Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1930, Page 3

VETERANS' RELIEF REMAINS AN ISSUE “Commercialized Racket” Charges of Johnson Fail to Kill Plan. BY MARK SULLIVAN. ‘The proposal that the Government shall pay, during this Congress, from one to three and a half billion dollars as relief to veterans, is still a matter of concern to responsible leaders in Con- gress, in spite of the exposure by Repre- sentative Royal C. Johnson of South Dakota that some of the lobbying in or of it is, to use his words, a “eom- mercialized racket.” This is the only proposal for a large Federal appropria- tion to relieve unemployment that has taken on a new vitality,, ‘When Congress adjourned just be- fore Christmas the atmosphere of both chambers was to the effect that nothing further would be done about any of the several proposals for immense &ppro- priations which had caused President Hoover to speak of “playing politics at the expense of human misery.” The agitation and comment from the country following President Hoover's declaration had resulted in a quiet side- tracking of all the proposa It was believed, as Congress recessed, that the relief program which President Hoover had initiated and which Congress en- acted would be all that this Congress would do. It was even believed, and may yet be truesthat Senator La Fol- lette's resolutich censuring _President Hoover would be allowed to die quietly. It was in this atmosphere that Con- The idea of another tion was revived on Fri- of last week when Democratic | House Leader Garner proposed that Congress should in this session appro- priate upward of a billion dollars as a geiipeyment o veterans' endowment surance certificates not due until 1945. On the following day Representative Johnson denounced the organized lobby- ing for present payment of these certifi- cates as a case of ‘“commercialized lobbying” in which the solicitors of signatures to petitions received 10 cents for each name. Johnson is one of the quite small number of Representatives who would be willing to take a stand in opposition to anything proposed from any source purporting to be in the interest of veterans if he did not rd it as sound. Johnson's freedom to resist unsound demands put forward as in behalf of veterans is in part due to the fact that he is himself a veteran of the highest standing, with Disting- uished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre. The outstanding fact, responsible for the continued possibility of this Con- gress making the appropriation in ques- tion is that fully three to four out of five Representatives will vote for any measure, -however extreme, put forward as being in behalf of veterans. If such a measure comes to a roll call, majori- ties will vote for it. The variation of the present proposal now put forward by Democratic House Leader Garner is the mildest of the several proposals that the Government shall pay off the veterans’ certificates in whole or in part. Observers of veterans' legislation un- | bt derstand, however, that when a mild {mpnsll gets on the floor of the House, he extreme proposal is immediately put forward as an amendment. It has been demonstrated -that the extreme proposal can command a majority of members fearful of resisting anything proposed in behalf of veterans. In the present case the extreme proposal would require an appropriation of roughly three and half billion dollars to pay the full face value of endowment insurance certifi- cates not due until 1945. This extreme form of the proposal is put forward in the Senate by Democratic Senator Car- | away of Arkansas and Republican Sen- | posal ator Vandenberg- of Michigan. The pressure for this measure is high- 1y organized and extremely energetic; and it is the most obvious of facts that most Representatives and Senators fear to resist it openly. Privately it is freely condemned. If the measure is averted it will be due to parliamentary man- agement in the House. The measure is in the Committee on Ways and Means. SPE(:J AL NOTICES. to the unemployed. o HE EVENING STAR, WAS HINGTON, The Marines from Quantico sent this hlr'l of wood to the District Whart Saturday to add to that pr«vlnullv ‘Ivrn —Star Staff Photo. | PRESIDENT HONORS WILSON'S MEMORY Wreath Is Sent to Tomb. Exercises to Be Held Next Sunday. President and Mrs. Hoover were among those who yesterday sent floral wreatns that were placed on the tomb of Woodrow Wilson, war President, in the B-thlchem Chapel of the Washing- ton Cathedral. | It was the occasion of the seventy- | fou:th anniversary of Wilson's birth in Staunton, Va., an occasion which will b2 observed with memorial exercises Sunday afternoon under the auspices | of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. | John H. Clarke, former Justice of the | United Stat>s Supreme Court, will be | the principal speaker at these exercises which will be held at the National| Theater. Among the various ~organizations which yesterday honored the memory of the war President by sending floral wreaths to the tomb were the Demo- cratic Women’s Luncheon Club of Phil- adelphia, the Woodrow Wilson Founda- | tion of New York and the Women's Woodrow Wilson Ciub of Grand Rapids, | Mich. As on a number of previous anni- versary dates, a larg: wreath was con- spicuous for its lack of a card. Mrs. Wilson always sends flowers to be placed at her husband's tomb in the chapel. e LIBRARY TO CLOSE Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian. announces that the central building of the Public Library at Eighth and K streets and all branches and sub- branches will close at 6 p.m. on Wed- nesday. On New Year day the central build- ing will be open from 2 to 6 p.m. branches and subbrnnchzs ‘Xll be closed. Orrdlmnly it could be kept uure until the end of the session. One of the pro- moters of the measure, however, Repre- sentative Wright Patman of Texas, is circuliting a petition calling on the committee to send the measure to the floor of the House. If a majority of members, 218, sign_the petition, the committee must act. If the measure gets on the floor of the House it is practi- cally certain that some variation of it, probably the extreme one, will pass. The American Legion, as a national organization, does not support the pro- 1. On the contrary, the Legion has' formally declined to approve it. Innu- | merable individual veterans, however, | and many local posts of the Legion have | been successfully solicited to go on rec- ord supporting the proposal. Petitions brought forward in lots of 50 signatures each to the gross aggregate of tens of thousands have already been filed with | gongreu by Representative Patman of | ‘exas. SPECIAL NOTIZES. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- | Rolders or the "Atlantic_Buiiding Company, | jock am. This meeting is for the :)e-:non ot ofmters ‘and "Busincss " transacs ions ATLANTIO BUILDING COMPANY. INC. KER, Jr., Presi€e: Tolders of the Piremen's Insurance Company ©of Washington_and Georgeiown will meet at the office on Monday, January 5, 1931, for the purpose of electing ihirteen directors for the ensuing vear. Foile open from 1 am. to 12 ALBERT W. HOWARD. Secretary THIS xs TO CERTIFY THAT AT A MEETING of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Marble & Tile Co. a body corporate under the laws of the District of Columbia. recom- mending a ckange of name, and thereafter at a meeting of stockholders of the above corporation held on the 8th day of Ocober. rom Vire le ile 'Co. to that of Venetian Art Tile & Marble Co., Inc LOUIS J. VITIELLO. re. JAMES In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names and afixed the seal of the | corporation this 25th day of November, D. 1930 | gtrict of Columbla. sn.: 1 try, a notary public in and for 1€ Diiic Jor Cotambia, o, celtify that Lous J. Vitiello and James P. Splain. parties 10 the above certificite bearing date on the | 25t day of November D. 1930, and hereto ed. personally appeared before me in Baia District. the said Louis 9 Vitiello and well known to me as the per cuteq the said certificate as presiden Secretary, respectively. and acknowiedse the | Same to be their act and dee: Given under my hand and seal this 25th @ay of November. AD. 1930 (Signed.) 8. A, GENTRY. | de8.15.22.29 Notary Puviie. _ | = WOTICE 15 HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE | nnual_meeting of the stockholders of the {ggs National Bank of Washinston. for the election of directors and the trans: tion of such other business as may come | fore the meeting will be he the nking House, 1503 Pennevlva northwest, on Tuesday. Jan The polls: will remain open Yeom 11 oclock am.. unth 12 gclock no g SEOROE 6" vass, © FHE OFFICE W. & B coaroadisss. open & sn o > i wenlumonsty THE ANN ETING OF THE ST Tolders of éhe Hush Reilly Company. at Fidsdu: Japuary 20, "t forthe eleceion g€ ofcars for the ensuine vesr and tbe ransaction of such other business that may HUGH REILLY . Gecrotary Inc.. come before the meeting goueA ' N. s ANNU, M!fllNG “OF THE BTOCK IGers of the Washingson Railway & Eiec- jc Company. for the purpose of electing & Board of Directors o serve for the ensuing year and to transact such other business as imay properly come before the meeting, will be held at the office of the Company,’ 14th and C streets northwest, Washington. D. C.. on Saturday, January 1, 1931, at 12 o'clock Boon (" In connection therewith, the books for the transfer of the nlock of the said company. u lllnl to the by-laws, will be closed from jse of ‘Dusiness on December 31 1930, Go lh. openlnl of business on Ja 1931 H_M. KEYSER. Sec THE AN |. BTOCKHOLDERS' MEETING of the !zde 1 Ofl Corporation of the Dis- trict of Columbia will be held Friday, Janu- ary 30, I” i 4:45 p.m. in the offices of the com jo. 603, Woodward Building. lor the elmnon of directors and such other iness &3 may properly come before the meetine, F. W. COLEMAN, 'rical : foeiint “"s 5 st on 1 Sap 1931, to the sta. derl of r;gom at lh. i g, of business n extre iuidend 3 per cont on said caD tock, uub’lfi’ said_siockholders on m _Jnual meeting of the the Tepo) d nA n-e tnnncuon of such other roperly come before them any in a‘“‘ .(.r?-.'nnlun fhento m ¢ a7 o T | occasion’ | THE SHADE FACTORY SEVENTH STREET SAVINGS BANK DI dena No. 31—The Board of Directors declared the usual semi-annual dividend 36 per share, payable December 31. 1930, {o stockholders of record at the close of business December 26, SOHN M. De MARCO, Cashier. | NOTICE 15 HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE | sunial ‘meeting of the stockholders of the | an: Cap mp: S Lt Al eciors tos the esuln Jea 26 the Cransaction of Such other. business as may be brought before the meeting will be held at the office of the company, 36th | and M sts nw. Washington, C. Thursder, Yanuinry 8 1931 at 10145 o'clock | Tml pxx;llfi %ill Be open from 11 o'clock | 2% antil 12, o'cloc 5. CRAMPTON, Secretary cn' BE_RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY fiebts oiner than those contracted b myselr. NS, %07 11th St N.W. 30 5000 REWARD, IN ADDITION TO COST of table, for one tilt-top table, painted floral Gesign, sold by the iate Henry Rosenbers. 10th and E sts. nw. after March. 1929, of | information that will lead to locating this table”_Address Box ¢35-E. Star offce 0 MOV] ING'” Nation] 1460 WE HAVE VANS GOING 1O BOSTON DEC. 31 to Jan. 2 Can save you money on this taip tor pm Joads ‘soing or coming New' York and other points en route. SERICAN STORAGE & TRANSFER'CO. Adams_1450. 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Y. 313 st North 1313 Yoy, fe van Line Service FLOORS NASH rII)CR Cfl 3343 Will Rogers BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Sce a lot in the papers about the split in the Republican party over Norris. ‘The Republicans and the> Democratic parties both split. The Re- publicans have their splits rght after elections, and Democrats have theirs Jjust before an election. Got a lot of wires from big and litile firms saying they took the suggestion and told their people “they Were not to be fired,” and they all wrote how pleased their help was. Now New Year is just as good a time to do so as Christmas was, so if you haven't told 'em, do so. And'everything will pick up and they will even work better. FORESEES LEGION GETTING IN POLITICS Gen. Charles P. Summerall Says Veterans Are Chief Check on False Propaganda, By the Associated Press. TAMPA, Fla., December 29.—Charles P. Summerall, retired chief of staff of the United States Army, said last night | he believed that sooner or later the American Legion Inulfl have to take | a hand in. politics, “as per'.a‘lns to na- | tional problems,” despite the fact it hns “steadfastly refused to be led astray | into partisan pollllcs or be lured by | false rewards.” Gen. Summerall was in Tampa for a ceremony today welcoming him home to Florida. He was appointed to West Point_more than 40 years ago from the first Florida district. He said he saw the American Legion “as the dominating influence in the country today in checking the spread of flop’:g.md- antagonistic to American BAKERY IS BURNED Defective Flue tSarts $5,000 Blaze at Indian Head. Special Dispatck: to The Star. INDIAN HEAD, Md., December 29.— A fire believed to have been caused by | a defective flue destroyed the bakery | of Peter Schroder early yesterday. Damage was estimated at $5,000, partly | covered by insurance, ‘The fire department frcm the Gov- ernment reservation here extinguished the flames. was called but the blaze was under con- | trol by the time it arrived. ‘The La Plata company also | 0.5, STUDENTS TRAINEDINFRANCE | Report on Eight Years’ Work- ing of Delaware Plan Made at Session Here. More than 300 American students re- ceived training In Prance during the |past eight years under the Delaware |plan for undergraduate foreign study, | Walter Hullihen, president of the Dela- vare University, told the Committee on the Junior Year Abroad of the Insti- tute of International Education, in an- nual meeting at the Mayflower Hotel to- | students, carefully sclected by n French of the various Amer- ican educational institutions, are given instruction in a wide choice ‘of subjects at the Foreign Study School in Paris. The object of the school is to estab- [lish a better understanding between France and the United States. They are given courses in the history, litera- ture, art, drama, government and cus- | toms of the French people. In a statement signed by the foremost French toachers of the couniry and read | before the committee meeting today it | was pointad out that under the foreign | school plan there will gradually come to be a considerable body of college trained. men and women with a good knowledge of the customs 2nd govern- | ment_of the French people. Upon this knowledge ‘t was pointed out, business interests and the Government can draw. The course cf study and the direction of students abroad are in charg> of Prof. org> E. Brinton of the University of Delaware. S {HUGE WILD CAT OIL WELL | Texas Spouter Capable of Produc- ing 22,500 Barrels Daily. | KILGORE, Tex., December 29 (#).—A | wildeat well, with estimated daily pro- duction of 22,500 barrels of petroleum, | was brought in yesterday under tre- | mendous gas pressure three and one- ! half miles south of Kilgore. ‘The new producer was heralded as the discovery well of a new Rush County pool. It is nine and one-half miles ‘norlhenst of the Forster Deep Rock well near Joinerville, and was brought in at a depth of 3,642 feet. Oil men believed the gusher was the largest producer in East Texas. Oil is of 37!, degrees corrected gravity. SADDLE ROCK OYSTERS 72n0 Year [FAMOUS RESTAURANT. Pennsylvania Ave. at 1ith Street Delicious Dinners, $1.25 & $1.50 THAT EASEFUL JOY of sinking into your armchair when the day's work is done will be UNINTER- RUPTED by heating Marlow’s Famous Here’s a coal that when left alone! Marlow 811 E St. NW. “1 straight.” 614 ll St. worries if you burn Reading Anthracite. actually burns better Call Marlow for it. Coal Co. NAtional 0311 One-Stop Service T IS unnecessary to go three or four places for Auto Services. Here, under one roof, is ANY SERVICE for ANY CAR at ANY HOUR— quick, efficient, economical. away you will notice that the little things have been cared for—your windshield—the lenses of your headlights cleaned—your radiator cap on And as you drive l!(onnnnA' n District 2775 ‘Hmtongflmcs AND BA’I“I‘EBIES = quality Hartshorn Waterproof and clean- able_shades on_your roller up to inches by 6 feel | B2 rae iniaow” shides proportinaately priced. NATIONAL SHADE — 1) v Strest MW Furniture Repairing, Upholstering, Chair Caneing CLAY ARMSTRONG 1235 1 St. N.W. Metropolitan 2062 Same location 21 years, which insures low prices _and_high-grade workmans! Bring us_your rollers for genuine $1.50 | Any size shade for thizprice || SHOP| !30 13th St. N.W. du Pont TONTINE Shades Do Not HireT uxedos—Full Dréss xASSAN BTEIN NG, 16 1ith Se K % Printing Craftsmen... are at your service for result-gettin, publldty Natl wb“l’- —and if you have window shades in your home made from this wonderful shade cloth you may extend the reign of cleanliness in your home . . . BECAUSE du Pont TON- TINE is WASHABLE. When soiled, a TONTINE shade ly and easily brought back to its original beauty soap, hot water and a brush. &uu:kl | District 3324-3325 | W. STOKES SAMMONS Pinhole or Fi Or Our Phnne be: Window Crack, ray D. C.; MONDAY, DEC 1.5, STATUS HELD - MOST FAVORABLE Dr. Julius Kiein Says World Looks to Stability of America for Relief. Describing European depression, Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, asserted in a radio address over the Columbia Broadcasting System yesterday that America was in a far| more favorable situation in virtually | every point of comparison. Countries | abroad, he added, now hold a deepen- | ing_appreciation_that in the economic stability of the United States “lies the greatest single hope_ for world recovery today.” the United States because of war debi immigration and tariffl policies were figment of superheated imagination save for bitterness existing in one coun- try. Dr. Klein said. “We were led to believe” he con- tinued, “that around every foreign fire- | side the family gathered each evening | and went into a five-minute huddle of good, snappy anti-Americanism. Report Declared Unfounded. “I'm going to_answer that guestion a bit summarily. In Europe and the Near Fast the alleged foreign enmity toward this country and its business efforts is largely mythical right now—a figment | of superheated imaginations. You can | find some local frritation or envy in certain spots—but any general, crgan- ized animosity or malevolence toward American commerce or the American ple is virtually non-existent.” Dr. Klein has recently returned from an extended tour abread. He did not name the country in which he said| bitterness existed because of the new Smoot-Hawley tariff act, but said it| was of minor importance economically. “Europe is in a bad way,” he con- tinued ~ “There is no use trying to| blink that fact. But let me add that there are als elements of hope—forces making gradually for betterment. Europ> is engulfed (as we ourselves have been) in a depression that is universal. 7,500,000 Idle Anticipated. “Unemployment in Europe will prob- ably be at its p-ak toward the latter part of January and is expected to| reach 7,500,000 or more. There is polit- ical unrest, scething to the surface in | many places, in many varied forms, actual hunger exists—and political up- heavals are f-eding on the empty stomachs of the land “Politics is often disorganized, is made futile and confused by the multitude of parties—resulting in governmental policies of the shrerest expediency. a | resort to hopeless compromises, a lack | of co-ordinated efforts and logical “follow-ups.’ r. Klein said the depression abroad had menm a loss to the Uhited States P Reports of European animosity toward EMBER_ 29, 1930. Clubman Dies | | | | C. E. TRIBBY, SR. —Harris-Ewing Photo. | in the gross value of its cxport trade, but that “so far as competitive ability and vigor are concerned, we are not slipping in the least.” He added that | inventori®s all over Europe are d-pleted and there was a desire to buy, if| | possible. WIFE IS VINDICATED AFTER PARROT’S WORDS “Nice }‘rnnk_ Tu;xs;lt to Be For-| | mer Owner Rather Than Mexi- | can Woman's Friend. By the Associated Press. | MEXICO CITY, Deécember 29.—Elias | | Abbas has executed his once-cherished | parrot in the presence of the police and tranquillity reigns once more in the | | Abbas “houschold. Elias is a Turkish peddlcr and liked | his parrot, which always had treated | him very friendly and companion like, but when he returned from his last trip to the State of Michoacan, the par- rot greeted him with a cold, distant stare and then squawked _derisively “Pancho Lindo” (“Nice Frank"). | Elias flew intc a rage and began to {beat his wife, Raquel Casim, demand- |ing to know all abou: Frank. A po- |liceman stopped in and brought man, wife and parrot to police headquarters, | where Col. Casimiro Talamente heard | Elias’ story. Afier checking his mirth, |the colonel investigated, finding “Frank’ | was a parrot vendor, the original owner |of the ‘bird. Elias promptly twisted the parrot’s neck beyond repair and made up with | his wife. | | Germany )930 prnductlnn of crude | | petroleum has been estimated at 1,050,- {000 barrels, breaking all previous rec- ords. CHARLES E. TRIBBY DIES AT HOSPITAL Prominent Real Estate Own- er and Operator Expires | After Operation. | Charles E. Tribby, sr, 65 years old, prominent real estate operator and | owner and long active in leading clubs | here, several of which he helped found, died in Garfisld Hospital last night fol- | lowing an operation for appendicitis Tuesday. Funeral services will be conducted at Gawler's Chapel, 1754 Pennayl\nnm‘ avenue, tomo:tow afternoon at 2:30 | o'clock. Rev. Dr. Robert S. Barnes, | pastor of Dumbarton M. E. Church, will | officiate. Interm-nt will be in Fort| Lincoln Cemetery. For many years active in locai real| e<lalr circles, Mr. Tribby at the time of his death was owner of some 15| apartment houses and 75 private homes | and business establishm-nts. Mr. Tribby was a life member and one of the founders of the Congression- | al Country Club, was a member and one of the founders of Bannockburn | Country Club, a member of the Indian | Spring and Racquet Clubs. He also was | a member of the Washington Boaid of | Trade and the Chamber of Commerce ‘ He is mnlved by two sons, Charle: | E. Trib local jeweler, and H('r | bert D. Tnbbl ith whom he was as- | sociated in the real estate business. Mr. Tribby resided at 3300 Sixteenth street. | He maintained offices in the District Na- tional Bank Bullding. ARTHUR M. HAZARD, NOTED |ARTIST, DIES AT AGE OF 57‘ | Nationally Known Pnlnter Had | Canvases on Display in Many Cities, Including Washington. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., December 29.— Arthur M. Hazard, 57, internationally known painter, whose' canvases hang in’ Washington museums, died Friday in Chateau de Suresnes, near Paris, Prance. Hazard, best known for his war plc-‘ tures, lived in Hollywood, but had been | in Europe for six months. Two of his | canvases, “Not by Night” and “The | Spirit of the Armistice.” are in the Na- | tional Museum at Washington. and | “The Spirit of Service,” painted for the Red Cross. hangs in the Red Cross | Museum there. He' paiited’ & memorial. picture for | the Canadian Parliament and was | widely known for his portrait work. | Mrs. Hazard said burial will be at Providence, R. I. whose condition is normal or near-to-normal. interpreted as one of endorsement and approval. : Reopening After | three-day ~ suspension A3 FORCES ENLARGED BY TEXTILE MILLS Holidays, Evictions and Bomb Probe Feature Day. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., December 29.—Re- opening of the Riverside and Dan River Cotton mills with a substantially in- creased working force, following & for Christmas; service of writs of possesion in 14 evic- tion cases in Danville; heating on 33 other eviction proceedings at School- field, and investigation of a heavy ex- plosion which occurred last night at Schoolfield. were developments in_the textile strike, which today entered its | fourth month. with nothing on the hori- 20n to indicate an early settlement. Military and civil authorities at Schoolfield are investigating the bomb- ing at a house occupied by W. C. New- { man. non-union_worker. which shook | the mill village. The exniosion occurred last night in the back yard of the premises. Little darjage was done. Three persons v#e questioned, but released Deputy Constable Luther Lewis and a force of laborers. this morning began electing strikers from company-owned houses in Danville. Tt was necessary to set furniture in the street in several instances. Hearing on 33 eviction proceedings against Schoolfield strikers was set for | today. before Magistrate R. S. Fitts at |the mill village. Bnddy Retnrns to Filmdom. TOLEDO. ©Ohio, December 29 (P).— Charles “Buddy” Rogers, film actor, who underwent an operation for ap- ‘pendicitis in a Toledo hospital two v&::‘lsx clgn( left yesterday for Holly- He was making a stage appearance here when stricken. THE SON 1739 Ey. Street Delightful Location 1 and 2 rooms and bath, up. Resident Ma: District 8348, ROOME< 4 reet 68 _, Who Is Normal In Abnormal Times? THERE are many fine business institutions in America- today A more accurate index could scarcely be devised to indicate the merit and integrity of manufacture and of management. Many an honest and worthy business may be penalized by special market and competitive conditions, but one thing is sure—where a business is maintaining its leadership, that leadership is due to the high regard in which the public holds its quality and its direction. Pierce-Arrow is very prominent among those enjoying increased public confidence and purchase—a preference which can only be The present Pierce-Arrow may well be rated higher than the best the world affords. It is a nobly designed, proportioned, and deco- rated vehicle, even, easy, and restful beyond words, powerful and swift to the very limit of need or indulgence. Yet even such a car does not fulfill completely the Pierce-Arrow conception of its debt to its distinguished clientele, and its new cars and new prices are soon to be announced. Pierce-Arrow feels fully justified in stating its conviction that these new products, which are to be initially displayed in"January— beginning with the Automobile Show in New York —will more than ever merit the exalted Pierce-Arrow standing. Pierce-Arrow leadership has ever been a source of pride and respon- sibility to the management—it is am intensified gratification that the Pierce-Arrow car is singled out at this time for special and extraordinary public endorsement. ' PIERCE-2 RR