Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1934, Page 34

ROERS ADDRES HELD SENFIAN Express President’s Desire to Reconcile Conflicting Interests. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Business can continue to take the administration at its word that co- operation is its aspiration, its true objective, nothwithstanding all the fantastic predictions made now and then by persons here and there in the vast machinery of the New Deal. Dan Roper, Secretary of Commerce, wise, seasoned, able and energetic, went to Warm Springs and talked at length with President Roosevelt, but most of the press dispatches preferred to talk about Dr. Tugwell or the con- flict between Messrs. Ickes and Mof- fett. But when Mr. Roper came away from Warm Springs he had the draft of a very important speech which he delivered Thursday before the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers. Cites Six Major Points. What Mr. Roper said followed the broad outlines of Mr. Roosevelt's re- assuring address on the radio Sep- tember 30. It is the first important post-election statement that has been made by any member of the adminis- tration and, therefore, carries far- reaching significance. Mr. Roper stated his ideas in six major points, which are worth repeating here: “Business and Government work- | ing co-operatively now face a pro- gram that will: “l. Restore as rapidly as possible the return of relief responsibilities and administration to States and lo- calities in order to relieve the Fed- [* eral Government of its large relief expenditures. “2. Plan a sound public works pro- gram that will provide worthwhile projects of genéral utility, where such aid is most needed, without conflicting with private investment and private industry. “3. Devise a practical plan for un- employment reserves which will bring a spirit of greater assurance and ll Nelson’s Widow Sentenced safety to employes without penalizing business progress. “4. Open foreign markets to secure & more extensive exchange of goods. “5. Prepare for Congress Ssugges- tions and recommendations looking to the preservation of those features in the National Recovery Administration which have proved workable and suc- cessful and the elimination of those which have not. This must include the readjustment of code operations in the light of experience and admin- istration so as to safeguard equitable treatment for all business and in- dustry, large and small. +6. Seek every means possible to re-employ capital. This is just as vital a recovery asset as the re- employment of labor, and business must seek every means possible to re- lease and re-employ capital.” Program Held Sound. , ‘The foregoing is & program which business leaders unquestionably will call sound and constructive. Mr. Roper urged that “efforts to draw lines of demarcation between classes” in America be discouraged, pointing out that “the laborer of today be- comes the manager of tomorrow” and that the manager of today “in our profit-and-loss system may become the worker of tomorrow when his business fails.” There is no doubt that the Roper address will be regarded by business and industry as inspired by the Presi- dent's desire te bring about the all- important reconciliation between con- flicting interests which is so essential to the development of the recovery program. Also, just as Donald Richberg a week or so ago stressed the impor- tance of the heavier goods industries and the possibilities of replacing obso- lescent equipment, so Secretary Roper is pointing to the same thing, for, after referring to the “deferred assets of recovery,” he declared that “the replacement of depreciated and obso- lescent capital requirements offers to business an opportunity to make an immediate and significant contribu- tion to increased business activities.” Point of View Changed. A year ago this sort of philosophy was difficult to get over to Govern- ment officials. The theory that over- production had caused the depression and that hence America was overbuilt in every direction was too deeply Tooted to be dislodged. Now, however, it is beginning to be apparent to the administration that what the heavier goods industries and the partisans of the idea of aiding the machinery in- dustries were thinking about pri- marily was replacement of existing facilities. For things wear out. last five years many kin machinery and equipment out. Businesses have hesitated to make commitments for new purchases. Now, with installment credit being rapidly developed, and with the ad- ministration endeavoring to instil confidence, it is plain that one of the main avenues for re-employment will be in the heavier industries. Alto- gether Mr. Roper’s address and his point of view will materially strengthen the entente which has been develop~ ing during the last several weeks be- tween business generally and Presi- dent Roosevelt. (Copyright, 1934.) Goer;ng, Passing Hat for Aid Fund, During the of small ave worn Mrs. Helen Gillis, 21-year-old widow of the late Lester Gillis, alias George “Baby Face” Nelson, shown leaving Federal Court in Madison, ‘Wis., after receiving sentence of a year and a day in the Federal prison at Alderson, W. Va., for violation of parole under a prior conviction for harboring a criminal. Policeman Seizes Then Loses Liquor On Accident Call Case Dropped by Man in Flight Is Retaken From Auto. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., December 8— ‘The large, and usually placid counte- nance of Henrico County Policeman Frank Bowis glowed a dull red here this afternoon. Hurrying to answer 2 hit-and-run radio alarm which said an Army officer had been hurt, Bowis seized, then lost, a case of whisky he is sure was illegal. What happened was Capt. E. W. Johnson, U. S. A, on C. C. C. duty, was involved in an accident on the Osborne turnpike, Henrico County. His car was badly damaged and the officer painfully bruised about the arms and body. The car which struck him fled. Bowis, detailed by radio to investi- gate, saw & man running across a feld as he drove to the scene of the accident. The policeman gave chase and the unknown fugitive dropped a case of whisky he was carrying. Bowis placed the case in his car and went on to aid Capt. Johnston. After receiving the Army man's report Bowis went to his own car, parked nearby. ‘The case was missing: — o Clean Boots Betray Guilt. Clean boots worn by Frantisek Sen- delar resulted in the conviction of his daughter, Bozena Kindly, and her hus- band, Antonio, of the murder of the aged man. Bonzena has started to serve 20 years and Antonio 15 years in prison at Unhost, Czechoslovakia. When the father's body was found in an outhouse the daughter said that he had committed suicide, but the police noticed that although the ground out- side was muddy Sendelar’s boots were unsoiled. It was deducted that he had been strangled in the house and his body carried to the outhouse. Jobless Weddings Opposed. England has a campaign against marriages among the unemployed. Flees Huge Crowd| Goebbels Also Is Forced to Retreat Before Eager Donors. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 8.—Gen. Her- mann Goering and Dr. Joseph Goeb- bels, seeking clothing for the poor, nearly lost their own today. The Nazi big-wigs were passing the hat for the Winter relief fund, and to prove incidentally that they do not, as cabinet ministers, feel themselves above appealing personally. With collection boxes the byrly- chested, be-medalled Goering and the slight, academic Goebbels took up a stand outside the Unter Den Linden Hotel. They became the center of a crowd of 50,000, which surged forward, trampling children and elderly per- sons to contribute their pfennigs. Police were helpless in holding them back. Goering stood his ground for a while, then fled into the hotel and out the back door. Goebbels, whose propaganda genius staged the “day of national solidar- ity” as part of the Winter campaign in preparation for the forthcoming hard months, fared better. He filled several contribution boxes, then took off his hat and filled it-before being obliged, like Goering, to seek shelter. The day was a great success. 4 3 —A. P. Photo. SNIPE, DUTCH PLANE, DATES HOP TO INDIES Big Fokker With 4-Man Crew to Fly to American Area Via Cape Verde Isles. By the Associated Press. AMSTERDAM, December 8—A Fokker plane, Snipe F-18, manned by four men, will hop off here De- cember 15 on an Atlantic flight to blaze the trail for Dutch air com- merce between South America and the Dutch West Indies. The Dutch Navy’s newest sub- marine, the K-18, will guide the plane on the ocean crosing. Cruising mid- way between the Cape Verde Islands and the South American coast, the submersible will direct the fiyers by radio over their longest water hop, which will require 18 hours. In its long flight from Holland to Venezuela the ship will make only two stops. The first leg, from Am- sterdam to Morocco, Africa, is 1,500 miles long; the second, from Morocco to Cape Verde Islands, 1,700 miles; the third, from the islands to Para- marbio, Venezuela, 2,250 miles. 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ASUNCION, Paraguay, December 8. —A smashing Paraguayan victory in the northern sectorlof the Chaco borea. today resulted in the cutting to pieces of seven Bolivian regiments and the recapture of three forts, it was an- nounced here tonight. The victory on the northern front, which had been quiet for weeks, came as Paraguay's southern army pushed its advance deeper into Bolivian ter- ritory as the resnlt of the capture of Fort Samaihuete yesterday. Fall of that fort left Gen. Jose Estigarribia, Paraguayan commander in chief, only 50 miles short of the main Bolivian army base at Villa- montes, whose fall, it was believed, First of a series of ads to protect the Radio-Buying Public might prove to be the finishing blow in the long Chaco war. The rapid Paraguayan advance on .| the northern front, reports reaching Asuncion tonight said, resulted in the capture of numerous prisoners, vir- tual destruction of seven Bolivian reg- iments, and capture of Forts Picuiba, Loma Vistosa and Irindague. All three of the positions, captured by Paraguay early in the year, dur- ing her big drive in the north, had been retaken recently in the Bolivian push, that reconquered 1,600 square miles of territory from the Para- guayans, —_— CIVITAN CLUB TO ELECT New Slate Will Be Chosen at Din- ner Tuesday. The Civitan Club of Washington will hold its annual election of offi- cers Tuesday evening at a dinner meeting in the Hamilton Hotel. Eugene C. Gott and Arthur J. 1Richards are candidates for president. First, second and third vice presi- dents also are to be elected for one- year terms and directors for three years. A secretary and treasurer will be named by the borad of directors. The club will give & Christmas party to the Civitan Boys’ Garden Club at 8 p. December 21 at the Y. M. C. A. REFUSE T0 NAME VIGILANGE BODY Mt. Pleasaqt Citizens Hold Crime Prosecution Needs * Correction. Holding that the prosecuting rather than the apprehending arm of the District government is in need of correction: and aid, the Mount Pleas- ant Citizens’ Association voted last night at its meeting in the Mount Pleasant Branch Library to take no action on the request of Federation of Citizens' Associations that it ap- point a Vigilance Committee. The vote followed a report by the civic body’s Exegutive Committee in which were outlined five alleged faults in the prosecuting of offenses. The association cited these as follows: 1. The fixing of misdemeanors by higher-ups. 2. The many avenues available in the courts so cases can be postponed. 3. The court's acceptance of these postponements. 4. Unethical practices by some mem- bers of the bar in presenting cases. 5. The clogging of the courts with trivial cases. The report will be forwarded to the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. The hssociation went on record as opposing any change from the pres- ent administration of the public libraries and particularly any change that would give the District Commis- sioners direct charge of the library administration and appointment of personnel. A letter will be sent to the District Highvay Department asking that curbing be placed in front of the Ban- croft School on Newton sireet be- tween Mount Pleasant and Eighteenth streets. H. H. Burroughs was elected dele- gate to the federation. NAZ| SCOUTS WAR SCARE BOCHUM, Germany, December 8 (#)—Rudolph Hess, Nazi leader, scouted any idea of war in a speech today before 40,000 persons. “I think there is no acute war danger,” he said. “Neither do I think any responsible politicians are en- gineering a war.” Hess attacked those talking of war, | and said that because of a changed French attitude toward Germany “we think an understanding with France | is entirely possible.” RACE HORSES KILLED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION Riders Sustain Skull Fractures When Thrown to Track After Impact. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, December 8—In one of the most freakish aceidents ever witnesed at a New Orleans track, two race horses today collided/head-on while running at Jefferson Park, dying almost instantly. Their riders are in hospitals with probably = fractured skulls incurred when they were thrown violently to the ground. 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