Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1931, Page 3

LEGIONNAIRES BAC VOTE FOR DISTRIT Executive Committee Adopts Resolution Asking Congres- sional Action. The Executive Committee of the American Legion of the District of Columbia last night went on record in support of District representation Congress. At the same time, criticism wes exnressed of the alleged “railroad- | + &g’ tArough 1he House of the tax easures prepared by the Mapes Com- raittee. the critics referring to the con- tinued oppression of the people of the ! District and their “taxation without presentation.” 'fliflzmn officials said today_that while the department of the District of Columbia will do anything in its power to secure action on- representa- tion in the present Congress, failing the ob) they will press the matter before the legion’s next national conven to be held in Portland. Oreg. A resolution, drawn by C. W. Brown- ing. commander of Victory Post, was introduced by Post Executive Commit- teeman Norwood P. Cassidy, demanding the right of citizenship and calling upon the various departments of the American Legion throughout the coun- try to aid in the effort Cassidy successfully overcame opposition of a two-man minority. for which William A. Spicer, of the 2d Division Post. was spokesman, majority members said today Capt. Jchn Lewis Smith, a member the National Executive Committee and a prominent local attorney, sp ke in favor of the resolution, asserting that he has working for such itation for more than 20 years solution follows: “Whereas onstitution of the Unitad States gives the Congress legislative jurisdic- tion over the District of Columbia «ccat of the Government) in all mat- ters: and “Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States (in_decisions still rec- ognized but actually obsolete through the course of time and progress) has interpreted in this clause in the Con- stitution to deny to citizens of the Dis- of Columbia the real right of iship (1. e, that of franchise) and to deny to the District of Colum- bia the right of becoming a State. Therefore be it “Resolved, That the Department of the District of Columbia of th> Amer- dcan Legion dewand, as citizens of the United States, that the Congress im- mediately enact such legislation to provide an amendment to the Consti- tution of the United States, restoring to these citizens their right of state- hood and citizenship., “And be it further resolved, that the Department of the District of Colum- bia calls upon all other departments of the American Legion to aid the citizens in their lawful claim, and calls upon the National Executive Committee to take positive and definite action to ad- vance this claim before the present Congress.” Browning, who drafted the resolution, is department adjutant of the American Legion here. The Executive Commit- tee's meeting was held in the board To0m of the District Building. Brown- ing said today that it is estimated that there are 5,000 members of the Ameri- can Legion in the District of Columbia, and in addition many Legionnaires who belong to posts throughout the States now make their homes here. the of Machinery Plant to Move. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., December (#) —Sydney B. Carpender, vice president of the Brunswick-Kroeschell Co.. manufacturers of cooling ma- chinery, anncunced veterday that the Chicago plant would be moved to Newark and New Brunswick. The sales anization would be moved to Newark. SPECIAL NOTICES. S TREES AT 1th . Tight by ‘the old L) h 17, 1913, 1914, "o square 4241 in square 4202, and in_Washington, tes w en 1ost or Gestroved pplied to the Commissioner. of Col o issue Y. HOPKINS, Avy e N.W., T Washington. D.'C. DFFICE_OF THE FIRE) INSURANCE Company of Washington and_George:own, Secventh_street and Indiana avenue north- West. 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Mr Noyes' address follows: “In the weekly radio brcadcasting program sponsored by the American axpayers' League and the National | Broadcasting Co. our whole system of taxation, national, State and municipal, is placed under critical inspecticn. “Ex-Senator Wadsworth has con- demned as the cause of excessive taxa- tion and of the undermining of repre- sentative self-government the tendency to centralize imperialistic power in the National Government. “Representative Beck has demon- strated that tbrough our internal reve- nue_taxation several of the States are burcened with excessive national taxa- tion, coupled with inadequate national representation. “In this program the privilege has been courteously extended t> me of call- ing attention not to taxation without adequate representation but to taxation without any representation whatever; nt to the danger to our representative form of government of a tendency to contralize excessive power in the Na- tional Government but to the actual maintenance bv that Government of non-representative, un-American impe- rialistic government over nearly half a million people at the very heart of the Republic. Representation Is Denied. “The 486,869 Americans of the Dis- trict constitute the only community in all the expanse of the continental and contiguous United States—populous, in- telligent, public-spirited, of adequate re- | sources—which is denied representation in the National Government. —They alone among the Americans of the con- tinental United States cannot help to decide who shall be our next President. They alone have no representation in the Congress which makes all laws for them, taxes them, and sends them to | war. “Our national slogan proudly pro- claims that representation and partici- pation in his own National GovernTent constitute a distinctive. basic right of the American citizen—in a government of the people by the people for the people: in a government which roots its justice in consent of the governed: in a representative government which rably couples taxation and arms- ng as a soldier with representa- | =8 far as the half million Americans iof the District are concerned, the i American Government is not a govern- | ment of all the people by all the people. 1t is a government of all the people by | part of the people. The haif million District residents are amrong the people { who are governed but not among the people who govern. | “The half million Americans of the District_do not give their consent to | their National Government through elected representatives in accordance with American principles, like all other Americans of the continental and con- tiguous United States. Help to Bear Burdens. “In respect to the half million resi- dents of the District, representation is divorced from taxation and soldier service. They are compelled to bear all the naticnal burdens of citizens of a State in national taxes. in subjection to national laws and as national soldiers sent to war. But they are inconsistently denied the corresponding rights and | privileges which in genuine representa- | tive government are with national obli- { gations inseparably wedded. “But does the District pay national taxes in sufficient amount to entitle it 1 to representation? "Tr‘:e only national taxes that fall directly and unmistakably and in ascer- tainable amounts upon Americans are the internal revenue taxes, and they constitute three-fourths of Uncle Sam's total receipts. The report of the col- lector of internal revenue for the fiscal year 1930 shows that the District paid in these taxes in that year $15724.- 675.72, and that 25 (more than half) of the States contributed less than the District to the Treasury in internal Tevenue taxes. “Ten States combined contribute to these national taxes only a trifle_more than the District alone. These States are Ariaona, Idaho, Mississippl, Mon- tana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Da- Kota, South Dakc{;a. Ve;’mont landvv:\y;; oming, whose combined internal reve tax gn,\-mems aggregate $15,774,342.99, to be compared with the District’s con- tribution of $15,724.675.72. “These 10 States are represented in Congress by 20 Senators and 24 Repre- sentatives. The total representation of he District is 0. j “Thus the Americans of the District bear all national burdens but are denled vital national rights. Sole Function Is to Obey. obey. They take no part in making the laws which they must obey. “In relation to national taxes their sole function is to pay. Though they contributed in national taxes in 1930 more than 25 of the States, they have nothing to say, like other taxpayers, concerning the amount and kind of taxes they shall pay and how the tax money shall be spent. “In relation to national war their sole function is to fight in obedience to command. Though they sent more sol- diers and sailors to the Great War than seven of the States, they have no voice, like other Americans, in the councils which determine war or peace. They have no representation in the Govern- ment which requires them to fight, to ! bleed, and. perhaps. to die. “In representation in the legislative branch and by the executive branch of the National Government they are on the same footing as aliens, convicts and lunatics. “Are the people of the District in any way unfit for national representation? “The Capital is no longer merely the ,carping place of transient Americans, ’but has developed into a homogeneous Arerican community—intelligent, re- sourceful, populous, public-spirited, pa- triotic—with a marked civic self-con- sciousness, with a strong community } get-together spirit, and with an inspir- ing community pride. “The District’s population is as ade- quate in quantity as in quality. “Tre District's total population in 1930 exceeded that of eight of the States. “As already pointed out, it paid more in national taxes in the fiscal year 1930 than 25 of the Stales, approximately as much as 10 of the Siates combined. Sacrificed in World War. “It sent more soldiers and sailors to the World War than seven of th States. In percentage relation of vol tary enlistments to total inductions into the military service in the World War it surpassed 43 of the States. “Its population of voting age (over 21) in 1930 was 311,465, exceeding that of 10 of the States. “It is contended, however, that these figures of voting age are misleading, for the reason that there ere thousands of Dustrict residents who vote in the States and who might not vote in the District even if they had the opporiunity. The census of 1930 reports that there had been enumerated in the District 15,105 thoroughly qualified recent actual voters in the States. There are approximately 25,000 persons in the District who hold their _places under the apportionment of offices l]aw as part of State quotas. Other estimates, including gme that to Nation for Representation in Congress and Electoral College. “In relation to national laws, the sole | function of the District residents is to | HE FWENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22 PEOPLE OF U. S. ASKED TO HELP DISTRICT RESIDENTS GET\VOTE i Makes Radio Kp:peal are obviously unreasonable, carry the figure of possible potentiz1 voters in the States up to 80,000. “If from the total population of vot- ing age in the States and District the foreign-born residents not naturalized be deducted, and if from the District's population of voting age there be fur- ther subtracted 80,000 (covering liber- ally every possible reasonable and tome unreasonable deductions), the resulting District of Columbia poptilation of vot- | Ing age (251 439) will be only 6,102 less | than that of New Hampshire (257,541), |only 824 less thun that of Utah (252, | 263), 12,620 more than Arizona (238.- |819). 12,655 more than Idaho (238,784), 37.244 more than New Mexico (214,- 195), 48.001 more than Vermont (203.- | 438), 109,309 more than Delaware (142 - 1130). 124,309 more than Wyoming (127.- 230). and 195726 more than Nevada (55.713). “What gross inconsistencies are evi- | dent in present conditions! Own Citizens Neglected. “By Americanization schools and | otherwise we Americanize the immi- | grant aliens who flock here as ty a | haven of refuge, yet inconsistently neg- lect the Americanization of these half | million residents of an integral part of the original United States. “As Philander Johnson aptly puts it “'Two American voters Met here just by chance— One came from Russia | And one came from France. | With pride in their franchise, | They learned with regret Ttat a man from Right Here Isn't naturalized yet. “It was proclaimed that we went into the Great War to make the whole world safe for democracy and for the libera- tion of its peoples. It was declared that we fought for the right of those who | submit to authority to have a volce in | | their own government. | “Surely the Washingtonians who went | to_war in response to their country’s call did not shed their blood or lay | down their lives to secure representative | government_for everybody else in all the world except themselves! Fighting to make the world safe for democracy, America would not deny and betray the principles of democracy at home. “If the purpose of the war was to | substitute democracy for autocracy everywhere, let us make a beginning by substituting democracy for autocracy in the National Government of the Na- tion's City. “We did not go to war to establish representative government in all the world only to spit upon, mock and cru- | cify the principle of representative gov- | ‘ernment in the Capital of our great | self-governing Republic. ““How can the Natlon itself escape unhurt from the consequences of main- ! taining the evil and injury-working | paradox of non-representative, un- | American government of the National Capltal territory under exclusive na- tional control? Encourages Anti-American Radicalism. “This inconsistency encourages anti- American Dbolshevism and radicalism, | vindicates that slurring appraisement of the dignity and value of American citizenship and of American principles and ideals in which anti-American bol- | shevism and radical Communism are | rooted—the present-day deadly menace to the fine, strong spirit of American nationality “It disables Uncle Sam in fighting the unpatriotic indifference or con- | tempt of which the non-voting evil is | a symptom. Uncle Sam appeals to the patriolism of recreant non-voting Americans: he denounces and threatens them. But how can Uncle Sam appeal to or denounce or threaten with any effectiveness when he himself at the seat of government sets the example of contemptuous slurring of the basic | principles of representative government? “How can he lash the stay-at-home potential voter when he himself arbi- trarily bars from the possibility of par- ticlpating in their National Govern- {ment a community of half a million | Americans, with more than 300,000 resi- | dents of voting age, who constitute one | of the most intelligent, conservative and progressive communities in the Repub- lic, and who are urgently petitioning for | the right. privilege and power of par- ticipating on American principles in | their own National Government? “Should not the Natfon insist in its | | own vital interest that there shall no | longer exist at the very heart of the | ;de_v politic this foul abscess of non- | | Americanism, with its threat of blood | | petsoning? { | “A constitutional amendment is now | | pending which enables Congress to cure ‘(hls evil condition. Will not every red- | blooded American who hears me today petition and demand that this remedy | be quickly applied?” 'MRS. PINCHOT BIDS FOR HOUSE SEAT HELD BY McFADDEN ___(Ccntinued From First Page ) | ber of persons who had urged her to | become a candidat: | _"If T am elected” the said, “I pledge myself to initlate and push measures promoting the welfare of agriculture, | manufacturing, mining and other in- | dustries and interests of the district. and to work unceasingly for such legis- lation as will lift the burden of taxa- | tion from the shoulders of those who | are least able to bear it. “The opposition, of course, will shout ‘Too much Pinchot,’ and assuse me of all kinds of wicked, selfish and inordi- nate ambition. Abuse of that kind is part of their stock in trade. “Yet I remember that, when William | Vare and sister-in-law served simul- taneously—the one in Congress and the { other in the Legislature at Harrisburg— | no one said. ‘Too much Vare.' * * » “When W. L. Mellon was elected Re- publican State chairman du:ing the earlier part of Andrew Mellon's term as Secretary of the Treasury, I cannot re- member any one saying, “Tso much Mellon.’ Apparently what is praise- worthy {n a regular and reactionary is all wrong in an independent and pro- gressive.” Representative McFadden and Mrs. Pinchot will campaign on a “dry” plat- | form, while Reichenbacker will seok | nomination on a plea for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Recently she resigned from the direc- torate of the Pennsylvania Council of Republican Women, an organization | which she had formed in 1923. In re- signing she said the board was under control of the Republican orginization and no longer represented independent women. Common talk is that Gov. Pinchot wil likely be a candidate for United States S;;m;tor to succeed David A. Reed in 1935. HITLER FOES UNITE Republican Forces Said to Be Form- ing “Iron Front.” BERLIN, December 22 () —The Deutsche Zeitung, Nationalist organ. | said yesterday Republican circles were making strong efforts to form an “iron | front” to prevent Adolf Hitler's Na- ticnal Bocialists getting into power. This united Republican front. th~ newspaper said, would consist of fiva formatlons of various Republican or- ganizations, including the Socielist enq | Christtan Labor Unions, sport organ- izations and the Republican Reichs- bnlnner. which would play a dominating Tole-{, | ).—Mrs. Anna Wilson Mason, widow LABOR T0 COMBAT DISTRIGT TAXBILLS F. J. Coleman Says House Action Shows Necessity for Capital Representation. Aroused by the methods employed in rushing through the House the meas- ures to increase the tax burden of the District, the labor forces of the Capital were prepared today to open a vigorous counter-attack. At a meeting last night of Central Labor Union, attended by approx:mately 150 delegates, bitter criticism was di- rected at the “steam roller” tactics by which the new taxation was put over, and it was decided to make known the protest ot labor. The Executive Committee will meet this weck and decide if a mass meeting will be held, or whether some other means will be taken to get the views| of the workers before Congress. The union forces feel that a full hearing will be accorded by the Sen- ate, Frank J. Coleman, secretary of the Central Labor Union, said today, in announcing that the Executive Com- mittee would meet within the week to map its course. Urges Representation. “If ever the need for national repre- sentation for the District was demon- strated, it has been in the past week,” Mi. Coleman sald, in voicing the views of his associates Pointing out that labor is on record in favor of representation, Mr. Col°- man said that “now the people should certainly wake up.” The way in which the House jammed the Mapes measures through without a hearing is “un-American,” in the opinion of the labor forces, he said, adding that it was, however, just an- other example of the “shoddy treat- ment” for unrepresented citizens “We are depending on the Scnate to be fair, though,” he said, “and feel that the members there will be. At least 90 per cent of them are.” sald that labor approves the le of inheritance and income taxes, but epposes automobile and gas taxes as constituting an unnecessary burden. ‘Will Confer With Leaders. Coleman planned to confer today with Edward F. McGrady, legislative representative of the American Fed- eration of Labor, and officials of the Community Chest over the dificuity that has developed in giving relief to needy union members. According to Mr. Coleman, the union forces had arranged their own relief set-up before the present plan was adopted here with the backing of Pre: ident Hoover, under which each Gov ernment worker gave three days' pay *o the Community Chest Because of this intention of the work- ers to take care of their own, he said. Mr. McGrady told a meeting of relief agencies that the unions would get along without aid When the arrangement for giving three days' pay was adopted. the labor forces shelved their own arrangement and participated in the general plan, giving to this their contributions in- stead of turning the money into their individual fund. Told to Apply to Unions. The upshot has been, according to Mr. Coleman, that where needy union men applied to Chest agencies, they were told to go to their unions. There | reputedly have been several instances of this sort. it was brought out at last night's meeting, and it was decided to call the conference today to iron out the_trouble The union also referred to the Ex- ecutive Committee a complaint from the Waiter's Union that co-operation is lacking from the District Employment Committee in furnishing waiters. The proposed vagrancy law drafted by Corporation Counsel Bride was op- posed by the union, and it was said it also would be opposed by the Ameti- can Federation of Labor A committee was appointed to plan the part of labor in the Bicentennal celebration Mr. Coleman and W. W. Keeler were appointed delegates to the American Association for Labor Legislation, which meets at the Hotel Washington Decem- ber 28-30. DEFEAT OF GAS TAX INCREASE IS ASKED Lincoln Park Citizens Appoint Committee to Study Mapes Income Measure. | The Senate District Committee was requested last night. in_a resolution adopted by the Lincoln Park Citizens Assceiation, to vote down the 2-cent gasoline tax increase passed by the House of Representatives. A committee of five also was ap- pointed to study the new Mapes income tax bill and to request a hearing when the Senate District Committee consid- ers fiscal relations. While there was no formal expression of opinicn regarding the Mapes bill, the consensus of the members present was in opposition to it. | The committee chosen to study the | bill was composed of Alfred I. Calvert, | C. C. Gillikin, J. H. Harroll, Willlam H. | Harvey and Frederick Dailei. A resolution was passed requesting the Attorney General to recommend to the | President that Miss Etta L. Taggart, | local attorney, be appointed judge of the Juvenile Court in case the recent | injury to Judge Kathryn Sellers pre- | vents her from returning to the bench. The rule of the Public Utilities Com- | mission requiring taxicabs to have meters after January 10 and fixing the rate to be charged was indcrsed. The association voted commendation of Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, superintendent of police, for the efficient handling of the recent unemployment relief march on the Capitol and White | Housé. Joseph L. Gammell, president, pre- sided. - Widow of Magnate Dies. THOMASVILLE, Ga. December 22 of the late A. Heyward Mason, prom- inent Philadelphia manufacturer, died vesterday at Susina, her country home near here. Funeral services will be conducted today, with interment in Germantown, Pa. Change to our hard coal—the you want it, at a saving! ORDER TODAY! 649 Rhcde Island Ave. N.E. 1931, Bloom Poses With Bicentennial “Trinkets” MANY MANUFACTURERS TURN OUT NOVELTIES TO MARK WASHINGTON YEAR. Representative Sol Bloom in his office at the headquarters of the United TRANNEN'S WA PLAIF@M MAPPED Brotherhood Head to Press! 6-Hour Day, 5-Day Week at Parley. By the Associated Press CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 22— The six-hour day, five-day week, and wages sufficient to vermit workers to be “useful consumers,” will be the plat- form of A. V. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, in the coming railroad wage negotiations. Whitney gave the first complete ex- position of his views in a statement prepared today for publication in the brotherhood's magazine. The president of this large brother- hood blamed business stagnation and unemployment suffering. in large part, upon “overconcentration” of wealth. Short Day Benefits Cited. He recalled that when the railrcad industry established the eight-hour day other industries followed the example. with the result that all industries were benefited, and said if the railroads would now establish the six-hour day and five-day_week they would start a movement which would revitalize con- suming power and the Nation's indus- ries “Relief can come only from a re- vitalization cf mass consuming power, and this can never be accomplished by cutting wages,” Whitney said “To give new life to mass consumption it will be necessary to put every worker to work at a wage which will give him an income sufficient to purchase from the flow of goods which our production system has been geared up to produce and which has been dammed up for nearly two years by an almost un- oelievable concentration of wealth which | has made it impossbile for millions of our citizens t> buy even the barest ne- cessities of life.” “If this mass consuming power is not restored,” the brotherhood president continued. “capital as weil as labor must remain idle and continue to be | unable to produce the many human needs and comforts which the brain of man has taught us are available to_all mankind.” There is a strange paradox in the present situation, Whitney said “Neither capital nor labor prefers to remain idle, but to the selfish and nar- row desire of an infinitesimally few to shield, and even to increas> this con- centrated wealth, neither capital nor labor is permitted to carry out its bene- ficent aims.” Applving his principles directly on the railroad wage situation, the brother- hood leader said the introduction of shorter hours on the railroads would place millions of men at work. and an increase In the total purchasing power of the railroad employes would be Nation-wide in its benefits, setting in motion the gearcd-together wheels of other constructive forces. Will Rogers TOKIO.—My Peiping press cards no good in China, so advertiser re- laying through ‘Tokio. Been bobbing around for the last three days on one of China's oceans ina boat just 6 inches longer than a Ford trying to get from Man- churia here. Run into a storm and had to turn back and go into Port Ar- thur Harbor for the night, but did get here and finally found a country worse off than we are. How's that for an accomplishment, and for the same reason as us, overproduction. Pardon me for trying to get humor from a serious situation, but when a country bigger and more fertile than the whole State of Texas changes hands, vet war is not de- clared on either side, and five months later the League sends a jury out to see how it was done, Now there is a laugh in there some- where. heat you need, when Phone North 1600 | majority |EFFICIENCY BUREAU | STUDY OF D. C. TAX BILLS TO BE ASKED (Centinued From First Page.) | Federal contributions into the annual appropriation bills, it has been done for one year at a time. Previous ef- forts to have the lump sum cstablished as a permament basis have been re- sisted in the Senate. “There is no reason why the people of the Nation should not pay th=ir full | share of the upkeep of their Capital.” said Serato- Shipstead The Minn | sota Senator was made a memuc ie cently of the Senate District Commit- tee, which will consider these bills, but his interest in the development of Washington has been expressed for a number of vears “The people of Washington are al- ready overburdened with taxes.”" the Senator continu-d. pointing out that the District is essentially a city of sm-1l homes and residents on moder:te salaries. “There ¢re ro industries here That means it will b~ th underpaid Government employes who will shoulder these taxes.” Senator Shipstezd said one of the points he wanted to emph-size is that “the wealth that is in Wasrington, in most cases, keeps its legal residence ir other places.” The Senetor said some men see the large r sidnces on a few avenues “and think that everyone here lives in palaces.” In reality, the Scnator add-d. the city is made up mainly of small homes and s:laried workers, on whom the burden of the increcsed taxes would fall. Weight Tax Plan Attacked, Senator Shipstead characterized as “ridiculous,” the biil to pl'ce a tax on sutomcbiles by weight. and declared the increase frcm 2 to 4 cents in the gasoline tax would be a burden on the poor man. “I voted for the 60-40 bill.” Senator Shipstead caid. "I believed that 60-40 was better than no fixed amount of Federal aid for the District ‘The Federal Government is getting off light paving only 40 per cent of the upkeep of the Capital. This city is no Cleve- land, or New York. or Buffalo. The of its citizens work for the Government or else derive their living from those who do.” Senator Shipstead expressed the view that while the Capital has miles of bridle paths in Potomac and Rock Creek Parks, and other recreational facilities for adults, it needs more playground spaces for children. The Senator said he belleves the people of the country are proud of their Capital, and that in his opinion the cost of its maintenance should not be placed mainly on the Government workers who live here. Senator Shipstead pointed out that | the Federal contribution toward th~ National Capital comes from Ped;rai taxes and that in contending the peo- ple of the Nation should be willing to bear a fair share of the upkeep of the Capital. he had in mind those Amer- icans who are able to pay substantial national income taxes. Others Oppose Measure. Commenting on proposals to increase District taxation to cut down the Fed- eral contribution toward the upkeep of the National Capital. Senator Fess, Re- publican, of Ohio, today said: “That does not appeal to me. oppose it." Senator Swanscn. Democrat, of Vir- ginia said steps would be taken in the Senate to eliminate any provision in the proposed income tax bill which would have the effect of imposing an- other income tax on residents of Vir- ginia who are employed in Washington, I would pointing out that Virginians already pay | an_income tax. Discussing the question of fiscal rela- tions between the United States and the | District in developing the Capital, Sen- ! ator Swanson said he has always felt | that since the District has certain un- | usual requirements to meet because of | th> presence of the Government here, | the Government should be generous and | libral in its treatment of the District. Deb Slouch Studied. NEW YORK (N.ANA)—Barnard College, the ladies’ department of Co- | lumbia, has determined that education has something to do with the “debu- tante slouch.” ~ Sophomores, recent physical tests showed, had a_decided tendency to lean forward rather lan- had an upright posture SAY “MERRY CHRISTMAS” WITH Specially Reduced Prices Table Ferns, with 1407 H guidly, while the freshmen invariably | Red Berries. .. .$1.50 Cherry Plants. . ...$2.00 ROSES of Every Variety—$2.00 Doz. Up Begonias, Cyclamen, Azaleas and a splendid variety of other decorative Plants at attractively small prices. States George Washington Bicentennial ples of the novelty trinkets being manufactured by commercial concerns to mark the bicen- —Star Staff Photo. BXPECTS L ENGTHY - ARMS CONFERENCE Stimson Asks Congress for $450,000 as Starter for Geneva Expenses. | By the Associated Press. | Secretary Stimson expects the World Arms Conference at Geneva next yenr to last seven or eight months This prospect for a record parley was shown in his request to Congress passed alonz vesterday by President Hoover for funds t foot the bill of the Ameri- can delegation. He asked for $450,000, but just as a starter. With the long- drawn-out prospect he snggested it would be better to add new appropria- tions as they were needed. %% A3 ° PACKERS DECLINE 10 AID CHAIN PROBE Refuse to Furnish Federal Trade Commission With Prices Paid by Stores. Four large packing firms—Armour, Swift, Cudahy and Libby-McNeil & Libby—have refused to furnish infor- mation to the Federal Trade Commis- sion in its chain-store investigation, the commission today told the Senate in reporting on the progress of its inquiry. Resting on the provisions of the packers’ and stockyards’ act, the four “have not only refused to furnish the selling prices on goods sold to.chain and independent establishments, but also have declined to co-operate in fur- nishing the volume of business in speci- fied commodities moving through chain and independent distributing channels,” the commission said. It added that “These data are necessary for an ade- quate comparison of chain and inde- pendent prices.” The commission said it had requested Secretary of Agriculture Hyde to use his authority under the packers' and stockyards’ act to get the data, but that the Secretary felt he was unable to comply under the law. The inquiry 1s under a Senate reso- lution passed in 1928, ordering the com- mission to find out if chain operations violate anti-trust laws and if additional legislation is needed to regulate them. The commission makes no recom- mendations, the present report. one of a series, being designed only as a factual study. 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