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PROGRAM DRAWN FOR RESOURCES r | l Praise and Doubt Greet Gi- gantic Proposal of Hu- man Welfare. (Continued From First Page.) in general “looks good,” but he be- lleved there was no need for further surveys of half a dozen of the 17 watershed studies proposed, because they “have already been studied in detail at least once.” “Two have been covered twice and are being considered again by the lower Mississippi Survey Board,” he said. Representative Taylor, Democrat, of Colorado, author of the Taylor grazing act, approved of the recom- mendation for extending the act to all public lands suitable for grazing, and said he would propose a bill to that end. In a foreword to its report, the board said the natural resources were the “heritage of the whole Nation, apd should be conserved and utilized for the benefit of all of our people.” There have been “tragic waste and loss of resources and human labor, and widespread spoliation and misuse of the natural wealth of the many by the few,” it said. Obstacles Realized. The board said “formidable” ob- stacles stood in the way of planning ahead for public works. Nevertheless, it urged the use of “public construc- tion as an economic balance wheel.” “Extension of public works into new flelds and expansion of all public works, old and new, into the field of reasonable possibility from point of view of needful public service,” the board said, “brings the estimate of magnitude of all public works over a period of perhaps 20 to 30 years to about $105,000,000,000, or about $3,- 500,000,000 to $5,000,000,000 a year. “Such an expanded program of pub- lic works would amazingly improve the public services and living stand- ards of this country; but, viewed in the light of traditional expenditures for public works, the cost seems a heavy charge upon the national in- come. Various Factors Cited. “Whether $5,000,000,000 a year is more than we should spend is a prob- lem which we shall have to solve in the light of future developments touch- ing the aggregate national income, public finance, modes of combating unemployment, popular demands for pleasures and protections afforded by public works, etc.” On the basis of adjusted past rates of capital outlay for individual classes of public works—national, State and municipal—the board estimated the total for the 10 years ending in 1944 would come to about $26,000,000. It said this estimate made “no allowance for growth.” Touching on types of public works being mentioned prominently in dis- cussions of possible immediate expan- sion of such activities by the adminis- tration, the board reported that “much more highway and street work is not only probable but in many cases de- sirable.” It spoke also of the possi- bilities of river development, housing, grade-crossing elimination and rural electrification. Further hard surfacing of rural roads, the board said, might use as much as $3,500,000,000. Estimates for wiping out grade crossings were found to run as high as $500,000,000 for 5,000 selected crossings and $12,- 000,000,000 for additional elimination that “would be justified.” Eight Billions for Rivers. Estimates for river projects based on studies by the corps of Army engi- neers touched the $8,000,000,000 mark. Turning to rural electrification, the board cited a forthcoming report of the Mississippi Valley Commission, which said one to three million of the more than five million farms with- out electricity “can now economically be given service.” Echoes of the tiff between Ickes and James A. MofTett, Federal housing ad- ministrator, over public versus private financing of housing, sounded in a paragraph which said: “Slum reconstruction and the pro- vision of low-cost housing occupy & very definite part of the recovery program. The movement originated in private groups long interested and ,active in improvement of housing and on the continued interest and sup- port of these private groups the max- imum development of the movement depends.” Of conservation of mineral wealth, the board said consumer interests must be protected. It aiced that sta- bilization of the minaral industries through public control might be neces- gary “in ways which have tradition- ally been thought forbidden by the enti-trust laws. Coal and Oil Included. “Such control of compeiitive prac- tices seems clearly necessary in the bituminous coal, oil and natural gas industries. Some measure of control may also be found adviseble in cer- tain of the metals, such as copper, lead and zinc. “In the case of oil, special legisla- tion authorizing the fixing of State production quotas appears to be nec- essary.” In most of taes? industries, the board said, majority opinion appar- ently favors a continuation of some form of control. Therefore, it recommended flatly that permanent provision be made to authorize control of competition after expiration of the national industrial recovery act next June. The mem- bers would have this authorization subject to safeguards to protect the nterest of workers and consumers. While generally iavoring private operation of mineral industries under SPECIAL NOTICES. DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND art loads to and from Balto. Phila_and ew York. Prequent trips to other East- ern _cities. _ “Dependable Service Since 6.” THE DA N TRANSFER & TORAGE CO.._Decatur_2500. TRIPS 7O AND FROM BALTT T ‘WEEKLY more; also trips within 24 hours’ notice to States, ' int in _United SMi SWANBFER & STORAGE CO. North 3343. OYSTERS. . SALT WATER. OPENED. clean, 90¢ % &l{}fl. galion, by parcel post, pre- J.R. HOPKINS. St. Georges Igland. 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COMPANY North 4423. Fifteenth Government supervisicn if necessary, the board said it might be advisable to extend the public ownership idea to bituminous coal to the extent of giv- ing serious consideration to purchas- ing a selected acrcage of coal land as a means of con‘rclling capacity. Taking population increase into ac- count, as well as prospects of change in per capita consumption of rgricul- tural products it exports and in crop yields, the board estimated the Na- tion’s arable land requirements at | 386,000,000 acres, harvestable by 1960. The 1930 figure was 359,000,000. Between 20,000,000 and 30,000,000 acres of crop land must be provided | to meet requirements in 1960, the board believed. Export restoration would be a factor. Land Policy Recommended. ! Since 25,000,000 acres ought to be removed from cultivation because of poor quality or to prevent further de- terioration, the board said it prob- ably would be necessary to obtain an extra 55,000,000 acres of arable land of average productiveness during the next 25 years. Most serious maladjustments in land use were said by the board to apply to land in private ownership. Soil depletion was described as one of the most acute problems of agri- culture land use and as proceeding with startling rapidity. Consequently a npational land policy was recom- mended that would provide for co- ordination of national, State and local efforts to control erosion. In connection with water resources planning, the board advocated de- tailed studies of these projects: The Connecticut River power, flood control and stream-pollution project in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massa- chusetts and Connecticut. The Delaware River power, water supply and stream-pollution project in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. District Project Mapped. A study looking to the co-ordina- tion of the hydroelectric power to be developed in Northern New York, principally in the international sec- tion of the St. Lawrence, and the development of coal-generated, mine- mouth power in Pennsylvania, having in mind condensing water require- ments, 50 as best to conserve the social, economic and industrial inter- ests of the States of New Jersey, New York and jflmylv\\mn. The Potomac River project in Penn- sylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Red River water-supply and flood- control project in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The Kansas City flood-control proj- ects 1n Kansas and Missouri. The Pittsburgh flood-control proj- ect in Pennsylvania, New York and West Virginia. - Virginia Project. The Kanawha - Greenbrier - New River flood control, power and navi- gation project in West Virginia, Vir- ginia and North Carolina. The Caddoa Dam reservoir on the Arkansas River in Colorado. The Fort Reno dam and reservoir on the North Canadian River in Ok- lahoma. The Brazos Basin conservation and reclamation project in Texas. The Coldwater-Yazoo River flood- control project in Mississippl. The St. Francis flood-control proj- ect in Missouri and Arkansas. The interrelation of United States Colorado Basin projects in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. The economic aspects of the Cen- tral Valley irrigation, flood control, power and navigation project in Cali- fornia. The Grand Coulee high dam_irri- gation and power project in ‘Washing- 7Y | ton. LODGE OFFICERS CHOSEN Gaithersburg K. of P. Chancellor Commander Is Luther Thompson. Special Dispateh to The Star. GAITHERSBURG, Md, December 17—Forest Oak Lodge, No. 1323, Knights of Pythias, has elected officers as follows: Luther Thompson, chancellor com- mander; Charles Pope, vice chancellor; J. Thomas Martin, keeper of seals and records; Brawner Harding, master of finance; Kenneth Miller, master of arms; James T. English, master of ex- ‘chequer: Earnest Beall, prelate; J. A. Schwartzbeck, inner guard; Clifford Thompson, outer guard; Samuel B. * Briggs, trustee. Wide Variety of Felines Nearly 200 cats of all sizes, color and breed were entered in the fif- teenth annual show of the Wash- ington Cat Club, which closed Saturday at the Arcade. No. 1: Miss Frances O'Connor, 901 Thir- teenth street, with General Persh- ing, famous house cat and winner of a second-place ribbon, owned by Rexford L. Holmes of the An- napolis Hotel. No. 2: Mrs. James P. Schnider, 612 Sixth street north- east, with her blue cream Persian cat, Bonnie. No. 3: Miss Olive Dyer, 1613 Harvard street, holding Graceland Pixie, a black Persian. which won first place in its class. No. 4: White Persian kittens owned by Mrs. A. M. Olmsted, 4927 Bat- tery lane, Bethesda, Md. No. 5: Mrs. Agnes Taylor Miller of the McReynolds Apartments, with her cat, Jim-Ken Toy, & brown tabby Persian. —Star Staff Photos. Potomac Basin Development Foreseen in Bid for Survey Potentialities of Study Include End of Pollution in Stream and Develop- ment of Power BY NELSON M. SHEPARD. Development of work projects for the whole Potomac River Basin in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Mary- land, Virginia and the District of Co- lumbia is included within the ob- jects of a Nation-wide study of water resources by the Federal Govern- ment proposed in the report of the National Resources Board to Presi- dent Roosevelt. The Potomac River figures in the national planning as one of 17 great waterways in 12 major drainage basins or regions in which recommendations will be made to Congress for carry- ing out all phases of water projects from transportation to stream pollu- tion elimination, hydro-electric devel- opment, municipal water supply, fiood control and irrigation. They are de- signed as work programs for the pres- ent and future periods of great un- employment: So far as the District of Columbia is concerned, this proposed study of water uses within the Potomac Basin submitted today is far reaching in its potentialities. End of Pollution. 1t stimulates hope for immediate consideration of measures to eliminate pollution of the Potomac from sources outside the control of the District. Taxpayers of the District already have invested $4,000,000 in P. W. A. funds to build a sewage disposal plant which officials admit only halfway solves the problem of pollution. When Wash- ington suburban and other districts are brought into line, steps are ex- pected to be taken to provide a greater degree of purification at the local plant, as originally planned. Equally important, the question of hydro-electric development may serve to reopen in Congress the long dor- mant controversy over the harnessing of Great Falls. Prior to the submis- sion of the National Resources Board’s report by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, its chairman, Senator George Norris of Nebraska and Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada intimated they would revive the fight to have Great Falls converted into a hydro-electric plant. The report also holds promise of studies looking to the control of the flood waters of the Potomac. Then, too, under the problem of transporta- tion increased expenditures for deep- ening the channel from Washington to the mouth of the Potomac appear equally feasible. Airport Proposal. In view of the present movement to develop Gravelly Point as a muni- cipal airport site, importance is at- tached to any study of channel deep- ening at Washington. Dredgings from the river are now being used to fill in that site and any increased activities in the near future would enhance the value of the strip as an airport site. Should a P. W. A. allotment be made for the Gravelly Point project, deep- ening of the channel would naturally follow. Despite the fact that no Congress can tie the hands of a future Con- gress, the possibility of a successful movement to harness Great Falls dur- ing the approaching session is not feared by who wish %o preserve the natural beauty of the area around Great Falls for the George Washington Memorial Parkway extension. There is no rea- son to believe, it was said, that the Water-planning Committee of the Na- tional Resources Board had this in mind for any early project, at least. Prederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which is charged with developing the plans for the parkway around the city, is vice chairman also of the National Resources Board. The Planning Commission would be ex- pected to fight any movement to re- vive the hydroelectric project at Great Falls. Secretary Ickes, chairman of the National Resources Board, is be- lieved too “keen on parks” to sup- port the power development plan at % at Great Falls. the falls. At least officials close to him have that impression. Power Plant Idea. Congress stopped the Great Falls power plant proposal some years age, but did not kill it in the event that the needs of cheaper rates for elec- tricity might require reopening of the question at some future time. Engineers pointed out today that Congress, by joint resolution of May 29, 1928, directed that the Federal Power Commission be banned from granting permit for the development of hydro-electric power in what is called the gorge of Great Falls. This order protects the river from the mouth of Rock Creek, near K street, to a point 4 miles above the intake for the water supply system of Wash- ington, The intake is directly above Great Falls proper. ‘While Congress itself reserves the right to preserve Great ®alls for de- velopment in any way it finds ad- visable, it threw a safeguard around even this entering wedge. It requires any plans affecting the area shall be submitted in a report to Congress by the Federal Power Commission and the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission. Congress next safeguarded the area from commercialization in 1930 by the passage of the Capper-Crampton act which reserves both sides of the Po- tomac-Great Falls area as part of the George Washington Memorial Park- way. The falls would be the main as- set to the parkway development. No land has as yet been purchased for the parkway at Great Falls, but it was said an amount would be in- cluded in the next District budget. Held Key to Power. Engineers say that Great Falls is the key to power development on the Potomac because of its proximity to ‘Washington, the largest user of elec- treity. ‘While the recommendations of the Water Resources Committee imply that planning the uses of waterways resources should continue indefinitely, the committee pointed out that “it does not imply that all construction work relative to water should be post- poned to an indefinite future.” With respect to pollution in the Potomac the proposed study fits in neatly with plans being prepared for submission to Oongress by conserva- tion groups to tackle the problem on a national scale. At a recent con- ference called by Senator Lonergan of Connecticut, plans were presented for the creation of a Federal water- sheds commission, with local com- missions to handle the problem direct through P. W. A. funds in the various river basins. Secretary of War Dern, a member of the National Resources Board, at- tended the session. Back of the proposal was the idea of creating employment by financing sewage disposal plants in municipali- ties lacking adequate facilities as a means of preventing and eliminating stream pollution. Secretary Ickes is personally inter- ested in the pollution problem of the Potomac. It was his reason for initiating and putting through the present allotment for Washington's sewage disposal plant at Blue Plains. He did not conceal his disappointment that the District Commissioners took only $4,000,000 of the $8,000,000 loan he first proposed. New Study Planned. At that time Secretary Ickes sald Washington's plant would meet the problem only halfway, due to lack of control over pollution, in the streams fed by nearby Maryland and Virginia sections. He encouraged steps being taken to bring these communities into line with the District’s program. For this reason he recently allotted $25,000 for & study of pollution in Rock Creek, two-thirds of the dflfl of which is located in Maryland. Correction of Rock Creek pollution is the next direct step to be taken in the District. 4l BELL HELD INSANE AS DEFENSE RESTS IN POISON CASE (Continued From First Page) exercising good business judgment at the time he was poisoning his wife. “Doctor,” said Bryan, “if I could show that Bell's business partner had confidence in his judgment, a confi- dence borne out by successful deals, would that change your opinion?” “No,” replied the expert. “I have known many insane people Who have negotiated big deals.” The judge ruled that Bryan ques- tion witness only on those assumptions in the hypothetical question. “Please assume, then, Doctor,” Bryan said, “that Bell borrowed $6,000 from a bank here on his personal sig- nature, issued checks and overdrew his account and then was required to post collateral on the loan, would if be abnormal if Bell was depressed by these circumstances?” The doctor said he could Rot answer the question in that form. Dr. Tucker said he never noticed that Bell showed any remorse, only “fleeting emotional upsets.” “Assume, doctor, that Bell chose a poison not known by doctors or nurses and a poison difficult to detect after death, would that be insane?” “I understood,” the doctor replied, “Bell read about the poison in a nurse’s medical book in the very pres- ence of the nurse.” Before Dr. Tucker left the stand he said Re probably would get “several hundred dollars as a fee for testify- ing for defense.” Banker Is Called. John F. Goldman, local banker, was summoned by the prosecution as a rebuttal witness to tell if Bell, a stockholder in the bank, had voted his | stock by proxy at the last meeting. Goldman previously had testified Bell was losing his business judgment. Goldman said Bell did not vote the | stock. Another rebuttal witness, Benjamin T. Pitts, operator of a chain of mo- tion picture houses, was recalled to the stand to ask if he had recom- mended Bell for postmaster several years ago. Pitts said he “could not remember.” Pitts previously testified Bell had been “acting like a crazy man” during their business deals. Battle of Alienists Looms. With the Commonwealth deter- mined to prove Bell sgne, a battle of alienists loomed here" this afternoon between two experts who have fre- quently taken opposite sides in famous Virginia trials. They are Dr. Beverly R. Tucker, who late Saturday declared Bell's mind had collapsed, and Dr. J. S. Dejarnette, superintendent of the Western State Hospital. The latter's assistant, Dr. J. W. Fried, probably will be summoned as another prosecution rebuttal witness. Dr. Tucker will answer a lengthy hypothetical question framed by the defense which sums up all the testi- mony in the case and then demands® “Assuming all this to be true, then ‘would you say Bell is crazy?” Com- monwealth Attorney Albert V. Bryan indicated he also would propose a hypothetical question to his alienist. It would be based on testimony and ask: “If this is true, would you call Bell sane?” Daughter I in New York. Miss Irma Bell, 32-year-old Colum- bia University graduate, informed her mother yesterday she was too ill to re- turn home from New York for at least a week. Mrs. Bell herself remains critically ill. She has repeatedly declined inter- views to reporters and makes no com- ment on the case. Friends say, however, that the in- 4 The jury yesterday -attended two church services and also took & bus o o, ride to while away the tedium between church services. An outgrowth of the trial was post- ponement this morning of a hearing for W. A. Bell, brother of the ac- cused, on charges of striking Lewis Brown, photographer for a Washing- ton newspaper, over the head with a -| bag of coins a week ago. | Hearing was postponed until after conclusion of the Bell trial. Brown attempted to “snap” Bell as the latter left church services at which he had taken up the collection. —— “TOOTHPICK BURGLAR” SUSPECT DENIES GUILT Stillwell Enters Not Guilty Plea ‘When Arraigned on House- breaking Charge. Lonnie L. Stillwell, 29-year-old col- ored ‘“toothpick burglar” suspect, pleaded not guilty to a charge of housebreaking and was held for action of the grand jury under $50,000 bond when arraigned before Police Court Judge Ralph Given today. Only one charge was placed against Stillwell, though Assistant District At- torney Matthew Cary told the court more than 100 cases were standing against him. Stillwell was charged with grand larceny of $1,137 worth of jewelry and cash from Albert Kasson, 4503 Fourth street, recently. ——— TAXI DRIVER ROBBED Armed Pair Take $8 and Ma- chine. Allen H. Koontz, a taxicab driver, was held up early today by two white men and robbed of $8 in cash and his taxicab. Koontz, who lives at 624 Eleventh street northeast, was employed by the men to drive them to the first block of W street, he told police. When he arrived there one of his fares pressed a revolver against his neck and or- dered him to surrender the wheel. One of the Wen then drove the car to Soldiers’ Home grounds, where the robbery was effected. They drove off in the cab, leaving Koontz to walk downtown. Bean Growers Worried. Germany’s financial condition is worrying bean growers of Manchoukuo, who fear that Germans will not buy as many beans as in former years. Turn your old trinkets, jewelry and watches into MONEY at A.KXahn Jne. Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. 42 YEARS at 935 F STREET ARLINGTON GAS HEARING OPENED . Three U. S. Judges in Balti- more to Determine Le- gality of Cut. BALTIMORE, Md., December 17— Hearing on an appeal of the Rosslyn Gas Co. of Virginia from a decision of the Circuit Court, upholding a re- duction ordered by the Virginia Cor- poration Commission, opened this morning before a three-judge United State District Court. The judges hearing the case are Morris A. Soper of the Fourth Judicial Appeals Court, Luther B. Way of the Virginia Circuit and W. Calvin Chestnut of the Mary- land Circuit. $50,00 Year Saved. The cut was ordered by the Cor- poration Commission on May 31, 1933, to become effective the following day, and provides a saving of $50,000 a year to consumers in Arlington County. The gas company, petition to the court, asked that the order be declared invalid, on the ground that the act creating the commission was unconstitutional in that it failed to provide for a proper judicial review of its orders. Attorney E. Randolph Williams of Richmond, Va., in his opening state- ment to the court, declared that the Legislature creating the Corporation Commission emnowered the body with | legislative functions which were not subject to proper review from a judi- cial body such as the Superior Court of Virginia. Right Under Act. He also contended that the Superior Court of Virginia if reviewing an or- der of the Corporation Commission, was given the right under the legis- lative act, if finding that a cut in the rates was an order, the court could order such a cut, but that it failed to provide for any authority on the in fts| Railroad Employes Get New Year Gift Of Big Pay Raise Wages of Million to Be Raised $30,000,000 Annually., By the Assoclated Press. Nearly 1,000,000 railroad workers will receive a New Year gift of $30,000,000 & year, On January 1 the railroads of the country will increase the wages of all their union employes 5 per cent in accordance with an agreement reached last April between managers of the carriers and union chieftains. ‘There were approximately 1,000,000 railroad workers on November 15. The wage increase is a part of a plan for restoring to workers the 10 per cent deduction from their pay checks to which they agreed in 1932. Their basic wage rate was not reduced but when pay rolls were made up 10 per cent was withheld from each pay check. Workers received & fourth of the cut on July 1, last, and will receive the remaining one-fourth beginning April 1, 1935, e Airmail Is to Be Started. Spain will open its airmail service between Madrid, Bordeaux and Paris on April 15. Rediscounts Disappointing. 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