Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1932, Page 2

A2 axs PHILADELPHIA HITS WATERWAY TREATY Witness Says Canada Will Reap Benefits From Pro- posed ‘Route. Objection to the proposed St. Law- yerice waterway was expressed today at & Senate sub-committee hearing from a wew quarter—Philadelphia—after Great Lakes shipping interests ended their ‘testimony against the project. 3 Spokesmen for the Lake Carriers Association, Joseph Wood, ~president. and George A. Marr, vice president and secrétary, said the proposed waterway wouldl prove of more benefit to Cana- @an grain shippers than American ey srgued the insurance for freight over the St. Lawrence route would be prohibitive. Opposed by Philadelphia. Ratification of the treaty with Can- ada for construction of the waterway niso was opposed by Philip H. Gadsden, president of the Philadelphia Chamber ot Commerce and chairman of the Joint Executive Transportation Committee of Philadelphia commercial organizations. He testified the project would “‘repre- sent an exorbitant charge upon the United States Treasury and such bene- fite As may accrue will be enjoyed in far greater measure by Canada” than by the Wnited States. Gadsden sald present transportation facilities would have to be maintained for the use during the five months of each year the waterway would be closed and argued t there is a growing surplus of carrying equipment in the Nation's existing transportation systems, making further facilities unnecessary. Questioned by Walsh. Gadsden emphasized his argument that the St. Lawrence project would mean a burden of taxation, and Sena- tor Walsh, Democrat of Montana, ques- tioned him about Federal expenditures to improve Philadelphia's harbor and | channel. ‘The witness agreed a large amount of money had been spent for this purpose. ‘Walsh said: “The people in our part of the coun- try paid taxes for that, yet you are ed to this' because of the taxes. t 1s to say, having gotten yours, we ought to uvn there.” Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan added that the Federal Gov- ernment _had spent $27,000,000 main- taining & 30-foot channel in the Phila- delphia Harbor. adsden was followed by W. H.| Chandler, who represented the Mer- chants' Assoctation of New York. ““IY s no time,” Thandler said, “for the United States to saddle upon its people the obviously tremendous and &t the same time indefinite cost of & project of this kind, which at best will .mot serve the purpose for which it s intended.” 'MAYOR TAKES STAND "IN CIRCULATION CASE * Bays He Bought 5,000 Copies of | Paper Thinking Non-Subscribers Would Get Them. By the Associated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, November 17.— Mayor Mark E. Moore of Youngstown testified today in the trial of four news- paper men charged with fraudulent advertising that he bought 5000 coples of the Youngstown Telegram in 1931, “under the impression that newspaper boys would distribute them to families who - were subscribers.” Several Tt distributors of the Envoy Visits BRITISH AMBASSADOR S the guest of Mrs. Charles Fran Navy. Sir Ronald Lindsay, Britis! vard yesterday afternoon. Old last centty. Comdr. Louis J. Gi and his crew entertained the distinguish American bluejackets for keeping alive t nald and Comdr. ai PAY T AND LEAVE BANBACKEDFOR 3 Keep All Provisions of Economy Act. Lady Lindsay, Sir Ro (Continued From First Page) the chairmen of the various subcommit- | tees at the earliest fble date to determine the general policy for all| appropriation measures so that there may be uniformity. This conference has not yet been held owing to the fact that several of the chairmen have not yet returned to Washington. but | it will be called early next week. Bill. to Fix Poliey. Whatever policy regarding continua- tion of the furlough system for Gov- ernment workers is followed in making | up the Treasury-Post Office appropria- | tion bill will be followed in making up | all the appropriation bills. So what-| ever fight is made to prevent a contin- | uation of the pay cut for Government | workers will be centered on whatever provision is inserted in that bill, Chairman Cannon of the subcommit- tee on District of Columbia Appropri- ations said today that in writing the District bill he intends to follow the Telegram ly had testified that the sale of papers to Moore cover up false circulation The_de nts—John Watters, Jo- seph P and James Morrisey, for- mer and present Telegram officials, and Thomas Dewling, Scripps-Howard cir- culation adviser—are alleged to have published & false statement on the cir- culation of the Telegram, a Scripps- Howard newspaper. Other witnesses gave testimony de- signed to offset the defense contention that Telegram circulation padding was the result of a plot by Ola Scott, Tele- gim employe, and Walter Test, circu- tion manager of the Youngstown Vin- dicator, to “get” Finster. Three former distributors of the Telegram testified that circulation was padded in) 1928, 1929 and 1930 by the same methods alleged to have been used in 1931, the year for which the de- fendants are on trial. Test did not come to the Vindicator until October, 1930; Pinster came to the Telegram in January, 1630. One of the witnesses, Charles Zeliff, said that Pinster in 1931 gave false in- formation #s to circulation records to an Audit Buresu of Circulations in- vestigator, and connived with Telegram district men to keep their records from the auditor. MCKEE OPENS WAR ON TAMMANY RULE; CALLS FOR CRUSADE| (Continued Prom First Page.) Chamber of Commerce of the State of | New York. “It was just & matter of chance that I should be the person that rmmmm it. * * ¢ There was some- hing fundamental that happened in the political history of the city. They (the “write-in" voters) sald in their ac- tion on election day that they were sick and tired of the conditions that exist In one of the greatest cities of the world ““They sald to the people of America: *We don't want this to continue; we are freemen born; we believe that our affairs should be put in the hands of those who are going to conduct them for the greates. good of the greatest number.’ “And T tell you there was a crusad- ing spirit abroad on that day. And that spirit is not golng to be denied, even though they refused them the use of their pencils on Election day.” Obstruction Charged, is last refererice was to a charge by McKee supporters that many McKee votes were lost through obstruction methods, a charge that was denied Declaring the “political machine tried to stop the people in this interpreta- tion of their protest” McKee sald: “The matter transcends all personali- ties. I don't count. What does count is that we are going on o & new, & better day:” Declaring “we need & change.” and ealitng on “every civic organization to stand together,” he said “There must be organization if the opposition to an existing organization 15 o be effective.’ Although Tammany leaders were si- lent, newspapers said before the Mc- Kee speech that the Wigwam was veer- ing around to McKee's stand for salary slashes of city employes. Previously the Tammany bloc, riddling McKee's re- trenchment prcgram, had cut the 1933 budget by a change in subway financ- ing. This, McKee charged, was not ;-l economy and doomed the 5-cent are, ¥ 90 Pershing Sails From France. policy set down in the conference of chairmen and carried in the first lgn propriation bill to be reported to the House. Mr. Cannon said also that the District subcommittee will be ready to give sym- pathetic attention to recommendations by District officials regarding the need for relief funds to take care of the un- employment situation. What action the subcommittee may take, he sald, will depend upon the “facts” that the Dis- trict officials present. Because members of this subcommittee are to be busy on other appropriation bills duri the next few weeks, consideration &f the District budget will not be started by the Cannon subcommittee until after thed Christmas holidays, Mr. Cannon sald. Chairman Byrns predicted that the Treasury and Post Office Department funds will be under the $1,056,000,000 allowed last year. He sald at the same time, however, that he doubted there could be any “general reorganization of the Government at the coming ses- | sion,” at which the appropriation bills are taken up | President-elect Roosevelt in his cam- paign promised to cut Government costs 25 per cent. The same pledge was in the Democratic platform. House Democratit spokesmen now ir Washington, including Representative | Raipey of Illinols, the Democratic lead- er, think that saving cannot be made without reorganizing the myriad de- partments and bureaus. “It wouldn't do us any good to start trying to reorganize this session,” Rainey told newspaper men. “President Hoover may have some | suggestions to make, but apparently it | will be better to walt to act on many | of them untll we have a Democratic President and Democratic cabinet mem- TS, Following his session with the sub- committee yesterday, Postmaster Gen- eral Brown today went to the White House and spent more than an hour with President Hoover going over the fiscal problem of his department. Postal revenues, despite the incressed rates, are only about the ssme level as last vear due to decreasing volume. More- over, it is explained, while business at Lady Lindsay visited the U. 8. S. Constitution at the Washington Navy exhibited keen interest in the anclent craft and in a brief address lauded the The photo, taken on the bow of the ship, shows. left to right: Mrs. Adams, THE- EVENING Former Fpe -, VIEWS OLD IRONSIDES. i cis Adams, wife of the Secretary:of the h Ambassador to the United States, and Ironsides fought the British early in the ulliver, commending the veteran frigate, ed visitors with a sail drill. Sir Ronald | | he early traditions of the sea. AARRISN LRGES FEDERAL SLASHING Taxes Overdone, Says Sena- tor Slated to Head Finance Committee. nd Mrs. Gulliver. By the Associated Press CLEVELAND, November 17—A bal- anced budget through expenditure cuts and curtailment of useless Federal ac- tivities rather than increased taxation, and negotiation of international recip- rocal trade agreements pending - piece- meal revision of the tariff were sug- gested as headliners for the new Demo- cratic congressional program today, by Senator Pat Harrison. The Mississipplan, slated for chair- man of the Senate Finance Cpmmittee, which handles all revenue legisiation, told the annual convention :of the American Bottlers' Association that the new administration also must’ sponsor measures for farm, railroad and flood rellef. Expressing the conviction that Presi- dent-elect Roosevelt would feléct the “strongest cabinet” ever named, Har- rison said he hoped Mr. Roosevelt, to “silence spme of the foghorns who are constantly blasting forth trouble and fear,” would think it prudent to an- nounce as early as possible the selection of at least his Secretaries of State and Treasury and Attorney General. Limit to Taxatfn. Declaring 4 balanced bullget could be obtained only in two ways, by reducing expenditures or increasing- taxes, and that tax sources had already been tapped to the limit, he said: “It would seem that the wiser policy to pursue is the one pledged in the Democratic platform * * * the reduction of the many unnecessary and useless functions of the Federal Government to & point where our receipts and expenditures balance.” He said it would be betier tg reduce rather than intrease income taxes “if new investments in new eniérprises which we need are to be made, if the wheels of industry are to turn, if labor is to be employed and indu - tivity to again smile upon us. Too Many Commissions. Harrison said he would “abolish im- mediately every commission that is not absolutely necessary in the functioning process of Government.” The Senator sald the Democrats realized a “radical” tariff revision might delay restoration of confidence. - He ex- pressed the hope, however, that “we can courageously meet the ‘problem” through a Tariff Commission of ex- perts.” Pending commission investigations, the Senator said; the President should | begin negotiations for reciprocal trade agreements and call a world economic | conference “with a view to sllencing | further tariff wars.” ¢ Regarding farm relief, Harrison satd: “No question is deserving of more prompt, vigorous and constructive ac- tion than that of agrieulture, and for ' my part, whether it be the equalization fee, the debenture plan or any other rational policy intended to -lift the prices of agricultural products, I ex- pect to give it my whole-hearted and enthusiastic support.” i this time is no greater than it was dur- | ing peak years 10 years ago_ the per- | sonnel of the department has increased | greatly { Will Protect Personnel. 1 ‘While the Postmaster General did not | commit himself regarding the subject after his talk with the President, he inferred that the problem of meeting this situation was discussed during his talk with the President and that some decrease in the personnel will neces- sarily follow if the Post Office Depart- ment is to make its budget fit with the general program of the administration He indicated, however, that the aim will be to make reductions in every way possible before reducing the personnel. Others with whom the President con- ferred on the budget today were Secre- tary of War Hurley, Undersecretary of | State Castle and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Jahncke. In pessing the economy act, it was provided that annual leave should be done away with this year, and~that thereafter it should be held to 15 days. The economy act was designed only for a year, and its re-enactment would set up to July 1, 1934, the time on which the ban on leave would be held in effect. Hurley to. Cut Estimates. Secretary Hurley said the War De partment budget was “in’ very satisfac- tory shape.” ““The President. of course.” s insisting that we cut possible from our estimates.” Hurley said he was opposed to slash- ing military pay or personnel, and had made no recommendations that would tend toward “a vacation for the na- tional defense.” He indicated. however, that many millions of dollars would be cut from he said, ery dime \ MAVRE, France, November 17 (#).— Gen. Jobn' J. Pershing, who has been in France for several months as chairman of, the Battle Monuments Commission, tailed for New YOrk today on the liner ‘Manhattan. !the budget estimates submitted last year, pcinting to a $20,000,000 housing program eppropriated for then and Sll.’LOO0.000 for rivers and. harbors worl MRS.HOOVER RECEIVES, GARDEN DELEGATES| Meets Group Which Has Named Horticultural Scholarship | in Her Honor. | By the Assoctated Press. Mrs. Herbert Hoover today received the members of the Women's National | | Farm and Garden Assbeiation, ‘which | has just launched a scholarship in her | | honor. Mrs. Charlotte Barrell Ware today | was charged by the association with the | | responsibility for raising the Lou Henry | | Hoover scholarship fund for a Girl | Scout to attend the School of Horticul- | | ture for Women at ‘Ambler, P& ‘The President’s wife had a gay greet- | ing for Mrs. Henry Ford, president of | the assoctation, who was a White House | guest after the Hoover campaign speech {in Detroit. | “she spoke to garden-loving guests of | | her own great interest in the subject | and expressed regret that'tiey would | be unnble to see Washington's gardens | at their zenith, —_— Peter C. Dick Dead. SAN 'DIEGO, Calif, Novémber 17 @) —Peter C. Dick, 69; vetéran of the United States Secret Service and retired business man of Detroit, Mich, died at his home here yesterday. Dick served as personal- bodygusrd for President Theodore Roosevelt for five years. PLL BODKS AGAN ROBBED AT NEWARY Effort to Thwart Probe Dis- covered as Pennsylvania Inquiry Opens. By the Associated Press NEWARK, N. J., November 17— Striking again in their efforts to thwart | an investigation into alleged election frauds in varfous city districts, thieves returned to the hall of records and ripped out the pages of two poll books which they had overlooked in their fitst visit, it was disclosed today. The thefts provided the latest de- velopment in the city election seandal, which broke yesterday, when ballot boxes under police guard in City Hall were rified and 35 poll books were stolén from steel filing cabinets in the Hall of Records. Office Staff Present. ‘The latest coup occurred in the ofllce‘ of the county commissioner of registra- tion during the hours when the office etaff was present. . Registration officials fixed the time of theft between 10:30 a.m. and 9:45 p.m. yesterday. It was betwéen these hours that the excitement caused by the other thefts was at its height. The two poll books, the pages of which were torn out, were for the thir- teenth district of the third ward—one of the three districts which the thieves overlooked in their first foray. Covers Found Empty. Frank Klumb, deputy superintendent of elections, had been checking the two poll books yesterday morning. He turned them over to a clerk to return to the steel files. At 10.30 o'clock last night he called for the books again, and when they were brought to him, it was discovered the pages had been ripped from the binding, leaving empty covers _The new development came as Ped- efal, county and city authorities were | pushing their investigations into the theft of ballots from the City Hall and the theft of the other poll books. COMMITTEE STARTS INQUIRY. i Campaign Workers Fill Federal Bulld- ing at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, November 17 (#).— Three members of the House Committee on Campaign Expenditures met in the Federal Building today to conduct an inquiry into the recent election In Pennsylvania. Representative Heartsill Ragon, Democrat, Arkansas, the chairman, in opening the hearing, said that “we are interested in all expenditures, irregu- larities or evidences of fraud which has to do with the presidential electors and Congressmen." “Any one who has charges of any character concerning the election in Philsdelphia or elsewhere in the State,” he said, “can flle them with the com- mittee and we will be glad to hear them.” ‘The room on the third floor of the Federal building was filled with Re- publicen organization workers and members of the Roosevelt Independent Cttizens’ Campaign Committee. Other members of the committee present when the hearing opened were John E. Nelson, Republican, Maine, and Byron D. Harlon, Democrat, Ohio. The first witness called was Blakely D. McCaughn, clerk of the Quarter Sessions Court of Philadelphia. McCaughn was excused immediately awhen he said he. erred ‘to testify in the presence of his counsel, who had | not arrived. He was to testify to cam- paign funds filed within his office. Harry Sloberman, one of several lawyers in charge of receivii com- laints at the headquarters of S. Davis ilson, chairman of the Roosevelt In- dependent League, testified that more than 2,000 complaints were sent in election’ day. “Theése complaints,” he said, “indi- cated wholesale illegal assistance to voters, intimidation and threats, the buying of votes distribution of liquor at the polls and infliction of bodily violence to voters. “The complaints also showed,” he continued, “that voting machines were tampered with and were jammed in such a way as to prevent the lever for voting the ocratic ticket from working. We also had numerous eom- plaints of many city and county em- ployes and, in some instances, Federal employes, being active at the polling places and giving illegal assistance. DEFICIENCY PLEA MAY BE AVOIDED Commerce Department Considers More Furloughs to Make Economy Grade. ‘The Commerce Department, one of | the five major Government agencies to receive the full 10 per cent cut in ap- ropriations advocated by Senator Mc- ellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, at the last session of Congress, will attempt to get through this fiscal year without seeking & deficiency appropriation, Sec- retary Chapin said today. No move to get a deficiency allotment is contemplated at this time, the Secre- tary added. The McKellar cut applies also to the Labor, Justice, State and Interior De- partments. In order to meet this re- duction most of these departments have been considering imposing additional furloughs above the general legisiative| leaves upon employes. Because of the low status of funds.: now available at the Commerce Depart- ment, it was explained by administrative officials t! additional or administra- | tive furloughs are now probable in the Secretary's office, the Bureau of Forelgn and Demestic Commerce and the Bu- reau of Standards, affecting 2,900 em- plaivas in Washington and in the fleld. n fact, the so-called groundwork for imposing additional furloughs of ap- proximately 10 to 15 days in these bu- reaus has been laid, it was pointed out. The employes in these three agencies are now having 20 days’ legislative fur- lough pay deducted from their salaries during the first half of the fiscal year, leaving only 10 days of this class of compulsory furlough to be -deducted during the second half. The five-day additional pay-cut took effect November 1. Meantime, employes not having taken their full 30-day leg- islative leave have been urged by de- partment officials to do so at once so that with the probability of having to impose administrative furloughs during the second half of the year, their ab- sence from their desks will not seri- ously handicap the functioning of the department. -— BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmermann, conductor: Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “The American Ideal” zberger Len: Overture, “The Beauties of Erin.” Bennett Suite romantic, “Norwegian Anu:ln:."k ‘Wicl “On the Fjord,” “A Rustic Dance.” Gems from musical comedy, “The O'Brien Girl”... ...Hirsch Descriptive, “The Sleepy Tow Express” Gl ‘Waltz suite, Finale, “Good Luck". Star Abandoned Waiifs Get Cnce in Life WASHINGTON HOME FOR IOIINl.)IJ.Nfix, COMMUNITY CHEST AGENCY, IS ERE are some of the waifs who scriptions to the Community Poundlings, which is housing these will be Chest USE OF MERCY. sent out into the world as good American citizens 8s the result of sub- The Chest raises the funds for the support of the -Washington Home for bright and cheerful youngsters whose parents abandoned them. —8tar Staff Photo. Is Washington’s Need Great? Inquiry Shows Acute’ Suffering and Desperate Necessity for Success of Present Chest Campaign. BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT. six months numerous formal re- concerning conditions in the city of Washington have been compiled and published skilled investigators for the information of the public. But the current cam- paign of the Community Chest has sug- sted the advisabllity of a new, less formal inquiry. What are the facts at the present time? How much suffering is there in the Capital of the richest, most fortu- nate Nation of the world? Is it true that helpless babies are starving? Is it true that mothers and fathers are going mad with pain and worry? Is it true that community social morale is in dan- ger of breaking down? In a word, u%: e constituent agencies of the Chest, of course, would answer all these ques- tions in the affirmative. a prospective contributor should decide to investigate for himself, what would he be likely to find? If he were to &0 out into the highways and byways of the city in search of real, authentic poverty, what would he see? If he were to talk with clergymen, physicians, school teachers, policemen, business men and social workers, who are in close and constant touch with condi- tions, what would he hear? Washington Hasn't Escaped. I was assigned to make a survey of the kind indicated. When I undertook the work I knew that any one of the different agencies of the Chest could show me typical cases of pathetic need. But I wished to see for myself and to hear for myself. So I went out alone, as any other reporter might go. I soon found that the notion that the world-wide depression has spared Washington is false. The fact is that it has worked just as much havoc here as elsewhere. Conditions would be even worse than they are were it not for | the Chest's work last year. I wish every person in Washington who has employment and a comfortable home could see four little sisters as I saw them in the nursery of Neighbor- hood House, 470 N street southwest. Their story is representative of many. The parents of these infants brought them here from Roanoke about 15 months ago with three other children. The father confidently expected to find | steady work in the city. He was dis- appointed. With nine mouths to feed, his capital did not last very luni, About November 6 he decided to wall back to his former home, in the hope that he might be more successful where | he was better acquainted. He left his | wife and brood of seven with only a| few dollars for immediate needs. For a week no word came from him. By the end of that time the children were starving and ill. The mother, dis- traught with anxiety, collapsed. Neigh- bors brought notice of their plight to the settlement house. A devoted wom- an with 26 years' experience in solv- ing difficuit human problems, hurried to their assistance. She summoned the help of other ncies. The eldest child was sent to & farm in Maryland. The next four in order were carried to the settlement house nursery. The remain- ing two were left with the mother and 2 nurse was found to wait upon them and her. The father was located at a mission refuge in Richmond. He had walked that fer, but was too ill and weak to go farther. Children Couldn’t Smile. 1 went to see the four babies ll_n n::‘l; temporary shelter. They were alive on !‘;‘loe royld back to normal health, but only a glance was necessary to under- stand that they would have been lifeless corpses munity tive philanthrop; ! known contributor to last year's fund made it possible to save them When I came into the room, they looked up at me with puzzled, sick blue eyes. e was little of the color of life in their thin faces. It was useless to try to make them smile. A hurt, empty stare was my only reward in each case. The tiny countenances, gray white and drawn with pain, seemed fro- zen in misery. But now they are getting five meals a day and plenty of cod liver oil. The Chest, the organized co-opera- treatment will be continued until they | are restored to proper well-being. Meantime, co-operating agencies will help the poor, broken mother, and try to find work for the discouraged father. Another child I visited in the same settlement house is himself a contrib. utor to the Community Chest. been & guest at the day nursery he was 3 weeks old. Now he is 4 years of age. He has returned only recently from the hospital, where he surren- dered his appendix without a struggle. I found him fully dressed for the first time in a long while. A manly little fellow .of whom any parent would be proud, he wore upon his blouse a Com- munity Chest button. He told me that during stay in the hospital, the doctors, nurses and other friends had put pennies in a glass jar for him, and at last he had accumulated a dollar. With such wealth in hand, he felt that he was in a position to “do his bit.” It was his own idea. He summoned a Chest. representative and paid over to her 100 pennies. She made out his card with tears in her eyes. Mother Collapsed. At Priendship House, another “char- acter building” of the Chest, I saw 30 little children whose mothers are working and whose fathers are seeking work. The day nursery takes care of the infants while the its fight the battle. One little boy I wanted to meet had been taken away, but I heard his story. He has lost his Joother in a manner piteously sad. She L4 ROM time to time during the past | is| the Community Chest campaign neces- | But, supposing | had it not been for the Com- | y of the city. Some un- | | was a skilled and competent Govern- ment employe, & widow. No one knew | her trouble. She did not tell about it, |and none of her Ilimited circle of | friends guessed. Each morning she | brought her boy to the settlement | house; each eévening she called for him and took him home. One night, how- ever, she did not come. Inquiry dis- | closed that she had suffered a nervous collapse, had broken down completely | | at her desk. The strain had been too | much for her to bear. Now she is in a | sanatorium. There is doubt that she | |ever will return. Relatives took the | | child to New York. He will walt and | wait, wonder and wonder, but it may be all in vain. | 1 heard many other stories of bur- dens too heavy to be borne without aid. There was. for example, the case of & fine, strong, upstanding man, a skilled workman, who, unemployed for the first time in his life, grew increasingly | discouraged until at last a conditipn of suicidal mania took possession of ‘him. He lay ill in bed for weeks with a re- | volver within reach, constantly threat- ening to end his miserable existence and as constantly persuaded by a loyal and sympathetic wife to do no such thing. Supporting the woman all that time, though the husband did not realize it, was a social worker who like- wise fought for his life and restoration to sanity, a woman who was in no direct way personally concerned, but who, nevertheless, would not let surrender. The solution was found in the device of getting him a made-to- order job. When they brought him the news, he rallled. The struggle was not over, but in the course of time it was won. By the fll{ he took up his new duties, the social worker had hurried to another “patient.” Stranded Woman Saved. Numbers of potential suicides have been dissuaded by the Travelers' Ald | Soctety. ” One of them was an attrac- | tive yourig woman who, because of un- employment in her home town, came to Washington on the chance of an appointment in the Federal service. She failed, and when she could not pay her hotel bill she was requested to leave and was prevented from carry- ing away her baggage. Stranded and penniless, she wandered about town until it seemed to her that there could be but one solution for her problem. She started for the river. But at.the last moment a laborer caught her. When the case came to the attention of the Travelers’ Ald representative, the | girl was in such a condition of panic | and desperation that she refused to| give any information about herself. Several days were required before it| was possible to win her co-operation, But once that had been accomplished | a complete adjustment followed. The society reclaimed her baggage and sent | her home. She was in a sane condi- | tion of mind by that time. | Everywhere I went I heard of the pride of the poor. They hate to dis- close their troubles. A school teacher told me of a little boy whose mother |sent word that he was ill. He was | absent a week, two weeks. Then an investigation was ordered. Calling at the child’s home the visitor found him in his accustomed state of good health. An explanation was requested. Slowly and rnmrully the truth:was disclosed. The lad had no shoes. That was why he had been kept at home. His mother had Med to avoid telling the bitter fact. Family pride, as distinct from indi- | vidual pride, is another common phe- nomenon. For example, there was a | middle-aged woman who had been in the Government employ for years. She had a little home of her own in the city. When the depression began she received there four relatives who were out of work. After a few months she took | in four more. At last there were 15 on | | the premises. All were persons of re- | finement and cultivation. Each was willing to do anything within reason to help. But matters went from bad to worse. The climax came when it was discovered that one of the guests was | about to become a mother. That devel- agment broke down the last resistance. They appealed to the Community Chest. One step at a time, the problem is being | solved. | Character Building Important. I was surprised at the multiplicity of | the enterprises of the “character build- |ing” agencies. Previously, I had| | thought of tkem as being of less im- | | portance than organizations giving di- rect personal relief in the form of fcod and clothing. My experience has con- vinced me that I was mistaken. I now believe that one agency is as vitally necessary as another, and I think the “character building” groups have the more difficult role to play in the pres- ent crisis 3 Their theory, I found, is that people must be encouraged to fight for and not against themselves. The economic slump |cannot be prevented, but a spiritual | bankruptcy can be avoided. The set- tlement houses, especially, and organi- zations like the Y. M. C. A, the Y. W. C. A, the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts are “the home defense guard” of the city against the threat of social panic and degeneration. The evidence f their utility is overwhelming. They [Justify their existence in scores of ways. |'The neighborhood centers are hives of activity. PFathers and mothérs have their respective clubs, young people meet at study classes and at super- vised games and dances, everybody joins in singing groups. Music is medicine for the soul, and the settlement workers use it for all it is worth. Co-opera- tion brings relief from personal worry, and it is stimulated in every conceiv- able manner. From early morning until late in the evening there is somethin; | | | WALES A W.0.L INBELFAST CROWD |Prince Slips Heavy Guard and Joins Celebrants. Greeted by Cheers. By the Associated Press, BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Novem- ber 17 —For half an hour or more last night the Prince of Wales, indulging & truly princely impulse, slipped through the elaborate guard provided for his pro- tection against possible unpleasantness and mingled with a cheering, celebrat- ing crowd in the streets of Hillsborough Village. The excursion became generally known only this morning after he had packed his golf clubs and set out, under heavy guard once more, for a game on the Nizwcutle course several miles from the city. With that stubborn disregard for his personal safety which characterized his services in the fighting areas during the World War, he went A. W. O, L. last night with his equerry and one detective. Prince Beats Drum. They slipped away from Hillsborough castle and went down to the village, ‘where & huge crowd was celebrating the dedication of the new Parliament butldings. ‘The white shirt fronts made them conspicuous and the Prince was im- mediately recognized. Dozens of torch- bearers pressed about him and there was & cannonade from the barbaric drums of goatskin which boom through such celebrations in Ireland. ‘There was a_tremendous cheer when the laughing Prince seized a palr of drumsticks and, banging them against a nearby drum, contributed his bit to the din. He had exposed himself to the yery dangers from which the palice g)gxe to great lengths to protect him. e authorities had provided an un- usually strong guard against the pos- sibility of attack by radicals responsible for yesterday’s demonstrations against his presence in Ireland. “Come Back Again.” After half an hour or so the Prince started back to the castle, the crowd cheering him. The house party which he had de- serted was walting at the gates, but before he went inside the Prince was boosted to the top of the wall. The crowd was still. “My sister told me about these drum- mers over here,” he said, “and warned me not to miss them.” “Come back again!” the shouted. “Oh, I'm coming back,” the Prince replied. Then he went inside and the castle gates were closed. crowd themselves, in these busy focal centers of neighborhood life. My investigation prompts me to be- lieve that each case is an individual case. No two are exactly alike. Each must be dealt with according to its special character. Merely sivfizx food and clothing is not always enough. People have other pressing problems. I asked the question: To what degree are the poor responsible for their pov- erty? The answer was: In only a limited sense are they to blame. Clergy- men and teachers, policemen and social workers agreed that they generally are victims of ecircumstance. The depres- sion, they said, is like a great con- flagration. It has swept over the world, destroying normal conditions every- where, leveling homes, hurting people. The weakest, of course, go down first; then the strong. Much of the resultant suffering is concealed, much of it is inarticulate. But when a crisls comes, the secret cannot be kept any longer. Then the relief agencies hear the story. Victims Dislike to Ask. “You can have no idea,” one man told me, “how the poor struggle to help themselves and each other before they think of asking anybody else to help them. They would rather be beaten black and blue than ask charity. It is only when they are absolutely desperate that they make any lppenlw My experience has taught me to re- spect these people. That is what keeps me from becoming discouraged when | conditions are so difficult.” A woman echoed the sentiment. “I dare not be discouraged,” she declared. “even when the people we are trying to help are depressed ana hopeless. 50 responsive. even when the prospect is dreary.” Unemployment, every one agreed, is the overshadowing evil of the times. If| the men had work, conditions would | lmg‘;ove immediately. far there has been no irretrievable doss. Should the economic tide turn, the depression could be liquidated in short order. But the present need, as I saw it at first hand and learned of it from others, is inexpressibly great. The poor are suffering as never before in decades. To save them the Commu- nity Chest campaign must be successful. | Every penny that has been asked is des- perately necessary if relief is to be given and morale maintained. Wherever I went in my journeyings over the city, I found representations of the Saviour of Mankind. I have written these paragraphs with the thought in my mind that His spirit is imperative in | Washington today. oS Church Calls Dr. Morgan. LEXINGTON, Ky., November 17 (#). —A call to the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia has been ex- tended to Dr. Howard M. Morgan. pas- doing, something to draw people out tor of the Maxwell Street Presbyte Church of Lexington. 1 work with children, and children are| They keep me flghtln(i ACTUAL STEP ADE T0 LEGALEZE BER Parley to Pave Way for Re- porting Out Bill Held by Legislators. (Continued From Pirst Page.) law would apply here “unless the people of the District do not want it.” The Maryland Senator said later on he would ascertain the present status of the local prohibition law. He sald It might be necessary to have a separate clause relating to the District in soy national modification legislation. In his letter to the District Commise sioners today John F. Dryden, execu= tive commander of .the Wi branch of the Crusaders, called a tion to the impending discussion of ha= tional prohibition Iin Congress. Mr. Dryden said there are 15 States, include ing Maryland, in which beer could be sold legally if Congress modifies the Volstead act. At that time, he “the question is bound to arise as to whether or not beer may legally be sold in the District of Columbia.” Sheppard Law More Drastic. “In 1917 Mr. Dryden's letter con- tinued, “what is known as the Shej pard act brought prohibition to Washe | ington. This act was much more dras- tic, particularly in its provisions for search and seizure, than the Voistead act. After the Volstead act became effective in January, 1920, the District authorities apparently felt that the Sheppard law had been repealed by implication and the Volstead act had become the prohibition law of the Dis- trict, and since its adoption they have been governed by the provisions of the Volstead act rather than the provisions of the Sheppard act.” The letter from the Crusaders then called attention to testimony taken in connection with the Howell bill indi- cating doubt in the minds of some as to how far the national prohibition act affected the Sheppard law. The pard_act, however, is incorporated the District code as revised March 4, 1929, the letter pointed out, “In view of the above apparent cone- fusion,” the Ci rs’ letter conclud- ed, “we earnestly request that you give #eyg:r wh’;fiontl}l‘ to whether ‘l‘:d not eppard act has been passage of the Volstead ut?fl > In 1927 the Commissioners asked the corporation counsel whether the pro- visions of the Sheppard law wers af- fected by the national prohibition act in so far as the manufacture, transpor- tation and sale of intoxicating liquor is concerned in the District. Corporation Counsel Replies. Corporation Counsel William 8 Bride, In his opinion to the Ofln'l- missioners at that time, replied: “This office has on several ocassions before I became corporation counsel held the provisions of the Sheppard law in those regards were repealed by the na- tional prohibition act. With that view I am in absolute accord. I desire, however, to amplfy this statement by giving you sgme of the reasons for my view.” The opinion went on to com- pare the detaled provisions of the two laws. Representative O'Connor made known his intention of consulting District au- thorities as to what the effect of & change in national prohibition would have on the District, and indicated he {nv(zrhed mm the proposed changes n_the na rohibition law appli- cl:le stg“t‘heubhtpflct. A cBride, general suj - tendent of the Anll-flhloonm mfltfln‘ comment on the lon wduz, sald thntm:f it should dqeuvelop there no legislation to take care of the Dis- trict, efforts wolild, be made to keep the District from becoming wet. Mr. Mc- Bride said these efforts would continue in succeeding Congresses. LEAGUE URGES CONTROL OF BEER PRODUCTION ‘Warns Brewers Against “Unscrupulous” and _Distillers in Event of Modification. Production of beer should be placed under either Pederal or State contral in event the Voistead act is modified, it was advocated by the Congressional Districts Modification League in a pro- posal made public yesterday. The league in its statement announced that it will continue to work for a change in the prohibition law, but aaid: ““We believe that it was the avariclous | any one factor in bringing about prohi- bition in the first place, and even they are sitting on the side lines like vultures, hardly able to wait until the proper legislation is enacted so they can again swoop down on prey and bring sbout a repetition the conditions which so disgusted American people that they endured evils of prohibition for 12 years.” —iiary: WET VOTE PROMISED BY REPRESENTATIVE YON Deteated Florida Democrat Says He Will Support Platform in Lame Duck Session. By the Associated Press. PENSACOLA, Fla, November 17— Representative Tom Yon, Democrat, of Florida, who was defeated for re- election, yesterday issued a statement in which” he said he would legislation at the “lame duck” session of Congress in December in accordance with the Democratic platform plank which declared “we favor repeal of the eighteenth amendment.” “I will support the Democratic plat- form in regard to amending or repeal- ing the Volstead act.” sald “If the question comes up at the short’ses~ sion, I shall help hasten this question out of the way.” - STORMS SUBSIDE IN WESTERN AREAS: AS EAST FREEZES (Continued From First Page:) the heaviest snowfall the Hoosier capi- tal has experienced in 30 years. Ip the city 8.6 inches of snow fell while in Central and Northern 12 inches were common in many In some sections rural schools forced to close. Warmer in Kentucky. _ Kentucky, which saw its second pnow of the season yesterday, tody was re= jolcing in a forecast of *“warmer® but Albany, N. Y., where a light rain fell throughout the night, was contem- plating pros] snow and ‘colder " Shiiadelphia. boasted mud tempera- p ¥ tures today, but Richmond, Va.~ wite nessed the rapid descent of .the mer- cury. Nashville, Te mzux-u aiod Bl nn & maximum drop of 18 degrees. Eastern Missouri the | am, Ala., was winds an looked for snow before sunset, but Colorado and New Mexico trusted in the weather man'’s prediction of fair and warmer. kmz lanes on commercial lines were el