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B2 HITS TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL LOCATION G. U. Medical School Faculty Protests Buena Vista, Md., Site. Plans under consideration by the Board of Public Welfare to locate the | proposed new adult tubercylosis hospital on the 250-acre tract at Buena Vista. Md., 15 miles from the city. where the children’s sanatorium is being built, drew a protest yesterday from the facul- tv of the Georgetown University School of Medicine. | Objections to the Buena Vista loca- tion, based on its distance from Wash- | ington. were filed with the board by Dr. William Gerry Morgan. dean of the medical school and a former presi- dent of the American Medical Associa- tion. Handicap to Schools Scen. The adult hospital is now located at Fourteenth and Upshur streets and pa- tients also are cared for at Galhnger Hospital. Most of the attending phy- sicians, Dr. Morgan pointed out, give their ‘services without remuncration and removal of the adult hospital to Buena Vista, he said. would handicap the medical scnools of Washington. Dr. Morgan's letter, aiter pointing out that the Georgetown medical jac- ulty desires at all times to be helpful and to co-operate in every activity for the promotion of the best interests &= the public, said: “Permit me to take this opportunity to file a formal request that the deci- sion on the location of the adult tuber- culosis hospital be delayed until the opinions of those physicians who must eventually contribute their services, without remuneration for the most part, in the care of those patients, be obtalned. “The Medical Schools of the District of Columbia, whose duty 1t is to teach the diagnosis and treatment of tuber- culosis, must have facilities available to them. These facilities must not be limited only to advanced cases. but must comprise incipient cases as well. The children’s sanitorium cannot be used by the Georgetown Medical School for teaching purposes on account of its great distance from the city. “The need for consultants in various branches of the practice of medicine, such as rgery, internal medicine, opthalmolog otolaryngology, ortho- pedic surgery, etc., in an adult hospital is imperative, and unless the adult tuberculosis hospital is within easy access to the physicians of the city sucl consultants would not be readily avail able. This important fact should be given serious consideration in determin- ing upon the location for any hospital. Must Give Service Gratis. t would appear wise to obtain the opinion of the members of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia in arriving at such an important decision as to a suitable location for the tuber- Wins Award JOHN M. COOPER. COOPER RECEIVES RESEARCH AWARD C. U. Educator Included inv | List of Grants by Social | | + 4 | Service Council. | | | f———— | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 22—Forty-two awards for rescarch in the social sci- ences were announced tonight by the | Social Science Research Council. | Candidates were chosen from 138 ap- | plicants. They receive a total of | | $19.290. | | " Thirty-one of the projects will be carried out in the United States and | its possessions, the other 11 in Canada, | England, Europe and the, West Indies. Among the awards were the following: | Nels Anderson. Seth Junior College, | | to aid 1n completion of a study of so- | cial science in a Mormon community. Howard F. Baker on List, | Howard F. Baker, economist, United | | States Tariff Commission, to aid in completion of a study of the status of | | British, German and French nomen- | | clatures in the seventeenth century. | | . A R. M. Lower. Wesley College, to aid in the completion of a study of the| in the nine- | Canadian timber trade | teenth century. Chester W. New, McMaster Univer- | sity. to aid in the completion of a biog- | raphy of Lord Brougham. Frank W. Pitman, Pomona College, to aid in the completion of a study in | culosis hospital for adults inasmuch, as o= ) I have already pointed out, they must | g“-‘fg:g;:;mn of Jamaica from slavery B rution, Srus o the PRUCN'S| " Rasmond R. Willoughby, assoclate “I sincerely hope that those charged | €Qitor. psvchological abstracts, to aid with the responsibility for deciding | i the completion of a study of the | b | influence of age, duration of marriage upon the location of the adult tuber- | culosis hospital will give careful thought | and number of children upon malnutri- to the quite evident objections to the : Randall Station tract. which I have |, L¥nn M. Case Rice Institute, to aid i i et |in the completion of a study of Frerch George S. Wilson, director of e | public opinion concerning the Roman Board of Public Welfare, who said that | plans for the new adult hospital were enly in & formative state. took the ob- | tions under consideration. He said | here_were strong arguments against the Buena Vista location and other | arguments in favor of it which must | be considered together. IMMUNITY LIMITED IN ASSAULT CASE Possible Penalty Faced by Repre- sentative Shoemaker Under 1907 Ruling. The immunity of members of Con- gress from arrest in every case except | treason, fel or breach of the peace| has been held by the United States| Supreme Court to exempt them in| civil cases only, and not to operate to prevent an arrest from any crime. This decision, it is urder ‘ood, will be relied upon by the district attorney office if Representative Francis Shoemal ~Laborite of Min-| nesota, el Tow to contest the | Jurisdiction of Police Court to try him | on a chai of assauit_and battery. | United States Attorney Leo A. Rover Iad ordered an information drawn up | arging that the Minnesotan struck | heodore H. Cohen. a neighbor at the Chastleton Hotel, in the eve during a! dispute over the alleged noise made by | Cohen’s radio. | Shoemaker at first agreed to waive | service of a warrant and appear volun- | tarily, but the last word from him was | that he had not made up his mind whether he would go to court. His case has been set for 9:30 a.m. tomor- row, and Mr. Rover szid that if he did not appear, “appropriate action” would be_taken. The Supreme Court case was decided in 1907, in an opinion written by Jus- | tice White. In that case a_member of | Congress, John Newton Williamson. had been arrested, tried and convicted in a Federal Circuit Court on a charge ©of conspiracy to suborn perjury. The case went cn a writ of error to the highest court. and many points were involved, among them th= claim of Williamson that the 10-month sen-| tence imposed would prevent his at- tendance at the sessions of Congress, in violation of his constitutional priv- ilege from arrest. Both sides argued this point as though the question were whether a conspiracy to suborn per- jury could be classed as a ‘“breach of the peace.” The court, however, traced the his- tory of the particular words in the Constitution back to their _original sources in English legal history, and showed they always had been used as privileging members of Parliament against arrest in civil cases only. The | exemption in England was so narrow that it would not even protect a mem- ber from arrest for contempt of court, where the contempt was in the na- ture of a criminal contempt. Summing up this part of the case, the opinion says: “Since from the foregoing it fol-| lows that the term ‘treascn, felony | and breach of the peace’ as used in| the constitusional provision relied on, excepts from the operation of the pri ilege all criminal offenses, the conclu- sion results that the claim of privilege of exemption from arrest and sentence | was without merit.” This appears to have been the latest case decided by the court on this sub- ject, although somewhat similar points | have been litigated frequently since the late eighteenth century. LECTURES ON SYMBOLISM Mrs. Otto to Give Talk Wednesday at Bethany Church. A lecture on “The Symbolism of the Hebrew Tabernacle” will be given by Mrs. Annie Carpenter Otto at the Bethany Baptist Church, Rhode Island avenue and Second street, Wednesday evening, under auspices of the Bloom- ingdale Ministerial Association. Mrs. Otto has presented this lecture several times in Washington churches. She describes the ancient tabernacle of the Book of Exodus and illustrates with ‘ motlel said to be complete in every » | | |and introvert pattern of personality in question and the United States Civil John M. Cooper Included. John M. Cooper, Cetholic University of America, to aid in the completion of a study of ethnology of the James Bay area. Albert R. Ellingwood, Northwestern University, to aid in the completion of a Bibliography of Federal constitutional law in the United States. Martin L. Faust. University of Mis- souri, study of the security of public deposits. Nathan P. Feisinger, University of Wisconsin, study of divorce adminis- tration in England. Frederick H. Guild. University of Kansas, study of legislative roll calls J. P. Guilford, University of N: braska, study of the consistency anc inter-correlation of certain traits of be- havior, said to belong to the extrovert normal and in pathological subject Melville J. Herskovits, Northwes University, ethnographic account Negroes of Dahomey, West Africa. Will Study Family Trend. Henry S. Lucas, University of Wash- ington, for purchase of a photostatic copy of a wardrobe account of Edward I of England. Ernest R. Movwrer. Northwestern University, study of the ecology and trend of ‘a family disorganization in a metopolitan community, Chicago. Curtis P. Nettels, University of Wis- consin, study of the money supply of the American Colonies before 1720, Ronald L. Olsen, Unjversity of California, study of the social organiza- tion of the Tlingit Indians of Southeast Alaska. Max Sasuly, American University, study of the principles and techniques of population analysis. Charles S. Tansill, American Uni- versity, study of the diplomatic rela- tions of the United States and Santo | Domingo. Paul S. Taylor, University of Cali- | fornia, study of co-operative and barter | exchanges among the unemployed. | Amry Vanderbosch. University _of Kentucky, to aid in publication of “The Government and Problems of the Dutch East Indies.” Mary W. Williams, Goucher College, to aid in completion of a biography of | Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil. | VOTE TOMORROW TEST OF SPANISH REPUBLIC Government Foes 10 of Warn Against Intimidation in Partial Elections for Councilmen. By the Associated Press. MADRID, April 22—The 2-year- old Spanish Republic will have its first | real test of public opinion tomorrow | when partial elections for municipal counciimen are held. Only once since the April, 1931, mu- nicipal elections which brought the ! end of the Bourbon monarchy have Spaniards voted in what might be con- sidered a significant national election. The government has ordered civil| governors to see that the elections are conducted fairly and without coercion. Leaders of the opposition, however, have complained “the government will | control the balloting under the elastic provisions of the defense of the repub- lic law.” They point out that govern- ment officials in the small towns and villages are powerful and that the voters will be intimidated, whether in- tentional or otherwise. Nevertheless, the opposition has be- | gun an intensive campaign. featuring | the recent alleged severe suppression of the Casas Viejas extremist uprisings and so-called Socialistic control of the cabinet. It is estimated that municipal elec- tions will be held in 2.479 municipali- ties of a total of about 9,260 in Spain. Eastman Kin Divorced. CHICAGO, April 22 (#).—Mrs. Dor- othy Heissler Dryden, 29, was granted an ~ uncontested ~divorce today from George Eastman Dryden, grandnephew and an heir of the late George East- man, camera manufacturer. Mrs. Dryden is to receive $250 a| month alimony for herself and support| of their two children. The order may be amended should Dryden inherit the $10,000.000 fortune of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dryden. THE BOYS' WEEK EVENTS START SATURDAY Morning Program to Be Given at Fox Theater Will Include * Special Show. National Boys’ week will be inaugu- rated here next Saturday morning at the Fox Theater, where a program will include a special show for boys and a short talk by a prominent speaker. Ad- mission to boys under 18 years of age will be free. ~Arrangements are being made by Carter Barron. city manager of Loew’s theaters, and S. Percy Thomp- son, chairman of the committee which is sponsoring Boys' week for the Wash- ington Board of Trade. Following the meeting at the Fox Theater, the boys, headed by the Fox Theater Band, will march in a body to the District Building, where they wiil pay their respects to the City Commis- sioners and pledge their loyalty as citizens. The talk will be made by a boy from one of the 14 organizations taking part in the program. Events Are Arranged. Charles M. Fyfe, chairman of the organization's committee which is car- rying out the program, said yesterday that practically all events had been arranged. The time and place for hold- ing the finals of the junior golden gloves _tournament, arranged by the A. A U. for that weck, have not been ! dcfinitely decided. but there is a chance the event will be held as an open-air feature, with space for every boy in the city who cares to attend. Pastors have been asked to make special mention of boys and their prob- lems at services next Sunday morning, in honor of “Boys’ Day in the Church,” one of the features of Boys' week. Re- plies from several indicate the boys will be specially honored by being asked to take some part in the service. All or- ganizations affiliated with the move- ment are urging every boy to attend church on that date. May 4 Program Changed. The program for Thursday, May 4. has been slightly changed. Originally scheduled as Boys’ Health day and eve- ning at home, it has been changed to read. “Evening With Dad,” the purpose of the changed plan being to get the boys better acquainted with their fa- thers. There will be a hand contest Thursday evening, staged in connec- tion with a night base ball game to be played by George Washington Univer- sity for the national civic fund, and the Board of Trade will give a cup to the winning band. All boys under 18 will be admitted free, and a number of fathers are expected to take their sons to this contest and game. Outside of a few general feature each club and organization participa ing is expected to provide its own pro- gram for the week. UTILITIES BOARD STRENGTHENS CASE Seeking Control Over Local Depre- ciation Accounting of C. & P. Co. The efforts of the District Public Utilities Commission to obtain a clear right of way to control of the local de- preciation accounting of the Chesa- peake & Potomac Telephone Co. will, be buttressed this week by the filing of a brief in the case with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The brief will be a summary of legal arguments, citing court decisions, in support of the contention made before | the Federal agency concerning the power of the District body to control | g s SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Similar, Yet Dissimilar! GARNER AND MRS. RAINEY HANDLE ROLES DIFFERENTLY. MRS. JOHN N. GARNER (right) and MRS. HI - [} BY FEDERAL BAR Association Contests Com- pulsory Retirement of 30- Year Employes. Compulsory retirement for 30-year employes proposed by the Budget Bu- reau “not only causes serious injustice and injury to the persons immediately affected and to the members of their families dependent upon them, but dis- credits service in the Government as .|an honorable and desirable means of RY T. RAINEY. BY GRACE HENDRICK EUSTIS. HERE are two women in the Cap- ital today who have extraord- inary yoles—the wife of the Vice President and the wife of the Speaker of the House. Each runs her husband's office, and each would rather talk about her husband than herself. Yet here the similarity ends, for their personalities and meth- ods are very dissimilar. Mrs. John N. Garner finds her job as secretary to the Vice President much the same as that of secretary to the Speaker. When it came time for her husband to assume his new duties, Mrs. Garner, a trim, friendly little woman, whisked her well trained staff from the Speaker’s office to that of the Vice President, and was ready immediately to continue her efficient supervision. “People still think Mr. Garner is con- nected with the Legiclature,” she said yesterday, “and we get so many re- quests for jobs that I spend hours plan- ning letters and signing them. Besides, who come here.” Then she sat down and began to talk frankly about unemployed Government workers. “Sometimes I think I am getting a little hard-boiled, because they all tell me they have three or four dependants. and I don't believe it can be true in every case. After all, we are doing what we promised in the Democratic platform—cutting down Federal ex- penses. Also 1 am sure there is a great deal of duplication of work in -| Government offices.” Cites Son's Experience. She gave a reason for this belief. “When my son was graduated from college. in June, 1917, he was still too young to get nto the Army. Mr. Gar- | ner and I had to be here all Summer, | so Mr. Garner bustled around to find the boy a job, because we did not want | him to be unoccupied. Finally he got a job in the Federal Trade Commis- sion. The salary was small, but it was work. “After he had been there a while he came to me and sai “ ‘Mother, I don't sce how they accom. plish anything. At 12:30 they start get- ting ready for 1 o'clock lunch, and at 4 they begin to put their hats on so they can leave on the dot at 4:30! ‘We have always been a hard work-, ing family.” she continued. “Mr. Gar- ner and I get here at 7:30 every morn- ing and it is usually 6 o'cle in the evening before we get away. Asked whether she did not have more social duties in her position as the loca] aspects of the charging of de- preciation costs against its consumers. The subject was reviewed at a hear-| ing last week before the I. C. C., wheni the commission filed a notice of its| claim to local jurisdiction over local| depreciation methods. At the same time the local body joined with leading State commissions in asking the Fed- | eral commission to recognize their! claim to intrastate phases of deprecia- | tion accounting. It was argued that since from 85 to 90 per cent of telephone business is local, to the States and the District of Columbia, the local commissions should be given clear recognition of their rights to jurisdiction. Heretofore the telephone companies have claimed the Federal commission, rather than the local bodies, has control over the mat- ter. The District Commission, it is re- vealed also, expects to complete by June 1 a compilation of data regarding de- preciation rates used by the local tele- phone company in funds taken from its revenues for retirement of old prop- erties. Also the commission expects by June 1 to complete a study in which local and interstate business conducted by the local telephone company is being sep- arately identified, it is announced by William A. Roberts, counsel for the Commission. ‘The Commission plans to use the de- ‘preciation data in the court proceedings growing out of the commission order for a 10 per cent cut in telephone rates, excepting PBX boards. This order was opposed by the company. Decision on the contention between! the commission and the company over the control of depreciation rates is re-| garded as one of the most important elements in the telephone rate case. BANDITS ROB GROCER OF $30 IN NORTHEAST Man Loses $68 After Being Struck in Face While Walking on New Hampshire Avenue. Two white men held up Max Evry, proprietor of a grocery in the 600 block of Fourteenth street northeast, shortly before 10 o'clock last night and robbed him of $30. One of the men held a gun in his hand while the other took the money from a cash drawer. Evry was struck on the head with the pistol butt. He did not require hospital treat- ment. Police were furnished with de- scriptions of the pair. While walking in the 1300 block of New Hampshire avenue, Max Michael, 200 block of P street, was struck in the face and his glasses broken by a colored man who snatched $68 in bills from Michael’s hip pocket. The robber was assisted by a colored woman who escaped wifh him. Michael told police he could identify the woman. 11 INJURED IN CRASH Washington-New York Bus Hits Baltimore Street Car. BALTIMORE, April 22 (#).—Eleven persons were injured, none seriously, in a collision between a New York: Washington bus and a street car at & street intersection here today. After treatment all but two of the injured, who were passengers of the bus, were able to continue their journey. 250 Bolivians Reported Slain. wife of the Vice President than when her husband presided over the House, she laughed and said: “Mr. Garner told Mr. Roosevelt that he would never do his dinner eating for him and the President leaned back and roared. Mr. Garner will not go out in the evening unless it is an occasional and very in- formal affair. The other night we dined at the White House and at 9:30 Mr. Roosevelt looked at me and said, him to bed!”” Mrs. Garner explained that she kept contacts with her many friends among the wives of :sembers of Con- gress by having lunch of tea with them. Spring Cleaning in Office. “I am also now having the pleas- ure of getting to know the Senate wives,” she added. So ‘the famous percolater often sim- mers without its mistress these days there are hundreds of men and women | {“It is time you took him home and put | becnuse\ she feels she has a pleasant | obligation toward the women whose husbands are struggling with the busi- ness of government. 3 Changes and Spring cleaning aré | going on in the office now. Mrs. Gar- ner is picking out the pictures that will be hung in the vice pl’efldenlhll study. She has a fine photograph | of Nicholas Longworth and Mr. Gar- ner has several of former Speakers, one particularly good one of “Uncle Joe” Cannon. A cowboy artist, Tex Moore, whose father opened the Abilene Trail from Texas to Kansas, has sent her three colorful paintings of the Rockies and these are going to enliven the walls. At present the remains of all Easter gifts are still there, pecan | candy from Uvalde and flowers and | chocolate Easter eggs. Mrs. Henry Rainey, wife of Mr. Gar- ner's successor as Speaker, sits all day | in the tremendous office on the first| floor of the Capitol, receiving an in- cessant stream of men and women. Her | door is open and he who wants may walk in. She does not make appoint- | ments for herself and those who wish to see her must wait their turn. She is a combination contact officer and watchdog for the picturesque Speaker, | mtelx('vlerlnx hundreds of persons each | weel It is she who decides who is to see ! the Speaker in his private office and ' she also helps steer the hungry and unemployed toward hope, discusses banks with bankers, packing with pack- ers and politics with politicians. As a result of all this, it is rare when she gets off for lunch. “Mr. Rainey took me to lunch for the first time in three months,” she ! ay, “and left me to pay! the check Avoids Discussing Self. Mrs. Rainey is more than reticent | about herself. “When I was prominent in social | service work.” she says, “and was or- ganizing clubs, then I was news. Now it is Mr. Rainey who is copy.” Ever since her marriage. this tall, capable-looking woman with the man- ners of a grande dame and Irish shrewdness, has devoted herself to her husband’s career. “When we first came here the only office we had was our hotel room. I could do much more socially then and I heiped organize the Congressional Club. Now I go out only occasionally, for besides acting as liaison officer be- tween Mr. Rainey and the people, I read and brief all the suggestions for legisla- tion that come into the office. “Sometimes I get myself into more work than I intend. I worked in so- ciology so long that every human being is of interest to me. Not long ago, I went to a hearing in the House. There weren't enough chairs, so a man got up and gave me this. Later he found another and sat down beside me and we started talking. He told me how he was working to pay his way through college and I told him if he ever was in trouble to come to me. “Well, shortly after that he came into this office and told me how he had made some error in driving in traffic and if his license was suspended, he would be unable to continue to make money to pay for his education. So there I was with a nice boy to help, on top of all my work!” She told of the men who come in desperately hungry, sometimes with a suicidal look in their eyes. “I try to talk them out of it by tell- in:(d!hem of other people’s troubles,” she said. GOLD EMBARGO HITS JEWELRY INDUSTRY Brokers Join Manufacturers in Registering Complaints to New Regulations. The jewelry industry of the country is having a hard time to get the gold it needs for manufacturing purposes since the Government went off the gold standard JEWISH CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE CHOSEN 150 Representatives of All Sec- tions of D. C. to Ask Money for European Relief. A campaign committee of 150 repre- sentatives of all sections of Washington Jewry is now being selected for the united Jewish campaign to open here May 15. The drive is to raise funds for East- Complaints have been registered not ern European relief and Palestine re- only from various parts of the industry itself, but from gold brokers, who in the past have been a source of gold supply for small manufacturers. ‘t)filder the new gold policy of the Government, which forbids the circula- tion of gold and the shipment of it abroad, the manufacturing industries having legitimate use for gold were supposed to be given adequate supplies, but it is understood that they have been unable to get what they need to supply the demand for jewelry even during these depression days. Brokers, for instance, who in the past nad been in the business of buying Jarge quantities of gold to be resold to small manufacturers in smaller lots have been having difficulties, it is understood, in proving to the Govern- ment that the gold is necded for manu- facturing purposes, and so have been unable to engage in the legitimate business which they have pursued for years. This handicaps not only the brokers, but their customers as well. Another effect of the gold embargo here has been to divert to foreign countries large quantities of gold bullion and ore which formerly came into the United States in large quan- tities to the smelters and refiners here. This flow of foreign bullion and ore, it is understood, has almost entirely stopped coming into this country, for the reason that the smelters and re- finers, who in the past paid for it in gold coin, can no longer obtain the gold coin with which to pay for their material. This material now is going | to European smelters and refineries, it 1 it said. | Former Athlete Dead. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 22 (A)—Frank D. McConnell of Vancouver, one of Canada’s greatest ASUNCION, Paraguay, April 22 (#).— The Paraguayan Wwar ministry an- nounced last night that Bolivian forces, who launched & counter-attack against Camp Aceval, in the Gran Chaco sec- tor, had suffered 250 killed, including several officers. The Paraguayan losses were placed at 13 woundeds e all-around athletes and a member of the Canadian Olympic team in 1913, died yesterday. McConnell held all the British Co- lumbia sprint records until Percy Wil- liams, Vancouver. double Olympic champion of 1928, shattered them. In 1909 McConnell won the American junior broad jump title. habilitation. Similar drives are being held throughout the country. Edmund I Kaufman and Isadore Hershfield, drive chairmen, yesterday announced the names of six vice chair- men. They are Rudolph B. Behrend, representing the Joint Distribution Committee, largest Jewish relief agency; Mrs. Henry Oxenburg, president of Hadassah, the women's Zionist organi- zation: Morris Garfinkle, president of the Mizrachi Society; Zalman Henkin of the Poale Zion Society and John M. Safer, president of the District Zionist Organization. In a statement yesterday Mr. Kauf- man presented the reasons for the drive. He said: “Several million fellow beings, to whom we have the deepest obligations of kinship of race and religion, are in the midst of incredible suffering and are fighting for life under intolerable conditions. The least we can humanely do is to assist them in their struggle. The Jews of the United States, fortu- nate beyond all comparison with their Eastern European brethren, must show them by our assistance and sympathy that they are not forgotten in their misery by the world.” FERRARA DENIES START FOR U. S. IS DUE TODAY By the Associated Press. HAVANA, April 22.—Secretary State Orestes Ferrara said tonight that he had made no plans to leave for ‘Washington tomorrow. A report was current here that he had planned to go to the American Capital on a secret mission, presum- ably in connection with the political situation here. “I know nothing about any such trip,” the secretary added. “I can say this, however. I will go to Washington, as chief of Cuba’s for- eign _representation, on invitaty from President Roosevelt of the Uni: States to discuss world economi ] {in Government service, suggested that i Credit Corporation, of | universities earning a living, and thus deals a blow to the Civil Bervice as & career to be sought by persons’ of fitness and abil- ity,” the Federal Bar Association said in a statement yesterday. Coples of the statement have been forwarded to President Roosevelt, Di- rector Douglas of the Budget, and the chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations. It was drafted by a committee headed by Willlam A. Roberts, and including Maj. Wallace Streater, George A. Warren and Richard W. Flournoy, jr. ‘The statement said also that such legislation would deprive the Govern- ment of skilled workers, and will in- crease the cost of annuities. “The provisions for exemption of cer- tain selected employes from the opera- tion of the measure would not remedy its objectionable character, but would permit the selection of persons for re- tention in the service for reasons other than demonstrated efficiency,” it was added. “It is thought that the bad effects which would flow from this measure in its present form have not been brought fully to the attention of the President. It is deemed important that they be presented to him as soon as possible, since it is believed that he is desirous o{ preserving true civil service princi- ples.” ‘The association, composed of lawyers | “‘any necessary reduction in personnel could be accomplished much more satis- factorily by a combination of voluntary retirements after 30 years' service and separations from the service on the basis of efficiency. FORD DEAL TO SELL CREDIT FIRM SEEN| Commercial Investment Trust Re- ported Interested in Purchase. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 22.—The New York Times, says negotiations looking to the acquisition of the Universal financing agency of the Ford Motor Co., by the Com- mercial Investment Trust Corporation are being carried on in New York. Acquisition of the Universal Credit's business, the Times says, would give Commercial Investment Trust an annual volume rivaling that of Gen- eral Motors Acceptance Corporation, whose installment sales are the largest in the world ‘The newspaper says Ernest Kanzler, president of Universal Credit and brother-in-law of Edsel Ford, conferred today with officials of the Commercial Investment Trust concerning the deal. The negotiations are said to have been carried cn for at least two weeks. Rep- resentatives of the companies would no reveal the terms under discussion. ‘The Times says: “If the Ford in- terests dispose of the Universal Credit Corporation * * * the move will be in- terpreted in Wall Street as another manifestation of Henry Ford's distaste for the banking business.” Before the organization of the finance company, the newspaper pointed out, dealers in Ford cars who sold on credit had to arrange their own financing. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DOOM SEEN IN TREATY | Long Favors “Moving to Canada” if St. Lawrence Waterway Pact is Ratified. By the Associated Press. Senator Long, Democrat, of Louisiana believes it would be better to “Move to Canada” if the St. Lawrence water- way treaty is ratified. In remarks printed in the Congres- sional Record yesterday the Louisiana Senator, a strong opponent of the treaty, contended construction of the international seaway would “dry up the Mississippi Valley to the point where it will be nothing but a floodgate.” “It will put an end to the navigation in the Mississippi Valley,” he said, ?uo‘:llng from a Toronto newspaper edi- orial. Reading further from the editorial, Long interposed: “I sometimes think we ought just to have zn executiva:council, so that we might get along a little bit better. tell you if this thing keeps going on the thing for us to do will be to move to Canada. “If T had enough money to move to Canada I believe I would go there; I want to get nearer my boss.” MORE TEACHER FUNDS, LESS BUILDING URGED Head of Lafayette College Attacks “Spirit of Market Place” in Instruction. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 22.—A plea for “in- tellectual economy” and of the spirit of the market place” in [ was made today before the North Central Association of Colleges and Sec o;xl?ry Schools by President William ther Lewis of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. ‘The association closed its annual con- vention with the election of officers. H. M. Wriston, president of Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisc., was elected presiden . L. Stradley, examiner of Ohio State University, first vice presi- dent, and Lieut. Col. A. M. Hitch, head of Kemper Military School, Booneville, Mo., second vice president. The sec- retary and treasurer were re- L Dr. Lewis charged that colleges and I Yuiiings and.net cnough in teach: an en ers.” He also decried what he termed adoption by schools of “the spirit of the market place” in rily how !tlo make & living rather how ve Phone Collections Stopped. COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 22 (A)— ‘The Ohio Bell Co. and the Cincinnati Suburban Bell Telephone Co, today were ordered by the State Commission to cease collect- lems.’ e’n‘«'&:ammmumpnn-enn.pfl:nu he sald, : e SPANISH WARSHIP 1S DUE WEDNESDAY Visitors From Training Ves- sel to Face Busy Round of Entertainment, When the Spanish training ship Juan Sebastian de Elcano arrives at the Washington Navy Yard on Wednes- day evening for a stay of about a week, the 18 officers, 42 midshipmen, 22 petty t‘:fl}cersdm;i 150 enlisted men will find ound of entertainment ma; for them here. A The Navy Department yesterday an- nounced that the warship will reach the National Capital at 5 pm. on Wednesday. On the following day at 10 am, the vessel's commanding offi- cer, Capt. de Fragata Lopez y Cor- tijo, will call upon Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, Admiral William V. Pratt, chief of naval operations, and R.eard Admiral Henry V. Butler, com- mandant of the Wi N o ashington Navy Secretary Swanson will give a lunch- eon at 1 p.m. on Thursday at the May- flower Hotel. The Spanish Ambassa- dor, officers of the Elcano, Admiral Pratt, Capt. Hayne Eliis, director of naval intelligence; Capt. Samuel W. Bryant, United States Navy: Comdr. William R. Munroe of the office of na- val operations, and Lieut. Comdr. Hamilton V. Bryan of the office of na- Aaron S. Merrill and Lieut. Comdr. val intelligence will be guests of the Secretary at this function. During the visit of the Spanish office Comdr. Bryan wil is On Friday morning. the enlisted men of the visiting warship will go on a sightseeing tour of the city. Three | officers and 45 midshipmen will go to Annapolis, Md.. to be guests of the town until the end of the academic officers and midshipmen of the Naval year in June, then take a furlough be- | Academy. In Bancroft Hall there, fore going to the Georgia post, where |luncheon will be served and various the Army’s Infantry School is located. | drills will be held during the after- Maj. Hobson will be succeeded at|noon. The commandant of midship- Georgetown, official orders stated, by men will be host at the luncheon to Maj. Raymond O. Barton, Infantry offi- | the officers. car, who is now attending the course | Friday evening at 8 o'clock the Span- at ‘the Army War College in Wash- |ish enlisted men will be entertained at ington, from which he graduates in the Washington Navy Yard, at the June. The two officers were class- Recreation Center. mates at the United States Military _ A visit through the Washi Academy and since their graduation Yard will be made on Saturdav morn- in 1912 their Army careers have been ing by the officers. midshipmen and almost. parallel, enlisted men of the Elcano. At 10 Y, |am. the Spanish midshipmen will in- |spect the Naval Air Station at Ana- |costia and later a sightseeinz tour of DENTISTS STUDY CARE | the s ey o™ OF TEETH FOR POOR 5}”“{“3‘%‘,‘"’“ be Tost to_the visitors while at 8 pm. the officers will be guests at a dinner dance at_the Army and Navy Country Club. Several _downtown motion picture theaters have arranged to entertain the personnel of the Elcano. Visiting |officers will be guests of the Chevy Chase, Racquet and Army and Navy Country Clubs. The Spanish embassy is arranging special functions in their iy MAJ. WILLIAM H. HOBSON. MAJ. HOBSON ORDERED TO POST IN GEORGIA Officer in Command of R. 0. T. C. at Georgetown University Trans- ferred by War Department. After four years’ duty at Georgetcwn University, Maj. William H. Hobson, | professor of military science and tac- ties in command of the R. O. T. C, has recelved War Department orders transferring him to active troop duty with the 29th Infantry at Fort Ben- ning, Ga. He will continue at George- gton Navy D. C. Society Committee Co-oper- ates With Social Agencies’ Health Group. A study intended to bring out facts on the facilities for dental care of the indigent in the District is being con- ducted by a committee named by Dr. Charles D. Cole, president of the Dis- trict of Columbia Dental Society. This group, consisting of Drs. C. W. Camalier, G. A. Smith and W. W. Wy man, is co-operating with the Health Committee of the Council of Social Agencies in the survey. The latter committee includes repre- sentatives of various social agencies, health agencies, hospitals, dental schools and the Robert T. Freeman Dental So- clety. Dr. C. T. Messner, chief of the dental division of the United States Public Health Service, is acting as con- sultant, and E. J. Henryson of the Council of Social Agencies is secretary. honor. NEW SET-UP OF U. S. 108 SERVICE NEARLY READY shington ;fit;]’)ilr(iu, Is Noti- fied His Office Will Be D: tinued April 30. w con- By the Associated Press Secretary Perkins is i tion of plans to r | States emplo It was reported e eey , CITIES SERVICE SECURITY |6 S ertiee PROBE TO OPEN TUESDAY | Buying and Selling by Subsidiary | to Be Investigated by Federal’ Trade Commission. By the Associated Press. An investigation of the buying. selling 2nd marketing of securities of the Cities Service Co. and its subsidiaries will open here Tuesday in a hearing by the Federal Trade :Comission. Affairs‘of the subsidiary Cities Service Securities Co. will be the object of in- vestigation, ‘The securities company, one of the Henry L. Doherty group of utilities, is wholly owned by the Cities Service Co. Henry L. Doherty & Co. is the latter’s | fiscal agent. To Make Room lectric Refrige Sends One Home Limited Number—No More After Th his office will 30. will ment, it was sa | ment. | While an official of Miss Perkins derstated Parked Auto Is Rebbed. Cloth ied at $290 was r stolen the | of Ar parked | clothing, which b a companion. Rane thieves smashed a wing aut for New Models Floor Samples at Sacrifice Prices rators PRICES SLASHED! 20c A DAY ese Are Sold Here Is Your Lifetime Opportunity DONT DELAY—BUY NOW! No Dealers HOMER L. KITT No Phone Orders C0.—1330 G ST.