Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1930, Page 2

A2 ¥ HOME BREW URGED T0 FIGHT BOOTLEG Representative Fort Tells House Prohibition Good Has Exceeded Evils. (Continued From First Page.) satisfy the extreme drys or the extreme wets. He does not .propose to alter the vighteenth amendment or even the Volstead act, except to say that “per- haps the act needs clarification on the question of . home brew—although nobody has ever been convicted for making it for home use.” “No question,” sald Mr. Fort, “which moves its partisans to fanatical emo- tionalism will ever be solved by their efforts. Therefore, it seems to me that those of us who_have not feit the urge of surgl emotion to talk upon this question must try to find some solvent in cold resson which can at least lift the debate ltere and elsewhere to the dignity which any discussion of the Constitution and the laws thereunder made demands—must try to analyze the eauses which led to the adoption of prohbition; the effect of prohibition on those causes;” where we are today, and what lies ahead of us.” Cites Optional “Control” Plans. After reciting the many benefits which have accrued to the American people from prohibition, Mr. Fort con- tinued: ued : “My friends, who do not like the law —and there are many—what alternative can you offer the American people which will save what we have gained? Is it Government selling you it? ‘Well, there are two possible ways to run it. Either we can hold down con- by high prices and make a vast profit for the Government or we can hold down. the profit by low prices at the risk of increasing consumption. I wonder which is the more repugnant thought. I'll venture that there aren’t 10 men in the House who like either alternative. What, then, of reinstating the trafié? Well, shall it be for drink- ing on the premises? Of course not— that's the saloon again. Bft if that is not to be—we’ll have to drink at home, even though home drinking is one of the evils we decry in the present sys- tem. “Well, if we're going to drink at home, we can do that now—if we want it bad enough to make it. So why change the law at all unless, of course, we want hard liquor—and none of the ad- voeates of change want that, do they? So where do we finish? Just where we started—with the eighteenth amend- ment and the Voistead act. Urges Educational Work. “To those who want abstinence to follow prohibition, may I suggest that they leave enforcement to the officers | Course Is Rapped By Woman Speaker Declares Teachings on| i World War Should Not Go Unchallenged. Protests against the reasons assigned for the causes of the World War. which, it has been announced, would b: taught at George Washington Univ sity by Prof L. D. Ragetz, were lodges with the women's patriotic conference on national defense today by Mrs. Vir ia White Speel, vice chairman of the istrict of Columbia Republican com- mittee, Loyal Legion, Mrs, Speel declared Lee fore the conference that if the women let Prof. Ragetz's teachings go unchal- lenged they were the most “lazy, silly and lay-dcwn-your-arms women in the world.” Mrs. Speel described the professor as & propagandist and said “his name sounds like he is a Russian.” “The whole thing,” she said, “is part of a plan to campaign to minimize the ;l;:rlflcu we suffered in the World ar.” WOMAN PATRIOTS URGE NAVAL PARITY Adopt Resolution Asking U. S. Delegates to Insist on ““Ship-for-Ship” Basis. Resolutions urging the American delegation at the London Naval Confer- ence to insist on “proportional parity, ship by ship,” before committing the American Government to naval reduc- tion, were adopted by the Women's Pa- triotic Conference on National Defense, at the closing session of its fifth an- nual meeting today. Representatives of 40 women's pa- triotic organizations also adopted res- olutions urging extension of the immi- gration restriction policy to the Western Hemisphere, a rigid deportation law, opposition to recognition of Soviet Rus- sia, and calling on its affliated groups to co-operate in combating Socialist and Communist teachings in schools and colleges. Answering with applause and an af- firmative vote, the delegates adopted another resolution recommending that of the law and return to the kind of work so splendidly by the Women's Christian Temperance Union and the Father Matthew T. A. B. 8. To_those who want beer and light wines, I sug- gest that they foref§lo the wish to buy and be content with what they make, but, above and beyond all, that they be good sports. They have made their fight and lost—lost to a combination of two mighty tendencies of the age— the economic and ethical reorganization of the American le.” Used Liquor for 24 Years. At the outset of his address, Mr. Fort said: my record is that I began s s I had been a member of House in 1917, I would not have voted e : muam!'::{ b ’ S the smendment s platform con- ent that I be- “Two_irresistible d swells in our national life,” Mr. gn'nld the House today, had been responsible for the o of these “was grow! Tsicmatising: of ‘our” industry. " The systematizing of our ¥ other was the demand that w and cl protected from evils which flowed from the liquor traffic. After the eighteenth amendment had ‘been ratified and was part of the Con- stitution, Mr. Fort continued, Conj tackled the job and produced stead act. Explains “Manufacture” Provise. “What does that say?” said‘Mr, Fort. Most of its language relates to the method and means of enforcement and 1 am not going to discuss those pro- visions toda; ‘The real legislation in the act is all in four or five sections. Pirst, it defines the worg “liquor” and the phrase “intoxicating liquor” as Hlnyfifln( fit for use as a bev- ‘which contains one-half per cent or more of alcohol. Then it prohibits any one from “manufacturing, sell- ing, bartering, transporting, importing, exporting _ delivering, furnishing possessing” any intoxicating except as authorized in the A ‘When it comes to the matter of possession of liquor, it provides that such jon is prima facle evi- dence that it is kept for sale in viola- tion of law, but that “it shall not be unlawful to posses liquors in one’s private dwelling—provided such liquors are for use only for the personal con- sumption of the owner thereof and his family, and of his bona fide guests ‘when '""mh':" by mm‘ h':u‘r,cl%" bm‘, puts upon the possessor urden of proving lawful acquisition of the liquor. Finally, there is no definition of what the word “manufacture” means, but the penalty section says: “The penalties provided in this chapter against the manufacture of liquor without a permit shall not apply to & person for manu- 18 non-intoxicating cider a fruit jul home.” anti- ition district, my statem mean erage nd exclusively for use in his “This latter proyision seems to me rather clearly to lift cider and light ‘wine, homemade for home use, out of the one-half of 1 per cent definition and, as to them, to apply the test of intoxication in fact. And, of course, if they can be lawfully made, they can be lawfully possessed in the home of the maker and used by him, his family and his guests. Whether this language can be stretched to cover mon-intoxicating home brew in fact is another question, but clearly the making, the possession and the use of homemade mnon-intox- jeating light v|m:a and ciders is not ibited the 3 Dt it that ta Dis judgment, sincere friends of temperance have done the eause of prohibition its greatest in- jury by insisting that the use of alcohol since the eighteenth amendment has become immoral. He said that the op- ponents of prohibition make :. serious case of the non-enforcement situation, with graft rampant, shootings frequent, politics n.nnnt‘ud the public appar- scquiescen This is g‘:{u , adding: ‘One potency the oath of allegiance to the Consti- tution be required of all teachers in the public sci . Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, presi- dent-general of the D. A. R, presided as chairman, and introduced Repre- sentative John C. Box of Texas, who addressed the delegates before the resolutions committee reported. Box, joint author of the Johnson- Box immigration bill, which carries provisions approved by the women's conference, asserted that immigration laws should be rewritten and that the country must be educated to realize that these laws must be enforced. y Col. Edwin Marshall Hadley of Chi- cago, formerly a member of the mili- | Er; tary intelligence section of the War Department, also addressed the con- ference. Ceontributery Steps Urged. Suggestions that the Federal Govern- ment peace-time production of war materials and that women make “artful” reference to current topics in letters to their friends, were among those mentioned yesterday and last ig] itory to greater na- tional security. Speaking late yesterday, Mrs. William Sherman Walker, chairman of the D. A. R. Defense Committee, proposed that m«nn conversation parties be organ in the interest of national defense. about war materials was made by Representative Lewis W. Douglas of Arizona, who said he would press in Congress a resolution to permit the War Department to let “educational contracts” for war materials so that a nucleus of personnel and equipment would be maintained. Douglas also said he would sponsor a proposal in Congress to provide universal drafting of men and materials in case of wi Last evening, the officers and dele- gates to the conference held the annual dinner in the Willard Hotel, with Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, president gen- eral of the D. A, R. and chairman of the conference, presiding. The woman members of the House of Representa- tives were guests, with Mrs. Finley J. Shepard of New York. Among those who spoke wére Representatives Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida, Florence Kahn of California, Katherine Langley of Kentucky, Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, and Mrs. Shepard. Each speaker urged continuance of their ;dvoclcy of strong national defense orces. you repeal the tariff law because it is violated hundreds of times s day, and graft often accompanies the violation? “No law which runs counter to tra- dition and habit—no law the violation of which offers a profit ever will be perfectly enforced. But relentless pres- sure for a period of years will have its steady effect.” Brookhart Brings Up Club. The prohibition question bobbed “p in the Senate debate late yesterday afternoon when Senator Brookhart of Jowa read part of a letter reporting that “real gin cocktails” and “fish house rum punch” are served in the Century Club in New York City. Refusing to name the author of the letter, Senator Brookhart fought back at the wets when they challenged his sertions that “booze conditions” in New York City have improved. Senator Tydings, Democrat of Mar: land, told Brookhart if he made a dili- gent search he could find 50 such clubs in any of the larger cities of the coun- ry. Brookhart replied to Tydings that he “belongs to that crowd which is ab- solutely crazy on this liquor issue.” Senator Copeland, Democrat of New ‘York, insist the Iowa dry was “blind and deaf” in picturing an improvement of prohibition enforcement in New York City. The answer given him was that “even the policemen in New York City have to go to Canada to get their ‘The Towan warned that he had “more fish to fry later.” He sald he sent the letter to Chairman Wickersham of the Law Enforcement Commission, with the “hope that at an early day he will be ready to advise us how to stop these violations of the liquor law in the Cen- tury Club, 7 West Forty-third street, New York.” The portion of the letter read by Brookhart was undated and unsigned. ‘| It bore the heading “Century Club, 7 ‘West Forty-third street, New York City,” and read: 3 “With all the chaotic conditions now %“&ffium was the t existed e or personal proper how many returning b the enforcement of the talls are served at the monthly dinners usually attended by 100 to 150 members | yr and then consider the wonderful fish house rum punch that appeared at the last New Year eve celebration?” A delegate from the Dames of the | | Parmers of Japan say that rice prices are so low that they cannot make any rofit. jand Mrs. William Littauer, Mrs. Oscar T University History i SO CONTRIBUTIONS SET AT S8 4024 Chest Chairman ‘Announces « Approximately $901,000 Remains to Fill Budget. (Continued From First Page.) for $157.50; division 27, Mrs. Allan Davis, 103 pledges for $1,469.30; divi- ;1‘0ln2 :g, G. M. Yeatman, 42 pledges for Chairman Noyes Reports. For the special gifts committee, Chairman Newbold Noyes announced that its total efforts to date have netted $769,472. He reiterated the offer of his assistance or the assistance of any of his committee members to work on any team connected with the Metro- politan Unit during the remainder of the campaign. Wil'i a number of large contributors of last year still to be| heard from, the special gifts commit- | tee has good hopes of nearly reaching | its own goal by February 6. Chairman Frank R. Jelleff of the Group Solicitation Unit is working with “key” men in approximately 500 busi- ness and industrial establishments and is confident that Washington's business district will support the campaign as loyally as last year. All workers were reminded again by Mr. Poole that there will be no solici- tation in the Government departments this year. He stressed this repeatedly in explaining that Government em- ployes are to be solicited by members of the Metropolitan Unit in their homes. With the streets cleared of snow: drifts and sidewalks passable, an ui usually large attendance of campal ers was expected at today's report meet- ing in the Mayflower Hotel. More than 700 braved yesterday's storm to report. Special Gifts Report. In the reports of the special gifts committee the contributions of Mr&.‘ Frederick A. Keep of $3.000 and of Mrs. | Hennen Jennings of $2,500 were inad- vertently omitted. Gifts of $100 and more are as fol- lows: $480, Benjamin G. Murphy; $420, nest H. Danlel; $400, Sidney H. Relzenstein, Henry W. Miller, Wilbur F. Nash, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilmer, & Bros., Harry Blake, Mrs. Alfred Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Wilhemus Bryan, Schneider Bakery Co., Mrs. Hat- tie Mayer, Janet Richards, David J. Hill, Roger Whiteford, Adolph Kahn, Mrs. C. C. Glover, jr.; Charles Henry Butler, A. C. Moses, Harold E. Doyle. Col. and Mrs. D. S. Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Chappell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Denby, Mrs. Caroline P. Ford, Mrs. Herman Hollerith, Marshall Leigh- ton, Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Arthur Sund- lun, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Houghton, Dr. William E. Clark, Miss Julia Mattis, Warren T. Brenizer, Floyd D. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas McGrew, Dr. Sterling RufMn and Justice Edward Terry Sanford; $399.07, Washington Mechanics Savings Bank: $380, Gun- ston, Hall, Inc. 75, Kitty G. Schwab, Albert Sigmund, Charles L. Sturtevant; $360, George W. Hughely, Mrs. Minnie 8. Neell; $369.35, National Capital Bank of Washington; $350, McLachlen Bank- ing Corporation, Sel Lansburgh, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schwartz, Carry Ice Cream Co.; $330, Carroll Electric Con- struction, 321.28, Bank of Com- Mr. and Mrs. 5 . and Mrs. Wil- liam E. Connor, Frances Young, Frank Nesbit, Fannie May Candy Co., Sol Her- Maj. and Mrs. George Patton, Mrs. tch Kelley, Mi d Mrs. C. . Ogilby, Dr. . White, Mrs, a L. Cuniberti, Mrs. Willlam M. Willlams, George Calvert Bowie, Frances Sortwell, Harry Sherby, Allen Pope, Mrs, Charles G. Matthews, Dr. Willlam B. Mason, John J. Hamil- ton, Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Foraker, Charles A. Robinson, Edgar K. Legg, J Men's Shop, Les . F. Prince, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick D. Faust, Mrs. Mal- colm 8. McConihe, Charles E. Galliher, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Christie, Mr: Floyd Waggaman, international Ex- change Bank, Seventh Street Savings Bank, Mrs. Duncan E. Cameron, Rev. P. M. Rhinelander, Mr. and Mrs. Wris- ley Brown, Mrs. J. R. Patterson, Sam- uel J. Prescott, Karl D. Loss, Emerson & Orme, Dr. and Mrs. Bernard L. Hardin, John J. Earley, Mr. and Mrs, Charles V. Wheeler, Justice Pierce But- ler, Mrs. Frank C. Letts, Mr. and Mrs, Charles P. Light, Joseph T. Weller, Her- bert J. Adair, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Trow- bridge, C. & C. Coat & Towel Supply Co., Arthur E. Dowell, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Hoover, George C. Pumphrey, Stockett-Fiske Co., E. R. True, jr.; Judge William R. Turner; $280, Anna Gertrude Blauvelt; $270, anonymous; $252.58, Northeast Savings Bank: $252, Charles G. Stott Co., Inc.; $250, Mr. A. Jarecki, George Marye, Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Snow, jr.; Mrs. Willlam HAurd Hill, Connecticut-Copperthite Ple Co., Clarence A. O’'Brien, American Fire Insurance Co., Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mr. and Mrs. David Ingalls, Miss Elizabeth B. Bliss, Willlam L. Crounse, Mr. and Mrs. John Jay O'Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Duehay, Dr. Edwin Behrend, Wilton J. Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Hamilton, jr.; Walter G. Dunlop, K, ~ ¢ | $210.92, Morris Plan Bank of Washing- | Reeves, Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Cooper, | Chase Savings Bank; $150, Fulton Bry- 5 | ] | Rule Forbids Chest Workers to Solicit In U.S. Departments The attention of campaigners for the Community Chest was called today by John Poole, cam- paign chairman, to the fact that all Government departments are closed against solicitors. ‘The reason for this additional warning was because of com- plaints received at Chest head- quarters that a number of Gov- ernment employes have been ap- proached during office hours in violation of orders that no solici~ tation shall be conducted in the departments. Members of the Metropolitan Unit were advised that Govern- ment employes should be solicited for contributions at their homes before or after office Qours. This rule from Chest headquarters ap- plies to all campaigners. $225, Frank J. Stryker, George A. King, C. Mathews Dick, Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Brand; $214.32, Departmental Bank; ton; $200, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Worth, ‘Washington Savings Bank, E. L. Huff- man, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam McKee Dunn, Elizabeth P. Patterson, Lewis M. Thayer, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Ransdall, anonymous, - Mrs, Elmer Oliver, Mrs. Juan Mayer, William L. Yaeger, John Walsh, L. R. Eakin, Mrs. Sydney Cloman, Arthur D. Marks, John B. Geler, Benolt Baer, William D. West, Bishop James E. Freeman, Davis, Wick, Rosengarten Co.. Inc.; E. B. Adams Co., Inc.: Mrs, Ross Thompson, George E. 7' 4, John R. Murrell, Mr. anu A., C. Mayer, Victor Deybor, .i.iph L. Goldsmith, Mrs. Calderon Carlisle, Daniel C. Roper, H. R. Howenstein, Mrs. Clifford Lewis, Mrs. Frances James Rayner, Ernest F. Mechlin, Floyd P. Waggaman, Mrs. Willlam R. Doeller, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tirrell, Mr. and Mrs. John Boit, Samuel J. Prescott Co., Walter C. Cle- phane, Mary Wheeler, Miss Leila Fisher, Mrs. F. R. Weller, Adolph Weyl, Charles N. Gregory, Dr. Thomas L. Rust, Senator Hiram Bingham, Sewell A. Dr. and Mrs. D. Buckingham, Comdr. and Mrs. A. 8. Carpender, Mrs. H. H. Hawkins, John Hubbard, Dr. Harry M. Kaufman, Reeve Lewis, Martin H. Rit- tenhouse, M. D. Sedam, Burdett Stryker, George O. Tenney, George W. White, Call Carl, Inc.; D. W, ©O’Donoghue, ker & Garrett, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Collican, The Stern Co. Charles E Hughes, jr.; Max Pasternak, anonymous, | ‘Walker Hill Dairy, Miss Antoinette Carry, Mrs. W. P. M. Sowers, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Townsend,. Alexan- der Legge, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, J. F. Dryden, Franklin H. Ellis, Liebman Brothers, Raleigh Haberdasher, Continental Life Insurance Co., David 8. Barry. $180, Frederic Willlam Wile, Mr. and Mrs. David Meade Lea; 8175, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Turrentine, Mrs, William Holabird; $170.24, st Washington Savings Bank; $160, Thomas P. Bones, John Saul, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ottenberg; $156.16, Chevy lawski, Willlam Deiches & Co., Inc. Joseph Luchs, Harry G. Meem, Rich- ard A. Harlow, Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Horgan, M. E. Buckley, R. C. Fulbright, George Miller, Marian Young, Mrs. J. Davis = Brodhead, Lawrence Gassen- heimer, Eugene A. Smith, Comdr. Smith Hempstone, G. W. Hutchinson, Mr. and Mrs. Willmott Lewis, Dennis C. Shea, E. Morrison Paper Co., C. B. Dulcan, Dr. and Mrs. G. C. Birdsall, Mrs. Cath- erine, M. Werber, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Gans; $125, George E. Elliott, R. W. Bolling, Equitable Securities Corpora- tion, Guy Mason, Mrs. Stokes Halkett, Belle Gurnee, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hen- derson, Margaret Scattergood, Mrs. E. B. McCagg, Arthur Seagren, J. Eris Powell, E. B. Eynon, jr.; $120, George E. Potter, Miss Florence Spofford, Frazier D. Head, Mrs. Karl Klemm, Richard G. Park, jr.; Frank S. Hight, Randolph Leigh, C. Grifith Warfield, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Carr, H. C. Mc- Cawley; $110, Mrs. Robert H. Chap- man; $100, Thomas F. Littlepage, Joseph A. Burkhart, Nathanlel Holmes, James S. Parker, Charlotte 8. Cullen, Dr. and Mrs. G. Brown Miller, anonymous, anonymous, Fred H. Behring, George Bell, Dr. and Mrs. Louls Greene, F. Trubee Davison, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Southgate, Mrs. E. R. Alexander, Mrs. James R. Mann, Hugh H. Obear, Arlon V. Cushman, Rozier H. Dulany, jr. Walter Denegre, Carl A. Mapes, Beale R. Howard, Thomas E. Jarrell, Trew Motor Co., Whelan Drug Co., George Bond Cochran, Mrs. Ella R. Harrles, Dr. Joseph H. Bryan, Maj. and Mrs, Raymond Lee, Warren Robbins, Claude R. Branch, Dr. H. H. Donnally, Dr, Charles B. Crawford, Capt. and Mrs. Stewart Smith, Mrs. J. B. Harriman, J. H. Cranford, George L. Hart, Allen C. Clark, George H. Norton, Willlam L. Radcliffe, Miss Gertrude W. Myer, | John A. Hinckley, Frank P. Harman, | A. B. Dick Co., Arthur Brown, Willlam H. Saunders & Co., Ernest E. Herrell, Col. and Mrs. Paul Henderson, Ernest R. Ackerman, Joseph Zegowitz, M. E. Swing & Co., W. W. Spalding, Southern Wholesalers Co., Michael A. Keane, William Neuland, Green Mish Co., A.| M. Baer, Rev. and Mrs. Z, B. Phillips. | Rev. and Mrs. Albert H. Lucas, Col. and Mrs. Louis McC. Little, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Frost, Mrs. James C. Craw- ford, Hambleton & Co., Hydraulic Press Brick Co, Willlam G. Wheeler, Mrs. Thomas W. Lockwood, Arthur B. Heaton, Mr. and Mrs, Bruce E. Clark, Donald H. McKnew, Mabel W. Wille- Le Roy Tuttle, Mrs. Powell Clayton, Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, Walter R. Tuckerman, Dr. Alexander Y. P. Gar- nett, anonymous, A. Julian Brylawski, Mrs. Isador Grosner, Wharton E. Lester, Fred S. Schow, Mr. and Mrs. H. Glenn Phelps, Miss Anna Carry. Howard Moran, W. G, Noyes, Arthur Carr, Dulin & Martin Co., Frank B. Essex, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lesh, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Justice J. C. McReynolds, Benjamin S.. Minor, Carroll Morgan, John Small, Richard P. Whitty, John F. M. Bowle, Harold H. Levy, Mr, and Mrs. Mark Lansburgh, Columbia Planograph Co., Albert Doug: las, Willlam Butterworth, Mr. and Mr: Jewett Shouse, Maj. Ennals Haggaman, Saks Fur Co., Alfred P. Thom, Mrs. Edward E. Robbins, Walter Penfield, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Schwartz, G. Percy McGlue, Walter Johnson, Buckholtz, M. Brooks & Co., George W. Harris, Capitol Awning Co., Mr. and s, F. H. McCormick-Gogghart, anonymous, Percy Atherton, = Mrs. Pauline Beyer, Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Drury, Mrs. D. J. Dunigan, Lanier P. McLachlen, Alex Wolf and Henry ‘Woodward; $240, 8 Gordon $237.22, North Capitol llvlw Bank $230, Mr. and Mrs. Hi ‘Wiley; brandt, Mr. and Mrs. E. Brooke Lee, Mrs, Gracle K. Richards, Elisha Han- son, Nathan Wallach, Mr. and Mrs. David H. Blair, Y. E. Booker, Misses Nelly and Isabel Sedgley, Percy Cran- {ford, anonymous, Clarence B. Hurrey, ‘William C. Sullivan, Mrs. Zaidee Ellis Gaff, John W. Hulse, Mrs. David K. McCarthy, Charles M. Schneider, Lau- rence Slaughter, Bonbright & Co., Harry K. Boss, Rizik Brothers, George | ‘F. Graham, Henry C. Hall, Mrs. J. M. Holton, )(I?uerlu W. Hynson, Fred 8. Wynn, W. F. Burrows, Col. George C. ‘Thorpe, George Carroll Todd, James M. Johnston & Co., Stein Bros. & Boyce, A. B. See Elevator Co., Janet Aldrich, American Dairy Supply Co., Baker Watts & Co,, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Bel- mont, Albert Fletcher, Frederick R. Gibbs, Graduate Nurses' Association, Heldenheimer, Inc,, Isaac Heldenheimer, William Hitz, 1. Elwood Jones, Homer L. Kitt, Willlam E. Leahy, Irvine L. Lenroot, Mme. Elizabeth Lessinoff, Mrs, Robert 8. McCormick, Willlam P. Mere- dith, Dr. Willlam A. | ford Pinchot, E. | enced’ big- POLICE PAY RAISE BILL IS FAVORED House Sub Group Delays Ac- tion to Hear Donovan and Simmons. Members of the ::bcommittee of the | House District committee made it plain during the hearing this morning on the bill to increase the salaries of police and firemen that they were in favor of the measure, However, a mbtion by Representative Beers was withheld at the request of Chairman Lambert, who had promised & hearing at 3 p.m. today to District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan and Cha‘r- man Simmons of the subcommittee on District appropriations. All of the witnesses at the hearing this morning, including Chairman Proc- tor L. Dougherty of the Board of Dis- trict Commissioners and the presidents of all of the business and civic organiza- tions, supported this measure. Commissioner Dougnerty suggested changes in' the rate of pay for the three highest officers in the Police and Fire Departments amounting to a reduction of $500 each below the rates carried in the bill—for major and superintendent, $8,000, instead of $8,500; assistant su- perintendent, $5,000, instead of $5,500, and inspectors, $4,000, instead of $4,500, with corresponding reductions in the schedule for the Fire Department. It was explained that the suggested re- ductions were to make the salary roil more nearly correspond with the sala- ries of officlals in other departments in the District government. Among those who urged that the bill be passed without change were Charles ‘W. Darr, president of the Washington Chamber of Commerce; Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federatio of Citizens' Associations; W. C. Roberts, representing the American Federation of Labor; Edward J. Murphy, president of the Washington Board of Trade; Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the Merchants’ & Manufacturers Asso- ciation; John D. Colpoys, president of the Washington Central Labor Union; Frank A. Barney, president of the Po- licemen’s Association; E. O. Connor, president of the Firemen's Association, and Fred W. Baer, representing the In- ternational Association of Fire Fighters. Mr. Darr paid a high tribute to the ‘Washington police. Civic Bodies’ Support. Dr. Havenner, who is also chairman of the citizens' advisory council, pointed out to the subcommittee that this is the first time that all of the major civic organizations in the District of Columbia have been a unit in support- ing any piece of legislation, Dr. Havenner is an expert investi- gator with the United States Bureau of Efficiency. He told the subcommittee that an analysis he made of the pay of police and firemen in 20 other large cities showed that Washington was fourteenth on the list as regards pay of police and fifteenth as regards pay of firemen. Mr. Roberts, as an official of the American Federation of Labor, said that the federation heartily supports this measure, but would like to see a higher rate of pay in the lower positions run- ning from $2,100 as & minimum to $2.,600. President Murphy of the Washington Board of Trade sald the executive board of that organization, the board of directors and full meeting of the organization have voted emphatically in favor of the proposed salary increases and hoped that it would pass without any changes. Gen. Stephan said that the Mér- chants and Manufacturers’ Assocfation represents the largest group of taxpay- ers and those who are most interested in having adequate and efficient police and fire protection. He said that what- ever the increase in taxes might be as a result of this legislation, the members of his association are ready to bear their share. He called attention that the employment of police and firemen is hazardous and that, therefore, rates of pay in other branches of the munic- ipal government should not be taken as & basis for fixing the salary schedules in the Police and Fire Departments. Mr. Colpoys sald that he spoke for 65,000 citizens in organized labor who are doing the work and paying the bills and that they are earnestly sup- porting this measure because they be- | lieve that proper protection of life and ?rvperty requires a well paid, efficient orce, Mr. Baer, questioned by members of the subcommittee, compared the sal- arles of police and firemen in Washing- ton with those in cities throughout the country, and more than 60 cities pay higher salaries to their police and firemen. He sald that the average pay of firemen today is about $2,560 per year. He reported that the Interna- tional Association of Fire Fighters is earnestly in favor of this bill, but would like to see increases especially in the lower rates, if possible. Indorsed by Dougherty. Commissioner Dougherty, the first witness, indorsed the bill in substance, declaring there was a marked need for its passage. Representative Reid of Illinols de- clared in his formal discussion which followed that the stipulation in the bill that the superintendent of police on re- tirement should receive an annual sal- ary of $2,600 should be amended. He sald this sum was entirely too small. Charles W. Darr, president of the Chamber of Commerce, was the mnext witness. He made g vigorous appeal for favorable action on the bill. He pointed out that the measure had been approved by the Chamber of Commerce, the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Association, the Federation of Citizens' Associations, the Civic Council and organized labor. Darr cited figures which showed that olicemen and firemen in many other rge cities make more money than do those of Washington. Representative Palmer of Missouri told Darr he thought some of the salary rates in the bill were too low. “I think %ou have a very fine Police Department ere and a lot of this recent lgl!ltlonl t,” he added. PANTHER DRIVEN TO COVER BY SNOW, ‘The heavy snowfall of yesterday is believed to have sent into hiding the wild beast that has been preying upon the stock of District and nearby Mary- land farmers, eleventh precinct police having spent the last 24 hours without & single call from the Northeast section, which the beast has made one of its haunts, and not a single report of the beast’s’ having made its appearance coming from Maryland. “aroughout the section where the b- . has been reported, however, plans wcre being lald today for a concerted hunt should the animal engage in any more hog-killing ex%edmona. The snow- fall is regarded by the police and hunts- men as ideal for tracking the beast. Capt. Charles T. Peck of No, 11 to- day requested all huntsmen to stay off any trail of the beast that might be found, to allow bobeat dogs and experi- ,lm! huntsmen to take the trail and kill or capture the beast. “In- experlenced hunters on the trail of the animal for the sport of the thing have repeatedly ruined trails that might have led police and the experienced huntsmen they have had with them to the hiding place of the animal,” Capt. | has been very unju: p | Peck declared. “We want to rid the sec- George' Walson and Willlam H. West. tion of a constant menace to life and property, and the best way for hunts- men to help is to stay off the trail. | sions.” HE _EVENING :STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1930. HOOVER’S COMMISSIONS Political Foes of President Sure to Open Attacks on Fact- Finding Idea When They Decide on Course of Action. This is the second of a series of articles on President Hoover’s use of fact-finding commissioners to aid the administrative arm of the Govern- ment. BY ALVA JOHNSTON. Political war is certain to be declared sooner or later on the Hoover commis- sions. So far, however, the President’s enemies have not agreed on their line |of attack; some contend that the com- mission is &' mechanism adopted by a negative personality for dodging issu others that it is the devide of an auto- crat for encroaching on legislative au- thority. In the words of Representative Wil- liam B. Bankhead of Alabama, Confress is already “sick and tired of cominis- One Senator in a committee meeting said flatly, “Commissions are bunk.” The prevailing witticism at ‘Washington is “A man was found wan- dering about the streets who could not remember his name, address or what commisison he belonged to.” A typical wisecrack was made on the floor of the House by~Representative D, D. Clover of Alabama, who, discussing the com- mission to study the public lands ques- tion, the gentleman not afraid that a large commission of this kind, made up of 25 people, who are to have from now until December, 1930, to walk over this government grass they are talking about, which is being damaged by the stock going over it, will do more harm than the cattle?” Idea Applauded by Smith. Not that commissions are a new sub- Ject. As far back as 1911 some legis- lators were tired of hearing of them. In that year John Sharp Williams in- troduced a bill for a Commission to In- vestigate Commissions. The commis- slon idea is not a monopoly of the Presi- dent. The House of Representatives was reported a few days ago to have 53 bills before it for the creation of commis- sions. Another fact which embarrasses the effort to launch an attack on the Hoover commissions is that former Gov. Smith in his campaign eloquently ex- pounded the commission idea—told of the splendid governmental results achleved in Albany and achievable in ‘Washington by calling in the best and ablest minds to supply facts which the executive had no opportunity to dig up for himself. So far the skirmishing with the President on commissions is in the jesting stage, tentatively emerging now and then into charges that the President is weak and that the Presi- dent is domineering; that he is falling to measure up to his responsibilities and that he is vastly exceeding his respon- sibilities. The National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (the Wickersham Commission) has caused the opponents of the President to fear that he is using the commission to shift responsibllity. That commission did, as a matter of fact, enable the President to handle a difficult situation without exposing himself to hostile at- tack. Mr. Hoover would have made a target of himself, if he had, of his own initative, asked Congress to abolish trial by jury in minor Federal cases and to create lower Federal courts. Demo- cratic and wet forces would have united in ridiculing a mining engineer's happy thoughts on law reform. Coming from 11 distinguished jurists of both parties, however, the recommendations could not be treated as political propaganda or as an itinerant gold prospector’s naive ignorance of American institu- tions. In this sense, the commission may develop to some extent asa bomb- proof shelter for the President, but that does not necessarily mean that he Is dodging responsibility. " Sentiment-Creating Agency. The commission may_develop politi- cally in another way. It is an agency for creating public sentiment. The President’s commission on public lands, for instance, -is expected to paint vivid Flcture of that situation, a ple- ture of the vast damage done to a con- tinent by the fallure of government to grapple with a great problem. After the facts have been brought to light and public attention focused on them, the. old ignorance on the problem can never be restored. Postponement; may take place, but the subject must be dealt with in the light of knowledge. The demagague and the chatterer will have to find other subjects. It happens that in the public lands case all parties interested are eager for its solution. ‘The only opposition that seems likely to develop routine minority opposi- tion to achievement by the party in power. ‘The commission here is expected not only to find good remedies for the pub- lic lands evil, but to create public sen- timent in favor of action., The emi- nence of the persons on the commit- tee, the fact that all parties and all Interests are represented, are expected to influence public demand for legislation. In this way commissions may develop as ‘a presidential method of putting ressure on Congress. In the public ands case most of the members of Congress, Republican and Democratic, from the regions where the subject is & burning issue, would welcome public opinion which would hasten the solu- tion of the problem. As Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Hoo- ver had 1,300 commissions and confer- ences of various kinds and types. As President, his commissions have been comparatively few in number, but he has hinted that there will be many more. The facts of many neglected sit- uations will be developed. The Hoover theory is not to use commissions as a means of trying to force the President’s pre-conceived views on Congress, but to bring out the truth and trust largely to the truth to make its own way in shap- ing national policy. The President, for instance, has no Haitian policy; he does not profess to understand the Haitian situation; he does not know whether the truth lies with those who say the Marines are making Haiti a wilderness or those who say they are making it a paradise; he believes that when the facts are ob- tained by impartial investigators there will be no difficulty in deciding on an intelligent course. The fact-worshiping philosophy of the President was developed most fully in his letter to Dr. W. C. Thompson, prc:idlnt emeritus of Ohio State Uni- verstly. His Philosophy of Facts. “No real bellever in democracy ques- tions the sureness of public judgment if the public is given the truth, but there is a time element in the tri- umph of truth. When we look back over history we see the periods of either moral, social, political or economic stag- nation while the truth was en route and some variety of untruth occupled the scene, We can and must, however, greatly increase the production of truth, and we must know the truth be- fore the grave interest of 120,000,000 people is involved in Government poli- tics. We can sometimes speed up pro- duction before the ill-informed awakes to his opportunities. Facts are bad for his digestion and the truth makes mis- representation uncomfortable. And the | truth, as you say, is hard to discover: | it must be distilled through the com- | mon judgment of skilled men and wom- | en from accurately and patiently col- | lected facts and knowledge before the | extraction of the essence of wisdom. | “The materials themselves also are | hard to come by; it takes patience, es- pecially as our many inventions have forever banished the simple life. In the meantime a vast clamor of half | truths and untruths and injured facts will always fill the air and intoxicate | people’s emotions. The President him- | self cannot pretend to know or have the time for detailed investigations into every one of the hundreds of subjects | in a great people; But the fine minds of our citizens are available and can be utilized for the search. “S0 you will know why when you hear of more and more temporary com- mittees, commissions, conferences, re- searches—that they are not for execu- tive action (for which they are anath- ema), but are one of the sound processes for the search, production and distribu- tion of the truth. And they are more— they spread co-omnon with govern- ment among our citizens, not only in finding this truth, but also they aid | to spread it and get action on it.” An Opposition View. One phase of the subject of Hoover | commissions was debated interestingly in the House of Representatives on Jan- uary 23 and 24 of this year, when the bill to authorize the Public Lands Com- mission was up, Representative Bank- head opposed the bill. He contended that it was the duty of members of Congress to make their own studies of every question, however complex or ramified; that the members of the com- mittee on public lands knew all about the question, anyway, or could soon gather what additional knowledge was | needed. “Gentlemen,” he continued, “we are going pretty wild on this commissign business. The fleld is very inviting. I have not the time now to recount some of the great commissions, some of the expensive commissions, we have author- ized, the time they have spent in these enterprises, the vast amount of public money that has been expended on them. I could recount them almost without number even in my own experience. No practical legislative result, in my opin- ion, has ever come from a single one of them. But in this modern time we hear of commitsions for this and commis- sions for that. * * * When the Ex- ecutive is allowed to come in by influ~ ence or by appointment of commissions outside, like this one, I feel, gentlemen, it is an invasion not only of the dig- nity but of the real constitutional con- struction of our forefathers with refer- en(c; to ;yu‘rhduuem" ne of the exchanges in the course of the debate was the following: Mr. Bankhead—It is admitted that you have a lot of information in refer- ence to this question, and you said in answer to the chairman of the commit- tee that you either had or could all of the statistical information mflnn- eral information you would require in order to formulate an intelligent policy. That much is admitted. But the t.rwufia is, gentlemen, that the area is so vast and there are 5o many local and selfish and personal interests involved in this question that you Western gentlemen cannot get a meeting of minds upon the general policy because of local influ- en:‘el mld‘ b:::‘l_u‘}filelrenc- of opinion. T, av the yield ry gentleman Mr. Bankhead—Yes. Mr. Leavitt—Is that not the reason wh,z wenneedhl &o:ll,;nllllon? . ea 0. I sa not need a commission. it Nothing New, Replies Fort. Representative Franklin W. Fort de- fended the resolution ‘speec Whlfih he ulfi: s o “Now, gentlemen have talked of spe- cial commissions as if they were mfi- thing new. There were 15 of them created under the administration of President Wilson—and this eliminates the three war years of 1916, 1917 and 1918. There were 15 created in the other five years of Mr. Wilson's ad- ministration; there were 18 in Mr. Harding’s administration, and there t'l:n 20 in Mr. Coolidge’s ndministra- n. . “It search is nothing new. My own goes back @8 far as 1867. I have not gone back of that date, but z{ure ;ven :gme in devl administra- on since then, and why? Becat the complexity of o ica raises new problems many sides of the examined by narrow because, gentlemen of the you know.this to be true—the demands on your time and my time, with the enormous growth of our dis- tricts, with the vast llaison duties de- manded of us by our constituents are too t for us to give to any one question of public importance = ‘year's solid study. ~This kind of question needs a year's solid and exclunva study by '.rmc-: minds. You cannot do it, I cannot do it, no member of this House can do it. It is not that we would not if we could, it is that we cannot. With the ressure of all our duties, we must ave somebody else collect and collate the facts for us in order that we get the worth-while facts digested first so that we know what we need to read and to study and not have thrown at us a mass of questions and answers in hearings, undigested. for our perusal.” In this Mr. Fort made a close a grr:-ch to the suggestion of Glenn nk, president of the University of Wisconsin, that the time had come to create a third House of Congress, a technical and fact-getting house to aid the other two. Later, in the debate, it was brought out that the Court of Claims had actually changed its struc- ture and procedure because of this growing complexity of its work; that court no longer listens to witnesses at all, but has turned over the whole task o:’ inquiring into the facts to commis- sioners, Rule by Dictator Cited. The difficulties of legislative bodies in other parts of the world in adjust- ing themselves to mmulngly compli- cated problems were emphasized by Representative Luce, who said: “The march of invention has, within these 10 years, brought to us the prob- lems of the radio, the problems of in- terstate motor transportation and the grob!emu of aircraft. The same period as brought us the problems of the prohibition law. “With these burdens and all other burdens brought by new conditions, it has become manifestly impossible for the members of this House to master without help all the problems that con- front them. “If the product of 15 years of ear- nest study of the legislative branches of government throu!houz the world may be of any value I would say my own ocnclusion is that right there you have the reason for the disrepute into which | legislative bodies have everywhere fall- | en. Everywhere there is harsh criti- cism of legislative assemblies. They do not satisfy. That is the reason for Mus- solini; that is the reason why within a few months Jugoslavia has thrown out of the window representative govern- ment; that is the reason why there is a dictator in Poland; why there is a dicta- tor in Spain; why there is a dictator in Portugal. It is because legislative bod- ies have not adapted themselves to the new conditions of life.” Will Rogers LONDON, England, January 31.— Another meeting yesterday. It looked pretty vacant without the King. Eve) made a speech and fin- ished by nronofl;n&, of which was spoke of whal in front of them, but that they felt equal to the occassion. France and Italy do most of thé talking. Their oratory is out of all g‘l;ownlun to their naval tonnage, but the Japs never say a word or miss a word. I met Admiral Takhira, one of their principal delegates, out at Ambassa- dor Dawes’ the other night and on leaving 1 shook hands with him very warmly and said, “Admiral, I am going right home to America and I want to say that I have shook hands with the winner.” Yours, ILL JERS. ROG! P.S>-Joe Robinson said to me, “WIill, the whole thing is no differ- ent from old Arkansaw politics, only the food is a little fancler.” (McNaught Syndicate, Inc.) | centay be SPAIN FORMALLY, OPENS NEW REGIME King Alfonso and Duke of Alba Outstanding Figures in Government. By the Associated Press, MADRID, January 31.—Two figures stood foremost in Spain today as the country formally entered upon the re- gime of the new premier, Gen. Damaso Berenguer, replacing the six-year dic- tatorship of Gen. Primo De Rivera. The first of these figures was the country’s monarch, King Alfonso XIII, who, as at no time since the beginning or his reign in 1886, seemed to be in almost complete charge of national af- fairs, & guiding hand for general policy if not the actual executor of the mass of governmental detail. ‘The second figure was the Duke of Alba, Spanish intellectual, humanist and social reformer, who was'sworn in last night as minister of public edu- cation in the new cabinet. It appeared the apparently insignificant portfolio was given him to afford an opportunity of making peace with the striking uni- versity students of Madrid’ and other cities; that task completed, he prob- ably will be elevated to the ministry of state, which will replace the old ministry of foreign affairs. Decide King Shall Preside. ‘The new cabinet, meeting for the first time last night, shortly after it had been sworn in and its members presented to the Spanish royal family, decided that King Alfonso should pre- side at each Thursday session as he did before the dictatorship was estab- lished. The initial cabinet council it- self met under the chairmanship of the sovereign. v Premier Gen. Berenguer, making his first address as head of the govern- ment, declared the program of the new regime was defined clearly and that the mission of the dictatorship during the past six years was termi- nated. He said it was the duty of the government to press as rapidly as pos- sible the judicial and constitutional restoration which was set aside when Gen. Primo De Rivera seized power. ‘The council decided to set aside Gen, Primo De Rivera's decrees and dic- tatorial dispositions, and to suppress immediately the National Assembly, which Primo set up with advisory | powers only to replace the old parlia- mentary cortes. To Revive Constitution of 1876, Persons close to the new regime said that the government immediately would take the steps necessary to re-establish the constitution of 1876, hold elections for deputies and senators so as to re- establish Parliament and to provide new municipal and provincial elections. Among other reforms believed contem- plated are pardoning of artillerymen and other men, principally generals, who were separated from the army by orders of Gen. Primo De Rivera. It was expected appointments to many high offices would be made at the Sat- urday session of the cabinet. Meanwhile the first impression that the general public was inclined favor- ably toward the new government grew. The ministry was consideréd generally to have been wisely selected because of tumb. tiveness and familiarity .with Madrid ced the most tran day since the students' strike “. vera ice were cut greatly, both in it and in nearby ecities. reports from any quarter of any de- velopment whatever of alarming char- acter. The government denied that b4 minister of labor, who is hurryi from Geneva, were sworn in ube fore 'SUN OIL ASKS DELAY IN ACTION ON WHARF ‘The Sun Ofl Co. of Philadelphia has asked Maj. Brehon Somervell, Distriet Engineer the War Dej the Wi ld up any area, to action on its application for a permit to construct a wharf northwesterly of the Key Bridge at Rosslyn, Va,, it was learned today. Maj. Somervell,' accord- , will let the matter rest at present, until further action is taken by the company. Maj. Somervell was prepar- o ;o l'lrllke his raeommendnnur; wO!ehe chief of Army Engineers, Maj. n. Lytle Brown, but the course the major p d to take was not made public. lmhether éhe :\lll'l‘ Oil Co. has defi- nitely abandone program to con- struct lxvhlrl and tanks just upstream nt for {ying its plans is not known here at this time. Negotlations for the wharf permit were conducted through Spencer Gordon, Washington attorney, and the company’s branch office at Baltimore. Mr. Gordon was without definite infor- ntl:uon today on the company’s next step. NAVY DELEGATIONS STUDY COMPROMISE OFFERED BY FRANCE (Continued From First Page.) the principal naval advisers of all the delegations and their wives at a luncheon at No. 10 Downing street. The American delegation held a long session this morning. Aristide Briand, French foreign minister, left for Paris for the week end and Premier Tardieu planned to follow suit tomorrow. ‘The newly created international coun~ cil bore the mandate of the Naval Con ference conferred upon it at a plenar, sesslon yesterday when the Unite States, Great Britain, Japan, Frano and Italy agreed unsnimously to mak: a studious examination of a technical question, which has plagued every dis- cussion of naval limitation for neas'~ a decade, Every indication pionted to growir, sentiment for the French proj 1 under which each nation would glvey & total tonnage, but permitted a cerisin latitude in dividing this total amww: various types of ships. It may be twd or three weeks before any final action. is taken on this question because ol ¥~ ! detalls entering the calculations. One of the most troublesome of these details was the decision as to what per- ge of naval tonnage should thus transferable from one class or cate- gory of warships to another. LECTURES ON RUSSIA. “Soviet Russia as I Saw It” will be the subject of an address to be given by Dr. Robert Harvey Gault, professor of psycl at Northwestern Univer- sity, before Ame! Association of University Women, which meets tomor- row at 7 o'clock in the organization's | club house. gaged in research, Dr. Gault was & member of the members made up International Educa which, under the of John Dewey, visited as official guests of the