Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1933, Page 21

THOMAS DELAYS COLLIER APPROVAL Senator Gets Indian Commit- tee to Postpone Action for Commissioner. By the Associated Press. A decision on the nomination of John > | Opera Singer J oins Choir Unbheralded During Visit Home F Golden Voice Heard at Church She Attended as a Child. By the Assoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, April 17.—A golden voice filled the chapel of St. Ambrosius’ Cath- {olic Church and the simple folk pres- | PLANTING OF TREES 10 HONOR LEADERS Scouts to Meet Saturday in Historical Grove at Ana- costia Park. ‘Washington Boy Scouts will assemble | next Saturday afternoon in National Collier of California to be Indian Com-|ent in the little edifice on “the hm”‘Historicfll Grove, Anacostis Park, to missioner was postponed today by the Senate Indian Committee at the request of Senator Thomas. Democrat. of Okla- homa. an opponent of the nominee. Chairman Wheeler announced the de- Jay was granted because Thomas wante¢ opportunity for some of the homa congressional delegation to question Collier about policies he might adopt. Appointment Protested ‘Thon 1d others of the homa congressional delegation protested the Collier selection some weeks ago in a telegram to President Roosevelt and to Secretary of the Interior Ickes. Okla: homa has about one-third of the coun- try's Indian population The committee is expected, however. to approve Collier's nomination event- ually and confirmation by the whole Senate is expected also in spite of the scattering opposition. Hair grown gray in their service, Col- lier has made to fight for the Indians with every weapon at his command—a prediction his friends make also after a glance backward at his past efforts He has crossed swords with many during his work for the Indian. includ- ing former Secretary of the Interior Wilbur. He has been active in the Cap- ital for years as secretary of the Amer- fcan Indian Defense Association, ap- pearing often before congressional com- mittees. Of his immediate plans. however, Col- Mer has said nothing pending confirma- tion. smilingly intimating that, in his opinion, it would be bad taste. Favored by Ickes. Secretary Ickes, in announcing his ap- proval of the new abpointment, said the commissioner of Indian _affairs should be the advocate of the Indians. “fighting for their interests and plead- ing their cause” Of Collier, he added: “In addition to safeguarding the property rights of Indians, he will help them to help themselves toward a fuller and happier life. He will respect their customs, encourage them in their arts and assist them to maintain their rich and unique culture.” AUTO TRAFFIC AT BASIN HEAVY IN EASTER RAIN 4750 Cars Counted by Park Police Between 10 A M. and 3 P.M., With Peak About 1. Easter Sunday's downpour apprecia- By thinned out the number of motor- 1ists” viewing the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin in Potomac Park, but the United States park police today said a traffic count between 10 a.m. and 1. showed 4.750 automobiles wended d the display. About the automobiles were vn, Capt. P. J. Carroll : flow was heaviest, police round 1 p.n rains and the winds of last week vesterday's deluge stripped e-blossom cherry trees around the son of nearly all their glory. double-blossom variety, found in t Potomac Park, is just beginning to burst_into bloom. and the officials of the Office of Public Buildings and Pub- lic Parks anticipate that. with favora- ble weather, these should be in splendor next Sunday. CATHOLIC CONFERENCE WILL OPEN TOMORROW The Bession in Catholic U. Will Consid- er “The Child in Primitive Oulture.” eighth annual meeting of the olic Anthropological Conference will open tomorrow at Catholic Uni- versity to consider the general prob- lem of “the child in primitive cul- ture” Members from all parts of the will attend the one-day con- n McMahon Hall. kers will include Rev. Dr. John M professor of anthropology at University: Miss Regina Flan- nery, assistant to Dr. Cooper; the Very Rev. Max Haarpainter, superior of the Palletine House of Studies, and Dr. Michelson of the Smithson- fhn Institution. JOSEPH GARTLAND NAMED AS8T. CHIEF INSPECTOR Besldent of District of Golumbia Buceeeds W. A. Kenyon in Post Office Department. Joseph Gartland of Washington has been appointed assistant chief inspector of the Post Office Department, it was made known today. He succeeds W. A. Kenyon, who now is assigned to the New York office Mr. Gartland has been in the postal service 35 years. For several years he has been on duty here, his last assign- ment having been in the office of the First Assistant Postmaster General. He resides at 1634 Nineteenth street. Lunsbumhs 7th, 8th and E Sts. The Optical Department Features known that he intends | the | | murmured admiration. Tears streamed down the face of the | singer as she made the unheralded ap- | pearance before the almost exclusive { Italian congregation. { For Elda Vettori of the New York | Metropolitan Opera had come home. The singer, in St. Louis for a short visit, was confirmed as a child in_the | little church. Here she sang each Sun- day in the choir and dreamed girlish | | Cinderella dreams of musical triumphs to come. Miss Vettori made the appearance at regular high mass yesterday. She sang “Ave Maria” and Bizet's “Agnus Dei” as solo numbers Then she joined the choir during the | mass, just as she did as a young girl. QUIPS FALL FAST ABOUT R. F. C. ROLE Senator Connally Calls It “Charit- able Institution™ and Scorns Label as “Pawnshop.” | | i Br the Associated Press. The Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion was labelled a “charitable institu- | tion™ yesterday in the Senate by Tom Connally, Democrat of Texas. in an exchange in which other Senators joined to air their views on this, that and each other in an hilarious Galleries and members we constant uproar of laughter a half hour while Conn: a. ens, Republican of Michigan wisecracks on sundry subjects The Reconstruction Finance Corpora- | tion got mixed up in it when Couz asked Connally if he thought it was charitable institution. In reply, Connal- | ly said he did, adding his belief that the | corporation eventually would be the owner of several railroads and banks “Promoters are lying awake nights he added later. “trying to figure out ways to get the Government to spend money through the corporation.” Couzens asked him then if the cor- pawn- poration were not the “great shop, to which the Texan replied “It hasn't got the judgment of the fellow who hangs out three balls. He gets a dollar’s worth of goods for every dime he lends. You leave your watch there for a dime and you don't get it back until he gets the money.” | Mare Kills Boy Petting Colt. BILLINGS. Mont. April 17 () — Four-year-old Donald Eugene Weber was kicked to death by an infuriated mare when he attempted to pet the animal’s colt in the corral of his father's farm- yard near here yesterday. | Members Rug In Cleaning Process RUG CLEANING SAVES SPENDING PHONE MR. 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