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A2 THE POLITICAL GROUPS HELDNEW FAGTOR Parties May Be Superseded in Power by Bodies Like f Coughlin’s. i BY DAVID LAWRENCE. | Groups instead of political parties may constitute the powerful force in governmental affairs in the next few years. Announcement of the formation by Father Coughlin of the National Union | 1 Justice to unite the per- sons of the so-ca left radical point of view coincides with the re- newed effort of the American Liberty League to gather together those of the right or conservative school of thought | estimates he may | 5.000.000 members ana he take: ! the Liberty Leag upon most Social | Both Are Bipartisan. ° in that they will seek to be re- crulting heir members f Democratic and Republic Both also profess to b to helf Roosevelt mere camoufl for each of these two opp feels that Mr. Roosevelt and 1« of | pa intending public ago sional groups of votes from one the other. deper llingness of a candidate with or disapprove particulz of legislation upon which he or s happens to be questioned by g ; Report May Be Required. these 1 Lit Are America. National U al a politica may be tk public bodies ocial objectives that re- | on will have to file a | report on their financial operations. The purposes of the National T for Social Justice and the American | T o focus attention | They are legiti- | guara he of peti- | ether the leader- roups by persons prominently identified with the various chu of America is some there will be differ Cannon’s Case Recalled. Thus, Bishop Cannon odist Episcopal Church criticized for his activi in con- nection with prohibition. and it is not v that the same point of view 1 insisted then that there ought to be a clear separation between church and state matters will revive this argument with reference to the of the eminent Catholic of the Meth- was severely e. has llowing than rican Liberty League, though Alfred E. Smith, for- mer Governor of New York, is ex- pected to speak frequently behalf of the latter group. So far as the Roosevelt a(ln\:xm\ra-' tion is cor ely tol be a middle of tf i course pur- sued between the demands of the left and the right I the efforts of eit rightists to get conver spective causes. Officials Heed Voters. The presence of a militant group of a million or two voters is always a notification to official Washington to stop, look and listen. The American Legion, the American Federation of Labor, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States all have developed organizations which could become | powerful factors in politics if aggres- sive tactics were decided upon by their leaders. They all have potential voting strer While there is no congressional | election for two years, managers of voting groups know that just as much influence 1s ted between elections as during campaigns, because the bi- partisan organization which is effec- set up lets the members of ss know constantly what the people back home are thinking. Letter writing and telegraphing goes | on all the time, and, while much of it | is apparently concerted and loses its n nevertheless much of the activity does seem to have its effect {rom time to time. nuch more wbody in ftists or the for their re- | Coughlin Lobby Seen. Father Coughlin described b ganization the other day as a “citi- zens' lobby,” which indicates that direct pressure will be one of its chief weapons. The Michigan cle has been here the last few da with members of Congress, t will have with them or- | and it frequent in the coming session. Every week Father Coughlin speaks over a serics of radio stations and for the time by conrtibutions ed from his listeners. With the exception of the Democratic and Re- | publican party organizations, it is a { rare thing to have appeals for funds made over the radio to take care of any kind of a lobby, and it would not be surprising if other organizations would feel justified in copying Father Coughiin’s methods Altogether. the Republican party may be a minority and the Demo- crats may have an overwhelming majority, but the voter is cau- tioned to keep an eye on these various bi-partisan groups which may, in time, overshadow both political parties and cause cleavages or blocs whose combinations with each other will determine the real majority in Con- gress on each concrete guestion. (Copyright. 1834) BOY REPORTS KIDNAPING ASHEBORO, N. C., November 24 (P, —Police revealed today they were searching for five men in a touring car who, 10-vear-old Roy Lewis re- ported, kidnaped him yesterday while he was returning from school at Hent, in Moore County. The boy told officers that the five men, after keeping him in a wood all night, came to Asheboro about 1 p.m. today. and #hat he managed to escape while they w.re eating. ] | ni sus Bureau sinc | ican i Talks on Census | | | WILLIAM L. AUSTIN, AUSTIN TO DISELSS CENSUSINFORUM Director Describes Agriculture Count in Ad- dress Tomorrow. William L. Austin. director of the United States Bureau of the Census, | will discuss the 1935 census of agri- culture and its significance in the National Radio Forum tomorrow The forum, arranged by The Wash- ington Star. will be broadcast over a -oast-to-coast network of the Na- hal Broadcasting Co. The address be heard locally from WRC at pm Austin, who has served in the Cen- 1900. is its first to rise from the ranks 1 no specific provision was e direc tin wiil discuss the signifi- e migration since 1930 of ds of American families left industrial centers to the farms. This trend, exists for the first time thou have to the who 1935 us of population in | l | gold would be about 27 to 1 said he favored free coinage at a| tory of the United States, | the movement in the past having been from rural to urban communities. The census also will be used as a rtial guide by other Government ies, particularly the Public Works eral tion grams ustin is a member of the Amer- Statistical Association, the American Economic Association and the American and Social Science. Emergency |EAGUE PRESENTS CHACO PEACE PLAN Special Assembly Voices Hope of Belligerents’ Acceptance. Associated Press. GENEVA, November 24 —World statesmen lashed a figurative cease firing!" message to Paraguay and Bolivia tonight as a supreme ap- to the warring nations to end the bloodshed in Central South America The League of Nations' special | Chaco assembly drew to a close| voicing a fervent hope that the bel- rents will accept the League's peace plan, adopted after numerous other efforts at conciliation had failed. Hope for U. S. Help. The comprehensive plan, which calls for cessation of fighting and di- rect negotiations for permanent peace, backed by possible juridical settle- ments, was set forth in the hope that | the United States and other non- members of the League would exercise their friendly offices to induce Para- v and Bolivia to accept the ct ancisco Castilla Nejera, Mex- ico's delegate, was elected president of an advisory committee created to follow up execution of the peace plan. He gave a dinner tonight to all dele- gations attending the conference, at which “human solidarity” was the keynote. A total of 46 countries voted to adopt the report of the Chaco Com- mission which drafted the peace plan, including all members of the League Council. Under its terms the United States and Brazil are to be “invited™” to participate directly in peace efforts. Fears had been expressed that Paraguay would reject the peace offer. These were somewhat allayed by Dr. Ramon Caballero y Bedoya, the Para- guayan delegate, who told the as- sembly the authors of the plan were to be congratulated. Says Paraguay Blocks Peace. The Bolivian delegate, Costa Durels, told the assembly that “public opinion in my country will never accept the linking of Bolivia with Paraguay as regards violation of the covenant. If war is to be continued it is because the mechanism of the covenant does not permit striking at the guilty na- tion.” He accused Paraguay of blocking peace procedure. The final text of the peace plan will be broadcast by radio tomorrow, to- gether with phonograph records of the principle closing speeches at the assembly. BATTLE ON PILCO-MAYO. ASUNCION, Paraguay, November 24 (A).—A fierce battle in the Pilco- Mayo River sector of the Chaco Boreal, in which 450 Bolivians were killed, resulted in Paraguayan capture of the Bolivian Fort Celina on the road to Dorbigny, the defense mipistry announced today. Five prisoners and valuable war material were captured, it was claimed. The Bolivians were said to have retreated farther to the north in the direction of Fort Carosi. Germany, Seeks Substitutes. Faced with the prospective impossi- bility of obtaining essential raw mate- rials from other countries, the govern- ment of Germany is concentrating on the development of domestic substi- tutes in its permanent policy of eco- nomic sel!-sumciency‘ Administration and the Fed- | Relief Administra- | in planning their future pro- | Academy of Political | | ury SENATE MONETARY BLOC 15 DIVIDED Coughlin Conferences Re- veal Leaders Disagree on Currency Programs. | By the Associated Press. Divergent views on the way to get more Inoney into circulation showed the Senate “monetary bloc” split in several directions yesterday after con- ferences with Rev. Father Charles 8. Coughlin of Detroit. Interviews with the three Senators who conferred with Father Coughlin disclosed that each had his own idea | for dealing with the situation, but that none was very enthusiastic about i the plans of the others. They were generally agreed on only two things—that money is too valu- able and should be regulated by the | Government. All took issue with Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, head of the silver bloc at the last session, who recently expressed the view that the money situation was “satisfactory” and that no new legislation was needed. Three Offer Own Plans. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon- tana, one of the three who conferred with the Detroit priest, reiteratd his demand for free coinage of silver at! a 16-to-1 ratio. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma, proposed further devalution of the gold dollar. Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Ne- vada, offered a plan for paying off all tax-exempt Federal bonds through the issuance of new money, backed by the gold and silver in the Treasury. “We are on the road to recovery and a long way out,” Thomas said. “Our progress is due in the main to the administration’s monetary adjust- ment program. It has worked satis- factorily, but it hasn’t gone far enough. “The next step is to still further cheapen the dollar wihch will raise prices correspondingly.” Three Agree on Silver. Broadly, all three Senators agreed on the theory of remonetizing silver through free coinage. But Wheeler stood for free coinage at 16 to 1 with gold, McCarran said silver should be coined free at the ex- isting statutory price of $129 an ounce, which at the present price of Thomas “proper ratio,” but added he did not believe it should be 16 to 1 Referring to McCarran's plan Thomas said he had “never advo- cated” the plan for issuing new money to retire outstanding bonds, explain- ing that he was “trying to avoid in- flation.” “We are headed for inflation” he said, speaking of the Government's spending policies. “The policy of the administration will result inevitably in uncontrolled inflation. We are borrowing about five billion dollars a vear. The banks are putting their money into Government bonds. The time will come when they won't have any more money to put into them Then we will have a bond crash like we had a stock crash in 1929. Would Avert Effect. “I am trying to avert that by getting more money into circulation, wholly controlled.” Wheeler, suggesting a central bank. said the Government should “control the credit and currency instead of leaving it in the hands of the big | banking crowd.” Thomas agreed, but suggested this could be accomplished by the Gov- ernment taking over the Federal Re- serve system. “The Federal Reserve crowd,’ Thomas said, “is just waiting to get that gold back (taken by the Treas- under nationalization). Unless we take control from that crowd they will undo all that's been done and take the gold back with a profit.” EARLY FOR SESSION Vice President to Break Another Precedent Preceding Con- gress by Month. By the Associated Press. Vice President John N. Garner is going to break another of his prece- dents. As much as he hates to leave hunt- ing and fishing at his Uvalde, Tex., home, he is coming to the Capital about a month ahead of the next ses- sion of Congress. In the 32 years he has been in Con- gress, the Southwesterner previously always came to Washington only a day or so before Congress convened. But this year, word has been re- ceived that he will arrive the day President Roosevelt returns from Warm Springs, Ga., to talk over ad- ministration legislative policies and programs with the “Chief.” Mr. Garner was invited by Mr. Roosevelt to come to Washington in late September’to discuss the politi- cal campaign and the administration program for the next two years. The political discussion was regarded as unnecessary because of the Demo- cratic trend of the campaign. That about the administration’s program was deferred. Nevertheless, the Vice President has been in almost constant com- munication with Mr. Roosevelt, who frequently has sought his advice and counsel on governmental matters. LETTER THOUGHT CLUE TO MISSING GIRL, 3 Ohio Mother in Jail for Further : Questioning Regarding Ttou- ble With Husband. By the Associated Press. CONNEAUT, Ohio, November 24.— A possible clue to the whereabouts of 3-year-old Rita Lent, strangely missing since Thursday noon, Wwas discovered late today, Sheriff C. H. Blanche said, in the form of a mys- terious letter found in the girl's mother’s home. Meanwhile, the mother, Mrs. Olive Lent, remained in the Ashtabula County Jail, pending further ques- tioning by Blanche and County Prosecutor Harold Nazor. Sheriff Blanche refused to make public the contents of the letter, but said it concerned the children of Mrs. Lent and her pending divorce case. It is the most conclusive evidence yet found, he said, to support a theory that the mother had arranged to have some one, probably a friend, take Rita into hiding. Mrs. Lent, however, and Martin Quinn, 65, hired man on the farm, who is held with her in the jail, both denied any knowledge of Rita's whereabouts. SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, NOVEMBER 25, 1934—PART ONE. | | i Scenes Taken From The Star Expedition’s Movie Films | i ! base in Eskimoland on the first leg The above pictures are taken from the movie film made just before The Star’s expedition to the home of Santa Claus left for the airplane of its journey back to Washington. They were wirelessed to The Star by Santa's own radio Station XMAS. At the upper left old Santa himself is shown holding his record book of Washington boys and girls 1 BOTANCGARDEN CHANGE FAVORED Subcommittee of Planning Group to Ask Complete Reorganization. Complete reorganization of the United States Botanic Garden strictly along scientific, educational and esthetic lines will be recommended in a report to *he Botanic Garden Plan- ning Committee approved yesterday afternoon by its sub committee on cor- relation and administration. Details of the recommendations were withheld until released by the general chairman, Frederic A. Delano. to whom the sub committee will submit its com- plete report before December 1. It was learned, however, that an agreement was reached by the sub committee, which freely discussed all phases of the proposed reorganization plan at a two-hour executive session in the com- mittee room of the House Committee on the Library. It is understood the sub committee proposes to continue the Botanic Gar- den as an independent establishment under the legislative jurisdiction of the Joint Committee on the Library In accordance with the wishes of the Library Committee, it was understood that the scope of the report is aimed at lifting the Botanic Garden out of the nominal existence it had expe- rienced in the past to a place of real importance in the scientific, educa- tional and esthetic world Consensus for Correlation. For this reason. the sub committes made known that it was the consensus | at the meeting to correlate both Fed- 1 At the top is the treacherous icebound mountain land which the party had to traverse To reach Santa's castle. At the lower left an Eskimo family is shown building an ice house, or igloo, and at the lower right are Capt. and Mrs of The Star's expedition, Kleinschmidt, leaders —Star Expedition Photos. Says Good-by t Editor's note to the boys and girls of Washington: The big airplane of The Star's erpedition to the home of Santa Claus is off on its long and dangerous flight back home. It is bringing one of the most remarkable moving pictures ever made—a film of the entire ezpedition and of Santa Claus® palace and workshops—to be first shown at the Warner Bros’” Metro- politan Theater, beginning next Thursday, November 29, for onme full week. Capt. Kleinschmidt’s ‘message today tells of his prepara- tions for departute. He will send a daily story to The Star on the progress of his return flight. By Wireless to The Evening Star. BY CAPT. F. E. KLEINSCHMIDT. IRPLANE BASE, Eskimoland, | November 25.—We are mak- | ing last-minute preparations to take off for our return flight to Washington with the greatest moving pictures you have ever seen. The friendly Eskimos are | busy helping us dismantle our equip- ment at the base and pack our be- longings in the big plane. Santa Claus came down to the base with us to see us off, to send a final message | to the boys and girls in Washington and to say good-by to us until Christ- mas. Yesterday he saved our lives when we were fiercely attacked by Layluk, the North Wind.” He took us out of harm's reach above the clouds in his magic sleighs. It was a wild and ex- citing midnight ride, and except for the danger I wish that all the chil- | dren in Washington could have made it with us. “I believe in bigger and better Christmases every year,” Santa said to me this morning as he watched us at our work, “and this is going to be the happiest one of all for the chil- dren in Washington. There are many surprises in store for Christmas morn- ing, I am sure, for I have invented | some brand-new toys no child has | ever seen before, and I am coming with a bigger sleigh than ever.” “When will you be ready to start,” Santa asked. This question brought | me back to sane thinking again, for | Star Expedition Airplane Takes Off on Home F light Amaszing Moving Pictures to Be Shown Here Beginning Thursday—Party o Santa Claus. 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 receive 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 distrib- uted to the needy by the Christ- mas Planning Committee of the Council of Social Agencies. This year it is The Star's hope that the number of new toy contribu- tions will be greatly increased and that all children in the Dis- trict of Columbia will be made happy In the knowledge that Santa Claus will not pass them by. you can imagine how thrilled I was at his promise. Our baggage. including our precious cture films, were all packed and we only had to transfer them to the airplane. It was standing ready in its snow hangar and the motors only needed warming up. Still T had to attend to and settle many things that took up time. Final Preparations. We settled with Patunuk and Kit- senna, our faithful Eskimos, and everything we could spare and which we actually did not have to ise on our flight home we left with them., and it proved to be quite a heap of goods, making them virtually mil- lionaires in Eskimoland. Our rifles and ammunition, of course, topped the list in value, because this meant food in the shape of seal, walrus and polar bear. A pair of binoculars were priceless to them because they made their eyes so strong they could see things for miles. The whole village wanted to club together and buy an airplane, which we could send to them if we could provide a pilot who $30 IN PRIZES FOR WASHINGTON BOYS AND GIRLS. Now is the time, boys and girls, to write your letter, “Why I know there is a Santa Claus and why every poor child in Washington should receive gifts this Christmas.” Santa Claus Editor of The Star. DON” T DELAY, send it in NOW to the It will be fine to win that prize of $15 offered by The Star for the best letter. and maybe little brother other awards. Don't forget, you must not be your letter. or little sister will win one of the more than 12 years old if you write The best letter will win a prize of $15, second prize is $10 and the third prize is $5. Your letter must be at the office of The Star not later than mid- night of Saturday, December 15. their letters, will be made one week Please write on one side of t| in early. Announcements of the winners, with later. he paper only, and get your letter would stay with them for a year and teach them how to run it | We did not wish to offend these kind and childlike people. so we had to invent excuses, but sometimes we were hard pressed for it. For in- | stance. I gave Kitsenna my flashlight | which had been of great help to us | in the dark looking for things around camp. Even Layluk could not bloy |out its light. I gave him extra bat- | teries and showed him the simple | use of it | Now another Eskimo came up with | some beautiful white fox skins and ! offered them for an electric light l bulb. ‘ He had seen the fine light it (gave, and it would have solved so | many problems for them in their | house where they had to use seal oil and reindeer moss for light. It was | as simple as the flashlight, for all you | had to do, they thought, was hang | the bulb on a string and turn a little | knob. They did not realize, of course | that in order to make the bulb wor we would have to leave our entire power plant behind, which none of them knew the first thing about operating. So you see, we had to use infinite tact, for an Eskimo, like most un- civilized people, will respect you and | quickly judge you according to what | you say and how you deal with them. | The Eskimos are the most truthful people in the world, and if one of | them should ev.. tell a lie, he would be ostracized by the whole village. | Mrs. Kleinschmidt also divested herself of everything she gould spare | | and robbed us into the bargain. If we should have an accident on the way home, it will go hard with us, for we won't have a pot to cook in, a | needle or thread nor a tent to pitch | camp with. The only thing I am| sure she has left is her wedding ring. | The airplane has now been rolled out of the snow hangar and the mo- tors are droning, we have to dis- mantle the ground wireless set. and I have to sign off at this point. We | will keep in touch with Santa through | our short-wave wireless set on the plane as he said that he will want to | follow us on every step of our journey. He is also going to train the big tel scope in his observatory on us and | watch our flight himself. He wants | us to have a safe trip and to reach | Washington on time for the sched- | uled showing of our movies in which he is deeply interested and which he | so kindly helped us to make. Daily Messages on Trip. We will also send daily wireless messages to The Star to keep you posted on the progress of our flight, | and to tell you just when we wil arrive with the films. Santa is laughing and joking with Mrs. Kleinschmidt., He thinks our trip is going to be a very pleasant one, although we might have some bad weather flying over the first thou- sand miles back to Hudson Bay. But our pilot certainly knows the country and every mountain and river, and | we are not the least worried. | I think Santa really would have | liked to come back with us. But that would have been too much to expect, as he is so busy now getting ready for Christmas eve. We have the| next best thing, though, in the mov- | ing pictures, and all the boys and girls in Washington will be able to| see Santa as he really is in his own | home. Santa is going to say good-by to us in just a few moments. He says he is already anticipating the great pleasure he will give to the boys and girls in Washington at Christmas time, That is his last message to you. And I can tell you that nothing gives him more pleasure than to give | b NYEHITS FEDERA MUNTIONS POLY Senator Says Government| Was “Partner” With In- dustry in Sales Abroad. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 24— United States Senator Gerald P. Nye, chairman of the Senate Committee investigating the munitions industry, took the Government to task today for what he said was a “partnership” existing between it and the American munitions industry in the sale of mu- nitions abroad. “Peru asked for and was accorded the co-operation of the American Government to the extent of our af- fording a commission of naval experts to go to Peru and help plan a national defense for that country,” Senator Nye Sald, speaking at a luncheon of the Foreign Policy Association. Peru, Colombia Customers. “Peru, following the recommenda- tions of these naval experts, pur- chased American submarines and a few years later Colombia appealed for, and won, the assistance of the Amer- ican Government to provide an ade- quate national defense against Peru's submarine: Answering objections to national- ization of the munitions industry on grounds it would destroy the initiative necessary to development of national defense, Senator Nye said: “Are we to conclude that the only initiative in these matters has to come out of private industry? We cannot, because the record reveals too clearly that out of our studies in the Army and Navy have come the large devel- opments which enter today into the providing of our national defense.” To the argument which he said had been raised against Government mon- opoly on grounds of additional expense, he said: “An argument against nationaliza- tion because of the cost to the Gov- ernment does not in my mind offset facts such as those revealing that an American manufacturer of air-cooled | motors for planes had enjoyed a profit, since 1925, representing a return upon investment of more than a million per cent.” Scores “Insane Course.” He termed an “insane course” main- tenance of an industry that arms po- tential enemies of the United States. “A continuation of the existing order,” he asserted, finally. “drives us into the jaws of another war just as certainly as it was done in times past and in meeting this issue we cannot ignore the challenge upon us to destroy in every mird any prospect that any- one shall be permitted to profit in time of another war in which their country engages.” pleasure to others. He is the most unselfish person in the world, and that is why he is the most beloved man in the world. We are at last ready to take off. When you hear from me again we will be on our way—flying back home. eral and non-Federal institutions with the Botanic Garden in a common pur- i pose along botanical lines. In this | there was complete accord, it was an- | nounced. | The Federal institutions to be cor- | related with the garden, in line with | preesnt recommendations. include the | Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, which have skilled and trained botanists; the Department of Agriculture, with its Bureau of Plant Industry and various divisions devoted | to exploration and scientific study. ! The National Academy of Sciences, which was created under an act of Congress thus with members drawn from practically every scientific branch of the Government, would possibly be another co-operating group. In the strictly non-Federal field this plan of Correlation would include some of the great private gardens of the Nation, such as Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, | 'as well as some of the scientific | societies and clubs dealing with botany | and gardens. Subcommittee Members. | The members of the subcommitee \ consist of Dr. H H. Bartlett. the | chairman, professor of botany of the University of Michigan; Dr Frederick | V. Coville. acting director of the Na- :ional Arboretum, Department of Agri- culture: Dr. William R. Maxon, as- scciated curatotr of the Smithsonian Institution: Dr. Rodney H. True. di- rector of the Morris Arboretum. Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, and Capt. John G. Bradley, clerk of the House Committee on the Library. Dr. Bartlett said he expected to get his report in the hands of Mr. Del- ano within a week for the final gencral meeting of the full committee in December. After all the subcom- mittee reports are in legislation grows ing out of these studies will be sub- mitted to Congress at the next session. Dr. Bartlett is sailing soon to spend a vear in the Philippine Islands as & member of the staff of the Governor General. He will help with the ad- ministration of non-Christian tribes, engage in botanic studies and serve also as exchange professor at the Uni- versity of the Philippines. The meeting vesterday was the out- growth of a general meeting held on July 18 and 19 with Chairman Kent E. Keller of the House Committee on the Library, in compliance With a special resolution of the committee which provided for a study and in- vestigation of the Botanic Garden. New Planning Committee. Out of the meeting emerged a new Planning Committee with Mr. Delano as general chairman. Mr. Delano is chairman also of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission which would have a direct interest also in the development of the Botanic Garden. In addition to the subcommittee on correlation and planning there are seven others as follows: Subcommittee on Scope and Functions of the Gar- den, Location and Size; Education and Public Relations: Publications; Library Facilities; Report and Legis- lation. The functions of the Report Come mittee involve the compilation of re- ports to be made to Congress, while the Legislative Committee is to pre- pare the recommendations for legis- lation growing out of the various studies, which is to be submitted to the new Congress ALABAMAT. V. A. SALE UPHELD BY BOARD Power Firm Deal Is Approved. Jurisdiction Is Open Question. | 1 | | | By the Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala., November 24. —Leaving the subject of jurisdiction an open question, the Alabama Pub- lic Service Commission late today ap- proved the Alabama Power Co.'s sale of $2,200,000 worth of property to the Tennessee Valley Authority. In approving the sale, the commis- sion indicated that private utilities in ‘Alabama might be called upon to re- duce their rates in conformity with the lower rates proposed by T. V. A. “This experiment by the national Government constitutes a challenge to the private utility industry,” the | commission said. “This commission has the right, in its view, to call upon the private utilitles to make every ef- fort to extend comparable benefits to the public served by them.” “Since the T. V. A. agreed to at- tend the hearings on the proposed sale only on the understanding _its presence did not confer eny juris- diction to the Alabama commission, today’s order left this subject an open ! question,” said Hugh White, com- mission president. Protests against the sale by interven- ing ice and coal companies were over= ruled, although the order definitely established their right to act as in- tervenors in the proceedings. —_— Hawk Feeds Jobless Man. LEADVILLE, Colo. (#)—With the help of a hawk, H. M. Thompson, unemployed, enjoyed an excellent rab- bit stew. While walking in the moun- tains, Thompson sald he frightened the bird, which was carrying the cot- tontal in its talons. When the bawk dropped its prey Thompson picked up e rabbit and took it home. |