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Stage - Screen Music - Radio Part 4—10 Pages CONCLAVE OF STATES he Sunday St WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MOR G, DECEMBER 9, 1934, Civic Acti vities Autos—-_Aviation FARMER-LABORITES PLAN CO-OPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH A.A. A PROBLEMS 10 BE DISCUSSED AT FARM PARLEY 16th Annual Bureau Con- ference Expected to 0. K. Marketing Program. GOVERNMENT LEADERS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK Davis, Wallace, Hull, Myers Among Those Listed—Financ- ing Stressed. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. NASHVILLE, Tenn., December 8.— Problems of the Agricultural Adjust- ment Administration and recom- mendations for minor changes in the act will receive first consideration at the sixteenth annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federa- tion to be held here from Monday to Wednesday this week. Alterations in administration will be studied with the view to adapting it to operation in future years when surpluses may not be as large as in 1933. The federation has gen- erally supported the A. A. A. during the past two years and is expected to continue to do so. The market- ing agreement and licensing sec- tions of the act will receive special attention of the session, which is being held in the South for the first time since 1921. Davis and Waliace to Talk. Chester C. Davis, administrator, and Secretary Wallace are scheduled as speakers on the adjustment pro- gram and on the problems of agri- oulture, respectively. Further monetary reform, such as advocated by the Farm Bureau for several years, will receive continuing discussion at Nashville. The insta- bility of purchasing power of farm commodities causes many to advo- cate the commodity dollar plan au- thorized in the agricultural adjust- ment act of 1933. Dr. George F. Warren of Cornell University will discuss these matters before the Farm Bureau convention. Secretary of State Hull will speak on forelgn trade, with particular ref- erence to reciprocal trade treaties now in process of formulation. Farm mortgages, production credit for the current expenses of farming, co-operative credits and related sub- Jects will be disctissed by Gov. W. I. Myers of Farm Credit Administra- tion. Taxation Policies to Fore. Taxation policies, both State and Federal, will be specially considered by Resolutions Committees, a princi- pal objective being to ascertain if any plan can be discovered to permit prorating by Federal and State gov- ernments of the income derived from income and corporation taxes, such a5 has been done for several years in regard to the Federal estate tax. It is unlikely that the Farm Bureau will demand an immediate balancing of the Federal budget, but some caution to the present administra- tion is likely to be expressed in re- gard to the continuation of the large expenditures. ‘The national land policy will be given the strongest possible support, with a distinct recommendation that all of its aspects be administered by the Department of Agriculture. This project is definitely correlated with the adjustment plans under A. A. A. M. L. Wilson, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, will address the Farm Bureau convention on this subject. Subsistence homesteads, control of plant and animal pests and diseases, limiting importations of competitive farm products from abroad, speeding up elimination of bovine tuberculosis, continuing necessary highway ap- propriations, opposition to riotous speculation in farm crops, opposition to so co-ordinating transportation agencies that no competition will con- tinue, expression of interest in early approval of the St. Lawrence treaty with Canada and in putting the in- surance of bank deposits into com- plete operation are other matters to be_discussed. The president and vice president, being elected for two-year terms, will not be up for election this year. Regional directors whose terms ex- pire or who are deceased will con- stitute the only vacancies to be filled at the Nashviile convention. R.0.T.C. Sponsor CO-ED HONORED AT LOUISI- ANA STATE UNIVERSITY. COLORADO BEGINS| MOVE T0 DEVELOP INDUSTRY IN'STATE Governor Hopes to End Program of Land Settlement. |PROFITABLE FARMING MISS DOROTHY WOODS, Who is only 17, but a graduate student despite her age, has been named sponsor of the Louisiana State University R. O. T. C. regi- ment at-Baton Rouge, La. Her home is in Lutcher, La. —A. P. Photo. L. S. U. STUDENTS DECLARED COWED Ousted Journalism Class President Says News Suppressed. The fight over censorship charges at Louisiana State University, in which Senator Long is accused of 3seeking to control the institution, is discussed here by the president of the students of the L. S. U. School of Journalism, who was one of 26 students suspended for pro- testing against “gagging” of the college newspaper. BY SAMUEL A. MONTAGUE. BATON ROUGE, La., December 8 (N.AN.A,) —Everywhere in the coun- try, colleges and universities are adopting firm resolutions in behalf of the position we have taken here at Louisiana State University in the fight for free student self-expression. That is, everywhere except right here at L. S. U, people are beginning to wonder why our student body has not made its voice heard in this con- troversy with Senator Huey Long." There are two reasons, both of which are deplorable, but true. ‘The first reason is that the students have been kept uninformed as to the exact nature of the fight we are making. Some think it is a trivial affair. Others think that those pri- marily interested are seeking cheap notoriety. And others just don’t give a continental, thinking that they are not concerned or affected by what is taking place. Says News Suppressed. Further, most of the newspapers containing accounts of the squabble were removed from the journalism reading rooms. Still further is the censorship of the university publica- tion. The Reveille has not presented both sides as to the actual facts in the case. In the last conference with Dr. Smith (Dr. James M. Smith, president of L. S. U.) wherein we were notified of our expulsion, I accused the presi- dent of having kept the students un- infdrmed in the matter, and he told me that I had done my best to keep them misinformed. The other reason, and the one which holds the most weight, is that the students, in the majority, are afraid. They are afraid for themselves or for their friends and relations. At the meeting where I was elected president of the students in the school of journalism, only 26 of a group of about 60 present had the courage to sign the resolution, although all of them said they were in sympathy with our cause. Says Students Fearful. The students of the School of Jour- nalism are afraid because most of them are going through school on scholarships, or are holding jobs in the university, or their parents are on the faculty, or some one who is send- ing them through school is connected (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) Wichitas, After 70-Y ear Trek, May Soon Return to Old Home By the Assoclated Press. WICHITA, Kans, December 8.— After more than 70 years of wander- ing, the Wichitas may soon be going home. The Indian tribe which gave this city its name now has before the United States Court of Claims a claim to 5,000,000 acres of rich farm- ing land between the Brazos and Red Rivers, from which the tribe was driven in the early days of the Civil War. Tribal leaders are hopeful that there will soon be favorable action on their plea. In the language of the claim and its supporting briefs there is written the story of a tribal tragedy which sent a prosperous people into poverty- ridden exile and decimated their The tribe now lives on & reservation near Anararko, Okla., but from 1700 to 1859 it owned and hunted upon the 5,000,000 acres it now seeks to regain. Incidents preceding the Civil War led to the exile. The powerful slave- holding five civilized tribes naturally sided with the South, but their neigh- bors, the Wichitas, the Shawnees, the Kickapoos and the Delawares, held strong allegiance to the North. Persecution caused the Wichitas to flee their homeland. Deserting their eultivated fields and gardens, the tribesmen took their dogs, horses and such household goods as could be car- rvied and started northward, ) Pursuit soon developed, both the five tribes and Confederate soldiers joining the chase. At the Salt Fork the tribe was overtaken and, amid scenes of terrible butchery, scores were killed. The tribe arrived here as Winter was coming on. Without supplies or clothing, many died from starvation and sickness. Springtime found them a nearly naked band upon whom the Osages took pity. With Osage per- mission they settled at the mouth of the Little Arkansas. Given horses by the Osages, the ‘Wichitas became Federal scouts, many serving throughout the war in that capacity. Until 1867 they lived on the present site of Wichita. Then white suspicion again forced them to move. The wild tribes, unforgetting the Sand Creek massacre, were waging ceaseless war- fare against the whites and Army officers feared the Wichitas might join them. At the height of their harvest sea- son the Wichitas were ordered to move into Indian Territory. To rum their cup of misery over, cholera broke out among the tribesmen. Nor were their sufferings yet over. A prairie fire burned 85 of their horses. Finally, limping, ragged and down- cast, & pitiful remnant of the once- prosperous tribe straggled into the agency at Anadarko. They have lived there since, ADMINISTRATION GOAL Planning Commission Would Be Taken Over by Immigration Unit Under Plan. Special Dispatch to The Star. DENVER, Colo., December 8 —Con- vinced that careful planning of State and regional development means much in the way of economy and effective progress, Gov. E. C. John- son will suggest to the next session of the Colorado Legislature that the State Planning Commission, named under authority of a joint resolution of the last Legislature, be taken over by the State Immigration Depart- ment, in addition to the duties already invested in that department, and that the Immigration Department become the State Planning Commission. “My idea is that the old days of land settlement, during which the Immigration Department was organ- ized, are gone, for our generation at least,” the Governor said this week, in explaining the move. “Our prob- lem now is not to find more settlers for our lands, but to find some way by which all of our people can make a living. We are devoting every ounce of our strength toward making farming more nearly profitable, and to do that successfully we must find, not more farm land or more farmers, but better markets for their produce. Industrial Development Sought. “The first step in that direction is to develop the State’s industries. If we can get our mines and manufac- turing plants going, attract more tour- ists to Colorado and in general build up the buying power of our people, the farmers will prosper. With that in mind we are organizing the State Planning Commission. Through that agency we expect to determine all the basic facts which must underlie in- telligent development of our natural resources and to establish a co-ordi- nated, intelligent and well considered program of public improvements. We want to get away from the hit-or-miss methods of the past, and to see that each highway project and other public works ties into the whole scheme for the development of Colorado. “If this plan is accepted by the Legislature we will be in step with the national plan, for State Planning Boards have been urged on us by the National Resources Board, which is composed of members of the Presi- dent's cabinet. It will be only a mat- ter of a year or two, if not of months, before every State in the Union will be operating under this plan, and we will have more economical and much more effective development than 1s possible, as long as each community is doing its own planning.” Gathers Farm Statistics. The State Immigration Department was organized in 1909 by legislative act. In 1919 the Legislature imposed on it the additional duty of taking ag- ricultural statistics, and since that time the agricultural figures have been taken by the department under con- tract with the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture’s Bureau of Agri- cultural Economics, of which H. L. Collins is the Colorado chief. In addi- tion, the department publishes the Colorado Year Book and other pub- lications, designed to attract people from other States to live in Colorado. “The Immigration Department,” Gov. Johnson said this week, “has much of the basic information needed for a comprehensive plan for State dévelopment, and I believe it is wise to consolidate the two agencies into one. By so doing we can abolish one department and create another with broader authority and without ma- terial additional expense io the tax- payers, and I think it will prove well worth while, both from the stand- point of immediate economy and from the additional viewpoint of eventual progress and development.” Under the Governor's plan all of the personnel of the present Immigra- tion Department will be transferred to the new Planning Commission, which will take over all of the duties and authority now vested in the Immigra- tion Department. — MARRIED WOMEN FACE FIGHT TO HOLD JOBS Survey of American Woman's Association Reveals Shortage of Positions. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 8.—Married woman workers face a fight to keep their pay checks if the present short- age of jobs continues, says the report of a survey of 4,000 business and professional women. The survey, conducted by the Amer- ican Woman’s Association, of which Miss Anne Morgan is president, was made under grants from the Car- negie Corp. of New York and the Daniel and Florence Guggenheym Foundation. It completed a study made in 1931 in co-operation with President Hoover's Emergency Com- mittee for Employment and took its facts from replies of 1,350 white-col- lar woman workers who were mem- bers of the association. Question- naires covering the period from 1929 to the end of 1933, were sent out. Although the report states that the number of married woman workers increased from 16.2 per cent in 1931 to 19 per cent in 1933, it says that “a growing sentiment against the em- ployment of married women has been gradually developing.” Golden Gate Bridge This aerial view (above) of the East Bay crossing of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which will cost $85,000,000, shows nine of the 288-foot spans in place with the sand fill approach ex- tending to the mainland. Charles H. Purcell, chief engineer, says the bridge will be completed in 1936. At right is shown the concrete center anchorage for the twin suspension bridges as it reached the height of 152 feet above water level. The anchorage is 197 feet long and 82 feet wide. It extends to a maximum depth of 224 feet below water level and will reach an ultimate height of 235 feet. A. P. Photo. NEW U. . AIR BASE NEAR COMPLETION. Houses Feature | Beautifu! New Military City in California. By the Assoclated Press. HAMILTON FIELD, Calif,, Decem- ber 8.—Approximately midway be- tween the Canadian and Mexican borders of the United States a sleepy- looking Spanish viliage has been taking form—erected by Uncle Sam at & cost of $4,874,302. Its inhabitants will start moving in this month and the 1,000 acres it covers, once the location of an Indian village, will begin humming with the activities of what is described as the world’s most modern bombing base. Hamilton Field, seven miles north of San Rafael, Calif, will house the seventh bombardment group of the United States coast defenses. It will be the training ground for this highly technical branch of the Air Corps. Sheltered From Gunfire. The location was selected because of its central location north and south and because it would be sheltered from gunfire of an enemy fleet. Eight hundred enlisted men, 79 commissioned officers and 70 non- commissioned officers have been pro- vided with homes which would make the Army man of past eras turn over in his grave. Absent are the rows of homely red-brick barracks and dormi- tories, built to a plain, monotonous pattern. Beauty, comfort and utility have been combined to promote the health, social life and contentment of the service men and their families. Houses are built as “individuals” and each is situated to take advantage of the natural shade trees and vista. There are tree-lined boulevards, lawns shaded by live oaks, and the informal, but attractive winding of streets through the natural contours of the hills, all in the atmosphere of an exclusive suburb. The headquarters building is a “replica” of one of California’s oldest missions. Named for War Victim. The new air field was named in honor of First Lieut. Lloyd Andrews Hamilton of the 17th Aero Squadron who was killed in action near Lagni- court, France, August 26, 1918. There are large hangars to shelter 50 of the new Martin bombers, which have a speed of 220 miles an hour and carry a crew of four. The bombing field is the Nation’s greatest contribution to date to the defense of the West Coast. The planes have a cruising radius of 1,000 miles and, pending construction of addi- tional defensive facilities, would be charged in time of war with supple- menting the aerial defense of the West Coast from Alaska to Mexico. It is complementary to the pursuit squadrons now located at March Field, Riverside, Calif. COPS CUT COMEDY DENVER (#).—Some Denver police- men “are so slovenly they look like movie comedy officers,” said Chief George Marland after an inspection tour. He issued an order to his men: “Get over the idea you can wear uniforms that Jook like-you've slept in them.” BETA KAPPA STUDENTS AT HOBART RESPOND First to Answer Call to Assume Leadership in Social Respone sibility. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, N. Y, December 8— Students who wear the gold key of Phi Beta Kappa at Hobart College were the first to try out the new policy of the scholastic fraternity which encourages members to assume leadership in social responsibiity. The first Phi Beta Kappa student has gone from Hobart to serve ac- cording to the code outlined by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, former presi- dent of Phi Beta Kappa Alumni of New York. He urged that college groups “instead of being purely ornamental, should take their sup- posed intellectual ascendency in earnest and do something to awaken thought and stimulate discussion in their communities.” Carl Taylor of Canandaigua, a senior, is lecturing in Western New York on, “Is War a Live Issue?” His sub- ject was selected from a list sug- gested by national officers of the fraternity. —_— SAN FRANCISCO 200 BOASTS OF BIRTH RATE Director Claims Record in Raising Wild Animals Successfully. Tiger Cubs Babied. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, December 8.— More wild animals are born and raised successtully in the San Francisco Zoo- logical Park than in any other 200, says Director George M. Bistany, big game hunter. There are 150 monkeys and apes, including “Jim,” a giant orang-outang, and countless other animals, many of which have been born at the 200. There are seven young Bengal tiger cubs, four in one family and three in the other. A brindled gnu, s baby moose, & llama and numerous white elks also have been raised successfully, but un- der extreme difficulty. The Bengal tiger cubs get their dosages of -cod liver-oll, much like human babies. TALMADGE DENIES FIGHTING ROOSEVELT Says He Is Opposed to U. S. Med- - dling in Business, Farming and Morale. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga, December 8.—In the heart of the Democratic Solid South, Eugen2 Talmadge, fiery Gov- ernor of Georgia, for months has been aiming barred shafts at some of the New Deal policies, but this he empha- sizes: am not fighting Roosevelt.” A severe critic of the Federal Relief Administration and of the Roosevelt administration’s farm program, the Governor has broadened the range of his fire to include the N. R. A. and its codes. “I am not fighting Roosevelt,” he said. “I am not trying to block any- thing good. I am fighting the same things I have been fighting ever since T've been in politics. These things al 1. Government meddling with busi- ness. “2. Meddling with farming by offi- clals who don't know anything about it. “3. Meddling with the opportunity of people to earn an honest dollar by honest work, and meddling with the natural desire of decent people to get a dollar by working, and not by ‘get- ting on the relief.’” WOMEN PLAY CARDS WEEKLY 45 YEARS By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, December 8 —Back in 1889—the year of the Johnstown flood—21 Kansas City women sat down to play four-handed euchre at the first meeting of the Just-for-Fun Club. ‘Today two of them are still play- ing, but the game has progressed to auction bridge and the club is filled with & lot of young folks. It is, think the ladies of the J.-F.-F. C., some kind of a record. Without interruption, on every other Monday,, the club has met and its members have played cards. Mrs, Minnie A. Boutell and Mrs. Carrie Bimmerman are the surviving members of the original 31 players. b . Construction Progresses REAL BUFFALO ROAM IN CATTLE MAN’S YARD Siberian Yaks, Antelopes, Jap- anese Sika Deer and Sacred Cattle Are Also Present. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, December 8. —The lone- some cowhand who first lifted his voice in dismal plaint for “a home where the buffalo roam” should have | made the acquaintance of Edwin A. Lemp, cattleman extraordinary. Buffalo literally roam his front yard, with the choice companionship of Siberian yaks, antelopes, Japanese sika deer, sacred cattle from India and llamas; rheas (a South Ameri- can variety of ostrich), African crane and waterfowl from the Island of Formosa. Lemp is the owner of Cragwold, a unique animal and poultry farm on the Meramec River near St. Louis. Its 200 acres, enclosed in a stone hedge, have been designated a Federal game farm to permit him to indulge his hobby. MILK AND HONEY FUTURE HOPE OF THRD PARTY MOVE Minnesota Experiment Would Go to Bottom of Capitalistic System. WILLIAMS DENOUNCES NON-PARTISAN PROGRAM Former Minister, One of Framers of Co-operative Plan, Calls Pro- posal “Mustard Plaster.” By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, December 8—A new land of milk and honey has been proposed by the Farmer-Labor party of Minnesota in marshaling its forces to achieve its aim—a co-operative commonwealth. Minnesota would become the prove ing ground for this experiment in gov- ernment that Howard Y. Williams, one of the party’s platform framers, said would “actually go to the root of the poison in the present capitalistic system.” It would exceed even Upton Sin- clair's E. P. I. C. plan in Califorma and the old Non-Partisan League pro= gram of North Dakota, says Williams. According to Williams, the Non- Partisan League program was but “mustard plaster and bandages to prop up the present system.” The Farmer- Labor party. on the other hand, would create an entirely new system, based on the bold premise that “capitalism has failed.” E. P. L. C. Not Far Erough. Even E. P. I. C., says Willlams. a former minister, does not go that far, although it has most of the fea- tures of the Farmer-Labor platform, such as operation of factories for and by the unemployed. “E. P. 1. C. also contemplates the leasing of idle land.” adds Williams. “Upton Sinclair hopes this produc- | tion by and for the unemployed will become so great in boosting the stand- ard of living that other people will want to enter the plan. “However, we don't think that this small scale production could possibly compete with the great monopolized industries and the Farmer-Labor pro- gram proposes eventually to take over all monopolistic factories and ine< dustries.” Minnesota's dominant third party demands broad public ownership of all mines, utilities, communications, transportation, banks, factories and packing plants except those industries co-operatively owned; State control and supervision of all types of insur- ance and State supervision of all mar- kets, together with nationalization of banking with Government monopoly of money and credit operated without profit, plus free text books to be printed by the State for public schools. While Williams views the Non- Partisan League program that set up a State mill and elevator, a State bank and State insurance, as a ‘“progressive movement,” he says it is not radical. League Lacks Solution. “The Non-Partisan League plan is and has been purely a movement to try to get concessions from the capital- istic group and is not a fundamental solution of the program, he explains. Leaders in North Dakota tell me the non-partisan program is not up to date.” Should the party win approval for putting this program into effect—and this seems in doubt due to an antag- onistic Legislature — all types of factories would be taken over by the State. Some of them would be leased: others taken over entirely, says Williams. Every type of production plant con- ceivable would be regimented, Wil- liams says, although the first to get under way would be packing plants, then a shoe factory, and finally a | farm machinery manufacturing plant. | While some demands of the party are national issues, such as the bonus question for which immediate pay- ment is asked, and could not be carried simply by legislation, the State print- ing of text books is not. Party leaders have not considered, they say, writing their own text books. They proposed to lease the plates from publishers and print the books much as does California. No re-writing would be done, but Williams says the texts would be edited, such as to eliminate obvious propaganda of any vested interest. Deer Battle to Death. COOK, Minn. (#)—A fight for su- premacy between two buck deer near | here ended in death for both. The two animals, their horns locked in combat, were found in Lake Vermile lion, drowned. New Jersey Well Used to Heat And Cool Office Building By the Associated Press. SALEM, N. J, December 8.—The use of a cold-water well to heat a new office bujlding here was announced today, & new step in air-conditioning. This well will not only heat the office in Winter, but cool it in Sum- mer. The achievement, if it lives up to expectations, points to the pos- sibility of reviving the old-fashioned family well in a new role, as a more than commonly efficient source of heat. The building houses the offices of the Atlantic City Electric Co. The equipment was installed by engineers of the General Electric Co. and the American Gas and Electric Co. ‘The heat from the well is obtained by a refrigerating system working in reverse—what engineers call a two- way “heat pump.” The pump ab- sorbs some of the heat from the cold water, which in this well is uniform ‘ the year round at about 56 degrees Fahrenheit. This new job for the old oaken bucket is based on the fact that a degree of heat is always the same, whether coming from a red-hot stove, or from an object below zero. The trick is merely in making a degree flow out of something cold. From this point of view the well water contains 517 degrees of heat. This total is the 56 degrees above zero, plus the 461 degrees from there down to absolute zero, the point where heat ceases to exist. Scientifically it makes no difference where heat comes from, it all feels the same to man. But economically there is a difference in expense. In using the cold-water well the engineers think they have hit upon a source with costs more than ordinarily efi- cient for the dual job of heating in Winter and cooling in Summer, L]