Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1931, Page 4

CAPTAL AHEAD OF 1550 BULDIG Survey Shows $40,354,700 in 1931 Work—Boston Doubles Record. th Sresent ‘indusirs 2on Rea Cross, appear tomorrow. By the Associated Press : NEW YORK, August 24—Despite | general declines, those cities which set BY REX COLLIER. the construction pace for the country| What of the Red Cross and unem- | in 1930 are showing in some instances ployment relief? s a A even keels in stormy depression sees. Why is it the oss does ot Somie few are actually beyond 1930 hw:fm:‘;e r‘."‘i J‘twaol:o?m:om%hrr records, L. Seth Schnitman, chief stat- | day but refuses to donate a dollar from | isticlan of F. W. Dodge Corporation. | its national treasury for of an | finds. | American, tndustrial calamity? What defense has national “Of the 35 cities that have shown | oot olicy of alootness in coal construction contracts in excess of $5- | and factory strikes, although men, 000,000 during the first seven months | women and children may be in want of food and clothing? of 1031, elght reported go-aheads over| %o (ke Red Cross for, anyway? the same seven-month period of 1930. | Why was it organized and what are its ‘These were Bostcn, Yonkers, Buffalo, | real functions? Rochester, Syracuse, Washington, Hous- These are among questions heard fre- ton and San Pr ” " quently over the dinner table, on the i ancisco,” Mr. Schnlt- | Bl (%13 n the clup. They are ques- man states in a survey prepared for the | tions that were discussed on the floor Associated Press. | of the last Congress and that. most - THE EVENING STAR, WASHI\GTON RED CROSS STAND ON RELIEF MAY BRING CONGRESS ACTION Refusal to Aid Jobless Sufferers and " Hesitancy in Drought Assistance Explained by Charter of 1905. met every emergency of the past Wwith voluntary contributions, and that to break away from this tradition would | destroy the foundations upon which the : |Red0rmlhldbu t & firm and nuubhl structure. | Besides, there was the very potent ‘nrgumenl that the proposed Federal uppwprhuon did not limit the relief ‘ drought sufferers. James L. Pieser, | vice chairman of the Red Cross, warned lll chapter chairmen at the time that e plan would require the Red Cross | ‘w supply food, medicine, eic., to per-| | sons_otherwise unable to pracure the | same throughout the entire United ! | States until the end of the present na- | | tional emerge; | | " The effect would have been to draw the Red Cross into unemployment re- lief generally, In which event the pro- | | posed $25,000,000 would have oeen woe- fully inadequate. Crities of the Red Cross promptly charged it had become the tool of the | President, who also is exofficio honor- ary head of the Red Cross. Friends of | the organization countered with charges I THE WEATHER I District of Columbia—Generally fair tonlcm and mancru', somewhat warm- northerly winds. Armnd—hnly ehuay mbht und it warmer tomorro tomorrow; moderate to fresh northwest wlndl West Virginia—Generally somewhat warmer tonight lnd tomor- Tow. Record for 44 Hours. Baturday and Mlh ‘Thermometer—4 p.m. 12 midnight, 61; 4 am., 60; noon, 65; 2 p.m., 61 Barometer—4 p. 30.08; 12 midnight, 8 a.m., 30.08; noon, 3 Yuhrdny and today jometer—4 p.m., 51 12 mldni‘ht, 59; 4 a.m., B noon, 73. Barometer—4 pm. 30.10; 8 pm., 30.11; 12 midnight, 30.11; 4 am., ”0'. 8 a.m,, 30.10; noon, 30.07. Hllhrlb {emperature, 65, occurred at noon yesterday: lowest temperature, 58, occurred at 6:30 am. today. ‘Temperature same dlu last year— Highest, 82; lowest, 59. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Cozst and | body. Geodetic Surv: Today—Low tide, 11:47 a, tide, 4:58 am. and 5:27 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 12:04 a.m. and | 1?‘39 pm.; high tide, 5:52 am. and ‘Washington Total, $40,354,700. Boston nearly doubled its 1930 record this year with $44,272,200, he points| out. Washington's total for this year eainsi. $10855900 n. 1930, t $1 Prancisco showed a total of $14.- | $08,200 for this year on the basis of | buiiding permits. Dunn( the same period we have noted that the greater tendency toward stabilisation has been shown for the| most part by the small city and town, pnmcuhrly the city of under 100,000 * Mr. Schnitman said. “This | Ras natural, for it was the larger city which had most to bear in the deflation of real estate values, just as these same hmr cbx:: got the full benefit of the | "w conditions of improvement will be noticed even in some of the Jarger elfl!& although further sharp | in some parts.” w Records. Cities in the $10,000,000 and over class lhu to construction | records for vear through the | ende!luly.lnt.he!ouowm‘c 3 Construction Construction | awards nra‘l awards first 7 R 1. months, mn Jew York City...§ 334453 oon L83 B ] Platinum for U. S. Coinage Suggested By Expert in Gems Argument Against Plan Is That Amount of Metal | originan Available Is Too Meager. | By fhe Associated Press. NEW YORK, AUG. 24. — Platinum was suggested today as a new medium | for United States comage by Dr. Octxe P. Kunz, New York gem expe! and others, in a report for the plati- num !’nd\ldl'y ralsed against the em- Wt of this metal, says the re- are tRat the amount of platinum n&ble is too meager, and that diff wnuld be encountered in a bi- dmc the first of these objec- tions. Dr. Kunz suggesis dropping the peging of the price of platinum at any fixed level and coining the metal mueh in the manner silver &5 coined “The only serious difficulty with this method is the possibility of the market valye of the coin going sbove its coin- | age-value,” he says. “A protection o this would be to maintain a u:an(e as in 'r‘b case of silver,and o have a reasonable reserve of p! in the Treasury t which cculd bs put. in circulatio: climbed too high Production is growing faster than consumption, and within the next five years could probably be doubled, Dr Rupz says He believes in the importance of the use of platinum f; inage because of the -expected s cutput of gold, as predicted by If the United States should assume a basic value of $50 an ounce for plati- num and a 50 per cent seignorage #in, Dr. Kunz says that 200,000 ou latinum could replace in coinage 000 ounces of gold. B FARE Fares shown are Round Trip .25 BALTIMORE Every Saturday and Sunday return_sundas nieht Week-End_Excursions $8.50 NEW YORK going_every Saturday until September 26. inels Returning_uniil_Sundsv $8.00 NEW YORK SUNDAYS, Seplember 6, 20 Ao LABOR DAY, September 7 e Wl‘hln(lon 12:15 AM. Calehes ready for ocoupancy 11:30 P.M R _SIGHTSEEING TOURS 750 Downtown 75¢ $3.25 CHESTER $3.00 WILMINGTON | assuredly, will be ps session. All Seek Relief. The cry of relief is being raised on all sides,” in crescendo chorus. Relief for farmers, relief for miners, relief for veterans, relief for factory unemployed | —relief for any one and every one | affected by the depression. To this cry for help the American | Red Cross, as a national organization, | has turned a deaf ear, with the result that it has become the vortex of un- | | precedented criticism. Steadfastly the Red Cross has re- | ferred its critics to the charter granted | it by Cor in 1905. That charter, ‘d nnl e duties of the agency, is | the Blh]c 0( the Red Cross, Allhoux | freely referred to in many over relief policies, the r.hl.rm is a little known document. ~Familiarity I’lth it, however, is essential to an in- t consideration of the Red blem.” Cross, as an international | cmzs o | this purpose the putumee. famine, fire, floods great national calamities, and to and carry on measures for preventing | same.” Last Clause Governs. hmu’t‘nn;h“fihm.‘l’;"um Cross formulating Desce- 1 wmn’icg:“ governing or the clause as veritably 1t itude | 2 the of disasters to what it meant by | hm bymmein the charter are in the “act of God” , in the sense that they are be- the control of man. sre, in . of the cataclysmic lety. Science virtually has removed pesti- lznee a scourge of mankind, at least | | in the United States, so that what was Red Cross was founded *devuuunx as war. plague, yellow fever and other once dreaded disease are medical history. Famine, too, rad been an almost for- | | gotten charge of the American Red | | Cross until last year. Pamine is & strong word, and there was much dis- cussion of the relation of droughts to faminine, and vice versa, before the Red Cross decided to take over drought relief rome months ago. The Red Cross has sought to draw & line between famine and crop failures. ded with even | | greater emphasis at the fortheoming | umbla | tion of Irregularities. Pl les were s | Roday bubonte | 6:19 pm. that Congress was seeking to miake the | The & Red Cross the tool of anti-administra- | tion polities. | Made Private Drive. | 6:53 p.m. 0B the midst of the controversy the | sets 6:81 pm. ntri mmittee of the Red Cross rises announced_ plans for a Nation-wide drive | Astemotin oot o i s for private contributions for relief of | half hour after sunset. drought-stricken States. The drive vas | long, intensive and siow results, but | the requ! sum ally was raised and the drnufm emergency was met quite ‘;;“g:‘" in the Capital for successfull ight months I{Ihl! the lverln are The drought relief fight left a feeling | SROWn in the f of resentment rankling in the breasts | Average. of Federal relief proponents. From the ' January ..3. strife have come threats of reprisal. | February . If the predictions materialize, the next | March . Congress may be asked to reorganize 'April the Red Cross, to remove the President | May . of the United States from any authority | June . over it, to formulate for it a new and | July . liberal m‘x:;;a that will permit re- | August . 27629 tns. | ef to unem; to s victims and :o Ao b gy i “_‘mmrwmhu for the first eight ress. January, 1882, 7.09 inches; February, mT‘?!l;:ec:;le w;lfétmnl proposals even | 1gg4, 634 inches: March, 1891, uraya i St ouae of Sihs: i) O inca | Inches: April 1889, 9.3 inches;’ May. | :to'd‘lvorce ~ mecl“"‘l" lesigned | 1889, 10.60 inches; June, 1900, 10.94 | e Toss from “politice,” | inches; July, 1886, 10.63 inches; |15 that the semi-governmental status of | gust, 1028, 14.41 inches. Weltller in Vlrlm Cllh. and Moon. Jomorrow—8un rises 5:20 @.m.. Sun | charge 'of the seronautics information ectiol Rainfall. Comparative figures of the Zonthly X.ll . January ..1. . February . March With the problem of unemp t‘ B loymen! lief looming larger with the ap) onch | lnm&gg W%r.be it lu cm‘tn the | ess 2 to an | 'n greater mnalttom g?”ngnkox‘er!y :?l:l:nn; s enlivened its Lgr lecessor. nis: Ga... attitude of the Red Cross toward “"",:;’; S employment and depression renz"mmm:n-m pred ba discussed in a .ucuedln‘;lumm N. RIBE OFFERED HEAD | OF OHIO ROAD PROBE :‘““""" a3 |State Senator Says He lerund;" x $250,000 to Drop Investiga- : oy RSB ETISVLLRI223T 2222282 - g | By the Associated Press. mr | CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 24— 5 |State Senator David Lorbach, Demo- , of Cincinnati, chairman of the | Qmaks Ohio Senate Committee mvuunun' Phoe: alleged irregularities in the highwa: | department, said last night that he - | been ‘approached by a man who asked | Rajcith. NG him if he “would be interested in |Salt Lake Cify. $250,000 if he would retire from the in- | £20 Anton g’_m ! | vestigation.” Senator Lorbach said he | sa 2994 | told “the man, in no uncertain terms, ‘m.n he would not. He said that he not know what interests the man represented, but that {he had “strong suspicions, aithough I am not able to say definitely now.” " Another member of the committee, | Two great industries of old Greek State Senator David H. De Armond, |days were the gathering of purple-yield- | Democratic floor leader of the Benate, | ing mussels for dyeing and the gather- told a staff member of the Cincinnati |ing of that shell fish called by savants Enquirer today that it was “common |the “pinna marina.” collected for the talk” around Hamilton, his home. that | silky fiaments by which it attached it- | $150.000 s waiting for the committee if |self to the rocks and from which gar- | |1t will drop the whole matter.” ments like silk were made. : r Cloudy 0.02 Cloudy t.cloudy 6.16 Cloudy 0.02 Rain - Glear Clear 232372883882 228 22820 2 22833225 0882232. gt i, Crops always are failing somewhere, | even in prosperous years. To set a precedent in affording aid to stricken farmers in isclated localities would be to open the doors wide to a never- ending stream of appeals for agricul- | ture. The Red Cross does not believe Congress intended it to tackle the farm problem Pondered Drought. The Red Cross pondered long and | gravely before it agreed the drouj had reached the pmpomom of great national calamity,” within the meaning of its charter Complicating the drought problem was politics. Drought rellef had be: come an open political fssue. Dem cratic critics of the President ha Scught to secure Pederal appropriations | for relief. When the administration opposed this plan as too paternalistic, partisan efforts were made to appro- priate funds to be administered by the Red Cross. Great was the surprise of advocates of the PFederal relief plan when the Red Cross declined the contribution. The refusal was based on the fact that the organization’s charter directed it to render “volunteer aid,” that it had Eastern Standard Time $4.00 ATLANTIC CITY SUNDAYS, Aug. 3 LABOR DAY, Sepiem! Lv. Washington $6.00 PITTSBURGH SATURDAY, September Lv. Warhingten ... ..10:30 P.M. CHICAGO, ILL. $16.00 Returning Sunday night $20.00 Returning Mond-y night OIT, MI $15.00 Returning Monday night Going SATURDAY, Stp‘emhfl' 5 Lv. Washington $16.80 NIAGARA FALLS Lv. Wllhlllm Friday 05 Saturday hay NIAGARA FALLS SATURDAY, September 5 $8.50 Returning September 6 $10.50 Returning September 7 Lv. Washington A $13.00 T SATURDAY, S!fl!-kr 5 Lv. Wi 3:50 P.M HISTORIC NEW lsm.nm $53.71 Covers All EVERY SUNDAY Untll August 30 For tour itiner: Alan B. Agent. "ITBAYE vy ma CHICA PM. l‘l-u-i- and Steamer Today—8Sun rcse 5:20 a.m.; sun sets (ai4.’ to Rear first | §tionas | | | | from the first Mrs, 1 Au- | | Soudy |and a | party before daylij D. DEATH AT NAVAL PARTY IS PROBED Police Seek to Learn Whether Officer’s Wife Was Pushed From Window. C.s By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, August 24.—Po- uu today sought to iearn whether Daisy Price, bride of Lieut. Comdr. Owru D. Price, who plunged four stories from an apartment to her death yesterday, fell accidentally or was pushed from a window. Mrs. Price said in a dying statement: “It was my fault.” But two men who picked her pajama-clad body from the sidewalk, she was reported to have gasped: “I was thrown out.” ‘The fall occurred after a party of | naval officers and their women com- panions in her apartment. As she fell she snatched a chair for support, but the gesture was futile. The chair was shattered on the sidewalk by her Poilos founds cuts on the back of | Mrs. Price’s legs, indicating, they said, nhvdmuht have been pushed out back- War Lieut. Comdr. George D. Price, before his transfer to the aircraft carrier Lex- ington last March, was attached to the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. here as Admiral William A Moffett, bureau chief. He also had 5 n. Mrs. Daisy Price, whose home was in e T iied e aret, M wife. v Mrs. Bet! 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