Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1931, Page 28

B—12 « ECONOMIST GROUP DISPUTES DR. HALL Adverse Findings Reported on Charges Against Com- merce Department. B the Assoclated Press | NEW YORK, December 3—A com- mittee of economists, which investigated charges made by Dr. Ray O. Hall that a Department of Commerce publication suppressed truths” and “‘impor- tant expert findings” in connection with the balance of international payments of the United States in 1930, reported yesterday to Secretary of Commerce Robert P. Lamont that the expert stat- istician’s accusation had not been sus- | tained The committee. E. L. Bogart of the Association, was made Willford 1. King of New sity, James W. Angell Ernest M. Pattersor Pennsylvani; n H. Williams, Har- vard, and Jacob Viner, who was unable to serve. The report was signed by the other four It dealt with six charges Dr. Hall made in a memorandum of last Septem- d hearings in Washington when testimony 1 overnment officials and other competent persons chosen by P'r\ldfnl‘ American Economic up of Profs.| York Univer- of Columbia University of Jol Service Given Praise. “Our decision,” the report said, “is based on an examination of the six charges made by Dr. Hall in his mem- orandum, which is entitled ‘Suggested Outline of Investigation.’ " In a conclusion it said * our findings carry no implication, however, | Tegarding the propriety of asking Dr.| Hall to 1esign from the department It adds Dr. Hall's work for the Department of Commerce in his field of specializa- tion has extended through many years and has been of high character. " The committee wishes to record an appre-, ciation of these services. * * * Noth- ing in this report should be interpreted 8s an adverse judgment regarding his scientific achievements.” It contains also an expression of re-| gret that there “seems a disposition for ) the department to show undue timidity in giving full publicity to factual ma- terial that will shed light on some of our National policies, such as the pro- tective tariiff “Business men and students alike,” it | continues, “need all the data that can be furnished. * * ¢ While arguments for or against tariff policy would be quite inappropriate in a public docu- ment, all data should be made avail- able. Part Held Not Justfied. A secton of Dr. Hall's manuscript headed “Adjustment of Fluctuations in Commodity Prices” the committee found “the most important of the six charges” and said, “We did not find it justified. * * * The particular method emploved by Dr. Hall was of doubtful validity. * * * The department was justified in refusing to publish the ‘cor- rections’ thus made.” It was shown that Dr. Hall, to sup- port his premise, quoted from an article in Barrons’ Weekly “in such a way as to imply tHat his view was shared by another person, presumably highly competent. This quotation was, how- ever, from an srticle written by Dr. Hall himself under an assumed name.” Of this the report said: “The committee feels that Dr. Hall was guilty of serious impropriety in quoting from his own writings in an- other place in such a Way as to mis- lead the readers, and that the objections of the department were entirely war- ranted.” CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Lecture, Fred Payne Clatworthy, Pirst Oongregational Church, 8 pm Card party, Confederate Flag Chap- ter, Daughters of the Confederacy, 1322 | Vermont avenue, 8 p.m. | Christmas bazaar_and turkey din- | ner, Universalist National Memorial | Church, Sixteenth and S streets, 6:30 pm. Supper, Amerjcan Ciyic Association, Willard Hotel, 6 p.m. Meeting, Kappa Sigma Chapter, Alpha Sigma Lambda Praternity, Wil- lard Hotel, 8 p.m. | Card party, benefit Women's Over- seas Service League, Willard Hotel, 8 pm Meeting, Kappa Phi Delta Sorority, willard Hotel, 8 p.m Annual dinner and bazaar; Calvary | Baptist Church, Shallenberger Hali, | Eighth and H streets, 5 to 7:30 p.m Annual turkey dinner and bazaar, | Ladies’ Guild, Trinity Methodist Epis- | copal Church, Fifth street and Seward square southeast, 5 to 7 p.m Turkey dinner copal Church 5 pm Turkey dinner, Ladies’ Aid, Grace Re- formed Church, Fifteenth and O streets, | 4:30 to 7:30 p.m | Transfiguration Epis- | 1419 Gallatin street, | Dinner dance, Young People’s Demo- eratic Club, Mayflower Hotel, 6 p.m | Meeting, Connecticut Willard Hotel, 8 pm State Society, | Meeting, Advisory Clubs of the District Board of Masonic Hamilton Hotel, 8 and buffet supper Hotel, 8 p.m. Amity 1g Council, Knights th street, 8:30 p.m Sons and Daughters of Lib- mbia Council, No, 4, Phoenix rth street southeast, 8 p.m. FUTURE. Women's Relief Sailor and Ma- Club House, 1015 L street, to- morrow, 8 pm Charity card party of Parent-Teachers’ Ludlow, Madison and theast Masonic Tem- Eighth F streets northeast, to- morrow, 8:30 Dance, Aloysius Club, 47 I street, to- w | m 10 p ANOTHER YEAR Will Your Electric Trains Run Xmas Morning? Son—Sure, Dad, The Toy Train Hospital, 1206 N. Y. Ave. N.W,, Cured Their Troubles. Full Line of Lionell Trains & Accessories Electric Xmas Trees, 9 Bulbs Lock and Key Service Open Till 10 P.M. District Lock Co. Nat. 4363. 1206 N. Y. Ave. THE EVENING BSTAR, Luray Guide Weds Capital Woman in Caverns Ball Room Spectal Dispatch to The Star. | LURAY, Va, December 3.—W. B.| Rickard, 66, Luray Caverns guide, was married at 11 o'clock today in the “Hall room of the caverns to Mrs. Lulu M. Holtzclaw of 919 K street northeast, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Holtzclaw, | who is 62 years old, is a widow with | four children. Mr. Rickard is a wid- ower with four children. | The couple met when Mrs. Holtz- | claw, who formerly was a Miss Hackley of Rappahannock County, visited the caverns last Spring. The ceremony was performed by Elder A. W. Campbell of Luray. Mr. and Mrs. Rickard will re- main at Luray for a few days, after which they will go to Washington for the Winter. They will spend their Summers in Luray. This is the thiry- first wedding to take place in the caverns. ference to Be Sought by Federal Council. By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, December 3.—On record as favoring immediate abolition of all plans for poison-gas and disease- germ warfare, one of the leading church bodies in this country prepared today to use its official influence to secure prompt ratification of the World Court protocols A statement submitted late yesterday to the Executive Committee of the Fed- eral Council of the Churches of Christ | in America urged that the protocols be | ratified prior to the forthcoming dis- armament conference. Final action on the measure, deferred Court Clerk Is Buried CUMBERLAND, Md., December 3 (Special).—People’s Court was closed yesterday during the funeral of James P. Carroll, a clerk. He had been active in Democratic politics for years and had served as State mining inspector and justice of the peace. His six sons were pallbearers w1 he Christmas Store < CHURCH BODY ACTS FOR WORLD COURT |U. S. Entry Before Arms Con- | WASHINGTON, | | pending stronger wording of its text, | was expected today. World Court Entry. The entry of the United States into the World Court prior to the arms parley, the statement pointed out, would demonstrate the purpose of this coun- to co-operate in the move to “sub- stitute law for war” and would favor- ably affect the conference on disarma- ment. | The council expressed approval of the | prompt action taken by the United | States Government in seeking to re~: store peace between China and Japan | in Manchuria and also went on record | | | as favoring all-arouna reduction or cencellation of intergovernmental war debts. Among the speakers who urged | America’s entry into the World Ccurt | were Bishop James M. Cannon, jr.;| | Dr. Joseph A. Vance, pastor of the| | Pirst Presbyterian Church of Detroit, | |and Rev. Walter Van Kirk of New| | York, secretary of the council's Com- | mission on International Justice and| | Good Will. | | Federal Council Work. | The work being done by the Federal | Council in prcmoting closer co-opera- | tion between Christians and Jews was | described by Rev. Dr. S. Parkes Cad- | man, noted radio preacher. ¥ Bishop Francis J. McConnell of New | York, president of the Federal Coun- |cil, denied the allegations that the| | churches are lobbying in Washington | | for ‘world peace legisiation. Later in| the day he described the religious work D. C., THURSDAY being done by means of the radio. Millions of people, he sald, are being reached in this way who are other- wise untouched by the work of the PRBott 200 prese churchmen, re) nti 26 Protestant communions, are in = tendance at the sesisons, which are scheduled to close tomorrow. RITES FOR SOL MOF;RIS WILL BE TOMORROW Retired Insurance Man Resident Here Since 1899—Widow and 8ix Children Survive. Sol Morris, retired Washington in- surance man, who died yesterday at the age of 83, will be buried in Wash- ington Hebrew Cemetery tomorrow, following funeral services at his home, 1448 Newton street, at 10 a.m. A native of Milwaukee, Mr. Morris came to this city in 1899 from Memphis, Tenn., where he had been In business. He retired from the insurance business here about three years ago He is_survived by his widow, Mrs. Fannie Morris, to whom he had been married 61 years, Lee, Dave, Milton, Millie and Hortense Morris, and Mrs. Max E. Kahn. Jugoslavia has less than 14,000 un- employed. and six children, | DECEMBER 3, 1931. NEW TRIAL IS SOUGHT | IN AUTO DEATH CASE Motion Filed in Rockville on Be- half of Lawrence McCullough, Convicted cf Manslaughter. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., December 3.—On | the grounds that the court erred in| admitting certain evidence damaging to the defense and because the verdict is | alleged to have been against the weight | of the evidence, a new trial has been| asked in the case of Lawrence Mc- Cullough, young Washingtonian, for- merly of Bethesda, this county, who was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury in the Circult Court here on Monday. McCullough was the driver of an automobile “which left the Rockville | pike. near Grosvenors lane, early on the morning of May 17 last, and crashed into a telephone pole, fatally injuring | Ludwell Lee and Calvin Brown, young residents of Bethesda, who were with him in the auto. The manslaughter verdict was in the Lee case, and an indictment also charging manslaughter because of the death of Brown is pending. ‘The motion for a new trial was filed by Attorney Kenneth Lyddane of Rock- ville, who defended McCullough. at the trial. Sentence will be deferred until the motion is disposed of. iPHYSIGIAN IS HELD i o \ON NARCOTIC CHARGES LIEUT. PIERSON DIES | e T ‘Dr. C. L. Schmidt of Laytonsville Former Chief Telegrapher of War“ Is Indicted on 26 Counts Department Expires in West. by U. S. Grand Jury. Lieut. Charles O. Plerson, chief teleg- rapher at the War Department from | May, 1900, until 1913 and since at- tached to the Washington and Alaska Cable and Telegraph system at Seattle, | mflgf;:}l}“’{,?ril'lmlg‘g:emr 3--Accused Yo, died at Beatile yestertay in is | Deeded, of filling the prescriptions, of seventy-eighth year. A native of New | d€liVering the prescriptions to patients York, he served as a lieutenant in the |12 the amount jpeeded and keeping the Volunteer Corps during the Spanish | self, a_physician ng War ‘and_two’ years later began mis |held in Jail here awalting Pederal Court service with the War Department. ne‘“H‘;”h D e T e Gt Forace G Pieesch, Tooth of "whom "ve. | Lavtonsville, Montgomery Gounty, comn- ol st mitted in default of bail after his ar- rest by deputy marshals and narcotic agents. Women to Donate to Fund. Dr. Schmidt has been indicted on 26 counts by the Pederal grand jury, of FALLS CHURCH, Va., December 3 |alleged offenses committed between Oe- (Special) —The women's class of Co- |tober, 1930, and the time of the in- lumbia Baptist Church, meeting with | otment. He has practiced medicine 3 n from the Univer- Mrs. John Bowen, voted to contribute | sity of Maryland Medical School in $25 to the church’s building fund. 1911 Plans were made for Christmas work. | = - Mrs. Jaffer, Mrs. Rosengarten and MTs. | Violets bloomed y Hawxhurst made talks and Mrs. R. C. | in October, it being. s, i time-this Staebner sang a solo. | year that they had appeared. Special Dispatch to The Star. 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