Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1927, Page 10

WATSON EXPLAINS - PROTECTIVE TARIFF Senator Defends System as Aid to Prosperity at Wom- en’s Federation Meeting. The operation of the protective tarilt was explained and the system defended as necessary for the con- tinued prosperity of the country, by, .Benator Watson, Republican, of In- diana, who last night addressed the Federation of Republican Women of %::;n(::nml‘r\' County. at Takoma Park, The speech of the Indiana Senator eoncluded a session that started at 5 o'clock when the federation's polit- fcal school was held in the Presb; terian Community Hall. Supper was &erved prior to the night meeting. At the political school the speakers were: William Tyler Page, clerk of the House ives; Col. Walter K. Wilson. U. S. A. who #poke on “National Defense™; Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Miss Elizabeth E. Reiss, Mrs. Edward L. Stock and Mrs. E. G. Johnson. Coupled with his remarks on the tariff, Senator Watson lauded Harding and Coolidge administ He also urged further restr immigration to protect the workers of the country who, he declared, now are reciving the highest wages in history. The session of the political school, which has been in progress since June, was its last, and certificates were pre- smented to those members who had at- tended 75 per cent or more of its ses- sions. Those getting these certifi- cates were Mrs. Stock, the sponsor; Mrs. Eva S. Chace, Mrs. Sullivan J. Ross, Miss Grace McEwen, Mrs. John C. Newell, Miss Elizabeth R Mrs. E. C. DuVall, Miss Ida Dove, Mrs. William Tyler Page, Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, Mrs. Don Clark, Mrs. Enoch G. Johnson, Mrs. Scott DuVall, Mrs. Edgar Moore, Mrs. E. A. Parker and Mrs. J. M. Luney. NEW FORD will be on display TOMORROW at our showroom 451 Pa. Ave. N.W. Flag Association Protests “Big Bill's THE L) plan ‘fOl‘ Bedecked Garbage Can Parade The proposal of Mayor Willlam Hale Thompson of Chicago for a pa- rade of 2,000 loaded garbage cans, decorated with American flags, to cele- brate the completion of an incinerator plant there next Summer, drew fire today from the United States Flag Association. Col. James A. Moss, director general of the association, announced that he had sent a telegram to Mayor Thomp- son, protesting *“most emphatically against such desecration of our na- tional emblem.” Col. the proposal as the most preposter- ous thing he had ever heard of. The telegram follows: Moss branded | “Press dispatches today announce that in celebration of completion of an incinerator plant, you are planning for next Summer a parade of 2,000 loaded garbage cans decorated with American tlags. If this is correct, the United States Flag Association wishes to pro- test most emphatically against such desacration of our national emblem. The United States Flag Association is headed by the President of the United States as honorary president, and among its board of founders are in- cluded Charles E. Hughes, Gov. Al- fred 1. Smith, former Senator Oscar L. Underwood, former Senator I. L. Lenroot, Secretary of the Navy Wil- bar, Cardinal O’Connell, Bishop James I2. Freeman and Rabbi Abram Simon.” 300,000 SEALS SOLD UP TO NOON TODAY Extra Force Required to Record Remittances of Christmas Campaign Now On. Remittances representing 300,000 Christmas Seals at one cent each had been received and recorded by the extra force of workers for the Wash- ington Tuberculosis Association at the Social Service ., 1022 Eleventh street, headquarters of the Christmas Seal Sale, up to noon today, with today's mail yet to be opened and examined, it was reported. This means $3.000 toward the $40.000 re- quired to continue the various health activities of the association through- out the coming vear. As an alded means of giving cit wide publicity to the seal e and the health work for which it stand: the community center managers yes- | terday offered to make arrangements R for repetition in several of the enter- tainments of the playlet, “Sour Milk Turned Sweet,” as presented by the dramatic class of Western High School, under direction of Miss Sue Garners, at the annual meeting of the Tuberculosis Association last Mon- day evening. It Is planned the play featured first at the | High School meeting Saturda; and on Wednesday evening next week at the Wilson Normal School. FIVE TELEPHONE GIRLS MEET MR. COOLIDGE President Greets Operators Who ‘Will Handle All White % House Calls. President Coolidge today met the five telephone girls who have been as- signed by the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. to handle all of the Whi ouse telephone ecalls at the ange, both local and long . M. Grifin, general traffic super intendent of the company, who pre sented the young women to the Presi- dent, explained that these operators were specially selected for the White | House work because of efficiency | records. | The operators are Miss L. Sadtler, Mrs. M. Jones, Mrs. L. Campbell, Miss 3. FEarle and Miss S. McMenamin House they were shown the workings of the telephone switchboard there, A old-style bicycle London has an club. CAR FORD MOTOR OMPANY (Open Sunday From 2 to 11 P.M.) (]]See the nearest Ford dealer tomorrow . for pictures and full details of the new car. See the car, fitself at the show place listed above. | While the operators were at the White | EVENING STA MEANS IS REFUSED PLEA FOR PAROLE Inability to Pay $20,000 Fine Is Bar to Release, Sar- gent Claims. Request for parole of Gaston B. Means, former Department of Justice agent, now in Atlanta, was denied Jate vesterday by Attorney General Sar-| gent. Means is serving a term on | charges of conspiracy to bribe Gov- ernment officials, At the Department of Justice it was announced that the recommendation of the parole board that Means be re- leased from prison had been turned down by the Attorney General, be- cause Means had not paid fines total- ing $20,000. It was said that he could not take a pauper's oath until his term, with allowance for good be- havior, had been completed. Means came into the limelight after several previous exploits of a sensa- tional character as a star witness against Harry M. Daugherty, when his_administration of the Department of Justice was under investigation by a2 Senate committee several years ago. He wis recommended for a parole last month. Late last year Means completed the serving of a two-year sentence imposed in New York after his conviction of | having conspired with bootleggers to | withdraw whiskey illegally from dis- tilleries. 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