Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1930, Page 7

FORUM TALKS GIVE U1 5. BRIGHT FUTURE Hyde, Walsh and Beck Speak in First Anniversary Broadcast. America was pictured as a fertile fleld for the optimism of the mightiest Nation on earth, a field in which the heritage of its citizens, equality and opportunity, can be brought to the highest possible standard and where & continuing and growing justice may prosper, by three nationally prominent speakers in the first anniversary program of the National Radio Forum arranged by The Evening Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System. ‘The speakers were Secretary of Agri- eulture Arthur M. Hyde, Senator David 1. Walsh of Massachusetts and Repre- sentative James M. Beck of Pennsyl- vania. The program was presented from Star’s studio through Station WMAL and over the Columbia System's Nation-wide hook-up. Representative Beck spoke from New York and the Columbia Symphonic Ensemble con- fributed the musical number of the evening. “Thte !‘;xtuge of Amerlca"hwu the keynote of the program, each speaker murlng in his own words the paths citizenry of the Nation should fol- low to enhance the prosperity of the Nation and thereby build up the hap- piness of the people. Equality for Farmer Seen. ‘With the rising tide of well-being in this country must come, Secretary Hyde told his radio listeners, equal op- portunity for the farmer. That equal- ity of opportunity is not the farmer's lot i this country now, the Secretary of Agriculture deciared. “Those engaged in agriculture,” he said, “constitute about 28 per cent of our population. They receive only about 14 per cent of our annual na- tional income. 3 “We speak of the farm problem. In & broad national sense thgre is no na- tional farm problem. There is a grave national problem which involves the farm. If equality of opportunity is to be preserved that problem must be solved. ~Great moral, social and economic | values are involved. Twenty-eight mil- lion American citizens are denied their birthright of equal opportunity unless their industry is restored to an equality with other American industries. The answer to that problem requires the co-ordination of all the moral, social and economic forces of the Nation.” Secretary Hyde declared the country . wants no hereditary lower class and will not tolerate a hereditary upper ‘Walsh Defines Problem. " ‘The problem of America’s future, Senator wnl:el:_‘:lnld. hm“not msrely to preserve mai greatness and pros- perity; rather the problem is to pre- serve the soul and spirit of America.” “The ideals and principles of the founders constitute the soul of Amer- ica,” he said. “If we lose the spirit of the fathers, we lose all—both material greatness and that which makes it worth having. “Our very accomplishments, even our ' The virility of democracy"in govern- ment the hope of this nation in e future, Representative Beck de- . “As to the ultimate fate of Pulll.menury democracy, as a social ideal. is &s dominating and beneficent today as it has ever been. To it we owe the great- ness of the republic. The ideal that every man has a right, free from un- Teasonable governmental interference, to make of his dead self the stepping her destiny gives to the pe which has made us the most virile nation the world has ever known. To this we owe our il- limitable energy and our inexhaustible strength. THe National Radio Forum, h one of the most powerful media for transmitting the spoken thought, is one of the greatest institutions in the land, Representative Beck declared. It brings home to a vast number of the people of the country the complex problems of this country's huge gov- ermental mechanism, he added. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CITED. Hyde Describes Steps to Give Farmer Fair Share of Income. Becretary Hyde's speech follows: Men everywhere have the same ele- Mmental needs and the same fundamental aspirations. They have the same re- liglous yearnings and the same moral intuitions. They require the same or- der and security for their labor and the same equality of opportunity. They desire to serve their own generation and _their country. Cast together afloat upon the tides of life, most people realize that dissension and strife serve only to increase the peril of all; that har- mony and co-operation promote se- curity and effect progress. President Hoover has stated the problem of so- cial progress to be the co-ordination of the great moral, soclal and economic forces which are always present in a great people. Early American colonists learned the lesson of pulling together. The New England town meeting was & recogni- tion of the ‘eslxsenthl solidarity ;( b‘ struggling social group. Common prob- lems were there brought together and majority opinion established. Thus were the moral, social and economic forces of the group co-ordinated. The same principle was expanded to larger groups represented by colonial assemblies, and still later, it became one of the fundamental principles of the American Constitution. Along with the idea of collective participation in finding for common which should be equitable and equally binding upon all, there followed as a necessary corollary the ideal of po- litical equality, and the fon for equality of opportunity for every citizen. Great Contributions of U. S. ‘The political equality of every citi- | ven and the maintenance of an open door to opportunity, these ideals have been America’s great contribution to the world. The fact that every genera- tion of Americans from the beginning | hour can point to | down to this good thousands of individuals who started the race of life with nothing. but who. by force of their own powers, won through to fame, fortune and service, is proof that America has kept open, and today holds open, the door of equal ‘opportunity. p?r? the &.mnm.s of our national life competition was between individuals. ‘The scattefed agricultural life of the frontier offered scant reason for the clash of self-interest in the competitive fleld. Such industries as existed were small in size, manned by & few indi- viduals gathered as aids or partners about the central figure in the business, Even as late as the early "10’s compe- tition was largely between individuals. ‘The co-ordination of moral, social and economic forces was, for the most part, a matter for individuals only. But now the organization of industry has wrought profound changes. Or- government,” he said, | th roblems solutions | SECRETARY HYDE. SENATOR DAVID I WALSH. 'b!(or! has the human mind had such the transmission ¢4 DN, MANY HURT, REPRESENTATIVE BECK. | };\;or is orghnized. Finance is organ- | Organization has become an Amer- ican fetish. Great is American idolatry of it. Organization in industry has | taken into its service multiplied thou- sands of men, to each a small segment of the production line, welded them into a compact unity, and in re- turn for an endless stream of standard- ized products at constantly decreasing cost has given to the individuals of the organization a constantly rising standard of living. The perpetual para- dox of organization is that by the sacrifice of some of his personal rights the individual gains a larger freedom. Organization has taken its toll from us | in certain individualistic attributes, but | it has given us better homses, better schools, more leisure for cultural devel- opment and an industrial system which {is the envy of the world. Conpetition Between Industries. ‘The organization of industry, of labor and of finance is not directed against the farmer. Nevertheless. it bears heavily upon him. In the economic world the contest is no longer between individuals. Competition is now be- tween great torganized industries. In this contest agriculture relies solely upon the bared breast and the two hands of the individual farmer. As a conse- quence equality of opportunity has a new meaning. Only in proportion as equality of opportunity as between in- dustries is maintained can equality of individual opportunity be assured. We frequently hear the phrase, “Economic equality of industty.” What that phrase shall mean in the future of America is being determined by the present generation of Americans. From causes beyond the farmers’ con- trol agriculture has been overexpanded, its costs increased and its markets nar- rowed. It does not receive a fair share of the Nation's income. Those en- gaged in agriculture constitute about 28 per cent of ‘our population. They Teceive only about 14 per cent of our annual national income. The Farm Board is charged with the duty of fostering the co-operative organization of agriculture and thus to put the farmers of America in a fair competitive position with other indus- tries. Through organization the farmer can adjust his uction to demand, can level out the flow of his commodities to market and can mobilize in his own hands his power. # Farm Board’s Aim Defined. The aim of the Farm ‘:" agricultu: -:m nk?tlnd:nhg for re great marl an service institutions, which shall be owned and trolled by the farmers themselves. » institutions which it sets up will, as soon as financed become as independent of and of the Government, as corporation in America. The goal is not a continuing pater- nalism. The is to create for agriculture great service instrumentali- ties which shall continue to exist and to serve, even if the Farm Board stricken down. We speak of the farm problem. In a broad natiol sense, there is no exclusive farm problem. There is a tional problem which involves the farm. If equality of opportunity is to be preserved,,that problem must be solved. Much more than icul- ture is involved. Great moral, social and economic values are involved. Twenty-eight million American citi- zens are denied their birthright of equal opportunity unless their in- dustry is restored to an equality with other American industries. The answer to that problem requires the co-ordination of all the moral, social and economic forces of the Nation. The future of America is our general subject tonight. In most countries the rise of industry has been accompanied by the declins of agriculture. But this is America. A representative democ- racy cannot afford the stratification of its soclety. We want no hereditary lower class. We will not tolerate an hereditary upper class, We seek equal~ ity, educational, political and economic, for all Americans, coupléd with a rising tide of wellbeing for all. When the door of equal opportunity clangs shut for some Americans, because of oc- cupation or calling, America will cease to be American. We dare not permit | agriculture to go down. The future of America is in the hands of each succeeding generation as it passes over the stage. Today it is our own generation. That future will be written in terms of human happiness if we see America whole; if we recognize that our problems are not class problems, or sectional pmh-i lems, or occupational problems, but| national problems; if we understand | that our progress is measured by the degree to which we co-ordinate and correlate all of the great moral, social and economic forces of our people to maintain the equality of opportunity for every individual and industry. Let | him who expects justice make certain he first gives jusiice. There will be | no justice for any unless there is jus- tice for all. WALSH STRESSES RESOURCES. Material and Spiritual Advantages Enumerated by Senator. Senator Walsh's speech follows: Fiom an infant Nation of scarcely more than a dozen States and some 14,000,000 people, we have grown to a | Unlon of 48 States with a population of approximately 180,000,000. We enjoy every advantage of varied climate and material resources over a vast territory. ‘We have 100 cities of over 100,000 popu~ lation linked together by a system of transportation securc and rapid beyond the dreams of the past. Our farms | number nearly 6,500,000, and the annual value of farm products runs well over $12,000,000,000. Our mineral products in 1928 were worth about $5,500,000.000, and our manufactured products nearly $63,000,000,000. We possess not only immense nati ral resources, but also d freedom of in- tercourse, personal and commercial, never before heard of. More than any other people we enjoy also the benefits ot inventions that affect our lives happily at a hundred points. Last year there were, for instances, over 32,000,000 automobiles in use in the United States—more than three-qua ters of all in the world. Marvelous, in deed, and unparalleled is this record rial progress! This outline sketch of our impressive good fortune and accomplishments is | presented in order that we may realize that they should not be taken for grant- ganization is the modern method for the exertion of mass pressure behind every interest. Nearly every business, industry and interest is organized ed, and further that we may fully un- derstand their causes, To what source can we trace the existence and develop- Board is not | ci | litical problems of ment of our stupendous growth and power?- ",m the realization of how bounteous Nature and Nature's God has been to us. Innumerable are the blessings upon our efforts and those of our forbears, bestowed by the Su- preme Being. Without His guidance 'and support, all the vast edifice of might | and power and prosperity we boast of would crumble to naught.. Every right- minded citizen, therefore, will agree with me that we owe a generous recog- nition to the Supreme Being, who has bestowed upon us this wealth of re- sources upon a scale never before wit- nessed in this world. We owe to Him ‘the great fundamental duties of all religions—worship, gratitude, praise and prayer. Whatever the forms we use, we are only discharging the debt of our hearts to our Creator and our Provider when we acknowledge His love and His never-failing concern for the welfare of the great, numerous and prosperous people whom He has brought together in this Nation in the heart of the New World for wonderful designs of His own, but surely for the perma- nent uplifting and a true progress of all mankind. Liberality and Security. ‘The next cause of our material wel- fare is the character of liberality and security of the fundamental institutions which, undér God, the founders of the Nation established. How definitely and inspiringly they expressed their noble purpose in the words of the Constitu- tion's preamble: “In order to form a more perfect union, establish justice— and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our posterity.” “Establish justice!” Equalit; of rights and opportunity, unmolested pur- suit of happiness, free assembly, free speech, free press, free pulpit, free bal- lot—these are the foundations upon which our political and social institu- tions have been built. It is the spirit that inspired these principles and the application of them that alone is the solution of our future civic, social and economic problems. 1n whatever direc- tion we turn for aid, inspiration and guidance, we revert again and again to the founders and their liberal and sa- gacious purposes. Establish justice! ‘This is the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega of Americanism. me digress a moment to quote a few of the great sayings of great men with respect to justice: Justinian, the greatest of lawmakers, says: “Justice is a firm and continuous desire to render to every one that which is his due.” Britain's outstanding statesman, Ed- mund Burke, proclaimed, “Justice is the '"nn standing policy of civil so- Whittier has called justice “the hoj of all who suffer; the dread of all w: ‘wrong.” Cicero puts it thus: “The founda- tions of justice are that none shall be by | harmed, ‘and next, that the common weal be served.” The problem of our future is not merely to preserve material greatness and prosperity; rather the problem is to preserve the soul and spirit of Amer- ica. The ideals and principles of the founders constitute the soul of America. is | If we lose the spirit of the fathsrs, we lose all—both material greatness that which makes it worth having. Our very accomplishment, even our unmeasured material achievements and power over things material, constitute our greatest dangers. Without a con- tinuing and growing justice, there will come into existence a vast mechanism of oppression—a great subversion of our liberties—and the priceless heritage of our people will be gone. Thoss now living if that happens will not bequeath to their children what was handed down to them. There are, indeed, many develop- ments of our time that may well give us concern and cause us to give heed to what is perhaps our chief national failing—an easy-going and unthinking optimism. We take it altogether too much for granted that we shall con- tinue to be fortunate, that ours is a land of destiny, that our superior and extensive system of education will al< ways produce a sound discretion, that our natural resources will be inexhaust- ible, and our genius never dimms Great Shift in Problems. A great shift has taken place in our time from the political and social prob- lems of a pioneer sociely to the dan- gers and problems of a grown-up na- tion. In contrast to the past, the po- the future will be chiefly economic. Formerly our great treasury of natural resources made it unnecessary that much consideration be given to insuring equality of oppor- lunity for all. Now, with the steady depletion of our national resources and concentration of economic power, we must look more carefully into economic conditions and their effect upon the masses of the people. The economic problems of the day, bfcummg ever more and more complex, evolve around the struggle of the masses in their natural aspirations to have a reasonable chance in life. In every Part of the world the great struggle now, often involving political recon- structions, is for a more equitable dis- tribution of wealth and opportunities. In certain countries the masses have gone to extremes in their attempts to win this struggle, which, in a different form, is hete also. Our very economic greatness, our industrial efficiency, our highly speeded mass production, the vast scale of our industrial and com- mercial units, raises challenging ques- tions and brings them closer to our people than ever before. The percep- tions and aspirations of the poor, of the working man and woman, the multi- tude, must be recognized and dealt with adequately. We must not think entirely of the strong and powerful, ‘We must not think only of ourselves, or of our particular soclal class, or of our political party. More than ever we must watch, work and think for the common welfare; and realize what are the means alone by which problems can be solved. It is by es- tablishing that justice—in this instance, economic_justice—which the rathers of the Republic decreed. “Abolish justice,” once sald St. Augustine, “and what are governments but great robberies?” Not only governments, but economic sys- tems resting upon them, may become great instruments of oppression and denial of opportunity. ‘The establishing of justice in our time means the adequate facing and handling of complicated economic ques- tions: d they are difficult because of their complexity. They require wide acquaintance with facts and an amount | of study that the average man is hardly | in a position to give, He cannot take | the time: he is necessarily engrossed in the stern struggle to provide a liveli- hood for his family. It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that in despera- tion and perplexity many may be led to form ?’ dgments through prejudice and consequently to M:ce&t unsound remedies, or be swept into the adoption of one or another of the dangerous “isms” of the day. More than ever is there need of statesmanship and of g ind | quer.” education in the people, that seeks truth and justice and ali understanding of our fundamental political ideals, to serve as the support of statesmanship. Spiritual Resources Also Great. But great as are the dangers and the difficulties, so are our spiritual resources to overcome them—the fruits of wide- spread education, free political institu- lons, the good sense and well directed ambition of our people. From the fam- school of all the basic virtues —ever springs courage, hope, forbear- ance, the spirit of mutual concession, and the urge to progress. Not for a moment should we be content with ; merely holding the ground won—with digging in and standing where we now are. We should lay hold on a new and truly ambitious and achievable program for the substantial betterment of eco- nomic conditions and our social life. We should hold in our thought that there is & great prize ahead of us and that we have the determination and intel- ligence to win it. I cannot, perhaps, do better than to close my talk with quoting some of the stanzas of a great Ppoem by Willlam Blake: And did those feet in ancient time ‘Walk upon England's mountain green? And was theholy lamb of God On England’s pleasant pasture seen? And did the countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here Among those dark Satanic mills? Bring me my bow of burning gold! Bring me my arrows of desire! Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire! I ;\,‘fll I;:)l.l cease from mental fight, or shall my sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jemsll‘:m ¥ In England’s green and pleasant land. BECK DISCUSSSES GOVERNMENT. Representative Is Alarmed by Big De- crease in Voting, Beck’s speech follows: The first anniversary of the National Radio Forum, upon which I heartily congratulate its sponsors, the Columbia Broadcasting System and The Washing- ton Evening Star, 1s an occasion for op- timism. No nation has less occasion for pes- simism than America. In all the %el:- tory of the world there is nothing more amazing than its swift progression, within the possible period of two lives, irom the least of the nations to its ac- knowledged primacy as the most pow- erful state in the world. Its history is the most colorful and stupendous drama ever played upon the stage of this “wide 2. 1 universal theater of man.” Next to the bountiful gifts of God its" greatness is due, not to paper parch- ments or statutes, but to the spirit of work which has hitherto been the great characteristic of the American people. The very name “America” means work, for Vespucci derived his Christian n: from the old Gothic name “Amalaric, compound of two words—“amal,” mean- ing work, and “ric,” meaning “to con- The very name of America thus aiscloses the secret of its Ppower—namely, “Aa:wgquzrin( work."” e have our troubles and problems and will always have, A nltln,;l Wwhich has no obstacles to overcome would soon perish from inactivity. Difficulties make a illtlan as well as a man. N our generation a new danger has confronted the Republic. The .lerloul question has arisen whether it is not too large to be workable. If popular gov- ernment depends upon an intelligent exercise of the elective franchise, how ¢an you interest the masses in political problems? The newspaper can only de- velop interest in the zone of its circu- lation. This means a localization of thought, which makes common action more difficult. One evidence of this is the portentous lessening of interest in our national elections. As the statistics of astionomy are too vast for the human mind to grasp, similarly the Federal Government has 8rown so great and complex that the average man finds it difficult to understand its prob- lems and to vote intelligently upon them. The whole country can be in- terested in a single issue, especially if it appeals to popular imagination, but it finds it difucult to take any intelli- gent interest in hundreds of problems Which have a less appeal, o5 Alarmed by Voting Decrease, a result there has' been in the hau cenwry an ala.ming dccl"él:!hg: young In our elections. in 1816 82 per cent of the qualfiea electorate voved: in 190v, 73 per cent volea; 1n 19u8, 66 per cent; in 1912, 62 per cent, and i the president.al election of 1920, witn issues o1 great and permanent import- ance, only 48 per cent of the possinie clectorate voteu. ‘Lhus, in s elece ;A\:‘;:.,‘n & [hajority of & miuoricy of the uhied eiccwolale devern - Ly of the couniry. P usL 84S some oL us were in how popular government, coly consn, in 1act and not merely in tneory, tnere came inlo existence two new media of expression, which may Prove, if their Tuil potentialities are reauzed, more im- portant in the development ot tne human mind tnan even tne printing press. Tne one is the radic and the other is the moving picture. We live too close to them 1w appreciate thewr intinite potentialities, Both of them are new iorms of intellectual expression Of far greater potency than the printea page. A book, O even a newspaper, has & very limited circulation, reiatively to the whole people. Through the magic of the radio, that “sightless courier of the air,” a public man may speak on occa- slon, without raising his voice, to twenty millions of people. No book or news- paper can have one-tenth ot such an audi- ence. Stentor, the great herald, could be heard 10 miles. We can be heard as swiftly as light 10,000 miles. Both arts are in their intancy and both show the results of a too rapid growth. Nelther of them has begun to tealize its full power as a mechanism to influence human thought. Like the printing press, each can be put to ig- noble as well as noble uses, and the great Pl'ublem is to utilize these mighty agencles for the welfare of mankind and the perpetuation of democratic in- stitutions. To use them, in part, for jentertainment is natural and therefore permissible, but to ignore their poten- tial usefulness in educating the public mind would be a crime. The radio is the great open forum of public opinion. It is like the Agora in Athens and the Forum in Imperial Rome. The crowd gather to listen to any speaker who has any view to ex- press on any public question, with this important difference—that whereas a few thousand would hear Demosthenes sg:nk from the Bema or Cicero from the Forum, twenty millions on a given occasion will listen today to the opin- fons of their leaders of thought. We are, therefore, on the threshold of & new and important era. Never of ideas. utilizing these beneficent gifts g‘lnund, let us remember those ideals of the fathers, which protected free- dom of speech and thought. Whatever may be said in thi$ temporary ebb- tide of democratic institutions, as to the ultimate fate of parliamentary government, democracy, as & social ideal, is as dominating and beneficent today as it has ever been. To it we owe the greatness of the Republic. The ideal that every man has a right, free from unreasonable governmental inter- ference, to make of his dead self the stepping stone to a higher destiny, gives to the masses that hope which has made us the most virile Nation the world has ever known. To this we owe our illimitable energy and our in- exhaustible strength. The march of man, wherever democracy has led him, is steadily forward. He may, at t'mes, sink into a “slough of despond” or a morass of difficulty, but that eternal hope which the spirit of democracy | has planted in his breast gives him ngth to struggle out of the Fioran | 8d march resolutely forward morass ant y, to the “delectable mountains.’ To men, ever marching forward to those lofty heights of justice and lib- erty, the radio can prove an infinite aid, provided always that, like the fool- j s man in the parable, we do not b this talent in the ground. No night should ever pass in America that these “sightless couriers of the air should not carry some thoughtful mes- sage from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Lakes to the Gulf. Thus we will realize the proud prophecy of John Bright, one of the noblest demo- crats of our time, when he said: “I see from the East unto the West, from the rising of the sun to the go- ing down thereof, in spite of what misled, prejudiced, unjust and wicked men may do, the cause of freedom still moving onward, and it is not in human power to arrest its progress. HUMANE SHIPMASTER ADDS TO HIS LAURELS Hero of Sea Rescues Braves Storm to Start Engineer on Way to Stricken Family. NEW YORK, March 7 (#)—Capt. George S. Fried, hero of several sea rescues, yesterday performed another errand of mercy when he stopped United Suxlf’fledlllne{hmetrla '::nom:“%; ocean to e: ite the return a fellow-seaman whose family had been stricken by a tragic accident during his absence. ‘While a bitter wind howled and a heavy sea rolled, Chief Engineer Battan was transferred from the S. S. Cran- ford to the America. Battan's wife was reported fatally burned, his son unac- counted for and his daughter slightly burned in a fire aboard the S. S. Scantic at New Orleans. The America is due in New York Sunday and the chief engineer is ex- pected to go direct from here to the side of his grief-stricken daughter in New Orleans. bury IN FURIOUS GALE Tornado Crashes Through Three States, Causing $100,- 000 Damage to Property. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 7.—Four deaths, and property damage, esti- mated by owners at more than $100,000, were chargeable today to a tornado, which lashed Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana last night, wrecking a vil- lage of 200 -and injuring twoscore. Tea ns through Mississippi planta- tions and small towns, the high wind killed 2 Negroes in Bolivar County, injured 10 persons and destroyed 15 houses valued at $20,000. Mrs. J. W. Adams, 65, was killed and 2 Negro em- ployes hurt as the storm swept the Adams farm near Kosciuskon, Miss. Village Wiped Out. Heading into Arkansas, the tornado virtually wiped out the village of Greg- ory with damage estimated by John Eldridge, plantation owner, at $30,000. Later the storm dipped into the Harris community, about eight miles from Homer, La., killed a Negro woman named Mitchell and injured three others. Five tenant houses, a residence and a church were demolished. Residents of Boyle, Miss., were warned of the approach of the storm and fled their homes, but 10 persons in the ge;ahborhood were struck by flying ebris. Sees Storm Forming 3 Miles Away. The Rev. H. R. McKee of Boyle, standing on the porch of his home watching & heavy rain cloud, said he saw_the tornado form over the village of Skene, three miles away. “The clouds seemed attracted to each other as if by a magnet and when they joined it resembled the swirling black smoke of a gigantic tank of tar afire, except that the blaze was missing,” he said. “We could hear_the rumble plainly and see planks, pans, fence p.un': and other articles flying in the swirl.”" ‘Telephone and telegraph wires were torn down throughout the area. WILL WED MARCH 15. LOS ANGELES. Calif.,, March 7 (#).— Helene Costello, film actress, and Lowell Sherman, veteran of the stage and screen, have announced they will be married March 15 at a Beverly Hills Hotel. John Barrymore will be best man, and his wife, Dolores Costello, sis- ter of Helene, and also of the films, will attend the bride. For the Boys— Juniors and ‘‘Preps”’ We have given unusual attention to the interpretation of fashion's features in the new Sprihg Suit models for the rising generation—which, coupled with the P-B quality, creates an incomparable standard. 2-Knicker Suits Ages From 8 to 18 Years $15 and %18 Just the right degree of mannishness has been put into the designing of these Suits to give them distinctive character. In tweeds, cheviots, cassimeres—of gray and brown tonings—with every tailoring detail faithfully executed. “Prep’ ? Suits Suits with the college flavor that ap- peals to the ages of 14 to 20. $225 and %25 Each with two pairs of trousers—both long, or one long and one sports knickers. Effective patterns tweeds, cheviots and modeled and tailored. in gray and brown cassimeres—smartly Second Floor. The Avenue at Ninth N_STOI Woman Who Wed Son’s Companion Now Seeks Divorce Natalie Blair Bradley, 49, | Files Action Against Neil Bradley, 28. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 7.—Mrs. Natalie Blair Bradley, 49 years old, daughter of Henry A. Blair, millionaire president of the Chicago surface lines, yesterda, £ _d suit for divorce from the"husband. who first entered her home as a play- mate of ter son by an earlier marriage. ‘The. bill charges that the husband. Neil Bradley, 28, left her January 3, 1928, and that his whereabouts are at | present_unknown. | ‘The Bradleys were married February | 8, 1920, at Panhandle, Tex. Bradley was the friend and playmate of the peti- | tioner’s son, Blair Higinbotham. Thei boys met at the Higinbotham Summer home at Trout Lake, Wis, in 1917. A year later, Mrs. Higinbotham secured a | divorce from her husband, Harry Higin- | botham, Chicago broker, on the grounds | of infidelity. Mrs. Higinbotham and Bradley became engaged in December, 1919, and were married when she was called to Texas by word of his illness. She was then 39 and Bradley 18. The Bradleys separated two months after the wedding, but Mrs. Bradley de- | nied rumors of a divorce and they were = reunited the following August in Colo- rado. o X A good many colors are used to ex- vress our feelings when they undergo a physical or mental change. Blue is a sign of cold, red or pink of embarrass- | ment, green of envy, black of anger, white of fear. SAMOA CHIEFTAINS HOLD ONTO LEAGUE New Zealand Governor’s Conference on Boycotts Concluded. By the Assoclated Press. APIA, Western Samoa, March 7.—A conference between New Zealand gov- | ernors of Western Samoa and native chiefs in an effort to bring a peaceable settlement of the many years of Samoan resistance to New Zealand rule was at an end today after the native leaders had brought decisions to questions pro- pounded by Administrator S. S. Allen. The Samoans expressed themselves as unwilling to break up their organiza- tion, the League of Native Samoans, as the administrator suggested. Allen branded the organization as seditious, following a disturbance on December 28, during which a constable and eight na- tives were killed. The high chiefs raised no opposition to action of government officials in at- tempting to apprehend natives wanted for infraction of regulations. ‘The natives for several years have de- manded more representation be granted their chiefs in the government. They resented liquor prohibition and regula- tion of their trade in copra, although the government has asserted the regula- tion was for the natives' protection. ‘The opposition has consisted gnneipuly of refusal to pay taxes and the boycott of stores owned by Europeans. Many apartment houses and homes a.> being built in Panama City. Jrom the AVENUE o NINTH, This Spring’s Edition of P-B Super-Value Suits is surpassingly good 338 with two pairs of trousers There are two engaging features in these Suits that command and deserve critical consideration: Quality as expressed in weave worth and craftsmanship. And the extra trou- sers which practically suit, double the life of the A greatly augmented assortment is pre- sented — including tweeds, cheviots and cassimeres—in a wide range of gray and brown effects—and plain blue. And four- piece Sports Suits—with the knickers. Both single and double breasted—tai- lored with a personality. First Floor. The Parker Hat A truly superior pro- duction, but continuing the established price— /7 Keep in mind these Hats are genuine fur felt bodies, lined and trimmed with silk and finished with the unmistakable skill of the expert. Snap or curl brims; bound, raw or welt edges—and in new shapes of varying proportions — and delighting shades — pearls, tans, pastel, etc. Street Floor. The Avenue at Ninth ey KNOWN STORE €