add fuel to the fire of discontent in the whole industry, it is said Other Projects Affected. Two District institutions to be af- fected seriously by the failure of the second deficiency bill were St. Eliza- beth’'s Hospitul and Howard Univer- sity. The Interlor Department had inserted an item of $250,000 for the support of indigent insane of the Dis. trict at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in the measure. The hospital will be obliged to “charge” the bill for the care of these patients until the money is forth- coming Secretary of the Interior Work dis. closed at the same time that the work of the Medical School of Howard Uni- versity would suffer seriously from the failure of an appropriation for $62,000 for Freedmen's Hospital, which had been inserted in the bill. The hospital will be further embarassed, Mr. Work said, by the loss of. §165,000 for the ‘THREATS TO LOCAL POWERS FELT BY DISTRICT OFFICIALS Commuissioners Find Their Authority Narrowing Down, While Federal Con- trol Expands Accordingly. Developments during the last few weeks in connection wth the District government have caused officials at the District Building to look closely into the interlocked Federal and local interests as they concern the author- ity of the Commissioners. For it seems apparent to those who are studying the situation that local au is proceeding along a contin- narrowing groove, while Federa! authority in matters concerning local government continues reciprocally to expand. Thé Commissioners now frankly ask themselves: “Where is this going to stop?' The Bureau of the Budget tells the District what the District needs, in the view of many at the District Building: four separate con ssional committees act on local gislation and appropriations to be expended. under the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, and then when the money is available for ex- penditure the Controller General of the United States tells the District what methods to pursue i making the expenditures according to law. Other Examples Noted. These include only two of the inhi- bitions felt by the officials at the Dis- trict Buflding, for Congress and con- gressional committees charged with legislation for the District—during the last session, especially—have been re- garded in the friendly light as real working arms of the District gov- ernment. But there have been other ex- amples. For instance, when the dis- tribution of water to Arlington County from the District filtration plant be- comes lawful next July 1, the War Department will be in charge of such distribution and tho setting of rates for that water. Yet the distribution of Washington water is felt to be primarfly a matter for the District Commissioners, since they are in charge of the work. Numerous instances are cited where the inhibitions placed on local admin- istrative activities have been felt more and more here recently, causing speculation as to whether the integ- rity of the Commissioners as local executives under the organic law of 1878 is absolutely safe. " Powers Were Broad. Under the organic law the Com- missioners had broad powers as ex- ecutives of the local government. These include the powers previously held by local executives, and ex- press powers to apply taxes and other revenues of the District to the pay- ment of current expenses, to the sup- t of the public schools, etc., and have ‘“supervision of all the offices, books. papers, records, moneys, credits, securities, assets and accounts or appertaining to the business or interests of thie govern- ment of the District of Columbia and exercise the duties, powers and authority aforesaid.” In short, the organic law, as it is viewed by its students, gave the Com- misisoners ample power for the exe- cution of the duties concerned jn the government of Washington. As the city grew and expanded, however, it is pointed out, gradual en- croachments on the power of the Com- missioners have been noted. Little by little Federal bureaus began to exert checks on the local government. The Bureau of the Budget was set | up with the result that the estimates of the Commissioners are scrutinized to see whother they come within the “financial program of the President,” this phase naturally expressing the power of veto of items which rests in the office of the Director of the Budget. Financial Control Exercised. The controller general's office has the power—and the duty—to make sure that financial arrangements are working out in accordance with law. Further power was taken from the District Commissioners in the last District bill, it is contended at the District Building, when discretion for purchases of supplies was eliminated from that bullding by a provision stating that the Commissioners, “so far as possible shall purchase ma- terial, supplies, including foed sup- plies, and equipment when needed and funds are available in accordance with the regulations and schedules of the general supply committee.” The fact that “so far as possible” is & phrase Included, according to ex- perts at the District .Building, does not_help the Commisisoners all, construction of additions to the nurses’ home and improvements in the existing home. Chairman Madden of the House ap- propriations committee took a less de- pressing view of the fallure of the deficiency bill. He declared It to be “perhaps a blessing in disguise.” He added that the death of the measure would probably prove more inconven- fent than injurious. Sees Relief Elsewhere. He belleved most of the Items in the measure could be taken care of from other funds with the exception of the $26,000,000 appropriation for the Vet. erans’ Bureau to meet loans on bonus certificates. *“It must be remembered,” he said, “that in a number of cases the appro- priations were to supplement funds of the current fiscal year. In such in- stances the departments will have funds to continue operation with the opering of the new fiscal year, July 1, and the pinch will only be felt during the intervening months, as all of the regular supply bills passed.” since there is confidence in municipal offices that the controller general, in case the point is put up to him, will decide that it means “‘whenever pos- sible in any way.” ‘What those at the District Build- ing would like to have seen was power to buy from the general supply com- mittee whenever the Commissioners deemed that such purchase would be advantageous to the District, but not a denial of the discretion of the Com- missloners in selecting the source of supplies. Truck Item at Issue. One of the Commissioners was in- formed recently by a representative of a Federal bureau that the esti- mates of the District of Columbia in the future had better not contain pro- vision for short-turn, small trucks for refuse department work, since large trucks were considered more econ- omical. This, it is contended, is an attempt at usurpation of local execu- tive authority. The Commisisoners ap- pear to feel they are best qualified to Judge whether trucks with a short turn radius, capable of going through and turning in narrow local alleys, are the best for such work. 5 At the Bureau of the Budget, again, an objection came up regarding esti- mates for expanding the brick plant at Lorton, Va., which supplies mil- Hons of brick annually to local school buildings far under the market cost to the District. This objection was based on the fact that no showing was made as to the difference in cogt between water and rail transporta- tion from Lorton to the wharf at the local water front. Fortunately, from the standpoint of the local officials, this objection was not taken as seriously on Capitel Hill as some other objections from’the Bureau of the Budget, and the Increase went through the legislative channels safely, lopped off a bit, however, in the process. These are instances of the ib- blings” at local power felt by the Com- missioners at the District Building. Each one of them is confident that a stopping point must be reached some time, but they are interested in see- ing the matter checked in its in- cipiency. Improvement Suggestions Favored. Many of the suggestions for im- provement of local conditions submit- ted by Auditor D. J. Donovan last Fall to the District committee find favor at the District Buflding. These include settlement of the question of fiscal re- lations. modernization of the organic law, which 1s the local constitution; elimination of the requirement of the Commissioners submitting their an- nual budget to the Budget Bureau and elimination of the control of the con- troller general from disbursement from District appropriations, setting up & District controller instead. Some of the other suggestions in- clude establishment of a municipal civil service, and centering control over all disbursements under appro- priations payable in any part from the revenues of the District in the municl- pal authorities. Another is for an omnibus District bill carrying all local legislative and appropriation measures :n!tl‘ud of the present piecemeal sys- em. The Commissioners are now facing the delicate task of how far their au- thority extends In disposing of the recent problem brought about by ir regularities in the purchase of sup plies by the office of the director of traffic. The need for a thorough in- vestigation has been shown, it is con- ceded, but who will carry it through seems to remain somewhat doubtful. On one hand there is the Bureau of Efficiency, which is to conduct an in- vestigation of procedure and methods in the District government and which is also investigating the Moller in- cident. On the other hand is the Gib- son subcommittee of the House Dis- trict committee—empowered by the District committee to continue its work through the Summer, although this authorlty is questioned. And be- tween the two is the Board of Com- missioners, who feel that it must clean house, as it is, by law, responsible. BOTH SIDES SHIFT BLAME FOR DEATH OF DEFICIENCY BILL (Continued from First Page.) tried to suppress a thorough Investi- gation into the Pennsylvanla primaries, although the Congressional Record shows that at the very beginning of the fight 1 introduced a resolution which would require an examination of every ballot box and the tabulation of every ballot in that election, such investigation to held by thé committee on privileges and elections, which has consldered every\ election contest in the Senate for the last 130 years. ‘“‘Over and over again I appealed for a thorough and searching investigation by the regularly constituted committee and was met each time by a Demo. cratic refusal to have the Investiga- tion except by Senator Reed's slush fund committee, and even that com mittee would not agree to examine all ballot boxes, but only such as in its ‘discretion’ it saw fit to examine. These are matters of record and do not de- pend upon the unsupported assertions of any one. “If Lincoln was right that you can- not fool all of the people all of the time, I am confident that the official records of the last two weeks will place the responsibility squarely where it belongs—upon the Democratic Sen- :A;(;Il’za;\'ho! hltva tried to make political c: out of a matter t Judiclal fairness.” ot samscias Walsh Issues Statement. The statement of Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, in #eply to the state- ment of Senator I of Pennsyl- vania, attaching the blame to the Democratic party for failure of appro- px:l:rt’llon %Illsttorplu, follows: e effect of any statement seeks to blame the Democratic ‘;Eli"il; for the failure of bills to pass during the recent session of the Senate is to Justify the right of one or two men to hold up the Senate so as to prevent more than two-thirds of its member- ship from investigating and exposing election frauds and corruptions: and also to justify the adoption in the middle of a wild legislative filibuster of omnibus appropriation bills, with- out debate and without time even for t"::mml:m\:.:eag. :nd with which only .cq.l‘.l:‘nw‘ of the Senate was fully “Temporary inconvenience. by the failure of some few a;p:::rs tions {s unfortunate, but it is a small price to pay if it can result in awak- ening the country to a realization of two necessary things to make the frf:::‘\:r'r‘::cc"on eficiently and in a essar; e e Y to meet the needs Urges Longer Session. “The first change needed is sesslon, for behind all the rccz‘nllogffar- culty is the fact, that the public legislative business cannot be trans. acted within the same number of weeks as was given to that business more than 100 years ago. The country has grown too large, its problems too numerous and gigantic to study and solve these complex questions In a :: gressional session of less than 65 “The second change neec establishment of x'ul"s in ?l:g S‘:ng:: that will permit two-thirds of that body to function. It should be re- membered that the recent filibuster was not the denial of the rights of a majority of the Senate, but a hold-up of two-thirds by a few wilful filibus- terers. When a legislative body reaches @ state where two-thirds of its mem- bers are powerless, we fail to posses orderly and representative govern- ment. To blame the Democratic party, under the circumstances, is llke blaming the victi; it m rather than Dawes’ Stand Recalled. Vice President Dawes, i address to the Senate Satunday: cos Iy intimated, it was said last night that the failure of legislation in the closing hours of the session could be attributed only fo a flibustering minority of tie Senat e Vice President's add not_ endeared him to the Mibusterme Indeed, there have been mutterings since Friday that the Vice President, in the closing hours of the Senate session, leaned oyer backwards to be faif to the supporters of the Reed slush fund committee resolution. He is being charged with too much recognition of Democrats and with preventing the Republican filibusterers from answer. ing the criticisms leveled at them by Senator Pat Harrison and others, Youngstown-~to-Toronto Swim Lures English Ch‘?mphion, Slow on Geography By the Associated Press LONDON, March §.—Lured by an opportunity to make American dol- lars by engaging in what he under- stood was a swim from Youngstown, Ohio, to Toronto, Ontario, on Labor day, Norman Leslle Derham, who conquered the English Channel last year, forgot to inquire about the date of America’'s Labor day, assuming it to be on May 1, as in Europe, and made all plans to leave for America on the Aquitania on March 9. At the last moment he asked the Assoclated Press about the swim, and learned, much to his surprise, that floating ice in the Great Lakes might serfously Interfere with swimming there at this season of the year, not to mention the geographical dfficulty to be encountered in swimming from Youngstown, Ohio, to Toronto, which might take him over the Niagara Falls, as well as over considerable dry land. ‘When he learned that the proposed swim was from Youngstown, N. Y., to Toronto, and that Labor day in the United States is the first Monday in September, he went back to his home at South End. He plans to start Channel training next Monday, and says he will swim from England to France before going to the United States this Summer. SOVIET TRADE URGED. Austrian Government Encouraging Deals With Russia. VIENNA, March 5 (#).—Trade with the Soviets is to be encouraged by the Austrian government through a plan to protect Austrian traders against too great losses by moratoriums or po- litical upheavals in Russia. * ‘The central idea is the authoriza- tion of 10-year loans at 4 per cent to relieve traders threatened by unt ward events in Russia. Since only strong firms are allowed to do business with Russla, they are fairly sure of being able to have their paper dis- counted by the banks. - SRR R e Hofice Greeley as a boy could visu a page and read It from any f#ngle, even upside down. NOTED “TEACHERS" |RIGHTS OF ‘TARBOT' FORG. 0.P.SCHOOL| UPHELD BY RANKIN Cabinet Officers to Addressfifiepresentative Fights for Women’s League Classes f Square Deal to Veleran on Party History. 1 Nobody Knows. Cabinet officers ang other prominent All that “Jerry Tarbot,” the veteran officials will be “teachers” in the sks of the public is Political Echool which the League of | Jonn nd Représentative E. R: Mississippi, mem Republican Women of the District will | ber of the veterans’ committee of the conduct March 23 t i | declaten o 5 1o 86 the Wit h 23 to 2. inclusive, at | House, declares he is golng to see o that he gets one R hDrvlr-m will provide classes Mr. . who is an ex-service P lllt:l-n arty history, woman's| man, yeste “hairman Roval “03 n politios, national policles and | Johnson seve for branding . &N relations. THese c from ‘arbot” before as a o'clock to noon in the mornings, | “thief” and “draftdodger,” when, he from 2 until 4:30 o'clock In the after- | declares, the testimony developed by noons and from 8 to 10 o'clock in the | the committee to date does not justify evenings, will constitute round table | such an accusation discussions of the subjects led by men ki o not know whether ‘Jerry and women trained in politics. | Tarbot' was in the war or not, but I am willing first to give his case a Prominent Speakers Listed. | thorough g,,.\p,‘,xg‘.(,hn before con- Among the prominent speakers will | Gemning him.” said Mr. Rankin. “If be Secretary of the Navy WIIbur, | he did serve overseas in our Army or Asslatant Secretary of Agriculture | Marine Corps, we should certainly be R. W. Dunlap, Willlam P. Mac- | doing him a grave injustice to con- Cracken, Assistant Secretary of Com- | demn him on the testimony so far merce for Aviation; W. W. Husband, | produced, and turn him out upon the Assistant Secretary of Labor: Repre- | world in his apparently helpless con sentative Albert H. Vestal of Indiana; | ditfon. If he Is faking. a thorough Judge Thomas T. Risley of the De- | investigation should develop those partment of Labor; MaJ. Gen. Charles | facts before he is condemned either by P. Summerall, chief of staff; Maj. Gen. | members of Congress or the press. Fox Conner, deputy chief of staff,| “He has even been branded as a ] and Brig. Gen. Roy Hoftman, presi | thief because, it is d. that he was dent of the Natlonal Reserve Officers’ | charged with stealing automobiles in Msvc:;don- California about 1922, but the record hers Who Will Appear. shows, it T am not mistaken, that in- Others engaged for the courses are | Stead of convicting him for a crime, Gov. Morrow of Kentucky: Frank W. |the court dismissed the criminal Mondell, former Representative from |charge and had him committed for Wyoming; Mrs. Anna Tillinghast, | insanity. assistant commissioner of Immigra’ Charge That Rankles. tion at Boston; Mrs. Alvin T. Hert,| It is this charge of “theft” that per Edward A. Harriman, Mrs. Margaret | haps rankles most in the breast of Baker of New Jersey and Dr. L. S. |the man who is fighting to clear r;.uwl_i dirL‘ o general ot the Pan-|name and establish his m.{hs»mb American Unfon. record. Representative Albert K. Applications and information con rter of California, who has ba- cerning the Political School may be |friended the man, declared vesierday obtained from the Republican State [that when this charge of theft was Headquarters. 823 Fifteenth street. made before the committee, Chairman e — — Johnson did not bring out the record BAN GOLFERS ARREST R DEFIED BY GOVERNOR missed by order of Superior Judge M. Richards Orders South Carolina C. Roche on October 5, 1922. “If ‘Jerry’ Is a thiet and is wanted | Officers to Act Today De- spite Injunction. on other charges in California, as By the Associated Press. the Department of Justice agent in- GREENVILLE, 8. C., March 5.— timated before the committee,” de- clared Mr. Carter, “why Is he not now in jail? His pictures have been broad- cast all over the United States, and he has appeared before delegations every- where trying to establish his real Any officers representing Gov. Rich- |ijentity. Practically every phase of ards of South Carolina who arrest|pig"past life brought to light by tie golf players at Aiken tomorrow in deflance of the restraining injunction signed there today by Judge Hayne F. Rice will be in contempt of court be dealt with accordingly Judge Rice told the Greenville Nes investigation was obtained through over long-distance telephone late to- ni quare the count: ‘leads’ given by Tarbot, who has tried to conceal nothing. The law officers have had every opportunity to arrest him if he is actually wanted on any charge.” Both Mr. Rankin and Mr. Carter de- clared it was an “injustice” to “Tar bot” to be compelled to search for em- ployment while under a cloud of sus- picion. “Tarbot’s” plight in this con- nection came to light yvesterday in sev- eral ways. He complained to Mr, Car- ter that he found himself ap “unwel- come” paying guest at the Y. M. C. where he has been living since Febru- ary 6, and was permitted to retain his room only after appealing above the head of the desk clerk. “I don’t want charity; deal,” said the yesterday. Both Mr. Carter and “Tarbot™” feel satisfied that. he "~ will eventually establish his military record. In this connection, Mr. Rankin also declared: “‘Service men who were in the Marine Corps have appeared before the Vet- erans’ committeq and identified Tarbot as a man whom they saw in the Marine uniform in France, but none of them has ever bgen able to recall } his name. They y be mistaken, but I am certainly not willing to dis- card their testimony and condemn this man until sufficient testimory is pro-# duced to convince me that he is an impostor.” Marine Officers’ Affidavits. Sworn affidavits from Marine offi« cers bearing on Tarbot’s case are in the possession of Mr. Carter, but thesa officers were not produced as witnessed at the two committee hearings at which the “nameless veteraf\” was condemned as a “draft dodger.” t"* claims to have been with the Marines at Belleau Wood and an affidavit by Col. Frank E. Evans, who talked with him, would make it appear there is some foundation ta this claim. “It is possible,” ‘said Col. Evansy “that Tarbot may have served witl the, 6th Regiment without havin gone through a recruit depot in the United States, or ever having been regularly enlisted, but only for a short time. “I feel he did know certain men and officers and certain details con« nected with the 6th Marines from actual experience and not through having heard talk of Marines with whom he may have associated in his hospital experience. It is difficult for me to believe that Tarbot did not ses hard service in France or that he did actually serve for a brief, bug ic period with the 6th Marines, even though it could have been only of an irregular nature, so far as en« listment goes.” Brig. Gen. W. C. Neville. Maring brigade commander in France, dee clared he was ‘“convinced withouf, doubt,” that Tarbot saw service withy the Marines, and Maj. Gen. John A, Lejeune, Marine ps commandant who investigated the case, inds the bill in Tarbot's behalf. * Othes | Marine officers, inciuding Capt. Louis Cukela; holder of the Congressional medal of honor, have given affidavits supporting the man's claim. It was at the insistence of Mr, Rankin that the investigation was no§ dropped permanently by the coms mittee, it was said yesterday, so thaf Tarbot might be given the chance to clear his name of grave charges. 0, I could not put the governor Jai laughed Judge Rice when queried to that effect, “only since the restraining injunction refers to his officers and not to him.” COLUMBIA, §. C.. March 5.—Gov. John G. Richards announced tonight that he would send State constables to Aiken to arrest any golfers who attempt to play on any links in that city tomorrow. “T regret as chief executive to have any conflict with any court, entertain- ing as I do the highest respect for the courts, but my oath of office and my duty require me to execute these pro- visions of law which seem to me so clear and mandatory,” Mr. Richards ‘. only a square “nameless veteran™ Y. M. C. A. DRIVE CLOSES WITH DINNER TOMORROW More Than Half of New Members Desired Already Enrolled by Teams. With more than half of the de- sired members already obtained, the 1927 Y. M. C. A. membership cam- paign, which has a goal of 500 mem- bers, will close tomorrow night at 6 o'clock at a dinner of campaign work- ers at the “Y,” 1736 G street. Two hundred and ninety-three mem- berships have been recorded and lead- ers of the campaign expressed them- selves as confident that a member- ship of 500 will be reported at the dinner. Andrew H. Ph#lps, chairman of the campaign, pointed out that individ- ual workers will require but a few hours' effort to assure the success of the drive between now and the dinner when the results of the campaign will be tabulated. ENGAGEMENT DENIED. Murchionass;cumon Raps Report Concerning Daughter. LONDON, March 5 (®).—The Sun- day Express says the Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston, widow of Lord Curzon, indignantly denies the report that her daughter, Miss Marcella Duggan is engaged to Edward Rice, a London barrister. (The Evening Standard today print- ed the report that the engagement would be announced soon. Miss Dug- gan is 19 years old and the daughter of Lady Curzon by a former mar-| riage.) ’ Thistledown From Ostrich. Ostrich feathers plucked from the quills and treated by a secret process make a thistledown that is being used for one of the newer materials for women’s apparel in Paris. The fabric is sald to be softer than the finest crepe de chine. THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Will Be Glad to Explain Its Plan for Making Loans to PAY YOUR TAXES Call by and Ask for Information MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W. “Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credis” _