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With increasing support for this jurist, it was understood at the Capitol |the President was making some in- quiries about him. | However, receiving additional recom- | mendations as days go by, Mr. Hoover has given no evidence of reaching a | conclusion. He is looking first to_the | Southland; Mr. Sanford was from Ten- ! nessee. Goff Indorses Parker. Senators Goff, West Virginia, and Goldsborough, Maryland, both Repub- licans, indorc.i Judge Parker to the President yesterday. _ Representative | Pritchard, Republican, North Carolina, did likewise, and members of the North Carolina delegation have informed the President of their support for Judge Parker, although they have also pro- posed Judge Stacy of the State Supreme Court for the position. Judge Parker is a Republican, as was Justice Sanford. His being only 44 vears old has been advanced by his s as an advantage. Other names were carried to the | White House also. Judge A. S. Van | Valkenburgh of the Federal Court of Appeals for the eighth district was rec- ommended by Senator Patterson, Re- publican, Missouri. Henry W. Anderson of Richmond, & member of the Hoover Law Enforcement | Commission, was proposed by Repre- sentatives Lankford, Garber and Shaffer of Virginia, all Republicans. They said | they had acted without solicitation by Anderson. Knoxville Jurist Urged. Judge Xenophon Hicks of Knoxville, Tenn., a member of the Federal Circuit | Court of Appeals for the sixth district, was recommended by Representative Taylor, Republican, Tennessee. There are many other prominent names in the President’s mind. Among these are John W. Davis, Democratic presidential nominee of 1924; Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, Secretary of War in the Wilson administration: Judge Curtis D. Wilbur of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Secretary of the Navy in the Coolidge adminis- tration; Senators Borah of Idaho, George of Georgia, Walsh of Montana and Judge William S. Kenyon of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. At the Capitol Mr. Hoover is expected to reach an early decision. He has been urged by some of his advisers to take | this course, since the work of the Su- | preme Court will be facilitated by a full staff. JUDGE MAXWELL OFFERED DISTRICT COURT HEADSHIP (Continued From First Page.) had been recommended by Senators Goff and Hatfleld of West Virginia. It also added that a representative of the Department of Justice had interviewed the judge at Charleston. An extremely favorable report from Attorney General Mitchell to the White House is said to have followed the interview. Senator Goff, who has known Judge Maxwell for & number of years, de- scribed him last night as “eminently " for the ition. m?fr‘}a is & hl‘:l’-l.ly educated man of literary attainments,” the West Virginia Senator added, pointing out that he is also experienced in service on the bench. Judge Maxwell was born at Clarks- burg, W. Va,, and is in his early fifties. He is a graduate of the University of West Virginia, Senator Goff said that for eight or ten years Judge Maxwell served on the Circuit Court of West Virginia in five or six counties of the State, retiring from that service volun- | tarily three or four years ago. Follows Illustrious Father. ator Goff said Judge Maxwell was “ossl?whelmmgly elected” in 1928 to the position he now holds as one of the justices of the Supreme Court of West Virginia. He was elected for a term of ars. fllr’;ehu present position Judge Max- well as following in the footsteps of his father, who likewise served on the bench of West Virginia's supreme tribunal some years ago. Senator Goff said that since going on the supreme bench of the State the son “has done; honor to his distinguished father. Senator Goff saw Judge Maxwell while the latter was in Washington Friday. Asked yesterday if he thought the judge would accept the appoint- ment here, for which his name has been suggested, the Senator said he did not_know. The State Supreme Court, of which Judge Maxwell is now a member, meets at Charleston. MAXWELL BELIEVED FAVORABLE. Friends Regard Clarksburg Trip as Indicator He Will Accept. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 15.— According to authoritative reports, some from friends, Judge Haymond Maxwell of the West Virginia Supreme Court is considering the acceptance of the ap- pointment, as _associate justice of the District of Columbia Supreme Court. It is regarded here as fairly certain that Judge Maxwell will accept the appointment. However, it is understood from re- liable sources that the appointment not only has been offered to him but that he has been urged to accept it. His trip back to his home at Clarksburg s regarded as an indication that he 1§ “thinking the matter over favorably.” THOMAS CULLEN HEADS BOY SCOUT PRESS WORK Other Officers Chosen by National Association at Conventiof’ Held in New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 15.—Thomas L. Cullen of Bridgeport, Conn., was elected president of the National Boy Scout Press Association today, at the conclud- ing session of that organization’s annual convention. Chester Eaton of Worcester, Mass., was elected vice president, and the fol- board: Joseph M. Wise, New York: William B. Brady, jr. Atlanta; Donald Cooper, ‘Tacoma, ‘ash.; August Horo- witz, Long Beach, N. Y. The organization is col of Boy Scouts training for journalism. At the final session, Chief Scout Executive James ‘E. West described the part that the journalism program of scouting is playing in aiding boys to determine the :‘y‘;l):dul work for which theygare best | Results Are Expected to Stir | poll is whether any of the dry States lowing were named to the executive [N THE SUND/ HONOR PAID The Columbia Democratic Women's Educational Council yesterday laid a wreath on the statue of Andrew Jackson Lester J. Pollock, Mrs. M. La Gorce Mary Lazenby. in Lafayette Park. Left to right: Mrs. Sheeter, Mrs. Robert K. Noble, Mrs. | Florence Jackson Stoddard, Miss Mae Helm, Mrs. Gratton Kerans and Miss —Star Staff Photo. DIGEST RUM POLL [SENATORS TOSHUT 10 CREATE FIGHT | Up Greater Controversy Than Hearings. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ‘The Nation-wide poll on prohibition being taken by the Literary Digest prob- ably will be the center of mote contro- versy in the next¢ several weeks than the | testimony of the many witnesses being heard by congressional committees. | If the poll should prove that there is | more wet sentiment recorded in the bal- | lots than dry, it will tend to strengthen | the pressure for a national referendum | to be conducted by specially created | legal machinery. The drys, who have not been altogether friendly to the refer- | endum idea, would criticize informal | polls as not sufficiently comprehensive. | In fact, there are already indications that the dry leaders are urging their cohorts in some States not to vote. Dissatisfaction Expected. ‘The general expectation here is that | the Literary Digest poll will reveal a widespread "dissatisfaction with condi- tions as they exist and that the wet sentiment will be divided between those who favor repeal and those who would be satisfiled with modification along the lines of light wines and beer. One of the many questions that will be asked is how the returns from the rural districts compare with those of the cities. The backbone of dry sup- port is in the country sections, so that an analysis of the ballots from farm areas will be sought. Heretofore the referendum idea has been confined to particular States and with only a few exceptions the wet States have generally voted wet, while the dry States have also followed tradi- tion. ‘The important thing which will be looked for in the Literary Digest are changing to the wet side and whether in the Wet States an accurate reflection of rural sentiment has been | attained. Accuracy Creates Confidence. Generally speaking, the accuracy of the Literary Digest polls in presidential elections has created a confidence in | the fairness with which the balloting is_conducted, but there is no way of telling how responsive are the rural districts until all the statistics are available, when the Literary Digest | publishes the total number of ballots sent to each State and the percentage of replies. | It is a foregone conclusion that the Literary Digest poll will be taken more serfously by official Washington than any straw vote or referendum since the Volstead act was adopted. (Copyright, 1030.) [ WASHINGTON TO HAVE BETTER MUSIC DRIVE Choral Festival Association Has Plans for Concert to Be Given | by Chorus of 200. 1‘ Plans to provide better music for Washington are being formulated by the recently organized Washington Choral Pestival Association. The or- ganization has obtained the support of the Priends of Music of the Library of Congress, the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs and the Washington Choral Music Council. Dr. H. Barrett Learned is president of the executive board. Among other board members are Mrs. Joseph M.| Stoddard, Rev. John R. Duffield, Miss Grace Dunham Guest, Charles D. Boyer and Mrs. Gertrude Lyons. The organization will sponsor a con- cert May 10 at Constitution Hall. Dr, Frederick Alexander, head of the music department of Michigan State Normal College, will be the conductor. He will | come here to direct several rehearsals. | The chorus is composed of 200 voices, | including 95 first sopranos, 15 second | sopranos, 40 contraltos, 25 tenors and ! 25 bassos. | - 1 BEAUTIES VISIT CUBA. | Miami Contestants Fly to Havana for Two-Day Stay, HAVANA, March 15 (#).—Miss Danet Eastment of Fort Worth, Tex. chosen | as “America’s Sweetheart” in the first annual international Miami Beauty ; Miss Clyde Ellis, “Miss ia,” and Miss Beatrice Lee, “Miss ,” arrived here this afternoon from Miami by airplane for a two-day visit to_Haval They were {:"“d by members of the tional Tourist Commission, which has arranged a series of entertainments. { Gets OTd Musical Instruments. | LEIPZIG (#)—The state of Saxony has accquired a collection of old mus- jcal instruments made by Wilhelm Meyer of Cologne. It includes the Christofori planoforte with the earliest hammer mechanism made at Florence in 1726 and another piano by Stein, Augsburg, in 1773, | wind-up of genera DRY HEARING DOORS Wickersham and Mitchell to Bare Corruption Data, Norris Indicates. (Continued From First Page.) direction of Andrew W. Mellon, Secre- |tary of the Treasury, more than two| months ago. He charged that prohi- bition was not being enforced and de- manded a House cleaning. The tariff bill has served to delay the explosion and with the tariff measure soon to be out of the way, Washington con- templates a real blast should matters not be arranged to the satisfaction of the Idaho Senator and his dry col- leagues. In the meantime, it is known that when the House judiciary committee resumes its hearings on the merits and demerits of prohibition next Wednes- day the drys plan to begin their heaviest testimony and prepare for a strenuous argument why pro- hibition should not be tampered with. F. Scott McBride, head of the Anti- Saloon League, will be a witness and it is announced that Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor of the First Congrega- tional Church of Washington, now is preparing a powerful address with the authority of the Congregational church committee on the law enforcement meeting yesterday in Chicago. Dr. Pierce’s name became known over the nation when he gained former Presi- df:tflnnkd Mrs. Coolidge as members of lock. Wilson to Have Statement. Statements for the dry cause will be presented either in person or by proxy by Dr. Clarence True Wilson, general secretary of the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Church; Dr. Irving Fisher of Yale, and Dr. Edwin C. Dinwiddie, secretary of the Conference of Or- ganizations Supporting the Prohibition Amendment. It is regarded as probable that the drys will devote at least three more weeks for their testimony at the rate the judiciary committee 1s proceeding with its “open forum.” Two days each week are devoted to the hearings. ‘The wets occupied more than a month to complete their testtmony of seven complete days. The drys have now used up two and one-half days of actual testimony, counting time out for cross- examination by members of the com- mittee. Regresenu!lvt George S. Graham, Republican, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the committee, has promised the prohibitionists that they will not be charged with time consumed by in- terrogation of the witnesses. This so far has been carried on mainly by Representatives F. La Guardia, Repub- lican, and Emmanuel Celler, Democrat, both of New York, the most openly | frank members of the committee. KING’S EASTER PLANS. British Ruler Is Almost Certain to Go to Windsor Castle. LONDON (N.A.N.A.).—It is now prac- tically certain that the King will go to Windsor Castle for Easter and spend a good part of the Spring there. During the last few months a good many alterations and improvements have been carried out at the castle. | These include the construction of an elevator in the Victoria tower and the redecoration of the famous grand cor- ridor, which is 520 feet in length. The Victoria tower, which forms part of the private apartments, is the large square tower at the southeast angle of the castle. It was built in 1677 on the site of an older tower, dating, probably, from the twelfth century. The installa- tion of the elevator there has proved a somewhat difficult task, as some of the walls, which had to be cut through, were 9 or 10 feet thick. (Copyright, 1930 D. C.. MARCH 16, 1. . SERVICE WAGE RAISEHELDLIKELY Joint Congressional Group Working on Details for Early Report. (Continued From First Page.) enough,” declared Chairman Snell of the House rules committee, “we should increase their pay. 1 have not yet looked into the subject sufficiently to say how much of an increase the: should have and I doubt whether any body else in Congress has done so. “I believe that we should take ample time and settle the matter right, and I shall use my influence to that end. It is generally conceded that some readfustment must be made. How far we will go in granting increases in pay no one can say at this time.” Confident of Fair Treatment. Both Mr. Tilson and Mr. Snell say they have confidence in the five Senators and Representatives on the joint pay committee and believe they will do the fair thing by the service men and the Government. As the situation stands at present, especially with the legislative jam in the Senate, they consider it doubtful that Con- gress can enact any pay legislation be- fore next Winter, but they indicated that, if conditions should change, it might be undertaken at the present | session. Most Senate leaders are equally of the opinion that the present pay act needs amending or rewriting. The Senate members of the joint pay committee, like= those of the House, are refraining, | however, from expressing advance | opinions. “We are gathering all the informa- | tion and data we can get with refer- ence to the pay situation,” sald Senator Jones of Washington, chairman of the joint pay committee, in an interview with the representative of The Star. “It is a very complicated subject and will take a great deal of study o solve. We are going into it just as carefully | and thoroughly as possible.” Senator Jones did not comment on the recommendations of the Interde- partmental Pay Board for substantial pay increases, nor on any of the other suggestions made by the board. He said he and the other members of the joint committee want to keep open | minds until they have heard all sides of the question. “It would be altogether impossible,” sald Representative French of Idaho, vice chairman, “for the joint pay com- mittee to give out any statement touch- ing possible action upon the pay ques- tion. In fact, the committee is studying the problem. Here is a question that involves certain broad principles and a multitude of details. The committee is assembling data from all the services | involved that must be considered. “No questions have been asked that indicate any possible attitude. The committee is seeking facts. Later on there may be problems that will require the presence of those whose personal ex- perience must be consulted.” Public Hearings Possible. ‘The present plan of the committee | is to hold executive hearings, after the individual members have had an op- portunity to study the mass of data which has been gathered. Among some officers and men of the six services there has been a disposition to find fault privately with the committee for not_deciding to hold public hearings. ‘The present attitude of the commit- tee is that it can make faster progress by considering the matter in executive sessions and hearing “without a public gallery” what the representatives of the enlisted men and the officers of the dif- ference branches have to say. There is a possibility that public hearings may cluded in the present program. The interdepartmental pay board has recommended new pay schedules which would provide increases for all grades of officers and enlisted men, except the lowest grades of enlisted men. The board takes the position that the pay of the enlisted men in the early stages of their military career is adequate be- cause their responsibilities are slight and “the increased cost of living for en- listed men has been absorbed by the | Government itself by actually subsist- |dng and quartering them.” | The increases recommended for all | other enlisted men and for officers of | the six services would cost the Govern- ment approximately $85,600,000 for the fiscal year 1930, according to the esti- mate of the Budget Bureau. This an- nual increase, officers of the six serv- ices contend, is not out of proportion to the increases that have been granted to civilian Government employes and is | justified by the big increase in the cost |of lving and in salaries outside the | Government since the present scale of service pay was fixed. Family Status Plan Hit. ‘The interdepartmental pay board has also recommended that officers’ rental |and subsistence allowances and allow- ances for dependents be discontinued nd that an officer be paid “for his value to the Government without re- | gard to his family status” and “not for his expenses of existence.” It proposes that pay and allowances should be con- solidated into a single item designated | “pay.” committee have told the representative of The Star that they want to examine all sides of this question before altering the basic principle of the present pay law, in accordance with the recommen- dations of the board. Senator Hale of Maine, chairman of | the Senate committee on naval affairs and of the naval subcommittee of the | Senate committee on appropriations, is one of the Senate leaders who believes the existing pay law should be amended. Senator Hale is not a member of the ittee, but will have much The Best Made Sold on Easy Terms GIBSON’S 919 G St. NW. 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It is of vital concern to the services and to | the country that the pay situation be | thoroughly considered and studied with a view to correcting the variable fea- tures of the pay legislation now in eftect A similar view is taken by Represent- | ative Britten of Tllinois. chajrmean ot fe | House naval affairs committee. Mr Britten is not a member of the joint 1 pay committee, but will be consulted in the drafting of legislation. “The American public,” said Mr. Brit- ten to The Star, “is interested in the pay |of the Army and Navy to the extent that it expects the Government to pay its service personnel a wage which will permit officers and men properly to maintain themselves and their homes, commensurate with duties they are per- { forming on land or at sea, and, of course, as compared with the salaries recetved by men in corresponding walks of private life where it is possible to measure education, efficiency, respon- sibility and character of service. Social Responsibilities Entailed. ‘ “A service officer wearing the uniform | of Uncle Sam has an added social re- sponsibility which does ot go with the | individual in private life, whose gen- | eral ability and activity may otherwise | be compared with men of the service. | Officers are frequently detailed from | place to place under ctnsiderable | personal expense and much incon- | venience, to say nothing of the broken | >ducational ties of the children, the pur- | chase of nex text books and the de- | ranging of the entire houschold. | “I am sure that the joint committee of the House and Senate, now giving | consideration to the many inequalities | in service pay, will deal fairly with the | services and while I am not prepared | to admit that all pay schedules should | be increased at this time, I do know that there is a strong sentiment in Con- | gress to deal fairly with the enlisted personnel, as well as with the officers. | “Under existing law it is possible for | a lleutenant commander, a commander | and a captain, all on the same ship, tq recelve exactly the same pay. ir- respective of the importance of iheir respective positions aboard that ship. Many pay situations would be funny, if their effect were not so serious. A rear admiral in command of one cruiser, 38 destroyers and two tenders | was receiving $6,219 annual pay, while | two of his lieutenants on one of the tenders were each drawing $6,357 per annum. Ridiculous Siuation Cited. “A ridiculous situation was presented when President-elect Hoover went to South America on the battleship Mary- land. A medical officer aboard, with the rank of lieutenant commander, and the executive officer, who was a com-‘ mander, were each receiving more pay | than the captain. It seems incredible | that two officers of the same rank, of the | same length of service, on the same ship | and doing parallel and equally impor- | tant duties may receive pay varying es widely at $1,878, because one has de- | pendents and the other has not. | “Bachelor officers are especially un- happy because they suffer a reduc- | tion in pay ranging from $480 to $960 | per annum, when ordered from shore duty to sea duty or to duty with an | expeditionary force in Nicaragua, | China or Haitl. “The Marine enlisted man receives a clothing allowance of $100 per year throughout his service, while the Navy | 80 Years of Values A large diamond in a slender, hFru-d\llly de- signed white gold setting. Here is a beauty that Only 5Cc a week Strap Watch 80 Years of Values metal mesh band. Only 50: a week 80 Years of Values Among the by watches the your best be We have a large selec- tion of both strap and pocket s. 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It is not likely that the joint committee will take any action | on the pay question before his return. | Meantime, the other members of the! military affairs committee have - re- frained from expressing for publication their views on the pay question, al- though it is known that they, as well as Senator Reed, are convinced that revision of the present law is highly de- sirable. Representative W. Frank James of Michigan, chairman of the House mili- tary affairs committee, is {ll in Walter Reed Hospital. Representative Harry C. Ransley of Pennsylvania, the ac chairman, told The Star that he woul prefer not to discuss the pay question while Mr. James was away. “It is an important question, how- ever,” said Mr. Ran: “and one that Congress should consider carefully. 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