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LA FOLLETTE HITS SENATE SECRECY Evils Abound and System Is Contrary to Spirit of Nation, He Says. (Continued from First Page.) tary of Interior; Harry M. Daugherty, Attorney General; Charles R. Forbes, director of the Veterans' Bureau, and ‘Thomas F. Miller, alien property cus- todian, each was considered in execu- tive session. “Had these nominations been con- sidered in open sessions of the Senate,” he said, “some of them at least would have been fully debated and confirma- tion strongly opposed.” Referring to the celebrated Warren case, when the Coolidge nominee for Attorney General was defeated by a single vote, the Wisconsin Senator ex- pressed the opinion that if Warren's nomination had been considered in secret session instead of uunder the full light of publicity it can scarcely be questioned that the énomination would have been confirmed. Question of Public Right. Senator La Follette's speech follows: One hundred and forty years since the Constitution went into effect, the Senate of the United States is face to face with this issue: Shall the Scnate transact the public business, while debating and confirm- ing nominees of the President to Fed- eral office, in open or in secret session? Stripped of its technicalities, that is the naked question involved in the dis- cussions on the Senate floor within the past 10 days. This is no academic question, no mere matter of procedure which concerns the Senate alone. It is of profound importance to all the peo- ple of this country. Upon its settlement degends the right of the press to pub- lish information concerning the public business, free from censorship. It in- volves the right of the people to have that information and to hold their Rep- resentatives in the Senate to strict ac- countability for votes cast upon all questions involving the public interest. I have taken the position that the present rule of secrecy which requires nominations of public officials to be debated and voted upon behind closed doors is a violation of the spirit of the Constitution. It paralyzses any effec- tive opposition to the appointment of unfit men for Federal office. It at- temots to destroy the primary respon- sibility of a Senator to his constituents. It sets up a censorship over the press which never has been and never can be enforced; and it impairs the dignity and the power of a self-respecting leg- islative body. In my judgment, this question can only be settled rightly by an amend- ment to the Senate rules to provide for the fullest publicity for all the proceed- ings of the Senate and to abolish, root and branch, the system of secrecy. If such an amendment is adopted. we shall witness a change of momentous histeric_importance in_the conduct of The rules committee of the Senate|ren were carefully sifted, in thereupon met in secret session to con- ! of signal ability which dealt exclusively sider what it deemed a violation of the ::th the facts of the public record, not Senate rules. This committee had not challenged the publica of re] of the debates during secret sessions on this or any previous occasion. unanimous vote it brought in a re: tion solemnly declaring that a violation of the rules of the Senate had been comitted by some Senator or officer of the Senate, and further declaring that such person, unnamed in the resolution, “deserves and should receive severe consure and punishment.” Press Association Excluded. At this same session the committee on rules unanimously adopted a resolu- tion excluding the United Press clation from the privilege of the floor of the Senate and voted to summon Mr. Mallon, under a subpoena, to compel him to reveal to the committee the sources from which he had obtained the secret roll call of the Senate. I objected to this proceeding in the Senate on the ground that no news- paper man is bound to respect the rules of the Senate; that in singling out the United Press for punishment by ex- icluding its representative from the floor during public sessions, the com- mittee was discriminating against a single correspondent who had perform- |ed his duty to the public interest; and that this procedure constituted an at- tempt by the committee to establish a censorship over the press. The rules committee had no authority to curtail or extend the privileges of the floor. In order to prevent this attempted discipline of the United Press I insisted upon the enforcement of the existing rule regarding the privilege of the floor which barred all representatives of the press from the Senate floor. I have of- fered an amendment to the rules which will accord Sepresentatives of the press associations the privilege of the floor without discrimination. Mr. Mallon appeared before the rules committee, at an open session held on Monday, May 27. He declined to reveal the sources of his information. He as- serted the right of every newspaper man to obtain and every newspaper to print any information pertaining to the proceedings of the Senate, whether conducted in secret or in open sessions. Following this hearing the rules com- mittee voted amend the secrecy rules of the Senate and a resolution re- ported by the committee is now pending on the calendar. It provides in sub- stance that sessions of the Senate for the consideration of nominations may be debated and voted for in open ses- sion and that the roll-call by which a nomination is confirmed or rejected shall be made public. Conflict Ages Old. ‘Thus, after 140 years of secrecy in the consideration of an important part ot the public business by the Senate, we are making progress in the direction of an enlightened and democratic pro- cedure. Secret or star chamber sessions of the Senate are relics of the discarded practices of the British Parliament, abandoned more than two centuries ago when the Anglo-Saxon race was strug- gling to achieve self-government. The conflict between secrecy and publicity has gone forward through the ages, with men in power asserting their privilege to conceal their acts from the people, and a free press, wherever it has existed in any country in the civilized world, challenging that right and news- paper men often suffering imprison- ment to give the people the facts con- cerning their own representatives and their own Government. the public business at Washington. Advantage of Radio. T regret that one of the advocates of secrecy is not here tonight to debate this question. It is an admirable fea- ture of this radio forum that it brings into the homes of the people a free discussion of important issues, upon which they have & right to be informed and which they must ultimately decide. I believe in the presentation of both sides of all public questions, in the clash of convictions honestly held, in the “fearless winnowing and sifting of truth” as the surest safeguard of repre- sentative democracy. It is by no means a new question which now confronts the Senate. It is older, indeed, than the American Gov- ernment itself, for the policy of invoking secrecy in the conduct of the affairs of men is deep-rooted the past. For centuries it has been defended by some of the boldest and most acute minds among the rulers of earth, and from the time it fastened itself upon the Senate of the United States it been chal- lenged again and again down to the present hour. ‘We cannot understand the recent case which has come to the aftention of the public or the amendment now inndmg to the rules of the Senate un- less we examine the origin of the secrecy system. It did not originate in the Constitution. On the contrary, that document provides that “each House of Congress shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same.” It was only after a close division in the constitutional convention that the House and Senate ‘were given the option, in publishing their proceedings, to omit such parts of the public record as ired secrecy.” ~Within eight days after it first met, the House of Representatives opened its doors to the press and to the people. Since that time the doors of the House have been closed only on rare occasions, and then only during actual war. First Session Secret. For four years after it first met the Senate transacted all busness of every kind and character behind closed doors. ‘The Senate abandoned this practice in 1793 and it was not until 1820 that a rule was adopted providing that all information and debate on nominations submitted by the President should be kept secret. In 1844 the rule provid- ing for expulsion of any Senator dis- closing such information was adopted. In 1868, in the period of party passion and strife that followed the Civil War. the secrecy rules were amended and adopted in substantially their present form. They provide that “all infor- mation communicated or remarks made by a Senator when acting upon nomi- nations concerning the character or qualifications of the person nominated, also all votes upon any nomination, shall be kept secret.” It was under these rules that the Senate met on May 17, 1929, to consider the qualifications of Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin, nominated by the Presi- dent to serve on the Federal bench for life as judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals. ‘The doors were closed, the galleries ‘were cleared, newspaper men and all persons except Senators and half a dozen employes were excluded from the floor. Not one word of the debate on May 17, lasting for more than six hours, was taken down. Every argument made against Mr. Lenroot’s confirmation was based upon the public record which he had made while in the Senate and since his retirement. Not one word was spoken which could not and should not have been sald in open session. Record Under Fire. Here was a nominee for a high judi- cial position, a former Senator, whose record was properly subject to scrutiny and debate. His record had repeatedly been attacked and defended before the people of his own State, who had re- Jected him for re-election to the Senate in 1926. Yet the United States Senate on May 17 refused to debate the quali- fications of this nominee in the open and confirmed Mr. Lenroot, behind closed doors, in an office which he will hold for life. On the following day correspondents sent out broadcast to the newspapers of the country detailed reports of the de- bate that had taken place in the Senate. For thus defying the attempted cen- sorship, the press is entitled to and should receive the appreciation of the American people. On May 21, a dispatch distributed by the United Press Association, signed by Mr. Paul R. Mallon, was published in hundreds of newspapers throughout the country purmrtlng to give the roll call vote taken the Senate on the con- firmation of Mr. Lenroot. An identical roll call was published on the same date in a dispatch of the Universal Service, signed Qy Mr. Fraser Edwards. On 14 different occasions the effort has been made in the Senate to abolish secrecy, but up until the present time the arguments for public consideration of tl;e public business have not pre- vailed. ‘The defense has always been made that by closing the doors on considera- tion of executive nominaf Senators are permitted to discuss freely their ob- jections to a nominee which could not properly be raised in open session. The argument has been made that such free discussion insures a closer scrutiny of nominees for such offices, without sub- jecting them to charges in public which cannot be clearly established by ade quate proof. ‘The complete answer to the argument that secret sessions promote a careful scrutiny of the qualifications of nomi- nees will be found in the records of re- cent years. The nominations of Albert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior; Harry M. Daugherty, Attorney General; Charles R. Forbes, director of the Vet- erans’ Bureau, and Thomas F. Miller, allen property custodian, were all con- sidered and confirmed in secret sessions of the Senate. Each of these high offi- cials was subsequently indicted and two of them were convicted and sent to prison after open consideration of their criminal acts in the Federal courts. Debate in Open Session. Had these nominations been consid- ered in open sessions of the Senate, some of them at least would have been fully debated and confirmation strongly opposed. But in these cases the Senate practically abdicated its constitutional duty to advise and consent to nomina- tions submitted by the President, and out of courtesy to the executive con- fl&mefl them without serious consider- on. If the doors of the Senate are opened, I contend that any President will hesi- tate to submit the nominations of per- sons whose fitness for office is subject to attack. The consideration of nomi- nations in open session will make Sen- ators strictly accountable to their con- stituents for their actions upon this im- portant phase of the Senate’s constitu- tional dutv. T do not believe it can be successfully maintajned that any man or woman should placed in public office whose qualifications and character cannot stand public scrutiny. A candidate for President, the office of the greatest dignity and power in our Government, is not spared the scrutiny of his public record and pri- vate character. The last campaign cer- tainly demonstrated the truth of that statement. Can it be soberly contended that an appointive official, often a can- didate foisted upon the executive by & powerful political machine in one of the States, shall be permitted to take office without meeting this test? In my opinion, the Senate has per- formed a great public service in recent years by fearlessly exposing the secret acts of executive officers of the Gov- ernment which no man in or out of the Senate will now defend. The Sen- ate suspected that a Secretary of the ports | tion was rejected by the margin of a THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. JUNE 2, 1929—PART 1. hes DEMOGRATS BEGIN ith rumor and hearsay. The nomina- single vote. Had it been considered in “secret session, it can scarcely be questioned that the nomination would have been confirmed. In this connec- tion, I venture the assertion that had the nomination of Roy O. West of Tllinois for Secretary of the Interior, and Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin for Federal judge been considered in open session, the majorities for confirmation would have been greatly reduced if not entirely overturned. ‘This leads to what I regard as the real reason, and a very practical one, for the attempt which has been made since the Warren case to enforce the secrecy rule in all its rigors. It is noth- ln? more or less than an effort to defeat opg)s(tlon in the Senate against the appointment to high office of men whose connections with special inter- ests render them unfit to serve or whose public records cannot be de- fended in the open. It is an effort to suppress the public expression of ob- Jections to such appointments and to conceal the votes cast by Senators on such nominations from their con-| stituents. Right to Reveal Vote. I have at all times maintained the right to reveal my votes to the people of Wisconsin who elected me, because in my judgment they have a right to that information. In that regard I have taken the position of my father, Robert M. La Follette, who was the first in contemporary times to assert the right of an American Senator to reveal his votes upon any nomination and upon all business of the Senate. I can recall the time when he defied the power of the Senate to expel him from that body, under rules which he believed were adopted in violation of the plain terms of the Constitution. | He attacked the system of secrecy in | all phases of legislation, when he said: | [Kentucky Election, First Since November, Seen as Vital Fight. (Continued from Fi ge.) he was re-elected mayor by some 25,000 votes. The attack launched yesterday by Bishop Janes Cannon, jr., leader of the anti-Smith Democrats in Virginia, against the regular Democratic or- ganization of the Old Dominion was not answered by Senator Swanson, Senator Glass and others of that or- ganization. While it is admitted that Bishop Cannon is capable of stirring up trouble for the State organization, it is believed he will not be successful a Democratic governor named by the regular State organization. regarded indeed as playing into the, hands of the regular Democratic or- ganization. Had Bishop Cannon elected to throw in his lot with the Republicans and take with him the anti-Smith Democratic nrgnnlzntlm’;“ “ . whi s strong_and smoot] Evil and_corruption thrive best mwo,'fi',‘ng“’,’n D s ohn: tars the dark. =Many, if not most, of the|might have been a different story. It acts of legislative dishonesty which | ¢l remains for that anti-Smith or- have made scandalous the proceedings | ganization, meeting in convention at of Congress and State Legislatures | Roanoke on June could never have reached the first stage had they not been conceived and practically consummated in secret con- ferences, secret cauouses, secret ses- sions of committees and then carried through the legislative body with little or no discussion.” ‘The Senate finance committee still clings to secret procedure. It now pro- poses to hold its hearings on the pend- ing tariff bill in secret session. To force public consideration of this most impor- tant measure involving billions of dollars and affecting the pocketbook of every American family, I have introduced a resofution directing the committee to open its doors so that people may see what is going on and judge for them- selves whether those who are seeking tariff favors are justified in their de- mands. I have not undertaken tonight to deal with the Senate rules of secrecy which still exist to control the discus- sion of treaties with foreign nations behind closed doors. It is unnecessary to do so, because by a majority vote the Senate may decide to consider treaties in open session and the prac- tice of debating treaties in secret has already been abandoned by the Senate on every important treaty submitted to the Senate during the last 10 years. ‘The treaty of Versailles that ended the whether it will follow Bishop Cannon in this matter. If it does and places an independent Democrat in the field, the candidate of the regular organiza- ‘The State went for Hoover by about 25,000. It seems clear that if the Democrats who supported Smith in the last election stick together while .the anti-Smith Democrats and Republi- cans each follow candidates of their own, the first must win. Position of Smith. In launching their efforts to regain States in the South and the border States, the Democratic organization has distinctly in mind the idea that paign in 1932 will be without the rel; glous issue, which caused the party so much trouble in 1928. Its leaders defi- will not be nominated again for Presi- himself to be put forward in 1952 as a candidate for the Democratic presi- dential nomination. This, it is true, contrary to the belief and desires oI some of Gov. Smith’s ardent admirers and friends. Nevertheless, 1t 1s basis of the confidence of the Demo- back the Southern States to their ¢ld Interior, then in office, was bartering the naval oil reserves of the Nation by an illegal system of secret leases. It exposed this crime at public sessions of a Senate committee and freely de- bated it on the Senate floor. It suspect- ed that an Attorney General, then in office, was guilty of wrongdoing in the conduct of the Department of Justice. The Senate conducted an open investi- gation of charges against this chief law officer of the Government, and, after long debate in public and after a pub- lic roll call, drove him into private life. ‘The Senate has the power to judge Lof the acts of the highest officers of the Government, to insuire into those acts in public and to expose them to the fullest publicity. Why, then, should it not consider the qualifications of men nominated for office, without drawing the veil of secrecy about such proceedings? Unjust Attacks Fewer. L e sectet susion. persits argument a secre n the disclosure of charges against a nominee that cannot prorrly be con- sidered in open session. I cannot con- celve of any Senator arising in. his lace to level an unsupported charge K'npeuh the good name of a nom- inee, in e open or in secret session. But certainly the 'flrl?tltlon to indulge in such attacks woul be less if Sena- tors knew that every word uttered would be taken down and become a part of their individual public records. It has been my experience that the ablest and most carefully prepared de- bates of the Senate have been con- ducted in the full light of blicity. That was the case when the Senate in March, 1925, considered in open ses- sion the nomination of Charles B. Warren of Michigan, nominated by President Cool! for Attorney Gen- eral. The gunl\‘irmthm of Mr, Ware World War, the World Court protocol and the Kellogg anti-war pact have all been considered in open sessions. ‘The last vestige of secrecy in the legislative proceedings of the Federal Government is thus to be found in the rules of the United States Senate. This is no longer a struggling Repub- lic, setting out on a painful and un- certain experiment in the capacity of men to govern themselves. The ex- cuse can no longer be offered by cau- tious and timid men that we do not have at hand the means of dissemi- nating among the people prompt, re- liable and complete reports of both sides of all public questions that are debated and determined at Washing- ton. These rules can never be en- forced. They are in conflict with the whole trend of our times. They are a relic of kingly power that is dis- credited and abandoned in every coun- try that claims the character of a rep- resentative democracy. The public interest will be served, the true dignity of the Senate will be upheld, the struggle during 140 years by men who believed in democracy and have been ready to fight for it will be vindicated when we have the courage to open the doors of the Senate. DEBT CONFERENCE MAY ADJOURN THURSDAY; DEPENDS UPON BELGIUM (Continued from First Page.) Germans and the Belgians, the drafting committee is going ahead preparing the third text of its report, incorporating all the changes resulting from the nogo- tiations of the past fortnight. The text is expected to be ready late tonight or tomorrow morning. The experts will study it Sunday and will meet in a full drafting committee presided over by Sir Josiah Stamp of Great Britain on Monday to discuss it. Probable Adoption Thursday. Revisions that may be necessary, it is thought, will be completed by Wednes- day. Thus, in case the marks question is “settled, the report can be adopted by Thursday at the latest. Otherwise the report will be modified so as to take into account the failure of the Ger- mans and Belglans to agree and the consequent refusal of the Belgians to sign the agreement. ‘The report nevertheless will recom- mend to the reparations commission and the governments setting up of an international bank with a capital of $100,000,000 to nglue the reparations commission and the agent general for reparations in handling reparations payments. Thomas W. Lamont, member of the American representation, asked to sum up the situation would permit himself to be quoted as saying only “everything excepting the question of marks in Bel- gium has been settled.” ‘The experts generally arc not quite sure as to just what will happen if that outstanding question remains open, cause all depends on whether the Bel- glans stick to their determination. re- peatedly expressed, not to sign the agreement unless they get 25,000,000 marks (about $6,000,000) a year for 37 years to replace the gold securities and Belgian paper money for which the Germans had substituted marks that eventually became worthless, party allegiance. One thing which the Democrats will endeavor to make clear to every ove is that the organization set up in Wash- interest of any possible presidential Smith is concerned, Pomerene of Ohio, Gov. Roosevelt of names have been mentioned as presi- dential possibilities in 1932. The pur- tate the party throughout the country, to bring about the election next year of as many Democratic members of the House and of the Senate as possible. For this purpose it will co-operate ac- tively with Representative chairman of the Democratic congres- sional committee, and Senaior Tydings, In their fight to regain the four Southern States which they lost in the last campaign the Democrats realize that they have the hardest nut to crack in Florida. There a large number of the North, and industries have been built up which have changed the politi- cal situation in no little degree in that State. Virginia and Texas, the Demo- cratic leaders belleve they can win back comparatively easily. In North Carolina there has been for a number of years a strong Republican voting population. ‘The Tarheel State may need some care- ful handling, the Democrats admit. Kentucky Election Significant. The election in the third Kentucky district yesterday means much to both political parties. Kentucky went for Hoover by 178,000 plurality. six members of the House from dis- tricts which have been Democratic in the past, including the third district. This in a State which never gave the Democrats more than 55,000 majority in a presidential election means that the Democrats must stage a comeback little short of revolutionary if they are to regain their lost ground. That is one reason why the district campaign has been so warmly contested. The Republicans are bent on winning the State Legislature if they can. They already have the Governor of Kentucky. Whichever party controls the Legis- lature will be able to redistrict the State. If the Republicans are able to undertake this job they can so arrange the districts as to make it almost im- possible for a Democrat to win a seat in Congress in the future. The headquarters here in Washing- ton established by Mr. Shouse for the national executive committee are lo- cated in the National Press Building. ‘They are commodious, including six or eight rooms, among them a large room for the use of the committee itself. Mr. Shouse plans to build an effective organization with as many employes as may be necessary. It will be a working organization, however, and not designed to give easy berths to party workers. The probabilities are that ample finan- cial arrangements will be made through the national committee to provide the sinews of war which will be needed by the executive committee in conduct- ing its campaign for effective organiza- tions in States and congressional dis- tricts in all sections of the country. Mr, Shouse may do considerable travel- ing, but it is planned to have in the organization here an able assistant to the chairman, part of whose duties will g: ": make organization trips to the ates. MOORE APPARENTLY ELECTED. . Sandwich-board men wearing crim- son cloaks and hoods of the Ku Klux Klan style recently paraded in London advertising grievances of the Associa- tion of ex-Service Civil Servants. To O’ Right LOUISVILLE, Ky, June 1 (#).—In the face of practically complete unof- “n You Can’t Duplicate This Offer Satisfaction or Money Back Genuine Tcvic 5 KRYPTOK Far and Near s - 55, 0 2 Togs .o ( Patents Expire: Bifocal Lenses—Invisible; THE FORIGHT OPTICAL CO., Inc. $15.00 Quality . ..... 916 G St. NW. ‘pipemi® Our Parlors COMEBACK. FIGHT in preventing the election this year of || Bishop | | Cannon’s declaration in favor of hav- || ing the anti-Smith Democrats put a gubernatorial candidate in the field lsl' 18, to determine || tion should have a distinct advantage. | the campaign next year and the cam- || nitely believe that Gov. Smith not only || dent, but that he would not permit || the || cratic organization in the ability to w'n | ington under the national executive || committee is not being set up in the || candidate. This goes so far as Gov. || former Senator |/ New York or any of the others whose || pose of the organization is to rehabili- || Byrnes, | | chairman of the senatorial comumiitee. | Republican voters have come in from || It elected || ficial returns tonight, John W. Moore, Democrat, had been elected to the | House of Representatives from the third congressional district. He defeated Homer Beliles, Republican, by a major- ity of more than 1,000. With returns received from 271 of the 275 pre- cints the vote stood: Moore, 19,493; Beliles, 18,442, ‘The special election today was to fill the seat made vacant by the death of Charles W. Roark, Republican, who | was elected in 1928, but did live to take the oath of office. The election of Mr. Moore gives the Democrats three members of the House of Representatives from Kentucky, to the Republican’s eight, an exact r versal of what is considered ‘“norm: for the State. In the Hoover land- slide, all of the Democrats were defeated except two, Mr. Moore losing to Mr. Roark by a plurality of 4,000. The vote cast today was approxi- mately half that cast in the Moore- Roark race when the - winner polled 37,216 votes in the district. Mr. Moore, formerly & banker, first went to Congress to fill the unexpired term of the late R. Y. Thomas. He was re-elected once prior to his defeat. Mr, Beliles, like his successful oppo- nent, is a resident of Morgantown. Butler County. He now holds the office of county clerk. s Cuban Census Plan Approved. HAVANA (#)—A measure suspend- ing the census, which was to have been taken next year, has been-approved by President Gerardo Machada y Morales. MRS. SIPPEL HONORED. | Thirteenth Biennial Council of Women's Clubs Federation Ends. BOSTON, June 1 (®).—The thir- teenth biennial council meeting of the General Federation of Women's Clubs closed tonight with an evening at a concert. In the afternoon, s tea was given Mrs. John F. Sippel of Baltimore, president of the federation, by mem- bers of the Massachusetts delegation. The morning was spent sight-seeing in Boston, Concord and Le: n. No elections were held this year at the council meeting. All officers will be voted in next year at the Denver biennial convention, when the entire federation meets. The council meet-/ ings and general federation meetings take place on altemate years. . Engineers Enter Politics, NEW YORK (#).—The American Engineering Council announces that engineers are entering public life in increasing numbers. It says engineers in public life include the President, Secretaries of Commerce and Interior, 5 governors, 5 Senators and 31 Rep- resentatives. 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Voile Lace Voile Batiste Dimity Plain Voiles ment, too. color and tubproof. 's—First Floor Again By Popular Demanfl!. $4 and $4.50 Comfort-Giving Arch-Support Shoes Style w 2.87 vith comfort hidden— soft flexible patent leather and kid, others in tan. Correctly made to give ample comfort to the wearer. Sizes 3 to 9, in widths from C to EEE. Kaufman's—First Floor —_—mm- - - ey Yy The Little Girls Will They’re just ever, cut in the very newest ftylcs for Summer, of beautiful fast color prints, in the daintiest of designs and 2 to 14 years. the cutest styles §1.49 colorings. Sizes Buy them a season’s supply to- morrow, you'll not regret it. Kaufman's—Second Floor A E Windows | frame, black One Day Only at 49¢ pel patterns. frame, black | t $1.97 9x12.Ft. Size, 8x10-Ft. Size, $3.29 —_—- ) SUMMER HOME NEEDSIN THE BASEMENT XTRA SPECIAL 100—6x9-Ft. Felt-Base Rugs Slight Irregulars zig_— of $4.75 Grade Smooth enameled finish, in green, rose or blue car- Complete with border. Imported Grass Rugs Away Under Price $3.99 6x9-Ft. Size, $2.29 434x73-Fe. $ 27x54 Size, 49¢c Choice of six attractive new Summer designs—most at- tractive for home or cottage use. 25c Cretonnes New modernistic designs and color- ings, for Summer drapes. 59¢ Window Shades N Slight irregulars _white_ecry ang 39C green. Perfect rollers. 19¢ Your Charge Account Solicited Pique Gabardine Broadcloth Basket Weave Sport Cloth A $2.95 Soft Felt and Stitched Silk . . Millinery That Expres: the Summer Vogue Fashion correct styles that will look well with the sleeve- less frocks as well as the tai- lored models. There’s a shape for every head and a shade for every costume. All head sizes, too. Kaufman's—Second Floor fi Daytime Frocks Of Silk Pongee, Linen and Pongeen Models that will give the housewife a dressed up appear- ance while performing her houschold duties, as well as being equally desirable for porch use or for marketing. | Beautifully made and finished. All sizes up to 50. 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