Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1931, Page 3

WONDERS OF NEWS GATHERING CITED F. B. Noyes Hails A. P. Work. Gifford Voices Business Optimism at Luncheon. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 20.—Daily wonders performed in gathering the world's news were touched upon today in an address by Frank B. Noyes, president of the Associated Press. He spoke at the annual luncheon of the organization. Mr. Noyes, who is publisher of The ‘Washington Star, introduced -the guest speaker, Walter S. Gifford, president of the American Telephone & Telegraph After dwelling upon “the tremendous progress in the sclence of the telegraph and telephone wire,” he praised Mr. Gifford’s leadership in a development which has “approached the marvelous.” He also had high commendation for the staff of the Associated Press. “I feel,” he said, “that I can never speak of our organization without pay- ing a fresh tribute to our superlative working staff, under the leadership of Kent Cooper, a real genius, which daily performs new miracles in the extraordi- nary excellence of the report delivered to us.” Membership Highest in History. Membership in the A. P. January 1 totaled 1,297 newspapers, the highest in the history of the organization, mem- bers were told by the general manager in his report. ‘The members approved amendments to the by-laws to make them conform to changes in the business laws of New York State. The changes enable cor- rations as well as individuals to be- long to membership corporations and enable corporations publishing news- papers to hold membership in the As- sociated Press. Mr. Cooper said in his report that an intensive study of collective and indi- vidual of member newspapers had been made during the last year. He referred to the efforts of the financial service to report news as it occurred during the business depression without creating undue alarm among newspaper readers, cited expansion in the foreign service and the substantial progress of the photo service, and the addition of comics and cartoons for evening papers to the feature service. Toast to President Proposed. ‘The customary toast to the health of the President of the United States and the First Lady of the Land was pro- posed by Mr. Noyes. This is the only toast offered at Associated Press annual luncheons. After describing the Associated Press as “simply a reporter of its individual members, raised to the 'nth power,” the speaker said its 1,298 member newspa- pers demanded a true report of the world's hlpg‘enlnn “undefiled by bias or partisanship.” “So far as we are concerned,” he said, “we believe that this organization of ours, supervised by a board of directors made up of practical newspaper men from all parts of the country, selected by the vote of the membership at large, and owned by 1,300 newspapers of every possible shade of political, religious and economic viewpoint, gives us the sort of report we demand. Great Stage of Development. The membership of the Associated Press, Mr. Noyes said, is the largest in its history. 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Interest today centered in the an- nual meeting of the Associated Press at | the Hotel Commodore, an interim in the meeting being devoted to the an- nual luncheon. The National Broad- casting Co. arranged for a Nation-wide hook-up, carrying Mr. Gifford’s speech as well as that of Mr. Noyes. Lawrence Tibbett, baritone of the laa;at-;a?oliun Opera Co.,, sang “Glory Meetings of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Assoclation will begin to- morrow at the Hotel Pennsylvania and continue through Friday. The five retiring directors of the As- sociated Press have been nominated for re-election. They are Elbert H. Baker, Cleveland Plain Dealer; Richard Hooker, Springfield (Mass.) Republi- ca; Clark Howell, Atlanta Constitu- tion; J. R. Knowland, Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, and Stuart H. Perry, Adrian (Mich.) Telegram. Text of Address. Mr. Gifford spoke as follows: “Mr. Chairman and Members of the Associated Press: ““One of the particular characteristics of our civilization is the diffusion of knowledge and a common understand- ing. In this the Associated Press plays an essential part and the Bell Tele- phone System contributes by the main- tenance of practically instantaneous Nation-wide intercommunication, in- cluding telephone and telegraph net- works that serve the press and radio broadcasting stations. We have the common interests that grow out of large dealings with each other, but I would like to speak to you about a common interest in an enterprise far more im- portant than either of our organizations. “I want to reaffirm my faith in the continued progress of our country, in the common sense and ability of its people—in short, I want to reafirm my faith in American democracy—political, social and economic—and to add that the experiences of ‘this depression have done more to confirm this faith than the experiences of ' the boom that preceded {t. “When I speak of democracy I do not mean only the opportunity for all citizens to participate in the govern- ment of the Nation. That seemed of such overwhelming importance that our forefathers considered its accomplish- ment 2s almost an ultimate objective in itself. Other people who do not have {to be educated, and an opportunity to {in a conutry that hi it still attach such an importance to it. And if we did not have it, so would we, although as it is in our possession we take its existence for granted and do not even trouble always to make the best use of it. Press Follows Education. n the last century we added democratic education to democratic government, intellectual freedom to political freedom. The initiative for democratic education never came from an autocratic government. And when an autocratic government establishes a school system, education is not allowed | intellectual freedom, but is forced to follow the es of the autocracy. And as goes education so goes its hand- maiden, the press—{ree in a democracy, controlled in all other forms of govern- ment. “As our industrial development pro- ceeded we have added to political free- dom and intellectual freedom freedom from economic want as one of our democratic objectivcs. The present American conception is a country in which every man has a vote, a chance make a decent living. I know that there are right now several million men and women who want to work, but are unemployed in this country. - I have spent a good part of the Winter helping to raise money to provide work for the unemployed in this city. But as bitter a picture as that is, it does not change the fact that our industrial civilization has brought us within sight of a democracy of wellbeing, and has crystallized our intention to see it accomplished. “Before machines added to man's ability to produce the cycles of depres- sion were caused by underproduction. Years came when there was not enough to go round—when people died of cold, hunger and disease in such numbers that the world accepted Malthus’ theory. ‘The condition of having people out of work in a country that has more of everything than it needs is, humanly speaking, a vast advance over having people without clot:es, food or shelter not enough of | the essentials to go round. Before the | era of the capitalistic industrial democ- racy there was no escape from the periodic calamities of underproduction except in those places where people coula find virgin territories to exploit, and in those only for comparatively short periods. “American democracy is founded on | the participation of all the people in government, in the benefits of education and in the wellbeing made possible by ample production. “Strong Leaders” Available. ‘True, none of these work perfectly. Some people do not vote, some resist education and some have through no | fault of their own failed for the time | being to find employment and well- | being. But as imperfect ‘as is our use of our democracy, #ts essentials con- | stitute the foundations on which the | progress of the future will be built, and | the very independence that comes from | political liberty and the intelligence that comes from widespread education {is complete assurance of continued im- | provement. n this depression some folk of in- telligence, but little faith, have been calling for immediate remedies, for strong leaders to make everything all right at once for everybody, and If not for these for some one to sacrifice on the altar of their discontent. As a matter of fact there are plenty of men | in the United States who have the capacity to become the ‘strong leaders' | of history. But to be such they must | have power, autocratic or tyrannical | power. Uneducated peoples that can not attend to their own affairs must have such leaders. Educated peoples do not need them and will not tolerate them. Forty years ago there may have | been an idea that our people would | like such leaders in industry, but the | course of events since then has made it as clear as a Summer sky that the | atmosphere of the United States is as bad for the autocrat in industry as for the autocrat in politics. i In my opinion there is no use looking for any Napoleons to lead us on to economic Austerlitz—or to Waterloo. | “We are going to go forward out of | this valley as we have from others be- | fore by the democratic road—by the thought and efforts of thousands of in- telligent, able people—by the wisdom | of the many. Remedies Take Time. | “I know that to the impatient, to those who want an overnight remedy, | this is a discouraging prospect. for the democratic method does not work over- night, nor do the remedies it provides come in dramatic fashion wrapped and | labeled for all to see and to admire. A dictator produces better headlines than a democracy, but in the rest of the | story the advantage is the other way. | gave me an abiding faith in the demo- | cratic . I was director of the Council of National Defense and its Advisory Commission. These organiza- tions, as know, were the Planning and Mobi! Boards for all industrial and non-military wa; these activities were legi activity were Jnc, o=t | take | the greatest mutual good for the great- | | capitalistic industrialism has opened to | | made unprecedented efforts lall wage scales have not been main- | welfare work are | 8t kaleidoscope. It looked like confusion worse confounded. Many thought the only soluition was & minister of muni- tions with autocratic powers. I confess that then I rather hoped one would be appointed. But &s matters progressed I began to realize that in all that welter ’ of confusion there were a great many men of brains and ability and that their combined efforts and initiative resulted in few errors and on the whole very effective action. And I realize even more now than I did then that there was an immense amount of essential information and knowledge and wisdom that finally was brought to bear on the conduct of the war that never could have been obtained in any other way. “In a democracy programs are not fixed and orders are not given. The action of the.nation is not limited by the knowledge and the objectives of a | few, with the rest, like the light brigade, | “‘not to reason why,” but ‘to do and die.” The result is that the initiative of the mass of the people is stimulated and their knowledge is not thrown away. The accumulated energy and knowledge of all the people gradually comes to- gether through thousands of discussions until a line of conduct tested from all angles evolves. This has behind it the support and understanding of the people who will make it work, not as if it were a routine order, but as a thing which is part and parcel of their own convictions. “The Russian war effort was run by an autocracy because Russia was an uneducated country. The Russian war | effort failed in technique, in knowledge and in popular support. Ours was a | democratic effort—and it succeeded. But | as it was a democratic war it was a| drama without the heroes characteristic of the historic past. That did not arise | because there were not men of as great | ability as heretofore, but because so | many of ability co-operated that none | stood out alone. 1 “The present situation brings to my | mind another incident that happened in Washington in war time. A gentle- | man of considerable ability engaged in | war work got into a critical state of mind, as some of our people are now.| He went into another war worker's office, sat down and with great force | and eloquence damned the President, | the cabinet, the generals, the admirals, | the food administration, and every other | agency that was struggling with the war and wound up with the statement that he was going to resign “His friend’s only comment was: “‘Whose war is this you are going | to resign from?’ “That is a pertinent question now.| Whose depression is this? 1If, as has been said, a fundamental cause of it is greed, who are they that did not add their part to the picture? This is a democracy of blames as well as oppor- tunity. We were all in it—flapper, financier, newspaper man and manu- facturers, laborers and politicians, It I is true that its evil effects do not fall i i on all equally, but the evil effects have been pretty widely distributed never- | theless. Fixing the blame is the oc-| cupation of the people who have lost their nerve. Finding the causes and planning the future is the part for the constructive-minded people. Some Flying Backward. “And we have with us also those who want to return to the good old t'mes They are of the order of the Wufus birds. As you know, these interesting birds fly backward to keep the wind out of their eyes and they are not in- terested in where they are going, but only in where they have been “And then there are those who shout from the housetops that if we do not their particular medicine the bolsheviks will get us. These folk, unlike the Wufus birds, want to go somewhere. They want us to progress, but they want us to progress from terror rather than by conviction. These | people are all wrong. The Wufus birds and alarmists are talking to the wrong people. The American people are not looking backward, they are not afraid, | and no one can direct them by threats. | We have a far more impelling and higher motive to continue to improve American life. We believe in it. We | have the same determination to improv the lot of mankind that our forefathers had. We are not as a Nation conserva- tive if conservatism means content merely to keep what we have. Neither our ambitions nor our imaginations are dead and we intend to go much further | forward from where we are now or even | from where we were just before this depression. And we shall do it by our own particular methods. “Are we getting anywhere? I think so. “In this depression the American | people have decided that in so far as| it is possible, the people least able to bear depression shall no longer bear practically the whole brunt of it. That is more jmportant than anything most | autocrats or most laws ever accomplish. By the democratic process we have concluded that the democratic idea of est, number is accepted as it has never | been before and that it has come | nearer working than ever heretofore. “We like to see wage scales main-, tained as they have in this. It is true of a high standard of living for all | That was not always s0. That is tht result of the vision of possibilities which | us. That is not only the general desire, but those in a position to do so have to make that desire a reality. In no other cycle of this kind have wages ever been main- | tained as they have in this. It is true, | tained. It is likewise true that wher the wage scales have stayed up in many places full time has not been maintained. Although the present scale | of wages would be equivalent to a large increase if commodity prices and the | cost of living should stay down, we | | ought, I believe, to make every effort to maintain the wage scale. Problems Alleviated. “Moreover, the standards of social now based upon a | standard of living unheard of no further back than the panic of 1893. As bad as unemployment has been this Winter, the problems it presented have bee alleviated by social welfare agencies and | governmental agencies in a way A has kept distress far above the starva- | tion level that used to obtain. And th could not have been done without the | margins of prosperity accumulated ! under our industrial system. I do not y that we have accomplished a good | result, for my hope of the future is as high as yours and I do not believe that | the word ‘good’ can be associated with | {f the present unemployment situation, | but I do want to say that it is both in objective and accomplishment than the past; and, further, that our | social point of view and industrial | ability has in it the elements to con- | tinue to improve, not only in alleviating distress when it comes, but in mitigat- ing its severity and frequency of oc- currence. Out of the money panic of 1907 we learned enough to organize our finances better. Out of this we will learn likewise, but the processes of prevention can not start until the period of distress is over. The study of sick- ness leads to the prevention of disease, but while the patient is sick it is thé doctor’s first job to get him well with the best knowledge then available. | From that experience comes the hope | of better curative knowledge for the ! future and likewise the spur to prevent- | ive measures, “I have tried to make clear my belief in a few simple propositions | “1. That' the path of progress is an evolut: That the democratic method fol- lowed in Ametica not only provides abler and ‘more effective though less spectacular leadership than any other, higher economic, social and spiritual objective than any other form of society. | Has No Fears for Future. | “I believe in the common sense and ! ability of the American people and I have, therefore, no fears of the present or future. 'The immediate present, the statisticians of the telephone com- pany tell me, shows signs of improve- ment. How fast that nent will g | ment of advertising lineage, labor prob- | Cleveland” Plain Dealer | partment: Victor F. Ridder, Harvey J. | things for humanity. | a time of great opportunity, of stimulat- | comes forward with a program and the better | (! ion from our present situation. | - NEWS PBLIHERS SET FOR MEETING Association Will Open Parley in Gotham Tomorrow—500 Expected to Attend. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 20—The forty- fifth annual meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association will open tomorrow in the Hotel Pennsyl- vania and conclude Friday. More than 500 members are expected to attend Among topics of discussion will be the adjustment of newspaper publishing to the economic depression, radio compe- tition, condition of the newsprint mar- ket, standardization of the measure- lems, traffic and medical progress. The usual conference of three days has been extended to four days to per- mit special discussion of newspaper problems in cities of less than 100,000. This meeting will be held tomorrow at 2 pm. Howard Davis to Preside. Harry Chandler of the Los Angeles Times, president of the association, will be unable to attend, and Howard Davis of the New York Herald-Tribune will preside at the general session on Wed- nesday. Col. Robert R. McCormick of the Chi- cago Tribune will report at the open- ing session on the activities of the Com- mittece on the Freedom of the Press. In the past three years, the committee has given attention particularly to the so-called Minnesota “gag-la: under which courts are permitted to enjoin publication of newspapers they deem to be scandalous and scurrilous. Will Report on Radio. Publishers contend newspapers should be responsible criminally and financially for what they print, but should not be enjoined The Committee on Measurement of Advertising Lineage will report at the opening session, and G. J. Palmer, chairman of the Topics Committee, will present a list of vital matters for con- sideration. Wednesday afternoon Edwin 8. Friendly of the New York Sun will lead an advertising discussion. A special committee which has considered the ef. fect of radio upon newspaper circula. tion and advertising will report. Elzey Roberts of the St. Louis Star is chair- Labor and mechanical matters will be discussed Thursday morning, with reports by George M. Rogers of the and W. E. Wines, manager of the mechanical de- Kelly and C. A. Webb of the Asheville (N. C.) Citizen. Thursday afternoon W. G. Chandler of the Scripps-Howard newspapers will discuss the news print situation. The annual meeting will be held at that | time. The final session will be held Friday morning, when the Postol Committee | will report. MCEUEN RITES ARE HELD Threescore Years in Real Estate Business Here Is Record. Funeral services for Charles A. Mc- | Euen, 84, engaged in the real estate business in Washington for more than 60 years, who died Saturday at his home, 1707 Bunker Hill road, after & long illness, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at his residence. Mr. McEuen was one of the oldest real estate op- erators in the city. The body was taken to Newark, N. J., where it will be buried in Fairmont Cemetery. He was born in Irvington, N. J., and came tb Washington soon after the Civil War, establishing_his business at that time. He had offices at 1410 G street. Besides his widow, Mrs. Madge Wightman McEuen, he is survived by a son, Prof. Daniel Carroll McEuen of Grove City. Pa. —not only confidence, but the keenest interest in the possibilities ahead of us. Tndustiral democracy has given this generation the tools to accomplish great We are living in ing appea! to the imagination. The mastery of depression is one of the challenges ahead of us. Let us continue to attack it. Every day in the papers we read of some action taken, of this plan or that program, for the’ press is the medium for the interchange of ideas. Every week, at least, some one desire to start an association to further it. You go nowhere where it isn't dis- cussed. This process is going on with thousands and thousands of people in every part of this country. Out of it we shall get an answer—we shall get plans for progress perhaps never clearly defined, but plans that take account of the needs of the many, that have bee: tested from every angle, and that have behind them the power of the American people, and are likely to be in effective operation before any one has time to make a good description of them.” “See Etz and See Better” Bring your eyes up to date. Change your old- style glasses. Let us show this new style to you. Have your eyes examined at least twice a year. ETZ Optometrists { i i i 1217 G St. N.W. Dragging D;ly: and Restless Nights Lack of pep is frequently caused by clogged-up systems. Feen-a-mint is thorough, dependable yet gentle in action. Effective in smaller doses because you chew it. Modern, scientific, safe, non-habit-forming. [\ een-amint} D. C., MONDAY, MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Back home! Must be' American territory, I don't see any Marines. Miami, the only place to bathe in the ocean in the Winter and & great city. Flew flglolt over the whole length of Cuba, Haitl, San Domingo and Porto Rico. is Teal human job in Porto Rico and they like him. He is kinder like Morrow. He has brought sympathy into diplomacy. Only been gone from California two weeks today. Been in 15 countries, 8,000 miles, all for $600 fare, and I took no “good will” to them. In fact they are mighty wise. They are wise to us. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Christ Child Society, Shore- ham Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Methodist Union, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Card party, St. Anthoney Church, 1322 Jackson street northeast, 8:30 p.m. Meeting, Lincoln Park Citizens’ Asso- ciation, Bryan School, B street between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets southeast, 8 p.m. Card party, 530 Seventh street south- east, 8:30 p.m. Card party, Ladies of Charity, 2300 | K street, 8:30 p.m. i Meeting, Monday Evening Club, Wil lard Hotel, 8 p.m. Card party, Spengler Unit, American, Legion Auxiliary, Thomas Circle Club, 8:30 p.m. Dance, Sons and Daughters of Lib- | erty. Columbia Council, No. 4, Naval Lodge Hall, Fourth strect and Pennsyl- | | vania avenue southeast, 9 p.m. Meeting, Psi Omega Dental Fra- ternity, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Gamma Nu Sigma Frater- nity, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. i | FUTURE. Luncheon, Washington Real Estate | Board, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 pm. Luncheon, Washington Chamber of Commerce, ‘Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, noon. Meeting, Singing Mothers, Parent- Teacher Association, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, 10 a.m. Meeting, Washington Alumnae Asso- ciation, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Univer- sity of Maryland, tomorrow, 6 p.m. Dinner, Michigan Alumnae Associa- tion, Y. W. C. A., tomorrow, 6:15 p.m. Card party, St. James' Church, Rhode | Island avenue and Thirty-seventh street, tomorrow, 8:30 p.m. Luncheon, Washington Assoclation of Credit Men, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 pm | Luncheon, Washington Round Table University Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m Spring play, Hine Junior High School, tomorrow, 8 p.m. —_— Among the ancient Greeks the rose was very largely used for funeral pur and the tombs of the dead were quently decorated with it, under the | bellef that it protected the remains of the deceased. APRIL CHINESE BANDITS | [ ¥t 20, 1931. SEIZE U. 5. WOMAN Captured With Two Swedish Missionaries—American Is Ransomed. By Cable to The Star. SHANGHAI, China, April 20.—An- other American missionary, Miss Ester | Norlund, and two Swedish missionaries, one a woman, have been captured by bandits 60 miles from Ichang, in the upper Yangtse River region, according to word recetved from Hankow. All are connected with the Covenant Mis- sionary Society. Thelr capture comes on the heels of the release of Rev. Kristofer Tvedt, Norwegian, who_ returned to Hankow with Daniel Nelson from the bandit camp in Hupeh Province, where the latter's brother, Rev. Bert N. Nelson, is a prisoner. = Although 20,000 local dollars’ ransom money has been paid for the freedom of Rev. Mr. Nelson, he is still being held by the bandits.” but his brother states that the negotiations | are proceeding according to schedule and expresses no anxiety as to his re- lease. He left Hankow this morning to return to the bandit camp. Priest Dies of Exporure. ‘With this information comes word | that a British Catholic priest, held by bandits south of Nanchang, capital of Kiangsi, Communist-ridden province, died as a result of exposures while still a captive. Rev. Mr. Tvedt was greeted upon his arrival at Hankow by his wife and six children. He was captured with Rev. Mr. Nelson six and a half months ago. | Much futile diplomatic correspondence | followed, at the same time the China government pressed the powers for im- mediate abolition of treaties containing clauses protecting foreign lives through- out the country. Indignation Expressed. High indignation has been expressed in the American community over the | inaction of the Nanking government. The Evening Post, leading American newspaper in China, prints an_open letter today to Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson declaring that continued friendly negotiations between the United States and China are a national dis- grace in view of the fact that no effec- tive effort was made by Nanking to e: | terminate the brigands who for over | six months held an American citizen | while repeated official and private pro- tests were entirely ignore The Post concludes “In view of the obvious indifference of National China to the solemn obligations of a govern- ment to afford protection to foreign and native lives, it becomes no less | than a national scandal for the United States to treat with the National gov- ernment of China as though it were | in fact a government capable and | willing to exercise its powers and re- sponsibilities. To continue to do s will be an admission that the gov- | ernment of the United States also holds the lives of its citizens cheaply and regards the obligations of government SUBMARINE SAILS The Navy's largest submarine, U.S. S. 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By the Associated Press Secretary of Labor Doak today out- lined to the newly appointed executive personnel of the Federal Employment Service policies and plans of the Labor Department in its effort to provide more completely for the job-finding work of the country. Forty State directors and the admin- istrative force, under John R. Alpine of New York, a labor expert, gathered here to study the situation and lay plans for locating jobs for men capable of han- d]ing them. ‘The last session of Congress provided $500,000 for this work during the com- ing year, an increase of more than $100,000. This made it possible for the Secretary to extend the service into every State and the District of Co- lumbia. Reorganized for Future. Doak said the reorganization was de- | signed to take care of anything that given his mother, Mrs. Ruth Devine, | MIght arise in the future. Flynn took the boy to his home and gave him first aid treatment .before sending him to his mother. —Star Staft Photo. RETAIL FOOD PRICE CUT 16 PER CENT FOR YEAR Small Decrease Shown in U. S. Cities for Month, With Wash- ington Increasing Slightly. Retail food prices nationally showed a deorease of a little less than 16 per cent for the year ending March 15, ac- cording to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor Department. The decrease for the month ending that date was a little less than-one-half of 1 per cent. In Washington the month showed an increase of less than one-half of 1 per cent, while for the year the decrease was 13 per cent. Twelve other cities also showed increases for the month. In two there was no change. The survey covered 51 cities. 200 COMMUNISTS SLAIN ICHANG, China, April 20 (#).—A sharp engagement between 1,000 Reds and Nationalist troops from the Ichang garrison took place at Tangyang, 30 miles northeast of here, today when the Communists attempted to capture and loot the town. The soldiers drove off the Reds, killing 200. | "One of the troubles that has plagued | the employment service in the past has | been frequent inability to care for tn- | terstate employment _situations. The old_ organization functioned largely within each State, where it had co- operative arrangements with State serv- ices. The new will co-operate in every passible way with State agencies, but also will be able to care for interstate needs. 2 Interstate Aid Planned. Often there have arisen situations whereby labor that has specialized in | certain types of work has been avail- |able in one State while there was a | marked shortage of this type in another. | With an effective interstate organization the needs of employers in one State can be cared for from another when local labor shortages occur. Alpine, co-ordinating director of the service, has had wide experience. A% one time he was assistant to Samuel Gompers, when Gompers was president |of the American Federation of Labor, and in 1918 was named labor adviser | to_the Secretary of Labor. | Most of the other officials of the | service have had long experience with | the department in various capacities, | while others have been officials of vari- ous unions or have had other experi- !enc; which familiarized them with the work. | Funeral Grief Kills Widow. | While attending the funeral of her husband at Union Wesley Church, | Twenty-third and L streets, yesterday, Mrs. Blanche Brown, colored, 59, col- lapsed and died an hour later at Emer- gency Hospital. She lived at 126 L street. Factory Prices Save You Money! By this trade mark you'll rec- ognize the genu- ine WASH - ABLE du Pont TONTINE Window Shade Cloth, which on account of its washable, sunproof qualitie: material on the market. TINE THE WASHABLE WINDOW SHADE s, is the most popular shade Ask for Samples and Estimates Don't forget W. 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