Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1932, Page 25

GV SERVCE 0 SHETS EXPLANE Campbell Amplifies Denial of Senator Harrison’s Charge |EX-GOV. SMALT SUES NEWSPAPER FOR $250,000 Vows to Prove Chicago Daily Times False in Accusing Him of Tak- ing State's Silverware. By the Assoclated Press. KANKAKEE, Ill, September 29— Former Gov. Len Small. again Re- publican candidate for chief executive, filed suit yesterday in Circuit Court THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ing $250,000 damages for alleged libel in an article printed September 21. The article chargsd the former Gov- ermor with removing silverware and other furnishings from the Governor's Mansion on his retirement in 1929. It purported to be an excerpt from the State Democratic campaign book. “I am tired of their falsehoods,” said Small in & statement, “and have made mind to legally prove their |~ up my statements are false. This is & vicious attack of the Democrats to ruin me by lies and insinuations and thereby detracs from the accomplishments of 6. 0. P. TO'REPEAT '28 SWEEP, SAYS CURTIS Scouts Democratic Claims in West- ern States, Where He' Is 4 Scheduled to Speak. By the Associated Press. ‘CHICAGO, September 29.—A predic- D. C, THURSDAY, same States in the November elections they did in 1928 was made sesierday by Vice President Charles Curtis, in & statement issued by Republican com- mittee headquarters. En route to the West for an extensive Vice President Cur- concerning n States, and asserted they had “claimed e ing. including the Argentine snd Scandinavian countries.” “I have been told that the newspavers hive quoted the Democratic party as ‘being sure of all the Western States.’ and that there was some doubt sbout SEPTEMBER 29. 1932. should Kansas be excluded from this ‘wide-sweeping claim? “The people of Kansas haven't changed any in the past four years, and will not be moved by bsllyhoo and promises brought about by ‘he visionary and doubtful policies of the Lemocratic party. are demanding | s man of vision and not a visionary | man to lead them out of this ceonomic erisis, 1f the mee I have had in the States I have just visited are any indications of what the people of Kan- sa3 and the Western States are think- TOWN VIRTUALLY CLOSED | threatened by 25-cent potatoss snd Depositors of the two banks here BY ORDER OF MAYOR [ Sn et aks e ‘xbr:‘or:ey intact until Nevember 1, to aid | business recovery. All but Necessary Business Sus- The public utilities, drug snd grocery pended Until Saturday at ‘fll::'& and the newspaper Were rot Montevista, Colo. P By the Associated Press. MONTEVISTA, Colo., Sepiember 29. —This town was virtually closed U DULUTH, September 29 (#).—Peter yesterday by proclamation of May Horowitz. 62. Duluth laborer. burned F. B. Gulzow, who ordered 2ll but nec- | himself to death yesterday, setting fire essary business suspended until Sat- | to his clothes after pouring gasoline on urday afternoon. them. No motive for his act was ad- Laborer Burns Self to Death. ing, we wu'x carry the same States we | tion that Republicans would carry the how Kansas will go” he said. “Why did in 192 Mayor Guizow said business stability vanced. THE NEW -_E_Qély__tll?parz‘meizt, every_floor is ready for Friday e]l ef gs with new fashions, smart fashions—at prices you want to pay! agency to extend civil servize require- Against Hoover. against the Chicago Daily Times, ask-'my former administration. Amplyfying a dental of charges by Benator Harrison, Democrat, of Missis- &ippi, that a large group of employes from ‘the Commerce and Justice de- partments had been brought under civil service by order cf President Hoover as a political move. President Campbell of the commission, late yesterday explain- ed the circumstances leading to the transfers. Earlier in the day, it had be-n said ment personnel. and this was empha- sized in Mr. Camphell's statement. The civil service head also explained the clessifying of more than a thousand employes in soldiers’ homes. Senator Horrison’s attack cn th» Cemmerce Department case was leveled at the Bureau of Fereign and Domestic Commerce, whers, ha raid, 337 employes were affected. The Campbell stat‘m=nt put the number at 147. In the Justice Department. Campbell said. 231 miscel- laneous positi~ns were involved. Harri- son's figure was 229. Protection of Jobs. ‘The Misciscippi Serator had said that by putting the emnloyes unde- civil service, their jobs were pretec'ed. In this eonre-tion. it wes reca’lad, however, that changes effected by cne execut've order could be nullified by a succeeding crder. Campbell's answer was as follows: “Department of Commerce posiiicns were created by an act of Congress in 1927. They involve the investiga- tion of trade conditions abroad and in the United States. President Coolidge placed the positions er schedule B of the Civil Service rules, which pro- vides for non-competitive rather than competitive examination for entrance. “In September, 1931, the Depart- ment of Commeree desired to make appointments un¢ -~ schedule B to po- sitiors having to > with domestic com- merce. The Civil Servicz Commiesion | statei September 21, 1931, that it could mot approve cuch appointments The matter was submitted by the Sec- rotary of Commerce to the President, with a request for amendment of sched- ule B to provide for non-competitive examinations for appoin:ment of trade | specialists to promote both domestic and | foreign commerce. This request was referred to the Civil Service Commis- sion and November 4. 1931, the com- mission reported to the President that it believes that guch positions should be filled through open competitive ex- amination under the Civil Service rules Willingness to Cencur. “On January 27, 1932, ths Secretary ! of Commerce advised the commieeion Foundati his willingness to concur in the| emmeon<ation to the President that Ex ve order bs issued bringing | tions in the Bureau of Forelgn | ~ i Domestic Commerce in Continentel | ted States, Hawaii, znd Alaska, ex- Just two more days to share in this salel Girdles and Corsette-Brassieres Regularly $3.50 to $5.95 An anniversary sale of our fastest selling foundation garments! Skintex is made of a marvelous elastic brocade that restrains, vet allows perfect freedom—that may be washed and even ironed—that will not ride up! See them modeled in the Grey Shops. competitive classified status the President ing the pesi- h s gation cf the e classification >% the protection certainly not Lavish fur treatment We ’(‘c putri;zg t/;e ' ]umors away in WOOL frocks at VELVET on Crepe VELVET on Wool adds distinction to Madelon Coats $49.50 nolitical matters. The order af- 1 147 cf th> emvloves of th> Bu- 1 cf Forelgn ani Demestic Com- 1 Homew for Dicah'ad Volun- With respect to the stion of more than 1.600 em- the Netionsl Homes for teer Soldiere, the Presi- s ex: > order dated April 73, . affording the protection of the 8ervice aci end rules to the employes in _the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer 8Scldiers, was gimply an outgrowth of section 4 (b) of the act &f July 3. 1930. consolidating the Veterans' Administration, the Bu- Only at Jclleff’s in Washington GRCY SHOPS—SECOND FLOOR IV hatever your dress, it s smarter reau of Pensions and the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The act gave specific authority to the President and the classification of these emploves wes both good busintss and good Civil Service adminisiration. Justice Deveriment Placed. “Denartment of Justice poxl‘ione. with respest to the placinz of 231 miscel- Janeous positions in the Dep-riment of | Justize under the Civ.l ervice act and rules. the question has besn d almost continuously since 1924. the Civil Service rules as they have existed since 1903, the Attorney Gen- tral was empowered to appoint any per- sons he desired to ‘all positions and employments deemed by the Attorney General to be legal or confidential in their character.’ “Under this authority numerous ap- pointments were made by the Attor- neys General. The Civil Service Com- mission has always regarded the pro- vision as objectionable from the point The furs on the Nadelon coats ‘at this price are outstanding. Fine caracul, bea- ver. Jap mink, fitch, and squirrel of a quality made possible only through the combined buying power of large specialty stores. Black, wit green, brown. Misses' 14 to 20: women's 30 to 44 Shorter women's 35 to 41, (Sketched) WOMEN'S MADELON with exception- ally fine shawl collar of beaver. $49.50. MISSES' MADELON with two-way cape of black caracul. \Wear it as a shoulder—or waist-deep cape. $49.50. COATB—FOURTH FLOOR. for a touch of VELVET $|6.50 It's all velvet this vear! Not a lot of it, but just enough to contrast with vour dull crepes, add a sur- prising touch to wool, and make your frocks smarter all around. Velvet sleeves, for instance, a soft draped neckline, a jaunty little cape, or stunning applique. It's a trick you'll thank fashion for! And isn't the price remarkable? Black, brown, green, wine. Misses® Sizes, 14 to 20 Larger Women’s $ I 0.95 Juniors are verv partial to the kitten's ear wool and satin combination sketched. The big satin sleeves make them very broad shouldered—and the bow under their chins is most beguiling. Loads of others. of course, in bronzene green. wine, new blue, and hrown. Sizes 11 to 17. JUNIOR SHOP—FOURTH FLOOR Junior Madelon Coats We've just space enough to talk about the coat pictured, one of the many Made- Women's Sizes, 36 to 44 Sizes, 401 to 5215 PIFTH FLOOR DRESS SHOPS of view of the merit system. Finally, after numerous conferences and after an agreement had been reached be- tween the Attorney General and the Civil Service Commission as to which positions should be regarded as confl- dential or legal, the Attorney General and the Civil Service Commission joint- ly recommended to the President the issuance of an exacutive order very appreciably restricting the power of the Attorney General to make appoint- ments without regard to the Civil Serv- ice act and rules. “The order was issued by President Hoover on February 2, 1952. 2nd is re- garded as a major step in the further- ance of the it system and good business administration. WIFE SLAYER CONVICTED Sentence of From Ten Years to Life to Be Imposed. RENO. Nev. Scptemher 29 (A — ‘McLaren Themnson, Reno butcher, was convicted by a Districi Court jury ves- torday of the second-degree murder of his wife, Ora Thompson, whom he shot and killed gust_10 on a crowded downtown street. Tho:apson had asked for acquittal by reasom of insanity. Scntence of from 10 years to iife will be_ pronounced tomorrow. Mrs. Thompson came to Nevada five years ag) and divorced O. H Ramsdell of Rye. N. Y. Her mother, Mrs. Marie F. Abbott, lives in Dorchester, Mass. ] R ™ lon Junior coats. It's top-heavy with fur —sleek baby lynx—a lot in the sleeves. In black 539.50 wool crepe ...... of interest is tucked away COAT SHOPS—THIRD FLOOR Special Purchase! $3 Silk Lingerie $1.95 Dance Sets! 7 Chemises! Panties! The fact that silk prices are steadily mount- ing makes this special purchase more excit- ing than usual! French crene and satin crepe undies trimmed with Alercon pattern laces and fine hemstitching. Flesh, tea rose, white and baby blue. GREY SHOPS—SECOND FLOOR 100%, Pure Wool Flannel Robes Manuish two-tone:flannel robes, with monogram- med pockets. Stripes, too, if you prefer! French blue, rose. green, and maroon. Our best seller! $3.95 SIXTEENTH STREET e v @ "mm. 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SATIN PLAID blouses, $2.95 to $8.50 blouses, $2.95 CREPE JERSEY hlouges, $2.95 to $8.50 blonses, $2.95 to $5.95 SPORTS SHOP—THIRD FLOOR. smart on these Handbags $3.00 usually much more! In a season when contrast plays a role in everything, it's very smart to carry it out to the smallest detail—like the ornaments on your handbags! You'll love the sparkle of marcasite with the frosted dullness of prystal against the mat calf of these brown and black bags. HANDBAGS—STREET FLOOR atis to luncheon guest: COlumbia 7200 for reservations. Luncheons 50 and 75 cents. VY i CLEAR HEALTHY SKIN Got rid of pimples, roughness, clogged pores. Start simple Resinel trestment today! Address Resined, Dept. 57, Batti- mere, Md., for free sample of Resino! esinol 4