Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1934, Page 2

A—2 wss % RECOVERY PLANS OF BUSINESS HIT Hopkins Leads Wisecracks Against Progtam Drafted by Industry. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Just a lot of wisecracks and sarcastic criticism is about all the 100 business leaders of America got from various administration officials for their ef- forts in trying to work out a program of co-operation between Government and business. 7 And the wisecracking was led by Harry Hopkins, relief administrator, who didn’t like the proposals that re- lief be confined to direct aid, rather than madefvork, which might un- dermine the jobs of those now em- ployed by introducing elements of chaotic competition. What President Roosevelt thinks of the 11-point program presented by business men after their meeting at White Sulphur Springs has not yet been revealed, and, in a sense, only what he thinks counts anyway, though, to be sure, the attitude of the radicals and Government ownership advocates and socialistically-minded officials in his own entourage is what is blocking | an understanding between Govern- ment and business. No Common Ground to Start. Maybe it was too much to expect that administration officials, who have made up their minds that the system of private initiative and profit, except for rigid regulation, is all wrong, would accept any program from business groups. But it was not a mistake for the business men, nevertheless, to draw up such a program. It makes a matter of record what they believe is essential to economic recovery and answers the oft-heard query “well, what would you do, or what program do you offer?” The essential difference between the plan evolved by*the business men and the left wingers in the administration is that they have no common ground to start with on what is or is not sound economics. The plan offered by the 100 men chosen from the leaders of the National Association of Manufacturers and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States was a repetition of what business men, large and small, from one end of the coun- try to the other, have been saying for many months, namely that State socialism and private operation of American business cannot be fused without destroying the very fabric of employment that occupies the 35,000,- 000 who have jobs, as distinguished from the 10,000,000 who are idle. The business men felt that they could absorb the 10,000,000 in a rela- tively short time if the Government would really co-operate in removing various obstacles to recovery that were specifically enumerated, and that, meantime, it would be less expensive in the long run to furnish direct aid to the needy. Want to Keep Jobs. Mr. Hopkins now says that the idle want: work and not merely relief. He is right about that, but, on the other hand, so do the people who now have jobs want to keep them. No better illustration could be given than the two experiments proposed by Mr. Hopkins to put the unemployed to ‘work making mattresses or shoes. No sooner had this been suggested when it was apparent that work now being given existing factories would have to be diminished and workmen laid off. Mr. Roosevelt himself put a stop to this sort of uneconomic planning. The conflict projecting the Govern- ment into various lines of business under the guise of relief programs and trying to build up private industry so it may absorb the unemployed as heretofore is getting deeper every day. The President is beset on every side with evidences of these conflicts. He has sublime confidence that he can reconcile them. But it is beginning to look as if the forces inside the ad- ministration and some of those out- side may push the President beyond the point where he really wants to go in financing projects that bring ruin to investors and managers of busi- nesses and thus increase the number of unemployed. Program More Liberal. It would have been a miracle if the business leaders who met at White Sulphur Springs had been able to write a platform that would have re- ceived even a cordial, much less an Behind News In Capital New Deal Advisers Prove to Be Rugged Individualists. BY PAUL MALLON. ACK of cohesion under the sur- face of the New Deal is becom-~ ing more and more noticeable. Most sideline sitters suspect that the real reason why Pres- ident Roosevelt was forced to cancel his radio talk was because there was so much difference of opinion among his advisers. He could not get them together on anything in time to out- line a talk before his January mes- sage to Congress. In fact, his advisers are proving themselves to be a flock of the rug- gedest individualists in captivity. Each one is trying to pull him a different way. They do it more or less subtly and in varying degrees, but they are not able to agree on very much of anything. There seems to be nothing in the stories going around that a cabinet officer or two may retire in the Spring, but there is good reason for suspecting that the internal reor= ganization, with which the White House now is having so much in- side troudle, will trim a few per- sonal sails and erpand & few others. Cures in Conflict. i The trouble is that every man in | Government is ambitious for his own views, if not for himself personally. Overlapping and conflicting bureaus are making conflicting reports. Each one has the only possible plan for cur- | ing the depression. Loyalty is only a relative! matter. It becomes secondary where principle is concerned, and all these New Deal- ers have principles on everything from | peanuts to politics. Too many ate worrying about their political future. It is not important, but just to give you an idea—one cabinet of- ficer sidled up to another cabinet officer a few days ago and promised support to keep a third cabinet officer from getting a bureau away from the second one. ‘The result of such tactics is an undercurrent of friction which forces the boss to weigh all the evidence and make all the decisions. That may be best for the long run, but it does not permit speed. * Reads Everything. Mr. Roosevelt'’s simplified process for handling his array of all-star halfbacks is to read. He reads every- thing in sight. The other day some one sent to the White House the 10 best essays writ- ten by boys in the Civilian Conserva- tion Corps. They were adressed to Mrs. Roosevelt because she happened to be particularly interested in that | subject, but somehow they fell on the President’s desk; and he read| them all. What he demands from the team is a full report in writing every two weeks by each of the 34 members of the National Emergency Council. On this council are all cabinet members | and heads of the principal emergency agencies. They gather at super-cabi- net meetings in the White House and | each one reads his report, listing what he has done since the previous meet- ing. Such a session was held yester- day. One Million Lost. This makes a formidable array of data to listen to, but the President listens. Once, several months ago, a cabinet officer came across an item of a million dollars. “What's that for?” Mr. Roosevelt asked. The cabi- neteer had to confess with embarrass- ment he did not know. That incident has not been repeated since. In addition, the President has a secretary who reads all the mews- papers and magazines she can de- vour and marks copies of the most enthusiastic, reception from the promi- nent New Dealers. It was hardly pos- sible for business men to abandon convictions growing out of day-by- day experience with the unchanging facts of a system which the courts and the constitutional system have sup- ported in the past. But anybody who reads the platform carefully will see that there are phrases here and there which show a much more liberal po- sition than any group of American business men would have been able to get agreement on five years ago. Fortunately or unfortunately, busi- ness men, who have the responsibility of managing their properties and who cannot look to Federal funds in the way of doles to make up their deficits, cannot be converted overnight to some of the reasoning processes used by those administration officials who be- lieve the emergency must last indefi- nitely or that the economic system must be completely rebuilt along the lines of State socialism. But Mr. Roosevelt has encouraged business men to give him their views. He has the skill of a conciliator and a compromise maker extraordinary. There will be meetings at the White House next month with prominent business men. For the present, how- ever, the official comments from the President’s aides will not bring that friendly atmosphere which, immedi- ately after the election, was so sensibly sought by Mr. Roosevelt. The Presi- dent may not take some of his left wing assistants seriously, but the busi- ness men of the country do. (Copyright. 1934.) MUSSOLINI IS SOUGHT, FOR LEAD IN MOVIE Director Plans Film of His Life, Showing Il Duce in March on Rome. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, December 21— Plans for a motion picture of the life of Mussolini, with Italy’s premier playing the central character himself, have been revealed by Clarence Brown, director. Brown recently returned from Italy, where he says he studied the back- ground for the film, and had prelimi- nary conversations with government officials on the subject. ‘The picture would be filmed in Italy. Mussolini’s triumphal march on Rome would mark the end of the first half of the picture. Its latter parts would be devoted to an exposition of his work in the country’s rehabilita- tion. important items. She places them each day on the President’s desk. One personality in the New Deal, whose influence seems to be expand- ing, is that of your old friend, Gen. Farley. For a time there was considerable resistance manifest in certain New Deal quarters against some .of Mr. Farley's desires and activities. Since the election, however, there seems to be a new general appreciation of the importance of his work. His sphere is by no means confined to the Post Office Department or the Democratic National Committee. Many Mourn Black. The death of former Chief Eugene Black of Federal Reserve was mourned by many in Washington. He was the only philosopher developed by the New Deal. Once a news man tried to sell him a printer news service, where- upon he replied: “I never buy @ watch or a mews service, because some one always tells me the time and the mews.” He told friends that the only full meal he had ever eaten was at the opening dinner of the Russian Embassy, where he ate continuously from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. He enjoyed likening himself to Andy Gump, but he must have felt ‘more like Uncle Bim when he was -head of Federal Reserve. He was @ conservative opponent of many New Deal policies, but he co-operated. A New Deal light that failed was the one held by Rail Co-ordinator Eastman. His friends no longer try to make a secret of it. They ascribe it to a one-line amendment inserted by Congress in the bill establishing his agency. This amendment told him he could economize rail expenses, but he could not put any one off the pay roll. That prevented him from being s doer of deeds and made him & prober of possibilities. His work along that line will. be made public when his report goes to Congress shortly, but the truth is that, since he took the job, he has issued but one order. It forbade the Louisville and Nash- THE EVENING HOPKING ATTACKS BUSINESS PLANS Others Also Take Fling at Proposal for Recovery Program. By the Associated Press. A proposal by business leaders that the Government swing away from relief to direct ald to the distressed ran today into a growing opposition led by Harry L. Hopkins. The relief administrator, as well as | Secretary ‘Ickes, Senator Norris of | Nebraska and others voiced criticism, | indicating this portion of the platform adopted by the White Sulphur Springs gathering of 90 business men would win out only after a battle. ‘While Hopkins flung criticisms at the suggestion and the White House received the entire platform without comment, leaders of the Joint Busi- ness Conference for Recovery drove ahead with attempts to win farmers and labor to thek views. Meeting Planned. A meeting with farm leaders was being planned for January, with a labor conference set for later. But American Federation of Labor chiefs took the labor relations section of the recovery platform as opposed to “ma- Jority rule” in collective bargaining. The federation has fought for- this for a year. Word at the White House was that in the normal course the platform would be referred to the departments concerned for detailed study. It was delivered to the Executive Mansion yesterday by C. B. Ames, chairman of the conference. Ames and the President did not meet. The busi ness man said Mr. Roosevelt'’s con- ferences were so numerous Ames sim- ply left the recommendations with a secretary. He said he was offered an appointment for later. Hopkins flung this shaft at the re- lief proposal: “Some people, spending two or three days thinking about how relief should be handled decided in the sacred pre- cincts of White Sulphur Springs that the unemployed should receive bas- kets on Christmas. “No doubt they have visited many families in need and know all about these people. Otherwise they wouldn’t presume to tell the American people how relief should be administered. “I haven't changed my mind about relief. I am 100 per cent for work relief and always have been.” Proposed as Yule Present. Earlier he had suggested that the business leaders “wrap up their plan and send it to the unemployed for a Christmas present.” Secretary Ickes said “the dole doesn’t appeal to me,” while Norris declared, “I don't favor the dole.” ‘The United Conference of Mayors had issued a statement saying it would “bitterly fight” any attempt to hold up work relief in Congress. Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee sald the “best minds” of the conference were all wrong in advocating “a dole system against & public works program.” ‘The delegate’s recommendation for modification of the securities act also was fourd premature by Ohairman Joseph P. Kennedy of the Securities and ge Commission. 3 SOUGHT IN KILLING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. As Lynching Mob Stormed and B “Daffy” Dean’s Bride Waits Three Hours While He Shops “A Real Christmas Sur- prise, That’s Me,” Says | Pitching Ace. Plants Resounding Kiss on Beauty’s Cheek Dur- ing Ceremony. By the Associated Press. RUSSELLVILLE, Ark, December 21.—Little brother “Daffy” Dean, the calm and collected bridegroom Who Kept his bride waiting three hours, is honeymooning today toward a meeting with big brother “Dizzy.” “A real Christmas surprise, that's me,” chortled “Daffy.” Nervous bride- | groom? Not a bit of it. One of the Dean brothers, pitching pair extraor- dinary, just got married and took it in stride. Some time yesterday the question was settled with Miss Dorothy San- dusky, local beauty prize winner and daughter of J. 8. Sandusky, lumber- man. The wedding was arranged for 5 o'clock. The bride was ready. But she hadn't taken into consideration that she was marrying one of the Dean brothers. Needs Suit, Haircut. Paul suddenly discovered he needed & wedding suit—a ring—a license—a shave—a haircut. First he drove to Fort Smith, 80 miles away. Dashing from store to store, he got everything but the license. He drove up to the court- house at Ozark just as the clerk was closing the office. He got the license. Meanwhile, the wedidng hour and three more hours . Was the bride nervous? “Hell be here,” she said. Then the bridegroom drove up to “DAFFY” DEAN. the Sandusky residence. Hurriedly the wedding party was gathered and the ceremony begun. Just as the minister about reached the “wilt thou” section, brother “Daffy” leaned casually over the bride and planted a resounding kiss on her cheek. To Meet “Diszy.” Leaving for a honeymoon trip to Gulfport, Miss.,, where they will meet big brother “Dizzy” and his wife, they arrived in Little Rock three hours later. Suddenly Paul realized he hadn’t had any supper. So they stopped over for a wedding meal. As calm as her husband, the bride ate her dinner while he explained just how this all came about. “Aw, I'd been seeing her around ever since she was a skinny little girl going barefoot.” Eventually he con- fessed that it was somewhat of a “whirlwind” courtship over the last two months that settled the matter. Life’s Like That Patrolman Charged With Slaying of Rancher. & LAPERIA, Tex., December 21 (#)— ‘Warrants for the arrest of Roy Col- lins, customs patrolman; Ezequiel Ca- vazos, 8 deputy, and Francisco Perez have been issued in connection with the death of Domingo Olivares, 24, Santa Rosa rancher. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1934, "o urned Court House .in Tennessee DEMOCRATS STILL SURE OF RECOUNT Dawson Withdraws Petition for Recount in Attor- ney’s Race. BY JACK ALLEN, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ‘ ROCKVILLE, Md., December 21.— Attorneys for John B. Diamond and Raleigh 8. Chinn were highly opti- mistic today over their chances of ob- taining a recount of the November 6 election despite the decision of the Circuit Court sustaining demurrers to virtually every charge embodied in the recount petitions of the two Demo- cratic organization candidates. Meanwhile, Walter W. Dawson, Fu- sion candidate in last months’ election for State's attorney of Montgomery County, who was defeated by James H. Pugh, Democrat, by 46 votes, through his attorney, Kenneth Lyd- dane, ordered dismissal of the petition recently filed by him in the Circuit Court here for a recount of the vote as between him and Pugh. He stated that after thorough in- vestigation and the court decision on demurrers to the petitions of John B. Diamond and Raleigh 5. Chinn for a recount of votes for commissioner, he was of the opinion that mo fraud had been perpetrated. Joseph C. Cissel, chief of counsel for Chinn and Diamond, pointed out that the decision handed down late yester- day by Chief Judge Hammond Urner and Associate Judge Arthur D. Willard upheld the allegations that general irregularities occurred in the marking of certain ballots and the manner in which votes were counted in a number of precincts. Basis for Court Order. “That alone,” Cissel declared this morning, “would constitute sufficient basis for the court to order a recount of the election.” Both Cissel and his law partner, Roger J. Whiteford, regarded the court’s support of that particular charge as a signal victory in the legal battle that is being waged by the Democratic organization in hopes of obtaining a recount of the votes which defeated Diamond and Chinn in their fight for seats on the Board of Mont- gomery County Commissioners. It was the defeat of those two can- didates by Frank H. Karn and Charles E. King, coupled with the triumph of Paul Coughlan over Miss Lavinia Engle, that gave the Fusion party control of the County Board and ended the 15-year reign which the Democratic _organization previously enjoyed at the head of the county’s administrative affairs. ‘ Demurrers Sustained. With the exception of the allega- tions regarding the improper marking and counting of ballots in a number of precincts the court’s decision sus- tained on every count the demurrers which King and Karn filed to the Democrats’ petitions. Counsel for the two Fusion com- missioners is now required to answer the petitions as amended by the and it is The public is hereby warned that The Evenin, L | | a0 PCT. POWER CUT FORALLISU.S. AIN Federal Funds for City| Plants Seen Pushing Rates Downward. By the Associated Press. A cut of about 50 per cent in the electricity bill of America was de- scribed today as the ultimate goal of the Roosevelt power program. Frank R. McNinch, chairman of the Federal Power Commission, made this declaration, emphasizing that ac- complishment of the aim cannot be expected for several years. After Secretary Ickes made known he is considering an effort to find public works funds for proposed municipal plants in other cities besides New York, McNinch declared rates to be excessive “in most of the larger cities.” Negotiations already have been started by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia looking toward a grant for the erec- tion of a power plant for the metropolis. Plant Project Approved. Plans for public works financing of a municipal plant at Columbus, Ohio, have received approval. Others are being discussed. If built, they would be part of the “yardstick” system whereby administration leaders say, the rates of private concerns would be measured and forced down where they were considered too high. McNinch based his statement about long-range rate reduction on the con- tention that Canadians, on the aver- age, pay 2 1-5 cents for the same amount of electricity which costs Americans 5% cents. He said rate reductions through loans to municipalities to build plants is “one of the results hoped for.” Rates Held Too High. He would not name the cities where rates are regarded as too high, but said: “I think that analysis will show that the rates in most of the larger cities are excessive.” | Secretary Ickes said he was told | Mayor La Guardia would immediately | begin rounding up his plans for a mu- | nicipal plant for formal presentation to P. W. A. | Senator Dickinson, Republican, of Towa asserted that if P. W. A. lent money to New York for such a pur- pose it would be exceeding its function. “There is a Public Service Commis- sion in New York,” he said. “If the rates are too high, why doesn't the commission adjust them? Why did not the Public Service Commission act when President Roosevelt was Governor?” —_— SPECIAL STAMP URGED CHICAGO, December 21 (#).—A special Memorial day stamp to honor the few surviving Civil War veterans will be proposed to postal officials by the ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, it has been announced by Mrs. Pearl C. Cooke, national presi- Mrs. Star is not collecting a cash fund of any kind for distribution of Christmas baskets. Complaints were made to the police yes- terday that a man representing himself as an official of The Evening Star Newspaper Co. had telephoned several persons that he was collecting funds for such a purpose. Later, a young woman called on these persons, presenting a note written on an Eve) tion The collection of Christmas has engaged, and Warner Bros.’ in which The Star Star classified ad form, '!‘hepolleelhouldbenoflfl:s {2 only acsivy o this navure No. 1—Raleigh Edwards, 30, who was killed when National Guards- men repulsed an attack by a lynching mob on the Shelbyville, Tenn., court house, is shown (lower right) lying in the court house yard, just as he fell. The mob was seeking E. K. Harris, col- ored, charged with attacking a white girl. Harris was spirited away to Nashville. Another man was killed and several men ‘wounded. No. 2—Night photo showing the height of the court house blaze. No. 3—The entrance to the court house after fire had left only a smoke-blackened hulk. No. 4—A truck belonging to the National Guard, after it had been turned over and burned. —A. P. and Wide World Photos. FOURTH MOB RIOT VIGTIM SUCCUMBS Guard Commander Says Shelbyville Quiet—U. S. May Enter Probe. By the Assoclated Press. SHELBYVILLE, Tenn., Decembcr 21—Floyd (Pat) Lawes, 28, a far- mer, died in a Shelbyville hos- pital today of wounds received Wednesday when National Guards- men fired into & crowd while a mob was trying to storm the building for a colored prisoner. Lawes was the fourth fatality. Two men were killed the day of the outbreak and Gilford Freeman, & ma- chinist, succumbed late yesterday. Lawes’ wife and & sister are among his survivors. Situation Quiet. Col. R. H. Bond, in command of the National Guard troops here, described the situation today as “very quiet” and said, “We have received absolutely no indication” that there will be any further mob outbreak. Squads found no crowds gathering. Members of the militia last night patrolled the ruins of the $150,000 court house, which was burned by angry mobsters Wednesday night after their efforts to storm the building and seize the prisoner, E. K. Harris, had been repulsed by the guardsmen’s fire. Harris is accused of assaulting a young white girl. Sheriff T. E. Gant expressed the opinion that if any further violence occurs it will come some time tomor- row, due to the Saturday shopping crowds. Fears Drinking. “There may be some drinking,” he continued, and declared that if no trouble occurs Saturday the situation probably will be settled. As a result of threats made against the sheriff personally, he was assigned a protective guard of 30 guardsmen. An investigation into the burning of four National Guard trucks was being pressed by militia officers. Col. Bond said it was possible that Depart- ment of Justice agents would be called in. The trucks were Federal property issued to the State. &s?%y CHRISTMAS SEALS Saaare Christmos in Spain 15 celebrated by boys end 7Himfl\gunw! ond fambourines 3 shopping days to Christmas SPAIN