Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1931, Page 32

D...C, JANUARY 11, 19 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO Arm yand Navy News actor impersonations presented by B. Frank Shafer. — Langley Junior. The Langley Junior High School Was under the sponsor- Excessive Use of ‘Campaign Funds CITIES BID FOR PARLEY. . To Win Office Scored by Senator Nye 4,000 Expected to Attend General Disarmament Conference. PARIS, January 10 (F).—Brussels, San Bebastian and Vienna, it was said in diplomatic circles yesterday, have: The Story the Week Has Told ‘Third Page.) NOTES.—Stockholm is getting to be s sizable city. Its popultion has passed the half-million having doubled since 1890. - shameful work—dont money was available to defeat a bandidate who hadn't pleased would- when examining into these mate one could not help but be struck the determination of witnesses to rather thau reveal facts which |inquisitors were after. I have ob- men who stand high in their unities, who would not lie, men would not deceive in the ordinary of business or associations with d, do these very things in mat- relating to politics. What does it n? It means just this, that we have permitted our politics to be so conduct- d for so long a time that men of stand- feel that things which would be in business life are quite the in the conduct of political cam- gns and in the con nt of what n done mx:uuch umpdcn]s Ju}:t allong as we permit money to play the t in elections that it does play in q States today that long are we go- to find standards of conduct unbe- ing to men. Large campaign ex- ditures invite corruption. Corrup- n unnd_ ot exist without the money to 7 Relation to Government. want to make more pointed my t that campaign contributions expenditures are expressly and di- y related to the conduct of govern- . The records are filled with in- es of favors accorded campaign gributors. Men with selfish interests Investments in the form of h contributions have been found to political ors. To establish that this is true y 1 offer the very concrete evidence orded through the record of cam- contributions in 1924 and legisla- returns enjoyed by these same cor itors in 19262 In 1924, with a presi- tial and congressional election on, D. Rockefeller, Andrew Mellon, mne Whitney, the Marshall Field es- , George F. Baker, sr.; George F. Baker, jr.; Vincent Astor, J. B. Duke, fus Fleischmann, Cyrus Curtis and Joseph E. Widener, to name only a few meén, made contributions to party cam- funds ranging from $5.000 to ,000. In 1926 the parties to which they contributed became sponsors of a tax-reduction bill which was whipped h Congress by party leaders and every year sums ranging from $200,000 ta nearly $3,000,000. Surely men would not make such ex- esssive contributions as I have recited without some genuine return in mind, m;‘o we are driven to know that cam- being so, high time we the contributors expect rewards, | pu than the primary only because it might be found cheaper to_corrupt the limited number of men delegated to a convention than it would be to corrupt an entire electorate or a majority of an electorate. It cannot be doubted that politician: party bosses and those who seek to con- trol elections with money and trickery much prefer the convention to the pri- mary form of nominating. The primary grew out of the cormfvuon Pprevalent in conventions. Certainly we don't want to go back to that convention plan sim- ply to make it easier and cheaper for selfish interests to accomplish their pu : If the repeal of the primary laws is not the cure for the ills growing out of huge campaign expenditures, then what is the remedy? I think there are positive things that can be done. First, there should be a tightening up of our law governing the conduct of elections, both general and primasy. Second, there should be stricter limitation by law of expenditures; and, fii Ally, there should be an awakening on the part of people to rebellion against money hold- ing such sway as it in some States in influencing the result of elections. Public Revolt Urged. In conclusion, let me say that the best and finest results in opposition to the influence of money in umglum would be gained if the people of America would stand out and uncom- pro; and jealously rebel against and against the corrupting of our election systeiy and fight it, whether its sponsors 'mfiepllbuum or Demo- cratic leaders. wClean elections afford a good guaganteé of clean government. Children cry out against the daily wash- ings to which mothers submit them. Yet these mothers uncompromisingly insist u cleanliness of body. Why? Simply use they realize that the lack of cleanliness invites disease and cor- ruption. These same mothers virtually es free from filth because they know that filth invites disease and cor- ruption. Why should we not all as Americans fight with equal diligence against those influences which would corrupt our election system and our Government and ultimatel. contributions are investments mt isn’t it unitedly in ition to exces- expenditures in conduct of po- campaigns? xirs the g:kn;xenu of in campaigns s n stated, tell me why it s that, from $300. m $1,000,000 or more will be ex- to elect then to positions that a af - service Te- .-nl:l.l.x “amount to win ‘It has.heet repeatedly asserted that system is making it im- for any ekéept the very rich k material for this column must r to the State office, Room 01, Burlington Hotel, in time to be on the first delivery Wed= . the Sun- day on which s desired. &"uwmmnbnl:numuoxo‘m mu' Teachers will be held Tuesday oon in the Wilson Teachers’' Col- The Board of mfiu will meet 'mufu-tlgcn,m Burlington Hotel. Mrs. hibald Hopkins and Miss Harlean James will speak. ‘The regular conference of the Seventh Division Presidents of the District of flmb{. Congress of Parents and hers will be held January 12, at 10 ;il.{:.. in the Burlington Hotel, Room ‘The tickets for the Civic Concert, which is being sposored by the Force Parent-Teacher Association, in co-oper- stion with the District of Columbia Con- gtess of Parents and Teachers, are being distributed to each association. There will be a meeting of the Thrift chairmen in the State office Tuesday from 10 to 11 am. ‘There will be a meeting of the Safety chairmen in the State office Thursday at 10:30 am i Business High. ! The Business High School Associa- t: will meet January 14 at 8 p.m., in school auditorium. The speaker Wil be Linn C.-Drake, Scout executive the District Council Boy Scouts. ic, “Recreation and Character.” Buchanan. . The Buchanan Association will meet | January 13 at 7:45 p.m. in the audi- tortum ‘of the school. The speaker will be Miss Bertfe Backus. Her subject will be “Character Education in the School.” Buchanan Glee Club will also en- , under the direction of Mrs. y. Keene. ‘The board meeting of the Keene Association was held In the school Jan- :y 5. Arrangements were completed the next meeting of the association, Juesday at 8 pm. Dr. A. B. Hunter, stant dean of George Washington niversity of” Medicine, will talk on “Health and the Child.” £ The Washington Dairy Council will g‘e a short play and Mrs. E. J. Dowl- State student aid chairman, will 8380 be a speaker and guest of the eve- 3 entire program will feature th” and “The Child.” Bowen-Greenleaf. Mrs. H. spoke at the thly meeting of the Bowen-Green- Association Thursday afternoon. Brent-Dent. R. L. Haycock, assistant superintend- it of schools, will speak on “Charac- Education in the Home, at the ting January 12, at 8 p.m. Brent Jehool. Story telling by Miss Willamy fing and music will also add interest program. Billy Boswell of the h grade bas had 100 in arithmetie day for six weeks. || Stuart Junior High. [MCharacter Education” was subject | Miss Bertie Backus of Powell Junior fiigh, to the parents of the Stuart fiome and School Association, Friday grade mothers are assisting smbership chairman, Mrs. J. N. An- tt{:n of Miss Rebecca Rogers, - 8 be. difficult to cite a large cam- Band ¢ i the Association in_De- e e |, DRI SR SR ornol*“ g;'-mt-uuwmtu-m - Tuthill, will be a i L. ‘The next ‘be Jaruary ‘There meeting of Tuthill School Assoclation January 27 at 8 p.m. Powell Junior. dent , will speak .Y:n.:nn 27 on “The ch'ndfieenm School”; L. B. speak for the Community Chest and Mrs. 1. H. Wright will speak on “Kindergarten Work.” Miss Searl’s Kindergarten Orchestra will furnish Gordon Junior. The Gordon Junior High School As- sociation will meet in the school audi torium at 1:30 o'clock January 16. 8. Kramer, first assistant superinten of schools, will speak on “Why a h three | School Education.” There also will speaker from the Community Chest. Bancroft. A mlet‘l:f of the Executive Board of 't Assoclation was held Mon- gy.d"rhe m‘dhv}: vice prum Miss andy, cal e meeting spe- cial business of electing a new presi- dent, the office being vacant by resignation of Mrs. Norman Stentz. Mrs. William Sweet, second vice president, was unanimously elected and Mrs. George Hill was elected to be second Ppresident vice t. ‘The lar meeting of the associa- tion was held at the school the after- noon of January 6. Dancing classes, under the Community’ Center leader- ship, are being formed. During month since the last meeting the as- sociation entertained the school classes by the performance of “The Dutch s.ll.n l;l.z‘l;lkmm ko( the Savings spoke on of Saving.” ch saved 1o thess mien each and work their knuckles bare to keep their | tricf accompanied by Mrs. Klein at the piano. Francis Scott Key. ‘The association will meet Tuesday at the school at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Lucian Jerdan, president of the association, 101 mflqu;mme of this meeting. The mothers’ class, under the direc- meet. the school January 14 from:1:30 to 3 o'clock. 3 ‘McKinley. “Good Health Habits an Ald:to Character Education” Was the sub) of a falk by John vice freely func- At least it | 3F 7 ign expenditure which had the effect o an election. be the speaker. Miss of their work. Blow-Webb. Miss Gertrude H. Bowling, director of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society, gave a talk on “Healthy Childr at the regular meeting of the Blow-Webb Assoclation January 6 at 3:30 pm. January 20 was decided upon as the date for the annual luncheon in the two schools. Mrs. Yobst was appointed as chairman of the Webb Luncheon Com- mittee and Mrs. McGrath was given chlmn of :.he :l&;‘ptepln ] e next ms of the organiza- tion will be held on the night of - ruary 3 at Webb School. U i Whittier. The Whittjer Association will meet tomorrow at 8:15 p.m. in the school. It will be “Dads’ night,” and the fathers of all the pupils are especially invited to be present. The entertcinment will be furnished by fathers and there will be a speaker from the Community Chest. Brookland. The meeting of the executive board was held at the school Monday. Plans were made for a luncheon to be held 8t the school January 21. “Fathers’ night” will be held January 13. Park View. rs’ ht” at the Park View Platoon School Association will have for its speaker Dean W. C. Ruediger of George Wi n University. Re- freshments will be served and a musical program under the chairmanship of Mrs. W. H. Wagner will be rendered. of Park View's delegates attended the recent State conference of the District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers at the Wilson Teachers’ College. : Ludlow-Madison-Taylor. Miss Bubb of the children’s branch f the Public Library gave s talk on “The Value of Books in the Character Building of Children.” Reports given by Mrs. A. Beaupre, student aid Chairman; Mrs. R. Sengstack, delegaf to the State Congress, and Mrs. J. were [S . class of the Taylor School. Wheatley, The Wheatley Association will meet January 13 at 2:30 va. in the scheol auditorium. Mrs. Alice Manning, first vice president. Judge Katherine Sellers of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia will speak on “The Promot of Faithful Citizenship Through Pre- vention g Juvenile Delinquency.” ttee, Mrs. A. L. Duerr, chairman, will give a card p.niu“ the school the evening Central Righ. The association met in the library of the school Monday afternoon, when the conference with the teachers took place. | Elementary. bia Congress L munity singing of Parent-Teacher songs | was led by H. Lee Smith, who also pre- sented two tech songs of his own com- position. Petworth. A meeting was held in the sehool auditorium Tuesday evening, at which , will give a demonstration | time H program, hlhlnld:;‘l lo by which included a solo mmuum:mnnmnww the school orchestra under the direction of Miss Laura Fairchild Ward. monthly award of $5 for the largest percentage of xuenu present, went to Mrs. Payne’s 6 B-A room. Weightman. ‘The annual Christmas party given the children of the Weightman School provided much entertainment for the crippled childfen, who form a part of the school’s personnel, as well as the normal ones, also included on the ros- ter. The expense was borne by the Weightman Association. Two members president of the District Congress of Parents and TeacHers, was pro 10 eeeh crippiea chid of the Mgrader School 3 Force. executive board meeting of the Association was held January 2. 1 auditorium. Topics cussion _are: Three Rooms, Kitchenette and Bath Electrical Refrigeration H pbel Ie J Ad- lormerly Judge A the Navy, who will | Promo 80 as commandant g"flu 13th Naval Yard at Puget Rear Adm. Campbell. a:u n‘% Washing- understobd that Rear Admiral Noble E. signed as commandant of the mouth Navy Yard as Admiral William W. Ports- t.)l‘m relief of Rear be ass dant of the.3d Naval ict and the New York Navy Yard, in view of thé fact that Rear Admiral Louis R. de'Steiguer, now in‘ command at New York, will be trans- ferred to the retired list of the Navy on April 1, 1931, due to his reaching the statutory retirement age limit. It is understood, however, that Rear Ad- miral Irwin prefers an assignment at sea. Another important place to be filled during 1931 is that of superintendent of the Naval Academy. Rear Admiral Slul.;mel "‘B‘, Robison, the mfllmb‘cll:'a will attain retiring - age on y 10 and will be placed on the retired list of the Navy on June 1. The name of Rear Admiral Thomas C..Hart, fow in the | command of the Control ‘PForce, and who is due for a shore assignment, has been mentioned for the Naval Academy lace. pln addition to those officers men- tioned above, one admiral, five rear ad- . Wellbrook, Lieut. Eibert O©. . (Junior Grade) and Frederick M. Army. e tion measure recommend- ed motion board, it is declared, indicates that it will not correct all of the Army it | promotion ills, especially the bulk of the fail recommended in the bill on the number of promotion list officers in the grade of colonel to not less than 3 per cent nor more than 4.33 per cent; lieutenant colonels to a minium of 8 per cent and maximum of 15 per cent, and majors to not less than 15 per cent nor more than 27 per cent. Provision is made for advancement to rank of first lieutenant after 3 years' service, captain after 10 years, major after 17 years, lieutenant colomel after 23 years, colonel after 28 years, but these years of service apply for promotion to major, lieutenant colonel and col- onel only in case the maximum pre- centage . of officers in these ranks is not reached. All first lieutenants - will be promoted to captain after 10 years’ service, but will not secure any further promotion until vacancies occur in the higher ranks. With res; to the promotion of non-promotion list officers, a new pro- vision has incorpora in_the measure which would limit the number of colonels to a minimum of 5 per cent and maximum of 10 per cent, and lieutenant colonels to min- imum of 10 per cent and maximum of 20 per .cent, with a further limitation that the total percentage in both grades mnk | Will not exceed 25 per cent of the T. Craven, commander of the Yangtze Patrol Force; Rear Ad;'ntnl Joseph M. of the training squadron; Rear Admiral Orin G. Murfin, commander of Light Cruiser Division 3 of the Scouting Fleet; Rear Admiral Wi destroyer divisions of. Scouting Fleet, and Capt. Prederick J. commander of the aircraft squadrons of the Scouting Fleet. It is possible, of course, that some of these may remain in their present “until 1932, rumors already {hat Horne will retain W. | Medical number of officers authorized for each respective corps. For advancement of non‘;g:zmouon list officers, the service Teq has been fixed at 5 years for promotion to in; 14 years to major; 20 years to itenant colonel; and 26 years to colonel, provided there are vacancies in the two higher grades within the percentage above mentioned. There is a limitation, however, that not more than 2 per cent of the offi- cers of the line or any corps may be retired. There is also a provision fixing the compulsory retirement age of generals at 62 years and of officers below that grade at 60 years, a reduction of 2 and 4 years, respec- tively, in the two grades. A further proposal is that there must be not less than 375 separations of promotion list officers and Philippine Scouts, 48 Corps officers, 9 Dental Corps officers, 7 officers of the Veterinary Corps and 6 from the Chaplain Corps, a total of 445 officers. The present-day expectation of life, at the time of birth, is approximately . 59 years. The January Sale of Corsets ]Yow Offers— B-Slim Foundation Corselettes The Usual $10 Quality $6.95 The Usual $7.50 Quality $4.95 ~—“B-Slim” Foundation Corselettes are par- ticularly adapted to the figure of full propor- tions. They are made with a deep inner belt . .. of beautiful brocade with excellent quality ic accessories and Models for tall ela straps. the sale. 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Last year saw dropping of the ban on export gold; a step blessed or cursed, according to differing angles of economic vision. ‘The universal suffrage act of 1925 was first applied in 1930. We are told | nmrnmmaxmmcmn Honal Disarmament Conference to be held some time in 1932, sMore than 3,000 delegates perts, representing 52 nations, Dewspaper men are expected Inaugurating in Our Optical Department —a month of new frame specials, offering New Styles, New Designs, New Comfort and New Comtmcn;l’l at New Low Prices. Every Frame with “Pearloid” self- ::&usvtvmg nose rests and guaranteed as to Fit, Quality ‘ear. The “Spencer” Special that the Hamaguchi government pro- | K s to make it still more universal g; lowering the voting age from 25 to 20, which would mean an addition of about two and half million voters. *ox ok % BRAZIL—It is sald that a loan to | the Brazilian government by British and | American bankers of about $75,000,000 is under negotiation. 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