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THE EVENING BSTAR, ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, FREE LABOR POLICY|Some Reasons Why the Nation/BROWS PUCKERED (PNEUMONIA FATAL Should Contribute to Capital’s Maintenance and Upbuilding Financial Obligation Accompanies Power of Exclusive Control—Another Obligation Based on American Patriotic Pride. ADORTED N SOUTH Industrialists Make New Year Resolution Uphold- ing Right to Work. By the Assoclated Press. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., December 29 —Industrial leaders of the South turned toward the new year today with a determination to keep “Southern labor free.” A pledge to take every necessary step against “manipulation and ex- ploitation” of labor in the South by “any organized labor aristocracy” was made by the industrialists at the meet- ing of the Southern States Industrial Council. In a declaration of policy late yes- terday the council decided that next year it will seek adjustment of wage differentials to compensate for com- petitive conditions and will resist ex- pansion of Government enterprise in the field of competitive business. The council also resolved to seek more ad- ‘vantageous freight rates for Southern shippers. George H. Armistead. editor of the Nashville, Tenn,, Banner, said in an address last night that the right to work is as fundamental as the right to strike, and that governments should uphold that right. The council’s declaration of policy included an attack on section 7-a of the national recovery act, which pro- vides for collective bargaining. Concluding that it should be either *abolished” or “reformed,” the council determined that reform should make labor organizations that have the legal right to collective bargaining also have responsibility “for the discharge of contractural obligations, and full legal liability for any injury which they may do to the rights or property of others.” SPECIAL NOTICES. OFFICE OF THE FIREMEN'S INSURANCE Company of Washington and Georgetown. $03 Seventh street northwest, Washington, . C. The stockholders of the Firemen's Insurance Company of Washinkton and Georgetown will me: the office on MONDAY. January 7. 19: for the purpose ©of electipg thirteen directors for the en- sulng year. Polls open from 11 am. to 12 noon. ~ ALBERT W. HOWARD. Secretary. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- | holders of A. S. Pratt & Sons. Inc.. will be held at the offices of the company. 815§ 15th st. n.w. Washington, D. C.at 1] o'clock a.m.. on Tuesday January R 1935. G. C. TRUE. Secreiary. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP Notice is hereby given that the partner- ship lately subsisting between us, the un- dersigned Johanne Sorensen and Hansine 0 ousiness as a res- t.n.w.. Washington, er the style or firm name of Danish Rose Restaurant, was on the 26th day of December. 1934 dissolved by mu- 1ual consent, and that the business in the future will ‘be carried on by the said Johanne Sorensen alone. who will pay and discharge all debts and liabilities and Teceive all moneys payable to the said late firm, NSINE SORENSEN. JOHANNE SORENSEN. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHARE- holders of the Home Building Association for the election of officers and direciors and such other business as may properly come before the meeting will be held Tuesday. January 8 1935, 7:50 p.m at the 'office of Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. open for subscription to shares of the 59th Beries. Payments $1 per month per re. AMES M. WOODWARD. Secretary. NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE American Security & Trust Co. has de- clared a regular dividend of 2 per cent on its capital stock of $3.400.000. payable January 10. 1935, to the stockholders of record at the close of business on Decem- ber ‘il 1634, The annual meeting of the stockholders of satid company. for the elec- tion of directors for the ensuing year. the presentation of the annual report of the resident and the transaction of such other usiness as may properly come before them, will be held at the office of the company in the city of Washington, D. C.. on Tues- day, January 15. 1935, at 12 o'clock noon. and the polls_will be open until 12:30 o'clock p.m e transfer books of the company will be closed from January &th to the 15th. both days included. CORCORAN THOM. resident. FREDERICK P. H. SIDDONS. s e U S iBeeratary, ‘THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the Chas. Schneider Baking Co.. Inc.. for the election of directors and other business. will be held at the ofice of the company. 413 .. on Wednesday. m. Transfer books 0 days prior to the meeting. A. EISENBEISS, President. B._P. ROVER, Secretary THE ANNUAL MEETING OF TRE STOCK- holders of the American Buildihg Associ- ation will be_held at the office of the sssociation. 300 Pennsylvania a 3 southeast on Thursday. January 3. 1835, between the hours of 2 and 7 o'clock p.m.. for the election of officers and directors for the ensuing vear and for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting. CHARLES H. KINDLE. e Secretary. _ THE ANNUAL MEEMNG OF THE STOCK- holders of the Eastern Building and Loan Association will be held at the office of the association. No.” 436 Pa. Ave. a No. . . C. on Wednesday, Feb- 5. beiween the hours of 2 and 7 o'clock p.m.. for the election of of- ficers and directors for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such business may properly come before the meeting. 2 WM. N. PAYNE. Jr, Secretary. NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE annual meeting of the shareholders of the National Bank of Washington. of Washing- ton D. C. for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. will be held at the banking house. Seventh st.. corner of “C” st. and Indiana ave. n.w on Tuesdsy. January &, 1935 at 12 o'clock noon. ~ The polls will' remain _open until 1 o'dlock pm._J. FRANK WHITE. Cashier. NOTICE—THE ANNUAL _MEETING OF the shareholders of the Second National Bank of Washington. Washington. D. C.. for the election of directors for the ensu- ing yesr. and for the transaction of siich other business as may be properly brought before the meeting, will be held at the bank at 12 o'clock rioon on Tuesday. Janu- ary 8. 1934 Polls will be_open between the hours of 12 moon and 2 o.clock p.m. VICTOR 'B. DEYBER. Presiden THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETIN: the shareholders of the Columbia Na.._aal Bank of Wash January 8. 1035. at its banking house. P st. nw_'Washington. D. C.. for the e tion' of directors and ‘such other business 2s may properly come before the meeting. Polls open from 12 nocn until 1 o'clock p.m. ROBERT H. LACEY. Cashier. _ THE NATIONAL CAPITOL _BANK OF WASHINGTON. D C. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the National Capital Bank of Washing- ton, D. C.. for the election of directors and the' transaction of any otber business that may be brought before the meeting will be held on Tuesday. January & 1935 at the bank between the hours of 12 o'clock noon sag s o clock pom (Signed.) H. TEWART._Cashier. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the Columbia Title Insurance Company of the District of Columbia, for the purpose of electing fifteen trustees of the company for the ensuing vear. will be held at the office of the company, No. 503 E st. n.w.. on Monday. Becember 17. 1934, at o'clock p. e polls wi of 2 and 3 will be closed from December 7. 1934. to December 17. 1934 both dates’ inclusive. CHARLES E. MARSH, Secretary. DAILY “TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND art lods to and from Balto.. Phila_and ew York. Prequent trips to other Bast- ’,{fiw clties dable 2 THE DINIDEON, TRANSFER & BTORAGE CO.._Decatur_2500. WEEKLY TRIPS TO AND FROM BALTI- fore: alro tribs within 24 hours’ potice to nites ates, SMITH' TRANSFER & STORAGE CO., North 3343. 1 WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts other than those contracted by myself. HENRY HOLMES. 725 Fairmont st, D.W. ELECTRICAL 8hop on Wheels, Inc., town to serve you. REPA A wiring, Electric Sachave shovs all over e your Tel - Tectory for hranch nearesy Sou os e Wie- consin 4821._No_job too_small or 100 la; TIMELY WARNING Leaky roofs. falling plaster. ruined dec- orations ai follow the wake st “5s storms that are surely coming. Be pri- dent: let us repair_tha roof NOW. t leaky ROOFING 933 V St. N.W, KOONS COurANY. “Novn: einy: EXPERIENCED COMMER- | THEODORE This is the second of a series of articles which will present, with a few omissions and sub- stantial additions, the address of Theodore W. Noyes on “Fiscal Equity for Washington” at the recent Oldest Inhabitayts dinner, Yesterday's article discussed those obligations of the Na- tional Government based on its extensive tat-ezempt realty holdings in the Capital. Obligation Based on Absolute Control. 2. Obligation based upon absolute national control of the city. Obliga- tion follows power. In this connection consider obligation springing from conditions surrounding the founding of the city. The true basis of the Nation’s ob- ligation of proportionate contributions to the maintenance and development of the Capital is not solely or primar- ily untaxed ownership of District real estate (now worth $550,000,000), though a substantial and continuous obligation does arise in connection with such ownership. The strongest obligation resting upon the Nation is equitable in its nature and based pri- marily on the circumstances of the Capital's creation and the treatment iof the Capital by the Nation ever since the birth of the Nation's city, including the Nation's absolute des- potic control of the National Capital. The general government by the fact of planning a magnificent Cap- ital covering a large area and char- acterized by broad streets and avenues | and reservations unsuitable for a com- | mercial city and by founding this Capital in a place comparatively un- inhabited, as well as by the terms of | the bargain with the owners of the soil, by its advertised promises to pur- chasers from it of donated Washing- ton lots and by the declarations of its representatives at the founding of the city and afterward showed an intention to build up a national city at the Nation's expense upon a grand scale irrespective of the future pop- ulation of the District. The Capital was to be primarily a center of Fed- eral action, and the expense of its | support and adornment was mot to | be limited by the scanty resources of whatever permanent population it might acquire. | Obviously the primary obligation in the arrangement between Nation and District taxpayers should be upon that party to it which absolutely controls every cent of the money contributed for Capital maintenance by both par- | ties, local and national, and which | has undivided and despotic power to fix the amount of local tax contribu- tion, to decide by what method of tax- ation it shall be collected, to collect it and to spend it. Clearly in equity _ | the primary obligation should not be shifted to the Capital, originally the incidental contributor, which has no power of control even of its own tax money at any stage and whose sole function in respect to taxation and its financial status is to petition, to obey and to pay. From the beginning the Nation's obligation in respect to Capital main- tenance and upbuilding has been in equity and on principle primary, dom- inating and, like its power to govern, exclusive and supreme. Political Power and Financial Obli- gation Coupled. Primary and full responsibility both in respect to the control and to the maintenance and upbuilding of the Capital is in Congress representing the Nation. Political power and financial obligation are inseparably coupled. If the Nation controls, it pays; and to the extent that it controls, it pays. Washington is the only capital in the world in which, if certain policies pre- vail, the Nation will do all of the con- trolling and none of the paying. “That the Government should as- sume the attitude of a mere contrib- utor to the support of its Capital is not only illogical and absurd in itself, but is a violation of the Constitution which gives Congress exclusive juris- diction over and thereby makes it exclusively responsible for it.” (Senator Works, California, addi- tional views in 1915-16, fiscal report by Congressional Joint Committee, Senate Document No. 247, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session.) The organic act took away terri- torial representation in Congress and territorial self-government and self- taxation from the District, and pledged the Nation to meet one-half of the approved expenses of Capital maintenance and upbullding on a scale worthy of the Nation’s city. The assumption and exercise of ab-: solute and exclusive legislative power were coupled with recognition of a pre-existing and continuing financial ) obligation. The Nation cannot equi- tably repudiate wholly or in part its financial obligation and retain or ex- ercise its despotic and exclusive power to tax and to govern. The Nation should not repudiate its obligation in respect to Capital main- tenance; for the logjcal sequence of such action is gurrender of all power and exclusive jurisdiction in respect to the District of Columbia and the destruction of the Nation-controlled Capital, conceived and created by the forefathers. The Nation should not diminish its contribution to Capital upbuilding; for the logical sequence of such action is surrender by the Nation of control of the Capital municipality to the local majority stockholders. Power and ob- ligation are inseparably coupled, and if the latter is destroyed or diminished the former is in equity destrpyed or diminished in proportion. The Nation, as represented by Con- gress, retaining and exercising su- preme and complete control of local & | government, including taxation, should do full equity in meeting the obliga- tion which this power imposes. This Obligation Recognized. ‘The Nation has recognized the pe- culiar obligation, coupled with and proportionate to supreme power and control, imposed upon it in respect to the Capital, even while it was woe- fully failing to meet this obligation. For example, the executive heads of the Nation, in formal message to Con- gress, have recognized and defined this obligation, and urged that it be met. Practically all of the Presidents, either by word or by act or both, de- clare that the fact that the District is governed by a Legislature which it has not chosen and in which it is cial artist wanted. Young man. Regular position with large organization. Must be accu- rate and speedy in detailed in- dividual item drawings and hand-lettering. No fashions. Give experience, references and salary expected. Address Box 223-R, Star Office, ‘ . not even fractionally represented, im- Poses upon this Legislature a peculiar obligation of sympathetic considera- tion of the District’s welfare, compel- ing, according to some of the Presi- dents, the careful ascertainment and the scrupulous carrying out of the reasonable wishes concerning its own local affairs of the unrepresented com- munity itself. J The thought that the constitutional W. NOYES. power of exclusive legislation confer- red upon Congress imposes & special and peculiar obligation is expressed in varying forms of words by many Presidents, including Van Buren, Polk, Fillmore, Buchanan, Lincoln, Hayes and Benjamin Harrison. Obligation to Protect Nation From Shame. 3. Obligation springing from de- mands of patriotic pride in the Cap- ital. When the Nation shirked its obligation Capital was national shame. When Nation met its obligation C: ftal became object of national pride. From the report of the Joint Con- gressional Colmittee of 1915 (Senate Document No. 247, Sixty-fourth Con- gress, first session), composed of Sena- tors Chilton, Saulsbury and Works, and Representatives Rainey (after- wards Speaker), Gard and Henry Allen Cooper: “The National City, the Nation's home, should be a district where the national authority is not only su- preme, but a district where the just pride of a great people should insist upon its maintenance in a manner most fitting to the dignity of the citi- zens whose manifestation of central government it is. “Nothing i clearer {0 us than it never was the intent that this District should bear all the extraordinary bur- den of exypense incident to its plan and ocoupancy as & national city, and any such proposed burden would be most inequitable and unjust now. * X x % “Our unanimous*conclusion is that the rate of taxation in the District should be fixed and certain; that the Congress should pursue a definite pol- icy of regular and liberal appropria tion, having in view not only.the pe; manent moral and physical advan- tages of the city, but also its pre-emi- nent beauty and grandeur as the mu- nicipal expression of the Nation's home and its people’s pride.” “We urge upon Congress that its appropriation for the expenses of the District of Columbia should always be in such sum as will not only continue the city of Washington and the Dis- trict of Columbia in every respect as the splendid and beautiful central residence of this great Nation, but also cause it to become and be forever maintained as a model for all the cities in the world.” The thought that the constitutional power of exclusive legislation confer- red upon Congress imposes a special and peculiar obligation is expressed in varying forms of words by many Presi- dents, including Van Buren, Polk, Fillmore, Buchanan, Lincoln, Hayes and Benjamin Harrison. Hayes and Benjamin Harrison combined with their pleas for recognition of the ob- ligation based on power, suggestions of another obligation springing from the national sentiment and from na- tional pride. Monroe was especially pointed in his appeal to national pride in behalf of the Nation's city. Fol- lowing him in the same line were Taylor, Fillmore, Buchanan, Grant and McKinley. In a message to Congress, President Coolidge penned a thrilling paragraph concerning the future Capital as the City Beautiful of our dreams, to be made real under the ambitious bailding program on which the Nation had em- barked. “This program,” he said, “should represent the best that exists in the art and science of architecture. Into these structures * * * ought to go the aspirations of the Nation, its ideals expressed in forms of beauty.” Con- cerning the wonderfully attractive Capital which will result, President Coolidge exclaimed: “Let it represent the soul of America.” “Washington is not only the Na- tion's Capital; it is the symbol of America. By its dignity and architec- tural inspiration we stimulate pride in our country. We encourage that ele- vation of thought and character which comes from great architecture.”—Her- bert Hoover. The Capital was bullt on broad na- tional lines, of which we are now be- ginning to see the wisdom. During the period when the national obligation, tardily recognized by the organic act of 1878, was neglected, the Capital was a national shame, a byword and re- proach. Since the Nation has returned even part way to its original obligation the Capital has become an object of national affection, in whose attractive- ness and in whose welfare the whole American people take pride. In place of the discreditable, straggling, neg- lected village of the period of national indifference there has risen the Capi- tal of today, wherein the eye is pleased by all that both Nature and art have done to adorn the most beautiful city on the continent. In its honest, eco- nomical and efficient municipal gov- ernment, in its asphalt pavements, in its system of shade trees, in its under- ground trolley system of rapid transit, in its broad streets and avenues, com- paratively free from overhead wires; in its fine public buildings and in its numerous and diversified parks, it is becoming a model among the munici- palities of the world. Those defects in the ideal city, represented by in- adequate service by essential munici- pal functions, result from failure to cantinue consistently the application of the fine principles which were fol- lowed in the development of Wash- ington. ‘The Nation's equitable obligation of proportionate contribution toward the maintenance and development of the seat of government is as just and as binding today as it was at the begin- ning of the century, and should not be repudiated, either outright or by piecemeal. Tomorrow’s article will discuss the national obligation based upon payments from local tazes, solely because Washinglon is the Capital, in ezcess of what would be paid if Washington were the ordinary American city; and also the na- tional obligation based upon the heavy internal revenue tares paid by taxpayers of the Capital. QUAKE FREES CONVICTS IN PORTUGUESE PRISON Temblors Crumple Castle Walls. Inhabitants Terrified, but No Lives Are Lost, By the Associated Press. LISBON, Portugal, December 29.— An earthquake which brought terror to inhabitants of Algarve Province yes- terday brought freedom to prisoners in the Moorish Castle at Silves. Several convicts escaped after the earth shocks crumpled the walls of the ancient structure. The quake caused & general panic in many parts of. the province and damaged several buildings. No lives were lost. e BYENSTENPROOE Professor Undertakes to Explain “Equivalence of Mass and Energy.” (Continued From First Page.) process. The sun, for example, is losing about 400 million tons a second, With some of the primary assump- tions in doubt, Prof. Einstein set him- self to the task of getting the same conclusions from different and firmly established premises. The lecture was his first announcement of his finally confirming the theory. For an hour he ran through the long and complicated formulas, paus- ing every now and then to remark: “But this is so elementary I will not trouble you with it.” And at one rather knotty point, at which some lofty brows were puckered, he remarked: “This is so infantile I must not de- lay over it.” = And when he had made his final point the audience, carefully selected from among the foremost mathema- ticlans in the country, came out to find the newsboys on the street out- side shouting: “Seven-star final. Read all about da perfesser's theery—all about the perfesser’s theery, gents.” Grants Interview. Before the lecture Prof. Einstein granted a newspaper interview. Whether man lives in a cosmos gov- erned by natural law, or operating according to chance, is a “‘matter of taste.” Such, at least, is the present view of Einstein. He gave one of his first newspaper interviews in the spacious library of a Pittsburgh merchant’s home. He spoke in excellent English which he has mastered in the last few years. Tactfully, he turned aside questions about matters not pertaining to science, “Don’t you enjoy talking about any- thing else,” one reporter asked. “Yes, but not with you,” came the quick reply. He answered three questions. ‘Will science ever be able to make a practical conversion of mass to energy? Prof. Einstein answered that it was largely a matter of speculation, but that, from the present outlook, he saw no hopes of it even in the distant future. In order to effect such a conversion it would be necessary to make direct hits on the nucleii of atoms with pro- Jectiles propelled by tremendous ener- gies. “It is like hunting birds,” Prof. Einstein sald, “in a country where there are very few birds and in pitch darkness. A hunter hardly would ex- pect much success.” Probes Light Theories. The second question was: What progress has been made toward a reconciliation of the quantum and relativity theories? One holds light to be particles, the other waves. Some- times it behaves as if one, sometimes &s if the other. At present, Prof. Einstein said, they appear largely contradictory to each other and, at the same time, both ap- pear to contain much truth. It seems an unsolvable problem, but he is work- ing on it. The third question was: Will sci- ence ever be able to restore the prin- ciple of strict casuality in nature? Science came into the present era with a well established philosophy of a cosmos, governed, in its every aspect except possibly human and animal be- havior, by laws of cause and effect. Nothing happened without a cause. ‘There was no event without a conse- quence. If the cause was known the effect could be predicted, once the in- termediate steps had been worked out. This has been seriously upset dur- ing the past few years by data tending to show that in the subatomic world, upon which everything else is built up, the law does not obtain. This is the so-called Heisenburg “principle of uncertainty.” If cause and effect falls down on the most fundamental plane, however, the implication is that it does not obtain anywhere else. . Clings to Old Idea. The majority of physicists today, Prof. Einstein said, are abandoning the idea of a strictly deterministic uni- verse for one governed by statistical laws, in whith events seem to happen according to predetermined law be- cause the statistical chance is greatly in favor of their happening in that way. But, he said, in the light of present evidence, he himself prefers to cling to the old idea. From the pragmatic point of view, at least it is more useful and seems to offer more hope for eventual solution of the prob- lems of the universe. As » mater of fact, he said, it Is always posible to state a law of nature either in a deterministic or a statistical form and it might be considered that the statistical is only part of the ex- pression of the non-statistical. One of the outstanding implications of the theory of relativity is that space is hyper-dimensionally curved and, if finite, would turn back upon itself eventually. Thus a particle departing from the earth in a straight line after a few quadrillions ofeyears might be expected to return to the point from which it started. Among the ques- tions asked Prof. Einstein was whether, with the new 200-inch telescope, it might not be possible to see clear around the heavens. This was ab- surd, he said, but voiced the hope that ‘with more and more powerful telescopes it might be possible to observe a great enough segment of space to prove ob- Jectively that it actually is “curved.” The controversy over whether space is finite or infinite, now very much to the fore, was too complicated a prob- lem for Prof. Einstein to discuss in a popular way, his associates said. Both can be deduced from the relativistic conception of the curvature of space, and which is the true state of affairs depends on whether this undescribable hyper-dimensional space is positively or negatively curved. Dr. Leon L. Watters, New York City, sald Prof. Einstein now does most of his thinking in his sloop off Watch Hill, R. I. He sails alone. SCIENCE UNDERSTANDS. None of Savants Is Left Pussled by Explanation. PITTSBURGH, December 29 (#).— The tradition of only 12 scientists understanding Einsteirr is upset com- pletely. A canvass among the mathematic- jans and physicists who heard his new proof of equivalence of mass and energy yesterday revealed not one puzzled savant. “Significant for its simplicity,” was one frequent comment. “It’s like & new part for an auto,” ‘was another, “which can be used if ‘wanted to replace parts already use- ful. It will be particularly good in teaching students the theory of rel- ativity by having the msome time.” Others saw the equivalence of mass and energy more securely established, because they said part of its former threatened changes, 10 FILM DIRECTOR Maker of “She Done Him Wrong” Began Career as Stock Actor. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, December 29.— Lowell Sherman, the actor-director who made one of the screendom’s out- standing box-office successes in “She Done Him Wrong,” is dead. Confined to & hospital since Thurs- day morning, Sherman died late yes- terday afternoon of pneumonta. A chronic sufferer from laryngitis, he was hardly able to speak above a whisper for the past six or eight months. Against his physician’s or- ders he reported at his studio as usual last Thursday, but became weaker during the day and consented to go to a hospital in the afternoon. Played in Stock. Sherman was born in San Francisco, October 11, 1885, and was educated in the public schools of New York. He played in stock at Baltimore and later on New York's Broadway, where he appeared in “The Girl of the Golden West.” Mrs. Leslie Carter was credited with giving Sherman his first start on the stage. He recently signed the veteran actress for an important role in the picture he was directing at the time | of his death. Married Three Times. Sherman was married three times, his first wife being Evelyn Booth. His second wife was Pauline Garon, film actress, third wife was Helene Costello, actress- daughter of Maurice Costello and sister of Dolores Costello, wife of John Barrymore. This marriage ended in divorce also. Besides “She Done Him Wrong,” the picture that introduced Mae West to the screen, he scored another out- standing success with “Morning Glory,” starring Katharine Hepburn. Other pictures he directed included “False Faces.” “Ladies of the Jury.” “Broadway Through a Keyhole” and | “Night Life of the Gods.” who divorced him, and his | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1934, . Director Dies N\ LOWELL SHER s FORMER ROOSEVELT ORDERLY TO RETIRE Sergt. Maj. R. F. Finucane Was Aide When President Was Asst. Secretary of Navy. Bergt. Maj. Robert Francis Finu- cane, United States Marine Corps, who used to serve as orderly to Frank- lin D. Roosevelt when the President was Assistant Secretary of the Navy, will retire from the service Monday. Retently the sergeant major was advanced to that rating from staff sergeant in recognition of his long service extending over 30 yeard in the Marine Corps, He lives here at 610 Roxboro place. Born in Milwaukee, Wis., Finucane enlisted in the Marine Corps March 1, 1903. He served in the Philippines and other outlying stations of Uncle Sam and then came on duty in the Navy Department in 1909. He served as orderly to Secretary Myers, to Sec- retary Daniels and to Mr. Roosevelt. Lately he has been chief orderly at Marine Corps headquarters at the Navy Department. BLASS WINS FIGHT ON INTEREST RATE F. D. . C. Chairman Agrees Order to State Banks Is Not Legal. By the Associated Press. LYNCHBURG, Va., December 29.— After a long conferrence in Lynchburg yesterday wigh Senator Carter Glass, Leo T. Crowley, chairman of the Fed- eral Deposit Insurance Corp., said he agrees with Senator Glass that the bank act of 1933 does not authorize the recent action of F. D. I. C. order- ing non-member State banks to re- duce interest payments on time and savings deposits. Chairman Crowley said the corpora- tion will not proceed under the order until and unless the law is amended by Congress so as to give the cor- poration specific authority. May Sponsor Amendments. He added that Senator Glass signi- filed a willingness to propose certain amendments to the existing statute which would strengthen the system of insuring deposits. Senator Glass later confirmed Chairman Crowley’s statement, and expressed gratification that Crowley had agreed entirely with his interpre- tation of the law, both as to interest payments on time and savings de- posits and with respect to the diffi- culties attending the uniformity of the rates of payment. ‘The Senator said Chairman Crow- ley also admitted “the disturbing complications” that might result from acting on the alleged “implica- tions” of the existing statute. Summing up the result of the talk with Crowley, Senator Glass said: “The conference was frank and alto- gether pleasing to me.” The conference was an outgrowth of the discussion which followed pub- lication of a letter from Senator Glass to Charles S. Hamlin, member of the Federal Reserve Board, protesting as “illegal” the recent F. D. 1. C. order | reducing from 3 to 2 per cent in- | terest payments on time and savings | | deposits in non-member State banks. Sitting Bull’s Aide Lauds Great Chief On 75th Birthday Col. George Ahern Once Assisted the Warrior With His Mail. By the Associated Press. The man who squatted beside Sit- ting Bull and acted as his private secretary was celebrating his 75th birthday anniversary today. Col. George Ahern, former Army officer, lawyer, author, first forestry teacher in the United States and sec- retary of the Army War College dur- ing the World War, once served as secretary to the famous old Indian warrior during the time the latter was a ward of the Government ‘That was immediately after Ahern's graduation from West Point in 1882. Sitting Bull was a linguist in his own right, being able to read French, Ger= man and English, according to Ahern, but required assistance to handle his vast mail. A feature of Ahern's three-quarter century birthday party will be the presentation of a bagk of good-will messages from his friends and as- sociates, many of them internationally known. Electricity Cuts Taxes. Gravesend, England. is using the profits of its' municipal electric plant to reduce taxes. Turn your old trinkets, jewelry and watches into MONEY at A.Kahn Jne. Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. 42 YEARS at 935 F STREET At Washington’s Smartest Dinner and Supper Club — The Swanky ELEVEN EIGHTEEN C’annec&cui flve. New Year’s Eve Celebration Including Supper or Early Breakfast with Favors and Extravagant Entertainment, $5 %) Including Tax per person 0 For Reservations Call “Albert,” NAt. 2221 REET the infant 1935 at the smartest of dinner and supper clubs—where joy will be unconfined—Larders and cellar are bounteously stocked for the festivities—two dance floors—The Club Habana Orchestra, intimate entertainment galore, star-be- decked sky—waving palm trees—Si, Senor, Phone “Albert,” NAt. 2221 for reservations Now! r'lf.‘:—:! Tarrant & Dacita Dance Team Versatile Billy Mcintyre Consuelo Flowerton Band Leader Moe Baer