Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1930, Page 4

LBERALS PREFER LIBOR T0 BALDWIN Lloyd George Says Party Has _No Desire to See Conser- vatives in Power. BY the Associated Press. LONDON, December Liberal party, which holds the balance of power in Parliament, has made no deal with the Laborites to keep Ramsay MacDonald in office, but it has no desire to see Stanley Baldwin become prime minister, David Lloyd George, the Lib- eral leader, asserted today. His outline of the political Iline-up came out of the Liberal “war council” and on the heels of reports that he and MacDonald had patched up a work- ing agieement based upon the Labor premkru forthcoming electoral reform bill. “Britain,” said Lloyd George, “is be- tween the devil and the deep sea. Our only practical choice is between the Labor party, whose avowed doctriné is socialism, and the Conservative party, | which is ready to plunge heedless into | a voitex of fiscal revolution. It's a sorry choice, but, bad as the Labor regime is, there is no desire for a Bald- win government as an alternative.” Liberals Not “Jumpers.” " ‘The Liberal leader reached across thz Atlantic for an illustiation of the politi: situation in England. ‘Conservative critics ask us why we don’t turn the Laborites out,” he said. “Let us remind them that there is & grim feature of the economic slump in | 5.—England’s | l | [ | | Punlli of Ihe Muhrl-nrl Junior High School who will take part in “The Jester’s Purse,” given at the school tonight —Slllr Staft Photo. MISSION CONGRESS radise of protection — Wall It is called jumping out the | The Conservatives urg2 us - to jump, but we are not jumpers. don’t believe in jumping until'ycu know whe:e you're going to land.” ‘With the alternatives at hand, he said, | the Laborites can be given another | chance and be judged frcm day to day | until that time when the electorate can be prevailed upon to trust the Liberal party with the government. He had bitter criticism for the MacDonald cabinet, “The government,” he said, ‘“is an acknowledged failure. ‘Unemployment is not merely a disaster, it is an oppor- tunity. During such times an able gov- ernment can put to rlcma things that | cannot be remedied in periods of pros- | perity.” | Proposal Causes Stir. Britain's electoral system, which has persisted without - essentfal revision within living , 18 likely to be nounced he would introduce before | Christmas. | lomnellylndeuu-lly did he make his | statement that its significance was mot | fully a) iated at first, but soon the lobbies filled with excited members dis- cussing a development which they gen- erally regarded as the most important step taken by the Laborites since they assumed office. Competent opinion regarded this as a drastic move—and one probably destined for success—to assure continued sup- wrt from the Liberals upon whose tne government depends for its i B T chn S mve the party most dissatisfied with the present elec- system. ‘What new ‘:orm the prime minister REPORTS ARE MADE Praise tor Jewush People Stressed by Church Dis- cussion Group. \ Recommendations of importance to religious organizations throughout the | nation for increasing the scope of ac- tivity and efficiency in home missions and general church work were made by the North American Home' Missions Findings Committee at the final general session of the missions congress in Calvary Baptist Church today. ‘The committee's report was read be- fore the gathering by Rev. Hermann N. Morse, chairman of the committee. Ocllcn Trained Workers Urged. urged t least a college educa. uon" for all those engaged solely in missionary work. It further recom- mended a better co-ordination betweeri city and country missions anc the ap- pointment of a special commission on religious education by the Home Mis- sions Council. Other recommendations were for an increase in the members of the council staff for the furtherance of co-opera- tion and co-ordination in church and missionary work. It also urged greater diligence on the part of city churches toward co-ordinating their work. Another recommendation was for co- operation with the Federal Council of X | Churches of Christ in America in de- the | of Canada, lgke ‘These expecuuom might be disap- ted, however, if the reforms, when reports arose that MacDonald’s plans in this direction were much less extensive | than these acceptable to the Liberals. | CRASH KILLS ATHLETE | AP | University of Iowa Basket Ball Star | Is Auto Victim. CEDAR RAPIDS. Towa, December 5 veloping forms of church architecture. The congress adjourned early this afternoon. At 2 o'clock the home mis- sions council and the council of women for home missions met in annual ses- sions in the church. H. T, moderator or um tl ure by combining the heuhy- ufl.fl; ethodist and I‘pflf Churches last night. The United Church has in me past five years was better than the best one of the three churches had while they were separate, Oliver declared. Dr. John R. Mott, chairman of the International Missionary Council, who also addressed last night’s meeting, urged general co-operation in all mis- sionary work. Praise for Jews Stressed. At the meeting yesterday under the ead of the report of group eight of the | 13 missions’ congress groups. friendli- | and praise for the Jews was| stressed. A letter was read during sessions yesterday from Gov. Theodore Roose- velt of Porto Rico, expressing appre- ciation of the work done by churches | and mission_groups among needy chil- dren of Porto Rico. He outlined needs of children on the island and urged ad- ditional aid. (P).—Robert Spradling of Frankfort, Ind., University of Jowa basket ball star, | was killed near Shueyville last night in | an automobile collision. i ing was a brother of George Spradling, Purdue athlete. ‘The Babylonians recorded eclipses and made observations of the rising and setting of the heavenly bodies over 2,000 years before the Christian era. A Bank — doln( sMaLL things BIG Time and Money This bank has lots of time and plenty of money for Washing- SUITS FOR DIVORCE One Wife and One Husband Seek Separations. By a Stafl Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., December 5.—Two suits for divorce on grounds of abandonment have been filed in Circuit Court here. Mrs. Minnie Gray asks a divorce fiom Floyd Gray, charging hé | left her in July, 1922, two months after | they were married. Hewes W. Gibson petitioned for a divorce from his wife, Abble Gibson, accusing her of deserting him in 1926 after five years of married Hfe. Neither couple have children. Both petitioners are represented by Lansdale G. Sassce: PROPERTY OWNERS Government Takes Possession of All But 20 Parcels in Post Office Site. With the exception. of 20 parcels, ness to accept the award of a commis- sion of three citizens, the United States will take possession at once of the entire four squares lying between Pennsylvania avenue and B stieet, Twelfth and Thirteenth streets as the site of the Post Office Department and other build- ings in the Federal triangle program. Chief Justice Wheat has signed an | order ratifying the award as to the re- | maining parcels, of which there were 42 in the oiiginal proceeding for con- demnation. Under the old condemnation law an owner dissatisfied with an award the right to appeal to & jury of seven citizens to sit in review of the finding of the commission. This condemnation proceeding involving squares 202 to 295 hchcmlonewheoveredbythe o of procedure under the old .Jaw. proceedings to acquire land for Government use come under the law, which substitutes a jury of five citizens sitting in the presence of a justice of the court, with an peal to the District Court of Appeals from their decision. Chief Justice Wheat ordered the | Jury Commission to summon 50 per- Dr.|sons to appear in court December 16, from whom are to be selected a jury of seven 10 retry the question of the uation of the 20 parcels, which were ex- cepted from the order of court confirm- ing the commiesion's award. e Government was represented by Special Assistant to the Attorney Gen- eral Henry H. Glassie and by Arthur G. | Lambert and Alexander H. Bell, Jr., | special assistants to United States At- | torney Rover. The ° Unexcelled TURN DOWN VALUES| | on duty in the Division of Fleet Train- whose owners have expressed unwilling- | WOODWARD BUILDIN FIFTEENTH ANDH § | Kai-Shek, President of the Chinese HOOVER PRESENTS AVIATION TROPKY Award to Squadron 3-B for| 4,958 Hours of Flying Without Mishap. President Hoover early this afternoon presented the Herbert Schiff Memorial Trophy, awarded for safety in nlvnll flying, to Fighting Plane Squadron 3-B, attached to the aircraft carrier U. 8. S. Lexington. ‘The presentation took place at the White House in the presence of leaders | of naval aviation, the troj hy being cepted on behalf of tl “Pighting ‘Three" squadron by its commlndel’. Lieut. Comdr. Samuel P. Ginder, now ing, Navy Department. The Schiff Trophy was awarded to 3-B Squadron for its performance dur- ing the past fiscal year, under Comdr. Ginder’s, leadership, of 4,958 hours of fiying. or nearly 600,000 miles, without a single mishap. The safety record is considered the more remarkable because the “Pighting Three,” as the squadron is known, op- erated in close formation for many hours over the open seas, including duty over the Pacific, the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. This duty involved taking off from and landing on the deck of the three Navy carriers. The year's flying included 861 land- infis on and as many take-offs from the carrier decks. It repeatedly landed the 18 planes of the squadron on the car- riers in record time at a rate of more than one plane a minute. In addition to its remarkable safety record, tife squadron, also known by its squadron insignia of a striking eagle, hnll.hed third among 75 squadrons in the annual gunnery competition. It participated in all the fleet'’s monthly tactical exercises and operated at full squadron strength during the last fleet concentration, from February 12 to May ;‘5. during which 1,486 hours were own. CHIANG TO FIGHT REDS NANKING, December 5 (#).—Chiang government, left by gunboat today to direct government troop operations against bandits and Communists rav- aging the provinces of Hupeh, Hunan and Kiangsi. He planned to begin operations at Kiukiang and to move { hibitien, LOCAL BAR VOTES FOR DRY REPEAL Foes of Prohibition Carry Is- sue, After Heated Debate, by 97 to 13. The Bar Association of the District of Columbia last night emphatically went on record as opposed to prohibition and voted, 97 to 13, for outright appeal of the eighteenth amendment. Fresh on the heels of this action, foes of prohibition in the Capital, members of the Women's Organization for Na- tional Prohibition Reform and the Cru- saders, anti-prohibition organization, were laying plans for a mass meeting at the Masonic Auditorium tonight to pro- test against the liquor laws. The Bar Association held an orderly, but heated meeting on the subject that has been before the American Bar As- soclation and a llrgle number of local groups of lawyers throughout the Na- tion in recent weeks. e drys among the lawyers put up a spirited fight to delay action on the proposal, but were finally overruled. The mesting was closed to newspaper men and the pub- lic, but after the action had been taken members of the association spoke free- ly of the discussion. Opposing Leaders. Ranged on the side of the victors were Crandal Mackey, Daniel W. O'Don- oghue, Charles A. Douglas and Wilton J. Lambe! The fight against the pro- posal to favor repeal was led by George Lamar and Willlam C. Sullivan. ‘The debate lasted for about two hour: Senator Millard J. Tydings of Mary- land, leader of the wet forces in the Senate, and Representative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey will be the prin- cipal speakers at the mass meeting to- night at the Masonic Auditorium. Other speakers will be: Mrs, Carroll Miller, Democratic national committeewoman from Pennsylvania; Mrs. Alexander Wolf and Rufus Lusk of the Cru- saders. ‘The womm .nu drys were girding today for a lfnlfllt the enact- ment of the Ho'z]l bill for prohibition enforcement in the District and against proposed appropriations for the enforce- ment of the eighteenth amendment for the fiscal year of 1932 ‘The Crusaders today issued & formal statement, through John F. Dryden. executive head of the Washington ganization, calling upon prohlhillon!lt!! !to explain their right to speak for President Hoover on the lub]ect of pro- Quéstions Authority. leaders,” he sald, “have repeat- edly stated that President Hoover is ‘on our side’ The Crusaders want to know who authorized them to speak for the President. The drys also have under- taken to speak for the Republican party, and to threaten that party with ruin if it did not support the losing cause of prohibition. Several days ago the editor of the Christlan Herald, one of the more fanatical dry publications, stated that President Hoover was the chief bar to repeal of the liquor laws, and that the wets were bent on pre. venting his nemination in 1932. “About the same time the Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals arbitrarily warned the Republicans that they were doomed if they condoned modification efforts, We deny the authority of these interests {n dspuk for the President and party lers. “With repeal sentiment growing in every section of the country, the Presi- dent’s political future could easily be Jjeopardized by a continuance of such statements by self-appointed dry spokes- men.” from there to Hankow and Changsha. 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C... ospital defective delinquents Total $100,000 155,000 100,000 . $355,000 Navy Department. 35,000 | Bureau of Yards and Docks, Public works. . $4,620,000 Treasury Dep-mnem. uard War nmmnem Quarter- master Corps (housing) . $170,000 “ 694,500 3,161,000 393,000 4,751,000 6,902,000 1,645,000 | Signal Corps men| Chemical Warfare serv ov National Guard Reserve Officers Corps ... 672,000 Total military activities. ..$30,527,500 Non-military activities, Quar- ter Corps. . $1,266,300 | Army Engincers. £$25,500,000 'I‘o(nl MINNESOTA FARMER - LABORITES MAKE BID FOR NATIONAL RATING Party Elects Floyd B. Olson| Governor on 12th Birthday of Organization# Hopes to Attract Entire Coun- try Through Records of Officials in State. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, December 5.—Once again Farmer-Laborites dream of ad- vancing their party in national politics. ‘The party has celebrated its twelfth birthday anniversary in Minnesota with the election of the State’s first Farmer- | Labor governor, The party's life has been an up-and- | wn_existence since it grew out of the rm revolt” of post-war days. When first it sought to rise to power it planned as its means ol entry the election of Farmer-Labor members of Congress. ‘The plan failed. ‘The organization’s leaders now claim success for the new method—to elect State executives who can make records and bring natlonal attention. Governor Only 39. The first step in this direction was the election of Fred B. Olson, M'nne- apolis attorney, a veteran in_politics although only 39 years old, to the gov- ernorship of Minnesota. ‘The party also elected Henry Ar;'n& a farmer, as lleutenant governo: | senior_Sénator, Henrik Shipstead, and Paul John Kvale, seventh district Rep- resentative, are members of the party. Because of the near balance of Dem- ocratic and Republican strength in Con- gress after next March, Shipstead and [ | FLOYD B. OLSON. Kvale may occupy unusual strategic positions. A few years ago, when concentration of its power reached the heights, the Farmer-Labor group named three Rep- resentatives and two Senators, Magnus Johnson serving briefly with Shipstead. Olson, with broad appointing powers, is likely to have a friendly ture to aid him in realizing hi.l platform promises. In Congress the party's mem- bers have been luckless in patronage. Time to Care for Party, ‘While Farmer-Laborites are hoping to place the party on a national basis, they are reluctant to say “when” and “how.” Olson takes the position that time will take ca‘e of that. He intends to emphasize only a few THE BRAND NEW IWETS CHALLENGED FOR DEFINITE PLAN Dr. Clarence True Wilson Asks Just What Change Foes Would Adopt. ‘The challenge to the wets to propose some specific substitute for the prohi- bition laws, which temperance leaders have thrown out more frequently in recent agitation of the question, was emphasized in a statement yesterday by Dr. Clarence True Wilson, general secretary of the Methodist Board of Temperance. Dr, Wilson said he would favor & na- tional prohibition referendum if the wets would harmonize on a single al- ternative. He pointed out that he spoke as an individual, and not for his or- ganization. “If the Association Against the Pre- hibition Amendment will tell us what it is working for,” Dr. Wilson said, "I for one—and I am only one—would be glad to help devise a plan by which the two propositions—prohibition and the proposed substitute of the wet group—might be put before the Amer- jcan people for an mmnnm cholce in a constitutional referendum.” Substitutes Suggested. No stipulation was made con the substitute. The legalization of and wine, the return of the Government ownership and th dian system were among the alternatives named in the statement. Various dry leaders have opposed the proposal. Further assurance was given, how- ever. that the issue would be raised be- fore @ series of temperance meetings beginning here Monday. Under present plans the matter will be discussed at the National Temperance Council De- cember 8 and 9, to be attended by a group of individual dry leaders. Since the council is empowered to take no action without unanimous con- sent, it has been planned to bring the subject up again at the national con- ference of organizations supporting the eighteenth amendment, meeting Decem- ber 10, nltendcd by delegates from 33 dry gro Dr. Wll.son said the proposal also will be laid before the meeting on Decem- ber 9 of the board of managers of the Methodist Board of Temperance, Wouldn't Oppose Vote. Dr. Wilson contended “there is no plan in the wet group to benefit the country by giving -us something better than prohibition.” “1 so much believe in the right of the people to rule their own country,” he llld “that I would not object to having this question come up now and every 10 years as long as I live and as long as anybody lives. If the referendum did not do any other good, it would make the ‘wets of the country put up some- thing constructive to unify their own thought and let the country know what they are trying to do.” policies, differing from the early leaders who sought reform on such a wide front that they encountered small mupl of opponents as a resuit of each, who to- ether furnished formidable fore ‘were well started. Establishment of a permanent of conservation, especially with to forestry; reorganization of the State’s securities, a compuisory old-age pension law, econ- omy and promotion of academic freedom are Gov.-elect Olson’s announced aims. A MOST UNUSUAL RADIO VALUE Stewart-Warner WITH EIGHT TUBES $94.75 COMPLETE BEAUTIFUL CONSOLE COLONIAL MODEL WITH SUPER- ELECTRO DYNAMIC SPEAKER ton families who are The Wooduasd Batlil- ing for your answer to the ques- tion of nicer quarters . . . larger quarters . . . better service . . . Right now there is a fine range of selections. 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