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The National Capital Press u‘o-l’l? D _St. N'W.__Phone National 0650 Furniture Repairing, Upholstering, Chair Caneing CLAY ARMSTRONG \F | Representative Albert W. Johnson, for gaie. | example, speaking strongly against the : |other thing,” which he might not find - | objectionabie. |in some European countries, writing a th | by reason thereof the corporation may nd| be a self-sustaining and continuing | subscribes to that specification, : | the Senate debating for days whether SYMBOLISM SEEN IN MUSCLE SHOALS Current Measure Believed Factor in Presidential Race Next Year. Much of next year’s presidential poli- tics hangs on what happens to Muscle Shoals during this week. The bill is de- scribed by Representative Franklin Fort of New Jersey as “symbolic legislation.” It is likewise “symbolic politics,” and symbols are even more potent in poli- tics than in legislation. If President Hoover should approve the bill, its principal author, Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, would be sincerely thrilled almost to the of reverent hosannas, for he believes with the passion of an evangelist cru- sader in the thing that the bill sym- bolizes, which is Government ownemun and operation. At the same time, President Hoover should veto the bfll Senator Norris would be only slightly less pleased, for in that case he would make Muscle Shoals the symbol for an issue in next year's presidential election. Symbol in Election. For that matter, Muscle Shoals, whether vetoed or approved, will be symbol in the election anyhow. It is an issue, said Representative Albert W. Johnson of Washington, hostilely, “that is coming along like creeping paralysis | on old Uncle Sam.” Government ownership and operation will be an issue next year equal to pro- hibition, and in some possible outcomes outweighing prohibiton. Presdent Hoover, if he vetoes the Muscle Shoals bill, will be symbolized as opposing Government ownership and operation. That much_of symbol will be quite accurate. In the looseness with which symbols are used, however, and the vagueness of the effect they make on the public, effort will be made to symbolize Mr. Hoover as a partisan of the “power trust.” That, of course, will be incorrect, though its incorrect- ness may not abate its effect on the public mind. ‘The true issue is Government owner- ship and operation versus strong Gov- ernment regulation of private operatior President, Hoover has often gone on Tec- ting strong Government regulation. In a presidential campaign, however, the issue will be called, sym- bolically, and therefore vaguely, “the power trust” or, as Democratic Senator Dlll of Washington puts it, “the power octopus.” Candidates in both parties will be described, again symbolically, as “for” the power trust or “against” the power trust. Injustice Is Expcud In the Democratic party . Roose- velt and ex-Gov. Smith of Ntw York will bg described as “anti-power.” Owen D. Young, of course, and Gov. Ritchie of Maryland as well as probably Sen- ator Robinson of Arkansas will be de- scribed as “for” the power trust. It will all be inexact and it will do much injustice, but symbolism in politics works that way. In the event the Democratic nominee should be one not approved by the more radical as “anti-power,” it is likely that some leader, presumably Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania, will Lnlugunk a third ticket with the cause “anti-power.” The situation is easy to identify, for it is a duplicate, speaking roughly, of what went on in the 1890s and early 1800s, with the railroads or other forms of big business filling the.role now taken by the public utility 4ndustry. In the election next year, and in the present maneuvers looking to next year, the symbols almost certainly will *be inf reted, as is usual in politics, as, b contragts of white and black. ‘White will anybody who denounces the “power trust.” Black will be every- body else. Crowded With Refinements. Actually the issue is crowded with refinements, and intelligent understand- ing of these distinctions could lead to the wisest possible course. Many con- servatives believe, for example, that it is well for the Government to build the dams for what sources of water power it owns, selling the power whole- sale—“at the switchboard,” as the tech- nical phrase is. Senator Norris, how- ever, demands that the Government build transmission lines to deliver the power to the consumer. It is on this point that the past three months of struggle has raged. Had Senator Norris been willing to let Government oper- ation stop with the manufacture of power, omitting transmission of it, the Muscle Shoals bill might have become law some time ago. This same ques- tion, whether Government operation shall stop with mak! the power or shall include the bullding of trans- mission lines, is an issue in the agita- gzl about power in New York and other Another refinement within the broad question makes a distinction between “Government operation” and “public operation.” The distinction is between operation by the Pederal Government and operation by local authorities. present Muscle Shoals bill for Govern- ment operation, implied that “public cities, counties and States is quite an- Much Fervor Is Shown. ‘The present Muscle 8hoals bill, not only by its words, but by a kind of passion that infuses the words, goes the whole length of operation by the Federal Government with the specific purpose of making things as difficult as possible for private corporations competing in the same territory. If the private corporations should be driven out of business, that would be ultimate satisfaction for SBenator Norris. Any one who feels as strongly opposed to ‘that as Representative Charles A. Eaton of New Jerser, may call it as he did by the epithet “a hunk of sovietism.” The fervor Senator Norris has in- jected into his bill can be inferred from his statutory specifications for persons appointed to manage Muscle Shoals. He s like a religious zealot, or an eco- nomic autocrat of the type now familiar | water-tight credo which shall be the article, oath and test of the true faith and shall ban all heretics: “All members of the board shall be persons that profess a belief in the feasibility and wisdom,” etc., so “that success.” Humor Seen as Antidote. Any manager of Muscle Shoals who said Representative Fort, must be “either a Socialist or a liar.” One can visualize an appointee submitted for confirmation is sufficiently firm in the faith. ‘The antidote of fanaticism is humor. Representative Eaton, describing the stipulation that 1 per cent of the fer- tilizer shall be given free to farmers 10 acquaint them with the product said: “You might as well ship free coffins to undertakers at Government expense to let them know there is such a thing as death” Representative Charles O'Connor of Oklahoma observed with humor partly subtle and partly broad that “at the other (Senate) ‘the grea ve n end of the Capitol' there is a restaurant and ¢ they lost $76,~ 1235 10th St. N.W., Metropolitan 2062 “HI. lnc-':lqn.::. :lr'l.‘":nh’l!h insures low "'tI-IEA‘ ZATING SERVICE. Old plants repatred. r"fll B et braslersa.. ‘e our prices: Cwk Tow are ‘they going to operate Muscle Shoals?” (Copyright, 1931.) i Soviet red army is a conscription !oree, but non- promuhn el called Nepmen, ric] members cluM from the fight'yg THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. #C., TUESDAY, Win Essay Awards LOCAL STUDENTS HONORED. LIZABETH BRYANT of National Cathedral School (left) and Mrs. Irene Blythe ot George Washington University, winners of two essay contests sponsoreds by local chapters of the Soclety of Sons of the American Revolution and the D. A were awarded medals yester Memorial Continental Hall. respectively, on historic subjects. y st Washington's Nn._hg.ny exercises in They tar Staff Photo. MURRAY QUTLINES STAND FOR PARTY William Allen White Says “Alfalfa Bill” Is “in Shadow of White House.” By the Assoclated Press. TOPEKA, Kans, February 24— Warning the Democratic party to shun “selfish_interests” seeking to control it “with their money and hirelings.” Gov. W. H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray of Okla- homa last night advanced a party plat- form to “restore the little man and give him,_renewed hope in the struggle of e The Oklahoma executive told Kansas Democrats it was the duty of their party to “point the way that will rein- state the farmer, give trade to the bus- iness world and give back to the mouths of labor the bread it earns.” He predicted a Democratic victory in the next presidential election, provided the party convinced the people it was sincerely behind a constructive policy opposed to “mergers and monopoly” and did not yield to “the cry of repre- sentatives of combined wealth and capi- :]a,h."d the intrigues of corrupt poli- icians.” Introduced by White. Gov. Murray addressed the annual meeting of the Washington Day Dinner | Chapin, Club in the Kansas capital after mak- ing a visit to Emporia, Kans., earlier in the day where he was introduced to a civic gathering by Willlam Allen White, author and editor, as & man “in the l.hndo\' of the White House.” “The people are sick and tired of that ‘noble experiment’ in mergers and monopoly which has been and forming for the past decade until it has brought wreck and ruin upon ever class of citizens,” Gov. Murray said. “It is the duty of the Democratic party to take the other side. “It must needs break ddwn monopoly, crush the great mergers, break the chains that bind money and credits, re- store the little man and give him re- newed hope in the struggle of life in the pursuit of happiness. In short, it must be the party of the people.” Provisions for Platform. In general and fundamental terms. Murray sald the party platform should declare for— A Government of laws and not s Government of men. A perpetual Union of indestructible States and local self-government in fullest measures consistent with general public order and stability. Enforcement of the Pede'rll and State Constitutions and all amendments thereto. An administration of honesty, economy and efficiency. “All citizens, Catholic, Protestant, Jews or people of no belief, whether white or black, rich or poor, of high or low estate, are under the same obliga- tions to and are entitled to the al protection of the laws and of the plrtlfl rights of the Constitution. Tht poor and weak are always the subject =il ‘ rélovlmhl !we and solicitude of the e “In addition the specific declaration must the principle that civil- ization begins and ends wn.h the plow; that when the plow is junked at the end of the furrow it junks ecommerce and civilization; when the plow turns at the end of the furrow, with a profit that sustains civilization, com- raiment for Willlam Allen vmu said in intro- ducing the Oklahoma Governor at Emporia: “Many people can talk the simple language of the people, but to talk truth in simpie language is & God-given gift, has that gift, plus hon esty, courage and a kindly heart, if he is moving at all in politics he is moving toward the shadow of the White Bnu.le "I am mud m hlve the honor of J 'riend, Gov. Wil llm Mumy (llfl Bfll in the shadow of the White House.” PRIZE WINNING PAINTING FAILS IN POPULAR VOTE Work of James Chapin, New York Artist, Takes Award at Baltimore Exhibit. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md,, February 24.—The cavas “Annunciation,” by the Argentine artist Alfredo Guttero, awarded first prize of $1,000 at the pan-American exhibition of contemporary art here last Tarity"contess partcipated inby ‘oec y_conf y those who visited the exhibition. There were 858 votes cast and first prise, an anony- mous gift of $100, was awarded to James , & New York artist. This canvas Tecelved 185 votes. “Annunciation” was given 40. Mr. Chapin also won the popularity l:n year at the Car- negu exhibition hortly after the Guttero p!cture was placed in the exhibition and awarded first prize it was called a profanation by the official Catholic newspaper of Baltimore. Will Rogers BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—The Senate is Grylnc to get the Wicker- sham Commit- months lomr to see if he won't re- home at least & new Mofleewmwewhw widen Polecat vnu. ROGERS. (Copyrisht, W31.) 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The st mumm,u“ufi“:'-m the gangster chief after advising Patrick Roche, investigator for the State’s at- torney, that “many ocandidates have complained that Capone is in the city to aid their opponents.” The judge waited all day yesterday ummwmmhm special court session for mmumum Capone is sched- uled to Court to- mOTTOW on sclmlm\ for contempt tor failure to come in for questioning on his income tax. The election Will be held April 7, and the winner will be in office for four years, including the time of the world hlr which will be held in 1933. nee for the world fair mayorship of | JSriary Chicago was the prize that dangled at the end of today’s hectic Republican primary race. Confidence of victory was expressed by all three camps. ::'-dle guards were on duty to maintain “Big Bill” Thompson, three times mayor and fighting for a trial at & fourth term, hoped to lead his circus parade across the finish line at 5 p.m. wuh 150,000 more votes than either yJudge John H. Lyle, gangster foe, or Alderman Arthur F. Albert. Thomp- son's campaign manager, Willlam J. Balmer, predicted the 150,000 plurality. Judge Lyle sald he expec to beat ‘Thompson by 150,000, declaring a vote for Albert would be a vote for Thomp- son, while Albert aimed charges of “Thompsonism” against both the mayor and the judge, insisting that the vic- tory would be his if the voters decided the question “on the record and repu- tation of the candidates.” 70,000 Watch at Polls. It was one of the hottest campaigns in Chicago's history. A force of some 170,000 persons, including. American Le- glon members, special policemen, judges of election and others, Wll on duty to prevent ballot stealing and other viclations of ¢he law from the openlng of the polls at 6 a.m. until they closed at 5 pm. Anton J. Cermak, the Democratic candidate, was without organized op- position, while the Republicans were urlln¢ political brickbats at one an- othes Egg - throwing, heckling, talk lbout the alleged influence of phonse Capone, the gang chief, and pictures of Judge Lyle waving machine guns and Mayor Thompson’s circus parade depecting Lyle and Albert on donkeys were still fresh in the minds of the voters as they proceeded with the bal- loting. Capope Is Sought. Capone, charged by Judge Lyle with giving financial help to Thompson, was by police on a vagrancy e, was_as elusive as eve Ju& FOR SALE Valusble cafeteria business as going g ZRglent, location and_ desirs For information, address "5, Star office. Money toLoan (First Mortgages) L.W.Groomes 1719 Eye St. But today, the new Pierce-Atrow cars and the new Pierce-Arrow prices,bring motor car luxury on a new basis of economy that Spe- | totaling $54,000,000. Police Called in Early. 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