Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1932, Page 16

" B2 = PAY CUT DEMANDS CALLED QUIBBLING Reed Says Voters Can Oust Congressmen Who Fail to Earn Their Salarfes. Agitation for reduction of congres- sional salaries was branded yesterday by Senator Reed of Pennsylvania as “quibbling” with small constructive purpose. The senior Pennsylvania Senator re- minded an advocate of salary cutting that voters have the privilege of re- moving those members from Congress Wio do “not earn their salaries” at the congressional elections. “If the publications and the people who are fond of agitating this subject,” Reed wrote C. A. McDowell of Pitcairn, Pa.. “would give half as much time and attention to fighting wasteful and stupid appropriations for meaningless govern- mental activities, such as the huncreds of millicns we have spent for farm re- lief that doesn't relieve. it would be much more eonstructive than this quib- ling over congressional salaries.” Reply to McDowell. Reed's letter was in rej to a com- munication from McDcwell, saying “the public is convinced that politi- cians in Washington and elsewhere are being paid salaries out of all propor- tion to their abilities or compared with what they could make in any other position.” His letter constituted the first ex- pression 6f Reed on the subject. “If Congressmen and Senators do not eamn their salarfes” it continued, “or if it is true that they are paid more than they could earn in prvate life, the fault rests with the voters and not” with those the voters elect. You have a chance to change ycur Con- gressmen every two years and to change your Senators every six years. “To reduce the salaries of Senators and Congressmen would make it almost impossible for a poor man to serve in Congress. Don't forget that out of his $10,000 a year the average Congressman has to finance his campaigns and spend a considerable sum in traveling back and forth between his district and ‘Washington, in addition to maintaining a home of some kind in Washington and not infrequently another in his home district. Forced by the building program of work on a four-story brick and stucco is issued. The new home is to be built by unemployed workmen at an estimated cost of $150,000. building on John Marshall place that has housed the mission’s activities for more than a quarter of a century. GOSPEL MISSION T0 ERECT HONE Cost of Building at 810-816 Fifth Street Is Estimated at $150,000. With the closing of the deal for the Pay Part of Expenses. “I may say further that I krow per- sonally a considerable number of Sen-| ators and Congressmen who, because | af the size of the work, have to bear INrt of the expense of running their | office personally. In other words, the| allowance for secretarial and clerk hire 18 not sufficlent for this purpose in many instances. This has been the experience of all the Senators from Pennsylvania for many years.” | He pointed out also the legislative bill | of the cost of running the Federal Gov- ernment amounts annually to about | $11,500.000, or less than one-fourth of 1 per cent of the total Federal appro- | priations. WOMAN ASKS $25,000 PERSONAL DAMAGES Edna Hoffman Seeks to Recover purchase of property at 810-816 Fifth street yesterday, trustees of the Gospel Mission, 214-216 John Marshall place, announced plans for the immediate construction of a four-story building to house its religious and social service activities. Featuring _the construction work, which will be in the hands of Col. Peter M. Anderson, consulting engineer and architect, is a plan for employing all building trades workers direct in- stead of through subcontractors. They vill be paid the average pre-war wage scale prevailing in the various groups, plus the present percentage of increased cost of living as reported by the Dep ment of Labor due to improved living standards. This is fixed at about 39 per cent. Col. Anderson is donating his kown services on the construction work. Temporary offices already have been erected at tbe Fifth street address, | where men seeking employment on the building will be registered at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. A large number of men attracted to Washington by re- ports of employment to be found on Government construction and who are stranded here, as well as local workmen Sum From Maximilian Metzger After Accident. | without employment, will be given work, | according to Col. Anderson. Funds Available. Sufficient funds are now available to THE SUNDAY STAR, WASH I Gospel Mission to Build New Headquai'ters the District government to find a new building on Fifth street, between H and NGTON, location, the Gospel Mission will start G streets, as soon as a bullding permit It will replace the prob] puisory: This widely discussed auestion authorities who hi of emplove: expert. Th emplove. - {ndustrial 180 article follows: As Told to J. V. facturer and other employer, because unemployment insurance, is sympathetic sound solution possible, but not along a | compulsory public unemployment insu Although it is true that there are | minister a scheme of this sort properly. | Beyond Plant Control. | To use workmen's compensation as an | analogy justifying compulsory unem- | ployment insurance is not sound, for there is a great difference between in- dustrial accidents and industrial unem- ployment. Accidents occur for the most | rt within the plant, and are subject to prevention by proper training, educa- tion and installation of protective safe- guards. Unemployment is usually the | result of outside conditions over which | the individual plant and even the indus- | try itself have no control. | “However, with industry highly organ- ized, there is reason to believe that pro- Unemployment Insurance Manufacturers of Country Are Sympathetic With Its Purpose, but Are Against Compulsory Legislation. ould some form of unemployment ems of serious periods of depression? e studied it carefully expert. BY ROBERT L. LUND, President. National Association of Manufacturers. The subject of compulsory public unemployment insurance is of vital con- | cern to everv worker, taxpayer and employer. It is vital to the worker becausc under any system of unearned insurance | individual lnderendence and initiative are in danger of destruction. | would have to foot the bill for such a system, wi mounting costs on industry, business and the professions. | The National Association of Manufacturers has given much thought to ternative but to oppose the enactment precautionary provisions in the plans | proposed, and that some provide that the insurance private hands, it still remains that the establishment and conrtol are by legisla- | tion. and all experience has shown that political bodies are not able to ad-, insurance be devised to meet 50 should it be voluntary or com- ered in a series of six articles he series presents the viewpoint legisiator and insurance is cons 6o ‘economist. Fitz Gerald ‘Taxpayers | hich would menace every manu- | it would place additional, continually with the purpose in view and belleves compulsory legislative lines. It has no of Federal or State laws providing e ds are to remain in administration and wide differences of | interpretation. We must consider, also. that the addi- tion of taxes or compulsory assessments upon industry will reduce profits, the re- sult being the withdrawal of capital in some degree and thus less opportunity for employment. New tax burdens upon | industry must have a detrimental effect upon employment. In a time of depres- | sion this is particularly true. as such added costs must retard the revival of | business confidence. 1 believe insurance companies should | be permitted to write group unemploy- nt insurance as they now write group ife insurance. that public fnsurance un- der political control would be unwise, | sible to expect men and women to hunt *| plan first went into effect, about 36,000 . D. €., FEBRUARY 21 “WOMAN N A SHOE” CLOSES HER SHOP Place Where Jobless Got Cast-offs of Well Shod Folk to Be Torn Down. The “Old Woman Who Lived in 8 Shoe,” that nursery rhyme character whose reappearance in Washington this Winter kept thousands—men, Women and children—from being literally “on their uppers,” closed up shop yesterday. The old woman's 1932 stand was born in the mind of a Washingtonian, who, as he walked through one of the parks, thought of Washington's soldiers at Valley Forge, and believed something vould and should be done for thosc whose feet showed worst of all the re- sults of joblessness. Her demise, after a flourishing career, was due to’'a succession of circum-| stances—principally that Spring s | almost here, and the depression seems to be lifting, it was explained by F. Regis Noel, Washington attorney and tlo:lindcr and chairma nof the insti- ution. Bullding to Be Torn Down. ‘The Wilkins Building, wherein the “store” was located, has been sold to the Government, and must be turned over to it soon; another reason for clos- ing out the old woman. “From an_economic standpoint.” ex- plains Mr. Noel, “It's next to impos- obs when their shoes are uncomforta- le; when their feet are cold. And who would expect little children to go to school on shese cold days in some of these?” He picked up a child's shoe, torn and ragged, with great gaping holes, one of the many turned .n by people who have been bencfitted. Since November 1, when Mr. Noel's pairs of shoes, all of them estimated to have at least three months' wear in them, have been given out to the needy. The Old Woman still had about 2,500 to 3,000 left when she closed shop yes- terd: These were turned over to local charities for distribution. She still had $127 to turn over to the! charities. Operates on Donations. The Old Woman has operated on contributions of shoes from citizens Through a special arrangement with| the Willlam Hahn Co., those shoes | which needed repajring (about two- fifths of the total number brought in for distribution) have been repaired. The total cost of repairing has been about 13 cents on each pair of shoes given out. Somewhere in Washington are five | men who stepped into the shoes of | Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes— | less than 15 minutes after the Chief Justice left them in the store. Others | walk the streets, searching for work,! wearing the shoes of cabinet members Through & special arrangement with many of the city's shoe dealers, shoes |left ‘in their stores by purchasers of new enes have been turned over to the | Old Woman for repair and distribution. | The dealers allowed the Old Woman 5 per cent of the sale price of the new shoes for repairing the old ones Shoes given out were believed to be | worth an average of $2 a pair,” Mr. Noel said. The rent of the store cost nothing it was donated by Joseph H. Himes, the owner: salaries cost nothing; col- lection cost nothing—the shoes were brought to the Old Woman and were | hancled in the building by men em ployed by local shoe dealers and b several unemployed. who came to g shoes and were put to work—willingly 1932—PART OME. Novelist’s Daughter Follows Dad’s Plots! In Wedding Chemist | Miss Marian Kummer Brings Hushband Home to Meet Parents, ! By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, February 20.—Like the heroine in one -of her father's romances, Miss Marian McLean Kum- mer, daughter of Frederic Arnold Kum- | mer, novelist and dramatist, returned | to her home after being away a few hours today and introduced Dr. Ernst Wachsmuth of Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, as her husband. Miss Kummer and Dr. Wachsmuth, a | chemist, were married a short time be- | fore in Christ Lutheran Church here. ! The couple left later for Atlantic City. | The bride’s parents said that they were surprised, although they knew their daughter was engaged to Dr.| Wachsmuth. G065 ARE GIVEN WORK DURING WEEK Drive for Million Jobs Gains Momentum Throughout Country. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February 20—Jobless Jast week, 60,636 men and women were | back at work today as the “war against depression” gained momentum throughout the country. The drive for a million jobs, started Monday by the American Legion. the American Federation of Labor. the As- sociation of Naticnal Advertisers and the Legion Auxiliary, placed 8053 men in new jobs during the 24 hours ending at noon today. The jobs were found in 82 commu- nities in 29 States. Minnesota Leads for Day. OFFIGERS PREPARE TO HANDLE TRAFFIC {Schedule Mapped to Direct Crowds and Escort Hoover to Functions. An exhaustive schedule of duty has | been mapped out for Metropolitan Police who will direct holiday traffic tomorrow and escort President Hoover and his official party to and from functions in- cident to George Washington's birth- | day anniversary and the opening of the Bicentennial celebration. headquarters at all times to handle any emergency which may arise. Assistant Supt. E. W. Brown will be in general supervision of police ar- rangements, with Inspector O. T. Davis in charge of detail: at the Capitol and Inspector T. R. Bean directing police at the White House and in the first district. Brown to Direct Escorts. Assistant Supt. Brown was placed in charge of arrangements for motor Cyuic escorts for the President and for parties of diplomats and other officials, to- gether with busses conveying bands from the oCapitol to other exercises. Special provision was made for traf- fic officers at the Capitol, Monument, and at points where they will be needed to handle automobiles moving to and from Alexandria and Mount Vernon Officers will be stationed at impor- tant intersections on New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland avenues, Fourteenth street southwest, at High- way and Key Bridges, as well as along all main arteries leading to the city. Officers Ordered to Capitol. A general order to the department yesterday called attention to the fact the President will arrive at the Capitol at 11 o'clock, via Pennsylvania avenue and the House entrance Following the ceremony on the east front of the Capitol, the order sets out, the Presi- dent will leave the Capitol by the Sen- ate entrance at 12:45, returning to the White House by the same route. Promptly at 2:10 o'clock, the Presi- dent and members of the Bicentennial Commission will leave the White House for Mount Vernon. Responsibilities Outlined. ‘The attention of the department was directed to the necessity of handling traffic at exercises at Weshington Monu- ment at 3 o'clock, and at the colonial ball in the Mayflower Hotel at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow night. reads, “will be responsible for handling traffic and crowds, cises. except within the Capitol Build- ing. White House grounds and park.” Brig. Gen. Glassford, superiniendent of police, and an assistant will be at with 1,735 Minnesota led for the day provided unemployed persons being with work. “Reports raised for tb plying work express purpose of sup- ) the unemployed con- tinue to pot o the headquarters.” state declared. “In Minneapolis were created as a Tesult of ture of part of a $2.892000 cted there for labor wages ted in a 702 jobs the expend fund co At Cincinnati 1037 were crea similar manner Iroads, ar industrial emplovers pla nts of I other r aradua being reports back U Yester statement from car 1 “came fromy communities from and are incicati g momentum of the drive ! “The fact that by a direct result of the drive we have been enabled to place | 3260 in Chicego, despite the fact that | he administration is ding it ne:c.- sary to lay workers off. due to a lack | of funds. puts the balance. regerdiess! of eve g. in our favor.” | | | Report by States. The detalled report showing in parentieses the 1 jobs reported for nd T reported e last 24 hours | of workers " said an earlier headquarters. heretofore of the the v new jobs f on huge sums of money | | | “The Metrcpolitan Police.” the order | and other police | work in connection with these exer- | Two captains, 3 leutenants, 8 sergeants and 95 privates have been ordered to report to Inspector Davis at the Capitol at 9 am Twenty privates will be assigned to duty under Lieut. B. R. King to handle jtraffic to and from Alexandria and Mount Vernon over Highway Bridge and 15 officers will direct the traffic | over Key Bridge and streets leading to the bridge. | A detail of 15 officers, under the | ccmmandant of No. 3 precinct, will | clear the way for the Presidential party in the vicinity of the White House and later take care of traffic on streets leading to the Monument. ‘The order was signed by Inspector Lewis I. H. Edwards, executive officer of the department Ship Line Manager Dies NEW YORK, February 20 George Koetter. overating manager of the Hamburg-American line and widely known hipping circles. died today at his home in Hoboken. He was 68 Tomorrow—for 5 Hours Only! (8 AM.to1P.M.) 9th & E FASHION SHOP'S FINAL WIND-UP OF A Half Day of Give-Away Prices! TOMORROW —the hatchet i ODDS and ENDS, for it's Th | ton's Birthday Bargain Party. falls heavily on all accumulated on Shop's great Wa: Here and there a lot of mi sizes — a handful of this— some items that got a bit soiled through handling or p. d a little time in the show window, but 90% of all merchandise is perfect. All of 'em have been rounded-up and will be sold Monday at the most ridiculous prices ever quotcd—EVEN FOR A FASHION SHOP WASH- INGTON'S BIRTHDAY EVENT. OVERCOATS AND TOPCOATS oxford 39 fleees, S AND TOPCOATS—Light tans. browns, s 35 to 44. Were up to $30.00. Now 16 OV R(:O.\T —Hard finish grey herringbones, Cameltone | Edna B. Hoffman, 2720 Thirty-fourth | purchase necessary material and start | tection against unemployment may be and t industs hould have an op: Benefit Netted $741. fo! blue and brown boucles. biue velvet collar Chesterfieids ois—(8.162): State at larg street, has filed suit in the District Bupreme Court to recover $25,000 dam- | ages from Maximilian Metzger. 1330, Massachusetts avenue, and Edward N. Bradley, 222 E street southeast, for al- leged personal injuries. She says she was struck by an automobile owned by Metzger and driven by Bradley as she was crossing at Twelfth and G streets August 31. She is represented by Attorneys Simon, Koenigberger, Young & Brez A suit for $25,000 damages was filed | by the same lawyers on behalf of Er- nest B. Olsen, 2728 Thirtieth street, | against Arthur A. Pulliam, 1102 Four- teanth street. for alleged personal in- | juries. He claims to have sustained Serious injury September 23 last, when | his automobile was in collision with | Pulliam’s car at New York avenuey and Tenth street. Damages of $15000 are asked in a suit by Geneva Deck, Hyattsville, Md., st Otto Schaefer, delicatessen owner at 1206 Twentieth street, for al- leged personal injuries. She says she was a customer at the store of the defendant February 22, 1929, when she slipped on ice and snow allowed to re- main on the pavement and sustained serious injury. She is represented by Attorneys James J. Slattery and Milton ‘Whitney, jr. RED CROSS WORKERS ACTIVE IN JANUARY District Chapter Reports 500 Gar- ments Made and Other Accomplishments. ‘More than 500 garments were made by 166 workers in January, it was dis- closed yesterday in the monthly report of the District Chapter, American Red ‘Twenty-seven workers gave 242 hours af service in completing 16,437 surgical dvessings for three civilian and two Government hospitals. The canteen un¥é served supper to 70 men from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital twice a month. 'rn_f Clothing Committee distributed | 28 flr‘menu to needy veterans and their" families. The report revealed 29 drivers of the Motor' Corps gave 372 hours of service in ansyvering 67 motor calls for trans- portatian. Nearly 500 persons were driven some 1,600 miles. Many of these ‘were patients taken to and from clinics. Some 345 veterans were aided by the chapter through 710 office interviews and home' visits. Numerous first aid and life-saing classes were conducted. Some 37 volumes were printed in Braille for use by the blind S. T. HERRICK HONORED Is Elected President of Society of | the Whar of 1812. Samuel T. Herrick was elected presi- | dent of the Socidty of the War of 1812 at a meeting at the Mayflower Hotel | Thursday night. Other officers elected | include Willlam Howe Sommervell, first vice president; William H. Marbury, flecretary; Maj. H. A. Davis, treasurer, &nhd Dr. Mark A. Finley, registrar. Members elected to the Executive Committee, and to serve as delegates to the general conventien, include Col. M. C. Buckey, Dr. Andrew Stewart, Mr. Herriek and Mr. Sommervell. ‘The convention of the national soclety will be invited to meet here next September by the local group. repre- sented by Willlam Jeffries Chewning, jr., who will go to New York soon to extend the invitation. —e Bronze Masterpiece Found. ATHENS, Greece, February 20 () — American excavators working here un- covered today the sculptured brénze head of a young woman which experts sald was the finest piece of work found during their excavations here. Pottery i«mg':!uide it, they said, dafés’ from the h century before Christ, while the statue is of the fifth century B. C. work, it was announced, and volun-! tary contributions as the Work pro- | gresses will assure a completion of the building as rapidly as workmen can construct it. The mission is not a T cipient of Community CHest funds. Itis| expected it will be ready for occupancy | by July 1. It was stressed by the trustees that all money contributed will go directly toward construction and relief of un- employed workers, and that the usual | contractors' profits will be eliminated. | Plans to erect a new home for the | mission began to take form about a year ago, when the precent site on John Marshall place was purchased by the District government. While workmen on the new home will be paid the wage scale fixed by the trustees, they will also. in part, be donating their services, according to the plan of operation. They will be asked to contribute the difference between the scale paid them and the prevailing wage scale as a voluntary donation, and a roll inscribed with their names and the numbers of days’ work done by each will be established in the building. Brick and Stuceo. ‘The new building will be of brick and stucco construction, with a chapel to accommodate 400 persons and sleeping quarters for the same number. A cafeteria in the basement will serve as many as it may be necessary to feed. The floors will be of tile and the build- ing will be fireproof. It will stand on ground space 89 by 85 feet, with full frontage on Fifth street. The esti- mated cost is $150.000. The new building will greatly in- crease the capacity of the present mis- sion, which is sheltering an average of 9,000 men and serving 8,000 meals monthly. The Gospel Mission was founded more than 25 vears ago by the late Mrs. Monroe. Harvey V. Prentice is superintendent. Dr. M. E. Miller, board of trustees, is chairman of the Building Committee, which includes William L. Clarke, N. K. Gardner and Dr. E. M. Ellison. Other members of the board are Dr. John H. Wesler, S. M. Croft, N. A. Mason, Johnson, Dr. F. A. St. Cla Col. P. M. Anderson, 3 3 . L. P. Allen, Mrs. William Buckingham, H. P. Caemmerer, R. 8. Palmer and A. J. Osgood. Wage Scale Fixed. The wage scale fixed by the trustees is as follows: Bricklayers, 70 cents per hour; car- penters, 60 cents: hoisting engineers, 70 cents; hod carriers, 42% cents; wheelbarrow men, 35 cents; electricians, 10 cents; electricians’ helpers, 55 cent marble cutters and setters, 70 cen marble setters’ helpers. painters, 60 cents: plasterers, 70 cenf plasterers’ laborers, 42 cents: pulmb- ers and gas fitters, 65 cents; plumbers’ heipers, 421, cents: sheet metal workers, 60 cents; steam fitters, 65 cents; steam fitters' helpers, 42!> cents; stone cut- ters, 60 cents: stone masons, 70 cents; structural steel workers, 67}z cents: structural steel workers' helpers. 40 cents; tile layers, 65 cents, and common labor, 2815 cents. Labor will be employed, it was an- nounced, on the basis of an eight-hour day and a five-and-one-half-day week. There will be a job foreman in each trade who will receive 10 cents per hour above the scale paid workmen. DIES OF HEART ATTACK Treasury Clerk, 52, Succumbs at Georgetown Hospital. William O. Williams, 52, a clerk in the Treasury Department, died at Georgetown Hospital late yesterday, a few minutes after he had been stricken with a heart attack while in a grocery at 2501 Pennsylvania avenue. Max Bogen, proprietor of the store, summoned Williams' son Everett, who took his father to the hospital. Wil- liams, who lived at 1114 Twenty-fifth street, was treated by Dr. Joseph Cu- sick, but died a few minutes later. president of the similarly organized and a plan of in- surance found that will afford maximum security to the wage earner. It is to be had 1 mind, however, that funds taken from the earnings of industry for this purpose might be paid direct to the wage earner, and it is no doubt true the great majority of wage earners would prefer to have the opportunity to work out their own salvation, rather than to have their potential savings placed in a general fund from which many would receive nothing. In justice to the wage earner. pitfa must be avoided in setting up unem- ployment grotection, and many such pitfalls are apparent in plans proposed | The most cbvious is the= proposal cn tie up unemployment protection on the same basis as Insurance against things that can be predicted from experience, | such as death, age, accidents, illness and \ fire. Unemployment, with the data now | | available, cannot be predicted accurately | | enough to determine even approximately the proper funds for protection. A Different Problem. It is conceivable that an actuarial | basis for unemployment protection may | | eventually be found, although there | | could hardly be a more difficult problem. | | It seems clear this problem could best be solved by the private companies | which for almost a century have been | at work on actuarial studies and have | built up tremendous businesses in fire, | life and other forms of insurance based | { upon_actuarial data. The National As- | sociation of Manufacturers would favor | authorizing these companies to write | unemployment insurance. Even if an acturial plan for unem- ployment insurance were available it would seem unwise to intrust its execu- tion to legisiative enactment. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to keep such a plan actuarially sound and sol- vent for the reason that any legislature might at any time destroy the actuarial basis. For example, if a plan provides for maximum benefits of 13 weeks a year and the whole plan is related to this, a legislative session may increase the period to 20 weeks and entirely destroy the acturial soundness of the scheme, as the amounts previously paid into the fund would not be sufficient to pay for benefits over the longer period. Consider further the amount of bene- fits to be paid. Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith, one of the two principal authors of the British public unemployment in- surance scheme, says: “It is essential that the rate of unemployment benefit payable shall be relatively low,” as “a Isrge section of persons regard idleness s In itself more attractive than work.” But it is certain that there can be no assurance that legislators will not, as a result of election promises or organized pressure, disregard this essential of any sound system and increase the amount of benefits without regard to conse- quences to the individual or to industry. Changes Mean Uncertainty. The experience with the English dole has proved that political control in an unemployment insurance scheme will lead almost inevitably to legislative changes which soon destroy any con- servative basis it may have originally . The possibllity of changes at every legislative session leads to busi- ness uncertainty and employment fluc- tuations. In addition to these obvious dangers in governmental insurance schemes, un- employment insurance, if compulsory, would actually tend to add to unemploy- ment, because it would stabilize the very things that cause unemployment, and create hew eonditions which would in- crease ft. These results would be brought about by preventing or delaying the adjust- ment of wages to industrial conditions, creating an immobility of labor, and slackening the individual’s enterprise and industry. Public unemployment insurance tends to create unemployment also as a re- sult of provisions such as that benefits will be paid while the worker is “un- | able to find suitable employment.” Any such provision opens the gate for loose portun¥ to develop private plant :ys-! tems of unemployment benefits. the funds for which might well be relieved of all taxes (Copyright. 1932.) URGELEGISLATION | FORPUBLIGDOMAN American Forestry Associa- tion Directors Recommend Conservation Laws. Demanding constructive legislaticn dealing with the administration and conservation of the public domain of :he United States, the American Forestry Association’s board of directors, at their session just concluded here, adopted principles which they believe should be included in laws dealing with | conservation. Recommendations of the association ! included “a clear statement of Federal | purpose to protect and advance the public interests through the beneficial | use and conservation of the grazing, | forest and other natural resources of | the public domain, the prevention of erosion and the maintenance of favor- able conditions of water flows.” Recommends Study. ‘The association recommended also that the Secretary of the Interior or some appropriate department author- ized to determine as rapidly as possible “by study of local conditions and by land classification the specific areas which should be retained in public ownership in the form of grazing re- serves or districts, national forests, na- tional parks, national monuments and Federal game refuges.” Authorization that the President permitted to withdraw lands which might be included by Congress in na- tional forests, parks and Federal game refuges was advocated by the forestry group. 'They also recommended that the President be authorized to create by _proclamation grazing districts from public domain lands. Legisiation Proposal. The association also recommended that legislation dealing with the sub- ject of conservation should authorize the Secretary of the Interior to in- augurate as rapldly as feasible an ade- quate administration of public domain lands, and to make rules nd regula- tions for their occupancy and use in conformity with the aforementioned purposes. A plan for final disposal of the lands not recommended for in- clusion in public reservations also should be worked out, the association elt. An appropriation to initiate the ad- ministration of the use of the public domain was recommended by the boes WILL PRESENT PLAY Jewish Society to Offer “Welcome Stranger” Tuesday. ‘The Dramatic Society of the Jewish Community Center will present its first major production of the season, “Welcome, Stranger,” Tuesday evening at 8:15 o'clock, it was announced yes- terday. The play is under the direction of Ronald Dawson. Members of the cast include Meyers B. Jacobs, Samuel Lightman, Maurice Weingarten, Louis M. Dreeben, Harry Widom, Dave Wal- lace, Irvin Wollach, Sidney Gottlieb, Milton 8. Sachs, Bella Shapiro, Yvonne Kushner, Ethel Gottlieb and Lillian R. Spector. On January 14 & benefit was held at | the Mavflower Hotel which netted about $741 for the Old Woman. Enter- tainment for the benefit. the hotel and all were donated. The admission charge was $1 and a pair of worn shoes “as a depression tax.” of the local charities or other ogan- izations or citizens listed in the city| directory,” Mr. Noel said. “Men, wom- | en and children have come in here with requests for shoes from the Red Crogs, Salvation Army, Catholic Char- fties. G~epel Mission. Central Mission. American Legion. Southeast House Travelers' Aid. Volunteers of America. Veterans' Home, Board of Public Wel- fare, Municipal Missicn, school teach- ers, truant officers, Y. M. C. A., police men and hundreds of private citizens.” Seven truckloads of unusable shoes. thrown away by people who have ob- tained better ones from the Old Wom- an, have been carted away from the H street building. Besides Mr. Noel, members of the committee who have sponsored the organization through its brief but col- orful career are George E. Fleming. treasurer; Charles L. Parsons, Chief Justice F. W. Booth of the United States Court of Claims, Mrs. Harriet R. Davis, Willlam W. Everett, Gilbert Hahn, Arthur B. Heaton. Mr. Himes. Miss Ruth A. Jones., Richomnd B. Keech, Col. J. Miller Kenyon. Milton W. King, Maj. Henry Leonard, Gideon Lyon, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, William A. Roberts and William R. Vallance. Volunteer workers who have given their time to the Old Woman include Mrs. Lois A. Miller, Miss Virginia Booth, John R. Gorham, Arthur E. Spring. Albert E Anderson and Perry Hammock. 26,000 GIVEN HELP BY TRAVELERS’ AID Secretary Details Activities Past Year; Fewer Alien Cases Handled. in More than 26,000 persons were hel, by the Travelers' Aid Society durm 1931, Mrs. Margaret Ford, executive secretary, reported yesterday. ‘The organization’s work ranged from returning runaways to witnessing mar- riages in order to convince anxious parents such ceremonies actually took place. It also embraced helping the aged, meeting children, aiding puzzled rsons to obtain railroad tickets and elping new arrivals to find rooms. During 1931 Travelers' Aid workers obtained medical treatment for 188 persons, were granted charity railroad rates for 482 persons, financed the trans- portation of 203, obtained other trans- portation funds for 297, loaned money to 209. gave other relief to 946 from Travelers’ Aid funds and relief from O irs: “Ford. said_only 98 immigrants . sai only were handled during 1931, as compared with around 1,000 annually heretdfore. She attributed this to the depression. ‘The Travelers' Aid, affiliated - with the Community Chest, is on duty 24 hours daily at the Union Station. TRAFFIC RELIEF SOUGHT W. A. Van Duzer, director of traffic, has requested Inspector Ernest W. Brown of the Traffic Bureau to assign an officer to duty at Peace Monument to direct traffic during the morning and evening rush hours. This is the first step to improve conditions at the three- way intersection, against which consid- erable complaint has been de. Director Van Duzer notified Chairman Norton of the House District Committee, that a careful study will be made, and that {raffic signal lights probably will be installed as soon as possible. Jo | Birds 1-1 541 ! 5 Harrisburg. 216: Scranton. 25; Mount 20; York. 19: Philadelphia, 20; boro, 8; Titusville, 7; Conemaugh, 3. Monessen i Whittier, 617; les, 6 . Charleston, : New 30 Cil 3 Cliffside Park 4: Fort Smith ew Y New York City, 99: Albany, 14: Smithtown, 10; Wells- ville, 3. Maryland-—(218): 69: Cambridge, 26: Havr Oklahoma — (182); Watonga. 19. Massachusetts—(744); Lowell. Concord, 8: Nantucket, 8; Wollaston, 6: Stockbridge, 3; Ayer, 2 Indiana—4.577); Cavuga, komo, 18: Elizabethtown. 3. Georgia—(421); Macon, 55; town, 5. Missouri—(2.163): Aurora, 36; Or- rick, 9: West Plains, 3; Versailles, 2. Colorado—(784) ; Denver, 26; Golden, 112, ‘Wisconsin Rap- : Coon Vall ias. 2 . Montello. 1 ‘ennessee— (44); Dayton, 15; Nash- ville, 13. Florida—(233); Avon Park, 23. New Hampshire—(410): Berlin, 22. ‘Washington—(860): Yakima, 18. Alabama—(100); Tuscaloosa, 14. Vermont-—(33); Ludlow, 13. North Carolina—(70§); High Point, Hobart, 44; 41; Ko- consin—(8.842) a3 Maine—(442): Portland, 12. Montana—(10); Curbank, 9. Connecticut—(55); Stamford, 2. Delaware—(1,188); Wilmington, 1. South Dakota—(208): Madison. 1. Minnesota—(6,135): Detroit Lakes, 7: Minneapolis, 1,722; Crookston, Excelsior, 2. Ohio—(2.6T1): MacArthur. 150; Sebring, 35: Columbus, 30; Ravenna, 13; Cincinnati, 1,037. FOR MIDDIES’ CRUISE Navy Department Making Ar- rangements for Annual Trip This Summer. For the first time within recent memory, midshipmen at the Naval Academy are going to South America on their Summer cruise.'it was learned vesterday, when it developed the Navy Department is making final arrange- ments with the State Department for such a cruise. As plans now stand. the future officers will visit Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. The decision to send the midshipmen South America, rather than Europe as heretofore. is believed due to con- siderations of friendship for the other nations in-the Western Hemisohere. and the administration’s economy pro- am. grAmm" factor may be that as an aftermath of last vear's cruise to Eu- Tope. four midshipmen were accused of | having liquor in their possession and charged with condyct unbecomfg future officers. Later they were per- mitted to resign. Other midshipmen. charged with infractions of the rules. were given other discinlining of a comparstively minor nature. The Navy Department is expected this week to announce officially the dates and ports for the South American cruise. Probably it will extend from June to August. Approximately 1,000 midshipmen will make the cruise. Sizes 34 to 42 regular and 1—36 short. Were up to b $35.00. Now . : $12 22 OVERCOATS—Grey oxford grey and blue boucl Sizes 35 to 44 regular; 36 and 37 short; 38 to 42 long. Slb Were up to $45.00. 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