Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1934, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, possibly followed by rain to- night or tomorrow; not much change in temperature, minimum tonight about 35 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 42, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 29, at 6:45 a.m, today. Full report on Page A-11, Only 3 Shopping Days Until Christmas he Foening Star Yesterday’s Circulation, 124,927 ClunzN Y. Markets, Pages 17,18&19 No. CIVIL SERVICE ACTS 10 TIGHTEN RULES ON PROBATIONFRS Would Change Efficiency Rating Plan to Obtain Better Results. REPORT ON WORKERS IN FEW MONTHS ASKED 33,106. System Would Do Away With Fine Mathematical Distinctions in Grading Employes. The Civil Service Commission to- day called for an improvement in per- sonnel administration, in the interest of more efficient government. Striking a new note, the commis- sion, in its annual report, proposed a revision of its rules—by presidential action—to tighten up probationary appointment requirements. Concurrently, & statement was is- | sued amplifying a section of the re- port forecasting a change in efficiency | ratings in which it was explained | that the revision as now contem- plated would do away wtih the in- volved mathematical formulae by which employes are graded. Instead, they would be classed in general terms, ranging downward from ‘“ex- cellent.” Says Probatian is Flexible. On the probation question, the re- port said “’rhere is need to impress upon employing officers that they mu.st alert to secure efficient service if are to accomplish the results wmz which they are charged, and that the appointment in the first instance is to be merely provisional and is to be succeeded by a practical scrutiny of the behavior and work of the proba- tioner for a period sufficient to ascer- tain whether he meets reasonable re- quirements. The probationer need not be kept for the entire six months or the year (the optional terms of probation preceding regular appoint- ment) but only long enough to satis- 1y the employing officer that he is not worthy of retention; and even if the appointment has become absolute, he should be removed if found un- suitable. “While the small percentage of those dropped during or at the end of probation would indicate that the pre- liminary examination fairly tests qualifications, the evidence is not con- clusive, since employing officers may be passive in not giving sufficiently close observation of the habits and work of the probationer, and thus fail to guard the service against retention of the incompetent.” ‘To bring about the change it advo- cates, the commission asks that the civil service rules be amended to pro- vide that a defintie administrative report be made to it, one month be- fore the end of the probationary pe- riod, upan the quality of service ren- dered by the employe concerned, if he has not been dropped earlier, Given Long Study. “n connection with the proposed change in the efficiency rating system, Entered as second class mntter post office, Washington, D. “Big Shot” SAM BEARD. He served one prison sentence Jor income taz evasion. —sStar Staff Photo. SAM BEARD DENIE GAMBLING CHARGE Pleads Not Guilty W|th Ten Others When Arraigned in Court. Sam Beard and 10 alleged asso- ciates entered pleas of not guilty when erraigned in District Supreme Court today on two indictments charging violation of the gambling laws. Beard’s. attorney, John J. Sirica, was granted five days In which to withdraw the plea and attack the validity of the indictments. He indi- cated he might file a plea in abate- ment. Beard originally was indicted with 13 other men, two of whom were not present because of illness at the ar- raignment. The third has not been apprehended. In addition to Sirica, Martin O’Donoghue and Maurice Mc- Inerney appeared for the defendants. The first indictment was dropped voluntarily by United Sates Attor- ney Leslie C. Garnett after its validity had been attacked on the ground a member of the grand jury was dis- qualified because she had borrowed money from the Home Owners’ Loan the commission statement supplement- | Corp. ing the report said that it had been under study for months by the com~ mission and the Council of Personnel Administration—composed of person- nel officers in the various agencies— and that the tentative plan now would be given an actual test in the de- partments. In doing away with the fine mathe- matical distinctions heretofore used in grading employes it is also intended to wipe out the “average provision.” Under this a rating of employes in different units of the same establish- ment was made to conform to a set average, and the result has been, in many cases, injustice to the more com- petent workers whose averages were brought down by those of their less skilled associates. ‘The new plan, it is emphasized, also would give supervisory officers who were doing the rating a much better opportunity to grade their staffs satisfactorily as they no longer would have to be concerned with the differ- ent weights allotted a large number of elements. Closer Contact Planned. In connection with the efficiency system change, it is also intended to provide for closer contact between supervisors and employes, with more attention given to remedying short- comings of the latter. This,"the com- mission says, not only will increase efficiency, but will prepare the rank and file for more responsible duties. ‘The quality of supervision also will be improved, it is emphasized. A new efficiency system has long been urged by Government workers. The emphasis laid on personnel practices was the outstanding feature of the report. As previously announced, the com- mission is recommending that civil service be extended to cover those emergency agencies placed by law in the patronage category, “to the ex- tent that it is determined that such agencies are to become established branches of the Government.” The report shows that from June 30, 1933, to the same date, 1934, the (Continued on Page 6, Column 7.) 67 NUGGETS OF GOLD ARE FOUND IN GEO'RGIA @eologist Says Weights Range $0 T'wo Ounces—=Strike Rated “Spectacular.” By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA, December 21.—A gold Judge Oscar Luhring held the in- dictment was good, but the district attorney decided to seek a new in- dictment so the question could not be raised on appeal. — e BALLOU DECLINES UNIVERSITY POST School Head Says He Will Not Consider St. Lawrence Offer. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools for the past 15 years, an- nounced this afternoon he has “with- drawn his name from further consid- eration for the presidency of St. Lawrence University.” This decision was reached after sev- eral months consideration, which was disclosed a little more then two weeks ago in The Star. Later Dr. Ballou informed the Board of Education he had been asked if he would accept an offer to become head of St. Lawrence, which is located in Can- ton, N. Y. Today's announcement came in the form of a memorandum to the press. No explanation or amplification was furnished. NAMED AIR ATTACHE Col. Ulisse Longo to Represent Italy in Rio de Janeiro. ROME, Dewmber 21 (fl’)-—col. Ulisse Longo, member Italo Bllbo'.&;‘tzflugn mflfnfln mul flight to was ap- pointed air attache to the Italian Embassy at Rio de Janeiro. Col. Longo also was accredited to Argentina and several other South American republics. His appointment looks forward to the possible estab- lishment of an Italian-South Amer- ican airline, WASHINGTON, D. POLIGE ARREST 5 LOMERING NEAR “JNNY'S" PLACE ! Campaign of Harassment Takes New Turn as Quin- tet Is Jailed. GROUP IS HELD UNABLE TO EXPLAIN PRESENCE Hazen Refuses to Quarrel Over Use of 0ld Material to Build New Screen. (Pictures on Page B-1.) The District’s campaign of harass- ment against “Jimmy's Place,” notori- ous gambling establishment on the Bladensburg road, took a new turn this afternoon when members of the vice squad arrested five men loitering about a filling station across the street from the resort and took the group to police headquarters for questioning. Police said the men could not give & satisfactory explanation of their presence there. The officers, who de- clined to state whether they believed the men to be employes of the gam- bling place, said the five would be held for investigation. It was not known whether this ac- tion presaged a new move by the large force of police stationed at the District line by Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown to halt and question all per- sons seeking to enter the gambling es- tablishment from the District side. New Fence to Stand. Meanwhile, it was learned at the District Building that there will be no controversy over the new fence which was hastily thrown up by em- ployes of the resort after workmen em- ployed by the District government had taken it down yesterday afternoon. Only a few hours after the old fence had been dismantled in prepara- tion for building a new viaduct over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks nearby and a new stretch of road on Eastern avenue, employes of the gam- bling place recovered the material and began building the new fence to screen the places’ activities. Study Made by Distriet, At the District Building this morn- m.ir.'urndxuwdn,-mdyvube- ing made to ascertain whether pur- chase of the property did not lho en- tail purchase of that part of the fence which was in the District, about 90 feet in all. Before Hazen's state- ment, it had been indicated that steps might be taken to force the return of the material, thereby necessitating building of still another fence if the place’s proprietors want their activi- ties kept secret. The double burden of building the new fence and constructing a new entrance and exit on the Maryland side—together with the District po- lice’s activities in halting and ques- tioning their patrons—proved too much of a burden for the place’s pro- prietors last night and they halted activities several hours earlier than usual. This morning, however, although there were no signs of life around the gaming establishment itself, several motorists who apparently had not heard of Maj. Brown’s campaign, were halted and questioned as they sought to go to the place through the old District entrance—now blocked, Maryland Fails to Aid. Meanwhile, Maryland authorities have shown no disposition to co-op- erate in any way in the drive to close the place, Maj. Brown said. The po- lice superintendent added that if Maryland police want the names of persons who frequent the establish. ment—for use in a possible grand jury investigation—he would be glad to turn over to them the identifications obtained thus far. Questioned about the matter, State’s Attorney Alan Bowie of Prince County, stated he had received no of- ficial word from District authorities concerning their activities. Asked what, if any, action he would take if given the automobile license numbers and names of patrons leav- ing the place, the prosecutor replied he “would rather not answer that question.” In connection with the efforts against the Bladensburg road place, perhaps the largest gambling place between New York and Miami, Maj. (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) Roosevelt Insists Upon Candles To Light White House Yule Tree strike in White County, which yielded | ¥eT® Smith described the find of about 12 ounces in all “as the most spec- in recent months in the up. 1 she explained b S ST T B trees, that a t real candles and H mn the east £ 2 1 g £ : : ] i § ] 3k e ait | | i g | BORAH mo NYE RECONSTRUCTION Co, /// | C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1934—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. WHY NoOT TRY THIS ourrrr? T SEEMS LIBERAL ENOUGH. Soviet Silent on Plan to Execute Zinovieff and Aide in Plot Refuses to Comment on Reported Arrest of Former Leaders. By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, December 21.—The So- viet foreign office refused today to confirm or deny rumors that Gregory Zinovief and Leo Kameneff, former leaders of the Communist Interna- tionale; have been arrested in connec- tion with a counter-revolutionary plot (The London Daily Express yesterday Soviet nev.plpen charge that the plot with which rumors linked Zino- vieff «nd Kameneff, was responsible for the slaying of Kiroff. The two, the newspaper sald, are responsible for activities (Continued on Page 3, Column 1. = GRASH KILLS SEVEN IN “FLYING HOTEL” Melbourne Handicap Winner Is Found Burned in Iraq Desert. By the Associated Press. BAGHDAD, Iraq, December 21.— The giant American-built airplane Ulver, pride of the Royal Dutch Air Lines, was found wrecked and burned today, its seven occupants killed. ‘The plane crashed during a desert thunderstorm yesterday, 10 miles south of Rutba Wells, Iraq. Scouting planes of the British Royal Air Force had searched for the liner since early yesterday and found the charred wreckage. Fresh from triumphs in the Eng- land-to-Melbourne Air Derby, the liner, popularly known as “the flying hotel,” was seeking new laurels in a speed flight from Amsterdam to Ba- tavia, Java, when disaster overtook it. Professor Killed ‘The victims were three passengers and four members of the crew. They were: Prof. Walch of Batavia University; M. Beretti, director of Aneta, official news agency of the Dutch East Indies, and M. Kort, a business man. M. Beeknan, commander and chief pilot; Second Pilot van Steenbergen, H. A. (Continued on 6, Column 3.) Sunday Readers A recent questionnaire sent by a Washington department store to its charge account customers shows that The ‘Sunday Star is taken in 2,183 of the 2599 homes from which replies to this ques- tionnaire were received. Of these 2,183 homes which take The Sunday Star, 1455 do not take the second Sun- day paper and 1,630 do mot take the third Sunday paper. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display.) Lines. The Evening Star. 95,332 2nd Newspaper. ..a 33,574 3rd Newspaper e 29,271 4th Newspaper . 15,747 5th Newspaper.. 12,917 Total (néwdipers) 91,509 By using The Star as their outstanding advertising me- dium, Washington merchants present to readers of The Star the best and most varied items of attractive merchan< dise to be found in the local stores, ‘GREGORY ZINOVIEFF. STOCK REGISTRY RULES ARE ISSUED Whitney Sees “Nice Bal- ance”—$60,000,000,000 Securities Affected. By the Associated Press. Congratulated by the head of the New York Stock Exchange, the Secur- ities and Exchange Commission to- day awaited further reactions to its rules for the permanent registration of about $60,000,000,000 in securities listed on stock markets. Commission members expressed be- lief the rules were moderate and would meet approval by business, finance and | P! investors generally. ‘The S. E. C. took one of its most important steps last night in promul- gating the regulations under which 2,350 corporations must disclose much data, including salaries and bonuses of the three highest paid officials of each concern. If they wish to sell securities on stock exchanges corporations must disclose—among other - things—details of profit-sharing arrangements, meth- ods of computing profit and loss, options to buy securities and security ownership by officers of the concerns. Whitney Pleased. Richard wm:;y. president of the “big board,” the rules struck & “nice balance.” which fiupermtmembm.ekuv on the success of companies more BARUCH ASKS U. 3. 10 GET TIN SUPPLY Difficulties in Recent War Told at Munitions Hearing. By the Associated Press. A recommendation that the United States buy and store thousands of tons of tin for use in the event of war was made to the House Foreign Affairs Committee today by Bernard M. Baruch. The former chairman of the War Industries Board recounted for the committee the difficulties encountered during the last war in obtaining tin for war and industrial purposes. “If we want to prepare ourselves from the standpoint of a strategic war position,” Baruch asserted, “I think we ought to buy tin just like we would invest in a battleship and Later the committee was told the ‘War t's mobilization plan in the event of another conflict con- abrogation of section 7-a of the national recovery act which guarantees labor the right of col- lective bargaining, long & center of dispute. Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis- souri made the statement. “You can't have two bosses in time o!. war.” Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan, asked whether there would be two bosses if the present N. R. A. set-up was continued. “Cer- tainly,” Harris replied. Green “Surprised.” ‘William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, called Senator Clark’s comment & “most sur- rising statement.” “They did not do that during the last war,” Green said. “They carried on collective bargaining to a greater extent and as a result brought work- men’s efficiency to a new high point. “Labor certainly would resist with all the power it possesses scrapping 7-a, War or no war. “What we would do would be to in- ?n on broadening and strengthening -8 Meanwhile, Chairman Nye of the Raskob, in the letter to R. R, M. Carpenter, retired Du Pont vice pres- ident, ‘said: “You haven't much to do and I ®kkE Some Returns Not Yet Received. (P Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 6.0, . COMMITTEE U. 5. NAVAL BASE MEMBERS OPPOSE LIBERALIZED PLAN Chairman Fletcher Backed and Proposal to Reorgan- ize Lacks Support. POLL LEANS TOWARD PRESENT POLICIES Senator Borah Not Discouraged at Defeat of Stand and Will Continue Fight. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Proponents of the “liberalize the Re- publican party” movement through a reorganization of the G. O. P. Na- tional Committee need not look to the National Committee for aid at this time. This has been disclosed through letters sent to Chairman Henry P. Fletcher by members of the National Committee, expressing warm approval of a statement issued by him on De- cember 4, replying to the demand of Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, for the reorganization of the National Committee and Fletcher's retirement as n. Fletcher is Backed. Every one of the letters received, and they have come from nearly every State, approved the Fletcher state- ment. ;1 that statement Mr. Fletcher had stated he had no intention of resigning as chairman at this time, and that if his opponents desired a change, the rule of the committee pro- vided that a petition signed by 16 committeemen could bring about & meeting. It is clear from the letters now received at headquarters that a petition would not receive the req- uisite number of signatures. Chairman Fletcher made it plain today that he and the committee headquarters here had attempted no poll of the committee on this subject. ‘When he issued his formal statement on December 4 he merely sent copies of the statement to the members of the National Committee. He made no request for any reply or comment from the members. Since then, how- ever, letters have been received from a great majority of the members. Present Policles Favored. A poll was taken, however, by some members of the National Com- mittee and the are said to have been murely favorable m States from which replies hs yet been received are Idaho, N and South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana. Senator Borah has urged that, if the national committee and the States committees declined to bring about re- organization and the elimineiion of leaders who have, in the public mind, been considered allied with the “in- terests,” & movement no! unlike the Bull Moose of 1912, get under way and set up another national organi- zation. He spoke, along with Senator Nye, in New York recently, urging that the Young Republican Clubs throughout the country become the nucleus for the proposed new organization. It has been quite apparent for some time that the present leadership of the G. O. P. would not voluntarily step aside and remove itself from control. The decision of the members of the national committee, as re- vealed by the poll, not to remove Mr. Fletcher and pk:k another chair- man, was Borah to Cnunu Fight. Senator Borah said today that he had not the slightest intention of abandoning the campaign for a re- organized leadership in the Repub- lican party. He had expected, he said, that the members of the national committee would not join in such a reorganization movement. He said that he looked forward to a long campaign to bring about the changes desired. Senator Dickinson of Iowa wdny expressed his entire approval not only of the stand taken by Senator Fletcher, but also of the apparent de- termination of the members of the " (Continued on Page 4, Column 4) BABY IS KEPT ALIVE Artificial Breathing Continued by Firemen Third Day. SEATTLE, December 21 (#).—Five still PLEA TO COUNTER PACT ABROGATION Move to Increase Defenses Launched as Tokio Acts to Scrap Treaty. JAPANESE PRESS HITS AMERICAN ‘OBSTINANCY’ France Intends to Denounce 1922 Pact to Make Position on “Parity” Clear. By the Assocliated Press. A congressional movement to in- crease America’s fortifications in the Pacific was disclosed in Washington today as Emperor Hirohito in Tokio signed documents necessary for abro- gation of the Washington naval treaty. Anthony J. Dimond, Alaskan Dele- gate to Congress, said he would press for establishment of an inland air base in Alaska and was confident of receiving strong support. Japan probably will notify Wash- ington officially of her abrogation de- cision December 27. Newspapers in Tokio charged the failure of tri-power conversations in London to achieve results was a result of American “obstinacy” and they lauded Britain’s attitude. American naval delegates in Lon- don said they were not surprised by this view, since they had placed the responsibility upon Japan because of her insistence upon tonnage equality. France's intention of denouncing the Washington treaty of 1922 was reliably reported to be announced shortly, Pierre Laval, minister of foreign affairs, and M. Pietri called for a Joint meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Naval Committees of the Cham- ber today to make the French attitude clear, The step was contemplated, an au- thority said, to place France on record as opposed to the “parity” system set up by the treaty. News Is Surprise. British and American sources in mmmmm It was explained thst mnmmmummmm» ceived assurances some time ago that France, whatever its objections to the treaty, would permit Japan mmflmflhfllw!nrluum’ A suggested Anglo-American naval accord received the indorsement of Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Ark- ansas, Senate majority leader. Sena- tor Robinson said Japan was contem- plating further aggressive campaigns in China in her effort to become the dominating power in the Orient. Base in Alaska Seen. The move to increase American for- tification in the Pacific was described today as virtually certain to develop in Congress after Japan formally scraps the Washington naval treaty. “Every Senator and Representative from west of the Rocky Mountains, with the possible exception of Senator Borah of Idaho,” Delegate Diamond said, “would vote to strengthen Ameri- can fortifications in the Pacific.” Must Depend on Defenses. From Representative Lea, Democrat, of California, came the comment: “Japan’s prospective action has made it clear that we must depend on ourselves for defense and not on in- ternational agreements.” Dimond said he believed the Navy would not hesitate to set up an operat- ing base in Alaska if it could get the money. He declared he planned to discuss an air base for the Territory with War Department officials. He has Fairbanks and Anchorage in mind as likely sites. Meanwhile, there was no official eommu:}. here on the aj notification that Japan is abrogating the Washington treaty. The Capital heard with interest that the Japanese Emperor had affixed the imperial seal to the documents. It expects Am- bassador Hirosi Saito to deliver the announcement to the State Depart- ment on or before Saturday. U. S. Obstinacy Blamed. ‘TOKIO, December 21 (M.—J:pnn- ese newspapers charged American “ob- stinacy” with responsibility today for the break-down of tri-power naval conversations as Emperor Hirohito signed documents abrogating the ‘Washington treaty. For Japan there can be no turning back on the road leading her outside from | the scheme of naval stability estab- New “Kingfish Constitution” Is Declared Planned by Long i ] lished in the Washington and Lon- Japan is still watching the situation closely while choos=