Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1931, Page 3

BAR ASSOCITION MEETS HEREINY National Legal Organization . %o Convene Three Days * in September. ‘The American ‘convention at Afimuc wve here, incident to the George Wi Bicentennial Celebration. of 8 elected 1t made the nnno\mcemem following the nce of the invitation extended to association by a group of Wash- ington lawyers headed by George P. Hoover, prsmm of the District of ! mw fon I “Washington, 1 Seipaniion t was sald, will be held Septe'mber 28, 20 and 30. '.Nnutlve plans were made kno to luct ceremonies during ‘Washington convention in connec- tlon with the construction of the new hudmg for the United States Supreme Two Obfained in Week. ‘The decision of the Bar Association, one of the most important national groups in the country, was a feather in the cap of the Greater National Capi- tal Committee of the Washington Board | big. nh also had extended an ttee was repre- ucm.uy of the Board of The convention is the second secured for Washington within a week through the efforts of the Greater National Capital Committee. The other was the | 1932 convention of the American Pub- lic Health Association. This invitation ‘was extended by C. N. Nichols, manager fon, City, decided ously yesterday to hold its 1932 | i of the convention department of the committee, who attended the sessions in Montreal. of that organization and the national attetion focused its | again. b upon its and declarations of Ucy ‘The usually a ttrm):dr than Government are expected take a prominent part in the speak- ALESSANDRI OPENS PRESIDENTIAL DRIVE ATLANTT! Ritchie's address at quet of the tion here this evening It is a platitude to say that we are on the threshold of a new age, with new and stnue forces moving across horizon of the world, our governmental relationships. First, the growth of wealth lnd capi- talistic power seemed to be crushing thed free spirit of individual initiative pass! of the people to a narrow plutocracy. Then a rew soclal order asserted itself, and government intervened throu,'h forms of corporate regulation and control, measures in the interest of a broader freedom for business and provisions for the health and safety and social welfare of the people. The pendulum swung too f: gov:rnrnent nat content with curbing ial privileges, injustice and ex- oltatlon. became suspected of . at- uckmg business just because it was ‘Then the “rule of reason” came, and we began to see that business, if it engages in no unfair pract and leaves the door of oppeftunity open for u much _ right to grow big as it has to stay small, and that enforcing artificial cumpeti- tion may be more costly to the con- sumer than combination. Ne Fields Explored. During the World War, under the stress of absolute demand as well as patriotism, there was a period of united action and co-operation, accompanied by the discovery of hitherto own and une: lted flelds for efficlency and The war over, production, which had been stopped curtailed, started mlchinellevnlueceod‘e‘s hymmolm_pmdu efiunnnflwe enwudllpmmmot epansion and Saper. Drofs, e leqnedwbem:nndby and . over standard , | of_money only. We were & creditor nation, needing world’s markets for our nn-nlm supplies, but the world’s capacity to consume was overtaxed. Then came the inevitable awakening and: t.he erash. Now we are confronted with prob- lemnbomnhmemdnmtdumo- | the nmenn: m& ds | P THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 20, ]9’%1—I’ART ON. Ritchie Addfess to Bar Atlantic City Banquet Told Enlightened Leadership Is Need of U.'S. in Face of Strain Upon Efficiency: of Business and Industry—Lawyers Pnthfimlers. currents and backfires, ambitions #od the jealcusies wmm. dn what you creep into tflv adminis- muon. and by mp of whlch or in spite of which objectives must. be accomplis Business Man .fl_. The business man, moreover, has not put_his own house in order as he ml(ht have done. ‘This depression— one in the last century, on high author- nymughc him unprepared. During the period of prosperity and high profits, he paid big salaries and large dividends, put aside reserves for the depreciation or obsolescence of his lant, a lus for future dividends md unklng funds for his bonds. In those golden days he looked ahead when it came. to his interest, his dividends -and his plant, and made provision for them, but, with rare ex- ceptions, he did not ook shead when it came to his labor, and he did not make provisions for it against the hard times which were around the corner. Happily, the business man is be- ginning to do this now., He is try- ing to work out plans for unemploy- ment reserves, either co-operative or , which must appreciably minimize the effects of the next de- pression on forced unemployment. I count this a distinct gain, for the problem belongs not to government but to industry itself, and whether you regard it as an obligation on industry or as something which industry should do for its own protection and welfare, the fact is that unless industry does make provision for forced unemploy- ment, the pressure on Congress and on State' legislative bodies will be 50 great that some sort of legislative dole or other unsound panacea, which may be on our backs forever, will be inevitable. Industry Seen Awakened. It seems to me that this depression has at least one happy angle. ‘It has awakened ind to a higher sense of its public tions, and to the -necessity ‘of a more enlightened eco- inomic statesmanship. So I believe that industry will no. longer look so much to government to police it and subsi- dize it and cure the ills of its own making, and that it will realize that its future depends no more on the brains in its office than on the labor in its shop. Neither hu the financier measured up any too well to his public vpm‘ tunities. In this age of consolidal and mergers and corporate pyramiding of various kinds, the judgment and the es of sound American bankers ive not prevailed enough, and the re- it | sult has been that stable business Attacks Cosach Nitrate Combine, | o Controlled by Guggenheim Interests. under which i was created are irreg- ular. Archbishop President Manuel Trucco today asking that mmmmmllmunu! ol‘l death pronount men who par- ticipated in the recent naval mu‘:‘inry be commuted. ‘Wales Flies Home. ‘WINDSOR, England, September 19 () ~—The Prince of Wales, looking sun- burned and fit after his holiday in rnnee. arrived in his own airplane from Le Bourget this afternoon. the seif. 11 . n.w. mnrnn REPAIRING, o "onk Hoots: sima I R R m}:fiu‘x ?a 3ty FEREAPTER, 1 BHALL NOT BE RESP e o at ‘aebls Sontracted gther ‘then myself. 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SUFF ERE RS Arthntxs, Neuritis, Rheumatism OR the flubdubbery of T have no thought “of mmpflng an) prognosis of nese Iml'fllflnl! venhn-e-xew as to the spirit of dlcllkidnml.hh of that unpcrbl civilization. Control of Government. ‘We ?;’t delude ourle}‘v- it we Lhmk government set of laws and pflnclplu all its own. of course, encouflcc this flluslon !n politics, we are for formulas and phrases and :zonm for “eternal principles” for the “teachings of the fathers” and what not, but in the last analysis govern: ments are merely mortal men, an® the laws md runcunm of government are shaped, like those of wny other activity, by experience and by ° the practical wisdom and horn sense of those who sit in power. Government, . after all is onl . | plied politics, and there is little um la mysterious :bout it, except sometimes politicians. States- men may have their Idu , but in at- taining them m{mm guided by fixed stars or utable principles, thou% they may talk as if they are, y the realities of experience ' as shaped by purely human factors. So history shows only too clearly that principles can seldom be regarded as eternal. In the final analysis they “| may often be little more than conven- tions, created by the needs and wants of the times and changing to meet the chl:lglng conditions of & changing world. Of course e believe that the factors and forces of the hour can be shaped and controlled for the common good by American institutions better than in any other way—for which reason I would cling to them and apply them and not scrap them. HMII Collective Leadership. fdlnt is that sound leadership, while follo wing St. Paul's admonition | ticy] gs and hold fast to that which is good must, ze that holding fast is not sitting s And m;"fl?m for collective leadership of ) Time was when the public instinct- ively looked to the lawyer for this to prove all lawyer in America. divided leadership with '.he wldler It was the age of Marshall and Kent and sy, vben the leaders of the bar Jrite at once Tor free booklet on effective | . :nu Agency. G. M. 613 Columbian Bids. N, . Dl!- Dec. l'll‘—lienlntl'- l7., 8 financing Thes Beld. ot and. through a tao-ime eld out; an 2 - tensive salesmanship, securities of un certain value or of no value have found their wly ints the hands of the public. It is fc te that there are Amfl- 'y, either at home or abroad, which is not shot through with political and governmental ons., New Political Philosophy. I would like to see business an finance embrace a new political phi. losophy. The collective mind of the the era, and the collective IRITCHIE SAYS DRY ACTGANT SUGCEED Asks Nation to Face. Fact Law Is Failure in Atlantic - City Address. (Continued From Pirst Page.) which nearly all the judges who curred jn it filed strong individual jons . dissentihg from it—and it is tbue incividual opinions that the {m n lven, clear, palpable and incontro- Vertible Sidestepping a Fine Art, “T believe the people want the truth, the Governor added. “If politics hn fallen from its once high estate, I think this is largely due to the fear of so many. in politics to face the truth. Talk to men in public life and see how dif- ferent their public and their private views often are. It is almost as if they think the truth must be dressed u that it must be camauflaged 'lg'l sophistries and fallacies, Sidestepping and pussyfooting, two soft-sounding names for political cowardice and hy- pocrisy—are,_becoming a fine art.” posals for further encroachment of the Federal Government on the powers of the States, particularly in relief of economic distress and curbing of crime, were deprecated by Attorney General Mitchell, In con- definite undency toward willing cation by the States of some of their proper functions. “There is a temptation to get all we can out of the Federal Treasury for causes in whlch ‘we are interested,” Mitchell said, “because somehow we fecl that there is an inexhaustible sup- ply of money there, most of which has been contributed by others. * * * We have now reached a point where, \Inder the stress of business depression an uuemploymmc preparations are bein made in e quarters to demand o! mxect contributions out of the Pederal Treasury for relief of distress and thus force the Federal Government into what has been known abroad as the dole system.” Mitchell said the “bitter lesson” of the dole in Great ‘Britain should fur- nish the answer to the question ‘whether Congress should aj riaf for direct relief of the unemp! Already Laws Enough. ‘Turning to law enforcement, the At- tofney General described an “increasing demand on the Federal Government to bear the lion's share of the responsib 1ty !or dealing with organized crime.” truth is that such organized e h gangs must be Gealt with by local authority,” Mitchell sald. “* * * ll local police do not perform their duty, is because local officials do not wlnt them to, and if municipal offi- cials are lax, it is because the pwg“ of the community are content to “Passing new laws, State or Mn! problcm things be as they are. Jocality to the gen- was o It% to the Federal Government (or prohl fon enforcement, although the obvious intention thaf elch suu m]d 8 new Federal bureau born a new regiment is added to the army of tax-fed officeholders. Moratorium Breathing Spell. If you believe that the collapse of Germany vo\lm have been disastrous cfl-b—uul then why not face the fact all the moratorium did was to & crisis, u\nicuon!ynhuflungm f | and that the real and momentous prol relunngnm-twodmem- dcn.hz;g Doinens, "u‘:e ess, the »fluy flle!ne'm:nd the fidelity that go_with it, should be made more ‘Byden'lng:%wd f self- loping & er of - business will throw off ‘the incubus It can so government interference. regulate itself as to relieve govern- mmunt‘ largely of the necessity of regu- Iaf ln fllll process the lawyer has his ct part to play. It is easy to say mtheremhwommn tive, there too much glven to professional ped- antry, or it his &m.l.nln‘ tba rllh'-l of property too the rights of man too little. ‘The lawyer 1.s the natural and log- Republic. He may not aspire to office, but politics and government can never be alien to his work. The foundation rocks of poli- :l::nlxre ubertymmd Ju.meednnd the and applies them. He applies them not as ab- but as concrete realities. The law itself 4s not static. It flows on in the streams of time, and the lawyer shapes and guides fts course, Responsibilities of Lawyer. ‘The lawyer knows that most human problems have two sides, and he is trained to bnh;unn;fl&u and ex- pemmu 50 as e right side. this land, founded so largely as m asylum for the oppressed, where freedom in religlon and toleration for the convictions of others were to pre- vail, who better than the lawyer can check bigotry and intolerance when they arise to poison the purity of our most fluleu herlnge? Betm Lhnn ow fllth in the eficacy of truth, and faith in the courage of the people to face it. I believe the mfih ‘want thb truth. once esf I think thh h largel; due to the fear of so mlny in poltrl'lecai life to face the truth. Talk to men in mem any leads public life and see how different their | our public_and their private views often are. It is almost as if they think the st J‘“?m"'um"’e?"’ R sophisiics amol with so) and fallacies, ide = phht:ln? pussy - footing — two soft - sounding names for political cowardice and —are becoming a fine art. If we would help O.he Ammu.n farmer to his feet, why delu&e and ourselves into thinking it can be lem will come when the year tion of Europe alike must determine what their future welfare requires With re- spect to international If you believe that the stupen gro! of electric power and the unuy and dominance of its control governmental intervention lest natural resources be exploited, then before headlong into owner- ship as the cure, 'h not on.mlne in- see had to mnn on their | ence. He takes his place alon a large part of the work of enforce- mt ‘within its borders. The association today made its prin- cipal assault on crime, but only after two hours of passionate and blt'zr argu- te, | ment. The resolution adopted urged “That by law it should be permitted to the rrmecutmn to comment to the jury on he fact that a defendant did not take the stand as a witness; and to the jury to draw the reasonable inferences.” ‘This now is_ permissible in some States, and enables the prosecutor to point out to the jury a known criminal, and prevents the criminal from hiding behind silence. Levi Cooke Makes Plea. Opponents of the measure in impas- sioned speeches pleaded that the reso- lution was an assault on human liber- ties, that the defendant should be pro- tected from the oratory of prosecutors who paint a defendant blackly because of his past record. Levi Cooke of Washington, D. C., ‘pleaded for further consideration, le'l- ing the right of the defendant to ustuy must be protected in the interest of human liberty. Guy A. 'mompwn of St. Louls was elected president of the association. ‘William P. MacCracken, jr., of Wash- was re-elected secretary and H. Voorhees of Sioux Falls, S. 1s | Dak,, Was re-elected treasurer. Glen Fairbrook of Seattle, Wash; Harry S. Knight, Sunbury, Pa., former wruident of the Pmm{lvmu. State Bar Associa- tkm and Walter P. Armstrong of Mm- ‘Tenn., were named members_of lhe ‘Executive Committee. ashingicn, D. C., was selected as t.hc site for the next convention. Holmes’ Services Recognized. The association also presented & medal to Associate Justice Oliver Wen- dell Holmes of the United States Su- preme Court, in recognition of - his services to jurisprudence. In presenting the medal, J. Weston Allen, former attorney general of Mas- sachusetts and chairman of the Com- mittee of Award, spoke .of the liberal jurist as one “not content to measure ihe problems of today with the yard- stick of yesterday.” “Envisioning the present in its rela- llnn to the future,” uld Mr. Allen, “he ed his assoclates along paths which Lhc at times were hesitant to follow to uni red visions of human experi- wit‘l; own feet, with no governmental md“rthe honorable body of Massachuset: (cnenl accounts behind them, pay- | ing their own taxes and their own way and keeping their books as privately owned enterprises must &)—-'he?.hfl' in these evenu they will not nearly ways show ofin&u deficits 'hlch the already overburdened general taxpay- ers must make up? If some of us in the beginning be- lieved in the eighteenth amendment as a means for temperance—which I did not happen to do—why after ten years delude ourselves any longer into 1l that prohibition can ever prohibit or that it will ever promote temperance in lny way? . 'Why not face the fact the last state is ‘worse than the nrm ‘Wickersham Accomplishment. 'I‘he ‘Wickersham. commlnlon dld what I regard as & of work thoroughly woll done, nnf fi to which nearly all the lnd:m ‘who concurred in it filed strong individual from iHnd n lual opinions thal the facts are nven, clear, pupnhle and incontrovertib] I close with the vlel that in trying to overcome the industrial depression which nxrrgueg:;d us, ‘iv: try wuom. come the lon our old-time vtrurm of fact-facing and truth- E p;:t us remanbel' that “the fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves” A bar whose British rogenitors checked executive usurpa- aon in _sixteenth and seventeenth century England, a bar which in nineteenth century America doneby]mln(hlmnpbyusmmug bootstraps? If you would yield to the ery of some militant mlnorny to vut. its par- the sumptuary lar panacea i course of mandate, why not whenever face vernmen e fact that dothhyo\lnzcuufllyhnfmlnum States rights and responsibilities which were theirs, and you generally take from the people lil self-ini- tiative they were intended to have? PHILCO RADIO None Better— Few as Good Sold on Easy Terms GIBSON’S 915-19 G St. N.W, Pioie !-Illu- on. L o west GJ SMITH Co. ISiE s v e 530 | - | Farms, Mass., by illness. students of the hw such as Shaw, Storey and Curt] Justice Holmu “was not present, be- ing confined to his home, in Beverly He acknowl- edged the medal in a letter, expressing gratitude that his “passionate desire” to be of service had brought this rec- ognition. 2,000 OHIO MINERS T0 STRIKE TUESDAY Right to Name Checker, Halt of Discharges Among Union Demands. By the Assoclated Press. ATHENS, Ohlo, September 19.—A strike of 2,000 miners employed by the Sunday Creek Coal Co. in the local fleld, eflecfive 'mwd-y. was ordered boday by United Mine Workers offi- clals uniess the company meets union <demands. The miners demand the right to name & check weighman from outside the miner-employe list, but company officials contend " they have complied with State laws covering the point. The workers also seek to alleged discharge of men for joining the unlnn and reduction of wages. Lee Hall, president of District No. 6, made Unmd ume Workers, sald the strike order followed a meeting of 67 union delegates at Glouster last night. gl SR Receives Commission. Theodore A. Mowatt, College Park, Md, has been o ommm"mm Peithe Wi as STOP—BURNING AWAY YOUR Cut your fuel cost 40% annually by burning buckwheat ‘What a saving ... every home owner coal at $9.00 per ton. should investigate NOW. Bntk-holl Aunm-tu LOWER ——complet: with room thermostat and boiler control. . .fully installed, $110 to $125 TELEZIS CALLED ‘The second day of the apeedboat regatta on the Anacostia River yesterday was marred by the accidental death of Wmhm Freitag, veteran Phllldslphh pilot, killed when his boat, Philadelphia, turned over on him. Top, El rto, winner of the President’s Cup. The last heat was called off when was killed, but xl urnrto previously had won two heats. Bill Wagner, Freitag’s ic, who was thrown c'ear of the wreck and :w-m to u!evy umnt of the nnddfllt Rilht eenm derrick raising the upset Miss Phil. left,'alf" view showing the first boats o reach the speeder, still upset mwer right, left to right, Oeorn C. Rels, pnot.. and Anderson Bowers, co-pilot of the:El Largarto, wlmm- of the Pre.id s Cup race. Story on page 1. Details and results in Sports section. —Star Staff, Underwood and wua ‘World Photos. ALABAMA BANKERS GET PRISON TERMS Brothers Sentenced to Four Years Each for Misapplying Funds. Nlfloml Bank of Pnttvlllo. Ala., Both "entered pleas Df 'nll!y to an indictment cont counts of, flfl-‘-\’-flm.whn presi- dent ot tluhnk.mh'ned!:. manager of By the Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala., September 19. —Two middle-aged brothers, Allen W. Northington and Edward A. Northing- ton, today were sentenced to four years in the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta as a result of the failure of the First LECTURE ON ADVERTISING by RAY BECKER Sales Promotion Manager ‘Washington Post Thursday, Sept. 24th, 8 PM. Ask for Complimentary Ticket LIVINGSTONE ACADEMY 1333 F St. Regulte Selee; s15%00%" Mo, 5,008, Detached, attractive Just finished. Big porches. $8,950 to $9,150. .Don't miss Just oom; Laree Borchen.” One’ sold: 1737 Upshur usres west 16th Street. 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