Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1931, Page 6

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It is possible that the ever- increasing expenditures of government are due to the realization by politicians that there is a real demand by the people for greater facilities and serv- ices”” Mr. Wallace said the answer lies in increasing efficiency of gov- ernment. vestigation undertaken by the Ameri- | Cermak on Phone Tells London Beaten Foe Not Anti-British By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 9.—Unlike Wil- liam Hale Thompson, Anton J. Cermak, Chicago’s new mayor, hasn’t a thing against King George of England or any other King. He sald so yesterday when the London newspapers called him up on the telephone to ask questions about Chicago's election. Cermak chuckled when the London newspaper men asked bout Thompson's well known at- tack on King George. He didn't really fool you people, did he?” laughed the new World's | | Fair mayor.” “No, he isn't really | | anti-British. The British vote is the smallest in Chicago so he de- cided to pick on the British King.” 'ARREST OF SALESMAN | MAY RESULT IN SUIT | Action Contemplated by College Man Held in Memphis Jail TAR, WASHINGTON D. CERMAK'S BROOM TOBEGIN SWEEPING City Hall Desks Cleared and| Capone Warned by New Chicago Mayor. By the Assoclated Press. |, CHICAGO, April 9.—The Democratic | broom which swept Anton J. Cermak |in and Willlam Hale Thompson out of, the mayorship was poised for action | today. | Cermak’s formal induction shortly before noon as Chicago’s new World's Fair mayor was the order of the day, | with Cermak declaring he had promised [to “clean out the City Hall” and that | he proposed to “lose no time in doing it.” The Democratic leader, who defeated Mayor Willlam Hale Thompson, Re- publican, Tuesday by 194,257 votes, as- sumed his new position less than 48 hours after the polls closed. Every pos- | sible short cut had been taken so that | Cermak could start his promised reor- | ganization of the municipal govern- APRIL 9, 193 Cermak Outlines Plans First Step in Chicagg Clean-Up to Be Selection of High-Class Cabinet to Insure Confidence of Public, Says New Mayor. At the request of The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance, A. J. Cermak, the mayor of Chicago. has Written the following story outlining his plans for the betterment of that eity. BY A. J. CERMAK Mavyor of Chicago. CHICAGO, April 9 (N.ANA)—My first act for the benefit of Chicago must be the presentation to the people of a cabinet of high-class men which will insure confidence immediately in ouf plans to give Chicago a Teal ad- ministration. The solution of the crime problem must be worked out at once. The most important work that can be done along this line is to assure honest policemen that they may begin their work of en- forcing the law without fear of chastisement because of good work. The appointment of a Civil Service Commission of reputable men, who will protect all civil service employes, in- cluding the firemen and the police, will do more to combat crime than any other one thing. in their city government, and we will again start toward the prosperity we deserve. The building of homes will make more employment, more employ- ment means more business, more busi- ness means more prosperity, more prosperity means more happiness, and that is what we are driving for among our citizens. One of my objectives is to make the c:lw streets safe for those who travel them. Expression of Voters. The wonderful expression of confl- dence on the part of the voters on Tuesday has written the story of the future of Chicago. They have told me better than words what they want from their mayor. They want Chicago's repu- tation restored everywhere in America and abroad; they want tomfcolery done away with and & business administra- tion of their city; they want taxes re- duced by good management; they want employment for the unemployed. 1 am prepared to give my best in this effort—and as soon as I take office I BROKER FOUND DEAD WINCHESTER, Mass., April 9 (#).— Arthur D. Speedie, 49, comptroller of the firm of E. H. Rollins & Son, Boston investment brokers, was found dead in Medical Examiner Fred S. Piper a_bullet wound in his ‘heart was self-inflicted. * In a pocket were found s certified check for $5,000, made payable to him- Te:{e ll};lo indorsed to his wife, and & letter m a brokes house 1ng $5,000 additional margin :'u cover da sald his automobile on a road here yester- an investment of $32,500. ILLER (00K MADE BY NETTLETON | ment. The votes were canvassed in rec- | ord time, & special meeting of the City e B Much to Be Done. ¥ ing our city. City Manager Possibilities. 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He disclosed a study of city management had be:n started ab Purdue University under auspices of the American Engineering Council. Mr. Wallace saw great possibilities for American engineers in city man- agement. He warnéd the movement needed guidance in order that it may not drift into abuse akin to the present political system. He said 400 munici- palities have city managers already. Seventy per cent of these men, he said, wers drawn from the ranks of engi- neers. Applies to County Rule. “The same _situation county government. No one now knows in any specific way what transpires in the expenditure of county funds, yet undoubtedly & large part of the money goes for public works, which is an en- gineering job. . “If engineer managers are good for a city they will be just as good for counties, If engineers are good for counties why are they not good for States? If they are goofl for States why are they not good for the Nation? “There are too many counties. In- diana, for example, has 96. It may and communication then existing, was necessary to have county seats at about every 30 miles. There is now neither logic nor necessity in this grouping.” . PROGRESS OF GERMANY SUBJECT OF ADDRES Robert J. Eustace of Tolédo, Ohio, Tells of Nation's Present Advancement. Robert J. Eustace, industrial commis- sioner of the Toledo, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce, who has just returned from &S the most progressive country in Europe, in an address before the Wash- ipgton Rotary Club at is luncheon meeting yesterday at the Willard Hotel “The Human Side of German"” was which he related many incidents con- cerning the people of that country, now going through an unemployment crisis even more tense than ours. Mr. Eustace told the Rotarians the Germans who lived through the World War are now working day and night to lift the war debt loan. Of all Russian imports of farm im- plements last year 85 per cent were from America. 500 frocks taken right out of our regular stock for this special event. While the quantity lasts they go at this amazing “Special Price.” DRESSES FOR EVERY OCCASION—For the office—for Sports—for the street ensemble in an assortment that includes Canton Crepes— Chiffons—Prints— Ensembles— Frocks that - will enthuse you beyond your expectations. 937 F STREET N. W. applies in | be that when the State was laid out, | in view of the modes of tmnsponsl\o‘x'l' | a trip to Germany, pictured that nation | the title of Mr. Eustace's address, in | as Communist Suspect. By the Assoclated Press, | 'MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 9—Henry | Fuller's 36-hour stay in & Memphis jail | cell, 1mposed by police who thought he | was a Communist, promises to cause & damage suit against authorities here. The American Civil Liberties Union yesterday announced in New York that a suit would be filed.. Robert Keebler, Memphis attorney for the union, sald neither he nor the union would prose- cute the suit as it was understood | Fuller intends to file it through private counsel. Fuller, college text book salesman, | University of North Carolina graduate and a former student at the Sorbonne |in Parls, was jalled February 21, and | was released February 23. Police Com- missigner Clifford Davis said Fuller was held incommunicado and without charge because officers were convinced |he was & Communist when he walked |into central headquarters and asked be directed to the party's office. “I wasn't a Communist when I went in, but I'm almost one now,” Fuller said when he was released. “Memphis police have been instructed to lock up anybody who shows ten- dencles toward Communism,” Commis: sioner Davis replied. “We are not go- ing to allow un-American Communist grcups to get & hold in our ci Commissioner Davis had little to say of the threatened sult. Fuller said he asked police to direct | him to Communist headquarters be- | cause he wished to find an_acquaint- |ance, Prof. Horace B. Davis, former | member of the Scuthwestern College [ faculty here. Prof. Davis, his wife and a Communist organizer were failed last Spring and left the city after police | banned their call of a mass meeting. Prof. Davis said he was not a Com- munist. | Sl 'LEGION POST TO REPEAT OPERETTA AT McKINLEY Play Will Also Be Presented at Walter Reed, Soldiers’ Home and St. Elizabeth's. The minstrel operetta “Songlands Romance” which was presented by the Costello Post of the American Legion | will be reviewed tonight in the Mc- | Kinley High School auditorium. | Foliowing this repetition the play will | be presented at the Walter Reed Hos- | pita), Soldiers’ Home and St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the benefit of the inmates, it was announced. Lieut. Charles Riemer is directing the performance. el’s 937 F STREET N. W. After-Easter Sale—Friday and Saturday 500 Regular $9.95 to $14.95 SILK FROCKS ) Council was called to approve Cermak’s | bond, the new city clerk sworn in and | then Cermak took oath. “The bums who hang around the City | Hall going to be swept right out,” Cermak told interviewers yesterday. Al- most simultaneously he told London newspaper men in a transatlantic tele- phone conversation that his advice to | Alphonse Capone was for’ him to stay out of Chicago for the next four years. Capone Advice Firm. “Capone is under sentence here, you know, and I suggest that he stay in | Florida,” Ccrmak said. His reference was to & six-month sentence imposed |on the gang chieftain by a Federal judge for contempt of court for failure to respond to a summons from a grand jury which was investigating incomes. Sen‘unce was stayed pending an ap- peal. Cermak spent some time considering the selection of department heads, but declined to give out any advance in- formation. Rumor had it that Col. A. A. Sprague might be named as commi sloner of public works to succeed Rich- ard W. Wolfe, | Desks Cleaned Out. Officeholders spent yesterday clean- ing out their desks ai the City Hall, getting ready for the influx of new of- | ficials. Meanwhile, Thompson finished |up his plans for a steamboat tour of inland rivers. starting today. Ten men, arrested for violating the election laws, were arraigned before |County Judge Edmund K. Jarecki. Their hearings were set for tomorrow. |~ Although no official statement was made, it was reported that John Al- | cock, acting police commissioner, would continue to “serve temporarily in his | present position. \BRITISH PRESS HAILS | DEFEAT OF THOMPSON | By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 9.—Big headlines, pictures, trans-oceanic phone inter views, long cables and editorials today emphasized in the British press the; defeat of Chicago's “Big Bill" and ascendancy of the immigrant, Anton J. Cermak. ‘The papers record that Cermak has been most obliging in finding time to satisfy the curiosity of English news- paper men, and withal making an ex- cellent impression by the manner with which he has met their questions. | " “He is & model of genteel courtesy.” | writes oné® of the correspondents. He also recorded that Cermak rebuked him when he referred to “gangdom” and “racketeering.” “Excuse me, that is gangster talk. ffldon'r. use that language,” Cermak told im. i After we have gotten the machinery of government working there are many | things that must be done for the benefit | of the entire city. Racketeering must be taken out of building construction, which will en- courage home builders again to con- struct homes. The consolidation of governments, when worked out, will save approxi- | mately $100,000,000 annually to the tax- | payers. This work will do much to re- | duce taxes. With the reduction of taxes, home owners will take new heart | DEATH PENALTY HELD | NO CRIME DETERRENT| Report Says Total of Killings Rises in Face of More Executions | for Murder. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 9.—Frederick L.| Hoffman, LL. D., yesterday made public | a survey for the Spectator in which he | set forth that the death penalty had proved futile as a deterrent to murder. | His figures, culled from records of many States, showed Memphis, Tenn., held | the Lighest homicide rate in the entire | country, 58.8 per 100,000 of population. | New York was listed fourth among | the five largest American cities, with & | homicide rate of 7.1 per 100,000; in this | group Chicago in 1930 had 144.’ Detrolt | was next with 13.3; Philadelphia 1.7, New York next and Los Angeles last in | the section, with 6.6. | “In the face of more executions,” the | report stated, “the total of killings rises steadly.” [ The homicide rate for the country :leaped from 99 in 1919 to 109 last year. It has beén higher only twice | since 1900—in 1924 it was 112 and in | 1925 it was 11.3. | Executions increased in 36 States | from 96 in 1929 to 143 in 1930. In that time the homicide rate in 151 American | cities rose from 17.9 to 19.4 | He said the 1929 figure for England and Wales was 05, and 9.5 for the partly civilized Kingdom of Siam, add- | ing that Germany in 1927 had a rate | of only 2.0. i | i American talkles are the most popu- lar in Finland this seaspn. The 26th Year | The entire world must give us the confidence we desire, and when the gates cf the World's Fair open, I want every citizen to feel a confidence in our city that will insure a record at- tendance. The die is cast, and the work must start at once. I shall take office im- mediately upon my certification, and then the great task of bringing Chi- cago back to its former status will begin.” (Copyright. 1931, o Ne FREED MAN REARRESTED W. R. Fox of ;ll;l;ou to Face Theft Charge in Annapolis. 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