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BATTLE FOR BONUS '%{%%Icgk%%‘:fl%%?w(fi&gglo%% LEGION'S WAR CRY west virgian nose Rapiay AUXLARY FAVORS BORAH DEPLORES APPEALFORBONLS| BONUS PLEA NOW LIVE STOCK CREDIT Reports Please Democrats SWANSON AND HALSEY SMILE OVER ELECTION NEWS. Prohibition Repeal Also De- manded as Session Adjourns. Johnson New Head. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg, September 16— Immediate payment of the bonus and prohibition repeal were overwhelmingly demanded by the American Legion in its Fourteenth Annual National Con- vention. The 1,200 delegates voted 10 to 1 for full adjustment of the bonus, ‘less than 24 hours after President Hoover declared the $2,000,000,000 bonus biil would jee- pardize economic recovery. Prohibition Tepeal was asked by = similar vote. Before adjournment yesterday, the convention elected Louis A. Johnson, Clarksburg, W. Va., attorney, to succeed Henry L. Stevens, jr., of North Caro- lina, as national commander. Next year’s convention will be in Chicago. War Department Censured. ‘The War Department was censured because envelopes franked by the de- partment, centaining statements printed on department stationory and written by Secretary Patrick J. Hurley on the bonus marchers, were placed on dele- gates chairs. Secretary Hurley. who was greeted on the opening day with mirgled cheers and boos, 1 Huron, S. Dak. ex- pressed surprise at the distribution. He ad gone from Portland to Huron to fill a soeaking engagement. He said he had not authorized use of the frank. The envelopes were not postmarked. Early in the final session Legionnaires showed their desire to vote on the bonus and prohibition, listening impatiently and frequently interrupting opponents of immediate bonus payment. The vote was 1,167 to 109. Hines' Warning Ignored. Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, veterans' administrator, had warned the conven= lon at a previous session to “take into consideration the ability of the coun- try to pay.” ‘When prohibition was reached, repeal was asked 1,144 to 133. Tne Leglon goes into its new year ledged to sup) a larger Army and avy, believing “America will never seek a war and a war will never scek a prepared America”; “vigorously” op- posed to recognition of Soviet Russia; opposed to the Griffin bill, which would permit naturalization of aliens without taking an oath of willingness to bear arms in defense of the United States. A resolution which the Pennsylvania delegation had hoped to present to the convention, calling for censure of Presi- dent Hoover because troops were used in evicting the bonus marchers from Washington, D. C., was killed in com- mittee the night before the convention closed, dying for want of a second. No attempt was made to have the question taken to the floor, although the Penn- sylvania group had declared such action would be taken. Aides for Johnson. Johnson, the new commander, will be assisted by Vice commanders from the five districts—Charles A. Mills of Florida, John Maloney of Maine, W. H. Easter- twood of Texas, Robert Flory of Ne- braska and Russell Meadows of Arizona. Rev. Irving Wood of Pocatelio, Idaho, was chosen as natjonal chaplain. . Since a majority of the Executive ‘Committee of the Legion was not pres- s#nt, appointment of the national adju- tant, national treasurer, judge advocate and historian was postponed. The pres- ent officers will serve until Novembeg. James F. Barton, national adjutant for the past has resigned to seven ‘years, become general manager of the Ameri- of can Legion Publishing Co. Representative Wright Patmin ‘Texas, author of soldier legislation and 8 delegate, opened the debate in favor of the bonus payment. He said the bonus “will promote the welfare of this country” and expressed the belief “the American people will be grateful to you 1f you go on record for payment now.” i Is Heckled. The heckling started when the next caker, Sam Reynolds of the Nebraska lelegation, was to present the case 2gainst the bonus. “All the Nation is awaiting the ac- tion of this convention,” Reynolds gaid. “All the people know we are under fire. Unless we stop that storm which is growing we will see the day when men will run for office on the boast of ‘stop the veterans.’” Two _former national commanders, Henry D. Lindsey of Texas, and Edward A. Spafford of New York, speaking against immediate payment, fared no better than did Reynolds. Shouts of *“Throw him out!” came from one sec- fion of the hall when Lindsay: was speaking. Cries of disapproval greeted Bpafford's remark that jmniediate pay- ment would “wreck the financial struc- ture of the country,” which was the at- titude expressed by President Hoover in a statement at Washington late yes- terday. States Vote on Bonus. On the bonus question the Connecti- ‘cut, Hawaii, Nebraska and South Caro- lua delegations voted soltdly in oppo- sition, while the following States split as indicated: Delaware, 1 yes, 8 no; Florida, 8 yes, 8 no; Illinois, 79 yes, 1 no; Missouri, 2 yes, 24 no; New York, 90 yes, 1 no; Vermont, 5 yes, 4 no; and ‘Wyoming, 9 yes, 1 no. All other States yoted for the bonus. Hardly had echoes of the bonus vote died out when the convention Wwas stirred to new excitement by the com- mittee report recommending passage of a resolution for repeal of the eight~ eenth amendment. Iowa called for & yoll call. The first votes of aye brought shouts of approval, but the enthusiasm dled down when it became apparent there would be few negative votes. “Virginia, the home of Thomas Jef- ferson and Bishop Cannon. votes 16 yes,” shouted the Virginia State com- mander when his Stale was reached. Opposed to Resolution. States voting against the -prohibition yesolution or dividing were: Arkansas, 18 yes, 1 no; Idaho, 8 yes, 2 no; In- Giana, 25 yes, 15 no; Iowa, 8 yes, 20 §o0; Kansas, 4 yes, 24 no: Kentucky, 28 'yes, 2 no; Minnesota, 31 yes, 1 no; Miséissippl, 1 yes, 15 no; Missouri, 25 es, 1 no: Nebraska, 15 yes, 7 no; Okla- oma, 28 yes, 2 no; Rhode Island, 10 yes, 1 no; South Qprolina, 16 no; South Dakota, 14 yes, no; Tennessee, 16 es, 8 no; Utah, 2 yes, 7 no; Wyoming, yes, 1 no, Other States favored the Tesolution, The dates of the Executive Commit- tee meeting at Indianapolis were set for November 14 and 15 and for the department commanders and adjutants on November 16, 17 and 18. ARTHUR ENOWN. HERE. _Bponsor . of Censure Resolution Has Brether in Army. Harry M. Arthur, American _ Legion mander, who sponsored the motion for t, which censure of the’ War was carried yesterday at the Leglon convention at Portland, is & brother ‘of Maj. Joseph D. Arthur, jr. Distriet engineer for the War Department. for the Washington area. Dept. Comdr. Arthur is well known in veterans’ circles here. He frequently .visits Washington. CENSURE SURPRISES PAYNE. Prederick H. Payne, 'Acuw- nm ‘War, expressed surprise . day Q,t-he dispatches from Pdytland, i in Law and Politics Before War. Joined Army in 1917 and Saw Service in France and Germany. By the Associated Press. CLARKSBURG, W. Va., September 16.—Jovial and happy-go-lucky Louls A. (Louie) Johnson, new national com- mander of the American Legion, con- ceals behind his “good fellow” exterior a quick-thinking shrewdness that makes him one of the most prominent attor- | ginia. For more than two years his name has been discussed widely for the national post and his fellow Legionnaires in West Virginia had rallied uniformly be- hind his candidacy, first submitted a year ago, when Henry L. Stevens of North Carolina was elected national | commander. Tall and broad-shouldered—he is 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs about 220 pounds—the new Legionnatre chieftain won national recognition as commander of the West Virginia Department of the Legion three years agc. For the first time in its history, the State depart- j ment went over the top in membership during Johnson’s administration. Service Began in 1917 service began in 1917 m an ofiicers rison, Ind. His first assignment was as a captain with the 80th Division, at Camp Lee, Va., the same year. In May, 1918, he sailed for France and' saw active service in the Meuse- Argonne offensive and later accompa- nied the 90th Division of the American Expeditionary Force into Germany. Upon returning to the United States after 22 months, he was reassigned to !the 80th Division and received his dis- ilfl\:;ge at Camp Dix, N. J, in June, Johnson is a native of Virginia, born at Roanoke, January 10, 1891. He fin- neys in his adopted State of West Vir- | Johnson is 41 years old. His military | training camp at Fort Benjamin Har- | LOUIS A. JOHNSON ished. the academic course and studied law fn the University of Virginia,'re- ceiving the ‘bachelor of Jaws degyee in 1912, He was admitted to the bar of Virginia and West Virginia in the same year and became a partner in a local firm. & Won Office in 1912. | Barely out of college, he stepped out /and became district attorney of Harri- | son County, W. Va., in part of 1912 and in 1913. Democratic in politics, he was elected to the House of Delegates in 1917, serv- ing as chairman of the Judiciary Com- mittee and majority floor leader. He left politics to enter military service during the war. Johnson still retains his Reserve commission as lleutenant colonel. The new Legionnaire chieftain is a- ‘member of the American Bar Associa- | tion and the Bar of the City of New York, He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Shriner, past exalted ruler of |the Elks and a member of the Odd | Fellows. |” He was married to Ruth Maxwell | after moving to West Virginia. They | have two children. MAINE VOTE STIRS AL NEW ENGLAND Depression Found Chicf |ssue§ in Normal G. 0. P. Terri- tory Now Uncertain. BY DAVID LAWREN/ BOSTON, Mass., September 16.—All of New England has been impressed by | the Democratic triumph in Maine. Over the line in New Hampshire the situ- ation is hardly difterent from that in the Pine. Tree State, except the Demo- crats there have from time to time ceptured the State, irrespective cf ‘the pational situation. Vermont has a-de- cidedly - Republican aspect, but the R‘;)lflse\‘elt sgngiment s not incensider- able ® s } Decticut . show the - effects of the- A} Smith contrpyersy, but the Maine result hazs changed even that somewhat. Many of the Smith Democrats who were more or less indifferent are begin- ning to take an .interest in Roosevelt. ‘The Roosevelt leaders are tactfully say- ing nothing, but their followers are say- ing that it doesn’t make much difference now whether Smith actively campaigns for Rocsevelt; that the Democrats are going to win anyhow. Depression Chief Issue. From one end of New England to the other there is only one story—the depression. The sentiment is_ anti- Hoover rather than pro-Roosevelt. It isn't simply the people without jobs who reveal their discontent, but the pecple who have been forced to accept ployment. The prohibition fssue is a factor, of course, but it is by no means the controlling issue. Maine possibly would have elected a Republican Gov- hibition issue had not been injected into the fray. but the Democfatic gain would have been almost as great and the moral victory of the Democrats even under those circumstances would have been conceded. So there is no way to explain the turnover in Maine except on the dis- nomic conditions. The voters in the cities are likely on the analysis of the vote to show a greater shift from the tfl.fiepublitln side than in the rural dis- cts. This is going to be a campaign in which the workers will play a more decisive part than in any election within ghedmemory of the present-day political eaders. G. O. P. Leaders Concerned. Republican leaders privately express their concern. They say that unless some way can be found to overcome the resentment the election is lost to them. They are hopeful, of course, that business conditions may show improve- ment_between now and election day, but it is realized that this cannot possibly affect all those who have made up their minds to vote the Democratic | ticket. ‘The Republicans are hopeful | that they can hold sufficient votes to i squeeze through. They think an ag- gressive campaign by President Hoover may bring large numbers of the regular Republicans back into line. New England is ordinarily & Repub- lican stronghold. It looks as if it would go Democratic this year unless in the next seven weeks the Republicans can make an argument sufficiently convinc- ing to hold the Republicans in line. CANTOR’S FIGHT PRESSED Defendants Accused of Wasting Assets Ordered to Give Answer. WILMINGTON, Del, September 16 (#)—An order was issued in Chancery Court_yesterday directing the defend- ants in the accounting suit brought by Eddie Cantor against Goldman-Sachs & Co. and the Goldman-Sachs Trading Corporation of New York to appear October 3 and court by either answer the bill of complaint or demur to it. ‘The bill of complaint, filed by the comedian last February, & and wasted assets in the sum of several millions of dollars and asked the court to order the defendsnts to render an accounting. Oreg., a statement of Secretary of War Hurley on the bonus marchers had been placed in War Department franked envelopes on the chairs of dele- g;::o at the American Légion Conven- there. He said he had made an investigation and could not find that any quantity of had been taken from the War He also sald that Secre- tary Hurley, so far as he could find, w] and that these were intended for the Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Con-; reductions in wages and part time em- | fernor by a narrow margin if the pro- | affection of the people due to the eco- | LINCOLN'S IDEALS " URGED BY HYDE Secretary Makes Plea at Fort Wayne Bronze Statue Dedication. By the Assoclated Press. FORT WAYNE, Ind.. September 16— An appeal to the American people that they “turn back to the ideals of Abra- ham Lincoln” was delivered here today | by, Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde. Addressing an audience gathered here ta dedicate a bronze statue of “Abra- ham Lincoln—the Hoosier Youth,” Hyde rebuked those who “believe that some- {how the Government owes them a “Few statements ever made by mor: tal man,” he asserted, “have been more persistently misinterpreted than Line'| coln's' famous phrase at Gettysburg— | ‘Government of the people, by the peo- | ple and for the people.” : True Meaning Lost. “That phrase has been bent from its true meaning to serve the advocate of pure democracy, the purpose of the | demagogue, and of the radical. It is frequently the catchword of those who believe that somehow the Government | owes them a living without effort on | their part. The phrase is often in the mouth of legislative blocs, which seek to | emphasize & minority class interest at the expense of tbe common good. . “Abraham Lincoln was no visionary "upon the rights of men. He loved | America and the American Constitu- | tion because they throw open the door | of equal opportunity. But the indi- | vidual, in Lincoin's philosophy, who | was offered the opportunity was equally | held to the duty of accepting it to the extent that his industry, his intelligence | | and his merits entitled him.” Hyde asserted Lincoln's philosophy made “property the fruit of labor and a | positive good to the world.” Radicals, | he said, can find small comfort from | any honest interpretation of Lincoln’s immortal words. “To this Nation today—emerging from the abyss of depression and dis- tress into which war and its inevitable aftermath have frresistibly plunged it,” | he said, “the mere recital of some of | Lincoln’s immortal words should come |as a re-baptimism of hope and courage.” Message From President. A message from President Hoover was read by Senator James E. Watson. The message said: “I am deeply interested to learn of the unveiling and dedication of the Paul Manship statute of ‘Abraham Lincoln— the Hoosier Youth.” Such a memorial of the great President is singularly ap- propriate in_the State in which he spent so much of his boyhood, the State which contributed so greatly to develop his powers of mind and spirit at their most sensitive stage. “And, as every fresh study of his life reveals new lessons of encourage- ment to a noble and fruitful use of eevry boy and girl's natural endowment of these powers, it is a true service to the Nation to maintain institutions which, like the Lincoln Historical Re- search Foundation, are dedicated to the continuous study of the great Presi- dent's career. “The ever-growing appreciation of Abraham Lincoln's character and of his immortal service, not only in preserv- ing the Union, but in adding to its loftier ideals, is a Wholesome sign of the fundamental soundness of the na- tional character and of the people's steadfast devotion to the highest prin- ciples of life and Government — e SHOUSE LAUDS LEGION Repeal Stand Held 8ign of Gain in Movement. 1 | in | the FORESTRY FELLOWSHIPS ‘The Charles Lathrop Pack Forest Education Board is preparing to award fellowships in forestry for 1933. A mitted on or before next January 1 to the board, 121€ Sixteenth street. § ‘The fellowships intend to encourage students of forestry who have shown unusual intellectual 4 ities to obtain a5 g o g T T Mrs. S. A. Blackburn of Ken- tucky Elected President. Meet Next in Chicago. I By the Assoctated Bress. PORTLAND. &fl.’ Beptember 16.— Backing the actica of the American Legion, the Amerisets Legion Auxiliary in the closing session of its annual convention yesterday went on record &s urging full and immediate payment of adjusted service certificates. Mrs. 8. A. Blackburn of Versailles, Ky., was elected and installed as presi- dent of the auxiliary. She was unop- Eovitition ot She Titnols”depectment bo| 0 hold the 1923 Convention mp'chllnc:x;o. Other Officers Elected. Support cf the Leglon's declaration for the bonus came with acceptance of the report submitted by the legisla- tive chairman, Miss Anna Manion of Mnaum ichusetts. ree other national officers were Te-elected and a new historian chosen by the Executive Council. They were Mrs. Gwendolyn Wiggin MacDonald of ndianapoliz, “secretary; Mrs. Cecilia Wenz of Indianapolis, treasurer; Mrs. J. J. Doyle of Toledo, Ohio, chaplain, id Mrs. Malcolm Douglas of Seattle, national historian. The following new vice presidents. all unopposed, were elected: Mrs. W. Heider, Sheridan, Oreg, Wes¢m di- vision; Mrs. Charles 8. Schali, West Haven, Conn.,, Eastern division; Mrs. C. A. Corbin, Poplar, Mont.. North- : Roland B. How- bodaux, ‘La., Southern division, and Mrs. O. H. Allbee, Marshalltown, Tows, Central division, Resolutions Adopted. Mrs. Pat Allen of Portland, Oreg., was elected American vice president of PFidac Auxiliary. . Resolutions approved by the conven- tion called for support of the national lefense act of 1920; recommendations of the War and Navy Departments &s to what constitutes a minimum for ef- fective application of the national de- fense act 5o as to assure its purpose, and appropriations necessary to pro- vide this irreducible minimum. BONUS MARCHER PUT ABOVE MIGRANT TYPE Represented Fair Section of Un- employed, Report States—Tex- tile Group Hits Eviction. By the Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa., September 16.— | Resolutions Committee of the Inter- state Conference on Migrants, held August 11, has made public its re- port, in which it found that “The men in the Bonus Expeditionary Forces and their families camping in Pennsylvania | are of a higher I':ype than the average ntd econemic migras On the basis of evidence presented to the conference by welfare workers, | the report found, the bonus army members represented “a very fair cross- section of the unemployed and are not typical of the ‘hobo’ of past years. The experience in Johnstown” (where a large number of the bonus marchers settled some time after L ex- pus rom Washington) icated q are receptive to work stuly-and - individusl advice rela- tion to solving their problem.” NEW YORK, September 18 (#).—A resolution “condemning in & most forceful manner” the eviction of bonus marchers from Washington was adopt- ed yesterday by the United Textile Warkers of ‘America. The._convention later declined to indorse a presiden- fl]:}’ candidate. The resolution stated A “This convention further condemns the weak, vicious, mean and treach- erous attack which the White House has caused to be made on the char- acter and reputation of the war vet- erans’ organization anc we brand such action as contemptible and unwarrant- ed in every respect.” Deaths Reported. Horatio A. Hobbs. 79. Gallinger Hospit: Lawrence 3. O'Dea, 66114 Sth st B nEdvard Maroney, $5, Home for Ased and Joseph Buckley. 48, Emerge: Arihur Moran. 3. Casuaily. i Frank P. Greenwell 32. 4325 3r Eldridge 'Wedding. 35. Sibley Hos, onaymond C. Thompson, 25. 901 Lo st. 20, en route Eme jr. 11 2341 High st. se. .5, ‘Sibley Hospital Di Geronimo. 3. 730 Buclid pipgrls Turner, 6 months, Gallinger Ho piCainerine Wyatt. 30 days, Children's Hos- Margaret Davis. 73, 1713 T Anne M. Weeden. 71, 1218 M Charles H. Thomas. 62. Tidal da Cole, '59. Emergericy Hospit e Taylor. Hospital. il in, al. Gallinger Hospital. 2. 1822 Half st. s'w. 3 1d_Hospita) .’ 22, Tuberculosis _Hospits Johnson, 8 months, Childre ‘00d. 3 months, Children’s Hospit: Marriage Licenses. Linwood H. Perkins, 35, 2013 1 Ellzabets M. Anteh 34 900 10th sty Mo F. J. 8tricker. 21, Alexandris. Vi " whs, 21, ria, V.. an foperiene ':i'tll‘l: 3 Arlington, Va.; Judge Ralph Parker, 33, 441 6% at. s war®, Rilkr, 20, 4to Franklin IITH Douglas Ward. 30. T R g3 FIRSk, . Petchnu Ray. Cliflord & Boj Grorge 8. Barb, 1. 348 3d 8 . 128 1atn 34 Nebras Elsle Webb, tingly. w. 248 3d st |¥ . Mat- Harriet & Judes Robert McDINL. 23, New York City. and i T e . o, Tk ol mfhr.dh’;‘cx"“"o n ;m 1otn gt m: cKenney, st an e B Johnson, 19, ‘Takoma. Park, b B Le) 1, 37, . omi’p. Muck, 37, 1708 Sreton aves fev. Bullock, uel Genevieve B d_Ha er? ot 3 23, 1 i, Flodtite 208 Eiwin v Dove, 3¢ 1 ith st., and n adgi 3 1 e & es. Evelyn Rey. Ji James ‘Wesley, 21, 758 6th st. . Barrett 18, 1i33 Potomas v mll A P rrett, Gonoy. 2. 68_U st 8 Rev. S Al VLR 2 DR T Lo ol Tt ¢ e M E ¥ ud. ihuan 3 %T 35, 1701 Massschuse 'y i R 3 plications for fellowships must be sub- 0 ‘The strong Harhord Also Holds Majority of Legion Oppose It. Coontz Favorable. By.the Assoctated Press. BOISE, Idaho, September 16.—Sen- ator William E. Borah of Idaho declared yesterday “it would have been far bet- ter for the standing and reputation of the Legion if it had postponed action™ on the resolution calling for full cash payment of the bonus. In s statement issued after the American Legion convention in Port- land had called for payment of the bonl“" & -”r?nd: the Legion thought it “I am e lon thot expedient and just to pass the resolu- tion for the payment of the bonus at this time. I am sure it would have been far more satisfactory to the Legion hereafter if they had taken into con- sideration the condition of the country and awaited its recovery to some ex- tent, at least, before act “When 10,000,000 men and women face the Winter without work, when homes are being lost and farms are being abandoned because of taxes and debts, when it is a very serious ques- tion of how the Government is going to get through the Winter with its ter- rific load to carry, it would hive been far better for the standing and reputa- tion of the Legion if it had postponed action, “If the Congress is made up of men worthy to represent a great people in an hour of trouble, it will respectfully, but firmly, say that the taxpayers of this country are carrying all the bur- den they can carry at this time and that these veterans must share the common load with the people.” HARBORD OPPOSES DEMAND. Former Chief of A. E. F. Staft Asails Bonus Request. NEW YORK, September 16 (#)—A bellef that the majorlty of World "War | veterans will “energetically” oppose any | Bonus _ legialation that woull i {Seadly blow to 't.l:a ;le]llre of the Na-| on,” Was expre: ast night 1 Jn?‘xeshg.dl-hrbord. Sl arbord, who hief the A E. F. in France, gave out st Republican Eastern headquarters, the following statement, in part: ‘As one who favored the principle of | adjusted compensation and the original bonus legislation passed by Congress in 1924, I desire to congratulate President Hoover on his courageous statement published today, in which he re-em- | phasized his position clearly and un- mistakably on proposals for immediate cask[l plt{‘menl of the bonus. “In the acute emergency that pre- :n.ux] today plhe rank and file of = eople eni t y With such legisiation | O TPty COONTZ APPLAUDS LEGION. KANSAS CITY, September 16 (#).— The demand of the American Legion | for immediate :n‘sh payment of vet- erans’ compensation certificates described last night by Admiral Robert E. Coontz, retired, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, as a “chal- lenge to the forces aligned against vcu‘rvnn ;elhre." “We have walked virtually a lone fight for the cash payment for sev- eral years puh:‘ and as the climax nears we are happy to know that the American - Legion as a national body will be’ltccmr side when the next ses- sion o ongress convenes,” Comdr. Coontz said in a statement. i WAR BRIDES ORGANIZE French Wives of American Veter- | ans to Meet Annually. PORTLAND, ., September 16 (P).—Organization of the National! French War Brides' Club, to meet every year at the time d place of the National American Legion Conven- | tion, was announced here yesterday.| All Frenchwomen who are married ‘to | American _ex-service men are eligible | for membership. | Mrs. Germaine Anderson of Hills- boro, N. Dak., is national president and Mrs. Marie Hall of Los Angeles, sec- | Tetary-treasurer. A vice president is to | be elected or appointed for each State. | Births Repon. George T. and Margaret C. O'Brien. girl. James F. and Lillian M ms. girl 1 L gl on, sirl. | Tet A Deeck. girl. d Jean Wm. Alien, sir] nd Doris E. Flint, girl aul A. and Helen V. Bishop. irl: Isadore M. and Rose Engel'irl. John B. and Mary E. Whela Edward R. and Eleanor C. B. C. and Grace L. Ma rnar and Marths E, Arthur R-"and_Grace C. Harry 8.'and Golden V. Hanba Albert 8. and Ruth J. 'Younsman. girl ., L 8nd Margaret V. Saver. eirl e, girl. eirl, and Wilma Fuqua, girl. Horace G. and Ione "Fo Y. Johti M. and Idell’ Meighan. bo Edmund' L. and Irene C. Dulin. d Helen De Rocco. boy, and Mamie G. Brady. boy. d Eleanor F. Burroughs, boy. Emanuel and Hattie Levy. bov. Russell N. and Dorothy R. Lo A B. Gourley, boy. Werback, boy. wirl twins. Dallas A and Vivienne Glarence 'E. and Marsaret na Peter L. “Wnd ‘Roste. Adaing. boy. ancis and Helen L. Hawkins, girl John L. and Eleanor L. Johnson, boy. James and Cleone Edwards, boy. Samuel and Mary E. Pa 5 Harold 3y, Herbert "H. Joseph A. and Mary I William "and Mabel Goodw: 1 Le Roy ¥ Carter. girl Harris. boy. on- and Sadie Houmes, poy. Jefferson and_Annie M. Yelder, boy. ean and Katie Glascoe, boy. fohn y_ Bates. boy. Joseph O. and Mary Harley, boy. ree and Janie Jackson, 'boy. d Lillian_Harris. boy. nd Aves Williams, boy. r and ‘Odena Smitl 5. Benjamin M. and Elsie Drew. boy. Herbert and. Ruth Madison, boy. [~ TAX PAYING TI CONSULT WITH'US'AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU PAY YOUR TAXES BY OUR SMALL-MONTHLY-DEPOSIT E3 | “at the earliest possible moment,” pre- | that the postal rate increases, including ENATOR CLAUDE SWANSON of Virginia (right), chairman cf the Demo- cratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and Col. Edwin A. Halsey, secretary to the committee, are pictured above, smiling as they peruse reports con- cerning the election campaign. POSTAL RATE CUT URGED BY BROWN Tells Postmasters’ Conven-| tion Retrenchment Should Come First, However. to put this into effect or dismiss work- ers. He sald the economy law had brought some “unnecessary hardship.” John W. Philp, Fourth Assistant Post- master General, addressed the associa- tion this afternoon, discussing the con- tinued reduction in expenditures made in two principal departments in bureau—post office quarters and motor vehicle service. “The whole price structure has de- clined,” Philp said, “and it was obvi- ously our duty to readjust our expenses in accordance with the new conditions.” He said $681,000 was saved out of the 1931 appropriation for quarters, $745.000 out of 1932 funds and pre- dictéd a $600,000 saving in 1933 for an aggregate reduction in the three fiscal years of u,ozg.ooo. | In the motor vehicle service, Philp Specis! Dispatch to The Star. | sald, costs have been cut from 15 cents SPRINGFIELD, Mass., September 16. | per ‘mile of truck travel in 1929 to 11 —Restoration of the 2-cent postage rate | cents in 1932. He added: | truck service has decreased 52 per cent ceded by a retrenchment policy that|gnce 1921, whereas the average calary would make the Post Office Department | of the motor vehicle service employes self-sustaining on such a revenue basis, | has increased nearly 32 per cent during eral | the same perjod.” s advocated by Postmaster Gen Philp said the department also has Brown. reduced the costs of stationery and His views were outlined last night | twine by nearly $200,000 since 1930. before the National Associaticn of Post- | e masters in a speech, In which he said | CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. “The cost of producing 4n hour of * the boost to 3 cents for letter mail, | which went into effect in July, had, as anticipated, curtailed the volume business. ‘The Postmaster General also forecast a gross postal deficit this year of only Card party, St. Theresa’s Hall, Four-" teenth and V streets southeast, 8 p.m. Meeting, Kit Carson Woman's Relief | Corps, 224 Ninth 8 pm. street northeast, $24.000,000, in comparison to that of | $204,000,000 for the fiscal year ended June 30 last, as the result of the higher | rates and the pay reduction imposed on | the employes. This figure would not | take in additional administrative econ- omies the cepartment is obligated to effect where possible, the speaker said. Opposes Thoughtless Expension. In arguing for a reduction in the services set up by the department. Brown criticized expansion without re- gard to the future. P “It is my observation,” he said, “that | the Postal Service in the past may have | been guilty, at least to some extent, of the same overexpansion which industry | has contributed largely to our present | economic difficulties. 1In prosperous times, when our mills are operating at | full capacity, when all our people are employed, when the Government’s reve: nues are plentiful, there has been a tendency to go forward too rapidly in | the extension and expansion of postal facilittes. The department has re-| sponded promptly and ungrudgingly to all plausible demands for additional fa- | cilities and additional service, whether | they have involved the establishment of | new stations and branch offices, the ex- | tension of city or rural delivery, or | expedited transportation by rail or star route. The results of this tendency are | well illustrated by the fact that up to two or three years ago delivery service in the residential areas of many of our | cities was provided on the basis of three | trips daily, while as many as seven de- | liveries were made each day in some business districts—far exceeding the needs, and possibly even the wishes of the vast jority of our patrons. | “This leads me to speak again of the manifest wisdom of keeping at all times the closest possible balance between postal revenues and postal expenditures. In my opinion, the only sound theory for the administration of the Postal Service is that, broadly . exten- sions of the service and the multiplica- tion of facilities for the convenience of postal patrons should at all times wait upon the adequacy of the revenues to support them.” Losses Not Yet Known. “When this is not done,” Brown con- tinued, “the taxpayers suffer.” On the matter of rates driving away business, Postmaster General Brown said, “because the trend has been down- ward for many months, it has not yet been possible to determine more than approximately to what extent rate ad- justments have contributed to our present lowered volume, or, in other words, to what extent losses of volume have offset the revenues resulting from the higher schedule of rates.” “The revenue return for July and Au- gust has been about the same as last year,” he sald, but added “that this, of course, meant less volume, inasmuch as the rates were up.” Reviews Year's Work. Reviewing_operations for the last fiscal year, Brown put expenditures at $797,000.000, which was $44.000.000 less than_the appropriation, $6,000,000 un- der the figures for the previous year, and if air and sea mail subsidies are not' included $11,000,000 under the pre- vious 12 months. Further, the shorten- ing of work hours had cost the depart- ment $7,000,000, he said. ‘The Post Office head. defended the pay cut, saying it was necessary either Sales Church, Auditorium. Twentieth street and Rhode Island avenue north- east, 8 p.m. Lawn party, Home Board, William Hunt Chapter, No. 16, O. E. S, Con- necticut avenue and Glenridge street, Kensington, Md., 8 pm. Musical program, Young Men's Jubi- lee Chorus of Friendship Baptist Church, Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, 8:30 p.m. OIL WELLS’ QUOTA CUT Teaxs Commission Orders Reduc- tion, but Area Total Unchanged. AUSTIN, Tex., September 16 (#)— production of each well in the East Texas oil fleld by the Texas Railroad Commission yesterday, but the area out- put will remain at 375,000 barrels daily. The per-well allowance was reduced from 50 barrels to 46 barrels, effective tomorrow. It was estimated there would be 8153 producing wells in the area by October 1. ‘ These Hats that not only set the fashion in shapes and shades, but set the standard for quality. Blocks or makes that are exclusive with us—and fe: tured in individual- ized proportions that insure personal becomingness. Stetson— : —in the Mode’s special shapes and full S5 silk lined ........ Finchley— —the hat of hats for the young men who want extreme smart- ness. Full silk 35 makes—at $5 to $10. P th-.h e Jmnis = BANK Under Supervision U, S. Treasury Ol H N.W., - to12 Card party, benefit St. Prancis de | Four barrels were ordered cut from the | " NEEDS TAKEN U ing Owners and Shippers, Before Bank Groups. By the Assoctated Press. Organt nking groups in six Fed- eral Rescrve districts had before them today a request fr President Hoover for activity in fil credit nesds of live stock owners and shippers. Through the Central Executive Com- mittee of the 12 recently organized Banking and Industrial Committees, the President urged financial aid for live stock areas during the feeder sea- son and pending first operations of the Reconstruction Finance Corporat! agricultural credit institutions. Telegram Transmitted. His telegram to this committee ye: | terday immediately vas transmitt {its executive secretary, Everett C: | chairmen of the banking groups in cago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas |City, Dallas and San Francisco. It | read: | “As you are aware the Reconstruc- {tion Finance Corporation is earnestly enguged in tre ercction of a series of { credit institutions for the purpose of | serving live stock and feeder lcans and for other egricultural purposes “The corporati nd many diffi- cuities in sect nnel and in 1 ns which arise though they are Tkin y for the earliest possible erect h:se institutions, 1y does not a at they will all be functioning for two or three weeks. 'In the meantime the season for shipment of live stock for feeder purposes, etc.. t. upon us. Maximum Bank Activity. | “I am wondering if it wculd be possi- ble for you to interest the Federal Reserve Banking and Industrial Com- mittees in the areas of the country where this it is required., that ther should secure maximum ectivity of all the benks to take care of these de- mands, at least pending completicn of tke Reconstruction Corporation's ot. ns. I know of nothing that more quickly promote agricultural s thin a reguar flow of lve worl ase also advised the chairmen that Wilscn McCa: director in the Re- cons on Corporation, said the credit upon completion would be p 0 take over sound loans from the benks, |BUSINESS FEDERATION COMMENDS. GLASSFORD Resoluticn Lauds “Judgment and Firmness in Dealing With B.EPR” Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford’s “judgment and Srmness in dealing with the B. E. F." was commended in a resolution adopted last night at a meet- ing of the Pederation of Business Men’s | Associations at the Ann Clarendon Ciub, 1640 Rhode Isiand avenue. The superintendent of police was guest speaker at the meeting. Repeal of the eighteenth amendment was advocated | as an aid to business recovery by other speakers. Delegates from 15 associations which Miliated with the federation were meeting. Winfield Grimes eniertained, ‘ CIVIC SERVICE MEETING J. R. Kinsey Will Speak at First | Fall Gathering of Federation. J. R. Kinsey, secretary of the Balti- more Gavel Club, will address the first Fail meting of the Federation of Civic Service Clubs of Washingion Mcnday night at the University Club. The federation is composed of dele- gates from the Optimist, Civitan, Ex- change, Reciprocity, Y Men's, American | Business Men's, = Zonta, Newcomers, Round Table and Monarch Clubs. are the Mode Special— —in several shapes in- cluding the “Noncha- lant”—in the quality that. was $5 a 32.95 year ago ... Borsalino— —the hat with the fine Italian finish. § Full silk lined.... Pr—————— ‘We want you to get acquainted with our new Shoe Department Whitehall. and Footsaver Shoes—are two famous T. E. Edmonston is in charge. Glenbrook Worsted Suits —finer worsteds, and tailored with the same old care. The grades. that were $35 last year are $ ; Glenbrook Topcoats The grades that were $30,and $35 last $22-75 8€ASON Are MOW....covvveinransnnnnne The Mode—F at Eleventh 25