Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1933, Page 5

OPPOSITION TESTS | ROOSEVELT'S SKi'L'L} Fight to Pass Farm Program Will Require Forceful Leadership. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Sooner or_later opposition had to | develop on Capitol Hill to the legisla- tive program of the Chief Executive. but it has come now with sufficient force to test President Reosevelt's skill | s a leader. The Republicans are going to line up against several features of the agri- cultural plan as well as the unemploy- | ment project involving reforestation. | Many Democrats are privately voicing their opposit: Mr. Roosevelt has a substantial ma- Jority in both houses and can win over Republican opposition and disaffection in his own party provided the latter is not too large. He will always pick up some votes from the Republican group because the issues being discussed arc economic rather than political, and in- dividual members of Congress irrespec- tive of party will find themselves com- pelled to vote for some of Mr. Roose- velt's proposals because of pressure from their constituents. Complications Arise. Perhaps the biggest ccntroversy is that about to be waged over the agri- cultural bill. The suggestion that dic- tatorial powers be given has thus far | been met with favor when it applies to | the President, but when it comes to| intrusting the Secretary of Agriculture | with sweeping authority to regulate the | prices ¢f farm products, conflicting in- | terests arise which manage to ccmpli cate the problem from a dozen angles. The probable position of most of the progressives may play a deciding part in the final line-up.” During the last two weeks, most of them have voted against Mr. Roosevelt. Seven opposed the banking bill in the Senate and since then a number of the same group have been registering “noes” on the economy bill. too. The President had Senator Borah at the White House this week trymg to persude the Idaho leader to go along with him. but the Senator is known to be vigorously opposed to the agricultural bill with its domestic allot- ment plan and other items that are bound to occasion considerable debate. It may be said that in one sense the ency has passed and while legislation is_related to the eco- | nomic situation, Congress from now on will take its time about passing bills that develop substantial opposition. Delay sometimes means defeat, but more often it means compromise. Here is where the new President is expected to show his ability as a political leader. For. if he can work out compromise legislation and win votes from his op- pesition, his leadership will continue to be the dominating influence in Con- | Toss B Gapitol Hill is in a restive mood be- | cause of the pressure for relief legisla- tion and the tangles created by the con- | troversy over the favored position of | national banks over State banks in the matter of currency issue. The Repub- | licans have made & record of co-Opera- tion thus far, but on purely political questions such as elimination of civil service rules with respect to embloyes under the proposcd agricultural bill and other items that permit them to make a case, some determined opposition may be anticipated. While rumblings are heard over the | sagricultural bill. and Mr. Roosevelt may | have to give ground on it so as to keep | his party following in line, it cannot be | said that his leadership is as yet en- dangered. It remains to be seen how | he conducts himself in the controversies | of the next 10 days. (Copyright. 1933 JUDD CASE DECISION SOON TO BE MADE Arizona Board of Pardons May ! Act After Hearing of To- day’'s Witnesses. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz, March 22.—After today's witnesses have been heard the| Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles may deccide what action it will take on the appeal for clemency of Winnie Ruth Judd, convicted murderess. Mrs. Judd, blond slayer of the Phoenix “trunk murders” of October, 1831, is under sentence to hang April 14, Good Friday. 0. V. Willson, attorney for Mrs. Judd, g2id he had several witnesses he wished | to summon in an effort to prove the man killed Mrs. Agnes Anne Le Roi d Miss Hedvig Samuelson in self- fense. He did not name them. The board yesterday heard John J. Halloran, weaithy Phoenix lumberman and sportsman, categorically deny he d in any way been involved in the ax,s"posm of the bodies of the two vic-| s which were sent in trunks from Phoenix to Los Angeles. Superior Judge J. C. Niles recently ; dismissed a charge of “accessory to the crime of murder” against Hal- lpran, who had been accused by Mrs. | dd of aiding in the disposition of the ies. PICCARD PLANNING 4 TWO ASCENSIONS " Pirst Stratosphere Trip From Brus- | sels to Be Followed by One at Chicago, He Declares. k ' By the Associated Press. BOSTON, March 22.—The Post says | Prof. August Piccard, famed scientific explorer of the stratosphere and holder of the world's altitude record, said last night he would make two ascensions this year. He plans to make one ascension “to the edge of space” from Brussels, where he is a professor at the University, and one later from America, possibly Chi- cago, the Post says he told them. | he scientist was the guest yesterday of the Massachusetts Tnstitute of Tech- nology and of Harvard University. He envisicned stratospheric _transportation —transportation in the regions 8 miles or more above the earth—as an eco- nomic possibility within a few years. ! Such transportation would be safe, he said, because of the lack of bumps, air i pockets, clouds, and ice formation on! the wings of planes. nomic because of its increased safety,| lowered air resistance, and the reduc- | tion of displacement costs, accoridng to his theories. | GARDEN AWARDS MADE NEW YORK, March 22 (#).—Three Bold medals offered by Premier Mus- solini for gardens showing an Italian influence were awarded yesterday at the twentieth annual International Fiower Show, Mr. and Mrs, Marshall Field’s entry, designed and grown by George H. Gillies, won the first medal, awarded thi exhiblt of the garden clubs of Rye, . Y., and Ridgefleld, Conn,, & Care monk's cell garden, | phenomenon is about as startling as 1t would be eco- |l Plants Kill and Eat Worms Newly - Discovered Fungous Specimen Strangles Millions of Nematodes, Forest Floor, Devouring Them in 2 Hours. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ISCOVERY of plants that strangle and devour animals by the millions has just been reported to the Washington | Academy of Sciences by Dr. Charles Dreschler, botanist of the Bureau of Plant Industry here. The plants are varietics of fungi, the order of vegetable life to which the various moulds belong. The animals are nematodes, wormlike cratures which Jive in countless billions in the soil and some of which are responsible for such human diseases as hook worm infection. The eternal struggle between the, miroscopic fungi and the equaily mi- | croscopic nematodes takes place in the decaying vegetation just under the sur- | face of the forest fioor around Wash- | ington and probabiy all over the world. | It has remained unkown up to the| present because of the darkness in| which it takes place. The probabilities | are that it is a phenomenon of great | practical significance in the mechanics | of nature, although the nature of this | is not yet clear. Seen through a misroscope, the | would be that of a tree suddenly wrap- ping its branches around a man, crush- ing him and then eating him. Other plants are known to trap and eat animals—such as the celebrated Venus fly trap which snaps shut on insects | which venture inside its blossom. But this is little more than a natural | curiosity, while the war between the predacious fungi and the nematodes takes place on such a grand scale that it is likely to have a very great sig- nificance. Seven Varieties Found. Dr. Dreschler has found seven varieties of these predacious fungi. They may be barely visible to the naked eye. The essential structure of these plants is like a very fine thread. This is arranged in tiny loops, like bird snares. The little worms are blind. Crawling by the millions _through the decaying vegeta- tion, every now and then one of them will stumble into the snare, just about large enough to admit the tiny body. Then the plant “springs the snare,” by increasing its thickness on the inside until some of the plant substance has broken through into the body of the animal. Then the cells of the fungus spread rapidly through the entire body, literally devouring it. In about two hours after a nematodes is trapped it is “eaten.” Its struggles are futile in the relentless snare of the plant. The largest of the nematodes captured in this way are about one-fiftieth of an Blind Creatures of the inch long. Although it appears a hit- and-miss proposition on the part of the tiny plant, the fungi and the nematodes are both so numerous that the victims in a small space are numbered literally by the millions. The most surprising part of the whole performance, Dr. Dreschler says, is the apparent aggres- siveness of the plant. After trapping its victim such a plant as the Venus fly trap waits for the insect to die and decay before absorbing its substance. The fungus kills and “eats” immediately. Dr. Dreschler also reports the dis- covery of other varieties of forest floor fungi that trap nematodes by means of disk-shaped patches of cells covered with a gluelike substance which catches any worm that accidentally runs against it. Then the same “eating” process takes place. This method, however, ap- pears less efficient than that of snaring. A strong, big nematode can sometimes escape from the blue trap. There is no escape from the deadly noose. The glue pad device also is used by some varieties of fungi to catch amoebae, the mi- roscopic single-celled animals which also abound in decaying vegetable mat- ter, and these also are devoured by the millions. On the other hand, some of the amoebae devour the fungi, by slowly inclosing the tiny plants in their mobile bodies. Here the hunter sometimes falls victim to the hunted. Differ From Other Plants. ‘The fungi differ from other plants, Dr. Dreschler explains, in that they lack the means of “manufacturing” their own food in their own cells by means of synthesis from carbon dioxide and water. As is the case with animals, their food must be prepared for them. Consequently they usually live on decay- ing plant or animal material. Many of them, however, subsist on lving plants or animals. Examples are the fungi which cause notorious “athlete’s foot” among human beings, and the various moulds that attack the leaves of vegetation. These, however, are passive processes compared to the aggressive behavior of the forest floor molds which furnish the parallel in reality for the numerous folklore stories of flesh-eating trees which throw their roots around persons, strangle them, and absorb the substance from their bodies. There are even in- dications of forest floor fungi which kill just because it is their nature to kill, leaving the bodies of their victims to be devoured by other fungi which lack the physiological mechanism of the plant butchers. A moving picture has been made of the various types of “killings,” which will be shown for the first time at the next meeting of the Botanical Society of Washington. NAYY HONORS GIVEN T0 FOUR MARNES Secretary Swanson Author- izes Awards for Nica- raguan Duties. Secretary of the Navy Swanson to- | day authorized the awarding of high| naval honors to four Marines, recently | on duty in Nicaragua | Lieut. Col. Calvin B. Matthews, now on duty at Marine Corps headquarters, was given a Distinguished Service Medal; First Lieut. Lewis B. Puller was awarded the Navy Cross Star; Gun. nery Sergt. Neal G. Williams was given the Distinguished Flying Cross, and Gunnery Sergt. William Andrew Lee| was awarded the Navy Cross Star. | Lieut. Puller is on duty at San Diego, | Calif., while the two enlisted men are | now serving at Quantico, Va. Col. Matthews, who came on duty in | ‘Washington from Nicaragua in Janu- ary, gets his award because of his out- standing service as major general and | director of the Nicaraguan national | guard from February, 1931, to last Jan~‘ uary. when the Marines evacuated that | republic. The citation recites that Col. Mat»i thews directed the national guard in its warfare against the irregular forces un- } der Sandino, and says that after the disastrous earthquake and fire at Ma- nagua in March, 1931, Col. Matthews proclaimed martial law. personally di- recting operations of the constabulary “in preventing looting, suppressing crime, exacuating the dead and in- jured, procuring food and supplies for the destitute and in the restoration of law and order.” The citation adds that Col. Matthews’ | constabulary aided materially in the elections there. | Lieut. Puller led the constabulary pa- | trol which was ambushed by bandits, but he directed his forces so the enemy was routed. The citation accompany- ing his award says “this signal victory | in jungle country with no lines of com- | munication and 100 miles from any supporting force was largely due to the indomitable courage and persistence of the patrol commander.” This occurred on_September 26, 1932. Sergt. Lee, second in command, was serfously wounded in this engagement and reported dead, but he survived the melee. Sergt. Williams flew over thick jungle last July and fought the bandits from the air. Polish Gold Reserve Cut. WARSAW, Poland, March 22 (#).— The Senate yesterday approved a bill lowering the required gold coverage of Polish currency from 40 per cent to 30 per cent. Also it approved a grant dur- ing the forthcoming parliamentary re- cess, permitting President Moscicki to govern by decree. SALE OF CHAIRS Automatic, lounge and occasional. 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Hand-Tailored CLOTHES for SPRING, 1933 $30 AND MORE Better tailoring .. mode]! 0{ tinction . . . these 1933 Fruhauf suits set a p real value-giving! Sidney West, Inc. 14th and G St BUGENE €. 60TT, President | Vice President of Association (#) —Princess | EMERY FORECASTS VOTE FOR DISTRICT of Oldest Inhabitants Sees Ultimate Success. Fred A. Emery, for 40 years a news- paper man in Washington and vice President of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, addressed a meeting of ! the Citizens’ Forum of Columbia Heights | last night on “Prospects Today for the Vote in the Distric Stating his belief that practically all residents of the District prefer to have Trepresentation in Congress, Mr. Emery pointed out that the District out- numbers eight States in population. pays more taxes than 27 States and furnished more soldiers for service in the World War than seven States. These facts he cited as reasons why :f‘l)en District should be given representa- Sure of Success. Pointing to the fight to obtain women's suffrage, he predicted that “as | sure as the moon rises and the sun | sets,” with a force behind the issue, the District will some day be given its | constitutional right to representation in the national Government. Mr. Emery, in discussing possible rep- | resentation for the District, named | C. E. La Vigne, Burd W. Payne and the forum's president, W. W. Coullette, adding that such men would make any citizen proud. In concluding, he | pointed out that all of the large civic bodies and business concerns in the District have favored having represen- tation. Mr. Emery, a native of Washington, is past president of the Society of Natives, former chief of the Bureau |of Intelligence of the State Department, an organizer of the National Press Club | and a delegate to the Federation of Citizens Associations. Ask Lower Tax Rate. A. M. Edwards, chairman of the forum's committee on taxation, after stating that properties here were as- sessed too highly and pointing out that approximately 24,000 properties were | offered for sale last year because of delinquent tax payments, introduced a resolution urging the District Commis- sioners to fix the rate of taxation on, real properties for the fiscal year 1934 | as low as is compatible with raising | revenue actually needed by the District. | The resolution was adopted unani- | mously. | ‘The group adopted another resolution | directing its law and legislation com- | mittee to draw up an amendment to | the District Bird Sanctuary code which would permit, through some form, the | extermination of starlings in this cit Another resolution directed that the group inform the Dupont Circle Citizen: Association of its action relative to| starlings. | The meeting was held in the Powell Junior High School. Mr. Couliette, the president, presided. Currant bread, recently introduced | into Greece in compliance with a new | law, has become so popular that bakers | cannot meet the demand. | MOTOR TRAVEL Wi o a Y Horses Killed, Driver Near Death From Bee Stings By the Associated Press. ALICANTE, Spain, March 22— Huge swarms of bees attacked the drivers and horses of three wag- ons proceeding yesterday along a highway near here. ‘Two of the drivers immediately took to their heels while the third remained, trying to unhitch the horses. He received stings which may prove fatal. Eleven horses were killed. Only one escaped. ASSOCIATES BACK EMERY FOR D. C. POST| Appointment as Commissioner Urged in Letter to President Roosevelt. Adding to the support being given Fred A. Emery for appointment as Dis- trict Commissioner, associates have written President Roosevelt and other high administration officials, pointing to Mr. Emery's qualitifications. The letter points out that Mr. Emery is a native Washinctonian and member of a family identified for years with the Capital; that his newspaper work has won the regard of hundreds of members of Congress, and that during the World War he rendered valuable service in the State Department as chief of the Foreign Intelligence Division. In the Board of Trade, the letter con- tinues, Mr. Emery “is one of the strong- est members of the Committee on Pub- lic Health,” and has labored in behalf of local health and charitable needs. “Mr. Emery,"” the letter states in conclusion, “understands the needs and circumstances of Washington so thor- | amounted to approximately $9,300,000, | oughly and has been so well recognized for his interest by civic and ‘historical associations that I believe a careful analysis of these reasons will convince you that he should be named one of | our Commissioners.” | In addition to President Roosevelt, | copies of the letter were sent to Post- | master General Farley, who is handling | the patronage of the administration, and Speaker Raine Manord GAS FIRM AVOIDS PAYING INCOME TAX Federal Trade Commission Told of Transactions of $9,300,000. By the Associated Press. 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