Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1933, Page 17

Washington News Only One Member Records Opposition in Session After Hearing. CHURCH AND TEMPERANCE WORKERS OFFER PROTEST Tax Is Cut to $1 Per Barrel and Off-Sale License Fee Is Raised to $50. The House District Committee today reported the District beer bill with only one member recorded in opposition, Representative Stalker, Republican, of New York. This decision was taken after a brief executive session following the final hearing given to church and temperance union workers, who sought a last oppor- tunity to register their protest against this legislation. The committee made several changes in the bill. The tax was cut from $1.20 to $1 per barrel. Hotels are allowed to get a license, but they must secure a separate license for each establishment. Off-Sale Fee Raised. ‘The off-sale license fee which is a license to sell the beer in containers to be consumed off the premises, was in- creased from $25 to $50. ‘The committee decided that regard- ing the alcoholic content of beer, what- ever is carried in the national beer act should be the percentage used in the District act. Speaker Rainey has announced that the District beer bill is one of three major issues of emergency legislation to be acted upon by the House this week. It is placed on his program im- mediately following the farm relief bill which is scheduled to come up tomorrow. Four new members of the House Dis- trict Committee took Issue with oppo- nents of the District beer bill who crowded the District Committee room today. Representative Everett M. Derksen, Republican, of Ilinois, told them he ‘was interested in the alcoholic content of the bill “because it had a kick and a thrill in it in spite of the fact that he is a Presbyterian.” Mr:. Virginia E. Jenks of Indiana told some of the women, who had been pleading with the committee to protect the morals of the younger generation and said that they were speaking as representatives of the Christian woman- hood of the country, that she resented the use of the word “Christian” be- cause she herself “is a Christian, mother of a 19-year-old daughter, and that they did not know from personal observation regarding the conditions that exist after 10 o'clock at night.” Answers Protests. Representative George Burnham, Re- publican, of California, replying to a protest against allowing beer gardens to be opened, said he would much prefer to have his family of six children sit- ting with their parents under a tree drinking beer where everybody could see them, than running around in an auto- mobile with a whisky flask on their hip. Representative Carl M. Weideman, Democrat, of Michigan, answering a speaker who had told of seeing children crawling under a bar room door and be- ing kicked out, asked her as to what her organization had done to help school children to get food. In the absence of Chairman Norton of the District Committee, who still is confined to a sick bed, Representative Palmisano took charge of the emer- gency meeting today in order to get the District beer bill reported to the House where the leaders have given it privi- legele status for emergency action this week. Demand for Vote Made. Acting Chairman Palmisano precipi- tated a demand for voting privileges in the District when he asked the protestants if they did not believe that the people of the District should have rights as the rest of the people of the country. When he asked how the peo- ple would get the right unless the Dis- trict Committee acted on this meas- yre, he was greeted with a chorus of “Let us vote.” The women opposing the bill protect- ed that “‘the people have nothing to say” about legislation for them. Mr. Palmisano asked them if they were as anxious to vote on all other District matters as against the beer bill Dr. W. S. Abernethy, pastor of Cal- vary Baptist Church, told the commit- tee that his congregation is united in opposition to the beer bill for the Dis- trict of Columbia. They believe that the Sheppard act, which is still on the statute books, has not been wiped out by the Volstead act. He said that they are opposed to beer and liquor traffic on_moral grounds. Representative Burnham in reply taid that he was also in favor of tem- perance. He believes the question of sobriety and temperance is one of edu- cation in the home and that the ge- henna of conditions under prohibition proved to him that conditions are now worse than they were before prohibition. Questioned by Weideman, Mrs. Stone, president of the Columbia Bible Training School, asked members if they thought it was a high privilege for them to vote to allow the District to open beer gardens. Representative Weideman of Michigan asked Mrs. Stone if she thought the youth of ‘Washington had been debauched and acquired a drinking habit since 22 per cent wine has been available to them. Representative Burnham told the protestants, who had been emphasizing their zeal in work for the youth of the land, that he himself has had consid- erable experience as an organizer of Boy Scouts and the Order of De Molay and that from his wide, practical ex- perience in life he believes that the right way to handle problems of intoxi- cation is through proper control and regulation, as is provided in the District beer bill. " Representative Stalker, who voiced the only opposition in the committee to the bill won a cheer from the crowded attendance of organized tem- perance workers by declaring ‘“The wets are digging their own grave.” Mrs. Jencken Joins Burnham. ‘Mrs. Jencken joined with Representa- tive Burnham in emphasizing that the way to properly train children to with- stand temptation of the liquor traffic e home. hl\t,{nm.ml". C. Brinley, president of the Northern Star Chapter of the W. C. T. U., also pleaded with the committee for protection of youth. Representative Derksen broke up the hearing when he declared that, al- though a newcomer, he has received cards from a number of bootleggers,: that he has found M::yl:‘r:‘dt r}": o:v .: very poor quality an e 8 uql Presbyterian and with a broad knowledge of conditions hoy have developed under | | | | as His attorneys, John E. Dwyer and John E, McGeahey, have ldv_led him Death came to Rev. The WASHINGTO Nicholas J. Kinney yesterday, 24 hours before he and Mrs. Mary Kinney were to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. ODAY was to have been the golden wedding anniversary of Rev. Nicholas J. Kinney had he lived 24 hours longer. He died yesterday on the rostrum of the Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Protestant Church, shortly after he had declared his faith as a life-long churchman, and deposited 77 pennies in the Sunday school's birthday bank. Rev. Kinney had addressed the adult class, telling the lessons life taught him, from the viewpoint of his 77 years. His birthday was last week, and he dropped the symbolic coins into the bank, returning to his seat while the class sang: “Happy Birthday to You. The chorus still was ringing through the class room when Rev. Kinney slumped forward in his seat. He was quickly carried into the church, already filling with early arrivals for the morn- ing service. The former pastor died a few minutes later of a heart attack. The service was turned into a brief memorial for Rev. Kinney before the congregation was dismissed. Rev. Kinney had celebrated his T7th birthday anniversary Tuesday at | his home, 226 S street northeast, and | plans were going forward for a surprise jubilee on his wedding anniversary to- day. In fact, at about the time he was | stricken, the pastor of the church was announcing the celebration from the pulpit. It was to have been held at the | This picture was taken several days ago in preparation for the celebration. o —Harris-Ewing Photo. | home of his son, R. D. Kinney, 3812 | Beecher street. | _A native of Richwood. Ohio, Rev. | Kinney served as a clergyman for 31 | years before he retired. He came to Washington with his family in 1918, taking a position as clerk in the Vet- erans’ Bureau and preaching oceasional sermons as a supply pastor. He was to have retired from Government serv- ice this year. In his last words, Rev. Kinney told the Sunday school class: “There are three things I have learned not to do and I have been thankful ever since. “I have never learned to swear and I don't know how. “I have never learned to use to- bacco and I am thankful I do not use it. “I have never learned to use liquor in any form and I do not even know the taste of it. “If T live to be an old man, I will still be happy I did not learn to do | those things.” Except for a slight attack a week ago, Rev. Kinney had been in excellent health up to the time of his death, working daily at the Veterans’ Bureau. In addition to his wife and son, Rev. Kinney is survived by another son, Edwin J. Kinney of Washington; three daughters, Miss Mary Kinney and Mrs. Ethel Geran, both of Washington, and Mrs. M. P. Ayers of Thrifton, Va. Funeral services | the Rhode Island Avenue M. P. Church |at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, and burial will ! be in Richwood. CHEVY GHASE GIRL 1S SCHOOL ORATOR Selection Is First in Private Institutions in Star Region of Contest. Miss Anne de Walden Cooke, 18-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard | de Walden Cooke of 6906 Connecticut | avenue, Chevy Chase, Md., is the first | school spokesman to be determined in the private and parochial schools dis- trict of The Star's National Oratorical Contest area. Holy Cross Academy. A senior at Holy Cross, Miss Cooke will compete in the contest with an oration on “The Implied Powers of the Constitution.” She is in the unique po- sition of being chosen her school’s ora- torical champion although she never has actually delivered her speech. Miss Cooke was selected on the basis of the excellence of her manuscript and she now is in training for the inter-school hase of the contest, when she will ve to speak. Miss Cooke has lived here for two years, having come from Portland, Me., where she attended the Wainfleet Latin School. Prior to that she studied four years at & French Grammar school while she lived with her family in Paris. Her favorite sports are swim- ming and horseback riding. While at Holy Cross, Miss Cooke lives with her aunt, Mrs. John J. Madigan, at the 00T Brmcenlul in the next step of the contest—the inter-school group phase— Miss Cooke will enter the private and parochial school finals. If victorious there she would enter The Star finals for the right to represent this news- paper’s entire region in the national finals in May. And as spokesman for this area in the national finals, she would win the 2% -month tour of Europe next Summer. FACES CHECK CHARGE Man Wanted in Capital Arrested at Cleveland, Ohio. Charged with passing & bad check here .srg:era.l months ago, Edward A. Wengerd, 1600 block of Columbia road, | was arrested in Cleveland, Ohio, for Washington authorities today, it was learned here. He is charged with giving a worthless check for $100 to George Sachlis, pro- prietor of a restaurant in the 1300 block of H street. She will represent the | Orator | ! MISS ANNE DE WALDEN COOKE. —Star Staff Photo. MEETING TO DISCUSS TAXICAB SITUATION Also Interfederation Conference Will Take Up Proposed Utility Mergers Tonight. ‘The street railway merger, taxicab control, the merger of the gas com- panies here, the making of the District into a bird and game sanctuary and Federal acquisition of Mount Vernon will be discussed at the monthly meet- ing of the Interfederation Conference at the United States Chamber of Com- merce tonight. One of the principal matters to come up is a resolution proposed at the Feb- ruary meeting by Col. A. B. Barber, which follows: “That the conference go on record as favoring the granting to the Public Utilities Commission authority to do the things necessary for clearing up the taxicab situation, and, if in their judg- ment such action will prove beneficial, to order the installation of taximeters.” There is also proposed for discussion | an amendment to the conference con- | stitution which would bind the confer- ence to take “no action on any matter pertaining solely or almost entirely to the jurisdiction represented by a mem- ber body that is contrary to the express position of such member body.” ‘The amendment is ‘mpoud by James | G. Yaden, president Bf the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. ISCHOOL TEACHER RAISES POINT ON FILING INCOME TAX RETURNS Carroll W. Hughes Contends He Need Only Pay on Salary Derived From Federal Funds. Contending that a District school teacher need pay Federal income tax only on that part of his salary which comes from Federal funds, Carroll W. Hughes, teacher at the Powell Junior High School, has filed his 1932 income tax return on that basis—representing w&mxlmltely 24 per cent of his total salary. Hughes is relying on the exemption granted in the case of professors at the University of Maryland, who were given exemption for that part of their salaries which came from State sources. the that | School, lives District teachers are the only ones in any of the American public school sys- tems who are assessed an income tax. Should Hughes' point be sustained by the Board of Tax Appeals or the courts, it would apparently carry with it ex- emptions for the larger part of the salaries of most District employes. Their salaries, made payable in Federal appropriation acts, are made up in part of taxes collected by the municipality from its residents and in from contributions by the Federal Govern- ment toward the municipality’s support. Hughes, who is also an_instructor in night school at Central High , 1524 K streety will be held lt’ KING FAVORS MEN IDENTIFIEDWITHDL. AS COMMISSIONERS Senator Has No Candidates in Mind, but Wants Best Available. CONFERENCE IS EXPECTED SOON WITH PRESIDENT Believes That Greater Responsi- bility Should Be Conferred on City Heads. Senater William H. King of Utah, new Democratic chairman of the Dis- trict Committee, today declared himself in favor of a policy of selecting persons definitely identified with Washington for local appointment, particularly in the naming of District Commissioners. Senator King said he had no candi- dates in mind for Commissioner and that his only desire is to urge that the best available individuals be chosen. He added, however, that he felt they should be identified with the District of Columbia, rather than from outside. He indicated that he expected to call at the White House in the near future for a conference with the President. Senator King introduced in the Sen- ate today a bill, reviving a movement he sponsored a number of years ago to broaden the general powers of the Com- missioners in a way that would enable them to handle some of the miscella- neous municipal problems that have to be brought to Congress for action at present. The bill was referred to his committee for consideration. The new Senate chairman has be- lieved for a long time that greater re- sponsibility should be conferred on the Commissioners to handle regulatory matters. Senator King also said today that he | intends to confer with the other mem- | bers of his committee regarding a plan |to designate a definite day for weekly | committee meetings, at which, he said, he wanted the residents of Washington to feel free to present their views of 1 local problems. 'FIREMEN DELAYED, BUS STOP SCORED Elimination of Zone Beside Fire Plug Will Be Sought After Tie-Up Blocks Apparatus. Police and fire officials today prepared to take up with the Public Utilities Commission the abolition of a bus stop in front of a fire plug on the east side ! of Eleventh street just north of Penn- sylvania avenue. ‘When firemen responded to an alarm at the corner this morning three busses barred the way to the plug, and caused delay in attaching a hose line. Although | | the fire was slight in extent—behind | the prescription counter of a Whelan | drug store at the corner—fire officials |said the delay might have been more serious had the blaze been greater. ! According to the Public Utilities Com- | | mission, the Washington, Marlboro & Annapolis Bus Lines, was given per- mission to use the stand on December 31, 1931, with the understanding the| drivers should not leave their busses, should be ready to shift them at any time in case of fire, and should not remain on the stand longer than 10 minutes. Both Maj. Ernest W. Brown, super- intendent of police, and William A. Van Duzer, director of the Department of Vehicles and Traffic, said they knew nothing of the agreement by which the busses are allowed to stand in front of a fire plug. “It is in direct contradiction of a police traffic regulation,” Chief Brown, pointed out. It will be remembered that Brown, then head of the Police Traffic Bureau, strongly opposed the proposal which would let busses and taxicabs park in front of fire plugs when it was brought up more than a year ago. PUBLIC BUILDINGS GROUP GETS KEYES AS MEMBER New Hampshire Republican Is Named by Garner to Smoot Post. Senator Henry W. Keyes, Republican, of New Hampshire, was named today by Vice President Garner to fill one of the vacancies on the Public Build- ings Commission, which allots space in Federal structures in Washington and assists in preparation of plans for new buildings. ‘He succeeds former Senator Smoot, Republican, of Utah, who left the Senate March 4. Former Senator Swanson, Democrat, of Virginia, also was a member of the Public Buildings Commission, but no one has been named to succeed him since he left the Senate to become Sec- retary of the Navy in the Roosevelt cabinet. The Public Buildings Com- mission will have a new chairman, to be designated later. While the Repub- licans were in control former Senator Smoot was c! an. Police Department Bulletin Suspended As Economy Move Publication May Not Be Resumed Because of Teletype and Radio. Publication of the Police Department Bulletin was suspended for a month March 15 as an economy move, it was learned today. If at the end of the month's time, Inspector L. I. H. Edwards said this morning;- it was found that no incon- venience is felt because of its absence, publication will not be resumed. [e said the teletype and radio to a great exunb';mohmmu the necessity of & writ- ;’-5 $1,600 to repair, Inspector Edwards Inspector Edwards said the police bul- letin was being published when he first came on force 30 and he does not know the of first issue, Foening Sfar WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1933. Society and General Annual Amaryllis Show Opens WIVES OF NEW CABINET MEMBERS TO BE FIRST GUESTS. A general view of the amaryllis show in the green houses of the Department | Below: Miss Suzanne Mullett with some of the giant flowers. of Agriculture. —Star Staff Phot ROOSEVELT SIGNS ECONOMY MEASURE Law Calling for Veterans’ and U. S. Salary Cuts to Be Speeded. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt, at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, signed into law the economy bill empowering him to slash veterans’ compensations and Govern- ment salaries. With this weapon, he intends to lop off about $500,000,000 from Federal ex- penses. He had his aides already busy pre- paring the new schedule of salaries and | veterans' allowances ,and expected to put these into effect before the next pay day comes along on April 1. A minimum saving of $280,000,000 through reduced veterans' compensa- tions and $100,000,000 in lowered sal- aries is contemplated in the adminis- | tration moves to get the budget bal-| Another hun- | anced within a year. dred million or more in saving is ex- pected from reorganization and aboli- tlon of Government agencies. Second Act Signed. This is the second of the emergency measures to be signed by the President. A third one—the beer bill—is expected quickly at the White House. Orders by the President himself are required to make most of the reduc- tions. ¥ However, in preparation for the bill's enactment, the Veterans' Administra- tion last week ordered its fleld stations to discontinue awards in veterans' cases. It also suspended all admissions to veterans' homes and {msplfilll except those of emergency nature. Under the bill, the President has the power to fix new regulations and new limits of eligibility for pensions, compensation, etc. This clause will re- move thousands from the rolls and will prevent the addition of thousands more. Except for men permanently disabled, hospital and domiciliary care will be limited to those whose ailments were actually caused by war service. G. A. R. Pensions Cut. Pensions for Civil War or previous service will be cut 10 per cent flat. Only those emergency officers who saw service and were injured durlnfl the actual World War period will be allowed further retirement pay. All provisions of existing law under which ailments are presumed to be of war origin if developed within so many years after the war are now out. In addition the President is author- ized, after investigation of the cost of living, to cut all Federal salaries, ex- cept those fixed by the Constitution, by as much as 15 per cent. RHEEM BANKRUPTCY DECISION AFFIRMED Court of Appeals Says Evidence Is Sufficient to Show Act of Insolvency. The Court of Appeals today upheld a decision of the District Supreme Court in which Edmund D. Rheem, former head of Swartzel, Rheem & Hensey Co., was adjudicated a bank- rupt. ‘The bankruptcy proceedings against Rheem, who is serving a sentence at Lorton Reformatory in connection with the failure of his firm, were brought by Carrie O. Allnut, Cora E. and Delia E. Hoops through At ey E. Hilton Jackson. SECRECY PROBED Methods of Hiding $1,600,- 000 Deficit Studied at Park Savings. 000 in the funds of the Park Savings Bank was concealed from bank exam- | iners is being given special attention | by Federal investigators, it was reported today. The huge deficit, as indicated by pre- liminary study of the bank's records. was discovered without difficulty by ex- | pert accountants of the United States affairs of Robert S. Stunz, vice presi- dent, who ended his life last Tuesday. Ledgers kept under the supervision of Stunz are said to be garbled, making determination of the exact shortage a painstaking task. It is reported that bank examiners and fictitious state- ments exhibited in their place. Stunz, it is understood, was able to anticipate the appearance of an examiner. The bank expects to be indemnified to the extent of $200,000, but Stunz is reported to have confessed a shortage considerably greater than that just be- fore shooting himself. Stunz was bond- ed for $150,000 and the bank carried a $50,000 life insurance policy on him. The policy was taken out some years ago. It is believed the suicide will not ::Tefit payment of the insurance to the n] Federal accountants will be at work on the bank’s records for two or three weeks, it was learned today. United States Attorney Rover is keeping in touch with the inquiry, “as a matter of —_— NEW PAPER, THE SUN, TO BE PUBLISHED HERE Morning Picture Tabloid Will Start in Washington Next Thursday. A new morning paper, the Sun, will begin publication in Washington Thurs- day. In form the paper will be a pic- ture tabloid, selling for 2 cents every day in the week except Sunday. Edward R. Hazenah, publisher of the new paper, in announcing the forth- coming publication, said today: “The Sun will not be a sensational scandal sheet. The first page will be all pictures. There will be two pages of pictures inside and a large number of additional pictures scattered through- out the paper. Hazenah was formerly with the Army-Navy Journal and the Brooklyn Eagle. On the staff of the new paper are Peter Daily, Paul Mallon, Richard R. Baker, 2d, and Robert Spurgeon, on the editorial staff; Joe Holman, sports editor, and Chester Howe, in the ad- vertising department. Dennis Hart- man will be business manager. The paper will be printed and pub- lished at 3342 M street. N BANK SHORTAGE How an apparent shortage of $1,600.- | with a remarkable degree of accuracy SMALL crowd was waiting, de- spite the weather, when the twentieth annual amaryllis show of the Agriculture De- partment opened today in the | green houses at Fourteenth street and | Constitution avenue. This afternoon some of the women prominent in the cabinet circle of the new administration are attending the show, some of them for the first time. Mrs. Roosevelt is expectei to bring a group of her friends early this week. The show will remain open daily from 9 am. until 9 pm. until next Mon- day at 9 pm. There are a larger number of the | unusual white amaryllis blooms which are the particular achievement of the | Federal flower specialists in the show this year. There also are more than 40 plants that are blooming this year for the first time with varied coloring and petal formation as a result of cross hibernation. plants, with at least two stalks to each |bulb and with two to seven flowers |on each stalk. Some of these blooms are of a size never produced on culti- | vated plants. Diplomats from the Latin American countries who have viewed the show said it is the “most amazing exhibition of the Knight's Star Lily blooms ever seen outside of the native habitat of these plants in South America.” R —— EXPECTS PROMPT RELIEF FOR FARMS Texas Agriculture Places Confidence in Roosevelt. | Farmers are expecting prompt action by Congress in approving the adminis- | Bureau of Investigation shortly after |tration’s agricultural adjustment pro- | they were assigned to inquire into the 'gram, according to J. E. McDonald, Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, | who arrived in Washington today. | “We have reached the point where we must have action,” said McDonald. “This is no time to quibble over de- the tangled records were hidden from tails. The President and Secretary of | Agriculture should be given plenary powers to do the job. “Texas, the largest producer of farm products of any State in the Union, and which grows one-third of the na- | tion’s cotton crop, is almost unanimous |in having explicit faith in the ability |of President Roosevelt and Secretary | Wallace to handle the agricultural sit- uation satisfactorily. “Farmers do not interfere with bank- ing and other legislation concerning business men and it is nothing but fair that solution of the farm problem should be left in the hands of farmers. “All they want is cost of production plus & reasonable profit, and I believe that is the chief aim of the adminis- tration's agricultural adjustment bill. Restoring to the American farmer the same purchasing power that he enjoyed in the pre-war period, from 1909 to 1914, as provided in the bill, will prove the most fundamental step yet taken to restore general prosperity, and we will again see smoke issuing from the smokestacks of all our factories. Farm- ers need the products made in the cities and towns, but farming below the cost of production for many years has done away with his buying power, and it must be restored. “It is a fallacy to think we are de- pendent upon foreign markets for .the prosperity of American agriculture. There never has been a year when America exported more than 15 per cent of her total farm products. We should quit looking to foreign markets. When we look more to our home markets we will be better off.” SAFE ROBBERS GET $93 Cook Waste Paper Office Looted Over Week End. Safe robbers obtained $93 from the office of the Cook Waste Paper Co., 59 Pierce street northeast, over the week end, according to a‘report to police this morning. The thieves apparently mastered the combination, for the safe bore no evi- dence of having been forced open. The robbery was discovered when the estab- lishment was opened for business. ‘Washington still has its Herbert Hoo- ver, according to the 1933 Boyd City Directory, issued today by R. L. Polk The evidence at the trial showed |& Co. that Rheem had withdrawn his entire bank balance of more than $5,000 and paid it out to some of his creditors whom he desired to prefer, while at the same time he was liable for mil- our opinion, to show an act of and, since Rheem was insolvent This particular Herbert Hoover has never occupied the White House. He machinist is a Island avenue and ‘his name is one of the many famous ones listed in the new ‘There are, for instance, 48 ‘Washingtons, 10 Robert E. Lees, 8 John L. Sullivans, 6 Woodrow Wilsons, 2 Daniel Boones, 2 Jesse Jameses, 2 John when he made these payments, the or- | Horner, 1 sdjudicat U? tion was properly en- and lives at 812 Rhode | industrial DISTINGUISHED NAMES LISTED IN CITY DIRECTORY JUST ISSUED It Contains One “Herbert Hoover,” 48 “George Wash- ingtons” and 10 “Robert E. Lees.” names, 13,544 more than the 1932 vol- ume and 21,504 more than the one is- sued in 1931. Those Wi ians who don't work for the Government earn their livellhood in 735 types of commercial, and professional _establish- ments, the volume n&‘nfu. The vflmous enterprises represen n&u. ipha- betically, from “abstract title” to ‘The roster of the Seventy-third Con- gress is listed and the names of such officials of the new administration as announced up to and ition day also are all the usual & history of Wash- survey of the The show contains more than 1,200 | Commissioner PAGE B—1 WASHINGTON POST RECEIVER 15 ASKED: JEARLY SALE URGED Recommendation Made to District Supreme Court by Co-Trustees. TWO OFFERS DECLARED MADE FOR PURCHASE William Randolph Hearst and Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean Reported Bidders. Appointment of a receiver for the Washington Post and an early sale of that paper was recommended in Dis- trict Supreme Court today by Corcoran Thom, president of the American Se- curity & Trust Co. The trust company is co-trustee of the estate of the late John R. McLean, which owns the Post. Mr. Thom's recommendation was given during the course of his testi- mony before Justice Jennings Bailey in a proceeding to remove Edward B. Mc- Lean, son of John R. McLean, from his co-trusteeship in the estate. McLean Removed. The court last year removed McLean as co-trustee in so far as all matters pertaining to the Post were concerned. He had been publisher of the paper. Mr. Thom said the Post has been | operated at a heavy loss and that there is no practical way of raising the money necessary to continue it in op- eration. He revealed that there are two pend- ing offers to buy the paper—one from | William Randolph Hearst and the other from Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, estranged wife of Edward B. McLean. Both of these offers, he said, are tentative and contemplate a purchase i price of $1,000,000. He pointed out, however, that the Post has incurred debts of nearly $500,- 000, which would have to be paid out of the purchase price, leaving a balance of only approximately $500,000 for the estate. Heavy Loss Reported. | _ Mr. Thom said the Post lost $150.000 | during the first six months following the removal of McLean from control over the paper. Economies aggregating $200,000 a year were efected, he said, but the losses continued as the result of a decline in advertising revenue. He said these losses during the last six months of 1932 and in January, 1933, were: July, $32.000; August, $29.000: Sep- tember, $12,000; Octcber, $11.000; No- vember, $12,000; December, $29,000, and January, $34,000 These figures, he said, indicate that despite the economies, the paper can- not be operated profitably. ‘The Hearst offer, he said, contem- plates the assumption of existing debts and the payment of $100,000 & year for five years. He testified that Mrs. Mc- Lean’s offer was conditioned upon her ability to raise $500,000 by mortgaging property she owned. She also would pay the balance in five $100,000 yearly installments. He said he advised McLean of these offers and that the only reply he re- ceived was: “Think Mrs. McLean's offer ridiculous.” Advances Made. The American Security & Trust Co., he said, has advanced the Post $155,000 to meet operating expenses. Rather than let the paper collapse, he testified, the Executive Committee of the trust company decided last week to advance $20,000 more. This advance, he said, was to tide the paper over the present hearing, and that no more money could be expected from that source. The only other possible means of rais- ing money, he said, would be through a sale of other assets of the estate at a tremendous sacrifice. He listed the free assets of the estate at this time as follows: The property known as Friendship, 23,071 shares of stock in the American Security & Trust Co., 81 shares in Riggs National Bank, 135 shares in the National Savings & Trust Co., 50 shares in the Munsey Trust Co. and 6 shares of Virginia Brick Co. Stock. “In view of the improbability of be- ing able to raise any more money to support_the Post,” he said, “I recom- mend that a receiver be appointed to conserve the assets of the paper and effect an early sale.” Holds Sale Authority. Under the terms of his father's will, Mr. Thom said, McLean has the au- thority to approve or disapprove a sale. This difficulty has caused some pur- chasers to “veer away,” he testified, but would be eliminated if the paper should be sold by a receiver. Mr. Thom also said that in 1929 Eu- gene Myer offered $5,000,000 in cash for the Post, but that this prospective sale was blocked by McLean. He said he would be most reluctant to sell the paper for $1,000,000, but didn’t see any other solution for the difficulty. . Thom said he has not seen McLean since the Fall of 1931 and has been unable to communicate with him satisfactorily in matters pertaming to the estate. Mr. Thom said he thousht the American Security & Trust Ca, should co-operate with some of the creditors of the Post in the receivership proceed- ing. He said he thought the Post was a valuable asset, but that it would be disastrous for a receiver to attempt to run the paper for any length of time. ‘The only other witness heard was Wilton J. Lambert, attorney for Mc- Lean as co-trustee. The only purpose of his testimony was to establish that he had served in this capacity. Before adjourning for lunch Justice Bailey indicated he had some doubt as to whether he could legally ap- point a receiver for the paper in view of the fact that there are no unpaid Jjudgments outstanding against it. Counsel for the trust company, how- ever, contended the court had authority to take such action. . BUTLER SCARES THIEVES Burglars at Home of Comdr. Bas- tedo Flee When He Shouts. Burglars who attempted to break into the home of Comdr. P. H. Bastedo, 3065 W street, early this morning, were frightened away by the butler, Leon Leutrat. Mrs. Helen Bastedo reported to lice that two youths jimmied a window in a rear bed room occupied by her butler. In the process of opening the window they made considerable noise and Leutrat was awakened. “Hands up,” he shouted, although he had no gun. In their haste to get away the burg- l&- jumped into a ne:&by treearrou: balcony breaking one branches.