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' B—4 % LS PAY CUTPLAN LA TO BUSINESS Connery Makes Charge as Women Open Drive to Avert Private Slashes. With pledges of support from friends in Congress against legislation to siash the pay of Federal workers, the Na- tional Executive Committee of One Thousand Democratic and Pregressive Women launched an effective back-| fire yesterday afternoon, directed main- | 1y at wage-cutting by big business and incustrial interests. | Responsibility for the drive to lower | Government salaries was laid directly | at the door of “big business” by Repre- sentative ' William P. Connery, jr. of | husetts, chairman of the House | Committee, who addressed the recting lield in the Willard Hotel warning that private industry is g a Federal pay cut as a signal ake still further wage reductions n every line of business, Mr. Connery Representative John W. Mc- k of Massachusetts went farther ake another charge business” leaders are backing they claimed, to justify in “breaking faith with Hoover” after the White| se conference at which they pledged | themselves to maintain existing wage scales Address By Brookhart. o rs at the meeting included also Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Towa and James M. Fitzpatrick of New Y e of the exponents of “five- bills for Government and rs. Pledges of support labor were given by McNally, secretary- treasurer of the National Federation of Federal Employes, and E. J. Roach of the Central Labor Union providing for Government not “dead” but are g e only thing to be to defeat every effort to enact Elizabeth Smith Edwards, of the organization Totest meeting, ddress, ized the legislation as purpose, as well s economically 80 If this reduction in Federal pay would add one cent to the price of corn or live stock for the farmers, or one week's pay for industrial workers, there might be some excuse for it,” Senator Br rt declared. “But no one has been able to show how the farmers and laborers would be benefitted by any Teduction in the salary of Government Brookhart denounced the tion of wealth and or the economic ntry and further de- o long as big corporations in excess profits and he would oppose any program Charges Profiteering. ne and a quarter million of people pay a preponderence of the taxes in the country, he charged, through “profiteering” on the public at large It would be a delight for me to levy those people for additional in salames for Federal em- aid ive Pitzpatrick declared big mistake for the Fed- nt to attempt to reduce | salaries of its employes” at this | such attempt, he warned, of circulation— speakers at be- | d $90,000,000—by | power of Gov- | employes. T not only would have a bad effect cn_the country, he pointed out but would “not be in line with the ob- ject of the reconstruction bill passed by the House to protect the banks and the business interests of the country.” | In his own bill to cut down the hours | of Federal employes, Mr. Fitzpatrick said it specifically stated there should | duction in salaries. He added: “My honest belief is that the only per- manent solution of the unemployment question is fewer hours of work out the United States. I will| nst and vote against any ate educe the salaries of Federal in_ex- | machine | " is neces- ent unem- 2 McCor- 4 5,000,000 more workers placed by machinery by unless this problem is met. Sees No Help in Slash. Reduction of Government salaries, he swarned, would have no bearing what- ever in’ mecting the economic situation | d by the depression. He said he wed the situation from a rational, r than an emotional outlook. i Guest Star [ Guest suar | ROOSEVELT SONS TO PLAY IN CHEST PROGRAM. FELECIA RYBIER, Internationally known pianist, who will be the guest star in Washington’s Own Artists' program, to be broadcast Thurscay night over Station WMAL, from 11 to 11:15 o'clock, under the auspices of the Community Chest, WASHINGTON BOOK 1S ASKED BY BORAY New Single-Volume Publica- tion of Writings Is Proposed for Bicentennial. The Bicentennial Commission will be asked to consider publication of some of the more important writings of George Washington in one compact volume that could be made available to the people generally, as the result of a suggestion advanced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Borah, Republi- | can. of Idaho gestion came R ican, of Ohio, vice chair- | man of the United States Bicentennial | Commission, had explained plans for | cation of the various papers and gs of the first President in a set of 25 volumes, already authorized, as one of the permanent memorials of the bicentennial year It is expected a large number of the 25-volume sets of the complete writings will be taken by libraries throughout the country, and the re- maining sets may be sold to the public. These will be distributed at a figure that will reimburse the Government for the actual cost of publication Senator Fess sald he thought the single volume idea a good one and agreed to take it up with the com- mission, asking Senator Borah at the same time to st in obtaining the | jon. ined the program to oe staged at the Capitol on February 22, | when President Hoover will deliver an | address in the House, followed by a | celebration on the east front of the Capitol. The plans were announced in detail a week ago. He outlined other events that will follow, including the formal dedication in Midsummer of the memorial at Wakefield, Va., where Washington was born. after Senator | MARKS 40TH YEAR ADVISING CONGRESS | | Kennedy Rea, Senate Appropria- ticns Clerk, Spends Anniversary With Deficiency Bill Figures Kennedy Rea, clerk of the Sen- ate Appropriations Committee, yester- day observed his fortieth anniversary of service with the Appropriation Com- mittees of Congress. He spent the day delving into d tailed figures of the first deficien bill, which is now pending in the Sen- ate. Through his long period of serv- “I am opposed to Federal salary re- ion because I blieve the Federal loye receives no more salary than | ual needs require,” he asserted. | ut for Federal employes will | ed by private employ for further reducing the their own employes.” rman Connery of the Labor nmittee charged that “big corpora- took $12,000,000,000 out of the ets of wor and now, after cing faith with President Hoover they are asking Congress to bring back prosperity.” He added: This drive to cut the wages of Fed- eral workers is nothing but an attemp on the part of big leaders in businese | and industry to justify their own wagc | slashing. They didn’t have to do it.” Mrs. Edwards, who presided and opened the meeting, impressed upor | L workers the necessity o t pay-cut bills, ‘which she only “sleeping,” ready tc ed when any opportunity ar- She pictured the economic disadvan- tage to the community in the event these calaries are reduced, as well as | dships on the workers and th(‘u‘,‘ Small Percentage Here. Only about 10 per cent of the 620,-, 000 Federal workers are employed in| Washington, she pointed out, and com- | munities everywhere would feel the re- | duction in buying power. Miss McNally declared that Federal palary reduction would only tend to make the depression worse, when the only cure is “increasing the buying power.” The government salary of $1260 in | 1919 is now worth only $840, she claimed, insisting tbat any reducticn w=uld have the effect of pushing sala- ries and living standards level Furthermore, she warned that if the Government adopted the pol- icy, %t would ‘“spread like wildfire through the whole country.” The National Executive Committee of One Thousand Democratic and Pro- gressive Women lsunched the mass meeting as a drive to organize na- ton-wide opposition to the pending pay cut bills Only a year old, the organization has members in 19 States to a lower | Pam—" MEMBERSHIP INCREASES Increase in membership yosterday at the annual thor f Whe Distriet of Columbia { Disabled American Vet Raleigh Motel Ofcials numbered approxi A marked was reported Departs erans I report o roster mele 00 ™ ention considersd numerous dealing with rehabilitation » Plana were made to aelect iboe 1o the 13th neRl Bumaes s as | T | will ice at both ends of the Capitol, Mr. Rea has become one of the best informed men in the Government service on t enditures of every dep: nd bureau of Uncle Sam’s es- tablishment, Born at North Vernon, Ind.. Mr. Rea taught school for a few years before coming to Wasbington, when the late Representative William 8. Holman of Indiana appointed him as messenger to the House Appropriations Commit- tee in 1892. He remained with the House Committee until 1908, when he became clerk to the Senate Appropria- tions Committee. In addition to keeping track of the mass of detailed figures which enter {into the drafting of each appropria- tion bill in committee, Mr. Rea is al- ways present on the floor of the Sen- ate while the bill is being debated. After a bill passes, new tabulations must be made of the changes ordered during consideration of the measure, and then follows the conferences with the House and the final adjustment of the figures. BACK HOOVER PLAN Engineering Council Favors Public ‘Works Administration. A movement to algn 100,000 profes- cional engineers in support of legis- lation to create an “administration of public works” in accordance with the recommendation of President Hoover in his last message fo Congress, was launched by the American Engineering Council in jts annual meeting here Priday. The council, composed of 30 national and local engineering organizations, work for enactment of the bill | introduced in the House by Representa- tive Cochran of Missouri calling for acceleration of public construction in periods of business depression. Under the terms of the bill, this would be effected by an “administration of pub- Mc works.” The bill also provides for more effective co-ordination and correlation of public works’ function of the Government. The engineers, however, will urge numerous amend- ments to the proposed measure. | PASTOR IS STABBED HINTON, W. Va, January 16 () Rev. B Parls Gwinn was injured, prob- ably fatally, tonight s & church meet- | Ing wis sbout to open at the Elk Knobb School House near here The minister was stabbed In the side and struck on the head with & plece jof wood. M ull was fractured Huston Wykel was arrested and war- | Gov THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 17, 1932—PART ONE. WEDDING THRONGED IMiss Elizabeth Donner Bride in Elaborate - Setting at Bryn Mawr. By the Associated Pr BRYN MAWR, Pa., January 16.—In & beautiful floral settl: Elizabeth Browning Donner, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam H. Donner of Villa- nova, and Elliott Roosevelt, second sor of Gov. and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, were married today. The cercmony was performed by Rev. Ernest C. Earp in the Protestant Epis- copal Church of the Redeemer. Fair weather favored the bridal couple and hundreds of persons promi- nent in the social circles of New York, Philadelphia and other Eastern cities attended. Hundreds were also invited to the Donner home at Camp Woods, Villanova, & short distance away, for the formal reception and wedding breakfast. The day was brisk and many guests wore their fur wraps. Gov. and Mrs. Roosevelt smiled as they entered a pew after greeting the wedding party at the church. Flowers Bank Altar. The church alter was almost hidden with flowers, calla lilies predominating. The, rood screen was covered with smilax and a large cluster of lilles adorned the top. A large grouping of farleyense ferns and calla lilies was at the base. The ends of the pews of the center aisle were tied at intervals with clusters of the lilies. Cybedium ferns were banked in the windows and on each side of the chancel. S0 large was the assemblage in the church that invited guests stood six deep in the rear as the bridal party entered to the strains of a wedding march, Gov. and Mrs. Roosevelt sat near the front surrounded by numerous relatives of the Roosevelt family. Likewise, the parents of the bride were in the center of a large company of relatives The general coloring as the large bridal party grouped itself at the altar was pastel pink and blue instead of the iraditional white. Father Gives Bride Away. The bride, radiant and calm, was given away by her father, who is well known in the steel industry. The maid of honor was Miss Katherine Norwood Rodgers, a sister of the bride, and the matron of honor was Mrs. Curtis B. Dall of New York, & sister of the bridegroom. James Roose- velt, a brother of the bridegroom, was best man. After the Episcopal ceremony and the bridal pair had been showered with well wishes, invited guests drove to the home of the bride’s parents for the reception and breakfast. Tne guests were received in the drawing room. Mrs. Donner stood a% he head of the receiving line with ard Mrs. Roosevelt next ‘Then Mr. Donner, the bride and bridegroom and their party In a long-raftered about half the length of the house, gifts were displayed. ‘Tables which they rested stretched entirely around the room. Silver, china, im- ported rugs, portraits and jewelry were in_the display. Mr. and Mrs. Donner gave their daughter flat silver and linen. Gov and Mrs. Roosevelt’s gift was a double strand of pearls, which the bride wore, while her husband presented her with a diamond dinner ring. Late in the day Mr. and Mrs. Roose- velt left the estate for their honeymoon. Upon their return_they will reside on Park avenue, New York. Mr. Roosevelt is in business in New York room, running ALUMNI CLUB T2 DINE Wilbur to Address William and Mary Group Wednesday Night. Installation of new officers and speeches by Secretary of the Interior wilbur and Dr. J. A. C. Chandler, pres- ident of William and Mary College, will feature a dinner meeting of William and Mary College Alumni Club, Wed- nesday night at 7:30 o'clock in the Uni- versity Club. New officers of the club are Edward C. Johnson, president; Lieut. Col. rancis S. Key-Smith, first vice presi- : C. D. Shreve, second vice presi- Whitney, third vice 3 Heflin, secretary, and Walter B. Clarkson, treasurer. PLAN FEB. 12 DINNER National Gapital G. 0. P. Club Will Hold “Lincoln Day” Banquet. Plans are going forward rapidly for the Lincoln day banquet to be given Feburuary 12 by the National Capital Republican Club in the Willard Hotel. Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, chairman of the Republican National Committee, will preside at the banquet as toastmaster. The principal speaker will be Representative James M. Beck of Pennsylvania, whose talk will be broadcast over a nation-wide radio hook up. Thomas P. Littiepage is chaitman of the committee on speakers Edward F. Colladay, chairman of the general committee in charge of the affair, has appointed & number of work- ing committee to prepare the program, reception, decorations and other phases of the banquet. TEA IS ANNOUNCED Miss Charl 0. Williams Will Hon- or Federation Head. Miss Charl Ormond Williams, repre- sentative of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs on the Woman's Joint Congres- sional Committee, will give a tea in honor of Mrs. Geline MacDonald Bow- man, national president of the Federa- tion, and Miss Emily R. Kneubuhl at her home, 2727 Connecticut avenue, to- morrow afternoon from 5 to 6 o'clock. Officers and members of the federa- tion here to attend the annual Con- ference on the Cause and Cure of War will be the guests. PLAN JOBLESS RELIEF Business and Professional Women ‘Will Create Work for Idle. ‘The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs has put forward & new plan for unemploy- ment relief which embraces the crea- tion of 60,000 additional hours of work each week for jebless women. A message from Mrs. Geline Mac- Donald Bowman of Richmond, Va., national president, to the 1,325 local clubs of the federation asks each club to accept as its quota a total num- ber of work hours a week equivalent to its employed membership. ‘This work will of various types of personal service which women would ordinarily perform for themselves, such as mending, sewing, laundry, clean- ing, cooking snd secretarial service The plan will be carried out experi- mentally between January 30 and Feb- ruary 20. If it succeeds it will be recommended to other national wom- en's organizations. 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