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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. O, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1834 —_— e {RODSEVELT MOVE AWAITED IN BREAK Labor Board Defies Rich-' HUGE SHORTAGES | T0 HASTEN RELIEF $85,000,000,000 Needs of Nation Cited in Bulletin by Col. Ayres. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Things wear out. This simple truth {8 responsible for a wldely-nowlnq? belief that the ending of the depres sion may be accomplished by a con- | certed effort to replace $85,000,000,000 of shortages accumulated in the last five years. Col. Leonard Ayres, economist, stat- istician and editor of the Business| Bulletin issued by the Cleveland Trust Co., has every year issued his predic- tions and analyses for the succeeding | year, but at no time have his state- | ments made a more profound impres- sion than today, when he announces that, at present prices, there are shortages of $55,000,000,000 in the durable goods industries, $25.000,000,- 000 in the building and construction industry and $5,000,000,000 more in “under-maintenance and needed equipment of public utilities and rail- roads.” ‘The theory first expounded two years ago by Col. Ayres led to the for- mation of the so-called Durable Goods Committee, which laid before the| N. R. A. the possibilities of a drive | for re-employment based on capital | expenditures for plant and machinery | and similar items. Consumer Purchasing Power. The idea ran counter to a prevail- ing notion that America was over- produced and that its plant equip- ment was far in excess of the con- sumer needs. Instead, the N. R. A. operated on the plan of increasing consumer purchasing power. ‘What Col. Ayres points out is that there is no shortage in so-called con- sumer goods at all and that most all of the unemployed today owe their unemployment to the fact that dur- able goods industries have been stag- nant. Now, however, it is becoming ap- parent that existing facilities are wearing out and that a demand for durable goods is coming. Col. Ayres defines the different kinds of goods as follows: “All the producers make or raise either consumer goods or durable goods. The consumer goods are such things as food and clothing, gasoline, tobacco, soap, tires and a long list of things made from textiles, paper, leather and rubber. We use them up and replace them relatively quickly. We use almost as much of them in hard times as we do when we are prosperous. For that reason the quan- tities of them produced are not now very far below normal, and there has not been any great unemployment among the producers of consumer goods during the depression. “The great unsolved problem of the depression is that of the unemploy- ment among the makers of durable goods. These goods are made of last- ing materials. They include build- ings, machinery, automobiles, furni- ture, bridges, ships, locomotives, cars and a long list of articles made of the metals, lumber, stone, clay, glass and cement. The demand for these goods is elastic because their pur- chase can always be postponed since the goods are durable, and the exist- ing ones can be made to do service for extended periods of time.” Many Shortages Now. Now, however, many shortages ex- ist and many facilities have worn out. ‘The curtailment of expenditure in durable goods began in 1929 and has continued for more than five years. This is a long time in which a Na- tion's plant facilities are held at a standstill. The war period, it will be recalled, caused a hiatus in building which produced a housing shortage that led in 1922 and 1923 to one of the biggest cycles of construction activity in the Nation's history. Col. Ayres thinks the accumulated shortages would be made up in 10 years if the durable goods industries operated at 25 per cent above their | normal capacity. | But why isn't that drive started? | The administration has hesitated until the demand really appeared on the horizon. It felt that the demand could not be stimulated but would arise 1at- urally. On the other hand, the money needed to finance durable goods pro- duction usually comes out of the Na- tion’s savings, to put it another w: through the bond market or long-term credits. Just now, the long-term money market is choked up by various ob- stacles. One is a fear of tinkering with monetary reform. Another is the failure of the Government to cur- tail unproductive spending, especially | on unnecessary public works. A third is the blocking of the securities market by the hampering legislation which is far more restrictive than is necessary for the original purpose, which was to eliminate fraudulent flotations. Uncertainties of Policy. ‘There’s another fear, too, and that's the uncertainties of the administra- tion's policy on labor costs and the tendency to leave this to be battled out on a jungle war basis instead of | by a program of co-operation between | capital and labor. It is known that the problems of | Jong-term financing are being given considerable attention by the Roose- velt administration. Such optimism as prevails today about the upswing for 1935, especially in the durable goods industries, arises from a convic- tion that the administration will see in the durable goods situation an op- portunity to put virtually all the un- employed to work and thus gradually cut down the relief bill of the Nation. | (Copyright. 1934.) 11 FREED IN. WILSON MURDER INVESTIGATION Special Police Squad Queations" Colored Men in Effort to Solve Maryland Mystery. 'The special police squad assigned to investigate the recent slaying of Allen B. Wilson, newspaper route man, yes- terday questioned 11 colored men, all of whom were later released. The men were queried by Lieut. John Fowler and Detectives Floyd | ‘Truscott and Earl P. Hartman. Police refused to reveal the reason for the quiz, other than to state that it was in connection with the Wilson murder, which occurred in nearby Maryland. Although the Wilson murder did not occur in the District the squad headed by Fowler has been working on it exclusively since October 23, when the route man was killed in front of the home of “Mickey” Mc- Donald, alleged gambler. Players to Present “Alice.” ‘The Washington Community Play- ers will assist the Kiwanis Club in its Christmas party for crippled chil- dren by presenting “Alice in Won- derland” at the Roosevelt High School auditorium Sunday afternoon, De- cember 23. What’s What Behind News In Capital Talk of ’36 and ’40 Already Is Filling Ear of Capital. l the cloistered inner circle about who will be President Roosevelt's running mate in '36 and who will be the crown prince in '40. The only conclusion about the crown prince phase is that there is now no one in the New Deal big enough to take over Mr. Roosevelt’s job. Many names have been dis- cussed privately. Most of them are un- satisfactory. None seems to be a per- fect choice. BY PAUL MALLON. OLITICIANS always think a long way ahead. Already there has been talk, serious talk, in G- There have been rumors that Mr. Roosevelt was grooming Donald Rich- berg to be the heir apparent. These are based solely on the obvious fact that Mr. Richberg comes closer to measuring up to the requirements than most of the others. He might be built up. The main point at this moment is that several eligibles (not Mr. Richberg) are beginning to hear their names mentioned and are conducting themselves accordingly. Garner Believed Out. The big minds of New Deal politics seem to accept it as a fact that Vice President Garner will not be a candi- date for re-election. He has said as much in private. Sessions of Congress are a great inconvenience to his fish- ing and hunting schedule. Until recently most of the boys have believed that Mr. Garner would ulti- mately be talked into running again. Now they seem to think a younger man is needed, although Mr. Garner is still spry enough to be in charge of handling Congress for Mr. Roose- velt. ‘They have drawn a line around the North Central States and have con- cluded that Mr. Roosevelt's next run- ning mate must come from that ter- ritory, preferably from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Towa or Kansas. They say this is the area in which the administration now is weakest politically, They want & man who will give it strength there. Three names have entered into their casual discussion of possi- bilities—Senator Barkley of Ken- tucky, the nmew Senator Burke of Nebraska and Senator Clark of Missouri. Spy Stories Like Fiction. The vague cable stories coming out of Singapore lately about Japanese spies have a very interesting back- ground, if our diplomatic grapevine advices are to be trusted. You will not hear very much about the spy situation, because the British governor, 8ir Shenton Thomas, is supposed to have issued an appeal to British newsmen to go easy on it in the interests of the King and empire, ‘That appeal never fails to bring co- operation, which really is voluntary censorship. The grapevine says that the British intelligence police have raided Japanese homes, summoned one prominent Japanese resident into headquarters only to have him fall dead on the floor, deported all suspected spies (mostly Japanese) just before maval maneuvers were to start and then conducted the important part of the maneuvers at night. These maneuvers are supposed to be the most spectacular yet undertaken at Singapore. The British have a curtained $250,000,000 naval base there which they are hastening to completion. Our people hear that | more than 10,000 laborers are at work ion the project and that it will be finished by the end of next year | instead of 1939, as originally planned. Two Airports at Base. The base will have two airports, one at sea and one on land. These will accommodate about 1,000 fighting { planes, and the one on land will have a fortified underground section to store both planes and munitions. It is something worth spying on. Our Ambassador to Rome, Breckin- ridge Long, privately brought to Mr. Roosevelt a few days ago evidence of an Italian plot against King Cotton. His evidence was a sample of & new synthetic product, manufactured by Milan textile mills from wood fiber. Enthusiasts assert it is capable of re- I placing 80 per cent of Italy’s cotton consumption. Germsny is develop- ing a similar product. Mr. Roosevelt considered it impor- tant enough to order a study of the sample by scientists of the Agriculture Department. Their report will be made privately to the White House. Assembling congressional leaders have canvassed the new Congress and have reported to the administration that it will go wild on the bonus, but will be tame otherwise. The best New Deal phrase-maker said off the record the other day: “If we don't shorten those bread lines, we will be in them ourselves soon.” All the 400 women who attended Mrs. Roosevelt's Saturday night party are pledged to secrecy about the stunts which were staged there, especially the one staged by the First Lady and her daughter, Anna Dall. That marks a new high in feminine confidence, in- trusting a secret to 400 women. (Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon.) PROPAGANDA APPROVED France Moves to Make More Fa- vorable Impression Abroad. PARIS, December 13 (#).—The Foreign Affairs Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies approved consolidation of French propaganda “to make France more favorably known abroad.” ‘The task of presenting France in a favorable light in foreign eyes would be committed under the proposal to a central “National Information Com- mittee.” The resolution to be presented to Parliament approved assignment by various ministries of credits totaling 75,000,000 francs (approximately $4,- 950,000) to finance the work of the committee. ior not to appear. To make this deci- berg in.Dispute Over News Guild. By the Associated Press. ‘The Capital speculated today as to whether the White House would take & hand in the dispute between the National Labor Relations Board and Donald Richberg, widely known as the President’s No. 1 adviser. Flatly rejecting Richberg’s plea that it keep hands off, the board, headed by Prancis Biddle, ruled last| night for the second time that it could take jurisdiction in newspaper labor disputes. It ordered the San Francisco Call- Bulletin to reinstate Dean 8. Jen- nings, a rewrite man who saild he was forced to resign because of his activity in the American Newspaper Guild. Newspaper Threatened. Unless the paper hires Jennings back within 10 days or gives accept- able reason why it shouldn't, the board said, the paper will be cited for Blue Eagle removal and legal action. After the board's original order De- cember 3, Richberg and Blackwell Smith, acting N. R. A. general coun- sel, protested. They said Jennings’ complaint should have been heard by the Newspaper Industrial Board. The publishers, in agreeing to their code, had stipulated it could not be amended without their consent. The Call-Bulletin contended the Labor Relation Board's taking over the case was a_change in the code. Board Gives Sharp Reply. The board contended its action had not amended the code, and that “there is nothing in the newspaper code to differentiate it, so far as violations of section 7a are con- cerned, from any other code.” Con- gress and the President had author- ized the board to deal with any 7a violation case, the board maintained. Richberg said the wording of an order creating the board saying it “may decline”™ to take original juris- diction from a code board meant it “shall decline.” To this, the board replied: “It is unnecessary to torture the | meaning of plain language.” These Questions Raised. The case raised these questions in Capital circles today: If the paper refused to comply, would the board's Blue Eagle removal citation be up- held at N. R. A.? Would the Justice Department prosecute the paper if asked to do so by the board? Would tht ‘Call-Bulletin carry the case to court? Richberg has contended it was “the duty of this board to maintain the good faith of the President” in ap- proving the publishers’ code with the no - modification - without - consent clause. Taking a case from the News- paper Industrial Board, he contemded, would violate at least the spirit of the code. The board said yesterday “no new evidence was presented to us at the | reargument throwing any light on | the meaning of the code.” Hanson Says Issue Is Clear. Elisha Hanson, counsel for the Call- Bulletin, the board pointed out, had asserted that the code “clearly and adequately” expressed the substance of the entire agreement between Mr. Roosevelt and the publishers. Han- son’s statement, the board continued, removed any idea that there was an lggicloml understanding back of the code. In conclusion, the board discussed | Smith’s argument that the board was & superior tribunal and should not assume original jurisdiction where an inferior court could do the work. “We concur with this statement of a general principle,” the board said. “But where there exists some rea- son which makes it otherwise fit- ting for us to act, it is not the part of wise administration to decline Jurisdiction merely because our power is vigorously challenged.” Hanson and Richberg Silent. Hanson declined to comment on the decision. Richberg’s secretary report- ed him in conference and too busy to | discuss the case. The guild, meantime, made public a letter it had sent Richberg, request- ing him to outline the circumstances of his asking the board to reconsider the original Jennings decision. “The working newspapermen of the Nation will not be satisfied until you disclose what happened between Monday evening (when the original| decision was made public) and Tues- day evening when the rehearing was ordered,” the guild said. “We ask you, therefore, to state what happened. Who saw or tele- phoned you? What was said? What did you tell the N. L. R. B.?” Guild leaders walked out of an N. R. A. heating on editorial workers' wages and hours after they heard of Richberg’s action. Another Hearing Called. The N. R. A. later announced it would have another hearing Decem- ber 19. Concerning this hearing, the guild letter said: “We must, therefore, decide whether sion, we must first decide whether the tribunal of N. R. A. is impartial and unbiased against us. * * * We wish to return to the hearing. We are confident that Deputy Administrator Tate, even without examining data | in our possession, prepared for lub-! mission to him, cannot sustain the| ridiculously inadequate wage and hour proposals of the publishers. : “We desire, nevertheless, to present ' our views and to aid the deputy ad- ministrator in a fundamentally sound determination of wages and hours. This he cannot do on the publishers’ presentation.” BASKETS FOR POOR | Union Market Business Group to Distribute 500. The Union Market Men's Business Association will give 500 baskets of provisions to the poor of the North- east section on December 22 at 4 p.m. At this pre-Christmas celebration there will be a band, two speakers and a Christmas tree, it was stated | today. . On the night of December 29 an | open house will be held at the mar- | ket under the auspices of the associa- | tion. There will be dancing and favors for the women and children. WILL DISCUSS RELIEF Miss Alice Hill Will Broadcast Talk Tomorrow. Various phases of emergency relief work in the District will be discussed by Miss Alice Hill, director, during a broadcast over WRC tomorrow at 1:15 pm. She will speak during the regular period reserved for the District Fed- eration of Women's Clubs, ; . | who has These Orphans Have Faith in Santa Claus and in You! Bl ATERAL NAVY Don't let their happy smiles of Christmas hopes turn to bitter dis- appointment. These little fellows at the Washington Home for Foundlings and hundreds of other needy children in Washington must depend upon 2 NEW YORK CENTER OF BONBING PLT Police Say $250 to $1,000 Paid for Blasting Four Theaters. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 13 —Capt. Stephen J. Flaherty, chief of the De- tective Bureau, left Boston police headquarters early today to run down “a group of professionals” believed responsible for the bombing of four theaters in Boston, Lynn and Paw- tucket, R. L. His destination was not announced, but it was learned from a relidble source that he was bound for New York City. Police believed a group of profes- sional bombers from New York were responsible for the theater outrages of yesterday and said they had been in- formed that “prices varying from $250 to $1,000 were paid for the four bomb- Definite Threat Known. ‘The hurried departure of Capt. Flaherty and the word that New York professionals were belleved responsible for the explosions came at the con- clusion of an eight-hour conference at i police headquarters, Deputy Supt. James R. Claflin, charge of the investi- gation, said early today as a long conference broke up that he had been told of two “definite threats to dam- age” the Majestic and Tremont Thea- ters, the Boston houses bombed. Claflin said he learned that on Fri- day, the day Frederick E. Lieberman took over the Majestic Theater, all wiring of the stage and some fixtures were torn out. 8ix weeks ago, Claflin said, Lieber- man was threatened in his theater in Portland, Me. Refused to Hire Hands. The deputy superintendent said Lieberman told him a man “posing as a union executive” approached him and attempted to get him to hire two stage hands. He refused, Lieberman told police. At that time, according to the story Lieberman told Claflin, he was defl- nitely threatened with “a theater might be bombed” if he did not accede to the demands. Lieberman leased the Majestic and Tremont Theaters, the Boston houses bombed early yesterday, while the Pawtucket, R. I, and Lynn play- houses which were wrecked were mem- bers of the E. M. Loew chain. SPELLING BEES STOPPED HAYS, Kans., December 13 (#).— Faculty members of Fort Hays State College don't want any more spelling contests. Just for fun, the Hays Rotary Club held an old-fashioned “spelling bee,” and the word “indefinitely” proved the downfall of Dr. C. E. Rarick, president of the college, and Paul Beckhelm, head of the college’s piano depart- ment. — Memorial Service Planned. Memorial services for Russians ex- ecuted following the assissination of Sergei M. Kiroff, leader of the Com- munist party in Russia and member of the Soviet's most powerful board— the Political Board—will be held Sun- day at the Russian Church iof St. Nicholas, 1770 Church street. Life’s Like That “YOU WEREN'T 4 you if S8anta is not to pass them by this year. Don't fail them! Attend a Star-Warner Bros.’ toy matinee on Saturday and bring a new toy or new article of clothing as your “ticket” for admission. I Toy Matinees Hope to Meet Need for Children’s Clothing Playthings in Demand, of Course, but Many Should Have Other Comforts Supplied by Shows Saturday. The Star expedition film, “Search for Santa Claus,” a thrilling mov- ing picture record of the airplane trip to the Far North, presenting the first scenes ever made within the home and workshops of Santa Claus and which has been drawing large crowds, is being presented to- day at the Apollo. It will be shown tomorrow at the Home and the York Theaters. At the special re- quest of the Chevy Chase Presby- terian Church, there will be an er- tra showing of this fine film on Saturday at the Avalon as part of The Star-Warner Bros' Christmas toy matinee. HEY need shoes, they need stockings, they need coats, and | s toy or two would bring| smiles of joy to these poor little boys and girls of Wash- ington who must depend on you if they are not to be entirely forgotten and left sad and forlorn this Christ- mas. The time grows short for you to help them. The Star-Warner Bros.’ toy matinees will be held day ufwr‘ tomorrow. Don't delay. Don't put off your | good intentions to help these needy children any longer. Please don't let them be forgotten! Their cause is so urgent, so appealing. They, more than any one else, deserve a little share of happiness. They should come first of all in your Yuletide plans if you want this Christmas to be & merry one for you and yours. Many Gifts Already Received. The Evening Star and Warner | Bros. and the Council of Social| Agencies which are all co-operating | in the matinee plan to spread happi- | ness among the poor children of | Washington this Christmas have rea- son to be encouraged. For already a great quantity of gifts has arrived. For Aays, gifts of every kind have been arriving at the 11 theaters where the matinees are to be held. They come 1 trucks, in taxicabs, in private automobiles, and are even pulled along in children's wagons and in perambulators. They are brought by old and young and by all kinds of people in all sections of the city and from nearby Virginia and Maryland. They have come in a steady flow, and ‘the big hampers in the theater lobbies have been filled and refilled. It seems certain that all the needy will he taken care of if this keeps up. But the veal test comes Satur- day. It is only then that one can be sure, only then that it will be known if there is enough for all. Appeals Outnumber Gifts. For the need is very great and the appeals are many. Appealing letters and phone calls are coming in con- stantly and in larger numbers all of the time. And ihese appeals far out- number thus far the contributions that have been made. It is the hope that none will be neglected, for all are urgent, all pathetic. Here's one that came this morn- ing: “I am senaing & plea for a toy or two, and some clothing for my lit- tle boy. His Christmas is going to be very dreary un’ess some One answers my plea. My husband works for the SATISFIED MAKING TWENTY-DOLLAR BILLS—YOU HAD TO PUT YOUR PICTURE ON THEM.” 2 emergency relief and makes so little it is impossible for me to buy toys and clothing for my boy. He has no shoes. He wears a size 5', age 2,| and .f any one has a pair of shoes pal to give A mother for her little boy I| certainly would appreciate it a thou- sand times.” She Gave No Address. Probably a mother sent the follow- ing plea, but she forgot to give any address. “If she will communicate with the Council of Social Agencies by phoning Metropolitan 2284, or by writing them, the children will go on the council’s list. The note reads: “Will you please remember two chil- dren who will have nothing at all this Christmas unless some kind per- son thinks of them. Marjorie, 11, and George 8.” Mrs. Loren Johnson, who is in charge of the council's Christmas ex- change and toy shop at 1107 Pennsyl- vania avenue, next door to The Star Building, is keeping a careful check on the particular needs of all who write 1n asking for aid and is classify- ing gifts and contributions in groups She stresses the need of gifts for little girls from 4 to 6 particularly, and those of you who attend or send contributions to the toy matinees are asked to bear this in mind. These matinees offer you the sim- Jreat entertainment. f Gitt 1s Admission Ticket. ! The price of admission to any one of them ‘s & new toy or & new article of clothing for a child. You merely | bring your gift and leave it in the theater lobby. The Council of So- cial Agencies will see to it that it reachés the hands of some needy boy. or girl. In the meanwhile, like the great many; others who have done so, you can send or bring anything you wish in ce. The more you bring or send “the more certain you can be that *he hope of all who are work- ing :h this causc will be realized. It ¢l al ton Christmas. S s Consult the following list of the- aters where the Star-Warner Bros. matinees will be held on Saturday, and choose the one you wish to at- tend or to which you wish to make your contribution, be it one simple, new toy or a whole bag full. List of Shows. Here is the full list of theaters where The Star-Warner Bros.’ Christ- mas Loy matinees will be held: Tivoll—Shirley Temple in “Bal Takes a Bow,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, “Busy Bodies”; “The Night Before Christmas” and “The Man on the Flying Trapeze,” a Popeye comedy. Ambassador—Jackie Cooper and Wallace Beery in “Treasure Island,” “The Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives” and “Can You Take It?” a Popeye comedy. Savoy—Joe E. Brown in “The Cir- cus Clown,” “Bedtime Worries,” an Our Gang comedy; “Touchdown Mickey,” a Mickey Mouse comedy, and “Let's You and Him Fight,” 'a Pop- eye comedy. Colony—Shirley Temple in “Little Miss Marker,” “Wild Poses,” an Our comedy, and * fore Christmas,” York—Joe E. Brown in “Son of a Sailor,” ‘Dirty Work,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “Touchdown Mickey,” a Mickey Mouse comedy. Avenue Grand—Shirley Temple in “Little Miss Merker,” “Dirty Work,” 8 Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “Sockabye Baby.” a Popeye comedy. Shows Include Comedies. Apollo—Joe E. Brown in “The Cir- cus Clown,” “His Neighbor,” an Our Gang comedy, and ‘“Mickey's Good Deed,” a Mickey Mouse comedy. Home—Bruce Cabot in “Midship- man Jack,” “His Neighbor,” an Our mnm g comedy, and “The Three Lit- Metropolitan—George O’Brien in “The Last Trail,” “Oliver the Eighth,” a Laurel and Hardy comedy, and “The Big Bad Wolf,” a Silly Sym- phony. Earle—Charlotte Henry in “Alice in Wonderland” and “Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives.” Avalon—Jackie Cooper and Wallace Beery in “Treasure Island,” “Santa’s Workshop,” a Silly Symphony, and “Shoein’ Horses,” a Popeye comedy. | poor boys snd girls of Washington. for boys and girls according to age. | CITY STORE TOGIVE RADIOS TO NEEDY Star Company Donates 12 Sets Now and Others Later to Toy Drive. In response to The Star-Warner| Bros. Christmas toy matinee nppnl| for Washington’s needy children, The | Star Radio Co. has donated 12 radio| sets to e distributed, as will all of the gifts collected at the matinee this Saturday, through the Council of So- cial Agencies, The management has further of-| fered to give away to needy families in Weshington every radio set traded ! in at their stores between now and Christmas, and while they are offer- ing 12 sets to The Star-Warner Bros.’ toy fund today this number will be in- creased according to the numbers taken in trade within the next 11 days. ‘The company points out that every set given away will be a reconditioned set, in perfect working order. This is but one of many individual offers which have been pouring in to the Council of Social Agencies Christ- mas Exchange in response to The Star-Warner Bros.' matinee appeal for toys and articles of clothing for the Many cash donations have been made, with instructions that these be used to | buy new toys for the matinee fund, and many large packages containing a great number of toys, gifts and cloth ing have been brought to The Sta ‘Warner Bros.’ toy shop at 1107 Penn- | sylvania avenue, in addition to the| steady stream of gifts which have been filling the hampers in the 11 theaters where the matinees will be held on Saturday. UNEARNED INCOME TAX EXEMPTION HIT | People’s Lobby Statement Cites System as Major Crime Wave. ‘The major crime wave affecting the country is the permission of Congress under which less than 1 per cent of the American people retain billions of dollars of unearned income while small farmers, the unemployed and the un- derpaid are soaked with over six bil- lions of taxes they cannot afford, it was charged in a statement today by the People's Lobby, of which Prof. John Dewey of Columbia University is presi- dent. Quoting from the recent report on incomes of the commissioner of in- ternal revenue, the statement recalled by | that in 1933 320,503 persons reporting net incomes in excess of $5,000 had an aggregate taxable property income of $2,253,825,276, and their total tax lia- bility was only $333.267,761, or about one seventh of their property income. “They had $1919,557,515 of so- called taxable income which was not touched,” the statement sald, “plus AGCORD IS SOUGHT Special Treaties May Follow Doom of Treaty Now Before Parley. By the Associated Press, LONDON, December 13.—Both Japan and the United States are courting Great Britain for a possible future bi-lateral naval accord, diplo- matic quarters said today. This development came with the current conversations of the three greatest sea powers on the threshold of adjournment. They may be re- sumed next year. The Japanese delegation joined the British in expressing optimism that an agreement may be possible in 1935 and that it would make every effort to reach one when the talks are re- sumed. ‘There appeared little possibility, however, that Tokio would give up its demand for full equality—which dead- locked the present conversations. Japan, diplomatic quarters reported, appears just as interested in an ac- cord with Great Britain as the Amer- icans are, While the British privately indicated they might later welcome an agreement with the United States, in the event there is no general naval treaty after 1936, they are doing everything possible to retain friendly relations with Japan. For this reason, separate accords with both Tokio and Washington are possible. Great Britain, however, does not want to talk about such things now. Japan is expected this month to de- nounce the Washington naval treaty and it would expire in two years. An official decision to adjourn the conversations was expected today or tomorrow. 8tate Department officials today de- clined any comment on London reports that the United States and Japan were making cautious overtures to Great Britain for separate bi-lateral naval accords in the event of tri-party agreement proves impossible. There has been evident a disposi- tion by both the United States and Great Britain—since they both oppose Japan's demand for equality—to con- sider closer co-operation in naval af- fairs in the event of a breakdown of existing systems of naval limitation. It is not believed, however, that it has passed the speculative stage. FIRST MOATED CITY OF MAYANS FOUND BY U. S. SCIENTISTS (Continued From PFirst Page.) standing. Many were sculptured and gave the expedition 27 new dates in Maya chronology. Another important Maya discovery to be reported by the Carnegie ar- cheologists at the annual meeting of the trustees here Friday will be that of a great altar dug from the ruins of the ancient city of Quirigua in the ex- treme eastern part of Guatemala, which is described as one of the finest sculptures yet found in the area. “Probably at about the time that Rome was submitting to the Goths, says the report of the discovery, “lead- ers from Copan, the great Southern Maya metropolis, organized the scat- tered population of this part of Gua- temala around Quirigua as its most important ceremonial center. When the first monuments were executed stone carving was at its height, so that the magnificently sculptured altars are among the very finest productions of ancient Maya art. The date on one of these altars corresponds to approxi- mately 536 A.D. “A second-altar was found buried be- neath about a foot of river silt. It ranks among the finest pieces of cul- ture in the New World of pre-Colum- bian times.” TEDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR OF D. C. SCOUTS RESIGNS Walter MacPeek Served Four and a Half Years Here—For- merly at Milwaukee. Walter MacPeek, District Boy 8cout Council official, resigned today as educational director of the local or- ganization after serving four and a half years. Since arriving here in 1930, Mac- Peek has given leadership to such hundreds of millions of dollars of in- come from tax-exempt bonds, and did not pay any Federal income tax upon their earned income, though scores of thousands of them had salaries over ,600. “"lnm.d of taxing these large un- earned incomes, Congress levied on consumers about $500,000,000 of processing taxes on farm products for the benefit of speculators.” ed i CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL TO HAVE YULE PARTY Lions Club Arranges to Take Pa- tients to Woodward & Loth- rop's to Receive Toys. ‘The Lions Club at its meeting yes- terday in the Mayflower Hotel de- cided to give the patients at Chil- dren’s Hospital a party next week. The children will be taken to Woodward & Lothrop’s to receive toys ‘The club voted to establish a fund to provide a new talking book for the blind. This instrument plays phono- graph records upon which are re- corded books. Charles Hillegeist and J. H. Ste- phens are to have charge of the Christmas party and Walter Handy was appointed to supervise the dis- tribution of the reading machines for the blind residents of the District. $30 IN PRIZES FOR WASHINGTON BOYS AND GIRLS. little time left, boys and girls, to write your letter, & Santa this Editor Claus and why every poor child in Wash- Christmas.” DON'T DELAY, send it of The Star. midnight. Announcements of the winners, with their letters, will be made next Please write on one side of the fore the contest closes. paper only, and get your letter in be- Scouting phases as cubbing, leader- ship training, educational publicity and organization of troops. Prior to coming here, MacPeek served more than five years as educa- tional director of the Milwaukee Boy Scout Council, as Scout executive at Highland Park, Ill, and field execu- tive of the Chicago Boy Scout Council He has also written a number of articles for Scouting publications. EQBUY CHRISTMAS SEAISTJ E\@ 6@'@/ e i French Canadian children celebrate Noel with @ gome like blind-man's shopping days to Christmas CANADA Noel is celebrated above the bor- der with a game called “The Girls’ Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows,” which is played by children. Girls gather in the room and bring in one boy at a time who is blindfolded and told he will be kissed on the cheek by one of the girls. If he can guess correctly he may have privi- lege of returning kiss. Girls have -a small boy hidden behind them who does the kissing, so the boys can never guess. Each boy after failure is allowed to remain to watch the fun as others are fooled.