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LEWIS IS BOOMED FOR WHITE HOUS ‘Illinois Democratic Party Chief Announces Senator Will Seek Nomination. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 21.—A presi- dential boom' for James Hamilton Lewis, Senator-eject from Illinois, was launched tonight by heads of the State Demo- cratic party. Anton J. Cermak, State leader and eandidate for mayor of Chicago,” for- mally set the Lewis movement in mo- tion with-a speech in which he said: “We are sending James Hamilton Lewis to Washington as United States Senator from Iilinois to become ac- quainted with members of Congress and to familiarize himself with conditions. In 1932 we will send him back again as President of the United States.” Simultaneously V. Y. Dallman, Springfield editor, and William L. O’Connell of Chicago, manager of Lewis’' landslide campaign for Senator last November, announced “J. Ham's” name will be entered on the ballot in tho- 1932 presidential preferential prim- ary. Cermak and his aides called atten- tion to the majority of more than 750,000 by which Lewis defeated Con- gresswoman Ruth Hanna McCormick, and O’Connell added: “We {el that in view of the Senator's splendid victory in the last campaign we ought to send the delegates from Illinois to the Democratic convention committed to Senator Lewis.” Lewis is expect'd to return from the Bouthwest Monday. Cermak said an ovation will be tendered him as he steps from the train, with leaders in the State party taking pert in a formal reception. PAPER “ANNOUNCES” LEWIS. Aid of Senator-Elect Authorizes Editor to Print Announcement. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, February 21.— ‘The Illinois State Register, in an_at- ticle ‘signed by the editor, V. Y. Dal- man, says United States Senator-elect James Hamilton Lewis will b: entered as a candidate for president in the 1932 Democratic preferential primary. ‘The editor said definite announce- ment of Senator Lewis' candidacy was authorized tonight by Willlam L. O'Connell of Chicago, ‘with whom Dal- man and other friends of Lewis have conferred the past week. O'Connell was an aide to Senator Lewis in the November el-ction, in which Ruth Hanna McCormick, Re- gubllnln nominee, was outdistanced by 50,000 votes. FIVE PERSONS HURT AS CAR TURNS OVER Automobile Hurled About 300 Feet in Collision on Rockville Pike. Striking head-on into another auto- | mobile on the Rockville pike between | Rockville and Halpine last night, a| large touring car carrying five Rock-| ville persons turned over three times| before stopping and hurled the auto- mobile about 300 feet. The accident occurred when the oc- cupants, all colored, coming east, tried to pass a car parked on the road. Turn- ing to the left, they crashed -head-on into an automobile occupied by Ralph Spurrier of Leatherman of Washington. ‘The colored men, county officers said, were apparently going at a terrific speed. Spurrier and Leatherman, although driven far back on the road with the | car badly damaged, were virtually un- injured. ‘When Corpl. Oscar T. Gaither of the eounty police third substation arrived on the scene, he reported that Laura , colored, one of the occupants of the car, although somewhat injured, Jjumped up and fled. The others were brought to Washington in the Rock- ville ambulance and treated at George- town University Hospital. Archie Malbon received slight injuries when thrown on his head. Arthur Lewis re- ceived injuries to his back and re- mained at the hospital. Mamie Gittings was severely cut about the face and . Marjorie Hicks was cut about the legs. King Carol Improves. 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ROM time to time the pendulum of thought swings back to those who went before. The thought- ful visitor to the Library of Congress will find in its mu- rals a representative national exhi- bition of the painting of a past gen- eration of American artists. and be struck with s certain consistency in character, the rising impressionism of the day. This series of paintings is peculiariy valuable, since it is the habit of gal- leries to follow the changing schools and relegate many of the mov amples of an_earlier art to the of forgotten things. But now and then the public mind reverts to these discarded forms, de manding_some reminder of them; re: verts aflectionately, reverently, blind a younger world to their sin- cerity and to the definite knowledge of form, line, technique and composi- tion which they displayed, qualities acknowledged as fundamental, how- ever fashions may fluctuate. Older Painters in Capital. today, by our local art fraternity, to the older painters of Washington who 35 or 40 years ago were the leaders of their profession in the Capital--E. C. Messer, E. F. Messer, E. F. Andrews, Lucien Powell, Richard N. Brooke, Farker .Mann, S. Jerome Uhl, Max Weyl, Harold MacDonald, James Henry Moser—all dead. Their students took their places, and the pupils of their students have become in turn the Washington artists. At the request of the present-day ‘Water Color Society of Washington, the writer will attempt to recall the first chapter in the history of this mow flourishing organization. The nings were very small. | sistant instructor of the Corcoran Art | School developed a passion for water color and inaugurated a class at the Corcoran, to which, upon her marriage, | James Henry Moser succeeded, as Lil- | lian Cook to her classes in the antique. Lucien Powell's Work. At that time the art world of Wash- ington was provincial. Our present-day | water colorists were not born. Parker | Mann, James Henry Moser. Walter Parris, Bertha Perrle were the stars in the water color firmament. Luclen Powell used all mediums, any medium; William Henry Holmes was painting brilliantly for the Government while pursuing his_scientific explorations all over the continent. In local exhibitions the water colors were “segregated.” [Eddie Nye, Kar | Rakemann, Everett Warner. Livingstone Bull, Dick Childs were bright little boys: the Nichols brothers, | De Lancy Gill, Felix Mahony, U. 8. J. Dunbar, Wells M. Sawyer, George Gi !and Carl Weller were regarded as prom- | ising_lads. | 8iiet ‘Thompson, Catherine Crichter, Marle Mattingly, Mathilde Meuden, Rosie Simons, Daisy King, the Princess Cantacuzene, Lillian Cook, Aline Solo- mons, Hattie Burdette, Maud Edelin, | Daisy Brown were talented little girls. | thinking romantic thoughts, speaking eous aprons and behaving now and then in an erratic manner supposed to be Bohemian | some of these are grandmothers to- - | day. “September Morn” Debated. Parents were discussing the moral | aspects of drawing from the nude. | Gen. John M. Wilson had stored the | symbolic canvas given by the English |artist, G. F. Watts, to our Nation, | “Love and Life,” in the cellar of the | White House: 'the local police were | ordering “September Morn” out of the | dealers.. showcases as obscene. M. | Barney was astonishing us as sh | covered all the arts in her amazing | versatility. Vinnie Ream was living in {h studio at Seventeenth and < { streets, in full view of her “mas piece,” the Farragut statue. N | Elizabeth Lander, even then a vete: . “sculptress,” was riding about Wasn- {ineton in her funny little victoria, wearing blue glasses and a green berege veil, holding over her head a little sun- shade with a scalloped frill. Her old colored coachman wWore a bottle-green livery and beaver hat. Mrs. John B. H nderson had registered her geénerous appreciation of the genius of Luclen Powell. These were the artistic personalities of Washington. The National Gallery and the Freer Gallery had not been born. The Corcoran, and its job lot of works of art, was in the old building | with its cylindrical walls and bad light There was no Arts Club. Society Formed in 1896, In 1896 in the early Spring a group of water colorists met and the Wash- ington Water Color Society was born in the studio of E. F. Andrews. Quoting The Evening Star of that date: “At a meeting held last Saturday the follow- ing officers were elected: Parker Mann, president; Marietta M. Andrews, vice president; Lillian Cook, secretary; Carl Weller, treasurer, and an executive committee composed cf George Gibbs, chalrman: Lucien Powell and Margaret Tomes. The other members on the rclls of the Water Color Club are Grace Atwater, DeLancy W. Gill, How- ard Helmick, Nannie "Inglé, Spencer Nichols, Hobart Nichols, Josepha New- comb and Mrs. J. W. Smith.” Parker Mann was living at “Tangle- bank,” the low-roofed rambling red house still hoiding its romantic interest on Kalorama road where the apart- ment houses have not quite closed it in—now the residence of Admiral and Mrs. Ridley McLean; the Andrews were in the Scott Circle studio house; the | | CHARTER MEMBER WRITES SKETCH OF the academic tinged with | their old-fashioned quality does not | Such a backward glance is tumrdl After a season with William M. Chase | {and Rhoda Holmes Nicholls, the as-| Charles | |a strange, artistic idiom, wearing hid- | young men and the maidens were more | or less nomadic. Of the original officers and Executive Committee, George Gibbs and Marietta M. Andrews survive. George has been a popular novelist and illustrator for many . Marietta saw him and his | lovely daughter last year in Philadel- | phia at the symphony. Incidents Are Recalled. | Most of the little group have passed beyond the physical world, which they saw so clearly and found so dear, with | its gray days and sunny days, its quiv- | ering foliage and blue distances They | had gathered its meanings and accepted its message before they laid down their faithful and obedient tools. Across the years come to us echoes of their pre- | cepts; warm and cold tones, thick and | thin, light and shade, line, contrast, | proportions, perspective, anatomy, sim- plicity, sincerity, a thousand traditions | of beauty, and how we were first to see | it and then to reproduce it. They laid too much stress upon ac- curacy, sometimes at the saciifice of | charm. They thought one should know | how to draw before attempting to paint. And that if drawing from the model was difficult, drawing from out of one’s head was more 50; if painting rature as nature is was hard, painting nature as she isn‘t was harder still. Our own experiences have proven thelr precepts to be the permanent principles of art; which, boiled down, is ITS EARLY ACTIVITIES H Above: “The Mountain Road,” water- color painting by James Henry Moser, below. merely to put the right color in the right spot. - So simple! NAVY EMPLOYE ENDS | 43 YEARS OF SERVICE| i)hrry 'W. Smith Observes His Own as Well as Washington's Birthday Today. Porty-three years of continuous active | service in the Navy Department were rounded out yesterday by Harry W. Smith, chief clerk of the office of naval intelligence, when he closed his desk | at the end of the day's work, and today is his birthday. Tomorrow, on which George Wash- ington’s birthday will be celebrated, will mark the actual anniversary, for Mr. Smith came to work for the Navy first on February 23, 1888. He has been chief clerk of the office of naval in- telligence since July 1, 1923. Mr. Smith is making today serve for two celebrations, for it marks his sixty- seventh birthday anniversary. He was born in Washington February 22, 1864, and received his appointment as a messenger._in the Civil Service Commis- sion on May 17, 1887. Shortly there- after he was transferred as a glerk to the Navy Department and in this branch of Uncle Sam’s service he has spent his time continuoubly since. | Not every husband can have his wife | work as his subordinate in his own| division of the Government, but Mr.| Smith enjoys this distinction, as Mrs. Smith is chief translator in the office of naval intelligence. They make their home at 214 Tenth street northeast. Mr. Smith is senior past master of Pentalpha Lodge, No. 23, F. A. and| |A. M, and is a member of the Pi| | Kappi Psi Fraternity. He is likewise & member of the Ascociation of Oldest | Inhabitants of the District of Columbia. WEST WELCOMES SNOW | Montana, Wyoming and Colorado Get Much Needed Moisture. DENVER, February 21 (P)—A wel- come snogstorm moved south from Montana, | gathered momentum in Wyoming and swept into Colorado to- lay. The storm brought much needed molsture to sections where little pre- | cipitation has occurred during the last two months. In Wyoming the snow was general, reaching a depth of eight inches in the Big Horn basin. Accom- panied by falfing temperatures the snow continued in the central and eastern portions of the State taday. Temperatures were comparatively | mild in Montana following a light snow | and rain’ throughout the State yester- y. AUTOMOBILE, LIFE, LIABILITY, FIRE, BURGLARY AND TORNADO INSURANCE Thos. E. Jarrell Co. Realtors 721 10th 8t. N.W. National 0765 B 193] wiL e ‘\ ANOTHER 8 NokolL YEAR PHILCO RADIO None Better— Few as Good Sold on Easy Terms GIBSON’S 915-19 G ‘St. N.W. | the convention. | studio and that he would direct her in SONS OF VETERANS T0 CONVENE HERE 200 Persons, Including 50 Vot ing Delegates, Expected to Attend. ‘The Death Benefit Association, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A, will convene in the opening. session of its thirty- eighth annual convention in the| Winston Hotel here tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. About 200 persons, including ap- proximately 50 voting delegates, are expected to attend. it is announced. An advance guard of the group arrived here yesterday and was planning to leave this morning at 8:45 o'clock for a tour of the battlefields of the Civil War at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Va. and sites of the Battle of the Wilderness. J. Eward Seipp, vice presi- | dent of the association, is in charge of arrangements for the trip to Virginia Last night the board of directors of the association held a preliminary{ meeting to prepare reports to submit to the delegates. Walter Mabie of Phila- delphia is president of the"association. Members of the Cushing and Lincoln Camps, Sons of Veterans, in this city, are hosts to the out-of-town delegates. Everett F. Warner and James W. Lyon: of Lincoln Camp are in charge of enter- tainment features in connection with HONEYMOON IN CUBA HAVANA, February 21 (P).—The former Befty Compton, actress, and her husband, Edward D. Dowling, ar- rived here today for three weeks' honeymoon. They were married in New York last Monday after having known each other for four years. Mr. Dowling said he met Miss Compton at a motion picture icture after their weddin AMUSEMENT! W20 STRAND (v o) NOW SHOWING! THE PICTURE 50,000 BALTIMOREANS S8AW AND APPROVED! BIRTH MADE BY BURGEONS AND NURSES iN THE FRAUENKLINIK AT ZURICH, SWITZERLAND — AND — ! FREE ! EMBRYOLOGICAL EXHIBIT Showing Human Life from Conception to the Tenth Lunar Month. NOT ‘A TRASHY SEX FILM ADULT Men and Women (Married or Single) ONLY and the Exhibit ha ed by various members medieal profession, ba a new trip. WY, 7 2 22227777, “Birth” approv clergy, press. | Doors Open Daily 10:30 A, M, Continuous AMWIIPM | eign Ley 29 BRUARY STAMPS T0 URGE VOTE FOR DISTRICT Citizens’ Alliance Planhing Nation-Wide Campaign for Franchise. ‘Washington's disfranchisement fight | is to be carried to the four corners of | the world through the medium of corre- spondence stamps. The Citizens' Alliance yesterday adopted a project to sell stamps adver- tising the cause of national representa- tion for the District of Columbia. The stickers will bear a reproduction of a famous cartoon depicting the figure "D, C." chained to the post of disfran- chisement. “Citiezns of Washington, D. C.. de- mand the right to vote,” will be the legend on the stamps. Biack and white in_color, they will be suitable for con- venlent 'pastihg on the back of en- velopes. Plans were made to sell the stamps throughout greater Washington. They will retail at a penny each. They may | be pasted on the backs of letters or packages. Funds derived from the sale of the stamps will be devoted to pro- motion of the national representation movement. In this connection, it was pointed out that the alliance pays no salaries and maintains no overhead. Its plans for the future involve a Na- tlon-wide educational campaign to dis- seminate knowledge of the political helpleisness of the residents of Wash- ington. ‘Subjects” of Congress. “It has often been asked why the Citizens' Alliance has espoused the cause of national representation rather than some other ‘worthy cause, de- clared George J. Adams, president. “The alliance is shocked,” he added, “that such a question could be put by one American to another. The alliance does not believe that the people of Washington realize the ignominy of their position. In effect they are ‘sub- ' of a governing body—Congress. “Reasons why the Citizens' Alliance believes that Washingtonians should en- joy the political rights of national Americans are as follows: “1. It was the determination of our forefathers who founded this Nation | that no American citizensshould be dis- criminated against politically. Resi- dents of the District of Columbia are so_discriminated against. “2. Citizens of the District of Colum- bia bear national burdens in the form of taxation and military service equal and greater to those borne by citizens of a dozen States. Yet the Washing- tonian possesses no voice in the Gov- ernment which rules him. Fewer Political Rights. “3. The City of Washington is one of the most enlightened cities in the world. People who live in Washington are more familiar with the machinery of popular government than the people of any other American city. Yet they possess fewer political rights and pre- rogatives than the people of any other American city. 3 “The Citizens’ Allianc merit in no argument which has yet been advanced against national repre- entation. The old and very ridiculous assertion that the colored race would dominate congressional elections in the District of Columbia is about worn out. The increasing enlightenment of the Negro has relieved the misgivings of | most_persons who were formerly terri- fied by this racial bugaboo. “The Citizens' Alliance was organized last June. Its membership includes some of the most prominent people of Washington. Among ether activitl it strongly encourages debating, and cach of its monthly meetings usually discusses some topic of current impor- tance. A radio debate is planned for the near future ORGANIZATIBEFEGUN Former Members in America of French Foreign Legion Meet. NEW YORK, February 21 (#)—For- mer members in America of the Prench Foreign Legion have organized, Maurice A. Hamonneau. who was elected presi- dent at the first meeting, announced today. Hamonpeau, who served in the For- on from 1907 to 1910, re- cently advertised in newspapers for former members of the legion to write to him. Forty responded and attended a meeting this week. A hundred others wrote from all parts of the countr: A second meeting is to be held March 11 The organization will be called the ‘Ancien Legion Etrangere.” Native and foreign ofl companies op- erating in Argentina have been au- thorized by the government to increase their gasoline price to provide funds for highway construction. B | e recognizes | 1931—PART ONE CONVICT GOODS BAN (IS DRAWN TIGHTER House Passes Bill to Bar All Forced-Labor Products. Hits Soviet Trade. . By the Associated Press. 5 Designed to combat the menace of | Russian labor conditions, the Kendall |bill to tighten the embargo against products of convict labor and extend this ban to forced labor was passed today by the House. The measure goes to the Senate. It moves forward from next January to April 1 the effective date of the tariff act prohibition against products of forced labor, defining this term to mean “all work or service which is | exacted from any person under menace | of any penalty for its non-performance and for which the worker does not offer | himself voluntarily.” The exclusion of products of forced and convict labor would be extended to all merchandise in the transportation and handling of which such labor was involved. Reports of Government offi- clals would be acceptable legal evidence |in enforcing the bill, s Opposed by Ramseyer. Representative Ramseyer, Towa, Re- | publican member of the Ways and Means Committee, opposed it as “a make-believe bill "that won't accom- | plish anything not accomplished by the | present law." | Earlier, the Ways and Means Com- | mittee closed all hearings on embargo | legislation and set Monday to decide | how much foreign oil should be al- {lowed free entry in competition with | domestic production. | The Government as a whole is giving serious attention to its relations with | that vast political, social and economic | experiment known as the Union of the Socialist Soviet Republics. Move for Recognition. On the one hand has developed a eon- tinuing and cumulative pressure of agitation for diplomatic recognition. But those who have approached re- sponsible officials have been informed definitely and in direct words that the | non-recognition policy of Wilson, Hard- | ing, Coolidge and Hoover stands un- | changed. Meantime, actual developments are taking place in another direction. As the Treasury continues consideration of trade restrictions the full severity of the | ban against Russian convict-produced | goods becomes more and more apparent. New evidence relating to Communist activities in America has been added to | the bulging Government files. One document which recently fell into Gov- ernment hands purports to contain in- Iumcuons from the political secretariat of the Executive Committee of the Com- | | munist International, to agents in the United States, outlining plans for “self determination” of the Negro race. No modification of the diplomatic | position has been made since Secretary | Hughes announced in 1923 that recogni- tion must be preceded by three conditions: Restoration of the property seized rom American citizens in Russia, alued at millions: repeal of the decree which repudiated the war debt ot former Russian governments to the | United States, now amounting, with in- | terest. to $308.000.000, and cessation of propaganda designed 'to overthrow the | established institutions of American Government. Stimson View Noted. ‘Those favoring recognition saw gos- sible hope for an alleviation of these conditions when Secretary Stimson, speaking last week on Latin America, | expounded & doctrine of broadly | recognizing government, which, in fact, had established themselves in control of their respective countries. At the sam- | time, however, Mr. Stimson emphasized that'American Tecognition had been ex- | tended only to those governments | which also had met their “international | obligations. | On this question of international | obligations—the war debt and the | seized American property—all inquirers | | are told definitely there has been no | | compromise. As to propaganda, officials | | have added little to the findings of the | House Committee which investigated recently and proposed drastic re- strictions. There was no indication to- | night that the manifesto relating to | American Negroes would be put to special use. | This document covers 31 typewritten | | pages, so detailed is its treatment of | | the status of the Negro race in Amer- ica. It says there has been no aboli- tion of slavery, that the Negro suffers | frem “social and economic oppression |and is the victim of extortion and ex- cessive punishment. Aims Are Set Forth. ‘The aims of the “self-determination” plan are set forth as including “con- fiscation of the lands of the white land owners * * for the benefit of the Negro peasantry,” and the establishment of “political unity” of the race. On the econcmic side of the Russian- 15% to 50% Reductions thruout our entire stock* 39+ Anniversar Discounts Throughout Our DIAMOND STOCK ° DIAMOND RINGS 209% Of DIAMOND WRIST WATCHES 33%4% Of DIAMOND BROOCHES 25% of DIAMOND BRACELETS 25% Of Individual specials in each of the above types at spe- ctal prices which testify to are sharp reductions. Store Closes 1 P.M., Monday, Washington’s Birthday STATIONERS JEWELERS A.Kahn JIne. Sterling Silver Bread and Butter Plates—standard size —heavy weight — threaded border. Anniversary Sale E 1528 $225_Sterling Silver 5-Pe. Tea Service; good weight, Colonial design. Anniversary Sale price, $185 *EXCEPTIONS—As has been the cus- tom """ . ‘those goods of Natiomal Standard Price and Sterling Flatware will not be reduced in this sale. PLATINUMSMITHS 38 Years at 935 F Street American question Congress provided powerful weapon when it wrote into the Smoot-Hawley tariff act a prohibi- tion against importation of goods pro- duced by convict laber. This was no new American policy; for many years the Government has been taking similar steps to protect American working men from unfair competition. As applied to Russia’s peculiar econ situation, however, the regulation has far-reach- ing possibilities. Evidence is in the hands of the Amer- ican Government that very large num- bers of Russians actually are performing enforced labor. The number so used in the Northern Russian timber country is sald to total 200,000, sent out of the Russian interior on litical charges. The recent Treasury ruling barring Rus- slan wood products from import unless it could be proved no enforced labor entered into production resulted from this evidence in the face of Russian denials. Obtaining Proof Difficult. How such proof can be established in any specific case remains undeter- mined and the difficulties in the way suggest that Russian wood imports, which amounted last year to about| $3,000,000, may be barred entirely. It appears unlikely the American Govern- ment will ask permissicn to send in- spectors into Russia, inasmuch as a similar request on the part of Great Britain has been denied by the Russian government. Some American importers are said to have arranged to send their own inspectors, hoping the weight of evidence giveny by them will be consid- ered acceptable to customs offiicals. A test of the wood import regulation cannot be made for some time. Nearly all of this trade comes from Archangel, where the harbor will remain frozen for another two months. At Leningrad, kept open by ice-breakers, one vessel is preparing to load a timber cargo, but the date of its departure is un- certain, MAN AND ALLEGED RUM CAPTURED AFTER CHASE Two Bootlegger Suspects Flee as Detective Crowds Their Auto Off of Road. After a chase through Georgetown last night. Precinct Detective A. M. Tolson of No. 7 precinct confiscated an automobile and 18!z gallons of alleged whisky in an alley near Thirty-first street” and Canal road. The detective was cruising in his own automobile near | Wisconsin avenue and Thirty-first street when he sighted a suspected rum- Tunner in an alley. Tolson turned his machine into the | alley and when he did =0 a case of | alleged whisky was tossed from the | fugitive automobile, the jars breaking on the pavement. Tolson, alone in his | machine at the time, crowded the boot- | legger suspect’s car off the road. The officer reported that two white men | leaped from the automobile and made their escape on foot, while he arrested the driver. At No. 7 precinct Tolson had charges | of illegal possession of 181 gallons of whisky booked against a young white | man, who said he was Joseph A. Edwards, 21 years old, of the 1100 block of K street. ROUGH SEAS REPORTED Ships Reach English Ports Late, Due to Severe Weather. PLYMOUTH, England, February 21 (). —Fierce storms in the Southern Seas | were reported today by overdue vessels which had besn buffeted by high seas. ‘The Trafford Hall came in from South African ports two days late reporting | raging seas between the Canary Islands | and Cape Finistere. At times, her master said, the ship’s speced was re- duced to two cr three knots. The liner Yorkshire from Rangoon encountered a 70-mile wind when she left Marseilles ;l:ld‘ bucked a storm all the way to inister PAINT BAY STATE Interior Gloss, Inexpensive, Easily Washed, Splendid for Walls or Woodwork. SPECIAL 4-in. Brush, Bristles vul- canized in hard rubber BAY STATE Red Roof Paint Stops Roof Leaks $1.50 Gal. Expert Paint Advice Free 710 13th St. N. W, RAIL HOLDING BILL WILL BE PUSHED Parker, Seeing Quick Com- mittee 0. K., to Seek Passage of Measure This Session. By the Assoctated Press. Chairman Parker of the House Intere state Commerce Committee yesterday followed introduction of s resolution for the Interstate Commerce Commission control of railroad holding com; es. with the announcement he would seek passage at this session. Mr. Parker said he expected quick committee approval. His action raised the possibility that the closing days of Congress might find it occupled with rallroad legislation, but it was prob- lematical whether the resolution could be put through both houses before March 4. ‘The = Senate Interstate Commerce Committee considered another phase of the transportation problem in a - ing a resolution for a study of all forms of interstate transportation, with par- ticular reference to competition with rallroads. Rail Opposition Hinted. ‘The Parker resolution is expected to have little sympathy among powerful railroad groups. but theynglv! com- plained frequently of late of increasing competition on the part of motor ve- hicles and barge lines. Demands have been made for Inter- state Commerce Commission regulation of motor carriers and protests against Government aid to the Federal barge lines have been expressed. The resolution Mr. Parker introduced yesterday carried out a suggestion he made PFriday in making public the re- | sult of his committee's study of raflroad ownership. 14 Large Groups Cited. The findings were summarized by the statement, that 14 railroad groups cone trol 210,000 miles of the 260,000 mileage of flrst-dxvushmlds. Two of the largest of these groups, the Van Sweringens and the Penxugl!- vania system, have used holding com- pl}xdflu in their expansion, the report sal The Alleghany Corporation was de- scribed as the pflnclgll holding cor- poration of the Van Sweringens, while the Pennsylvania has used its afliate, the Pennroad Corporation, the report :s‘erted. to increase its extensive hold- ngs. The Interstate Commerce Commissic has unofficially before it now a w:‘: solidation proposal for Eastern lines into four systems. FOR SALE Valuable cafeteria business as going concern, cellent location and desir ase. 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