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~ A4 INDUSTRY CHIEF'S SELECTION HELD UP Johnson, Hiinors Manufac- turer, Expected to Direct Huge Set-up. By the Associated Press. President ' Roosevelt has been con- saring with Hugh Johnson, Moline, L., anufacturer, on the industrial control program now before Congress, but was said today at the White House as having yet to make his appointments to admin- ister the huge set-up, in event it is written into law. These important appointments, of course, must await final congressional action. Meanwhile, however, Johnson has an office in the State Department across the street from the White House making ready for putting the extensive provi- sions into effect. Although it was said at the White House today that offers remain to be made, as late s last night it was being taken for granted in high quarters that Johnson was in line. Big Job for Director. In an interview, he was reluctant to discuss the exact situation, but said he was asking himself whether he were competent to accept an offer of the huge assignment. Many weighty decisions, far reaching in their effects upon the Nation's eco- nomic recovery, will fall to the lot of Johnson, if he is chosen as director of industry. The almost unlimited power conferred upon the Chief Execu- tive under the industrial control-public works bill would be shifted to the di- rector. ‘While providing the President with H % EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (. FRIDAY, MAY 19, 193 Upturn Proves Surprise Great Lakes Trade Leaders Hastily Revise Gloomy Reports as One Month Brings Complete Change in By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio May 19.—Evi- dence of an encouraging upturn in steel, rubber, glass, automobile, chemical and food business was brought here to- day by members of the Great Lakes Regional Advisory Board. Some delegates to the annual meeting | reported they had originally prepared dismal statistics for the meeting, sched- uled for April 19, and postponed, but that a month had changed the entire business picture. A few opinions: Daniel Desmond, traffic manager, Libby Glass Manufacturing Co., Toledo —“We are working all our plants 7| days a week, 24 hours a day with 4| shifts and we only wish we had more plants.” He said the manufacture of 3.2 beer was responsible. Expects New Gains. W. M. Lorenz, Cleveland, chairman of the Steel Committee—"T had prepared a very dismal report for the April 19 | meeting, but since that time the steel | industry has shot upward until now it| is 39 per cent of capacity. Not only | that—I believe the increase will con- tinue for the next two months.” K. A. Moore, chairman of the Auto- mobile Committee—*I czpected to report a decrease in business, but instead, re- port an increase. There not only is a tremendous_increase in the manufac- ture of small cars, but there is a satis- factory stimulus in the higher priced | cars. There is a_probability that in June and July there will be more activity than in May, when 200,000 | units were turned out.” The beauty of | it is the cars are being sold as fast as they are turned out. It is not a matter of turning out automobiles with the this broad authority, the broad measure sent to Congress Wednesday specifically directs him to “establish such agen- cies” as may be necessary and to “dele- gate any of his functions and powers under this title.” Soldier and Lawyer. Johnson, a soldier, lawyer and manu- facturer, is a former member of the old War Industries Board and a close associate of Bernard M. Baruch. Under the industrial regulation sec- tion of the legislation, industry would be permitted to get together through trade associations to control produc- tion, prices, hours of work and mini- mum wages. Should these agreements 1ail in any industry or should a minor- ity decline to join, the bill empowers the President to license plants if neces- sary. 13;'1 informed circles Johnson is cred- ited with “putting the teeth” in the measure. He was called to Washington two weeks ago to ald in the drafting of the industry regulation bill. In the Jast stages he and Lewis W. Douglas, director of the budget, put on the fin- shing touches. ‘Was Awarded D. S. M. Johnson is a native of Kansas and a ‘graduate of West Point. When he Tetired in 1919 he was a brigadier gen- eral, holding the Distinguished Service Medal. 3 VTR Johnson was active in originating the : lan for the selective draft of the World ar, and with his superior, Maj. Gen. Fnoch H. Crowder, was in executive charge of it. ufi: resigning from the Army. he became vice president of the Moline Plow Co., of which George N. Peek was general manager. In 1925 Johnson or- ganized the Moline Implement Co. and was chairman of its board until 1929. He is an author, fl.so, ha;mg written many magazine stories and essays, as wellyts “Williams of West Point,” and “williams on Service.” LABOR TO SUPPORT INDUSTRY CONTROL AND PUBLIC WORKS (Continued From First Page) to count upon $250,000,000 annual rev- enues from liquor taxes. The President in the message presenting the bill to Congress Wednesday, asked authority %o cancel the special taxes when re- peal takes place. Representative Byrns of Tennessee, Democratic leader, predicted the com- mittee would report the bill without the general manufacturers’ excise levy suggested by Douglas as one of four alternative tax programs. Chairman Doughton, however, indi- cated the committee may junk all or part of the Douglas proposals, and substitute new levies, probably on pipe lines and other untapped sources of revenue. The North Carolina Demo- crat said the committee would report the measure “not later than Tuesday.” President Roosevelt gave the commit- tee until next week to determine upon a tax program, saying that if it failed, he would recommend one he favored Doughton said he was confident this would be unnecessary. Outlines Bill's Aims. Douglas told the committee the bill ‘was designed to stop “cut-throat com- petition” in industry and to assure a minimum wage to workers besides pro- viding employment. Of the program, which, he said, actually totaled $3.400.- 000,000, about $2,000,000,000 was to be spent on State, municipal and other lo- cal government projects; $400,000,000 on highway construction and $1.000.- 000,000 on Federal buildings, naval, military, flood control, rivers and har- bors and other projects. Donald R. Richberg of Washington, because of his knowledge of the anti- trust laws through his work as counsel for railway labor organizaticns, also was called to testify. He said about 1,000,000 men would be given jobs di- rectly for each of the three billion dollars. Indirectly, he said, millions would re- ceive jobs through stimulated indust The suspension of the anti-trust law to permit trade assoctations and indus- tries to reach agreemenit on wages, working hours and other conditions, he said, would also stimulate industry. BREAKS ARM IN FIGHT Harry Page, 33, “didn’t know his own strength” untfl last night, when one of the blows he aimed at the head of George Willlams, 26, also colored, missed and his fist smashed against the wall Page broke his arm. Williams, police said, suffered less from the altercation, losing nothing more than a plece of his right ear. He said it was bitten off The two live in rooms in the 1300 block of @ street, where they were fighting. Marriage Licenses. Clarence M. Edwards. It Unitea tow Nava) Academy, and Verdery C. For- Jthes 20, 3214 E st. se.. Rev. A. F. Poore Clayton W, Colvin, 25, nan st.. and Maile Irene Hawkins, 2 Berd st Rev. L. F. Stevens. McKinley Jones, 74, 531 15th st. ne uth Smith, 20, 313 44t st. ne Rev. C and Gap, and Ida A Rey. Henry Tolson Uaile J. Nixon, 44, 4001 Harrisou st Marshall G E B Pa e and ey 2, and Mary Raspi, 18 Rey “Andrew N. DeMuth and 605 L st se. Virgluia sie 3th st 4th st and and Emma Barmell. 15, 555 Rhode. 1 E, Thom 1455 Rho e Miidred. Lee Pumphres. K% MRy Jobn paimer, © o0 2 and Bernard e 003 H st.; Rev John hope of selling them.” H. E. McGivernon, Lansing, Mich., chairman of the Automobile Accessories Committee—"My report for April 19 was prepared to show & 50 per cent decrease, but instead we find that April was the biggest month since April of 1930. There is every indication to be- lieve it will continue through July.” Estimates Revised. H. M. Griggs, Cleveland, chairman of the Coal and Ore Committee— We ex- pect to move by lake 27,500,000 tons of coal this year, as compared to 25,000,000 last year. We already have had to revise our estimates of the amount of ore to be shipped. There are 93 boats on the lakes now, compared to 68 at the same time last year.” Encouraging reports also_were made by H. J. Zimmerman, traffic manage: for the Goodrich Rubber Cq Wallace of the Kellogg Co., Creek, Mich,, and E. C. Nettles of the General Foods Corporation. Clare B. Tefet, transportation com- missioner of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, was elected president of the group late yesterday. BIRMINGHAM HOPEFUL. Gradual Comeback in Steel Industry Lights ht Skies. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 19 (#)— Orange glows against night skies tell | the story of a gradual comeback of the | steel industry here. Small lots are| making up shipments that have de-| pleted stocks. | A new blast furnace of the Sloss-| Sheffield Steel Co. will blow in tomor- Tow and in the company's Besemer and | Russelville mines 500 men go back to| work. This will put 4 of the 21 blast furnaces in the district to work with a | total production of 1,800 tons per day. | 1,200 tons of pig iron and 800 tons of basic iron. Production of pig iron for April| | ment, Situation. reached 30,976 tons and steel operators estimate May will see the 45,000 mark surpassed. Three fabricators of structural steel have received specifications on 10,000 tons for the Southern Alkali Co. of Corpus Christi, Tex., and one mill here has received an order from a railroad for 150,000 plates. Approval of the Muscle Shoals oper- ations bill has caused some encourage- but orders from this source largely will be confined to the cement mills and to the coke ovens. CUMBERLAND PAY RAISED. Between 4,000 and 5,000 Celanese Employes to Be Affected. NEW YORK, May 19 (#).—Dr. Camille Dreyfus, president of the Celanese Cor- poration, announced yesterday an im- mediate 5 per cent wage increase to employes of the Cumberland, Md, plants. The corporation did not say whether this was a restoration to a former wage level. Between 4,000 and 5,000 em- ployes are affected, the company said. Full-time employment, the announce- lin(l'nttsnld, has been doubled since April ast. Record Pay Roll Reported. HAMMOND, Ind, May 19 (P —A pay roll with 4,300 names, the largest in two years, was reported by the In- land Steel Co. Unemployment relief officials said about 1,500 families would be taken from the relief rolls as a re- sult of recently created jobs. Men Work Overtime. . CHICAGO, May 19 (#).—The Bas- tian Blessing Co. reported demand for beer pumps and other tap room equip- ment exceeded the company’s capacity, improvement having been constant since legalization of 3.2 per cent beer. Offiicials said 450 men were working overtime in comparison with 80 em- ployed part time & few months ago. Sharp Improvement Seen. CHICAGO, May 19 (#).—Butler Bros., wholesalers of general merchan- dise by mail, reported business was increasing sharply. Sales were off near- ly 1 per cent for the first quarter of the year, the firm said, but improve- ment in recent weeks has total sales so far in 1933 of 31, per cent above the same period last year. Plant’s Force Doubled. ST. PAUL, May 19 (#).—The Seeger Refrigerator Co. announced yesterday it had hired 350 men, doubling its force, and that its output up to August 1 had been contracted for. Twenty-four hour plant operation was ordered due to de- mand for beer-cooling apparatus. Sales Increase Revealed. CHICAGO, May 19 (#).—Household washing machine factory sales in April totaled 54,184 units, an increase over 1932 figures for the fourth successive month. J. R. Bohnen, secretary of the Am¢rican Washing Machine Manufac- turers’ Asscciation, said today: “April was the industry’s best month since October, 1931, with the exception of September, 1932, Two Firms Increase Wages. MIAMI, Okla., May 19 (#).—Wage increases of 25 cents a day were an- nounced yesterday by the Evans-Wal- lower Lead Co. and the Vinegar Hill Zinc Co. for employes in their Tri-State District Mines. Approximately 400 workers_are affected. increase brings the average to about 60 per cent of the 1929 level. Industry Director? CHACO ULTIMATUM SSUED B LEAGLE Warns Paraguay and Bolivia That Dispute Must Be Arbitrated. | | | HUGH JOHNSON, ‘Whose selection as administrator of the industrial control program is looked for. —Harris-Ewing Photo. | TREASURE HUNTERS | SUED BY RIVALS Damages Asked Against Sa]vor and Crew, and Sunken Ship ‘ Merida Also Is Named. | Associated Press NORFOLK, Va tivities of tv recover treasure I —Rival ac- xpeditions secking to m the sunken ship | Merida were shifted from the sea to the courts yesterday by one party bring- ing & libel suit against the skipper and crew of the salvage tug, Salvor. ‘The libella ask i least $15,000 in damages, but reserve the right to ask the court to allow them to end their suit to ask for more dama The Salvor sailed into p with a large piece of wrec skipper Capt. H. L. Bowdoin, said was taken from the Merida, now lying in some 200 feet of water about 60 miles east of the Virginia Capes. Almost_before the Salvor's erew had {an opportunity to get the salt air out of their lungs, their ship was attached and laid up pending the giving of bond for any further operations. The libel was brought by Capt. John Hall as skipper of the fishing trawler Theresa and Dan and in his own right, | and by Klass Everts, diver, and George A. Redding, a member of the Hall- Everts expedition. The Salvor, Capt. H. L. Bowdoin, A F. Amory, master and owner of the trawler Sea Gull, and J. R. Lawson, jr., master and owner of the trawler Sea Rambler, were named respondents in the action Even the Merida, which has been on the bed of the Atlantic since 1911, when she was sunk in a collision with the steamer Admiral Farragut, was libelled in the same action along with “her furniture, apparel, tackle, equipment cargo and other contents. Representative Loses Auto. Police were asked today to help find the automobile of Representative Joe L. Smith of West Virginia reported t yesterday kage her Anna M. Ridiey, C. Ball %, acie & ll\k'i! 31. both of - stolen from the front of the House Office Building late yesterday. ~ The car bore hoth West Virginia and con- gressional tags. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 19.—Paraguay and Bolivia have been diplomatically warned by the League of Nations that they | must arbitrate their long-standing con- flict over the potentially Chaco district on their borders. This was established today by pub- lication of a report on the war between the two nations published by the League Céuncil. Adopting tactics similar to those em- ployed in the Leticia border dispute between Peru and Colombia, the council has appealed to Paraguay and Bolivia to accept a commission of inquiry and arbitration of their conflict The council emphasized that its only purpose was to settle the dispute. Set- tlement, the report said, should be left to “an impartial authority deriving its powers from the covenant of the League of Nations.” This authority would fix the frontier between the two nations ‘The procedure connotes cessation of hostilities and withdrawal of Para- guay’s declaration of war. If the arbi- trators cannot e named by agreement the council’s report sald, the council itself will select them. ARBITRATION REPORTS DENIED. Bolivia Declares It Will Not Accept Unconditional Terms. LA PAZ, Bolivia, May 19 (®)—The chancellery denied yesterday reports from Geneva that Bolivia would accept arbitration of its dispute with Paraguay unconditionally if Paraguay withdrew its declaration of war. It was said the reports were inexact The Morris Plan Bank offers the INDIVIDUAL the facilities of & SAVINGS BANK with the | added feature of offering a plan to make loans on a practical basis, which enables fae borrower to liquidate his ob- ligation by means of weekly, semi- monthly or monthlydeposits. It is not neces- sary to have had an account at this Bank in order to borrow. Note rich Gran | The BANK for the INDIVIDUAL Amt. of Deposit $120 $180 $240 $300 $360 $540 $1,200 $100 $6,000 $500 MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W.; Washington; D. €. LIMITED BY TIME Held Reassuring Answer to Those Fearing Funda- mental Change. BY MARK SULLIVAN. ‘The “industrial control” bill laid be- fore Congress by President Roosevelt has increased the apprehensions of those who fear that some kind of fun- damental change is taking place in the American system of government and so- clal organization. It is a fact that the powers over business conferred by this bill on President Roosevelt and his ap- pointees are extremely far-reaching. The reassuring point, however, in the “industrial control” bill is the time limit in section C. 1 It reads: “This [act] * * * and any agencies established hereunder shall cease to exist * * * two years after the date of enactment * * * or sooner if the President shall by procla- mation declare that the emergency 4 * has ended.” This time limit |is a reassuring answer to those who fear fundamental and permanent change. Assume that enactment now under way in Congress will be completed June 1. Then look forward two years to June 1, 1935, and the apprehensive will find cause for comfort. On June 1, 1935, the law will end automatically. Continuance of it after that date can only come about through re-enactment by Congress. There is a wide differ- ence between enacting & bill with limi- tation of time as set forth in Mr. Roosevelt's draft and one without limi- tation. No Permanent Change Sought. The limitation of time in Mr. Roose- velt's bill is evidence that he regards it as an emergency measure only and does mot wish it to be a permanent change in the American system. This evidence is borne out by knowledge of the way this measure developed. Some of Mr. Roosevelt’s advisers and & small minority of his cabinet believe in and wish for permanent Government con- trol of industry, and even further inno- vation in the direction of collectivism. As for the President himself, the evi- dence is overwhelming that he does not lean that way. There is further importance in the date, approximately June 1, 1935, when this bill comes automatically to 2n end. On that date Congress will not be in session, unless Mr. Roosevelt shall have called it into special sec- sion, which is not likely. Furthermore, the Congress of that time will be a new body. There will have been in the meantime a congressional campaign and election of a new Congress in No- vember, 1934. In this 1934 congres- sional campaign, if an issue shall have arisen between individualism and col- lectivism springing from this and sim- ilar measures, the issue presumably will be fought omt. Yet further, when this bill comes to an end, we shall be fairly close to the presidential election of 1936, and again, if there is difference of opinion about the centralization of power now being enacted, it can be | made an issue. Aside from these political aspects of the two years' duration of the “indus- trial control” bill, much water will have gone over the dam in economic re- | spects. ‘The universal hope and very | general expectation is that we shall | be far on the way into a new cycle of prosperity. That hope, presumably, is held by Mr. Roosevelt even more than by the rest of us. It is a fair inference that politically and in every way he will not wish on June 1, 1935, to ask renewal of this bill. His much stronger wish will be to have exercised in advance of that time the option given him in the bill, “by proclama- tion to declare that the emergency has ended.” To proclaim that bad times are ended and with them Government control of industry is certain to be what Mr. Roosevelt will prefer. Measure Goes Far. So much about possible permanence of the measure. Aside from that it goes very far indeed. The power given the President and his appointees, to exer- cise if they choose, is as broad as pos- sible. To trade associations in every industry, the goverament says, in effect, “You have long wanted to fix prices and otherwise be a monopoly, but you have feared the anti-trust law. Very well, we now not only permit you but command you to be a monopoly. We suspend the anti-trust acts. But'— and this is & very big but—“in return for this privilege you must submit to Government control of your prices, the wages you pay, your hours of work, the quantity of your production.” The Government then goes further, saying if any one corporation, firm or indi- vidual in your industry cuts prices, or otherwise “departs from the practices prescribed for the industry as a whole, we will fine him and take away his license.” In other words, the “little independent” formerly the pet of the law and of so-called progressive poli- ticlans now becomes for two years &n | outlaw, while “big business” "becomes | the law's pet. Broadly speaking, the law includes a “may” and a “must.”” Which will be most_ emphasized depends much on the | administration of the law. Business men as a whole see the “may” as more | |important. Most of them want the |1aw, and their representatives have co- operated in writing it. They fear that | with factory capacity far in excess of | present consumption, there may be | cutthroat competition, Escape from | this is what they welcome in the bill. Some among them think they are ex- | changing their birthright of liberty for |a mess of pottage in the form of se- |curity against temporarily excessive competition. ‘1 THREE BANKS AIDED Three banks in three different States today were assisted in reopening by the | Reconstruction Finance Corporation through the purchase of preferred stock. The First National Bank in Joliet, 111, sold $200,000 of preferred stock, the Pinksville National Bank, Pinksville, | Ky., $100,000, and the Waterloo Na- tional Bank, Waterloo, Iowa, $60,000. Each of the purchases is contingent | upon sale of an’equal amount of com- mon stock. Loans are pass- ed within a day or two after filing application— with few excep- tions. Monthly For 12 Months $10 $15 $20 $25 MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made for 1 year, though they may be given for any period of from 3 to 12 months. | “Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit” | INDUSTRIAL BILL m THEODORE F. SHUEY THEODORE F. SHUEY. THEFTS ADMITTED IN RIDLEY MURDER $210,000 Robbery Plot Bared With Attempt to Split Bequest. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, May 19.—An agree- ment to split three ways a $200,000 bequest in the questioned 1 of the slain Edward A. Ridley was related to police in the morning line-up today by one of two accountants, who were arrested last night, charged with par- ticipating in an alleged conspiracy to systematically rob the aged and ec- centric millionaire. The bequest was made to Lee Wein- stein, the secretary, whose body was found alongside Ridley's in the latter’s subcellar office last week. Police said that both of the accountants under arrest, George Goodman and Arthur J. Hoffmann, have confessed that they conspired with Weinstein to rob Rid- ley of $210,000. After telling of a further conspiracy by which Ridley signed a will without knowing it, Hoffmann said, as com- pensation for witnessing the document Weinstein was to give himself and Goodman one-fourth “of what he could get out of the will.” Says Terms Dictated. Hoffmann said Weinstein dictated the provisions of the will and that he had it typed. He was present, he said, when Weinstein presented it to Ridley to sign. “Did Weinstein tell Mr. Ridley that it was a will?” an officer asked. “No, sir,” Hoffmann replied. “It looks as if the old boy had it put over on him, is that so?” “Yes, sir.” Hoffmann and Goodman are ac- cused of acting in concert with Wein- stein to transfer more than $200,000 from = certificate bank account of Ridley’s to a checking account. Then, police charged, they formed three dummy corporations and issued checks to the corporations in n]l?ed pay- ment for work done on Ridley's vast real estate holdings. ‘They are charged with grand larceny and conspiracy. From the home of Hoffman, an in- spectcr said he recovered bonds valued at $31,000, which detectives say were bought with part of the proceeds of the, larcenies. The thefts were said to have extended from September, 1931, to May 9, this year, the day before the mys- terious killers invaded the office under an East Side garage where Ridley ruled his money principality. A bill of sale for an expensive motor car gave police the clue which led t§ the arrests. The paper was found in the apartment of Weinstein's widow, a woman whom the secretary married in Richmond, Va., under the name of Jacques Leroy Lee. The marriage was not disclosed until after Weinsteln was slain. Detectives said the bill of sale dis- closed that the $2,000 car was paid for by checks drawn on the accounts of the Lego Iron Works, the Allegheny Construction Co. and the Gorgo Heat- ing & Plumbing Co., Inc. It is charged all three were dummy firms officered by Weinstein, Gocdman and Hoffman. Ready to Contest Will. Hours before the arrests were made about dawn today, John L. Ridley, grandnephew of the millionaire, an- nounced that he would contest the will. He said the circumstances gave “grounds for the gravest suspicion.” The will left $200,000 to Weinstein on condition that he survived Ridley. They were found dead together, and a legal fight had been expected to de- termine which died first. Weinstein's blond widow had engaged a lawyer to protect her claim to the $200,000. Goodman and Hoffmann, who had been employed by Ridley to audit his books, denied strenuously that they knew anything about the double killing. Two years ago another Ridley secre- tary, Herman Moench, was found shot to ‘death in the subcellar, apparently with the same weapon from which seven bullets were fired into Wein- stein’s body. That murder, like the Weinstein-Ridley killings, has never been_solved. EISEMAN’S SEVENTH & F STS. Spring and Summer Weight TROUSERS To Match Odd Coats UP Put those odd coats to work- . .match them with a pair of Liseman’s special trousers. We are head- quarters for trousers in Washington. Hundreds of pairs...many from suits. Come in...we can find a pair to fill out those coats and vests. CLAIMED BY DEATH Dean of Official Reporters of Debate in Senate Dies at 89. The man “with the nimblest fingers and quickest brain in the United States Senate”—Theodore F. Shuey, dean of official reporters of debate in the Upper House of Congress—died | last night at his home near Staun- ton, Va. In his 89th year, the veteran scribe | until a few weeks ago was still carry-| ing on after 65 years of nursing ump-1 ing phrases and doctoring up thousands | of halting sentences and mixed meta- | phors in Senate debates, which have ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. | Career Started by Chance. Mr. Shuey began his long career at | the Capitol more or less by chance. In 1868, Col. Crutchfield of Richmond, publisher of Literary Pastime, decided to remove to Baltimore and establish a weekly paper and offered him a position. Mr. Shuey started for Balti- ‘more, but, never having seen Washing- ton, decided to stop off and get a glimpse of the city. Washington appealed to him, he found an opening at the Capitol and remained there. ‘When Schuyler Colfax of Indiana was sworn in as Vice President, on March 4, 1869, Mr. Shuey, youthful and vigor- ous, sat in the Senate chamber and re- corded the proceedings. Last March 4, when John N. Garner became Vice| President, Mr. Shuey was in his ac-| customed place in the Senate, still actively participating in the preparation of the record. During all the inter- vening years he had witnessed every inaugural ceremony at the Capitol. Mr. Shuey once expressed the opinion that Senator Charles Sumner of Massa- chusetts was the greatest orator the Senate has seen in the last half cen- tury, although Senator John Sherman of Ohio was probably the most effective. | He thought Vice President Dawes was one of the best presiding officers the | Senate ever had. | On April 9 Mr. Shuey left Washing- ton to go to his home at Swope, Va., for a much-needed rest. Until that time he had not missed a single day from his duties as official recorder of Senate debate in 65 years. Shortly after the Senate convened this morning, Senator Robinson of Arkansas, | the Democratic leader, interrupted the proceedings to inform his colleagues of Mr. Shuey’s death. Wed Secretly Cites Remarkable Record. Referring to the fact Mr. Shuey had | not missed a day from work in 65 years, | Senator Robinson said: doubt if in | the history of this country there is a | comparable record to that made by Mr. | Shuey. His record is remarkable, not | alone for long service, but for notable and exceptional efficiency.” Senatcr Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan said: “Our affection and our respect and veneration for Mr. Shuey | will respond to the roll call of his mem- | ory even though he no longer responds | to the roll call of our service.” | Senator Fess, Republican, of Ohio| added this tribute: “If appreciation for | service rendered, if gratitude for the courtesies shown, if loving affection for his associates, which covered almost every Benator’s life for two generations, are bases for happiness, surely Mr. Shuey will now be a happy man.” Mr. Shuey was a soldier in the Union | Army during the Civil War and par- | ticipated in the Battle of Gettysburg. | About a year ago John D. Rhodes, one | of his associates at the Capitol, took Mr. Shuey for a ride to, Gettysburg, the | first time he had been there in more than half a century. In walking over | the battlefield, he found his name in- scribed on one of the markers of a| Pennsylvania regiment to which he be- | longed. Mr. Shuey is survived by his widow and two children, Mrs. Charles J. Kap- | pler and Miss Dorothy Shuey. He is also survived by two children by a | former marriage, Phillip V. Shuey and Mrs. Agnes Scymmers. Springers Again in Favor. | Springers, or large hunting spaniels, are again the canine fashion in London. Basil Kennedy, who attends to the dog- dom aristocracy of Mayfair, is breeding them for the Toyal kennels at Windsor. | Crouse of Windsor is one of the famous cpringers owned by the King. 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Allen, also of the fifth precinct. The board recommended the reten- tion of Lieut. H. R. Lohman, eighth precinct; W. C. Adcock, fifth precinct, and J. E. Morgan, Traffic Bureau. WINE HEARINGS SET Doran to Determine Modification of “Too Stringent” Rules. Complaints from the trade that ihe new regulations for distributing 3.2 per cent wine are too stringent have in- duced Dr. James M. Doran, commis- sioner of industrial alcohol, to set hear- ings for next week to consider modi- fications. Manufactvcers, processors and Te- tailers will Je heard in connection with criticisms leveled principally against the provision that bottlers must qualify for bonded warehouse permits. Doran said the greater part of the wine under the | - 32 lmit would be consumed in the | : manufacture of carbonated water pro- ducts in which full strength wine is S T The proposed British ship scrapping and shipbuilding program would give work to 270,000 men. 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