Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1929, Page 5

PRESIDENT SOLVES POLITICAL DILEMMA MERCHANT MARINE EXPANSION URGED TO AID INDUSTRY (Continued From First Page.) lmllle for the Government to spend its Statement Putting Govern- ment Behind Business Answer to Critics. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Hoover has crossed the | Rubicon. Hesitant for many days to as- | sume any responsibility in the economic | situation of the country and besieged on all sides with requests that he make | a statement, the President has been | confronted with a problem of practical | politics, which he finally solves in his own way Capitol Hill has been bombarding the administration with a charge that Re- | publican optimism inflated the hopes of | the country during the Coolidge admin- istration. ~From metropolitan centers have come the suggestion that Hoover | prestige was at stake. Some members | of Congress have expressed a fear that | a depression would mean the loss of the | House to the Republicans in the con- gressional election of 1930. President Hoover's inclination was to keep out of the discussion, knowing full well that no administration is really able to direct the law of supply and demand or the | prices of commodities or the economic currents of the country. Reflects Old Idea, But, if the political world is to hold the administration in power, responsible anyway friends of the President allfi-l gested that he might as well assume the leadership and put the full force of governmental influence and authority back of the business of the countr The President’s statement calling conference of business, agricultural and labor leaders reflects a Hoover idea de- veloped long before he was nominated for the presidency. He has felt that whenever business lagged, the Federal and city governments should do their construction work. But the statement now issued goes further than public works. It is an effort to stimulate the buflding of ships, railways and other industrial facilities as well as possibly storage and terminal facilities for agri- culture. Mr. Hoover bases his action on the rapidly falling money rates, which give the country abundant capital for construction, something it has not had for more than a year owing to the di- version of capital to the stock market for speculation. “My own experience has been,” says Mr. Hoover, “that words are not of any great importance in times of economic disturbance. It is action that counts™ This sentence in the President's state- ment_reflects the true Hoover, who would, if he followed his own instinct, have made no statement at all. His| observation that “any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish” is a concession to those who have been trying to get him to say something that would restore confidence. ‘The President was never impressed with the idea that the stock market crash necessarily meant any loss of confidence in the business and economic situation of the country. He has been hesitant to comment on the stock mar- ket decline because he did not wish to 1b! 1lln\'r)l\'ed in the speculative vortex tself. ‘With the Stock Exchange closed on Saturday the White House statement was not issued until all Friday trading had ended throughout the country. It has been insisted by those who have been opposing any utterance on the President’s part that he should never be in the position of influencing the stock market one way or the other. Declines Seen ‘Since June. Over the week end the words of the President are expected on the other hand, to have their effect on those busi- ness leaders who have been mistakenly taking their cue from the stock market decline. Ever since last June the official data here has indicated that some busi- nesses would, not make the gain they did in the corresponding period of the Frecedlng year and that the falling off n rate gain would be noticeable in the Autumn. It is positively asserted in quarters that ought to know that the stock market instead of being a barometer appraising the future fre- quently discovers a business readjust- ment long after it has started. That is one reason why ‘many officials of the Government who are studying economic data are emphatic in their assertion that the stock market decline has no relationship to the fundamentals of the business situation and that the read- justment in business which began earlier this year is proceeding normally and that the outlook for a substantial record in 1929 as well as a stable sit- uation in 1930. The American people have grown so accustomed to seeing reports of gains each year that the holding of previous gain is not always given full credit Comparisons are always made with the highest previous record instead of the average over a period of time. Politically, there is much conversa- tion. Republicans have usually claimed credit for prosperous conditions, but have not so often boine the brunt of criticism in times of depression, while the Democrats, on the other hand, have, 28 a rule, been attacked whenever the economic condition of the country showed any recession when they were in power. This is one reason why the Democrats in the Senate were so quick to criticize the Hoover administration when the lu&in the tide came a fort- night ago. ked by feeling that the Democrats are going to hold the Re- publicans responsible anyhow, the effort to persuade Mr. Hoover to get into the situation forcefully and assume its leadership finally prevaied. It was a critical decision for the President and means that he will do everything he can now to bring about a better under- standing of and confidence in business conditions. (Copsright, 1829.) MAJ. BERLE SHIFTED. Relieved at Walter Reed and Sent to Philippine Post. Maj. Charles K. Berle, Medical Corps, has been relieved from duty at Walter Reed General Hospital .this city, and ordered to the Philippines, effective in January: Maj. William H. Hicks, Coast Artillery Corps, from New York City to Fort Totten, N. Y.. Maj. Avery G. Holmes, Dental Corps, from this city to Fort Totten, N. Y.; Capt. Arthur 8. Levinsohn. Quartermaster Corps, from the Philippines to Fort Mason, Calif; Capt. Clarence C. Fenn, Judge Advocate General's Department,” from the War Department to the Philippines: Chap- lain Edward L. Trett, from Fort Du Font, Del., to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.. | snd First Lieut. Frank J. Spettel, 3d fantry. from Fort Snelling, Minn.. to - Georgia Military Academy at Col- 2e Park, Ga. Gordon Hotel Convenient to Business end Theater District Homelike and Comfortable Rooms From $30 Up Monthly Saites From $60 Up Monthly Including Full Hotel Service Teasphone in All Rooms Gordon_Hotel 916 16th St. N.W. Extra Special Dinners 75¢ and $1 {money on old bottoms. Committee Personnel. The parent committee consists of Robert P. Lamont, Secretary of Com- merce; Walter F. Brown Postmaster General: Charles F. Adams, Secretary of the Navy, and T. V. O'Connor, chair- man of the shipping board. The sub- { committee consists of department sub- ordinates of each of th officials. ‘While the President is anxious to ex- pedite ship construction, it could not be learned last night that he had com- mitted himself as to the plan of the subcommittee. Administrative officials admitted, however, that in the move to get started with considerable delayed work, some readjustments in previous plans and attitudes were being made. In this connection the Post Office Department was pressing for agreement on several disputes over sites, contracts s which have been holding up jfon of new Government build- ings about the country. It was sald that the plan had already been ex- pedited sufficietnly to inerease $9,000.- 000 next calendar year in the public building program outside of Washington so that a total of $40,000,000 will be re. quired for the year, and that the de. partment would seek a $20,000,000 ii crease in the limit of cost it might pro- ject in the extension of its program. More than $130,000,000 of the present limit of cost remains to be appropriated and the President is pressing for a be- ginning on all building projects which can be undertaken without prejudice to th> public interest in any way. ‘The same plan is all Government departments. Those to Attend Conference. Among those under consideration for invitations to attend the conference ‘Thursday were: Clarence Woolley, head of the Amer- ican Radiator Co. and a director of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Alfred P. Sloane. jr., president of the General Motors Corporation. Danjel O. Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co, Henry M. Robinson, Los Angeles banker. Owen D. Young, General Electric Co. Willlam Butterworth, president, and Julius Barnes, former president, of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Adolph Lewisohn, New York capitalist ‘William Green, president, and Mat- thew Woll, vice president, of the American Federation of Labor. ‘The Government will be represented by Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury; Robert P. Lamont, Secretary of Commerce; Arthur M. Hyde, Secre- tary of Agriculture; James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, and Alexander chairman of the Board. In calling the conference to order the President will furnish the basic outline. ‘The members will consider what defi- nite steps can be taken for the con- structive release of reservoirs of capital, and absorbing any slackening of activ- ity in the so-called luxury lines, which generally are the first to feel the pinch in such conditions as have arisen re- cently. Connecting With Leaders. Mr. Hoover is carrying forward con- sultations, mostly by - telephone, with leaders of_the various business groups of the country who will be expected to name their own representatives at the conference. Consequently he is not in position at this time to say precisely who will represent these groups, Representation of States and mu- nicipalities in the actual conferences is scarcely feasible, but these units of Government will be consulted during the discussions. The early execution of vast volumes of public works which they have held in abeyance forms one of the principal areas in which now idle capital can be employed. ‘The situation in this field will be resented by Secretary Lamont, who as been having made a comprehensive survey of the field of pending public works in States, cities and counties. While this survey still is far from complete, sufficlent information has been obtained to show that works in the aggregate of $350,000,000 have been held in abeyance. ‘There have been several causes for this lagging. but the primary one has been the inability of these divisions of Government to obtain attractive prices for the securities because of the higher interest rates which have been offered in the markets for stocks. Railways, public utilities, buildings and merchant m also furnish s Tl n Rf Wy, S » 4 peing followed 1n | Legge, chairman of the Federal Farm | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, AZTEC CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL BANQUET John Hall Barnard of New York Elected President of Military Society. 1847, Military Society of the Mexican quet in the Willard Hotel last night. 3rd, vice president: Ed d F. Looker, treasurer; Leonard L. Nicholson, assistant treasurer, and |Conway B. Hunt, secretary. All are local men. Becretary of the Navy Adams response to a toast to the Navy, com- pared the activities of the Navy in the da; tivities of this branch of during the World War. The secretary praised the spirlt of harmony which = exists between oll branches of the service tod: . of the Navy feel that the Army comes next to us, nearest to our hearts,” he added. Maj. Gen. George Barnet*, retired ‘World War commandant of ‘he Marine Corps, in reply to a toast to that branch of the service told of the part the Marines played in the winning of the Mexican War. He also related how he had obtained permission from Presi- dent Wilson to send over a regiment of Marines with the first expedition, in the last war. A letter from Col. Patrick J. Hurley, Assistant Secretary of War, expressing his regrets at not being able to attend the meeting was read. An interesting feature of the meet- ing was an illustrated lecture, Maya architecture, by Maj. George Oakiey Totten. William W. Mackall of Savannah, Ga., retiring president of the organization, introduced the speakers, while Col. Grant had charge of the banquet. The Aztec Club was founded by offi- cers of the army of Gen. Scott in Mexico City in 1847 and later em- g;lced most of the officers of the Civil ar. of sons and grandsons of the original members, the last surviving charter member having died last Summer. U. 8. Grant, the setvice HOLD-UP SUSPECT TAKEN. $400,000 Buffalo Robbery. BUFFALO, N. Y., November 16 (#).— One arrest was made today in connec- tion with the $400,000 gem robbery from guests at a dinner party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Carson, jr., Thursday night. Edward Shannon, 22. formerly of Chicago, was questioned by detectives this afternoon but, according to Fred J. Healy, a private detective, he has not definitely been identified as one of the seven robbers. Shannon's arrest resulted from a visit of robbery victims, all prominent socially in Buffalo, to police headquarters where they examined pictures of criminals. His picture was one of two picked out by several who were guests at the Car- son party as “looking like” one of the seven bandits. ment of capital, as work in these spheres also has been lagging for a consider- able length of time. These fields will be carefully canvassed by the confer- ence, tation in the conference will he largely governmental, with the Federal Farm Board and the Department of Agricul- the use of the new powers to assist agriculture. ‘The survey which the conference will make is a complicated one and the task involves a great mass of work In organization and co-ordination. was in recognition of this that the President has referred to the forth- coming meeting as a preliminary con- ference. In accord with the policy which Mr. Hoover initiated as Secretary of Com- merce, the Government’s function will be one of co-operation in the work that lies ahead with ®ie execution of the plans so far as they apply to industries and States and municipalitics left to those division: Don’t You Like to Meet The Men Who OWN the Business F COURSE YOU DO. Evervybody does. of safety—real satisfaction—when entering a store to know that the OWNER is THERE to greet YOU. To meet the man who MAKES GOOD is much more pleasing than to deal with someone who keeps saying—‘‘the boss is out.” That’s the Real Joy in Trading at Chas. Schwartz & Son John Hall Barnard of New York was | in | of the Mexican War to the ac- | The society is composed entirely | Former Chicagoan Questioned in | substantial reserve for added employ- | ce. In the fleld of agriculture, ‘epresen- | ture prepared to supply information | and make constructive suggestions for | It | D o s || 1 1 | elected president of the Aztec Club of | Wer, at the annual meeting and ban- | Other officers elected are: Lieut. Col. | | LOUIS FLADER. |CHICAGOAN TO ADDRESS WASHINGTON AD CLUB Photo-Engravers' Association Com- missioner to Speak at Tues- day Meeting. Louis Flader of Chicago, commis- sioner of the American Photo-Engrav- ers’ Association, will address the A vertising Club of Washington Tuesday at its meeting in the National Press | Club at 12:30 o'clock. The meeting is being arranged by a committee on which are serving H. C. C. Stiles of the Maurice Joyce Engrav- ing Co. J. Max Cunningham of the Lanman Engraving Co., Edward L. An- derson of the Standard Engraving C E. B. Norris of the Service Engraving Co. and Clayton Toms of the District of Calumbia Engraving Co. Ernest S. Johnston is president of the club. [Y. M. C. A. 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There's a feeling \\\\\\”Il’)/ 'SHERIFF IS CLEARED | the automobile. . €., NOVEMBER 17, 1929—PART ONE. 5 Milk Bottle Loss ALABAMA RIVERS \CHEMICALS IN NAVAL Adds $20,000,000 CONTINUE TO RISE WARFARE MADE STUDY To U. S. Bill Yearly | | | TR \tSeveral Score Colored Families Are| Problem in National Defense Un- Marooned on Cahaba, Near | dertaken, Says Chief of Selm Service. By the Associated Press. Many of the bottles that go out with the milkman in the wee sma’ hours of the morning never get back home. { Their failure to return to the dairies is causing a loss estimated by the Bureau of Dairy Industry of the Department of Agriculture today at $20,000.000 annually. That loss adds materially to the consumers' milk bills, the bureau points out, and asks: “Do | | you use milk bottles for jam. | |ing {rom the region where the rainfail kerosene. paint and other house- | | was heaviest, were rapidly swelling the hold articles, or perhaps for flow- crest of the Alabama River, and a rec- er"\":l:;s rr;lr")]n ’r:thrl;‘ \\'a]_\:;" 1t ord height in the latter stream was ex- n _one rge city ected at Montgomery. 1 Inst year picked off the city | | P ameiats of Dallas County late yes-|TePOrt. It is fhe first time that such dumps 20,000,000 milk bottles, | | terday received a call for aid from sev- | Work has been undertaken. and indi- which had been thrown away eral score colored families residing on | Cates to officers the stress which is They had a value of more than | |the banks of Cahaba River, 6 miles | being laid on chemicals in preparing $1,000,000. | from Selma. Sheriff R. F. Hamner was |for the protection of the fleet. 1lectis boats today to go to their ‘The investigation of new chemical L SFLORY | compounds was declared in the report * Washouts or caveins occurred on|to be of the “highest importance since o= el ke : | highways_in Tuscaloosa, Hale, Marshall, | our protective devices must be based on fverrls (denled ownership ~of tWo | Greene, Blount, Jefferson and Lamar four ability to meet new chemical -gallon. jugs of alcohol aad 25 one- Counties, while' Anniston was virtually | agen The principal work of the she was killed, testified at the inquest. §3I1o%, Jugs of whisky, found in the car. | cut off from highway communication. | chemical service has been, however, Says She Was Drinkin, s and automobile Lelonged to | “"pain today and cioudy and unset- |the strengthening of the protective ays She % | Mrs. piorton, he asserted. He <ald he | leq tomorrow was the weather pros- |equipment such as masks. and the de- He said Mrs. Horton apparently was | had been paid $50 for making the crive. | peot. velopment of smoke screen devices. under the influence of liquor and ap-| . The Woman's husband, Frank Ilorton. peared crazed after the officer climbed |2l!as Frank Basseet, or Jerry Sassett, is on the running board of their sar, and | SCTVINg a prison term at Cottonwood that he believed she would have used a | Falls, Kans, for a liquor law violation. revolver which Sheriff Dederick said the woman stuck into his body. Harrls was returned to the county jail at Abilene. No charges have been filed against him and the county at- torney tonight said he was uncertain as to what action he would take. Sherifl Dederick had halted the woman’s car as it was driven into the yard of a house on the outskirts of Heringlon, suspected of harboring a gang of liquor runners. The officer stepped on the running board just as Mack Howard Harrls, 41, also of Kansas City, the woman’s driver, speed- ed up the machine. Down Herington's main street sped Mrs. Horton, according to the officer, drew a revolver, and ordered iim to jump from the car. Behind the tiquor runner’s machine another automwubile, carrying additional officers, gave chase. As the center of town was reached the sheriff said Mrs. Horton exclaimed “here’s where I .et you have it unless you jump."” Denies Owning Liquor. Explaining later that he was more afraid to jump than to remain, Sheriff Dederick drew his own revolver and shot the woman through the heart. As she slumped in the seat, Harris il WOMAN'S DEATH Companion in”Rum Car Says| She Would Have Shot Him in Chase. | By the Associated Press ible use of chemicals in naval MONTGOMERY, Ala, November 16. warfare has presented a problem in —Alabama _riverd, already at flood national defense to which the Chemical arfare Service and the Navy Depart- | stage in many sectlons, continued to | Ot ae B e e helr efforts. n"“s ric> today in the wake of heavy rains.| revealed vesterday when Maj. Gen. H. The Coosa and the Tallapoosa, flow- | L. Gilchrist, chief of the Chemica Warfare Service of the Army, filed his annual report for the Secretary of War. | Naval funds will be used in seeking protection for ships against chemical | agents, Gen. Gilchrist declared in his By the Associated Press. HERINGTON, Kans., November 16.— Sheriff Sidney 'C. Dederick was ex- onorated late today by a coroner's jury inquiring into the killing last night of Mrs. Louise Horton, 35, of Kansas City, | a whisky runner. 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