Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1932, Page 17

PRESIDENT CALLS PARLEY TO DISCUSS é EDUCATION CRISIS 5 to 100 Leaders in School, he WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1932. NEW YORK AVENUE ROADWAY - TO BE MARCHERS' CAMP SITE District Officials Are Considering Install- ASK AMENDMENTS & ing Sanitary Facilities to Forestall Possible Disease Epidemics. The roadway of New York avenue Labor and Farm Groups Invited. i RETRENCHMENT SOUGHT WITH MINIMUM INJURY Two-Day Conference to Outlineirn?m; Program for Each Community. By the Associated Press. President Hoover has decided to call a conference on the “crisis in educa- tion.” and_invitations will be issued tomorrow for & group of educational and other leaders to meet here Janu- ary 5. The opening session will be addressed by the Chief Executive, who will set forth as the conference’s primary pur- pose the working out of “methods of making necessary retrenchment in school expenditures with the least pos- sible injury to the coming generation.” A second goal will be to “secure ef- fective participation in constructive action by citizens of widely differing ints of view but with a common in- est” in reducing educational costs. Invites Other Leaders. In addition to educational leaders, the President will invite representatives of labor and leading farm organizations. Invitations were to have gone forward today, but a delay was encountered in| engraving them. In an effort to achieve definite re- sults’ during the two-day session, it was Said at the White House, the conference will be limited to 75 or 100. One of the President's secretaries taid there would be an effort to “formu- late a ctatement of reccmmended policies in the light of which any com- munity can examine its own situation and make appropriate adjustments.” Council Gathers Data. Dr. Charles R. Mann, head of the American Council on Education, who will play a prominent part, has devoted months to gathering data on the in- creasing rumber of children attending school and the reductions necessary in educational appropriations. “Data will be assembled in advance,” Dr. Mann said, “concerning the shrink- age in nafional income, the increase in governmental expenditures, the re- duction in wages and commodity prices, the increase in bonded indebtedness and costs of debt service, the increase in school attendance during the past few years of unemployment, the number of youths under 18 years of age gainfully employed and many other significant factors that vitally affect the support of the schools. hrd “In addition, cases of waste in school expenditures will be cited and examples given of constructive retreffthment in which costs have been reduced, yet schoaling improvec. 1,242 FAMILIES GET RELIEF IN NOVEMBER Associated Charities Outlay $22,- 294, Report to Board Discloses. The Associated Charities spent $22.- 294 during November in helping 1,242 families, according to a report submitted to the board of managers yesterday. ‘The report stated the major relief problem was unemployment, the relief of which involved the expenditure of $9,173.65. For the care of 203 sick persons, the association spent $5,067.92; for 127 widows and families, $2,794.05; for 34 unmarried mothers, $435.18; for 70 aged persons, $831.66, and for 191 fam- ilies of deserting husbands, $3,529.77. There were 418 other families where no direct relief was given, but where the problem was one of adjustment within the family or some health prob- lem requiring hospital or medical care, legal aid, or was referred to the Board of Public Welfare for institutional care. Clarence Phelps Dodge presided. Others attending the meeting included Arthur Deerin Call, Franklin H. Ellis, Charles C. Glover, jr.; C. C. Morgan, Mrs. E. K. Morris, Miss Helen Nicolay, Mrs. John L. Proctor, Miss Florence P. Spofford, Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro and Evan Tucker. SPECIAL PAY SCHEDULE ADOPTED FOR SCHOOLS Teachers to Get Full December Sal- aries Next Thursday as Christ- mas Vacation Starts. A special Christmas pay schedule for the District public school system per- sonnel was announced today by Harry O. Hine, secretary of the Board of Education. ‘The officers and supervisors of the system, who are 12-payment employes, this afternoon are receiving one-half their December’s salary. The teachers, who receive their pay in 10 payments a year, will receive thier full salary for December at the end of the teaching day nexi Thursday. This allowance is.made because the teachers work :or this month will have been eompleted on that day, the last school day before the Christmas holidays, which are not terminated until Janu- ary 3, of the mew year. The clerical and custodial staff, which receive their pay in two half- monthly stipends, are receiving their regular checks this afternoon. RESTAURANT MAN DEAD IN GAS-FILLED ROOM George Hagis Discovered in Bed After Delivery Driver Smells Fumes From Jets. With gas flowing from two jets, George Hagis, about 35, was fcad dead in bed this morning in his room above his_restaurant, at 911 D street. Chrales Lampiras, 1278 Tenth street, who went to the lunch room to deliver doughnuts, detected the odor of gas and traced it to the bed room. The fire rescue squad was summormed by Lam- piras and made a futile attempt to re- vive Hagis. According to first precinct police, Hagis had been drinking before he re- tired last night. So far as the police could learn, Hagis has no relatives here. was removed to the morgue g gation was begun by Cor- eher Joseph D, Rogers, northeast overlooking the Ivy City roundhouse, where the “hunger march” army was hemmed in for four days, is destined to become the camp site for all other or; d groups that come to Washington this Winter to petition Congress. District officials disclosed today that plans are under consideration to pro- vide sanitary facilities on the Govern- ment-owned park paralleling New York avenue for the use of future mdrchers who invade the District. The “hunger ers” had no sanitary facilities of ind until trenches were dug in the park area, but these were regarded as a dangerous makeshift from a health standpoint. District officials do not want to be put in the position of providing conven- fences or accommodations for unwel- come armies of marchers, but sanitary facilities are regarded as an absolute necessity for protection against possible disease epidemics. The plan for temporary sanitary fa- cilities is understood to have been sug- gested by Lieut. Col. ‘U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public bulldings and public parks of the National Capital, who has supervision over the park land adjoin- ing New York avenue, KEMMERER FACES ASSAULT CHARGE Man Who Terrorized House With Gun Accused of Point- ing It at Spectator. Formal charges of assault upon & | spectator in the House galleries prob- ably will be placed in Police Court to- morrow against Marlin R. M. Kem- merer, 25-year-old Allentown, Pa., de- | partment store clerk, who terrorized a crowded House chamber Tuesday by brandishing a loaded revolver from the gallery. Police are planning to charge the man with an assault on E. J. Roche, president of the Allied Printing Trades Council. Roche told investigators he was seated near Kemmerer when the latter arose and flourished a gun. Roche said that, realizing the dan- ger, he stepped forward and advised Kemmerer to give up the pistol. Kem- merer’s response, however, was to point the pistol directly at him. Gun Caught by Maas. “He ordersd me to stand back sev- eral times,” Roche told police, “and then turned his attention to some one on the floor beneath, before tossing | down the weapon.” The pistol, cocked and loaded, was caught by Representative Maas of Min- nesota, who had ordered Kemmerer to throw it down to him. After his arrest, two sticks of dynamite were found Kemmerer's room in the 600 block of Massachusetts avenue. Roche was assisting Detective Thomas Nally today in the investigation of the incident. Police communicated with Kemmerer's home city and were in- formed he was a salesman of firearms in a large store there. Allentown police had no information that Kemmerer's mind might be unsound. Price Claims Arrest. Meanwhile, Brooks Price, Capitol po- liceman stationed in the House gallery, has written a letter to The Star pro- testing he was not properly cradited with the arrest of Kemmerer. Price's version of the arrest follows: “I am the officer of the United States Capitol police who is stationed at the House gallery. In other words, that is my post. The episode that occurred yesterday in the House has been mis- represented by your paper. I, myself, am the officer who arrested the man who wielded the gun in the House gal- lery. The Metropolitan officer who was off duty and was a spectator in the gallery with his wife has been given the sole credit for the arrest, accord- ing to your paper. Which misrepre- sentation makes it appear as if I (the officer stationed on duty there) was slow on the job. I made the arrest and 1 feel that it is a dark reflection on myself as the officer on duty at that post and I deeply resent the implication. “If you will kindly investigate the affair you will see that I am right. Please ask the doorkeepers of the House_gallery—ask those who saw it and they will tell you the truth. As you have printed the affair, it appears as if T was off duty—loafing, asleep or anything that might be derogatory to my services. Please correct. Very_truly, BROOKS PRICE, U. 8. Capitol police (House gallery). G. L. RODIER RESIGNS AS CITIZENS’ HEAD Poor Health Causes Retirement of President of American Uni- versity Park Group. Gilbert L. Rodier resigned as presi- dent of the American University Park Citizens' Association last night be- cause of bad health, which, he said, prevented him from performing duties of the office. The resignation was ac- cepted. ‘The association authorized the Execu- tive Committee of the group to select another member to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Rodier’s resignation be- fore the next meeting. 'The association refused to adopt a | g, resolution at the request of the West- ern High School Home and School As- | in sociation, condemning the Board of Education for failing to remedy the crowded conditions now existing at Western High Schopl. Patrick H. Loughran, chairman of the association’s School Committee, said he believed the Board had the welfare of the students at heart and that an appropriation for !tlhs l;ufl(;lhxg of the proposed Reno High School in Shat sectioh was included In_the 1933- 34 budget. Members complained of the grading of streets being done in that section. . G. Croissant, chairman of the Streets and Alleys Committee, pointed out the grading conditions on Davenport street between Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh streets, which he contended formed into an unnecessary steep upgrade and then into s sharp downgrade. the plan of the group to have congres- sional action taken to remedy the mat- ter if the District authorities continue to neglect the agalr, No advance information has been re- ceived by District officials that any other organized groups are coming Washington this Winter, but if they do, the Police Department intends to be prepared to handle them the same way it dealt with the “hunger march” army. The “hunger marehers” how- ever, have treatened to return in March it President-elect Roosevelt calls a spe- clal session of the Seventy-third Con- gress at that time, but police officials have not taken the threat seriously. In any event, if the “hunger march- ers” come back, they will be penned up [in the same roadway camp with nothing more to look forward to in the way of accommodations and conveniences than sanitary facilities. Police and District officlals consider the New Yor: cvenue site as an ideal camp from a strategic standpoint. Here the railroad tracks serve as a barrier to the north and a hill serves the same purpose on the south. Columns of police can_effectively block the entrances to Bladensburg road and Florida avenue on the east and west as was done in the case of the “hunger marchers.” In this area police can keep the spectators separated from any groups of marchers. thus reducing the pos- sibllity of disorder, BONUS ARMY PAYS HONOR TO VICTIMS Wreaths Laid on Graves of Two Men Killed in Capital Riot. Wreaths of Ted were laid today by a group of 150 radical bonus marchers on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the graves of William J. Hushka and Eric Carlson, the war veterans who were killed last July in the bonus riots on Pennsylvania avenue. George Brady of the Bonus Expedi- tionary Force, delivered the eulogy at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. James W. Ford, colored, Communist vice presidential candidate in_the last election, also eulogized the Unknown Soldier. + Bugler Sounds “Taps.” Harold C. Otis, a bugler of the Ma- chine-gun Troop, 3d Cavalry, Fort Myer, blew “Taps” at the graves of the tkree former soldiers. The ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier directed by the superintendent of - ington National Cemetery, Robert ve. The bonus marchers, led by Fard, Brady, Emanuel Levin, head of the Workers' Ex-Servicemen's League, and Samue! J. Stember, trudged to the cemetery from their headquarters at 905 I stteet by way of Fourteenth street and the Highway Bridge. Escorted by four metropolitan motor cycle police- ment, they entered the cemetery through the south gate. Three smail American flags were the only emblems they carried. After laying the wreath the marchers plodded back to Washington over the new Ailington Memorial Bridge. Postitility of a demonstration at the White House was seen as police received reports the marchers would attempt to picket the Executive Mansion. Police Reinforced. Due to the fact their route lay along | Constitution avenue, only a few blocks from the White House, extra details of | police were expected to be ordered out to prevent the marchers from breaking ranks as they passed the Ellipse. A mass meeting was expected to be called for tonight, at which further plans of the ‘“united” movement for bonus payment legislation will be dis- cussed. ‘Whether the marchers will remain in the Capital after tomorrow, prcbably will be decided then, according to Levin. In anticipation of a movement on the White House, Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police, detailed 25 metropolitan police at the Executive Mansion and ordered 50 more held in reserve at the first and third precincts. Strong detachments of United . States park police also were ready at an in- stant’s noti * Expecting a surprise move last night, regular_detachments of police at the White House were heavily re-enforced and vigilance redoubled throughout the city. No move was made, however, and the extra details were reduced after midnight. Possibility of a return of the radical element of the bonus army after next March 4, probably will be discussed at tenight’s mass meeting. NOURISHMENT LACK MARKS HUMAN RACE Discussion by Miss Fisher Inaug- urates University Women's Seminars. Inaugurating & Winter series of sem- inars in social and economic planning, the American Association of University ‘Women last night heard Miss Katherine Ward Fisher, member of the Family Endowment Society, discuss the perma- nent physical injury to the human race growing out of undernourishment. Addressing a large group which in- cluded university - and Government economists, Miss Fisher cited the permanent physical injury which befeil persons in deprived of proper nourishment during the food blockades of the Great War. She sald safeguarding of children of economic upheaval 51‘1‘53.'1‘3 be the prime of dustry. Dr. Leifur Magnusson, director of the local branch of the international labor organization, conducted the seminar, assisted by Dr. John Donaldson, pro- ington University; Dr. Mordecai Ezeklel, associat nomist of the Federal Farm Board, and Miss Marie Obenauer, The seminars will be conducted each Wednesday until February 15, with the exception of the Wednesdays follewing Christmas end New Yeer. The pro- grams are being arranged by Dr. Martha MacLear, vice president of the American Associa T, tion of University Women. e It is Baptist l | | | ' I t | win INSURANCE GROUPS T0 NEW PROPOSAL Nearly 40 Changes in House Bill Sought at Commit- tee Hearings. MEETING IS ADJOURNED WITHOUT AGREEMENT Efficiency Bureau Supports Meas- ure on Ground Existing Regu- lation Is Out of Date. Nearly, 40 amendments to the pro- posed District insurance code were of- fered by representatives of national in- surance groups today when hearings on the proposed new law were begun by & special subcommittee of the House Dis- trict Committee. The hearing developed wide differ- ences of opinion among the insurance companies and associations regarding the proposed District law, which would govern all classes of insurance business. The meeting was adjourned to await the call of the subcommittee chairman, Representative Harlan of Ohio, with the understanding that epresentatives of the various types of insurance com- panies would meet in an effort to iron out their differences and submit a list of amendments which will as nearly as possible represent the ideas of all in- surance interests. An opening statement in support of the proposed code was made by John D. Payne of the Bureau of Efficiency, who assisted in drafting the proposed law at the request of the District Com- missioners. Law Out of Date. “It is generally admitted that there is need for additional law governing in- surance operations in the District of Columbia,” Mr. Payne said. ‘“There has been very little change in the law during the past 30 years. It is out of date. ‘The insurance business has progressed in the past three decades, and it is high time the law was amend- ed to meet changed conditions.” In only one respect is the District code capable of handling modern in- surance practice, Mr. Payne said. This exception is the marine insurance law, enacted a few years ago by Congress. This law, however, is of only minor ap- plication, he said, since marine insur- ance business in the District is “prac- tically negligible.” “There is very little legislation affect- ing insurance except for the marine coge,” Mr. Payne explained. “Life in- surance companles are mnot required to maintain a reserve in the District of Columbia. That is regarded as a very serious defect in the law. The District- of Columbia stands almost alone emong the States in its lack of insurance regulation.” Mr, Payne admitted the pending bill would not provide a model insurance code for the Capital, but that it would Tepresent a vast improvement. e Bureau of Efficiency, he declared. is in Zavor of the proposed bill as it stands. Amendments Proposed. Serious objection to the bill was voiced by Clepham Murray, jr., of the Maryland Casualty Co., who sald cas- ualty companies as & whole are “bit- terly opposed to this code in its pres- ent form.” He recommended complete redrafting of the. code, declaring that as now drawn the biil is inadequate and contains many features which are harmful to the insurance business. He asked that he be given time to object to many items in the bill and to offer a long series of amendments on behalf of the casualty interests. Representatives of various life insur- ance groups are also offered a number of amendments which they said would make the bill acceptable to their com- panies. Few of these amendments would change the bill materially as it affects general insurance business. Several of the most important amendments dealt with definitions relating to investments and taxation. Among the witnesses appearing today were Edward S. Brashears, attorney for the Insurance Club, representing a number of insurance agencies in the District; C. W. Glover of the Amer- ican Mutual Co., Chicago; S. Hazen Bond, attorney for the American Surety Co.; Arthur von Thaden of the United States Chamber of Commerce, Hickman Yates of the Reciprocal Association, A. C. Charles, attorney for the Amer- ican Institute of Marine Underwriters; Charles T. Taylor, Metropolitan Life Insurance of New York; H. S. Weaver of New York, Association of Life In- surance Presidents, and Judge Jacob Moses of the Sun Life Insurance Co. of America, Baltimore. PLAY WILL BE GIVEN BY DRAMA CHILDREN “Everybody Happy” Will Be First of Season Sponsored by Com- munity Center. The children’s drama groups spon- sored by the Community Center De- partment will give their first play of the season, “Everybody Happy,” by Madeleine Barnum, tomorrow afternoon st the Burroughs Center, Eighteenth and Monroe streets northeast. The per- formance, directed by Wilma Wright Flood, will begin at 3:15. Also on thesprogram of the after- noon will be dances by the classes taught at Burroughs Center and Christ- mas carol singing for the audience, led by Mrs. Florence V. Yeager. All gues are requested to bring an article of non- perishable food for the needy families of the neighborhood. Saturday night a play by a McKin- High School student, Alfred Moe, be performed at the Langley Cen- ter, and T streets ‘The burlesque, entitled “Up in the Air Over There,” will begin at 8 p.m. Musi will X the fessor of economics at George Wash- |4, ~ WILL PRESENT DRAMA Women’s City Club Group to Offer “The Fool” Tomorrow. The Guild of the Women's City Club will present as a Christmas tomorrow night the play “The chnnn%m!nek. Miss - jorie F. Webster direct the play. The cast includes, in addition to Miss Webster, Mrs, H. C. Curl, Mrs. Good- win Graham, Miss Foening Stap WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION F¥¥ FORGOTTEN BOYS AND GIRLS IN WASHINGTON Single Heartbreak Is nough to Point Need for Toys. TOY MATINEES SATURDAY Playthings and Clothing Sought at Star-Warner Brothers Benefit. ‘The spectacle of one small child's heartbreak on Christmas morning is scarcely more tragic when multiplied 20,000 times. A single tear-stained face before an empty stocking—this, it seems, is clear- er than anything framed in figures. Thousands of similar faces are almost too many to contemplate. Choose one forgotten boy or girl, only one, from his numberless fellows— 20,000 is a conseryative estimate this Christmas. Buy him a Christmas gift— a new toy or bit of child’s clothing— trade it in as the price of admission at. one of Saturday’s 12 toy matinees and see a good show! Charity Dollars Limited. Send a_personal message of good chieer to the lone child whose suffering ycu can picture, and forestall. Help him to a merr{ Christmas—his prospect is, indeed, forlorn this year. No pennies are left over for toys, or Christmas gifts of whatever sort, from charity dollars, which must go far in 1933, just to buy food and shelter for ths poor. The toy matinees are city-wide, lo- cated in all parts of the District, and arranged by Warner Bros. in co-opera- tion with The Star. & Their appeal is city-wide also, and ot two-fold strength. The pictures star juvenile film luminaries and have been atranged especially for children, or for grown-ups not too old to contribute a Christmas gift to some deserving child. The shows begin at 9:30 a.m. Satur- day at the Earle and Metropolitan and at 10 o'clock in the neighborhood houses —Ambassador, Avalon, Apollo, Avenu2 Grand, Central, Colony, Home, Savoy, Tivoli and York. goal of the “toy matinees” Saturday ‘Warner Bros. in co-operation with The THIS CHRISTMAS PLACED AT MORE THAN 20,000 A @hristmas gift to answer the prayers of every poor child—that is the morning, 12 in number, arranged by Star. A new toy or bit of clothing for some unfortunate child is tge cost of admission. wishers unable to attend the matinees, will be distributed by the Council of Social Agencies, as they were following last year's benefits. Over 2,500 toys | were collected last year, and at only | two_matinees. | The 1832 benefits, like the need for | them, are larger and wider in scope. a small woolen sweater, cap, stockings | or muffer. Such gifts are practical | enough to’ protect some small under- | clothed body and at the same time irr!\'olcus encugh to warm an unhappy heart. The zero hour is almost here for the toy matinees; help us put them over The Christmas gifts, already piling | New toys are always acceptable, but this | with one huge “Merry Christmas” for up at the theaters, brought by well- | year the need for clothing is also felt— | every forgotten child in the city! GAS COMPROMISE SOUGHT IN PARLEY Meeting of Stockholders Brought to End With- out Action. Arthur Dean, lawyer for the out-of- town owners of thé Washington Gas Light Co., and Willlam A. Roberts, for the Public Utilities Commission, today continued their negotiations for a set- tlement of the dispute between the two. A meeting of the stockholders held at noon, adjourned without action. The commission and the owners of the stock are in controversy as to whether the stock ownership violates the La Follette anti-merger law. The commission has issued an order for- bidding 84 per cent of the entire capi- tal stock to be voted. The company has applied to the District Supreme Court for an injunction to invalidate the commission’s order. The court case has not been heard and it is thought the Roberts-Dean parley is an effort to settle the case by compromise, Both Roberts and Dean refused the slightest hint as to the subject of their negotiations except to say they were “considering the facts in the case.” ‘The meeting of stockholders today was the annual session originally scheduled for last January. It has been convened and adjourned several times. After one of the early meetings, the then presi- dent, George A. G. Wood, was ousted and later Marcy Sperry chosen as his successor. The commission recently claimed the 84 per cent :f' theu nocdk WaS uv&ned by & group of trusts and corporatio o thReba ot “which “were the Chase Bank Harris, National and z 3 Forbes Corporation, both of New York. HEARING TO BE SET ON LETTS AND ROVER Petition for Impeachment May Not Be Reached by Homse Committee Soon. At a meeting of the subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, headed by Representative McKeown, set for to- morrow, an effort will be made to fix a time for consideration of the petition for impeachment of Associate Justice E. Dickinson Letts of the District Supreme Court and United States Attorney Leo A. Rover. This case probably will not be taken up until after the Christmas holidays. B S et Wi n attorney, Jesse C. e. charged that Justice Letts and District Attorney Rover sent to the Court of Appeals “a false, inaccurate, incomplete, deleted and diluted bill of exceptions” in the pending case of Adolph Moder et al. vs. the United States- Attorney Duke charges that both of the officials “are thus guilty of falsification of rec- ords and obstruction of justice, which are two Federal crimes.” Adolph Moder, Thomas Crane, James Caparrotta and Rocco Pellicano, who ts | are represented by Attorney Duke, were | jj convicted, in the District Supreme Court of conspiracy to violate the pmhmlm act by 3 3 sell intoxicating liquor. They were T im; en Was to the District Court of Appeals. &' |“BROKEN DOLL TRAGEDY” PLEA TO MAIL WORKERS By the Assoclated Press. all postal workers through the Postal Bulletin. “We all know the sorrow that comes CONVICTED OF THEFTS Man Found Guilty of Taking Mag- azines and Papers. Percival Ryan, 54, of the 1300 block of Thirteenth street, was found guilty on two charges of stealing newspapers and magazines by a Police Court jury late yesterday. Judge Gus A. Schuldt deferred_sentence. Ryan was arrested the first time early in the Fall when Policemen A. Mann and M. N. Stottlemyer caught him with $8 worth of magazines which had been taken from a news stand in the 700 bluck of Thirteenth street. Ryan posted $50 collateral and, when ke failed to appear for trial, the money was for- feited and an attachment issued. Po- lice hunted in vain until his arrest December 4 for alleged theft of three newspapers from & stand in the 1300 block of H street. The jury deliberated less than 10 minutes. NAFION INVITED FOR INAUGURAL |Admiral Grayson, in Radio Address, Says Ceremony Will Be Colorful. An invitation to all persons in the United States to attend the inaugural celebration March 4 was extended yes- terday by Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the Inaugural Committee, in a radio address broadcast over the country and heard locally through Sta- tion WOL. Declaring this inaugural will be as sumptuous as some in the past, in keeping with the expressed desire of President-elect Roosevelt, Admiral Gray- son assured his listeners that, neverthe- less, the inaugural will be a colorful and entertaining event. Expense Held Down. Explaining the wishes of Gov. Roose- velt, he said: “The President-elect wants as little expense as possible inflicted upon the Nation and upon the various States for this occasion in these hard times of distress and unemployment. However, it is his wish that groups who can pay their way, and who desire to come, be urged to come. And despite the fact that this edict makes it impossible for us to bring the cadets from West Point nrynd the midshipmen from Annapolis to WVashington at the expense of the Gov- ernment, from the many letters I have already received I can assure you that there will be plenty of color and music in &rt:eu line of parade. - e hope of the Inaugural Com- mittee that a large number of our citi- zens throughout the country will be on hand in Washington March 4 to assure the President-elect by their presence of their good will and their desire to help him in the difficult task ahead. Gov. Roosevelt comes to the presidential chair in the White House in one of the most difficult periods in the history of our country, Assurance Is Needed. “He comes to work with a friendly Congress, but he needs more than that —he needs the assurance of all of us that we are back of him, and that we will do everything within our power to lighten the task imposed upon him. And it seems to me that one of the finest ways of demonstrating such a universal feeling of co-operation and trust would be to decide to come to Washington and "fltne- the inauguration of our new “Those of you who have had the op- to attend previous inaugura- e insueital patade s Do e K m Capitol to the White House. But If you have not visited the Nation's Capital during the past four years., you will scarcely the historic avenues m of Government build- | MORE SILVER CASH * HELD WORLD NEED {Pittman Tells Mining Con- gress Vital Factor in Re- stored Prosperity. ‘The most direct relief for economic | conditions throughout the world can | be brought about by more silver money, Senator Key Pittman of Nevada told the American Mining Congress, meet- ing at the Mayflower Hctel today. The problem of the redistribution of monetary gold, two-thirds of which is now in the hands of the United States and France, is practically un- solvable, Senator Pittman said, al- though it is a vital factor in the res- toration of prosperity. At the same time, he said, all the money used by approximately half the world is silver. This results, he said, in such conditions as that which disturbs trade | between the United States and China. The Chinese silver dollar contains about as much metal as the American silver dollar, yet, exchangeable only at the world price of silver, is worth only about 20 cents when applied tc purchases from the United States. All-time statistics, he said, show the production of silver is as stable as that of gold—about 141, ounces to one ounce of gold. There was an address on the service of the mining congress to industry by S. L. Mather, president of the American Mining Congress, and on protection and the mining industry by Herbert Wilson Smith of the Union Carbide Co. Speakers at the meeting this after- noon were: R. E. Taggart, vice presi- dent of the Stonega Coke & Coal Co.; Scctt Turner, director of the Bureau of Mines; W. J. Priestley, vice president of the Electro Metallurgical Co., and Jo- seph Dilworth, director of the Commit~ tee on Industrial Rehabilitation. MRS. HENRY A. STRONG GIVEN CROSS OF HONOR Honored at White House for High- est Service to United States Flag Association. ‘The Cross of Honor for highest serv- ice to the United States Flag Associa- tion was presented to Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong at the White House Tuesday by Mrs. Herbert Hoover on behalf of the association. Mrs. Strong received the association’s highest decoration for hav- ing rendered the greatest service to the organization during the last year. The Presentation took place in the presence of wives of cabinet members and mem- bers of Mrs. Strong’s family. Mrs. Strong served the association by acting as honorary chapenon to a party of boys and girls—“envoys of friendship”—when they visited Eng- land and France in the Summer of 1931, under uusgioes of the organiza- tion. She also has used her influence in interesting educators and business men in the work of the association and_ has served the officers of the or- ganization in an advisory capacity. GEORGETOWN PRESENTS- THREE PLAYS TONIGHT Three Casts to Take Part in Debut of Mask and Bauble. Club. ing has been placed in effect. Many of |in the htly structures which were g the World War period have been demolished and gleaming white edifices to house the various Gov- ernment departments have taken their pmhglorm in the process of construc- ‘Will Present Operstta. PAIRLAND, Md., December 15 (Spe- cial) —A benefit land Mark's [3 operetta is en- for the Fair- | Vernoh wn. There will be only the one_performance. The pi consists of Kendall mngm newxmpercog;yl'v which has had a popular run; Lord Dunsany’s “The Lost Silk Hat,” and an ama- perf in charge, even of the stage effects. R. = ident of the dra- PAGE B—1 SENATE EXPECTED 10 ACT ON MERGER OF CAR LINES SOON Bill to Be Called Up When Philippine Measure Has Been Disposed Of, COMPROMISES SOUGHT ON CITIZENS’ PLAN Subcommittee Formed by Trans. portation Group to Meet Objec- tions to Several Factors. ‘The action of the Senate today in fixing January 5 as the date for taking up the Glass banking bill improves somewhat the prospects for considera- tion of the District of Columbia street car merger resolution in the meantime. ‘The Philippine independence bill is still before the Senate, and as 500D as it 1s disposed of Senator Austin, Repub- lican, of Vermont, plans to present & motion to take up the merger question. The Austin motion will give the Senatc an opportunity to determine whether it will consider the consolidation measure at this time. Moving to expedite action on the merger bill, the Citizens’ Joint Commit- tee on Transportation prepared today to a draft compromises regarding ob- Jectionable features of the legislation, which threaten its progress should it come up for action. ‘The committee, which includes rep- resentatives of leading civic and trade organizations of the Capital, decided on this course of action following a con- ference late yesterday with People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech in the District Building. The group of citizens, seeking action on the merger bill as part of a compre- | hensive program to bring about a solu- tion to what it describes as a ‘“crisis” in the city's transportation system, conferred with Mr. Keech to discuss those phases of the pending legislaticn to which he is known to be opposed. Subcommittee Named. Thomas P. Littlepage, president of the Washington Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the committee, an- nounced today the appointment of a special subcommittee which will work with the people’s counsel, the Public Utilitles Commission and other inter- ested bodies looking toward adjustments in the measure designed to pave the way for its approval by % Apprised by a group that it felt the merger bill should passed im- mediately, even with its “minor fauits” lauorder that the *chaotic” transpor- lon system here might be improve: Mr. Keech said: - s “I cannot see the wisdom at this time of going into something which in the end will haunt us. I am anxious to see the merger brought sbout, but not at such sacrifice.” Outlines His Objections. Point by point, the people’s counsel outlined his objections to the commit- tee. They are: 1. He is opposed to the clause vest- j ing the merged company with power to_ acquire and operate directly or thtough subsidiaries transit properties within the District of Columbia and in adjacent States. He feels the new company chould confine its operation to any of the properties acquired under the unification agreement, with the right to operate, if it should see fit, in adjacent States, either directly or through subsidiaries. 2. The people’s counsel is against the | power clause, which would fix a power rate for a period of 15 years on-the basis of existing contract rates, at the same time divesting the Public Utilities Commission_of authority to make any changes in the rate during that pericd. “This clause destroys the whole princi- ple of utility regulation,” Mr. Keech said. 3. He is opposed to the clause pro- viding free transfers between street car and bus, but excepting de luxe busses. He believes free transfers should be uni- versal, covering every branch of the merged company. Wants No Limit on Powers. 4. Mr. Keech is in opposition to that section of the bill which would merely give the Public Utilities Commission power to “authorize” abandonment of such property or operations as may bz found by the commission to be in the best interests of improvement of serv- ice and effecting economies. The peo- ple’s counsel feels the Public Utilities Commisison should be given complete power_to require such abandonments. 5. He objects to the reservatien held by Congress to alter, amend, or repeal the resolution, and specifying that “any and all rights of franchise created by this resolution shall terminate after one year following its repeal.” Each of these objections is contained in the list of amendments proposed by | Senator Arthur Capper, chairman of the Senate District Comimttee, and Senator John J. Blaine, in a minority report accompanying the bill as it was reported out by the District Committee. . Others in Conference. ‘The subcommittee appointed by Mr. Littlepage is comprised of Ben T. Web- ster, president of the Washington Board of Trade; Mark Lansburgh, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers” Assoclation; George E. Keneipp, chair- man of the Washington Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee, and Col. .A. B. Barber of the Interfed- eration Conference. Mr. Littlepage will also serve on the subcomittee. ‘The group which conferred with Mr. Keech yesterday included the foregoing and Robert J. Cottrell, secretary of the ‘Washington ,Board of Trade; Mrs. Har- riet Howe, Zonta Club; Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association; Miss Alma McCrum, Quota Club; Col. William O. Tufts, president of the Federation of Churches; Dewey Zirkin, president-elect of the Kiwanis Club, and Henry A. Wil- lard, Optimists’ Club. —_— KUNZE IS RE-ELECTED HEAD OF PHILATELISTS Albert P. Kunze was re-elected presi- dent of the Washington Philatelic Society last night. Other officers chosen were Willlam C. Bond, first vice presi- dent; Charles S. Vaughan, second vice president; Maurice S. Petty, secretary, and Phillip S. Warren, treasurer. The following were selected as addi- tional members of the board of gov- ernors: Ernest Kletsch, V. V. Welergang, J. H. Jenkins and W. H. Collins. Jenkins was elected auctioneer, Clyde De Binder, manager. It was reported that membership of sty durvg the pas yer, mmarked li , In mal trast to the ce of other this respect. of the exhibit