Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1928, Page 56

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1928 15 CRUSER PLA | gram of any other nation, since the | cruisers to be authorized are clearly in the class of vessels which were the bone of contention in the abortive Geneva Naval Limitations Conference. “Whatever may be the merits of the paval disarmament, it must be clear to every observer that the initiaticn of new building program at this time !'will inevitably imperil the wholesome effect of the general pact for the re- “Protest Committee” Forms nunciation of war and will give other to Present Memorial to Senate. sincerity. We therefore urge our rep- resentatives in the Senate to vote against the cruiser bill and for the gen- | eral pact for the renunciation of war.” To Enlist Church Council. | Word reaches this writer that a self- appointed nation-wide organization | cailing itself “the protest committee” is engaged in hurrying into shape a so- | called “memorial” to the Senate pro- | testing against adoption of the 15-| cruiser program just recommcnded by President Coolidge. The committee is being organized by eight well known | men and women prominent in the fem- * inist movement, the churches and edu- cation. They argue that the addition | of 15 cruisers to the United States Navy | will jeopardize any advantages a ing from the Kellogg anti-war tre: and cell upon the Senate to smash naval program in order to avert such a | contingency. As soon as 1,000 s of thought and opinion” have signed the memorial their names will be made public and submitted to the Senate. Mrs. Catt Heads Group. The “protest committee” is headed by Mrg Carrie Chapman Catt, famous suffrage leader; Henry Sloane Coffin, president of Union Theological Semi- | a d ta | to_President Coolidge, headed b: Before the present week is over | friends of the Navy in Washington ex- pect that the drive against the cruiser | bill will enlist the support of a powerful Federal ~Council ot of Christ in America. Council is now holding its sixth_quad- rennial meeting at Rochest Y. On the program tor Wednesday, December 5. was an item entitled: “Recommenda- tion From the Commission on Interna- tional Justice and Good Will" Under ally—the Chure! that caption the council planned to de- bate “The Multilateral Peace Pact and Other Contemporary Issuss.” Wednesday at Rochester Bishop Mc- Connell, who is one of the originators of the projected anti-cruiser memorial, was clected_president of the Fe Council of Churches. 1t was the Federal C which, on Februar. clegation of church nary; Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor of | Park’ Avenue Baptist Church, New York; Dr. John Grier Hibben, presi- dent ‘of Princeton University; Francis J. McConnell, bishop, Methodist Episco- pal Church; Henry Noble McCracken president of Vassar College; Dr. S phen S. Wise, rabbi of Free S New York, and Dr. Mary E. W ent of Mount Holyoke College. nations occasion to question America’s | States Navy's requirements. | French administration at Tahiti, natives | committee in reporting the measure o | still respect the authority of their |the Senate, hereditary Kings and chiefs. i Wwilliam F. McDowell of the Methodist | VOTES FOR BEGINNING Episcopal Church, to protest against the 7i-ship bill, which the House of Representatives, after the most feroclous propaganda in recent congressional his- | genate Commerce Committee Re- tory, curtailed to the 16-ship bill now . RS nending in the Senate. President Cool- POXIREOR SfoRn e SR idge took occasion to tell his clerical | 4ion MEeawoTe. callers on the date above-mentioned that he did not see eve to eye with them on the subject of the United F.W.W. | 7ing the taking of the regular decenniai census to provide for its beginning next e = November rather than in 1930 was In the more distant islands under the |voted yesterday by the Senate commerce By the Associated Press. (Copvright. 1928.) - The mother who could not keep | Her family well IT SEEMED as if there was always someone feeling out-of- sorts. Not exactly sick but lan- guid—indifferent to food and irritable. And her husband, who used to enjoy the best of health, was now constantly tired and often discouraged and wor- ried. What could be the matter? - was her constant question. penditure of $36,000,000 for the taking of population census, the funds to be CENSUS NEXT NOVEMBER |used over the three-year period which, | it it is estimated, will be required. 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REUEVES CONSTIPATION “We believe that the wholesome ef- fect of the general pact for the renun- ciation of war upon the sentiment of nations and people will be largely nulli- | fied if the Nation which first proposed the general pact expresses lack of confi- dence in its eficacy by increasing its own armament. It seems to us idle to insist that the naval program has been conceived without reference to the pro- 607 Fourteenth St., N. W, constipa- the Senate. tion safely, we will refund | he hase e coluey LL-BRAN The statement broadly circulated in a whispering campaign to the effect that Iram trying to block the proposed merger of the local car lines because I desire a price for my ‘stock, higher than its real value, is a positive untruth. No one who has ever represented me has asked one-half of what I believe to be its true value. Ishould like to have an accountant go over the books of the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Company to find out how many millions are on hand, so as to arrive at its value, and am willing to pay the expense of this. The yearly statements made to the Senate and the stockholders are indefinite, as is evidenced by the report of the Bureau of Efficiency to the effect that the earnings of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. are more than $1,000,000 in excess of that reported. There are a number of ways in which I would be glad to agree to get an accurate value.on my stock, and I will take this value face unseen by the Senate District Committee, the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, or the Federal Trade Commission. Before disposing of my stock, I want a reduced rate for school children as- sured. This, I believe is only fair to the great number of parents in this city who, perforce, must send their children to school and make sacrifices to do so. There are many of these people who are really unable to afford the high rate of fare now prevalent; but, like good citizens, they “carry on.” It is a mooted question whether the companies would lose or gain by the reduced fare for school children. Either way the gain or loss would not be much. Placing my citizenship above any personal or mercenary interests I, as the largest minority stockholder in the W. R. & E. Co.,am willing to take whatever loss may be entailed in order to ease the burden of parents; if only in this respect. Certainly, any money saved for them, over a period of the year, could be better placed to milk funds, and the like. There are many of these children who are under- nourished, underfed—and the small savings effected by reduced car fares could - be placed toward the building up of health. On the other hand, many of the really poor children, who have to walk four and five miles to school, unable as they are to pay the present car fare, might have a better opportunity in the 'struggle for existence. Pennies mean little to millionaires; but they are in the budgets of the poor-and, if these pennies could be used for car fare, reduced, the companies would, inversely, benefit by reduced fares for school children. Iam for this, heart and soul. In seeking a real value for the stock of the W. R. & E. Co., I bélieve it can be attained by taking the millions on hand, the interest from same, not only from the surplus but from every other account. On top of this should be placed the yearly increase of approximately ten per cent, and the contemplated sale of Great Falls; as I am told there has been a deal on hand with parties in Chicago for the purchase of this valuable potential water power. There is also a new machine which is said to be able to reduce the cost of making electric current by exactly one-half the present expense. This must be taken into con- sideration in any valuation plan. . . I commenced buying my stock in the Washington Railway & Electric Co. in June, 1906—more than 22 years ago. Faith in the future development of this great Capital City prompted my investment. Three years ago, when the North American Company came into the local field, I was importuned to sell my stock. Bombarded by cablegrams, telegrams, long-distance telephone calls, special delivery mail, and by personal solicitation, I withstood the shell shock and invariably told the couriers my stock was not for sale. It is not for sale, even now; but if the North American Company, a New Jersey holding company, has complete control of what, under the law, should be purely a local concern, I want to get out of it. Frankly, I don’t like their financial structure. My faith in the Congress of the United States and the Laws of the District of Columbia 4s still unshaken. Respectfully, John J. Nédnan