Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1934, Page 2

PROBATION URGED AS CRIME CONTROL Newbold Noyes Advocates Extension for Reformation Purpos2s Among Youth. Extension of probation as a method of crime control was advocated today by Newbold Noyes, member of the Executive Committee of the National Probation Association, * of which Charles Evans Hughes, jr., is presi- dent. “Thousands of youths come before our juvenile and adult courts every year, charged with delinquencies,” said Mr. Noyes in a statement accom- panying an appeal for the work of the association. Well organized pro- bation departments are needed to se- cure for every court the necessary information on which any plan of constructive treatment must be based. Depends on Reformation. “It has beery proved over and over again that protection of society de- pends on ‘the reformation of the crim- Inal. The correctional institution, with its attendant stigma and bad associa- tions, too often drags the offender down instead of restoring him to so- ciety. No one should wish a first or young offender sentenced to jail or! prison when investigation proves he is either ignorant of the seriousness of the crime or was forced into it by circumstances over which he had little or no control, or who was truly re-| pentant and desirous of making | amends. “Probation treatment does not nec- essarily mean leniency to the offender. It means individual study and treat- ment to fit each case. Probation is not for the confirmed or habitual of- tenders, but for the large majority of youthful offenders when they make their first misstep. “Probation is one of the strongest forces the community has for saving youthful or first offenders from a| career of crime, and soclety from further offenses. The National Pro- bation Association, in whose behalf I am appealing for funds, is the one national organization which exists for the purpose of aiding the courts and probation departments all over the country in raising standards and de- veloping well-organized probation and better court conditions. The associa- tion is co-operating actively with our Juvenile Court officials and with local committees in preparing needed legis- lation and in the progress now being made to secure better-trained proba- tion officers. It is hoped that ulti- mately there may be developed in ‘Washington a model Juvenile Court and adult probation service. The as- | sociation is also actively interested in co-ordinating the work of public and private civic organizations to se- cure prevention of delinquency and removal of its causes. Contributions Needed. “The association is supported solely by the voluntary contribution of the far-seeing people of the country. I hope that all who can do so at this time will send a gift for the indispens- able work being carried on by this organization,” Contributions should be made pay- able to the National Probation Asso- ciation and mailed to Newbold Noyes, The Evening Star, Washington, D. C. SAFETY CAMPAIGN OPENS AS TRAFFIC TOLL SETS RECORD (Continued From First Page.) of this year. In 1932, the previous high year for fatal accidents, there were 123 persons killed. The first fatal accident over the week end was early yestéerday morn- ing when Antonio S. Tasciotti, 55, of 400 G street southeast, died in Cas- ualty Hospital from injuries received when he was struck by an automo- bile at Bladensburg road and Twenty- fourth place northeast. He was a night watchman at a lumber yard near where he was struck. Frank B. Humphries, 37, driver of the machine, was held under $1,000 bond to appear at a coroner’s inquest, which has been set for tomorrow. Milk Official Killed. William J. Ball, 60, of 1235 Thirty- third street, an official of the Am- ‘bassador Milk Co., was killed early yes- terday when a milk truck bound for the Sisters of Mercy, Bethesda, Md., collided with another car at Twenty- first and R streets. Ball was a pas- senger in the truck, which was driven by Peter J. Deer of Bethesda. The other car was driven by Robert D. Manning, 26, of 1532 Twenty-second street. Both have been ordered to appear tomorrow at a coroner's in- quest. Another fatal collision was reported at Pennsylvania and Alabama ave- nues southwest. Ellsworth Jenkins, 52, colored, of Dupont Heights, Md., 2 passenger in a car driven by his nephew, Louis E. Jenkins, 31, colored, died in Casualty Hospital a short time after the accident. The other car was driven by Lester V. Barrett, 36, of 521 Fourth street southeast. Al- though both drivers were ordered to appear at a coroner’s inquest, no date for the hearing had been set this morning. §.®BUY CHRIST e , Russian peasant children dress as enimals and dance on Christmas day RUSSIA In Russia under the Czars one had to go to the provinces to see a genuine Russian Christmas party of the old style. - In some districts peasant boys dressed themselves as animals and knocked at the doors of the houses. It was etiquette to express great fear at their térrible appearance. Then they were in- vited in, the host expressing his re- lief at the gentle manner of these bloodthirsty beasts. The boys danced and sahg and were given pennies and’ cakes, shopping days to Christmas type up. | What’s What Behind News In Capital Borah’s G. O. P. Plans Get Cold Shoulder of Party Chiefs. BY PAUL MALLON. Senator Borah's campaign to beautify the G. O. P. elephant is working oyt splendidly on the surface, but not so well underneath. The Idaho beautician is getting mail sacks full of pats on the back from out in the .country. Editorial press clippings on his desk are generally favorable. But the inside fact is he has been able to make no headway at all with the general run of Republican authorities who hang around Washing- ton, in and out of Congress. Every one knows that you cannot transform an elephant hide into the skin the voters love to touch without some healthy internal readjustments, and the internal organs are resisting Dr_Borah’s external pressure. One reason is that they do not like Dr Borah. As one wise and practical Republican authority expressed it, in a different metaphor, the other day: “When a man wants to put his house in order, he does not call on the next door neighbor to do it. Borah and Nye have always been the next door neigh- bors of the Republican party.” Await Basis of Policy. ‘There is another more important reason. The Washington Republican authorities know that a reorganiza- tion of the party must come, but they do not believe & firm base exists for it now. To them it is a simple question of practical politics. Reorganization now would center largely in throwing out Chairman Fletcher and replacing him with some one who has a more innocent facial expression. 1f some barefoot boy with cheek of tan would leave off splitting rails, or, whatever they split on the farms nowadays, and take over the chairmanship, the public front of the party would have less of the best- dressed-gentleman appearance. The Republican thinkers concede it would be better to have some one with more freckles than Fletcher has. But they consider that important only if accompanied by the adop- tion of new party doctrines. They do not see how that could be ac- complished from a practical stand- point. They consider Borah's anti-monop- oly, constitutional liberty and wealth redistribution ideas as good issues mainly because any one can stretch them or contract them at will to fit his own transient conservative or liberal principles. In fact, they can be stretched all the way from Huey Long to Carter Glass, which is quite a dis- tance. But to adopt them as a party platform now is another matter. ‘This may be said to represent in varying degrees the private view of Re- publicans, from the Senator Couzens You will not find them coming out and saying anything like that, but you will be able to read it in their actions from now on. In view-of their eminence and in- fluence, it would appear that there isn't going to be any party reorganiza- tion right now. Individual Changes Many. Your breath will be knocked out in a few weeks when you find the extent to which Republican Congressmen al- ready have reorganized themselves in- dividually. Nobody knows the tortu- ous personal transformation they have gone through since the last election. No one will know until they start vot- ing in Congress shortly on the soldiers’ bonus, old-age vensions, social insur- ance and such things. ‘They are going to go much further than the New Deal. Most of them have to. They are up for re-election in '36. They observed from the last election results what a candidate must do to be popular. It will be necessary for them to swallow lifelong economic beliefs, in some instances. Their busi- ness and banking pals may not wel- come them when they return home from the coming session. However, self-preservation is the first law in Congress, as elsewhere. This transformation means that President Roosevelt will have virtually no conservative opposition from the Republican side at the coming session. His recommendations will be scruti- nized. Some new angles will be rejected. But, by and large, the Republican boys will want to go even further than he proposes to go. The old business type of conservative bloc action is a thing of the past. Senator Fletcher's idea for a cen- tral congressional banking committee, with three members from each house, is not really designed to encourage further banking legislation, but to dis- courage it. Senator Glass is supposed to be behind the move, hoping (as do some New Dealers) to keep a small group in control, so that banking leg- islation will not get out of hand. Certain Senators are getting ready to peer deeply into the past of Federal Reserve Chairman Ec- cles when his nomination comes to them for confirmation. They sus- pect that he is the guiding spirit behind the New Deal financial credit policy, and he is. If all the hundreds of New Deal reorganization plans privately prepared by secondary officials were placed end to end, they would not get anywhere, but they would make a fuse as long as the Tropic of Cencer. One observer has calculated that there are about four reorganization plans to every New Deal official. The White House is not even reading most of them. ‘The best photograph that could have been taken in Washington re- cently was the one of that lady in red tights at a New Deal party. Japan talks about a 2-2-2 naval ra- tio, but no one talks about 0-0-0. (Copyright. 1934.) Napoleon’s Letters Sold. LONDON, December 17 (#).—A col- lection of 300 letters which Napoleon Bonaparts wrote Empress Marie Louise were bought at auction -today on behalf of the French t for £15,000 (about $75,000). Few of the letters havc been published. [ ] ‘ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 'Vietim of Bandits THOMAS ATTACK IRKS CUMMINGS Farley Termed Symbol of Unnecessary at Town Hall Session. ‘When Norman Thomas at Ilast night's session of the Town Hall, in the Shoreham Hotel, labeled Post- master General Farley a symbol of the unnecessary, the ire of Attorney General Cummings was aroused. Occupant of a front row seat, the blood of the Attorney General visibly started for the boiling point. After the meeting he told Mr. Thomas: “You owe Mr. Farley an apol and 1 hope you write him a letter. Asked if he were going to enter into correspondence with the Post- master General, Mr. Thomas, the perennial presidential candidate of the Socialist party, said: “Tll do nothing of the kind. I think I ex- plained to the audience why I used Jim Farley as a symbol. As for the Attorney General, he should be thankful I did not go into Mr. Far- ley’s career in detail. I don't think nl-: cabinet should be above criti- cism.” Refuses o Shake Hands. The Attorney General refused to shake hands with Mr. Thomas. In a passing reference to Mr. Far- ley, Thomas said: “Jim Farley is a convenient symibol for something which I don't think we need to have. As long as we have this system we must have men to do the job that Mr. Farley does.” The speaker referred to patronage, and the spoils system. Thomas, the pleader for a socialistic form of government, appeared before a fashionable audience that packed the ball room of the Shoreham Hotel to overflowing, hundreds in the lobby peering through windows. Nearly 2,000 persons were present. They applauded the speaker thunderously. “Socialism: Is It the Way Out?” was the subject under discussion. Thomas was flanked on either side by members of a panel. In opening, he said: “I do not believe the American people gave a mandate to Mr. Roose- velt to go socialistic. They gave him only a mandate to throw out the pre- vious administration. But the people were willing to let him wear a few cast- off socialistic red neckties. The Amer= ican people want this administration :: keep within the limits of capital- m.” Have State Capitalism. Branding the New Deal as made up of “assorted saviors assembled in Washington,” Thomas said: “What we have got is State capitalism—with the intervention of the State ever more powerful in business, an intervention which resulted in the making of 26 more millionaires last year than the year previous.” He compared the pres- ent yearning for a return to prosperity as a backward glance at “the golden age of Coolidge, when a Puritan 1eigned in Babylon.” Thomas flayed “Silas Strawn's par- ticular group of earnest thinkers,” Strawn having expressed opposition to holding the Town Hall meetings in the United States Ci:amber of Commerce auditorium and failing to accept an invitation to appear on the panel-platform with Thomas last night. Of the present-day school of eco- nomics, Thomas said that old Adam Smith would turn over in his grave were it not for the fact that “he has turned over so many t'mes he has now sunk to unquiet 1epose.” About the New Deal and its eco- nomic program, Thomas said: *In- evitably, whatever lip service the New Deal may give to the economics of abundance, it has to accept scarcity, working on the theory that tiere can be more of everything because there is less of everything. It becomes nec- essary to examine briefly the success of the New Deal in answering the problem of poverty, insecurity, and the menace of war, in the midst of po- tential abundance.” Denies Equal Recovery. While admitting that the New Deai may have overcome cerfain aspects of “the Hoover depression,” Thomas affirmed there has been no recovery in America as there has in other na- tions that have assumed other ap- proaches to the same problems. He said the tragedy of che American people is in looking for recovery when the people never have had what they should have. “In 1929,” he shouted, “we could have raised the income of every family to $2,000.” The New Deal is no answer, Thomas said, branding it as the kind of “re- covery which will lead to revolution- ary action, beating down men who have hopes for something better.” About the only compliment Thomas paid to present Government was when he compared it to private business. “The ethics of government,” he said, “is highly superior to the ethics of private business.” On the platform with Mr. Thomas was the chairman, Dr. John W. Stu- debaker, commissioner of education, who introduced the panel. The mem- bers were: Edward Keating, editor of Labor; John Finerty, counsel for Tom Mooney; Ford Hinricks, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Wilson Compton, head of the National Lumber Manu- facturers’ Association; Albert Deane, author of the Deane plan and a mem- ber of the Housing Commission, and Edward P. Warner, member of the Federal Aviation Commission and for- mer Assistant Secretary of the Navy. FIRST LADY SILENT ON MARRIAGE RUMOR Refuses to Say Whether Mrs. Dall Will Wed John Boettiger. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s reply today to the rumor that her daughter, Mrs. Anna Dall, would marry John Boettiger, former newspaper man, was: “You may have heard the rumor, but I never have.” Pressed by re- porters for a more definite statement, Mrs. Roosevelt said with great finality —*“I have nothing to say.” “Nothing to say,” was the unvary- ing answer of Mrs. Dall’s secretary, Miss Mollie Dorf. The rumor was stirred by Boettiger’s resignation from his position on the Chicago Tribune to accept a position in New York. Mrs. Dall was divorced from Curtis B. Dall in Nevada last Summer. Boet- tiger also is divorced. Both have chil- dren. Boettiger Silent. NEW YORK. December 17 (#).— John Boettiger who today began his duties as an assistani to Will H. Hays, head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors’ Association, said he had “no comment” on published re- that Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dall, daughter of President and Mrs. Roose= velt, was preparing to announce their engagemenk D. €, MONDAY, 4 | one represent one of the auto- Frank La Porte, 52-year-old bank messenger shot by bandits, who held him up at Union Station today, Left to right: Capt. W. E. Holmes of Stanley McGrath, (Story on Page 1.) photographed at Casualty Hospital. No. 1 precinct, La Porte and Dr. R. —Star Staff Photo. Pact Denunciation, Launching Navy Race, Expected Thursday | Japan, Climbing By the Associated Press. A threat of a costly naval nce! among the sea powers drew closer to- day as the capital awaited Japan's| formal notice that it would abrogate the Washington limitation treaty. Thursday, or soon thereafter, Hirosi Saito, Japanese Ambassador, is ex- pected to deliver to the State Depart- | ment the official word that Japan in- tends to abrogate the treaty on Ded | cember 31, 1936. Saito said, however, that he had not yet been instructed to take this step. When he does, and word of his call| on Secretary of State Hull has been | flashed to London, the tri-nation talks | that had been designed to smooth the way for a 1935 naval conference are expected to end automatically. Japan Up to Ratio. American officials say that the United States and Great Britain have not built up to the “5” alloted them in the famous 5—5—3 ratio. Japan, however, has built or is | building new ships almost to the last| ton permitted in her “3” ratio, figures | here indicate. Figuring only vessels “under age. official American and Japanese fig- ures show that as 1936 ends the United States will have 113 warships of 734,580 toms, the British 125" of 633,188 tons, and the Japanese 150 of 597,429 tons. Construction Figures. Vessels still under age on Decem- ber 31, 1936, and ships now under construction or planned are expected to give the fleets of the three sea powers the following strength: | United States, 16 Rapidly Toward Ratio, May Terminate Tri-Nation Talks Seeking Accord. Capital Ships. United States, 8 ... ..251,600 Great Britain, 4 ... 138,650 Japen. b ... .154,750 Aircraft Carriers. United States, 5 .118,800 Great Britain, 6 .115,350 Japan, 5 .... 78,420 Heavy Cruisers. ..152,650 Great Britain, 17 ..163,890 Japan, 12 .. 107,800 Light Cruisers. United States, 14 ..110,500 Great Britain, 18 110,750 Japan, 17 .. . 98,795 Destroyers. United States, 46 Great Britain, 4 Japan, 76 . o Submarines. United States, 24 Great Britain, 39 . Japan, 35 5 Present Status. The present status of the three navies, as announced by Secretary of the Navy Swanson, is: United States—Now has 373 war- ships of 1,092,025 tons: 68 of 234- 000 tons under construction or ap- tons tons tons tons tons tons tons tons tons . 67,360 . 55,129 105,111 tons 32,670 . 49,419 52,553 tons tons tons | propriated for; 78 of 136,975 tons per- mitted to be laid down before De- cember 31, 1936. reat Britain—Now has 276 war- ships of 1,158,659 tons; 62 of 171,410 tons under construction or appro- priated for; 44 of 132,963 tons per- mitted to be laid down by the end ! of 1936. Japan—Now has 220 warships of 756,561 tons; 45 of 124,696 under con- struction; and is entitled to build one | destroyer of 1,500 tons before the treaty ends. VINSON’S PROPOSAL FOR SECOND CANAL REGRETTED BY TOKIO | (Continued From First Page.) they believed President Roosevelt was endeavoring to reach a general accord with Great Britain on many questions of this sort and that a possible naval accord was only part of the situation as a whole. It was understood that this naval accord would only be suggested by the United States if there were no new naval treaty after 1936. ‘Washington’s suggested new policy, it was said, may be the outcome of the speech made before the Disarma- ment Conference in Geneva a year ago by MNorman H. Davis, United States Ambassador at Large, who has taken part in the naval conversations here. Plan Based on Treaty. At that time, Davis said the United States would be willing to consult the other powers on taking unilateral action against belligerents to prevent their obtaining supplies and the muni- tions if all powers agreed to a dis- armament treaty. It was believed here today that the United States { now is willing to take such unilateral { action on its own accord regardless of an agreement by all nations on such a policy. Above all, the belief here is that President Roosevelt is trying to come closer to the British policy on neu- trality, perhaps influenced by the re- cent remarks at Glasgow of Stanley Baldwin, lord president of the coun- cil. Baldwin at that time declared he believed Great Britain should con- sult the United States before declaring a blockade on any country in time of war. — DR. G. M. DEAN DIES Assistant Surgeon Instructor at Johns Hopkins Succumbs. PORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Decem- ber 17 (P).—Dr. Gordon M. Dean, 34, assistant instructor in surgery at Johns Hopkins University, died here last night after a brief illness. He came here a week ago in an effort to build up his strength. Surviving are the widow, his mother, Mrs. George Dean of Aberdeen, Scot. land, and a sister, Mrs. Elsie MacFay- den of Narrows, England. Dr. Dean was born at London. DOGS TO BE GIVEN AWAY Dogs and cats of all descriptions will be given away in time for Christ- mas to persons who promise to care for them properly, according to an an- today by the Animal Res- NATION PAYS HONOR TO WRIGHT BROTHERS Three Aviatior Branches Join With Flyers and Civic Lead- ers in Tribute. By the Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, December 17.— Chiefs of the Nation's three aviation branches joined with flyers and civic leaders today to pay tribute to the ‘Wright Bros. on the thirty-first anni- versary of the first flight of a heavier- than-air machine. Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, chief of the Army Air Corps; Rear Admiral Ernest L. King, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, and Ernest L. Vidai, chief of the Bureau of Air Commerce, flew here early today from Washington. As representatives of a grateful Na- tion, and at the personal request of President Roosevelt, they paid tribute to Orville Wright at his home, and visited the grave of Wilbur Wright in Woodland Cemetery. While the Government leaders vis- ited Orville Wright, civic leaders and officers at Wright Field, headed by Col. H. C Pratt, placed a wreath on the Wilbur Wright grave. More “than 40 planes, flying in formation, circled over the city at 10:30 am. in observance of the an- niversary. Officers at Wright and Patterson Fields gave addresses on the progress of aviation before stu- dent assemblies in high schools. Many types of airplanes and air equipment were displayed to the pub- lic at Wright Field. POLICEMEN SUSPENDED ON LIQUOR CHARGES Third Officer Accused of Neglect of Duty in Failing to Re- spond to Call. ‘Two policemen were suspended from the force early yestesday when re- portedly found under the influence of liquor, and a third officer was charged with neglect of duty for alleged failure to respond to & call. All are to be taken before the Police Trial Board. Policeman E. T. Hinsley of the eleventh precinst, one of those charged with being under influence of liquor, also is to face the additional charge of neglect of duty. Everett Grimes of the same precinct, who was with Hins- ley in a radio scout car, was charged with neglect of duty, but was not sus- pended. The two, it was said, failed to respond to messages sent out for police following & case of assault. Hinsley was said to have been under the influence of liquor when he showed up at the precinct. Policeman William Earl of No. 10 of | precinct, a probationary policeman, having been with the force less than year, was suspended by Acting Lieut. R. B. Carroll when allegedly. found under the influence of liquor. 3 tons | tons | tons | DECEMBER 1 IPUZZLE CONTEST T0 BEGIN TUESDAY $100 and 100 Tickets to Be| - Given hy Auto Trade Body. ‘The Washington Automotive Trade Association through the co-operation of The Evening and Sunday Star will again present a series of auto show puzzles, first of which will be found Tuesday in the magazine section of that paper. There will be 21 puzzles in all, each ! mobiles that will be on exhibit at the fifteenth annual automobile show to be held at the Washington Audi- torfum January 12 to 19, inclusive. ! Skill s the key to the solving of these puzzles. In each puzzle will be found 4 list of names. By finding the proper synonym the first letter placed in a row will spell the name of some par- ticular make. Purpose Two-Fold. ‘The purpose of the contest is two- fold. First is the idea to stimulate | continuous interest in the forthcom- ing show. The second is to provide amusement for the workers of the puzzles. On top of all this, $100 and 100 tickets to the show will be awarded !'the winners in the contest. The prizes will be distributed as follows: First prize, $50 and 12 tickets; second, $25 and 8 tickets; third, $10 and 6 tickets; fourth, $5 and 4 tickets. In addition there will be 10 more prizes of $1 each and 2 tickets each. As a con- | solation for the next best contestants | 25 awards of 2 tickets each will be | offered. | It costs nothing to enter the con- test. Copies of The Star may be examined in the files in the business office. In case of ties duplicate prizes will be given. Officials of the | Washington Automotive Trade Asso- ciation will be the judges of the con- test and their decisions will be final. Will Last 21 Days. The puzzles, starting Tuesday, will last 21 consecutive days. Daily they will appear on the woman's feature page. On Sundays they will be found in the automobile section of The Star. When the lists are completed, address them to the Washington Automotive Trade Association, room 407, 1427 I street northwest. With these answers a slogan of not more than 20 words describing “Why the Automobile Show | should be held in Washington every | year” should be inclosed. This slogan is necessary. Accuracy and neatness will be the deciding points. Every one is elegible to compete except employes of The Star and the Washington Automotive Trade | Association. All inquiries should be directed to the office of the W. A. T. A. Complete contest rules will be found each day at the foot of the puzzle. | Winners will be announced in the Auto Show section of The Star, Sun- day, January 13. 'NEUTRALITY PLAN HAILED BY FRANCE | | Freedom for European Nations to Punish Aggressor Is Seen in U. S. Proposals. v the Assoclated Press PARIS, December 17.—A free hand | in permitting other nations to punish | an aggressor without danger of run- ning afoul the United States was seen in French official quarters today as the chief result of the reported Amer- ican plan of abandoning the former United States’ stand on freedom of the seas. The State Department’s project, as | published here, caused wide comment and considerable surprise because of its diametric difference from the American stand during the World War. The suggested new policy, French quarters said, might remove | one of the chief reasons for the United | States becoming involved in any Eu- | ropean conflict. | The French view, however, chiefly | centers around the feeling that the projected policy would permit Eu- ropean nations to organize against | any state which starts a war without | danger of getting into difficulties with the United States because of its tra-| ditional claim of “freedom of the seas.” WOMAN TO HANG HULL, England, December 17 (#).— | Mrs. Ethel Lillie Major, 42, will be| hanged Wednesday morning. She will | be the first woman to go to the| gallows in England since 1926. ‘The home secretary’s office reported inability to discover any grounds for | the reprieve of the woman, who was| convicted of poisoning here 44-year- old husband, Arthur Major. Life’s Like That BY FRED NEHER. o | Victim of Fatal Fire Was Official ‘" Grown Up KING PETER GETS FIRST LONG-PANTS SUIT. KING PETER, The 11-year-old ruler of Yugosla- via, is shown here recently on the palace steps at Dedinje, overlook- ing Belgrade, as he enjoyed the thrill that comes to every small boy when first he dons “long pants.” This is the first real “man's clothes” King Peter ever has worn. The black arm band is mourning for, his father, King Alexander, who was assassinated while on a visit to France. —A. P. Photo. LONG STEAMS UP LAW MILL MACHINE Kingfish Explains Measures Curtly to Railroad—35 Bills Through. By the Assoclated Press BATON ROUGE, La., December 17. | —Senator Huey P. Long pushed for approval ‘in the Louisiana | | Legislature, today a parcel of 35 meas- prompt ures, ranging from new taxation and punishment for Long’s opponents to enlargement of the State University. The legislators, in their third spe- | cial session of 1934, were told few of the details of the bills, Long snatch- ing them up and explaining them in a few curt words. | The house referred them to the Ways and Means Committee, which | will stamp them favorably and send them back to the House at 8 pm., | | where they will be sent to third read- ing for final passage tomorrow. The | whole thing will be over Thursday, | with enactment of the 344th Long-law | of the year. Festive Opening. The session opened last night in an | almost festive air. A huge blue lighted Christmas tree stood in the ornate central chamber of the $5,000,000 skyscraper State House. Long moved about as the bills were introduced in the House where the| titles were read sketchily. No one| had an opportunity to inspect them.| The Senate met and promptly ad- journed until tonight at 8 o'clock. No House bills can reach the Sen- ate until Tuesday, and legislators were | wondering why it was called to meet | at that hour. Senator Coleman Lind- sey of Minden, who moved for the adjournment, explained: ‘““There may be some other business we may have to do.” ! One of the 35 bills adds a little more | to the franchise tax on corporations. This tax was raised from $1 for| every $1,000 of capital stock to $1.25| at the first special session. The sec- | ond special session raised it to $1.50,; and the present session is setting the figure at $2. | | | “NOW DON'T FORGET TO MAIL THOSE LIKE YOU DID THAT LETTER LAST WEEK!” (Copyright, 1934.) e UNION HEAD HITS NUMBERS' RACKET Locher Says It Is One of Most Pernicious In- fluences Here. John Locher, president of the Cen- tral Labor Union and secretary of the Washington Building Trades Council, whose work as a labor leader carries him into all sections of the city at all times of ‘day, has found that the numbers game is one of the biggest and most vicious rackets in Washington. “Even good, hard-working men, who need every cent they earn, are squan- dering their meager savings on ‘he numbers game,” Locher said. “Every< where I go, the game is being played.” Locher recalls the old policy game that once flourished in Washington, when Jackson City was a hot-bed of gambling, across the Potomac. He claims that the numbers racket is a direct outgrowth of the old poiicy game—with this exception: “It seems to me that those who played the policy game had a better chance of winning than those who play the numbers game. There is small chance to win at the numbers game, from what I can see.” The Star, the Washington Post, the Times, the Herald, and the four local radio stations, which combined to sup- press the race track totals necessary to “float” the mumbers game, have the complete support of Locher. He be- lieves that constant repetition of the idea that this is a silly pastime { will gradually break up the game. “When the people come to realize,” Locher said, “that they have not & ghost of a chance to win at the numbers game, that it is a suckers’ game, that the promotors are the only ones who profit, they will gradu= ally lay off this form of gambling. After all, people who gamble want to win. Winners are few and far between in the numbers game.” Convinced that Washington is over- run by numbers men, that the game has made great inroads on the peace and happiness of the city, Locher claims the laws should be strengthened to make it an offense to play the numbers game on the streets of the city. At present, the laws against gambling are directed, mostly, against those forms of gambling played bes hind closed doors—sometimes bar- ricaded doors. The numbers game is played on the highways. And this, Locher says, makes of it a pernicious influence. GREEN SAYS RED AGITATORS AGTIVE Charges Soviet Communists Have Not Halted U. S. Campaign. By the Associated Press. Belief that communistic activity in this country has continued unabated despite assurances exchanged when the United States recognized Soviet Russfa was expressed today before congressional investigators by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. ‘Testifying before the special House committee studying allegedly un- American activities, the labor leader was reminded that when Russia was recognized Maxim Litvinoff promised that the Soviet would not sponsor com= munistic movements in this country. “The situation is pust as bad since the Litvinoff pledge as before?” asked Thomas Hardwick, committee counsel. Sees Future Menace. “There is no dcubt about that Green replied. “We have been ex= tending recognition to the Soviet gov- ernment and doing a lot of things that I think are helping the Com- munists along.” Green said, however, the commu- nistic movement did not constitute a “danger” at the present time, but would “inevitably be a definite men- ace” unless checked. He submitted documents to support his contention that communistic or- ganizations were attempting to “un- dermine trade unions and gain con- trol of the labor movement.” “Boring in” Charged. As the hearings opened today Hard- wick explained the communistic study must cover only broader aspects, but would be designed to show “commun- istic boring in on certain (Govern- ment) departments, certain labor and other organizations.” ‘Thomas Kirby, legislative chairman of the Disabled American Veterans, testified “the fact is undeniable that there are within our gates small, ag- gressive groups whose allegiance to this country is secondary to faith in other nations or to the hoped for | revolution.” He presented a five-point program proposed by the D. A. V. which in- cluded a recommendation that those who advocate forceful destruction of the American Government be consid- ered felons and sentenced to long im- prisonment, and, if aliens, deported to their native lands. HOLD CELEBRATION | New Mexico Sunday Is Observed at Valley Forge. VALLEY FORGE, Pa., December 17 (P)—New Mexico State Sunday was celebrated in Washington Memorial Chapel yesterday with an address by Mrs. Antoinette Funk, assistant com- missicner of the General Land Office in Washington, D. C. Mrs. Funk, a native ct Santa Fe, reviewed the history of New Mexico and described its advan‘ages. A trib- ute to the State, prepared by the stu- dents of the high school at Galup, N. Mex., was read by Mrs. Joseph Sharp, 3d, of Cliff, N. Mex. BODY TAKEN TO CANADA of Red Cross. DETROIT, December 17 (#).—The body of Miss Meta H. MacBeth, who burned to death in a fire in her Grosse Point Farms apartment Sat- urday night, was sent to London, Ontario, today. George Dansbury, chief of the Farms Fire Department, said he be- lleved a cigaret caused the fire, ex- plaining that he thought Miss Mac- Beth might have suffered a heart at- - | tack while smoking. Death was attributed to shock and toxemia, following sixth-degree burns. She was the local office manager of the American Red Cross.