Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1931, Page 5

PRESIDENT PRAISES ISLAND'S PROGRESS Warns Porto Rico, However, of Too Rapid Increase in Population. (Continued From Pirst Page.) members of the group on the popularity of Gov. Roosevelt, who is cheered by the populace wherever he goes. In private receptions yesterday and a public gathering last night the Presi- dent received several thousand officials and citizens, and listened patiently as delegations of the various groups ac- quainted him with their views, mostly already known to him. Chief Justice Replies. He is understood to have given little encouragement in_ his taiks to hopes of & quick change of status, although the ambition of the Porto Ricans is for statehood or autonomy. Chief Justice Toro, replying to the President’s_speech. declared that the hope that Porto Ricans had entertained had been fully justified by President Hoover's administration. The appoint- ment of Gov. Roosevelt, he said had marked the beginning 'of “an era of vigorous development of the resources and spiritual life of the island.” rto Rico is greatly indesbted to vou,” he said, “for the legislation passed y the last Congress and approved by you. It will contribute to the welfare of the island for many years.” Porto Rico, he said, was putting forth extraordinary efforts to educate its pecple. Duty of United States. Welcoming the President on the part | /3 of the Porto Rico Senate, President Morales s2id that “Porto Rico shows its delight today in the visit of the Nation's | Chief Magistrate, because he is who he | 15, and because of what he represents, “To form a happy and grateful Porto Rico under the American flag,” he continued, “is the duty of ti :Jhl:lr? GQ':!!!. lWlthmn a n;ll-‘tlon of t is useless to of pan- Americanism.” kit ™ SCOUTS TO USHER Members of Troop 78 to Help at “Galahad” Performance. Members of Troop 78 of the District Boy Scouts will serve as ushers for the performances the Lenten drama “Galahad" to be given by the Committee Religious Drama and Pagentry of the Wi Federation of Churches, Luther Place Memorial Church, Wed- nesday, Thursday and Friday nights of this week. Herman P. Reiss, scoutmaster, will direct the boys. CHARLES FYFE TO TALK ‘Wesley Heights Club to Hear Dis- cussion on “Your Boy.” Charles Fyfe, director of the Boys’ Club of Washington, will speak before the Wesley Heights Club on Wednesday night on “Your Boy.” In his address he will trace the accomplishments of the club since its inception, and will outline its objectives. Hostesses for the evening will be Mrs. Royal R. Rom- | mel and Mrs. G Everett Lancaster. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Rain and slightly warmer with Jowest temperature about 45 degrees tonight, tomorrow gen- erally fair and colder, increasing south and southeast winds, westerly tomorrow morning. ——Ril!n and tme‘lmt warmer tonight, generally fair and colder in east alid light rain to snow and colder in west portion, increasing southeast and east winds becoming fresh and shifting to westerly by tomorrow morning. fi rain and somewhat warmer tonight, tomorrow generally fair and colder, increasing southeast inds, becoming fresh west- ‘West Virginia—Cloudy with rain in north and east portions, warmer in ex- treme east tonight, tomorrow mostly cl and colder, with light rain or snow in northeast and extreme north portion. Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m.,, 55; 8 p.m., 52; 12 midnight, 40; 4 am., 38; 8 am., 43; noon, 80. ter—4 pm., 2083; 8 pm.,| 29.90; 12 midnight, 29.94; 4 a.m., 29.95; 8 s.m, 20.99; noon, 29.96. Highest tempemiture, 57, occurred at L] E’m. yesterday. ywest temperature, 36, occurred at/ 6 p.m. today. | emperature same date last year— Highest, 63; lowest, 36. Tide Tables. | Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. | ‘Today—Low tide, 5:18 am. and 6:10 pm.; high tide, 11:14 am. and| 11:38 p.m. | Tomorrow—Low tide, 5:53 am. and 6:54 pm.; high tide, 12:01 p.m. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 6:07 am.; sun sets | 6:33 pm. Tomorrow—8un rises 6:05 am.; sun vets 6:2¢ pm. Moon rises 8:31 a.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- hour after sunsei. | | Btations. Weather, G lantic Oity. Baltimore, Md. Birming Bismarck, N. D, Mass. . n Cloudy .. Cloudy .08 by 002 ¢l 0.62 Cl SN2 28EESANNTRLRTREBALL LY, SErEaTIReaTRESRRERNIIT NS L ICETLECN 2, £ FOREIGN, (1 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) THE EVENING Text of Hoover Speech President Praises Island People Upon Extraordinary Growth in Population, Wealth and Education. Lauds Roosevelt. By the Associated Press. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, March 24— The text of President Hoover's address to the Porto Rican Legislature here today follows: “Gentlemen of the Legislature, my fel- low American citizens: “I am grateful for the courtesy and generosity of the reception which I have Tecelved in Porto Rico. It is, indeed, & great pleasure for me to be here and 1o have this opportunity of meeting you rsonally. D!N':v" lymce 1 became President of the United States T have wished to visit this part of the Union and have an oppor- tunity of that fuller acquaintance with your problems which comes of personal contact, The time at my disposal is, unfortunately, too limited to visit meny of your communities and inspect all of {heir various activities and institutione. I wish it were possible for me to do so. 1 should also like to see more cf the beauties and resources of the island of which you are so justly proud. First Visit to Island. “I want you to realize that it is not lack of interest or of good will on my | part that prevents more extended visit and the making of larger acquaintance, but simply the limitations of other re- sponsibilities. pg'l'houlh 1 come for the first time to Porto Rico, my contact with the island and my opinion of her people do not date merely from the time when I as- sumed the position of President. More than a decade ago, as focd adminis- trator during the troublous times of the war, 1 came to know Porto Ricans, become acquainted with their. abil- ities and, above all, to Tealize thelr splendid devol,h'm‘-l to our country in ime of national danger. tn"'mu— pation is proud of the progress mace by the people of Porto Rico. En- dowed with liberty, freedom, with self- government and individual opportunity through incorporation under the Amer- jcan flag, the island by the efforts of its citizens and the co-operation of the| hole United States has in a single :!nenunn emerged from stagnation to 2 high place in the march of progress. “Porto Rico is, indeed, a magnificent example of what a capable and intelli- gent people may accomplish under free institutions. You have, indeed, shown courage 2nd Initiative under these im- pulses of freedom and liberty. of this progress I need but recall a few evidences, You have in this single gen- | eration since joining in our citizenship increased more ihan 60 per cent in pulation, incressed over 500 per cent Do material wealth and over 800 per cent in attendance upon public schools. You have decreased illiteracy by almost 59 per cent and the death. rate has been diminished by more than 60 per cent. Recalls Hurricane. In proof | will advance. If we fail in that no amount of legislation, no amount of wealth, no amount of culture or scien- tific discovery will assure progress. Compliments Roosevelt. | “I would be remiss if I should not on this occasion refer to the distinguished and devoted services to the people of Porto Rico of your Governor, Theodore Roosevelt, jr. Not only has he devoted himself with success to the problems of reconstruction and development in ever | proper direction, but he had realized, as | we all must realize, the peculiar and grave proble ns presented by the increase |in your population more rapidly than | adequats livelihood can be gained from | the older and established industries. | His efforis to secure new industrial de- | velopment and to expand your markets | are of the first importance to the people of the island. He has proven himself the true friend of the Porto Rican people. “I should wish to convey to you a | word of encouragement for the future. | The achievements of your past should | be your assurance. You have shown | splendid ability at co-operation, build- ing the institutions of government, and | in disaster, magnificent courage. That courage and that spirit of co-opera- tion will bring to you the blessings of prosperity. You are endeavoring, as all our people are endeavoring, to build a system where men may have an op- portunity of livelihood, where in- security is no longer s spectre 1 the home of those who have the will to work, and where upon the soil of this prosperity you shall find richer fruits of culture ‘and wider opportunities of mind and spirit. Those possibilities are before the people of Porto Rico. Your fellow citizens upon the mainland | will co-operate with you to those ends.” POLITICAL ALLIANCE FEARED AS BACK OF ___ (Continued From First Page.) ary session in May at Geneva which will suggest & form of constitution for the projected European union. ““There are two dangers to be avold- ed,” Mr. Briand said. “One consists in | the erection of too ambitious an edifice and the other in building too narrowly an organization the length of whose life we cannot yet predict. ' We will follow the safe path if we keep in mind that we are subordinated to the League of Nations.” Declaring that the speclal conferences organized by the union hed considered such pressing problems as methods of disposing of the surplus wheat supplies | BERLIN TRADE PACT | “T know of no finer achievement than | and the disposition of future harvests, that of the people of this island who | Briand urged delegates to build the from their gaining wealth have builded | unfon with solid foundations and with | up from a few public schools with but | a constitutjon flexible enough to permit becoming fresh | these rs at the time of the occu- great system of several thousand o0ols, colleges and univer- sities, which today gives instruction to over 200,000 scholars. “You sre temporarily suffering not alone from the aftermath of the devas- tating hurricane ot 1928, when a tenth of all the property of the island and a mueh larger percentage of the tools of livelthood were destroyed, but 1ou are involved with us all in the world-wide businsss depression. Discouraging as these disasters may be for th> moment we know that they are but passing events in our history; that with the courage of your people and urder be- nevolent institutions which have been builded here, their effects will be over- come and the nation and this island will resume their march in prosperity and progress. “In Washington we are sensible of many serious difficulties with which you are struggling at the mo- ment. We also realize not only these difficulties with which you are con- fronted, but we realize also your pos- sibilities for future progress. This ad- ministration bas given proof of the con- | tinued solicitude of our citizens on the mainland for your welfare by the meas- ures recommended to the Congress and authorized by it. It has been the policy of the Federal Government to contrib- ute even more libsrally to the develop- ment of Porto Rico in this period of her u wth toward freedom and lib- erty than has been given to our States. “Not only has the island enjoyed the invaluable privileges of full inclusion in | our economic system, but all of the Federal revenues from the island have been assigned to the island treasury, | and now a Jarge measure of the Fed- eral welfare services in public works, ' public roads, education, agriculture, and in public health, are being extended to the island witbout costs to its people. Confidence In Development. “The suffering of the people of the island from the great hurricane found & generous response not only from the contribution of your fellow citizens in the United States; but by large meas- ures of relief from the Federal treasury. The American people have been glad to co-operate in this upbuilding snd in the reconstruction from present difficulties, and they take great pride in the prog- Tess you have made. “Basically what we are all striving for in our economic life is to provide, | for all of our citizens on this island as well as the mainland, the opportunity to gain for themselves and their fam- | ilies by their own effort a fair and ade- | quate livellhood. We frave confidence in the advancement of your part of our | nation_through economic development, through the education, and through the ordered liberty, which have created the great sister commonwealths upon the mainland. “We wish 10 see every Porto Rican with which we belleve every American citizen is entitled. Economic advancement is not necessarily the foundation of moral and spiritual advancement, but it can be made 50 if we so conduct our in- stitutions that prosperity shall be dif- fused among all our citizens. If we use its surplus t dvance the cultural, the moral and spiritual welfare of our peo- ple, then economic advancement. serves not alone these purposes, but becomes the bulwark of liberty and freedom it- zelf. “I have been particularly impressed ||| with the splendid efforts that you are making in the education and in health snd care of children. They swe the re- sponsibility of every man and wonan of the community, for in them as & whole lies the future. If each gensra- tion of youth enter upon the responsi- bilities of life and of the Nation better equipped n body and. mind and [“Open Nisnts T 7 P, Sumday TiII 2 PN Washingt, Most Popular > same opportunities in lifs to in| character than their parents the Naticn | Cars Washed CLN ~In 15 Minutes |its_natural evolutjon, | Briand was elected temporary presi- | dent. The memb:rship of the ‘union was extended to include Belgium, Nor- | \Way and Estonia, ‘chiefly because of the | large hydroelectric power project which [ these countries are backing to extend across Europe. Belgium introduced & proposal for | securing equal treatment of forelgners |in all countries, claiming that this fell | under ‘the scope of the union, and | another proposal which would require |any country which d'cides to increase its tarifis to notify immediately all the | other members, | *'A Targe delegation from the secretariat of the League of Nations, headed by | Secretary General Drummond, came | from Geneva for today's session. No Official Protest. Wilhelmstrasse circles in Berlin today declared that no official protest |at the projected Austro-German Tarift | Union had bsin received by German | officials. Julius Curtius, foreign min- | ister, informed the foreign diplomatic | | corps yesterday of the intention of the | Reich to conclude the treaty. The Austrian Soclal Democrats at a party convention at Vicnna today unanimously adopted a resolution wel- coming the attempt of the German and Austrian governments to establish the union. Their resolution sald that the party would support the measure b-cause “by its inherent character unemployment in Austria_can only be overcome by in- corporation of the country in a larger economic unit.” Proposals drew some fire from Lon- don morning papers today, not b-cause the union is opposed in principal, but because of the secret manner of its arrangement and a suspicion of politi- cal motives. The Times said that the secrecy” in which the negotiations were | conducted was bound to arouse sus- | plcion that Germany merely is paving | the way for complete incorporation of Austria, It added that the contro- versy thus aroused would not help to smooth the way for next year's dis- armament conference. | One-ply Roofing, $ per roll. . Also Complete Stock of Shingles, etc. 3—Branches—3 MAIN @FFICE-15th & H Sts. N.E. DOWNTOWN - 6th & C Sts. S.W. BRIGHTWOOD-5925 95¢c ' Machinery and Vacuum Cleaning g—S onizing, Etc. BILL LYNCH’S AUTO LAUNDRY Conveniently Located Auto Laundry 632 New York Ave. 627 K St. N.W. “stealthy I | | | | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, ROSSLYN WHARF PLANS DRAFTED Arlington County Officials and| Planning Body Act to | End Controversy. —(Continued Prom First Page) to bring the navigable water to within this distance of the shore. 'The land from the dredging would be used to fill in the water front. ‘The next move would be the con- struction of & municipal wharf to which all types of commercial and pleasure craft would have access. A community pipe line would be run from the wharf to the section where the oil plants are located so that the barges of all of the companies would be able to use water transportation for their products. The lumber companies could also make use of this wharf, Citlzens Must Approve. ‘The money for the purchase of the land lying along the river, all but the actual water front being developed into & park by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, would come out of the funds provided for park pur- chase by the Capper-Cramton bill, the county being required to return half after an eight-year period. ‘The next move would be the intro- duction of a bill in the next General Assembly for a referendum vote on a bond issue to care for the county’s costs and, if approved by the citizens, the bonds would be purchased by the Fed- eral GAsernment out of the Capper- Cramton fund and held for eight years before being sold, the county being re- Foremost lieved of any interest payments until the lapse of the eight-year . The bonds would probably run for an addi- tional 20 years after they were sold by the Federal Government. 4 Before the question of the bond issue was put to a vote the Federal and county authorities would go fully into the matter of concessions, it now being the belief that the wharf would not only retire the bonds but would pro- duce considerable revenue over this ex- pense, Would End Water-Mark Dispute. ‘The National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission and the Fine Arts Commission would assist in the prepa- ration of plans-for the wharf, and the former body would then seek legislation | giving to Arlington County all of the Jand between high and low water marks which, in view of the land that has been reclaimed through nage, would amount to considerabl This also would bring to a definite end the ag:- old boundary dispute between the two Jjurisdictions. The proposed wharf would not inter- fere in any way with the George Wash- ington Memorial Parkway plans of the Federal Government, it was said, and the latter could carry out their plans for the construction of the roadway be- neath the Key Bridge and thence up the Potomac Palisades to Great Falls. In order that no time should be lost | in working out the definite details of the development, Charles W. Eliot, 2d, city planner of National Capital Park | and Planning Commission, and County Directing Engineer C. L. Kinnier were to meet today fo formulate a plan of action. Highways Agreed Upon. Another matter that was taken up and worked out to the apparent satis- faction of all is the %xecuon of connec- tions with the new bridge in time for the opening of that structure. It was agreed, according to Hedrick, thas the Federal Government would construct its section of the Lee Boulevard from the bridge to the north wall of the Arling- ton National Cemetery and that the county would then construct a tempo- rary hard-surfaced road through Whip- ple street, Radnor Heights, to make a Furnishers m”H the opening of a charge account arrange for monthly you can payments that will best suit your con- venience. MARCH 24, 1931 PR L i T connection with the highway through the Fort Myer mi Teservation. The road to be It county will follow the route of the Lee Boule- vard, but will not be as wide and will not be on same grade as the Lee Boulevard when it is bullt. The title for.this right of way is already held by ‘the National Boulevard Association, it was said, and it would be necessary for the county to construct a road only about two blocks long to make this con- nection a reality. ‘With the construction of this road there will be three approaches to the new bridge from Arlington County, Hedrick sald—one through the reser- vaticn for those living to the west, one over the “Oil Plant” road that is to be reconstructed from Rosslyn for these living to the north and one along the Military road skirting the eastern boundary of the cemetery for those liv- in!! to uflfn& south. 4 ‘es! 's meeting was at the invi- hnmmrum n‘ the Ni 1 ot of ational Capital Park and Planning Commission. Present with the members of that body were their statistical aids, while the Board of County Supervisors was accompanied, wflmm«. of Col. Grant, by t H. an, county zonin; - ministrator. . s TYPIST EXAMS NEAR All applications for junior and senior typist examinations for fleld branches in the District of Columbia and vi- | cinity must be received by March 30, the Civil Service Commission an- nounced yesterday. Enclosures Shields RADIATOR COVERS Investigate Trice Since IBAKER ASSAILS LONG PRISON SENTENCES Former Secretary of War Also Favors Definite Terms for Convicts. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 24. — Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, former Secretary of War and_member of the Wickersham Crime Commission, at- tributes the numerous prison outbreaks !and disorders in this country to inde- | terminate sentence laws. The former Secretary, appearing be- i Domestic Rugs . 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SLOANE 709 Twelfth The House With the Green Shutters Just Above G $25, judgillg from make the clothes for our customers. earned reputations and hold it! mittee last night, appealed for legisla= tion giving the courts the to fix definite sentences. He declared the in< | definite rentence, placing the | at the mercy of the parole makes ihlm suspicious and distrustful, in fear | he is being discriminetsd against. “H'3 | only thought is to get out,of prison any tl;‘hl can,” Baker sald. ker declared the “judge is the last | safeguard of liberty in this country.” | He contended the trial judge was more able to determine what the sentence should be than a parole board. He | thought. all sentences are too long and favored reduction. STEEL MAN DIES e G William G. Clyde, former president of the Cranegie Steel Co, died at his 1. U. S. 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