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“From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy and slightly warmer with lowest temperature about 50 degrees tonight; tomorrow occasional rain; gentle winds. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 74, at 4:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 44, at 7:15 a.m. today. Full report on page A-11. " Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17, 18&19 No. 33,075. AUSTRIA DENANDS ARMS EQUALITY, AS U. 5. URGES CURB More War Materials Asked to Keep Pace in Race of Armaments. SYSTEM OF LICENSING SUGGESTED BY WILSON Henderson Authorized to Convoke January Session for Further Discussion of Plan. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, November 20.—Austria today demanded equality in arma- ments of a Disarmament Conference Committee which had heard a pro- posal from the United States that the | arms trade, from revolvers to battle- ships, should be bottled up. Austria went before the Steering ! Committee of the conference and de- clared her independence was men- aced. She said an armament race is now in progress and threatens the peace of Europe, and that she needs more war materials in order to defend her sovereignty. Reich’s Presence Held Need. Ttaly announced to the committee that she believed it useless to proceed with the disarmament conference without the presence of Germany, | which withdrew from the parley last year when her demands for mare armaments were refused. Austria’s announcement today ap- peared to be in close parallel to the preceding one by her Germanic sister. The American proposal, however, was regarded as sufficient to inspire the conference with the initiative to continue in session. Hugh R. Wilson, United States Min- ister to Switzerland and American delegate to the conference, proposed ! on behalf of his Nation a treaty pro- | viding for a rigid system of licenses | and full publicity for all arms manu- ! facture and trade. It was the most complete document on munitions | which has been submitted here in | the three previous years of disarma- ment consultations. January Session Authorized. Before the adjournment of the meet- ing, Arthur Henderson of Great Britain, president of the conference, was authorized to convoke & meeting, probably in January, to discuss the United States’ proposal and other questions. The United States’ suggestion accepts the inspection by an international committee on American soil as to whether the United States is living up to the manufacture and traffic treaties in arms, if other nations are willing to do the same. Both Great Britain and France were understood to be “sympathetic” to it ‘The delegates of Spain and Sweden said they approved. Maxim Litvinoff, Russian foreign | commissar, demanded that the Dis- armement Conference be liquidated and transformed into a permanent peace conference, but he did not in- sist on his proposal after Henderson assured him that it would be given every consideration. Permanent Body Proposed, Wilson’s suggestion would create a permanent disarmament commission at_Geneva. The commission would be given automatic powers to investigate pri-; vate or public manufacture and sale | of arms and to keep the world regu- larly informed as to what was go- ing on behind the scenes. All arms—rifles, machine guns, grenades, bombs, torpedoes, mines, warships, airplanes and ammunition— come within the scope of the Ameri- can proposal. Under the American plan to control munitions trade all manufactyrers of such articles would be licensed by each government for five-year periods. ‘The makers would not be allowed to have reserve stocks and would be re- quired to have a bona fide order before any license would be granted. All data on manufacture or sale of arms or munitions would be turned over to a central committee in Geneva, which would make the information a | matter of public record. A perma- nent commission would be empowered to investigate any transactions in- volving the sale of arms or munitions. Wilson is reported to have received assurances of support from Great Britain, France and Japan, while Italy 1s said to have received the plan coolly. { $54,000 BANK FRAUD ADMITTED BY CLERK Confesses to Clear Conscience and Start Married Life With a Clean Slate. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 20.—An al- leged $54,000 bank swindle, of which even the institution’s officials were unaware, was confessed today by a ledger clerk who told his story in detective headquarters to “clear his conscience” and start married life with a “clean slate.” Three were held in connection with the alleged plot—the clerk, Otto Van Derck; Joseph Biata, alias Joseph Mar- cino, who the police said was a for- ‘mer convict sent to prision for wreck- ing a Massachusetts bank, and Abra- ham Karatz, a former Minneapolis attorney. Van Derck told Lieut. Charles Well- ing of the Detective Bureau and As- sistant State’s Attorney Vernon Thompson, that he had realized only $200 from a scheme to defraud the Amalgamated Trust & Savings Bank, but that $54,000 was taken. He said Biata maintained a small balance in an account at the bank, but wrote checkc for large amounts, of which Van Derck took charge, manipulating the records accordingly. He said the bank examiners had not noticed the irregularities. iAce Investigators Called to | scrutiny, according to reports from ’ | seven years, and the navy, battling on Entered ag second class matter post office. Washington, D. C. ' KING OPENS PARLIAMENT @h WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1934—FORTY PAGES. WITH PLEA FOR PEACE Automobile Substituted for Traditional Golden Coach of Monarch Rides By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 20.'— King George of Great Britain pleaded for the maintenance of world peace today as he opened the year's fourth session of Parliament. He told his lawmakers that the British government “will continue to make the support and extension of the authority of the League of Nations a cardinal point of their policy.” The British determination to press for maintenance of peace by interna- tional collaboration was echoed by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, ! who, however, declared Britain had to strengthen her inadequate arma- ments. Fog and a piercing cold caused a modernization of the ancient panoply | of the King's procession from Buck- | ingham Palace to the House of Par- | liament. He and Queen Mary turned their backs on the golden coach of state and made the journey in an automobile. The King mounted the dais in the House of Lords and addressed the leg- islators. Speaking of his government, he State as British in Procession. said: “They earnestly trust that the general work of disarmament confer- ence may be actively resumed in an atmosphere more favorable to the at- tainment of definite results. “In the meantime, strenuous efforts will be made to secure international agreements in such matters as are capable of separate treatment.” The King prayed that both Houses, which face the task at this session of deciding the future government of Inaia, may approach the issues “with the single aim of furthering the well: being of my empire.” While conceding that factors ad- verse to the full resumption of inter- national trade still exist, he said, “it is my earnest hope that the coming year will be marked by a continuance of the spirit of confidence and enter- prise which enabled this country to take the lead in world recovery.” His sketch of forthcoming domestic measures included ones providing tem- porary assistance to tramp shipping, improving housing conditions, assist- ing depressed areas further, develop- ment and acceleration of imperial air communications and close attention to agriculture. TREASURY T0 AID LINDBERGH CASE Help Jersey in Hauptmann Prosecution. BY REX COLLIER. Frank Wilson and Arthur P. Mad- den, “ace” investigators of the Inter- nal Revenue Bureau's intelligence unit, have been ordered to New Jersey to assist State authorities in the pros- ecution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who goes on trial January 2 for the murder of the Lindbergh baby. Re-entry in the kidnaping case of Wilson and Madden under direction of their chief, Elmer Irey, follows within a few weeks withdrawal from the case of the Department of Justice. Irey and his two agents of Capone in- come tax fame investigated the Lind- bergh kidnaping for nearly two years. Investigative jurisdiction in the Jersey case was transferred from the Treas- ury to the Department of Justice by presidential order last October. Wilson and Madden, it was said at | the Treasury today, were ordered back | on the case by Secretary Morgenthau | at the request of New Jersey authori- ties. Both were in New York today. In New Orleans Case. i Wilson recently has been in New | Orleans in connection with the Treas- | ury’s inquiry into income taxes of | prominent Louisiana politicians. Tax returns of Senator Huey Long and a number of his aides have been under the Crescent City. Madden is agent in charge of the Chicago office of the intelligence unit. | Treasury officials explained that Wilson and Madden have been asked to testify for the State against Haupt- | mann. It was understood they would assist in the collection and prepara- tion of evidence under Attorney Gen- eral Wilentz of New Jersey and Col. H. Norman Schwartzkopf, head of the State police. Irey, Wilson and Madden first en- " (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) - FINAL DRIVE BEGUN TO CONVICT INSULL Prosecutor Claims Actions Were Deliberate Attempt to Deceive Investing Public. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 20.—Samuel Insull, sr, went to “the dear old public” for millions to meet private troubles, the Government charged, as it began its final drive to convict the one-time utilities czar and his associates on a charge of using the mails to defraud. It was a deliberate deception of the investing public, Prosecutor For- est A. Harness fold the jury in Fed- eral Judge James H. Wilkerson's court yesterday, when the prosecution be- gan its final drive to convict Insull and his associates, with closing argu- ments. “The essence of this case,” he said, “js 1n three things: Concealment of assets, of earnings and of true financial condition; second, the tak- ing of stock dividends into income, and third, the rigging of the stock market. “This gigantic, monstrous scheme was made possible through these three factors. These dishonest practices made it possible for these defendants to swindle, cheat and defraud the public of more than $100,000,000.” Indications today were that the final arguments will last through Fri- day. New 8,500-Ton “Light” Cruiser Launched as Hirohito W atches By the Associat®d Press. YOKOSUKA, Japan, November 20. —Japan's new 8500-ton cruiser Su- zuya was launched today in the pres- ence of Emperor Hirohito and a crowd of 125,000 persons, ing the naval basin and surrounding hills. Warships of the battle fleet lying in the harbor formed a colorful backdrop. It was the first naval launching the Emperor has attended in more than two fronts—at London for naval parity and in Tokio for the largest peace-time appropriation on record— made the most of the occasion to in- crease its prestige with the nation. Simultaneously at Kure, the navy’s | Shouse, president of the Amencm} | worth, John W. Davis and Irenee du! { and fight those it brands harmful. other principal shipyard, the keel of a PROPERTY CHARGE “SILLY"TO SHOUSE League Holds Personal Lib- erty Is Involved in Eco- nomic Measures. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 20.—Jouett Liberty League, today denounced what | he called “regimentation” undertaken by the New Deal. | Striking back at President Roose- | velts hint that the league places | | property rights above human rights, | he quoted with approval a newspaper | editorial saying nothing could be “sil- | lier” than to suppose personal and | property rights can conflict. i The league's chief also expressed | “regret” that the next Congress will | be composed of overwhelming majori- | ties and small minorities. “Whether it be in Nation, State or city,” he said in an address prepared | for delivery to the Bond Club, “the best government is achieved when the balance of power between the two parties is as nearly as possible equal. It is undesirable when the pendulum | swings too far in either direction.” | Seen Views of League. Although Shouse emphasized he was giving only his personal opinions, his address was regarded as highly signifi- cant as pointing the future course of this organization formed by such men as Alfred E. Smith, James W. Wads- | Pont to assess trends in government | Declaring again that the league is not partisan nor anti-administration | and that “it will hope to work with | the administration toward objectives | beneficial to the country,” Shouse | said: “It will not fail to uphold funda- mental Americanism against subver- sive theories and alien doctrines.” Shouse’s opinions on N. R. A. and A. A. A, though underscored as only his views, indicated for the first time the possible standpoints of the league. Declaring that “in many regards” N. R. A. has served a useful purpose and that he would not “ruthlessly sacrifice everything” connected with it, he said: “That the N. R. A. has indulged in unwarranted excess of attempted regulation there can be no doubt. That its policy of price-fixing is detri- mental to the best interests of the great mass of the people is my firm | belief. That its attempt to write codes | for every little business of the country was absurd and ridiculous there is| small question.” Regimentation Scored. Of the A. A. A, Shouse said: “I am not one of those who is un- conscious of, or unsympathetic with the agricultural problem. I recognize the ills with which agriculture has been afflicted. I recognize the desir- | ability of restoring the buying power of farmers. I recognize the necessity (Continued on Page 4, Column 8.) TEXTILE LABOR BOARD JOINED BY DOUGLASS | Oklahoma City Man Named to Succeed Mullenbach, Who Resigned. By the Assoctated Press. Frank P. Douglass of Oklahoma City today was named a member of the Textile Labor Relations Board. Douglass succeeds James A. Mullen- bach of Chicago, who resigned because | of illness. Douglass previously had served on four railway labor mediation boards. 10,000-ton aircraft carrier was laid. It is the first of two such projected vessels, to be completed in 1937 and 1938, at an estimated cost of 42,000,- 000 yen (approximately $12,200,000) each. White-robed priests conducted Shinto rites of purification as the first ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION $269.84409 MORE NEEDED T0 SEND CHEST TOVICTORY $1,405,155 Reported, With Only One Day Left for Campaign. GOVERNMENTAL UNIT NEARLY REACHES QUOTA Solicitation Lines Suspended in Final Spurt by 6,000 Work- ers to Attain Goal. Hopes for attainment of the full Community Chest quota for the first time in four years were revived this afternoon as volunteer workers re- ported new contributions, raising the campaign total to $1,405,155.91, leav- ing only $269,844.09 to be raised be- fore the close of the drive tomorrow night. While the Navy Band Orchestra played in honor of the Governmental Unit triumph in nearing its quota, leaders of the other major campaign units reported new contributions which materially increased their standing in the race with the leading Governmental Unit. Whe today's reports were com- pleted the Governmental Unit showed a total of $560472.19, or 98.24 per cent of its quota. Assistant Secre- tary of the Navy Henry L. Roose- velt, reporting that the Navy De- partment was “over the top.” with 105 per cent of its quota, and still going strong, predicted that the Gov- ernmental Unit would far exceed its quota and that the drive as a whole would be completely successful. Takes Lead. The Group -Solicitation Unit took the lead from the Governmental Unit in new contributions reported | today, with a total of $66,813.58. The ! Special Gifts Unit closed the day with 86.5 per cent of its quota in hand. The final report meeting of the 1934 campaign will be held at 7:45 p.m. tomorrow in the ball room of BORAH CHARGES MORE AID WASTE F. E. R. A. Probe Demanded by Idaho Senator in Forum Speech. Adding new charges in waste in ad ministration of relief funds, Senator Borah of Idaho in a Nation-wide broadcast during the National Radio Forum last night demanded an investi- gation by a “wholly disinterested com- mittee or tribunal.” The forum, arranged by The Wash- the Willard Hotel, and there will be | ington Star, was carried by WMAL and no supplementary campaign. it Wwas | a coast-to-coast network of other Na- announced today by Campaign Chair- man H. L. Rust, Jr. tional Broadcasting Co. stations. Senator Borah also urged that the “Washington must stand by these | gaministration wrap additional safe- volunteers and must enable them t0 | guards around the huge relief program close this campaign with the knowl- edg of a goal attained,” Rust said. in announcing the plan to close the drive tomorrow night. Limits Lifted. Rust announced that all Chest sub- scription cards assigned to workers in the Metropolitan Unit were to become blank at noon today. This means the city was thrown open for solicitation and the unit workers may solicit any one they choose for contributions, without reference to the list of names originally assigned them. When yesterday afternoon’s report meeting, the seventh of the campaign, came to a close, the Chest leaders and workers found themselves, for the first time since the drive opened officially a week earlier. below “par or bogey” | for the drive. They had only 7439 | per cent of their quota in hand instead of the more than 78 per cent required to maintain their par figures fcr the | drive. i Only two of the campaign units were | near their quotas as th= workers went out today. The largest of all ‘he units, Governmental, headed Ly the chief of finance of the Army, Maj. Gen. Fred- erick W. Coleman, started out today with less than 8 per cent of its quota of $570,500 yet to be raised. Elated by the showing of his govern- mental “wrecking crew,” Gen. Cole- man said, commenting on an article in The Sunday Star concerning the military defenselessness of Washing- ton: “Given the enthusiastic per- sonnel composing this governmental campaign unit, I would undertake to defend Washington against anything.” The other 90-per cent unit is the Capital group of Col. H. O. Atwood, which is campaigning among the col- ored residents of Washington not solocited by the workers of the four major units. The Capital unit has reported 91.36 per cent of its quota of $4,299.24 in hand. This unit, be- cause of its small quota, is not listed among the four major units and its returns have not entered into the daily estimates of campaign standings. A grim-lipped group of Chest lead- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) | .. 90 in N. R A. Paid More Than $6,000; 350 Exceed $3,000 102 in Legal Wing Alone, Get Wages Between $4,500 to $6,000. e Assoctated Press. By}:fa R. A. has traveled far from the $6,000 salary peak Hugh S. Johnson set as the Blue Eagle criterion more ar ago. m"(‘lll-n:t S;‘:as !:e pay envelope Johnson allowed himself and there was but one higher—Donald R. Richberg, who re- ceived $12,000 as general counsel. Today there are 90 workers at the recovery unit getting more than $6,000, while the g;ecuuve group above ”mh‘:“:::lndlavuun alone there are 102 men getting between $4,500 and $6,000, five receiving $6,800 and two 8,500. 'e%l;g :omp:res with an average of $2,104 being received by 177 law grad- | posal uates who are junior patent examiners in the next wing of rivets veere driven. ‘The Suzuya, laid down at the navy’s | own dockyard here last December, is the third of a new type of warship figuring prominently in present Ameri- can-Japanese discussions. She is to be one of six 8500-ton cruisers the Japanese hope to have completed before the end of 1937 and, despite her clasification as “light,” will be one of the most heavily armed n.h;}nmg shops afloat, excepting capital ps. 4 BuAldlil';g!.e part of N. R. A’s law staff consists of young men, whose $12,000 chief, Blackwell Smith, is under the 30-year mark. DZembers of the governing board receive $12,000, but three of them— Clay Williams, chairman; Arthur D. Whiteside and Sidney Hillman—are reported to be turning back their salary checks. The salary figures are subject to & reduction of 5 per cent under the Gov- ernment pay slash. | contemplated for next year, after de- | claring that in one State a million | dollars had vanished. The veteran Republican independent explained he did not challenge the in- tegrity of Relief Administrator Hop- kins, but added that most of the facts | he cited are known to F. E. R. A. “I do not charge,” he said, “that these matters have been brought to the personal attention of Mr. Hopkins. But the information is there and it is subject to his call.” He declared he had heard there is & “no man’s land” in accounting between F. E. R. A. and State relief organizations, with each side believing the other responsible. “The Federal Government,” he said, “should be responsible for the admin- istration of Federal funds and should Tequire 8 strict accounting for every dollar of this money.” Replying to Senator Borah, spokes- men for the Relief Administration (Continued on HOLDING TWO JOBS LAID TO U. S. WORKER New Yorker Accused of Getting Salaries From N. R. A. and A. A A, Police today arrested John Joseph Coughlin, 27, a Government employe, and charged him with obtaining $584 under false pretenses after Govern- ment officials discovered that he was holding two jobs at one time and drawing two.separate bi-monthly pay checks under different names. Police said that he was employed as a statistical clerk in the N. R. A, at a salary of $1,440 a year, under the name of Coughlin, and, known as Koughlin in the Agricultural Adjust- ment Administration, he drew a smaller salary in his job as messen- ger. He worked seven hours in two separate shifts in order to hold the | jobs, police said. Government officials told Police he came to Washington from New York several months ago and had been employed by both Government agen- cies for several months before the discovery was made. NAVAL CONFEREES PONDER NEXT MOVE TJapanese, Pessimistic, Await Ac- tion by United States or Eng- land to Resume Talks. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 20.—The three delegations to the preliminary naval conversations today appeared unable to determine what may be their next move in their deadlock of suggestions. The United States delegates officially had not yet been advised of the Jap- anese rejection of British proposals that Japan be granted parity in principle,” but not in fact. The British were considering whether they should make new pro- Is, but were delaying a decision until after further discussions with the Japanese. The Japanese, appearing just as pessimistic as the other delegates, were awaiting moves by either the British or Americans. o GUSTAVE BALDWIN DIES NEW ORLEANS, November 20 (#).— Gustave Bouligny Baldwin, 56, promi- nent New Orleans newspaper exec- utive, financier and business man, died at his home yesterday from a heart attack. o Sftar * Alice Brady Safe, Maid Reports to I Stop Kidnap Story Missing Star Is Ill at Home While Studio Conducts Search. By the Associated Press. —The disappearance of Alice Brady, tage and screen actress, was solved today by her maid, who calmly re- ported: “Miss Brady is home, but in- disposed.” The maid made her report to Warner Bros.' studio, where Miss | Brady failed to answer a 9 am. call yesterday. Checking up, the studio yesterday learned the actress was sup- posed to have left her home. in Bev- erly Hills, Sunday night to attend a dinner party, but that she did not | keep the date Miss Brady's employers turned her unexplained absence into a kidnap- ing plot, but the police department and the sheriff’s office denied they had any such report. When Miss Brady can be expected back at work her maid did not tell the studio. The actress is under contract to M-G.-M, but now on loan to Warners for one film. REPORTS FASEIST OFFER TOBUTLER Newspaper Says General Spurned Alleged Plan of U. S. Brokers. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 20.—The New York Post says in a copyrighted story today that Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler has disclosed that he has | been asked by a group of “wealthy New | York brokers to lead a Fascist move- ment to set up a dictatorship in the United States.” The paper says Gen. Butler, who re- tired from the Marine Corps three years ago, has been subpoenaed by the Congressional Committee on Un- American activities and that he has said he is ready totestify. “Of course, I told the leaders of this Fascist movement that I wasn't in- terested in Fascism or in any other ism,” the Post quoted Butler as saying, “and that I wouldn't consider any such proposition.” The Post says Gen. Butler said he was approached by Gerald P. Mac- Guire of the brokerage firm of Gray- son M. P. Murphy & Co. and asked " (Continued on Page 4, Col HOLLYWOOD, Calif., November 20. | Yesterday’s Circulation, 126,255 Some Returns Not Yet Received (#) Means Associated Press. NUMBERS DRV LAUDED B LITE |Racketeers Getting Out of | City, Says Head of Police Investigations. Lieut. George Little, head of the ! Police Department’s special investi- gations squad, announced himself today as “gratified over the cam- paign waged by The Star against the numbers racketeers.” The rack- eteers, he said, “are getting out of | the game and, best of all, out o{{ the city.” Asked how many of the racketeers | have actually left the city, Lieut. | | Little said he has no means of | knowing, since his information comes | mostly through the “grapevine route.” ' | “To my actual knowledge,” he said, | “two of the big shots in the num- bers game have pulled up stakes and gone away. | Others Expected to Go. “I have heard that others are get- ting ready to leave and that some have left, but I could not say how many. Of the two gone, I am cer- tain. And, believe me, that is good riddance.” Lieut. Little, whose knowledge of the underworld is equalled by no man on the force, claims that the most pernicious form of gambling in this city is the numbers game. “It is hooked up with the race- | horse game,” he said. *“Most of these big shot gamblers have a hand in both rackets. Of late the race- horse business has fallen down. So. more effort was put into the num- | bers racket. Racket to Die Naturally. “Now that The Star, the Post, the Herald and the Times, along with | the three radio stations, have joined in the attempt to shut off the num- bers’ total. at the race tracks, I can see where the racket will die a natural death. If all Washington newspapers join up and the radio ceases to broadcast the numbers the gamblers need, they will be harder put to work their racket.” Lieut. Little said that his personal | belief is “the racketeers will travel | to other cities. The publicity The | Star has given the numbers racket | was just too much for men who must | make their living from a gullible | public. People have learned that | they haven't got chance to win | playing the racketeer's game.” o Bullitt at Nanking. NANKING, November 20 (#).— Wil- | lam C. Bullitt, United States Am- | bassador to Russia, arrived here today | | by airplane from Peiping. He is mak- | !ing an aerial tour of parts of China. ords of Children Editor's nmote to the boys and girls of Washington: The Star publishes today the first photograph ever made of Santa Claus in his own home. It was sent by wire- less from The Star’s airplane expe- dition to the Far North, which dis- covered Santa Claus Land and which is making the first moving pictures ever filmed of the toy kingdom. These movies will be flown back to Washington and shown in theaters here as soon as completed. Yesterday Capt. Klein- schmidt, leader of the ezpedition, told of the party’s welcome by Santa himself. Today’s wireless dispatch describes Santa’s gigantic toy factories. By Wireless to The Evening Star. BY CAPT. F. E. KLEINSCHMIDT. SANTA CLAUS LAND, November 20.—It seemed we traveled for miles and miles through the gigantic gift shop, but we never grew tired looking at the many different gifts, for there is always something new, unique or marvelous in the new creations and inventions Santa produces in the toy line every Christmas. Santa Claus Shows Star Party Through (.;iant Toy Factories Expedition Visits Library Where Rec- Good Deeds Listed for Washington. Are Kept—Many ALL D. C. POOR CHILDREN TO GET NEW TOYS FROM CHRISTMAS MATINEES. On December 15 The Star and Warner Bros.’ theaters will hold their fourth annual Christmas toy matinees, to make sure that every needy child in Washington will Teceive a new Christmas gift. Last year 30,000 new toys and gifts for Washington's poor chil- dren were brought to the 12 theaters where the toy matinees were, held. These were dis- tribu to_the needy by the Christmas Planning Commiftee of the Council of Social Agenties. This year it is The Star’s hope that the number of new toy con- tributions will be greatly in- creased and that all children in the District of Columbia will be made happy in the knowledge that Santa Claus will not pass them by. Finally, Santa said: “Now let us start at the bottom, and he led the way to a moving stairway or escalator as you have seen in department stores (Continuea ou Page 7, Column 1., | TWO CENTS. RULING BY MCARL HALTS LOWOST HOUSING PROJECT Holds Authority+ for D. C. $400,000 Program Lack- ing in Relief Act. ALLEN IS DETERMINED TO FIND SOLUTION Decision Comes as Commissioner Was About to Order Work on Property Started. Construction of low-cost housing on a large scale by the District govern- ment—made possible by an uutright grant of nearly $400,000 of the Fed- eral Government, designed to provide work for unemployed and sanitary housing for their families—was blocked today by an adverse ruling by Con- troller General J. R. McCarl. The decision smashed plans which Commissioner George E. Allen has been whipping into shape quietly over a period of seven months and came at a time when he was ready to order workmen to start digging on sites on which options had been obtained. The matter had been the subject of the greatest secrecy for fear advance publicity would have caused an in- crease of prices on the land to be bought for tue developments. It was learned that McCarl had de- cided the money could not be spent for purchase of land and construction of houses under the terms of the Federal emergency relief act, since no specific provision for such ex- penditures was incluGed in that measure. Allen Determined. Commissioner Allen, stunned by the wrecking of his plans, declared, “I am not through yet. There may be & way out after all” He said he | could not say now what his next step might be. Allen had plans already drawn for construction of a series of row houses at unannounced sites in the District. Each house was to have three rooms and the cost of each unit, including land, was figured at $2,695.10. These houses were to be rented to persons on the District relief list at a figure calculated at about $17 a month. The houses were to be modern and sanitary, strictly complying with all District building regulations, of brick construction. They would have pro- vided new housing for persons on the District relief list shown by a re- cent survey to be living in dwellings lacking sanitary facilities or adequate space for the occupants. The cost of the housing to be built by the District government would have been amortized at 4 per cent over a period of 50 years, when the money would have been returned to the Dis- trict government. Allen said it was figured, after careful study, that this could have been accomplished in 50 years by obtaining rent of $16.48 for each housing unit, to cover the cost of taxes, insurance, repairs, manage- ment and amortization of the cost of both land and construction. Cites Jobs Relief. Originally. the housing plans called for building of 146 dwelling units which Allen said would have provided work for 2,662 relief clients over a period of five months, this number of workmen having dependents totaling 7.986. The relief budzets of these workmen would have Joubled for the period. The scheme was proposed &s a means of taking thousaads of able- bodied men off the relief list, t: reducing the net relief outlays, vhi providing sanitary housing for relief families. Allen had won whole-hearted ap- proval for the project from Harry L. Hopkins, head of the Federal Fmer- gency Relief Administration. That was accomplished last Summer and as an agent of the District to handle the construction work, the District Rehabilitation Corp. was set up. Hopkins authorized a grant of $393.- 484 on October 27 and three days later a check for that amoun: was placed (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) VANDERBILT ORDER T0 BE SIGNED TODAY Fate of Heiress Depends on De- cision of Justice—May Draw Own Plan. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 20.—The fate of Gloria Vanderbilt, 10-year-old heiress, hung today on a decision by Supreme Court Justice John F. Carew. He weighed orders submitted by counsel for the two women who are fighting for the child’s custody—the mother, Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vander- bilt, and the paternal aunt, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. Attorneys said that the orders, which are plans for little Gloria's future life, are substantially the same, since they were formulated in accord- ance with Justice Carew’s desires. Justice Carew, who received them yesterday, said he might sign one and reject the other, or draw up a new and final plan of his own. Regardless of his action, attorneys for Mrs. Vanderbilt will appeal the case. Both orders, attorneys said, incor- perate a “5—2" ratio—Gloria must spend five days a week with, her aunt and the remaining time with her mother. l Guide for Readers I Page. Amusements .B-20 Comics ... Features Finance .. Rad Serial Story . Service Orders Short Story . Seciety ...

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