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EMPLOYMENT AID AND CHILD HELP URGED BY ICKES Vocational Education Would Benefit Both, Secretary Says in Speech. EFFECT OF DEPRESSION ON SCHOOLS RELATED Interior Executive Addresses Citi- zens’ Conference at Wil- lard Hotel. Vocational education as a means of helping employment by keeping chil- d from competition with adults for J and also s a way for keeping| children from the street, was urged by tary of Interior Ickes in an ad-| today before the Citizens’ Con: ce on Vocational Education and Problems of Reconstruction at the ard Hotel. ccretary Ickes told of the effect of | to serting it is “one of the unfortunate b; products of the present economic situ- | stion. At a time when lack of oppor- 1 for the employment of even | o ult population should serve as &n added incentive to keep our chil- dren in school, we are confronted with the very real difficulty of operating our schools at all.” ‘The Secretary's address was deliv- ered at the third session of the con- ference, which is held jointly under the sponscrship of the American Vo- cational Association, the American Council on Education and the National Education Asseciation. Speaks of Competition. In speaking of competition of the Foung for adult positions as one reason for the great number of unemployed, Becretary Ickes said: his is peculiarly the time when [ effort should be mad: to hold back | the flood of voung people into industry where they would have to compete for jobs when there are no jobs. W2 do not need the labor of children when millions of adult men and women are out of work. Even in normal times the tendency is away from child labor. “The educational program of the fu- ture, in order to meet the needs of youth who cannot find work in indus- trv, must be enriched with industrial arts in the grades and the high schools.” John B. Colpoys, editor of Trade Unionist and a Democratic leader in the District, told the delegates the “economic earthquake of the last few years left more ruin and suffering than the World War. It destroyed our standerds and values.” He sald we have to go through a temporary period of reduced standard of living, but at the end of the depres- sion will be a period of the “highest degree of civilization known to man.” Mrs, Edward P. Costigan, wife of the Benator frem Colorado, addressed the conference on “What the Future Home Requires of Vocational Education.” Other speakers at the morning session, which was conducted by Miss Margaret M. Edwards, Alabama College, Monte- vallo, Ala, included Miss Kathryn McHale, director American Association of University Women; Louis Taber, Columbus, Ohio, master of the National Grange, and Layton S. Hawkins, New York adjustment service. Prosser to Be Chairman. Charles A. Prosser, Dunwoody Insti- tute, Minneapolis, will act as chairman and discussion leader at the concluding gession of the conference. Mr. Prosser | will also make the chief address, on “The Task Ahead for Vocational Train- ing." Introducticn of a series of reso- Iutions will follow and discussions of plans for the ensuing year will con- clude the conference. Thirty-six national organizations are Feoresented at the conference. At the session yesterday afternoon F. 'retary of Agriculture Wallace called h- delegates’ attention to the problem involved in the return of the vast num- ber of people to farms, without appre- ciable skill or knowledge of agriculture. He said the country was faced with the necessity of training these people, as farming methods have changed greatly in recent years, since the hordes of Prople left the country for the city. Secretary Wallace said the change has been particularly marked in the amcthod of marketing farm products and in regard to the business side of agri- culture. He said the need for voca- ticnal traiping is perhaps greater in the farming industry than in any other walk of life. The speaker pointed to the fact that the troubles of the United States as a nation have grown out of the fact that we have changed from a debtor to a ereditor Nation. Ship Building School Described. Homer L. Ferguson, president of the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., described the formation of an apprentice school for ship builders at the Virginia plant. He said the school was organized when the art of building ships seemed to be dying out in this country. At first, he stated, it ‘was necessary to bring experts from for- eign countries to begin the instruction. ‘The experiment has already shown that 1t will pay for itself, Mr. Ferguson said. The afternoon session was devoted to “vocational education and the problems of readjustment.” Other speakers in- cluded J. C. Wright, director of Federal Board for Vocational Education; George F. Bowerman, public librarian of Wash- ington; Edward O'Neal, president, American Farm Bureau; Arthur Holder of the Department of Labor, and Charies A. Ewing, president, National Live Stock Marketing Association. EXTRADITION ORDERED Arthur L. Hitner to Be Given Over to New York. United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage today ordered the extradi- tion to New York cf Arthur L. Hitner, ‘who at one time attempted to cbtain his release from jail here by telling Assistant United States Attorney Michael F. Keogh he cculd lead authorities to the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby. Hitner claimed he had overheard sev- eral men in a New Jersey road house planning the kidnaping and knew where they intended to take the baby. Keogh refused to believe his story and Hitoer later served a sentence here on bad check charges. He is wanted In New York on a charge of using the mails with intent fo defraud. i Former Banker Dies. | o, Mrs. Margaret Hatton, 21, Receives Demand for Unnamed Sum. Extortion Attempt Only One Misfortune in' Long Series. How a grief stricken young woman, whose husband was killed less than two months after their marriage, has been harassed by “just one thing after an- other” since she became a widow was revealed today as District and Virginia police pushed a joint investigation of a reported attempt to extort money from Mrs. Margaret Hatton, 21. Mrs. Hatton's latest worry is the re- sult of a note received yesterday, threat- ening her with death if she does not pay the writer an unnamed sum of money tonight. The message, scrawled in red ink on a sheet of paper evidently torn from a cheap note book, was slipped under the door of a second-floor apartment at 3302 M street some time yesterday. Mrs. Hatton who has been visiting the apart- ment for the past several days, was there all day, but the note was not dis- covered until about 4 p.m., when Mrs. Anna Lawson, with whom she has been staying, returned froml a trip down- wh. Sheet's Corners Burned. All four corner of the sheet were | burned—one of the underworld’s meth- ods of threatening death, police pointed out—and the initials “M. H.” were at the top. The message said: “Have the money tomorrow night—or else. Either have it here or at the terminal at Rosslyn, Va., at 9 pm. Your g{e is in danger. Do this or you will Mrs. Hatton turned the note over to seventh precinct police, who, in turn, notified Virginia authorities. A joint investigation was begun immediately, and officers were ordered to keep the apartment under constant surveillance. “The only explanation I can think I, said Mrs. Hatton, “is that some- body thinks I got some life insurance money after my husband's death, and they're trying to get it.” Mrs, Hatton’s husband, Walter, 21, was struck by a motorcycle in Falls Church, Va., on February 10. He died he Fo WASHINGTON, D. C, JUSTICE DEMANDED| YOUNG WIDOW GETS THREAT . OF DEATH UNLESS SHE PAYS s MRS. MARGARET HATTON. —Star Staff Photo. in Emergency Hospital the following day—only two months after the couple’s wedding. Formerly Was Teacher. A short time later, Mrs. Hatton said, |the owner of the Wisconsin avenue apartment house in which she and her | husband had lived—told by somebody ‘that she would be unable to continue paying the rent—ordered her to move. Then, she said, the concern from which | she and her ‘husband had purc their furniture took the furniture away from her, explaining somebody told them ‘she was planning to move to Virginia without paying the balance ue. Since then, Mrs. Hatton said, she has £ nervous” to work. She has ving with friends in Clarendon, Va., visiting Mrs. Lawson at frequent intervals. Before her marriage, she was | a teacher at a private school in Lyon Park, Va. CITIZENS DEMAND GOTWALS OUSTING Burroughs Association De- clares Commissioner “Ca- tered to Congress.” The removal from office of Engineer Commissioner Gotwals would be re- quested today by the Burroughs Citizens’ Association, under a resolution prepared for .presentation to President Roosevelt. The association went on record at & meeting last night favoring such action bccausg. according to the resolution, the Commissioner “catered to Congress” in- stead of working in the interests of the citizenry of the District. Attack Cupola Action. 4 The resolution asserted Gotwals dis not submit the modified plans to the Beard of Commissioners after taking the cupola from the new ‘William Howard Taft Junior High School Building, and after a decision of the Fine Arts Com- mission stating the cupola should be placed, the Commissioner refused to ly. coggnyme“ of the n?socl‘ltlox'xh hrae:e waged an active campaign for the res- wriflan of thf cupola in the plans for hool building. wecsz:?; also was criticized for his decision to replace the Calvert Street Bridge with a steel span instead of & stone structure called for in the original plans. Heating Plants Hit. The association also went on record opposing the policy of the Engineer Commisisoner for continuing the use of hot air heating plants in various school buildings in the city. The organization said the furnaces in these school build- ings were antiquated and endangered the lives of students. A resolution seeking the creation of a fact-finding commisison in the District to investigate milk prices here was adopted. It also asked that the Federa- tion of Citizens Associations form a committee for the same action. THREE YOUNG MEN HURT IN AUTO MISHAP Local Group Injured by Crash Into Parked Car Early Today. Three young men Were slightly in- early today when the car in which they were returning from the Winchester (Va.) apple blossom festi- val crashed into a parked automobile at Fifth and Nicholson streets. The parked machine was hurled across the street by the force of the collision and the moving car came to rest against a tree. Fayette Tolson, 23, of 2910 R street, driver, escaped with a minor injury tc E. | his nose. George Wilkinson, 21, 3030 Dent place, sustained cuts and bruises and an injury to one eye. The third passenger, George Baur, 18, grandzon of Baur, retired detective, re- ceived injuries to his scalp and face. All were treated at Emergency Hospital. Mrs. E. G. Hines, 50, of the 2600 block of Connecticut avenue, was treated at Emergency Hospital last night for a broken thumb sustained in an automo- bile collision at Connecticut avenue and Brandywine street. INSTITUTE VIEWS PROPERTY LAWS American Law Group Dis- cusses Future Interests at Annual Session. | property laws dealing with future | terests in real property engaged the at- flower Hotel today. This afternoon the institute will discuss a_ restatement of certain sections of the law on trusts. ‘The institute, numbering among its members the leaders of the beach and bar throughout the country, has been for 10 years engaged in the monu- mental task of writing a restatement of the common law as applied in this coun- try. Thus far, the restatement has been :gamp!eted in but a single subject—con- cts. Morning’s Topics. ‘The topics for discussion this morn- Ing are transferability inter vivos, suc- cession on death, subjection to the satis- faction of the claims of creditors, and | the interests of expectant distributees. This afternoon the discussion is to cen- ter around the liability of trustees and the liability of the beneficiary of a trust to third persons. Among those in regular attendance at the sessions this year are Justices Owen D. Roberts and Benjamin N. Cardozo of the United States Supreme Court, Justices Willlam A. Schaffer and Willlam B. Linn and former Chief Justice Robert Von Moschzusker of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Chief Judge Cuthbert W. Pound of the New York Court of Appeals, Chief Justice Supreme Court, former Attorney Gen- eral William D. Mitchell, former So- and his_successor, J. Crawford Bigg: , Charles E. Clark of Yale and Earl C. Arnold of Vanderbilt; former Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio, who aided in prosecuting the oil conspiracy cases; former Senator George Whar- ton Pepper of Pennsylvania, Judge Samuel Seabury, who investigated former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. Agency Restatement Approved.. At last night's meeting, the institute will be the second of the completed projects. Prof. Warren A. Seavey of Harvard University Law School is the principal collaborator in this work. A reception and tea will be given by in the institute in the Chinese room of the hotel at 5 o'clock this afternoon. JUSTICE HONORED Justice John B. Crosby, a member of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, who served in the Fifty-second Congress more than 40 years ago, was a guest of the House today. There is no one now in Congress who was in service with Justice Crosby. No Democrat has been elected to Congress from his district since Justice Crosby's term. He was introduced to Speaker Rainey, House Leader Byrns, Minority- Leader Snell and other prominent members of the House. decided that the film “Ingagl”—which is no longer being exhibited—was not an authentic picturization of scenes in NEW YORK, May 5 (#).—Irving C. Gaylor, formerly vice president of the Lincoln Trust Co., which now is merged with the Chase National Bank, and tre-mna-n of the Amerlunmm':uma Association, died yesterday e Agnes Letoy Memorial ’}zsptuL He was 72 yonss old, Africa, or any place but Hollywood, and that it mustn’t happen again. - the derelictions laid at the door of the producers are that “Sir Hubert Winstead, F. A. 8, F. R. G. 8. (and no relation to Winsted, Connecti- cut), who was represented as having led ipto the Dark Continepy the expe~ U. S. TRADE BODY DECIDES ‘INGAGI’ The Federal Trade Commission has| dition Prancis to sclence,” was a humble/ teenth street scales and a long | early today by mal turtle to which licitor General Thomas D. Thacher | 4pa¢ S5 lectic Deans Roscoe Pound of Harvard Law | ey ot romied SUNDAY MORNING EDITION FOR CAPITAL NEEDS IN THOMAS APPEAL Senator, in Radio Address, Holds Congress Must Act Fairly. CITIZENS POWERLESS, - HE REMINDS LISTENERS Lack of Consideration Would Bring Control Worse Than Dictator, Speaker Declares, The Nation must treat Washington “fairly and justly,” Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma, chairman of the District Appropriations Subcom- mittee, declared last night in a radio speech over WMAL during the regular Community Forum period. “So long as Congress is responsible for the administration of Washing- ton, the National City,” saild Senator Thomas, “so long must Congress assume responsibility for the wellbeing of the citizens of the National Capital. So far as I can, I am going to insist that if the people must come to us for the things they need as a community, we must give them about the administra- tion that the city wants. The people are powerless if Congress will not give them consideration. “Government without such considera- tion would be government without con- sent or knowledge of the governed. Even a dictator usually governs better had | than that. Our Government, &s a democ- racy, must, in respect to the National Capital, give heed to the wishes and needs of the citizens of that com-| munity and do all in its power to meet ' those needs and wishes. “On the other hand, the residents of the National Capital have a mutual | obligation. They must confer together as to the needs which must be met in their opinion and must present their opinions clearly, concisely and with adequate facts to the members of the appropriate_committees of Congress.” Senator Thomas said in the same way Congress expects that citizens will do all in their power to support community movements, such as the Community Chest. He compared the Community Chest, a federation of €3 welfare serv- ices, to the United States, a federation of 48 States, and declared that in each the principle of democracy is applied— in the United States through the par- ticipation of the voters, and in the Community Chest through the partici- pation of contributors, board members and social workers. Senator Thomas also declared that private _contributions through Com- munity Chests and similar organizations had proved inadequate to meet the re- lief situation, and that there is no other Discussion of a restatement of the| place to get adequate funds except from the Federal Treasury. He told how his subcommittee "had added to the 1934 District appropria- tention of the annual meeting of the | tion bills items that would provide work i American Law Institute at the May-|for the unemployed as one means of relieving the situation in Washington, and increased, at the same time, the item for emergency relief. Senator Thomas spoke on “Public Welfare” and declared that he had faith in the relief measures which President Roosevelt and Congress are devising to le an increasing amount of work. “Until the millions who are unemployed can get work,” he declared, “relief from public funds, and especially from Federal funds, is nec- essary.” PROBES FOSHAY CASE JUROR’S PROSECUTION Justice Department Receives Com- plaints Against U. S. Attor- ney in St. Paul. The Justice Department is investi- gating complaints against L. L. Drill, United States attorney at St. Paul, for his handling of the case of Mrs. Gene- vieve Clark, Foshay trial juror, who Arthur P Rugg of the Massachusetts | committed suicide after being convicted of perjury in the case. Attorney General Cummings revealed the complaints centered about the Clark as a juror. The when Mrs. Clark held out for acquittal against 11 male jurors in the noted Foshay case. Subsequently she was found in con- tempt of court on grounds that when examined for membership on the panel had concealed her former employ- civic corruption in New York City, and | ment with a. Fochas som pany. tly, after being sentenced to e six months in jail, Mrs. Clark, her husband and two sons were found dead in an automobile near St. Paul. The Attorney General said the ccm- ELKS’ BOYS’ BAND WINS FIRST PRIZE IN CONTEST Wheeler Club Organization Gets Second Honors in Competition Last Night. ‘The Elks’ ' Band won first gl:ae last night in competition of boys’ bands at Griffith Stadium, sponsored by the Washington Board of Trade as in a disagreement | Mae FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1933, Prohibition Given Credit for Addition To Conscience Fund Envelope Postmarked Irv- ington, N. J., Received With $30 Inside. Prohibition was given credit for its first contribution to the Government's D. C.” Two bills—a $20 and a $10—were wrapped in two pleces of personal cor- ce stationery in the envelope. T On one of the sheets were the words: Wi here holding the title of director. Ad. ministrators are in charge of the bu- reau’s work in the fleld. The contribution was “chalked up” for the bureau, and will be turned over to the Treasury Department for its FCONONY SESSON DELEGATES ARRIVE Continental Congress for Economic Reconstruction Opens Tomorrow. With most of the leaders already in Washington, delegates to the Conti- nental Congress for Economic Recon- struction, composed of representatives | of farmers, unemployed labor and So- clalists, were arriving here today by truck and automobile, and a few by Ireight train, The sessions open tomorrow at 9:30 |am. at the Washington Auditorium, the program will be Emil Rieve, presi- |dent of th® American Federation of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers; Nor- man Thomas, Socialist candidate for President in the last election; John Simpson, president of the Farmers' Union, and Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota. Chairman Arrived Yesterday.’ Clarence O. Senior of Chicago, na- tional chairman of the Congress’ Com- mittee on Arrangements, arrived here yesterday and immediately set up an organization for registration of dele- gates tomorrow morning. ‘The sessions will be held for two days, with most of the delegates planning to go back to their homes late Sunday night or early Monday. The purpose of the congress, it is stated by Mr. Senior, is to “unite all sincere and compatible labor, farmer {and unemployed groups.” Resolutions, he said, will be drawn up on unemployment and economic in- and banking, international relations and & “new declaration of independ- |ence.” The congress also will consider recommendations for a permanent “pressure group” to exert its influence in behalf of the program adopted by the congress. Plan Public Meeting. ‘The session Saturday night will be a public mass meeting. Those expected to arrive during the day included Nor- man Thomas, Emil Rieve, Mayor Daniel W. Hoan of Milwaukee and Henry J. Ohl, president of the Wisconsin Fed- eration of Labor. Leaders of the congress already here today made public a resolution of the upon President Roosevelt to intercede with Gov. Rolph of California on be- half of Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings, now in California prisons. WOMAN’S ROBBERY CHARGED TO PAIR Dancing Instructor Is Attacked and Robbed on Steps of Her Home. Police today were holding two men for investigation in connection with the assault and robbery last night of Mrs. Davison, dancing instructor, on the steps of her home at 1329 M street. The man held identified themselves as Elliott Farreri, 35, of New York, and James Johnson, 34, stopping at a local hotel. Mrs. Davison said, when police took them before her for identification, that she was positive the men were the oues who robbed her. ‘The robbers took approximately $11 from her pocketbook, but overlooked some $50 inside a bank book in the purse. The pocketbook was found by police under an automobile in the 1300 block of M street. Mrs. Davison said today she had taken a short walk after instructing a dancing class and was accosted by the robbers as she started up the s to go into the house. The large: the AKRON INVESTIGATORS TO INSPECT THE MACON By the Assoclated Press. Members of the Joint al Committee to investigate the dis- aster were prepared to leave tonight for Akron, Ohio, to inspect the new naval Macon. of the local observance of national | airshi ys' week. ‘The first on the fleld, the 'I.nnln’ band played three marches, “Memoria,” “Grandiosa” and “Officer of the Day.”|the day and They were.rated 100 per cent. The Wheeler Club Band received the next|jinf highest rating with 87 per cent. In recognition of the victory Law- moguer.drummmofumlln' Commission Declares “Sir Hubert Winstead, F. A. S., il F.R. G.S.,” Leader of “Expedition,” Is Non-Existent. ENDS LIFE BY GAS 1 Four- E. Woods, 28, of 300: ‘wings, tail had been glued; that the * # in the kitchen of his apartment. glue “pygmies” | gas of the picture were colored n. In other words, that “an nut.h.e‘:mc. the sacrifice of a li to gorilla” ‘hordes, was sim and should have carried that nene would bave been led ‘woman | floor, with all the that label 80| with only Los Angeles | Acting Coroner A, Magruder issued a certificate of suicide. ‘Woods was found by ‘mother, Mamie Wt lying the gas and doors ‘His 1 his on Jets ed on B i i g i i o | i E i ] : it k i 2 and from 10:30 to 11:30. Speakers on | | security, agriculture, taxation, money; Congress’ Organizing Committee, calling | .| plained the tional Boys’ week, sponsored locally by ening Staf PROBE IS PLANNED INWOMAN'S DEATH AFTER TREATMENT . Mrs. Cora Britton Believed to Be Victim of “Can- cer Cure.” EXPIRES IN HOSPITAL AT SOUTH BALTIMORE Maryland and District Officials to Co-operate in Inves- tigation. Washington, Montgomer$ County and Baltimore authorities were co-operating today in investigating the death of Mrs. Cora Britton, 39, which occurred in South Baltimore General Hospital yes- terday after she is sald to have re- celved treatment for cancer at a Wash- ington institution. Mrs. Britton was removed to Balti- | more two weeks ago by her husband, Dr. Roland L. Britton, prominent phy- sician of May's Landing, N. J.,, when her condition became acute. Following her death, an autopsy was conducted late yesterday by Dr. Howard | J. Maldeis and Dr. Standish McClenry,: Report Expected. A report on the autopsy was expected later today, and Baltimore authorities have ordered an inquest, the date of which has not been set. District Attorney Leo A. Rover was notified of the investigation this morning | by letter from State's Attorney Herbert | R. O’Connor at Baltimore, and ordered the homicide squad to inquire into thei case. 3 Mr. Rover also planned to send a/ representative of his office to the in-| quest. State’s Attorney Stedman Pres- cott of Montgomery County also was | notified today by telephone of the in- quiry. He said he was informed by | Baltimore authorities that Mrs. Britton | was treated for cancer at an institution in Montgomery County. Mr. Prescott will send Detective | Theodore Volten to the inquest, he said. | Mrs. Britton was understood to have come to the local institution against | the advice of her husband. To Work Out Jurisdiction. Mr. O'Conor explained that jurisdic- tion in the case will be worked out be- tween Montgemery County, Washington and Baltimore authorities should the autopsy repert and the subsequent in- quest disclose the need for further in- vestigation. It is alleged at the Baltimore State's attorney’s office that the “secret cure” | which was administered to Mrs. Brit- ton ccnsisted of a number of in- gredients in a salve or ointment which consisted largely of znc, chloride and corrosives. Another “ointment,” which was used to alleviate the pain, is al- }:(;d to have consisted principally of rd. HISTORIC DOCUMENTS'| PRESERVATION ASKED Robinson Moves to Restore Orig- inal American Papers for Permanence. A resolution authorizing Col. Edwin | A. Halsey, secretary of the Senate, to provide for the suitable preservation | of historic documents on file in the | Senate library, was introduced in the Senate yesterday by Majority Leader Robinson of Arkansas. The documents were located in the Senate files recently by James D. Pres- Eirge Wastington's. fist maugural Wi 's augural address, certificates of the electoral votes of the original 13 States for the first election of President and Vice President, various ents and conference reports dealing with the bill providing for a permanent seat of Government in Wi , and simi- l;rmrmrd. from the early days of the ation. Senator Robinson had the resolution referred to the Committee on Audit and Control, to authorize a small expendi- ture in order that the documents may be restored to good condition and properly DESCRIBES BOYS’ WORK Northeast Club Member Speaks to Cosmopolitan Group. The work being done by boys’ organ- izations here was described by Donal Boyd, 13-year-old member of the North- east Boys’ Club, at a luncheon meeting of the Cosmopolitan Club yesterday at the Carlton Hotel. He asked that the business men of Washington support the work of the various boys’ organiza: tions of the city. The youthful speaker was presented to the club by Harry Hites, who ex- city-wide observance of Na- ‘Washington: of Trade. Mem- bers of the club were invited to attend the final events in the Boys’ week ob- servance afternoon at Grif- | this 1| Chris Aubrey Mathisen, prepared ora- 1d | choruses. Harry HENRY WILLIAM SNYDER, JR. PASTORSSON WIS ORATORY HONORS Henry William Snyder, Jr., Adjudged Champion of Western High. Henry William Snyder, jr., 15-year- old son of the pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, has been adjudged champion orator of Western High School, and he will represent that school in The Star finals of the 10th national oratorical contest May 11. Receiving second place rating in the ‘Western High finals, David Bennett Parker was named alternate to Snyder. Young Snyder won the right to be spokesman for Western High in a con- test between the five best orators the school could produce. The fourth of these speakers to be heard, Snyder presented first his prepared oration, “Justice Holmes, Champion of Human Rights.” He clinched his victory with a four-minute extemporaneous talk under the assignment to answer “Why Should Only Holmes' Dissenting Opin- ions Be Cited to Prove Him a Champion of Human Rights? Is the Majority Report Necessarily Lacking in an Ap- preciation of Such Rights?” Compared With Gullion. Snyder was compared by the West- ern High faculty members with Ed- ) mund Gullion, the Western High School champion who is 1930 was victorious, not only in The Star finals, but in the national and international finals, of the contest. Gullion's voice was mod- erately low pitched, clear and em- phatic, and his vocabulary, diction and pronunciation unusual for a high school boy. Snyder, the Western High peo- ple believe, has much of Gullion's pol- ished form of oratory, and they be- lieve in him they have a good spoles- man in the 1933 contest. Snyder lives with his parents at 5124 Chevy Chase parkway. Parker, the alternate, was the first orator to take the stand. His pre- pared oration was ‘“Roosevelt, the American.” His extemporaneous talk was based on the instructions, “Am- plify your statement: al poration Government to the people’s Government.’ " Other speakers on Western High's final program and their two respective oration titles were: Elizabeth Pangburn Brandes, prepared oration, “Calvin| Coolidge,” and extemporaneous talk, “Explain your use of the term ‘strict’ as applied to Coolidge’s interpretation of the constitution. Give specific il- lustration or acts or policies applying ‘strict’ interpretation”; Charles Francis Osborn, prepared oration, “Lin- coln and the Constitution”; extempo: raneous talk,” “Discuss the forces of op- position which Lincoln encountered among his subordinates in 1861.” and tion,“ Grover Cleveland, Champion of Executive Independence”; extempo- raneous talk, “Show by actual examples how Cleveland’s advance in public life was affected unfavorably by his fear- lessness and adherence to principle.” ‘Western Finals Judges. ‘The judges of the Western finals were J. Fred Essary, Washi correspond- SPEED PROMISED IN OPENING BANKS OF CAPITAL AREA Cummings Unable to Make Definite Predictions Now, However. D. C. TIE-UP DECLARED COMPARATIVELY SMALL U. 8. Officials Studying Situation ’ Here Intensively in Addition to Work Elsewhere. The Treasury Department is en- deavoring to free deposits in the 13 closed Washington banks as soon as pos- sible, according to Walter J. Cummings, executive assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, but there is no definite prospect just when any of the 13 banks will reopen. “We are trying to get for the depos- itors the most money possible in the quickest possible time,” said Mr. Cum- mings. His organization continues to work diligently on the problem present- ed by the closed financial institutions here, Mr. Cummings said, althcugh this city has a much smaller percentage of its deposits tied up in closed banks than many other cities of the country. Predictions Withheld. ‘The organization of which Mr. Cum- mings is the chief is still intensively studying the situation here, Mr. Cum- mings said, but at this time there is nothing of a definite nature which could be predicted officially as to what the results may be. Shortly after Mr. Cummings took charge of the big problem of reopening banks throughout the country, he in- dicated generally that the banks here would probably fall into three different classes. The first of these would be banks which had a possibility of re- opening under their own name. The second group would comprise those banks which could continue after re- organization in a merger with other institutions, and third, there would be some which would not reopen, but would be liquidated. Declines to Comment. ‘Whether this original prediction of the three different groups still stands, Mr. Cummings, today declined specfi- cally to say. Tt is understood that many different proposals have been considered for the disposition of the three national banks and the 10 sav- ings banks which have been in the hands of conservators since March 14. The Treasury Department officials who are working on the problem of reopening the banks, it is explained, also have to consider the large num- ber of banks throughout ths country which have not yet been reopened. Some progress has been made in re- opening banks in other parts of the country since March 14, but there has been no recent report available as to the exact number which now are open. PROTECTION SOUGHT FOR INDICTMENTS Summers Introduces Bill in House to Guard Against In- validation. Federal indictments would b: pro- tected from invalidaticn “by reascn of defect or imperfection in matter of form only which shall not tend to the preju- dice of the defendant” under the terms of a bill introduced today by Chairman Summers of the House Judiciary Com- mittee. Mr. Summers explained that the pur- pose of the bill was to prevent throwing out of indictments on slight technicali- ties. The bill will be considered by the Judiciary Committee, but definite action is not expected until the next session of Congress. Mr. Summers pointed out the bill he has introduced would also make it im- possible to nullify an indictment because clerks or stenographers employed in a clerical capacity to assist the district ington ent of the Baltimore Sun; Rev. Albert H. Lucas, head master, St. Alban’s School; Donald Sherbondy, instructor :n political science and speech, Americin University; Harold G. Sutton, direc.g of admissions, George Washington Ul versity, and Dr. Charles C. Tansill, pr. | fessor of history, American Universit Dr. Elmer S. Newton, principal of tr« ! school, presided. Music completed the program, witt the orchestra contributing ely to the entertainment. A feature of the musica’ program, however, was four solos and McKnee, Alan War- fleld, Mary Offut and Busey Howard were the soloists, while the student body itself provided the choral accompani- ment. PO, Reward for Return of Dog. John Collier, commissioner of Indian affairs, has offered a $25 reward and appealed to the school children of Montgomery County, Md., to help him recover his friend “Angus,” a foxhound, lost last Sunday near Cabin John Bridge. A copy of the dog's description has been pecsted in the schools of the fith Stadium. county, MISS PERKINS ON WHILE URGING 30-HOUR WEEK One Member of Staff Quits Job to Escape 17-Hour Toil, but Officials Say Overtime Is Needed. 15-HOUR DAY the House Labor Committee on her Fed- is | eral industrial contrcl amendment to Black the of attorney or other Government counsel were present in the grand jury room during the taking of testimony incident to an indictment. He would have such employes designated by law as “persons cting for and on behalf of the United ates ¥ an official capacity and func- n.” NGREGATION TO HONOR EMORY OF LATE PASTOR Tablet Will Be Unveiled to Rev. Robert Atkinson at Presby- terian Church, Kensington. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. KENSINGTON, Md., May 5—A tab- let erected at the Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church in memory of Rev. Robert Atkinson, who died two years ago after serving for six years as pastor for the congregation, will be unveiled at special vesper services in the church here Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. ‘The dedicatory address will be de- livered by Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church of Washington, while the quar- tet of the George Washington Univer- sity Glee Club will sing. Funds for the tablet were contributed by several mem- bers of the congregation. DOG TO GET HOME Animal Relief Society Temporarily Holding Guard of Rack. ‘The homeless dog which stood guard over an “honor system” newspaper rack at Pirst and B streets southwest for three days has been taken in charge by the Animal Relief and Humane Ed- ue;‘tl‘:'n vlzlmu. 3‘:’2 wut northeast. * . ent, president the organization, said to:ly that if the animal is not claimed within few days, she will be placed in an- other home, already volunteered.. DEBRIS 350 FEET DEEP DURANGO, Colo, May 5 (#)—Con= vulsions shaking Carbon Mountain to its foundation have piled up debris 350 feet deep within 100 feet of Animas River, observers