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SHORTER HOURS URGED BY GREEN Unemployment Will Continue Indefinitely Otherwise, A. F. L. Head Warns. ‘President Willlam Green of the ‘American Federation of Labor today is- sued a warning that working hours must be shortenea or unemployment will go on a long time. A large part of the present shortage of work is due to the displacement of men by machinés and modern efficiency measures, he said. During the decade between 1919 and 1929, 1,000,000 jobs were lost, he explained, and in the pres- ent depression efficiency measures have THE EVENING 8 Presidential Profiles Newton D. Baker Never ties for the Democratic presidential to lose his temper. New York the second after it ha And he flowers, or which he r Known to Lose Temper. Prodigious Capacity for Work—Was Pet Student of Woodrow Wilson. This is the second of a serles of pen-portraits of leading possibili- nomination. It tells a good deal about Newton D. Baker that he has never been known He can be stirringly emotional as he was on the occasion of the greatest speech of his career, when he defended the League of Nations before the turbulent and scoffing Democratic convention in | City in 1924, He can be grimly decisive as he was when, on day after he was installed as Secretary of War in 1916, he quietly ordered the general staff | d asked him what should be done, to send an expeditionary force into Mexico after the marauding Pancho Villa. can be unashamedly tender about | classics, | about the Greek and Latin eads in the original. TAR, WASHINGTON IHUNDREDS OF SHIPS RACE WITH TARIFF Thames Docks Crowded by, Vessels Trying to Avoid British Duty. | By the Asso d Press. LONDON, February 29 —Ships from all parts of the world crowded the Lon- don dock district in the Thames estu- ary today in a fast-minute rush to pass the customs before 5 pm. when the new 10 per cent tariff law goes into| effect. The number of cargo vessels at the docks or in the lower reaches of the MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1932 BRAINS HUMBLE BEAUTY Co-eds to Be Honored at De Paul University for Achievements. CHICAGO, February 29 (#)—Brains, in the opinion of the editorial staff of the De Paulian, yearbook of De Paul University, are more to be honored than beauty. Accordingly, the De Paulian this year | will drop its traditional campus “besu- dis- ties” section. d, five co-eds tinguished for their achievements in scholarship, #thletics, social and campus activities will be selected. Their pictures will adorn the section hitherto graced by co-eds selected for their pulchritude alone. BOAT SAVES SEAMEN AS SCHOONER SINKS Crew of Danish Freighter Disabled in ‘Midatlantic Also HITLER 1S GNORED President Makes No Reply to By the Associated Press. Paul von Hindenburg does not intend 1o reply to a letter published by Adolf | Hitler, National Socialist leader, yes- terday, In which the Nazi leader asked for & paign, & spokesman for the government sald today. ke A ler to call in the foreign press rvpre—‘ sentatives several hours before the con- tents of the letter were given to the German press and published. Further- more, Hitler finds no word of criticism for the nasiy attacks of Herr Goebbels (Hitler lieutenant) on the person of our revered President.” Hitler's letter was given to foreign | newspaper men yesterday after an in- terview in which the Nazi leader said| his election to the presidency would make better rather than worse Ger- many’s relations to foreign countri He charged the opposition was disr garding Von Hindenburg's wish that the campaign be conducted chival- rously. A sharp rejoinder of Gen. Wilhelm Groener, minister of defense, to Herr Goebbels in the Reichstag, and suppres- sion by the police Saturday of the newspaper Der Angriff, he said, were evidences of a lack of chivalry. Hitler's complaint was automatically referred by President von Hindenburg to Minister of Interior Groener, who & constitutionally charged with the dis- position of such matters. — Noted French Astronomer Dies. PARIS, February 29 () —Guillaume BY HINDENBURG Appeal for “Chivalrous” Campaign. BERLIN, February 29.—President “chivalrous” presidential cam- “The fundamental of chivalry for 709 « ACUTE INDIGESTION “ «t Night! late at (when drug stores are closed.) Why not be safe with Bell-ans on hand . .. Now! BELLANS FOR LEASE 1001 7th Street N.W. N. E. Corner 7th & K Streets Over 10,000 t of floor space, ireight ele W loading form. Rent $25000 per month quare which Hitler pleads,” the spokexmnn:,mgm"bn“' 80, noted astronomer and said, “has been 30 violated by the Nazi| former president of the Academy of candidate himself that President von | Scjences. died today. He was a direc- Hindenburg sees no reason to make a | tor in the Paris observatory and author reply. of many works on astronomy and eliminated even more. Sees 8.300,.0'! Jobless. “At prsent our conservative estimate shows,” Green asserted, “that there ac- But no one has ever seen him explode in anger, or ppund his desk in indignation, or resort to a good hearty expletive, It is not because he is cold, or lacks enthusiasm. He is, in fact, a most ‘warm-hearted and sunny person. | Thames awaiting berths was placed at 1200 and other ships fought fierce gales in the channel in an at{empt to reach | London, Hull or other luulhrm ports L. W. GROOMES Rescued. 1719 Eye Street NAtional 1768 tually is no more than 35 hours' work a week for each wage earner if all who want work are to have jobs." He figured that between outright loss or jobs, part-time and cut wages, more than 40,000.000 workers and dependen#; now are living below the “minimum standard for health.” The labor executive from reports re- ceived from trade unions throughout the country estimated that 8,300,000 working men and women were out of jobs during February. The Federal Reserve Board’s month- ly summary of business conditions re- ported that “the volume of factory em- ployment declined by more than the usual seasonal amount between the mid- dle of December and the middle of Jan- uary.” It added: Credit on Decline. “Volume of Reserve Bank credit out- standing declined in January and the first half of February. A decline in money in circulation after the first few days in February reflected some return of hoarded currency, accompanying & decrease in bank failures.” The American Railway Association reported class 1 roads had 195462 freight cars or 9 per cent of the total in need of repair on February 1. This was an increase of 7,796 since Janu- ary 1. —— LEAP YEAR DAY COSTS WORKERS MILLIONS Landlords and Salaried People Paid on Monthly Basis Get No Return for Today. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 20.—Today is the extra day that makes 1932 a leap year—and it also makes losses or profits of millions of dollars. Real Estate experts estimated yester- day landlords in Chicago alone will lose $4,000,000 because Monday is Fubruary 29 instead of March 1. Workers paid The mani Progressive counter to A friend of Baker's incensed at the attack, urged him to reply. He pointed out that his critics in assailing him for taking the case were in substance denying the power companies the right to competent counsel. Baker unques-| tionably had a strong argument in his favor. But although the issue has an im- portant bearing on his chances for the Democratic Presidential nomination, he declined to make a reply or to permit his friend to do so in his name. This| passive attitude toward critics has) characterized his whole life. Gibed for Velvet Jacket. As a boy he was teased by the other boys in the neighborhood for the dapper manner in which his mother dressed him. He was sent to Sunday school in a velvet jacket and broad white col- lar. The youthful Baker was quite unconcerned at the joshing. As a brilliant student at Johns Hop- kins University, he again was unmoved when he was called a “grind.” He went calmly about his studies, a favorite with the faculty, and the honor graduate of his class. When he joined Tom Johnson in his epic struggles againct the Cleveland utilities and their control of the city government, Baker remained unmoved at the flerce lampoons the opposition directed against him. Below medium height, very slight in build—he has never weighed more than 110—Baker, then only a few years out of law school, was a favorite target of the opposition. Johnson and others of his associates would often become outraged at the at- tacks on them, but Baker never gave any indication that he cared. s aloofness to personal criticism he pre- served throughout his term as Secretary water power corporations Mr. election of the Interior, ifestation of anger is intellectually pro- foundly distasteful to him and he suppresses it with an iron will. sailed for accepting the case of large water power interests which are challenging the validity of certain phases of the Federal water power act. Recently he was bitterly as- critics held that in defending the Baker was going everything he had once fought for &s & lieutenant of Tom Johnson, anti-utility reformer of Cleveland, Ohio. Wilson was then writing his first his- tory, and lived a very retired life. Baker found his way to Cleveland through an acquaintance he made while returning from a trip to Europe. He had been able to make this journey through a fortunate incid®nt. William L. Wilson, Postmaster General in the second Cleveland administration, was looking for a secretary and asked a friend on the Johns Hopkins faculty to_recommend a talented young man. Baker was then practicing law in Martinsburg. The professor suggested him, and Wilson, without knowing Baker, offered him the job. Baker ac- cepted and worked in Washington for a year. On his savings during this period he made his European trip. While returning home he met Martin Foran, prominent Cleveland lawyer, who offered Baker a place in his firm. City Attorney of Cleveland. Early in his residence in Cleveland Baker became interested in Johnson's fight against the utllities which then | dominated the city’s politics. When Johnson ran for mayor on an inde- pendent ticket, Baker ran as his city attorney. He served in this capacity throughout Johnson’s administrations. In 1912 Baker was elected mayor, and served two terms. While mayor he took active part in Woodrow Wilson'’s first nomination and campaigns. Wilson wanted to be his private secretary, and then offered him the post of Secretary Baker declined both because he felt he was needed in Cleveland. Baker has since broken with his as- sociates of the Johnson days. They | before the zero hour. | When the customs houses open Tues- | day morning and the levy of the new tariff begins, it will mark the passing the world's last great free trade country. American Liner Docks. | Among the vessels in Tilbury Dock was the United States liner President Harding, which. for the first time in her history, called at London with a 3%6&-wn general cargo. She broke | into her usual passenger run from | New York to Hamburg, via Cobh and Plymouth, to make the. stop. About 400 men were employed to unload her |and they worked by arc lights all last | night, so the task could be finished and the vessel proceed with her fret- ting passengers. Other vessels already docked or await- ing berths included ships of Germany, Belgium, Pinland, Russia, Holland, Portugal, Denmark and Spain. Thousands of tons of fruit, vege- tables, tinned milk, margarine, bacon, butter, eggs, hardware, glassware and textile goods arrived at Hull. Extra cargoes of grain, oil, sago, rice and flour reached Liverpool in ships from Spain, China and Japan. There also were vast consignments of timber from Denmark and Sweden, unloading at Liverpool. The S. S. Tairoa, which arrived in the Thames yesterday, hastily unloaded $705,200 in butter and cheese from New Zealand. Insured Against Duty. Lloyds and other insurance brokers have done a moderate business in in- surance against failure, to arrive ahead of the deadline, one ship’s owner hav-| ing paid $8,600 protection against pay-| ment of $17,200 duty, if the ship got in late. The tariff measure, which passed the | House of Commons Thursday night, will be given final reading in the House of Lords and royal assent tomorrow. By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, February 29.—The crews of the Danish freighter Aggersund, dis- abled in Midatlantic by heavy seas, and the New York schooner George W. Elzey, jr., sunk after colliding with the | Coast Guard cutter Acushnet in Nan- | tucket Sound, today were safe aboard | rescue ships. The freighter's crew was taken off by the steamer Blankaholm. The Ag- | gersund had been in peril since last | ‘Wednesday, when she called for aid. | The crew of the Elzey was aboard the Acushnet, which stood by the sunken fishermen through the night. | Patrol boats were ordered to the sunken | craft's position off Cross Rip Lightship to pull the hulk out of shipping lanes. No lives were lost in either mishap. The aggersund was apparently aban- | doned by her crew. Monday February 29 Dinner, 75¢ 5:30 to 8:30 Price minus Qual- ity means nothing. Food Quality and preparation by our chef mean pleasure and health. Furnished and unfurnished apart- ments. Complete Hotel Service. Garage accommodations. 7z:BROADMOOR [ = | oo AR “It is not exactly chivalrous for Hit- science. t Drastic Reductions on ANTHRACITE COAL Effective March 1st, 1932 Phones Dist. American ICE Company 4270 6240 1320 F Street N.W. Washington, D. C. by the month or year also stand to lose ; total of millions because of the extra ay. | are now among his bitterest critics. After he returned from Washington in 1920, Baker became head of an open of War. Capacity for Work. “See Etz and See Better” Federal employes in Chicago, paid on a monthly , suffer a total salary | loss of $2,000,000 on the annuzl Gov- ernment pay roll of $798,000,000. ELLI_NGSOIl. GIRL FREE Blayer of Mother Leaves Prison After Serving Six and Half Years. | SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Calif., February 29 (#)—Prison gates open today for Dorothy Ellingson, 23, who £hot her mother to death at San Fran- cisco seven years ago in an argument over the propriety of her associations with men and then went to a dance Described by attorneys as “a product of the jazz age,” she has served six and a2 half years of a 10-year man- slaughter sentence. Good conduct credits cut the term short. Prison officials said they expected her father to meet her here. Formerly Joseph Ellingson, he changed his name after the slaying. District’s Heroes in the World War Compiled by Sergt. L. E. Jaeckel. S RECORDED in the official ci- tation, Dwight Dickinson, jir., A past assistant surgeon, U. S. N., attached to the 5th Regiment, United States Marine Corps, 24 Division, American Expeditionary Force, received the Distinguished Serv- ice Cross for extraordinary heroism in action with the enemy near St. Etienne, France, October 4, 1918. Under ter- rific shell and ma- chine-gun fire, Burg. Dickinson at- regard for his per- sonal safety. When a shell struck the dressing station which he had es- tablished in an ad- vanced zone, he rushed to the as- sistance of the wounded, and through his gal- lant devotion to duty many lives were saved. Surg. Dickinson Is now in private | practice of medicine in Washington. | He lives at 2212 R street northwest. “FRESH EGGS DIRECT ure. delivered: fancy . National 2806. Trical shape . New York. Boston unexcelled No less characteristic than his iron control over his temper is Baker’s pro- digious capacity for work. This is all the more marked because of his frail physique. In the War Department they still tell stories of his enormous industry. His day began at 8 o'clock and ended at midnight or later. Regardless of what time he quit at night, he was back | at his desk by 8 the next morning. He not only mastered the details of the department, but he had an officer g the War College assigned to teach hil military strategy. ©On a trip to Prance during the war, Baker literally exhausted the staff he took with him by his energy. Col. Leonard P. Ayres, his aide, relates that the party had been at sea only one day when Baker summoned him and asked him to learn what made the waves break over the prow in a peculiar curl- ing manner, what type guns were on the ship, and the evact power charge used in a particular ertillery piece and why this was better than another kind. Late that day, when Ayres wearily re- ported back to Baker and was looking forward to an evening and night of leisure and rest, his chief handed him a very serious work on international affairs and asked him if he had read it. Ayres said he had not. Baker then suggested that he do so, and said they would discuss it at breakfast next morn- ing. Ayres spent most of the night reading the book so he could talk it over with Baker the next day. Banker Tells Characteristic Story. This same calm driving industry he has displayed in his brilliant legal career since retiring from the War De- partment. A banker tells how Baker prepared for an important case. The suit involved the validity of the Fed- eral Reserve System. Baker represented influential banking interests. and be- cause of the importance of the litiga- tion it was widely watched by the bank- ing_community of the country. ‘The banker who tells the story. one of those involved in the case, met Baker and anxiouslv inquired how he was progressing with his preparations. “I've been doing a bit of reading” Baker answered. “I've been going over all the important decisions relating to national banks" “All the decisions?” gasped the banker unbelievingly “Yes, all.” Baker said quietly. And he had. from the beginning of the national banking system down to the present, as he graphically demon- strated when the case came to trial. His indefatigable thoroughness and vast knowlecge of the subject were so outstancing that they played an im- portant part in the winning of his suit Although he is known 2s an Ohioan and made his repute in Cleveland. Baker is a Southerner, the son of a Confederate soldier. He was born in Martinsburg, W. Va, in 1871, His father, also Newton D. Baker, had been a soldier in the famous cavalry brigade of Gen. J E. B. Stuart. After the war the father studied medicine | and became a country doctor. He and his only child were devoted compan- fons. ~ Together theéy read the | Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to 2. Pet Student of Wilson, | | Baker first knew Woodrow Wilson when Wilson was a young professor at | | Johns Hopkins. Wilson gave a course | {in American history and Baker was | one of his students.” Baker stood high |in the class and was a favorite of on's, but outside of school work e Was no re on between them. STERL TIFT v A TRANSPER & Advertising That Pays ol wanl to increase your business? . let us write your advert 3 SELAND 1305 "B 6 Rw ROOF WORK ~—of any mature promptly and formed by practical roofers. 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He is little changed in appearance from the time 12 years organized labor ago when he left the War Department. The only sign of the added years is the deepened lines in his face. When he retired to private life he returned to his old law firm, He has been chief counsel in some of the greatest in- dustrial suits in the last decade. He was attorney for the Van Sweringen brothers in their rallroad litigation. of counsel for the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. in the litigation over the proposed merger with the Bethlehem Steel paring the case of the power companies which are attacking the Federal power | act. of hydroelectric properties, and Baker is being opposed by special counsel authorized by the United States Senate. He headed a large array Corporation. He is now pre- This suit affects billions of doliars Although a Latin and Greek scholar and one of the most erudite men in public life, Baker not long ago de- clared himself stumped by an income tax blank. 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