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PARTISAN FIGHT HELD MISLEADING Observers Find Both Parties Pulling Together in Effort to Pursue Own Courses. BY MARK SULLIVAN, | The present eruption of partisan | heckling and badinage between Repub- lican and Democratic members of Con- gress, about credit for Government | economy and for measures to promote | recovery for business is wholly super- ficial. The bickering between parties, and the newspaper emphasis upon ft, is misleading. The fundamental fact is that be- tween the two parties in Congress and between Republican President and Democratic Congress there is a com- mon course of pursuit of economy and of measures to revive business. It con- stitutes the most important present as- pect of Washington. It is not a truce because 1t dia not come about through formal agreemzat of leaders., It is not co-operation because it did not come about through mutual understanding in advance. What_has happened is that Demo- cratic Speaker Garner of the House has taken the path of economy and of balancing the budget and through his extraordinary ability in leadership has carried his party on that course. The party has achieved' a solidarity not | deemed possible at the beginning of the session. The solidarity has been | used for the prompt furtherance of | measures of economy and of recovery from depression. Praise of Garner’s speakership is practically universal in every quarter of both parties from high to low. Belies Prediction of Chaoes. ‘The actual condition has belied all the predictions, universal in December, that possession of the House by one party, with the administration in con- trol of the other, would lead to cross- purposes and chaos. The fact is this Congress has accomplished much more in a shorter time than is usual in a| normal Congress with all branches of the Government controlled by one party. As between Republicans and Demo- crats, the Democrats have gone, if any- thing, further than the Republicans in economy. They have made reductions in practically every appropriation bill laid before them. They have gcne rather farther than the Republicans in determination to balance the budget, to lay sufficient taxes and to spread them over a wide basis by including new sub- Jects of taxation. In enacting the recent measures*for relief of depression the unity of the Democrats and their speed in action brought public tribute from Republic- ans. A Republican who carries much weight. Representative Carroll L. Bepdy of Maine, publicly expressed his ‘“re- spect for the attitude which the Demo- cratic party has taken in its efforts to legislate for the well being of the coun- try. I think that party has shown a degre= of patriotism seldom exhibited except under exigencies of war.” Parties Pull Together. The true picture is that the donkey and the clephant have scmehow man- aged to back, buck and kick themselves into double harness and are pulling side by side in the same direction. They not a pair, and they are grotesquely iated. They are not a team, and repudiates as a slight upon its r the idea that it would practice work with the other. Instinctively *y is reluctant and confused to find f going the same way as the other. helecs, with each pulling on his ount and in the same direction, inary progress is accomplished. bickerings at each other about for wnat is done is lke the that spirited horses often The ‘immediate occasion of S started with the all over the coun- at which Republican orators lived up to the tradition of calling attention to their party’s virtues. Democrats were irritated by feeling the Republican orators claimed more credit for recent achievements than is their due. In April will come Thomas Jefferson’s birthday and a series of Jeffarson din- ners, at which undoubtedly Democratic orators will do the “pointing with pride,”and that will be followed by Re- publican repining. What all the bick- ering actually represents, if seen truly, is competition as to which is pulling | hardest on the load. This is shown clearly by the particular subject of the present acute recrimination. Democrats claim that reorganization.of Govern- ment departments is their idea and in- sist that when done it shall be their accomplishment. Republicans make the same claim for President Hoover. It 1s the identity of purpcse that is the im- portant thing. It is unusual and so conspicuous as to be a phenomenon. FOUR ARE ARRESTED - IN STORE ROBBERY Three of Suspects Give D. C. Ad- dresses, While Fourth Is From Capitel Heights. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., February 23.—Four men were arrested yesterday by Constable Earle Blackwell on charges of investigation in connection with the robbery of the store of Samuel Lagana here. Sunday night. Groceries, cigars and tobacco stolen. fThose arrested - des &s Waverly Roberts, James Murphy, all of the 200 block of Fifty-eighth street, Washington, and Arthur McCormick of \Capitol Heights. They are being held at Marlboro. DEMOCRAT CLUB TO HEAR LEGISLATURE MEMBERS Nineteenth District Group to Meet in Fire House Thurs- day Nisht. pondent of The Md., February of the Legislature will g of the Democratic Nineteenth district* in the here Thursday n'ght. The speakers will be State Senagor Lansdale G. Sasscer. Delegate Charles C. Mar- bury and Delegate Kent R. Mullikin. By & St RIVERDALE, Three members address a Club of the fire house OPé’OSE BYRD PLAN Annandale League Names Repre- sentative at Hearings. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star ANNANDALE, Va, February 23— The Annandale School and Community League went on record as opposed to the provisions of the Byrd road bill. Willie Sipes, chairman of the league's Education Committee, was appointed to attend the public hearing on the budget March 1. The league is also seeking information at this public hearing as to the school board's plans for develop- ment of the county high school system. Some patrons spoke in opposition to the expenditure of any more money at Lee- Jackson, feeling that the location of this school adjoining a railroad track was a mistake. They urged centrali- ztion of the county’s schools. Australic's radio craze continues to soread, v T THE EVENINC . Co-Operative Action xho b mpioye. anfeis Totlons. BY MATTH Vice President. Americn As Told to J V | in many-sided and involved matters, is Ii impreseion. For intelligent understanding we shot !insurance by labeling it dole. out-of-work benefits, century. Unemployment insurance is divide pulsory and voluntary forms. The first lor municipal government. It may be p: entire industry. scheme is that every employer must f hazards o! industry, pality, through direct. contributions, b Voluntary unemployment union to its members. by which mecthod Federation of mately $12,000,000, with payment of al! approximating $40,000,000 adopted years ago by clothing industry Webster's Dictionary defines ““dole” as a_ “distribution; especially of gifts to has come to signify charity. It is con- | tended, and rightly I think, that if you | build the dependence of people on doles | and charity you dermine the very | ability of some to help themselves. | Against Compulsion. | It is bacause of & fear compulsory | unemployment insurance in the United States might eventually take cn the | features of the col; as in Europe, that there is valid objection to it by labor. Voluntary unemploxment insurence is another ‘matter. Labor sees in it, if workers' interests ;are properly safe- | guarded, a means to lessen distress in a measure. Labor opposed compulsory unemploy- ment insurance because_ it believes in- dustrial operations should be so drdered | and budgeted that every person willing and anxious to work can find opportun- ity, and also because such insurance en- | ables the wage earner who goes from | community to community seeking work | to carry industrial passports which | might permit unfair employers to dis- | criminate against an individual. | Labor likewise has misgivings as to the problems of administration in any | national scheme of unemployment in- surance We have seen no proposal that sets up a working ,plan without adding enormously to our bureaucracy. | We have not unbounded confidence in the capacity of our people to maintain | such an enterprise without its falling into the hands of those who would cor- | rupt it. Until the conscience of the | citizen is more keenly- alive to this problem, we feel it would be a matter of doubtful wisdom to intrust-the ad- ministration of so great a fund to poli- | tical manipulation. | Any great national system of com- pulsory unemployment insurance would | provide temptation to political machines | to utilize men's jobs for political ends. We oppose another instrumentality for | public patronage to be utilized by politi- c¢al party or party machines. | I wish to emphasize that a great sys- | tem of compulsory unemployment in-| surance. at its best a form of organ- ized relief, might tend to remove from | co-operative action and understanding | | between organized workers and associ- ated industries, and through a volyn. tary scheme. It should come about be- cause business leaders realize the in- herent soundness of the plan and know ? series prese: industiial expert, economist. lexislator and insurance expert. The genesis of unemployment insurance was ex- tension to unckilled and unorganized workers of the privileges provided by trade unions through Such benefits have been a practice of ‘many of our trade unions for half a In-short, unemployment insurance pro- vides for setting up a fund in good times to provide relief for those out of work in bad times into com- workers .against unemployment as cne of and thet State or munici- Labor groups last year paid approxi- effect in Chicago. New York and Rochester, N. Y. central fund for a limited number of weeks. | acts in Europe. Unemployment Insurance Labor Leader Opposed .to Compulsory, but Favors Between Organized Workers and Industries. Should some form of unemployment insurance be devised to meet the serfous peri If 55, should i should it be valuntary or co! s of stz articles by nts the viewpoint of emplo The second EW WOLL, n Federation /5t Labor V. Fitz Gerald In consideration of unemployment insurance, tbe public, as so often happens ikely to gain a confused and superficial ulQ know what unemployment insurance and the dole are, for many dismiss unemployment t may be | paid through a national scheme or through local ald either on a contributcry basis or by assessment on the The essence of the compulsory nsure his the ecomes & party to the whole administration of the plan insurance may take {the form of out-cf-werk benefits p~id by a trade American Matthew Woll. 1 types of benefits to the membership There is a'so a joint scheme of unemployment insurance set up by em- ployers and employes, with both contributing to the fund. h plan W management and the unions. It is In Benefits are paid from the leaders of industry their proper respon- sibllity for stabilizing industrial life | charity,” and in our day it certainly | Employers, like working men, might be \ temptéd to take the line of least re- sistance .ifethey could turn to the State for that they should undertake. Cites European Examples. We have studied the unemployment While we cannot hope to introduce a European system here and expect it to succeed, there are trends of the European system we can- not overlook One is that the unemployment insur- ance act, which began as the British act basefl om sound principles for a group of responsibly unemployed. pres- ently, under abnormal conditions of de- pression, became a system financed from the national treasury. While it is rela- tively easy in democratic communities to increase contributions from the pub- lic treasury, it is extraordinarily difficult if not impossible to cut them down Take voluntary unemployment insut ance. Labor believes it sound busine: practice and part of the responsibility of management to set ‘aside reserves in good times to provide against bad times. ‘We feel this principle should prevail in 1 ment fluctuations. WE believe this should come through | | its costs are borne by the ultimate con- sumer. Already notable experiments have been made in this field, both by indi- vidual plants on their own initiative, and in certain cases jointly with repre- sentatives of the trade unions. Neither employers nor workers can solve the job alone. The will of the people ‘must make itself felt in behalf of these plans. which, while preserving tie essential integrity of American in- dustrial experience, bring to bear on the problem of unemployment—of dis- tribution—the same skill and engineer- ing ingenuity brought to the problem of production. (Copyright. 1932. by the North American Newspaper Allience. Inc.) HARRISONVILLE MAN IS HELD IN ROBBERY Slugging of Proprietor of Tourist Camp on Mt. Airy Highway | Is Charged. ! Speciel Dispatch tg;e Star MOUNT AIRY, Md., February 23.— Leroy Walter Townsend of Harrison- ville, near Mount Alry, was taken into custody last night by Carroll County authorities and identified as one of two men who slugged and robbed Zoland Zile, proprietor of the tourist camp along the Westminster and Mount Airy highway, Sunday night. Posing as a secret service agent, ‘Townsend, according to Zile, approached him Sunday night about 10:30 o'clock and stated he was en route to Phila- delphia and asked to be shown to a cabin. Upon leaving the cabin Zile was met by a second man, who pressed a gun to his body and commanded him to “stick ‘em up. Zile stated he thought it was a joke and did not com- ply with the man's request, whereupon he alleges Townsend struck him over the head, knocking him unconscious. According to Zile, his pockets were rifled of $63. Besides the man who commanded Zile to “stick 'em up,” Townsend is also alleged to have been accompanied by a woman, At present Townsend is being held in the Carroll County Jail on a number of charges. including robbery, impersonating an officer and operating a car without ! lights. |MT. RAINIER IS SCENE | OF “OLD-TIME” REVlVAL’; Pat Withrow Is Conducting Two‘ s Services Daily at Methodist | , Church. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MOUNT RAINIER. Md., February 23. —An_ “old-time" union revival service | is being conducted this week in the Methodist Episcopal Church here by Pht | Withrow of Charlestown, W. Va. Serv- ices are being held daily at 10:30 am. | and 7:30 pm. | Mr. Sanville, manager of the Homer Rodehaver Musical Mission, has “an- nounced he will attend the services to- night or tomorrow- night. The revival was preceded by two | weeks of cottage prayer meetings in Mount Rainier, 14 meetings being held | each night. = Mr. Withrow conducts what is said to be one of the largest union missions in the United States at_Charlestown His motto there 15 “Soap, Soup and Sal- vation,” and he claims to have placed mary men now prominent on the| “mourners’ bench. LIGHTING IS DISCUSSED | Edmonston Clerk Learn All-Night Cost. Special Dispatch to The Star. A EDMONSTON, Md., February 23— Advisability of all-night street lighting here was discussed at the meeting of the mayor and Town Council Saturday night in the school and the clerk was asked to ascertain the cost. Lights he now are extinguished at 2 am. o Town Marshal Harry Bost advised that, due to the increased traffic: over Wells avenue, the town’s main thorough- fare, additional stop signs were needed | a* the interesections of several streets with Wells avenue. Instructs to RESIDENT OF TREVILAH VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA Samuel Linthicum, 49, Dies Montgomery Hospital in at 8recial ROCKVILLE, Md, February 23— Pneumonia, of which he had been ill two weeks, caused the death in the Montgomery County General Hospital, Sandy Spring, Sunday, of Samuel Lin- thicum, 49, a well known resident of the Travilah neighborhood. ~ He is survived by his widow, Mrs. | Agnes J. Linthicum, formerly a Miss | West, of this county, and two daughters. | in Frederick County, a contractor has He was a son of George F. Linthicum, | a merchant at Galthersburg and a|farm of William Beverley. It flows 5,000 | brother of George W. Linthicum of | gallons per hour Darnestown, Smith Linthicum of Wash- ington and Grover Linthicum of Ger- | mantown, and a half-brother of Alberta | Tests were said to show the supply vir- and Mabel Linthicum of Germantown. Remaining Stock of Winter Overcoats Formerly $35 $1970 Formerly $50 $2975 ~ Single and double sma)rtly styled, long-wearing woolens. STAR. indiistrial activity Bnd embrace employ- WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, Fli SBRUARY 23, 1932. B0 FOR GARNER " CATHERS NPETLS Schafer Secs Same Forces That Made 1924 Convention “Mad House™ at Work. By the Associated Press. Intensive activity among Democrats yesterday brougit new deviopments i | the race far the party presidential nomi- | nation, but no decisive gain for any one The Garner boom, spreading noisily from Washington to Texas with wa points stops, broke into the Rocsevelt- pre-empted territory of Georgia through | the “proxy” filing of Judge G, H. How- | ard, who announced, if victorious, he | wou'd deliver the State’s convention vetes for tae Speaker of the Hous>. The home State of Texas meanwhile launched concertad action for “Jack,” which found its echo in che-rs in the | House of Rebresentatives here. Stick- | mng to his rule, Garner had notaing hi say. Roosevelt Makes Gains. The Roosevelt forces marched forward with erganization of a State-wide cam- paign program in Pennsylvania; with | favorable expressions toward him in Oklahoma as second cholce after Gov. | Murray, and with declarations by sup- | porters in Georgia that the State would b2 for him colidly Alfred E. Smith's friends in Massa- chusetts wer» sccking confirmation of ports the New Yorker would con- t to have his name go on the ballot. nding ready to push a big drive for him Out in Kansas some of the Demo- | cratic leaders meeting for the State conventicn yesterday expressed them- |S selves in favor of an uninstructed dele- | gation, and spoke of both Roosevelt and | Garner as possibilities, Republicans Mark Time. | Meanwhile the Republicans marked | time. President Hoover has let the | Winois primary go by, refusing for a rsecond ‘lime to enter into contest with Joseph I. France of Maryland, who is the only candidate entered in that State. Hoover likewise stayed out of | the North Dakota preferential primary. A statement by Representative Blan- tzn in the Heuse of the Garner rally in Texas brought en assertion from Rep- resentative Schafer, Republican, Wis- consin, that “the same forces are at work in the Democratic party now that turned the Madison Square convention of 1924 into a mad house. TRASH DISPOSAL " PLANT IS FOUGHT Colmar Man—;dayur and Solicitor Oppose McAdoo Avenue Site. | ) | By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. | COLMAR MANOR, Md., February 23. | —An effort to prevent the establish- ment of a trash disposal plant near the | houses which face the swamp below the | foot of McAdoo avenue here has been | | inaugurated by Mayor Burt M. Brom- ley and Town Solicitor Bird H. Dolby. | The Trash Disposal Committee of the | County Community Council selected the swamp, which covers considerable ground, as one of the seven suitable | | sites for dumps in the metropolitan area. 4 Its recommendation, however, spe- cifically stated that “if a roadway is| built so as to locate the dump a con- | siderable distance from dwellings no objection should be aroused.” Oliver Metzerott, chairman of the committee which drafted the report, | stated it was felt a roadway of cinders i or ashes could be constructed with un- | employed labor. The towrf authorities | expect to insist such a road be built of | the dump is to be established in (he‘ swamp. | | Mr. Metzerott also stated that since |the report was submitted last week there has been considerable dumping on | attractive property in Chillum district and called attention to a paragraph of the report which declared there should be no difficulty in obtaining convictions |if the county police authorities could | be induced to enforce the present law | prohibiting unauthorized dumping of | | trash, Brings in Big Well. | WINCHESTER, Va, February 23 (Special) —Drilling over 300 feet through the hardest limestone ever encountered | brought in a well on the apple orchard The farm is situated |in a section west of here that was severely affected by the 1930-31 drought. " tually inexhaustible. breasted models in Alterations at Cost Sidney West, Inc. 14th & G Sts. League to Fight Prejudice Against Old Age in Jobs By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., February 23— The Gray-haired League of Amer- ica, formed to combat prejudice against old age in employment, will seek a charter in Circuit Court here. ‘The league is sponsored by a Miami civic organization. Among purposes of the league, as published by members, are: To eradicate discrimination in indus- try against persons above middle age, to seek national legislation for ' benefii. of members bevond middle age, to educate members in the yalue of keeping physically fit, and to bring about “‘particu- larly among the youth of the country” a higher degree of re- spect for old age. STAUNTON C. OF C. SEEKS PLACE ON AIRMAIL ROUTE for Shenandoah Section Is Urged in Request to Repres sentative Tucker. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va,, February 23—In- formation having been received here that the Post Office Department is con- templating establishing a mail air route to Chattanooga, Tenn., the Chamber of Comm-rce has asked Representative Henry St. George Tucker to use his in- fluence to have the linc routed so as to serve the Shenandoah W of Winchester, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Lexington and Roanoke. First indications were that the sched- ule would take the planes south by way of Charlottesville. The Shenandoah A1 section by | GEORGIA-FLORIDA Democrats of Both States to Express Preferences at the Polls. | By the Associated Pres | ATLANTA, February 23 |in 2 Democrats of 11 Southern States will express | their preferences at the polls for the | | presidential nominee. Such prefer- | ences are binding upon delegates. | _ Gov. Roosevell of New York and Speaker Garner of the House of Repre- sentatives will have a test in the Geor- gia Democratic preference primary March 23. Roosevelt’s name will be on | the ballot with that of County Judge G. H. Howard of Atlanta. In entering, Howard announced that if he should win, the State’s votes at the National | Convention would be cast for Garner. | Under the Georgia system a presi- dential candidate who receives the highest number of preference votes in any county names that county’s dele- | gates to the State convention, which elects the delegates to the National | Convention. A last-minute effort by Gov. Murray of Oklahoma to enter the list was un- successful, due to lateness in filing. The Oklahoman indicated last night he would ask his “lawyer friends” in | Georgia to challenge for the right to | have his name on the ballot. Florida Vote Binding. ruling of the Democratic State By | Committee the choice of Florida voters, | as expressed in a Preference Commit- | tee, will be binding on the celegates to | the National Convention until it ap-| ction of the State has no air service. | pars to two-thirds of the delegation | Convention elects national delegate: N WORLD'S M NATIONA OVER 40,000 Washington children being Milk . . . an honor which PATRY PRODUCTS are reared on Chestnut TOBIND DELEGATES that such support will be futile. The primary will elect the delegates. The Virginia Democratic State Com- mittee has Indorsed Gov. Byrd for President. Louisiana already has chosen its dele- gates to the Democratic National Con- vention. The State Committee elected them. They are uninstructed. The South Carolina Republican Stat: Executive Committce already has pledged to Hoover delegates yet to be chosen. The Republican State Committee of Kentucky has indorsed Hoover. Some States have both State and dis trict conventions to elect national d gates. Dates for various primaries and con- ventions so far as fixed follow March 1—Arkansas Democratic Stats Convention chooses national delegates March 2—White and Negro Republi- can factions in Louisiana hold separate State conventions to elect rival national delegations. March 23—Georgia Democratic prof- erence primary. April 6—Georgia Democratic State Convention elects delegates to national convention. April 12—State Republican convention in Florida elects national delegates. | April 14—North Carolina Republican | Convention elects national delegates. April 26—Arkansas Republican State | Convention elects national delegates at large. District conventions at various dates will elect district delegates. April 27—Kentucky Republican Con- vention chooses national delegates. May 3—Alabama Democratic primary elects national delegates. Alabama dis- trict Republican conventions. Missis- sippi White Republicans in convention elect national delegates. May 10—Tennessee State Republican Convention chooses national delegate: May 18—Alabama State Republican Convention chooses national delegates at large South Carolina State Demo- cratic Convention chooses all national delegates. June 7—Florida Democratic prefer- ence primary chooses national delegates. Second Alabama Democratic primary, | if necessary, due to failure of some can- | didates to obtain majority. June 9—Virginia State Democrati % A—7 MAPS WILL SHOW WASHINGTON’S VISITS 3,509 Will Inform Maryland School Pupils of Travels in State. lored maps showing the sits of George Washington 5 and wili be placed in the pub- Lic schools throughout the State. According to J. Alexis Shriver of the Maryland Comimission for the Celebra- tion” of Washington's Birth, Washing- ton visited more towns and places in Maryland than any State other than his native Virginia Ten thousand maps have been litho= graphed Mr. Shriver, recognized as an au- thority on Washington's travels in the State, said that every precaution was taken to assure historical correctness Dr Albert S. Cook, State superin- tendent of education, said one of the maps would be placed m every public school in the State. Twenty-five hun- ired will be required for the county hools and 1,000 maps will be used in the schools of the city. Washingtcn, between the years 1748 tnd 1798, visited 90 known places in the State and made 127 trips to Maryland. National Fellowship CLUB DANCES 8 to 1 PM. NTAL BALL 1ith & Park Rd. 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