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A2 o» NEW DEAL FACES SHAPING BY COURT Supreme Tribunal Expected to Make History by Rul- ings in 1935. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. If in this season of looking ahead and looking back, one were asked to | say what single event in the coming 12 months will most profoundly influ- ence the recovery process in America, | the answer which this writer would | give would be: The decisions of the | United States Supreme Court. The fundamental issue is whether the Federal Government shall become all-powerful, whether it shall super- sede the rights and sovereignty of the States, or whether the New Deal shall be held strictly within the original limits of our constitutional system. Whichever way the Supreme Court decides, it will mean the high point in the evolution of the New Deal and a clarification of national policy upon which business and industry will find it necessary to build. For, underlying the great struggle going on between capital and labor, between Govern- ment regulation by codes and the re- sistance to code uniformity, is a con- viction that the courts somchow have not passed upon the matter. Clarification to Fcllow. If the Supreme Court says the commerce clause gives the Federal Government power to regulate com- merce within a State as well as be- tween the States, it would be just as if the Nation had adopted a consti- tutional amendment to that effect. If, on the other hand, the Supreme Court says commerce within a State is something for each State to regu- late and that mining and pants press- ing are not interestate commerce, even though the coal or the clothes travel subsequently in interstate commerce. then public “interest will turn to the best way to get the several States to enact laws supplementing or clarifying the New Deal, This will involve campaigns in the States. State constitutions and prece- dents have to be taken into considera- tion. There's the all-important fact that even the States, whether forbidden or not by their own constitutions, cannot arrogate to themselves powers which are reserved to the people them- selves. The prevailing theory of constitu- tional government for many genera- tions has been that the powers of the Federal Government are specifically enumerated, that certain powers are guararteed to the States, but that all other powers are reserved to the people and that they alone by the customary precess of making a constitutional amendment can change the Federal Constitution. Servant or Ruler. It has also been emphasized for many decades that the Federal Gov- ernment is, therefore, the servant or agent of the people and not their master. Will the Supreme Court of the United States uphold that view, | or will it take into account the social unrest and the demand of the “lib- erals” for an elastic interpretation of the Constitution? The Supreme Court could. of course, twist words around and approve sub- terfuges on the Machiavellian theory that the end justifies the means, but the men on the highest court of our land are not of that caliber. They have deep convictions, and they do not seek the easiest way out of a dilemma like the politically minded members of the other branches of the Government. These justices doubtless realize that if the courts cannot be relied upon to state the law fairly and disinterestedly, then the road to tyranny has been opened which must gsome day ‘awaken the revolt of men and stir egain the spirit that has won by revolution the battles of Anglo- Saxon history. The principles of law and consti- tutions are immutable—they are the result of centuries of debate and dis- cussion as to what is fair and equitable in a democratic form of government. Emergencies are recognized for what they are; namely, opportunities to bring into aggressive action unused or dormant powers, but not as opportuni- ties to change the rules of the game when the same happens to take an unfortunate turn. Will Make History. The Supreme Court—nine men tested in many a decision as to their integrity, their patriotism and their devotion to what is right, irrespective of how the verdict affects the parties at interest—will make history in 1935. If one may be permitted a guess based on precedents alone, the New Deal is in for a major surprise when it tries to apply the powers of the Federal Government to the regulation of all business and industry both within and without the confines of a single State. Also, it is in for another surprise when it attempts to define by Federal law the relations of employers ' and employes not engaged in inter- state commerce. And it is in for a third surprise when it tries to use for various unspecified purposes Federal funds or Federal power delegated in vague terms by Congress to the execu- tive branch of the Government. Last year no cases testing Federal legislation and touching these major issues were decided by the Supreme Court. The Roosevelt administration | adopted a policy of avoiding tests in the high court, feeling it would gain more by trying more experiments and compromising wherever possible with those who tried to carry the cases higher. Now, however, the cases in the Federal courts are piling up. Some of them will have to be decided in What’s What Behind News In Capital Roosevelt Cements Hold On Congress Through Shrewd Technique. BY PAUL MALLON. N TWO years President Roosevelt has quietly developed a very shrewd technique for handling Congress. It is something like the one Aunt Sarah used on Peck's bad boy, keeping him in the house to remove him from temptation. The President has already started using it again on the new congres- sional session. You could see the deli- cate White House touch behind two recent moves regarding social reform legislation and munitions. Insurance Meeting Blocked. In the first place, Chairman Pat Harrison issued a call early in No- vember for his Senate Finance Com- mittee to meet here after Thanksgiv- ing to take up unemployment insur- ance. The meeting has not been held yet. The reason publicly offered is that the report of Mr. Roosevelt's cabinet meeting was not ready in time. That is true, but if you dig into it you will find that the cabinet committee has not tried to break any speed records in preparing its report. Obviously, Mr. Roosevelt does not intend to let Con- gress play with that dangerous issue, or any other, until he is ready. The President will hand out a lot of general, unspecific orders in his opening message, but he will reserve specific recommendations on the im- | portant issues until later. These spe- cific playthings he will feed out one by one. Thus, attention and pressure will be centered on them, preventing Congress from running off with them, changing them, or tiring of them. Thus, also, Mr. Roosevelt will alicays be in control of the legisia- tive program. He will control what is to be considered in Congress by submitting only what he wants considered from time to time. A variation of that device was used by the White House in the munitions matter. In that case, Mr. Roosevelt seized the brightest political toy of many a year right out of the hands of Chairman Nye of the Senate Muni- tions Investigating Committee. As Nye was shaping it up, the issue would have been public operation of muni- tions manufacturing. Mr. Roosevelt had other plans. He practically filed Mr. Nye's issue in the storeroom when he advanced the sub- stitute proposal to limit the war profits of munitions makers. By such tactics, Mr. Reosevelt has been able to make himself the master of Congress more effectively than any President before. Congressmen Don’t Like It. ‘The .Congressmen @o not like it any more than young Peck did, but there is little that they can do about it, except grumble to themselves, and they are doing that. The main difficulty is that consid- erable confusion is caused at times, and occasjonally the congressional leaders look ridiculous. They rarely know very far ahead what they are ex- pected to do. They say or do things which they must retract or Ho over again when they get specific instruc- tions. Newsmen wandering through the corridors of the House and Senate Office Buildings during the last few days have faced a reversal of the usual newspaper processes. In- stead of interviewing Congressmen for me the Congressmen have been interviewing them for neiws. The Congressmen right now do not | know any more about what they are| going to do this session than you do, if you have read the papers daily. That situation is expected to continue through this session, as it did last session. Most of the reporters are making arrangements to cover Con- gress mainly from the White House, as usual. Robinson Criticized. There was considerable private criti- cism among Senate Democrats be- cause their floor leader, Senator Rob- inson, remained at home in Arkansas so long. He knew what he was doing. It is customary for the leaders to assemble here about two weeks before the session opens, in order to lay plans for it. This year, Senator Rob- inson came on the scene only & couple' of days before the opening gonz. If he had been here a month ago, there is nothing he could have done, except to find chairs in committee rooms for the boys who have been standing around. There is no shortage of ideas among the incoming members of the House. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1935 i | - It was a goy party that was held at the Ez- ecutive Mansion in Albany, N. Y., New Year eve, when Gov. Her- bert Lehman was sworn in for his second term as chief erecu- tive of New)| York State. He| is shown here dancing with Mrs. Lehman at the ball that followed the swearing-in| ceremony. =A.P.Photo | ROOSEVELT-LONG COOLNESS GROWS New Frigidity Low Seen as Indirect Notice Is Served on Kingfish. | By the Associated Press. The coolness between the White | House and Senator Huey P. Long | | plummeted to a new low of frigidity today after President Roosevelt had | served indirect notice that the Loui- | | siana dictatorship probably will have | to repeal or clarify some of its laws | if it wants public works money. The “Kingfish,” in return, indi- | | cated there would be fireworks on the | | floor of the Senate next week. To reporters in New Orleans, he said: | “I'll make my reply to that and similar other matters—you got that?— on the floor of the Senate Monday or | the first day the Senate. is in session | next week. P. W. A. May Halt Loans. Indications that Public Works Ad- ministration loans might be withheld until Louisiana’s debt moratorium law was clarified were seen in a letter President Roosevelt wrote Gov. O. K. Allen. He suggested a “clear and unequivocal enunciation o the policy of the Legislature in respect of en actments for the postponement of the payment of public indebtedness.” ‘, The letter was one of a series writ- ten to Governors with a view to help- | ing States wishing to avail themselves of P. W. A. lending. It differed from | the others in that it suggested “clari- fication” of legislation. The P. W. A. has held up pavments | on some 60 Louisiana projects follow- ing the enactment in November of a law providing for a two-year mora- torium on public and private debts over $8 except those owed c s, the State or Federal Government. At the same session was passed a law giving the Long group control of | the New Orleans Sewage and Water Board. One of the P. W. A. projects held up since November is a $2,500, 000 loan and grant for the New Or- leans sewage system. = In Baton Rouge, Gov. Allen said | he knew nothing abcut a letter from | the President | “The only letter I got” he said, | “was aftor the Legislature, and was about only one bill, which was amended.” Relations Later Strained. Long backed Roosevelt in 1932, but later relations became strained. Fed- eral patrcnage has gone to the dic- tator’s foes in Louisiana, and Long| has hurled some sharp remarks to- ward the White House. In letters to other Governors, which | offered the aid of the P. W. A. legal department to State Legislatures in drafting appropriate legislation for Government grants, the President had suggested: 5 Relaxation of statutory limitations on taxing power to pay debts. Authorization to municipalities to engage in slum clearance in co- operation with the Federal Govern-| ent. mCreaHon of municipal authorities without the power to tax. but with| permission to irsue bonds payable | from revenue-producing water, sew- age or electric power systems. A - | ure has been considerably below the A. SENATORS WANT JOBLESS GENSUS New Deal Advisers Suggest Move as Basis for Further Relief. By the Associated Press. A census of the unemployed to find | cut just how many there are is con- templated by some of the administra- | tion's senatorial advisers. With estimates of the jobless rang- | ing from 7.000,000 to 11,000,000, these | Senators say it is time to find out definitely the magnitude of the task | facing the country in providing jobs | The legislators, not yet ready to be| quoted by name, are studying the pos- | sibility of taking the census in such a way that it would reveal also how many are employable and how many must be counted as permanent de- pendents. Seen as Providing Jobs, Such a census would run into the millions of dollars, but those advocat- ing it argue that it would in itself provide work for white-collared un- employed. “Here we are,” sald one Senator today, “trying to find a solution to the biggest problem of the day, without knowing even the most fundamental | fact in connection with it.” The last census of the unemploved was taken in 1930, after the regular national census of that year. showed about 3.000,000 jobless. 1t | | FOR POWER URGED Shipstead to Introduce Bill 01 Larger Scale Th~1 T.V. A The “Upper Mississippi Valley Au- thority,” with powers as wide or wider than those of the Tennessee Valley | Authority, is pro; 1 & bill whlchl Senator Shipstea.., mer-Labor, of | Minnesota will introduce in the ! Senate. The Minnesota Senator is convinced | that great good may be accomplished , for the rural population of the coun- | try through bringing electricity to | thousands of farms at prices low enough to make possible the use of this power and light. His bill is de- signed to bring this about in the great area of the Upper Mississippi River | Basin, Seeks Board of Three. Shipstead proposes in his bill that the Upper Mississippi Valley Author- ity be composed of a board of three, appointed by the President and con- firmed by the Senate. They would be appointed without regard to poli- tics and on merit alone. It is espe- cially provided that no member of the board shall have any financial interest in any public utility corpora- tion engaged in distributing and sell- ing power, and that no one would be appointed to the board who does not have a belief in “the feasibility and wisdom of this act.” The salaries to be paid are $10,000. The general purposes of the pro- posed law are to improve the nav- igability and tc provide for the flood control of the Upper Mississippi River, to provide for reforestation and the use of marginal lands in, and for the agricultural development of, the Upper Mississippi River Basin; to provide for the restoration and preservation of the water level, and for the develop- ment of electrical power in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. Power Given Board. The board is given the power to acquire land, construct dams, reser- voirs, power houses, etc., along the Upper Mississippi or any of its tribu- taries. It is to have the power to con- struct or rent transmission lines for power. And the board is further au-| thorized “to produce, transmit and sell electric power.”. It is to operate laboratories and experimental plants and to undertake experiments in the distribution of electricity to farm or- ganizations, municipal corporations, States and subdivisions of States. The board is also authorized to sup- ply water for domestic purposes to States, counties, municipalities and farm organizations. Should Senator Shipstead's plan for the Upper Mississippi Valley Authority be carried into effect by the passage of his bill, another link in the admin- istration’s chain of operations to bring cheaper electricity to the people will have been forged. $7,138 SAVED HOMES Frank A. Meador of Texas and great-granddaughter of Jay Gould, railroad_builder, shown in dining room of the Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, honeymoon in various Canadian cities, his bride, the former Anne Gould, Canada, They are spending their —A. P. Photo. ZKILLED. T00 HURT IN SAAR OUTBREAK Fierce Battles Fought by| Nazis and Foes as Plebi- scite Nears. By the Associated Press. SAARBRUECKEN, Saar Basin Ter- ritory, January 2—Two persons were killed and at least 100 injured in New Year day political strife in the Saar, it was learned today. Guns, pitchforks, hammers 4nd iron rods were used in clashes throughout the territory between Nazis and their adversaries. ‘Women were brought into the vio- | lent part of the struggle preliminary to the January 13 plebiscite last night when nine shots were poured into the house of a leader of a Nazi women's | organization in Budweiler, No one was injured. 50 Reported Arrested. Although officials of the interna- tional police force announced “every- thing is quiet,” it was learned that | fierce battles had been fought in at | least five places. Reports indicated | 50 persons had been arrested. Geoffrey G. Knox, Saar commis- sioner. threatened to dismiss officials who let any news of violence leak out. Two dead were picked up on high- | ways yesterday. Two Nazis were shot I BY LOUDOUN CLUBS County Agent Reports on Can- ning Projects and Other Economies. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., January 2—Home Demonstration Clubs and 4-H Clubs in Loudoun County, through their canning projects, saved approximately $7,138 during 1934. Miss Matilde Gar- ner, county agent, in making her an- nual report gave fgures to show that the women in this Virginia county have been bvsy with other home-sav- ing projects as well. | A. F. of L. Figure Often Quoted. All estimates of the unemployed since that time have been based upon | that count. A most widely quoted | figure is the monthly estimate of the | American Federation of Labor, which has been running slightly under 11,- 000,000 recently, as compared with a depression peak of about 13,000,000. | Ancther well known estimate is | made at intervals by the National In- dustrial Conference Board. This fig- F. of L. estimate. Both estimates were challenged last Fall by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, which contended the total should not be more than 7,000,000. Jewish Women Elect Officers. WINCHESTER, Va, January 2 (Special).—Miss Katherine Schneider has been elected president of the Jewish Weman's Club for 1935. Mrs. Hamburger was elected vice president, Mrs. A. Levin, secretary; Mrs. A. J. Novick, treasurer, and Mrs. S. Edlavitch, chaplain. Life’s Li House furnishings, which was the major project in the women's work for the last year, with 522 pieces I modeled, 240 rooms improved, im- proved storage space in 58 homes, 66 sets of table linen made, 240 pillows and rugs and other accessories for the dining and living rooms of the home and 88 chairs reseated, making a total savings in this project of $546. Additional projects included that in cheese making, when 440 pounds were made, 135 dogwood trees planted, 22 workers tmproving their poultry flocks, 14 delegates sent to the Virginia Homemakers' Association at Blacks- burg, 9 to the State 4-H short course and 3 women to the National Rural ‘Women’s Conference in Washington. The county agent and women's clubs served hot lynches in 30 schools frora January 1 to April 15 to approximately 850 children. — . Grange to Meet at Forestville. FORESTVILLE, Va., January 2 (Special) —Great Falls Grange will meet tonight at 8 in Forestville Grange Hall. ke That BY FRED NEHER. i | | was to take the armored cars to Saar- early yesterday in a street clash at Jacrgersfreude between 25 Communists and Nazis. 23 Hurt at Ensdorf. Several fights occurred at Saar- uecken, Saarlouis, Sinnerthal, Eber- The br hahn, Puettliagen and Ensdorf. last-named had 23 casualties. Nazis opened their final campaign, preliminary to the actual balloting January 13, with four mass meetings today, two in Saarbruecken and the others in Burbach and Malstatt. | Knox had decided today to declare a political amnesty as the plebiscite compaign moved toward a climax. A proclamation probably will be issued January 7, freeing several lead- ing Nazis, awaiting trial on charges of slandering the government, and other political prisoners. | Officers of the international army of 3.500 brought here by-the League of Nations to insure order remained at their posts. BRITISH BOLSTER FORCE. Eight Armored Cars Received for Use | in Policing Saar. CALAIS, France, January 2 (P).— Eight armored cars, equipped with machine guns, were Janded today as part of the equipment for the British force policing the Saar territory. | A detachment of 80 soldiers for the international force in the arca | bruecken this afternoon. METAL FRAGMENT SOLE DEATH CLUE “Tost" Blasting Cap in Coal Seen Possible Cause of Ex- plosion. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, January 2.—A search for the cause of the death of Miss Katherine Briscoe, 51-year-old Balti- more society woman, centered today in a mysterious metal fragment, be- lieved to be a piece of a miner's de- tonating cap. An intensive study of the metal was planned by chemists and police investigators with Dr. Rob- ert W. Wood of the Johns Hopkins University, ballistics expert, looking on. Miss Briscoe was fatally wounded Monday when the fragment—scarcely | Fla., waterfront. | | lation prohibiting the taking of pic- US. TODROPPHOTO CASE OF JAPANESE Naval Officer Questioned for Making Pictures of Water Front. There were strong indications today that no action would be taken against | Yoshio Matsuda, a Japanese naval officer questioned by immigration offi- | cials after he was discovered making | photographs of the St. Petersburg, | Capt. William D. Puleston, director of the Navy Department’s intelligence divisign, said there was no naval regu- tures in a commercial harbor. He made this statement to news- | paper men after Capt. T. Yamaguchi, | Japanese naval attache, had called at | the department and told Puleston that | Matsuda was a lieutenant commander | n the Japanese Navy and was at- tached to the New York office. Secretary Swanson said he had re- | ceived no report, but that “we object to them taking pictures of our ships, | COUP QUSTS G.0.P. IN RHODE ISLAND Democrats Seize Suprem? Court After Taking Ovor Legislature. By the Associated Press, PROVIDENCE, R. I, January —Rhode Island Democrats veorgan- ized thelr State government todey after gaining control of the Legi:- lature by a swift coup, ousting th» Supreme Court and consolidating gov- ernmental agencies. The Democrats seated three of th~ number on the Supreme Court benc where no Democrat has served f for more than 40 years; reduced ‘o 80 State agencies to 11 commirsc: and abolished the Providence Board ¢ Safety. The move, made possible when th> Democrats suddenly gained a majo-it’ in the State Senate, surprised even t'1> Democrats themselves and left the R-- publicans seemingly too bewildered t) make an immediate counter move. Troops Guard Capitol. National Guardsmen paced the ccr ridors of the State house, carr bayoneted rifles, and State police a: Providence patrolmen assisted maintaining order as the news spre: and hundreds rushed to the Capitol. It was a hectic session from the firc move yesterday, when the Legisia refused to seat two Republican S¢ tors, to the early hours of today, wh- Gov. Theodore Francis Green was in augurated for a second ierm. Old-time Democrats wept, hug each other and shouted, “We've wait a lifetime for this.” Recount OQusts Republicans. ‘The move began with a recount o the Portsmouth and South Kingstown yotes for State Senator. The Demo- cratic candidates in those towns we: declared elected, sworn in and to their seats, giving the Democrats a 22-20 control of the upper branch. They already held a 58-42 majority in the House, and measures were rushed through vacating the five seat; in the Supreme Court, abolishing th: Providence Board of Public Safety an consolidating the governmental agen cies. A joint meeting of both branch of the Legislature elected new Suprem: Court justices and all but Represent: tive Francis B. Condon, who was €1 route from Washington, were sworn at once. Flynn Is Chief Justice. Edmund W. Flynn, Pro Representative, was named chief tice, and the other associates, v Condon, are William W. Moss, fir assistant attorn general; Hugh I Baker and Antonio A. Capostosto, £ perior Court justices. Only Baker &n . Capostosto are Republicans The act consolidating the goverr- 2 d | mental agencies was but it was believed it would resul hundreds of Republicans losing S jobs. especially the Trenton.” The Trenton is & 7.500-ton cruiser now in the harbor at St. Petersburg. Swanson said no complaint had | been made to the State Department, ! and would not, unless formal charges | were brought. | He described the attache's visit as | for “information.” and in reply to a question said: “I wouldn't like to say whether it was an apology.” Puleston quoted Yamaguchi as say- ing Matsuda was on leave when he was detained in Florida. MATSUDA EN ROUTE HERE. Japanese Questioned on Photo-making | Released in Florida. ; ST. PETERSBURG, Fia.. Janua (#).—A man who said he was Y Ma da, Japanese naval officer taken into custody here when he was dis- covered m-king photcgraphs of the water front, left today by in. He bought a ticket to New York. As he boarded the train, Matsuda said he would stop en route at Wash- | ington to visit the Japanese Embass; S. B. Hopkins. immigration offi at Tampa, said the Japanese never had been officially in the custody of his department, but had remained willingly in the company of an agent o | until he had been questioned to estab- lish the legality of his entry into this | country. Matsuda spent last night at the home of E. L. Roux, the immigration agent here, and had a telephone con- versation with the Japanese Embassy at Washington this morning. Chief of Detectives E. E. Lipphard declared the man said he held the rank of a student commander and had taken pictures in several Ameri- can cities since coming to this country about a year ago. Lipphard quoted the man as saying he was in the pay of the Japanese Navy, had sent his films to New York inting and relay to Japan. and had purchased abont a million dollars | worth of machinely in this country | for his government. WINCHESTER. MANAGER OFFERS HEARING TO ALL Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., January 2.— Arthur M. Field, who yesterday suc- ceeded P. P. Pilcher as city manager, today issued an “appeal” to all citi- zens with complaints, suggestions or criticisms, to offer them personally to him. He also invited city employes who feel they are not being treated fairly to tell him why, and he will give them a full hearing. Mr, Field said he expected to “make Just before 1 o'clock this morni the much-delayed Gov. Green war held and the Les lature adjourned “ntil 1 pm, Ex standard time. BRAZILIAN STRIKE HOLDS SHIPS IGL 400,000 Maritime Workers ™ ported Involved in Rcw Over Wages. ss. IRO, January 2.- Brazil's merchant marine units wer. held at anchcr today in t par- ticipants called South America’s big- gest strike. Syndicated maritime workers, frcm commanders to deck swabbers, saic the walk-out would continue until their demands for higher wages were met. Some-estimates were that 400 000 are on strike, but the government said not so many were involved. The steamer Jaceguay from North Brazil was the only vessel to ente pert here yesterday, but its crew rc- | fused to dock end unload. It wr anchored in the ba; The strike was erly and becav of this police withdrew an arme: detachment from pier: The Lloy Brasileiro, largost Brazilian transpo company, however, doubled guards c its vessels and wharves. | Government officials predicted speedy solution of the strike, wh¢ has resulted in a crowding of wharv: | with boat mail bags for all parts the world. A strike of telegraph worke: near solution, as many operat turned to work. seenr MARTINSBURG CHARTER CHANGES ARE PLANNE Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, Januc 2—A five-man committee has be: named here to prepare sugge: changes for the charter of the of Martinsburg in the interest economy—made necessary under I | duced revenue resulting from adoy tion of a State tax levy limitir | amendment—and announced throu | Attorney Clarence E. Martin, chair | man of a Citizens' Group Committ- which initiated the reform effort an | directed that such 3 committee b | named. In directing such a committee t amistake” now and then, but that he | More than 21,000 bills have been pre- pared for introduction there. This is not a record, but about average. You do not need to worry very | could not hope to do a great many undertake the charter revision, t! constructive things without an occa- | Citizens' Committee, meeting la | sional error. He said that if he does [ week, specified that the report shou | not make good as a city manager the | come back to the parent Citizen larger than a pea—tore into her lung | as she was stoking the furnace in the ! cellar of her home in a fashionable | residential district here. the Spring term and some in the Autumn term of the Supreme Court. And when the Supreme Court has SEVEN COUPLES WED spoken the New Deal will have re- ceived its real instructions and in- dustry its guidance. (Copyright. 1953.) FAIRFAX HOH;IE CLUBS much about them because many will never gain the attention of a one-line notice in the home town paper of the Representative who proposes them. A majority of them are private relief bills for voters back home. Repre- sentatives usually introduce so many Upper Marlboro License List In- cludes Several From D. C. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Janu- ary 2—New Year resolutions took | Dr. Wood has advanced the theory that the bit of metal was part of a detonating cap exploded by the heat of the furnace. The scientist said this appeared to him to be the most prob- able solution of the mysteYy. City Council should remove him from ‘ Committee for approval before bein~ office. | Former City Manager Pilcher has | gene to Washington, having received | ap appointment in the Navy Depart- ment just on the eve of his retirement here. submitted to the 1935 Legislature fo action. The resolution disclaimed any political motive in the action. The Martinsburg charter was drastically revised by the 1933 Legi.- lature. | " His idea, he said, was that the ex- ,plosive device was accidentally left (in a shipment of coal and was in a | shovelful of the fuel Miss Briscoe the form of marriage vows for seven | couples who obtained wedding licenses | here during the closing days of 1934. | The licenses were issued in the MAP 6-MONTH’S WORK of them that, after a few weeks, they forget which ones are theirs. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., January 2,—During the first six months of the year local Home Demonstration Clubs will have as as their major project “Home Manage- ment,” Miss Sarah E. Thomas, home, demonstration agent, has announced. For January the different clubs will have as their topic “The Home Mak- er and Her Job.” The importance of planning work in advance will be the central topic for February, Miss Thomas said. In an effort to bring about less physical strain in carrying out the ususal household routine, home demonstra- tion members are to discuss how a planned day can ease their work. Home Demenstration Clubs also in- tend to wage an active campaign’ to- ward securing more labor-saving devices in homes and running water in every kitchen. A similar drive was made several years ago, Miss Thomas said, with excellent results being attained. Familiar Faces Lost. There are a lot of familiar faces missing from the assembling hordes of legislators, men with good public records who were swamped by the new political surge last election day or who decided politics was not worth the effort. Among them are the out- standing_constitutional lawyer of the House, James Beck; ex-Senator Dill of Washington, the expert radio leg- islator; playful Fred Britten of Chi- cago, Ross Collins of Mississippi, smart Loring Black of New York, Mc- Clintic of Oklahoma, Clyde Kelly of Pittsburgh, brilliant Senator David Reed and level-headed Walcott of Connecticut. Most 'of these men would tell you privately today that a man who devotes his life to politics is & fool. Yet there are many bright, shiny faces here to take their places, faces eager to be nationally familiar. Some of them will be, but most will not. (Copyright, 1935.) ¥ Cat 1 pme | names of Walter Benjamin Anderson, | 28, and Dorothy Mae Kirk, 20, both | | of ' Washington; Charles Edward Wil- | kerson, 22, and Mildred Jeannette Haas, 16. both of Washington: Thomas | John Fowler, 26, Ritchie, Md., and | Ethel Mae Hayman, 22, Wilmington, | Del; James Edward Dyson Gold- | smith, 46, and Ethel Marie Davison, | 34. both of Oxon Hill, Md.; Register | Henry Ezzell, 23, and Clara Mae | Conklin, 21, both of Washington; ’ ‘William Orlando Birch, 21, East Falls | Church, Va., and Francés Katherine | Herdt, 18, Ballston. Va.; Paul Carson, | 28, and Sophia Elizabeth Austin, 28, | | both of Washington. S Herndon Luncheon Saturday. HERNDON, Va., January 2 (Spe- cial).—The Herndon Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual ladies’ day luncheon in the Herndon Presby- terian Church dining room Saturday “BUT, HOLIDAYS.” ’ » POP—EVERYTHING 18 MARKED DOWN AFTER (Copyright. 1935.) ity o I///l///////llglll THE ( | the guns, and in their search of the tossed on the flames. OFFICERS FIND LIQUOR IN $EARCH FOR GUNS Special Digpatch to The Sta WINCHESTER, Va., January 2.— Sheriff Harry L. McCann and Deputy J. W. Newcomb ran into more busi- ness n they anticipated Monday, when they went to the dwelling of one Ray Hutzler, in Green Spring Valley, searching for three stolen shot- uns. 4 They charged Hutzler with theft of premises found 75 gallons of well- aged rye whisky. In addition, they arrested Raymond Unger, Wilson Low, Howard Brill and Madeline Shane for illegal possession of liquor. The shot- guns were said to have been stolen at Rockiille, Md. ’ 4-Mile Line of Automabiles Freed From 12-Foot Drif By the Associated Press. LITTLE FALLS, N. Y, January 2— Snow plows freed a four-mile line of | busses, trucks and automobiles from the snowdrifts that mounted to 10 to 12 foot heights, just east of here to- day. In the line were four busses, carrying perhaps 150 passengers. One of those vehicles, with 60 aboard, had | been stalled since 11 o'clock last night. | The party was marooned about 5 miles east of Little Falls. A dozen miles north lie the hills where four men were marooned three niglits in a wrecked airliner, until res- cuers reached them Monday. ‘The worst blizzard in years roared down the valley last night, closing the | ' ¢ highway, the main cross-State rout: between Buffalo and Albany. Another report this morning w:s that several busses were snowcouni on the Cherry Valley road, another trans-State highway which runs through a wilder country up in the hills. Mrs. Ruben Klock, at whose farm- house many of the party in the Mo« hawk Valley came for food and warmth, said three of the busses, bound from New York or Albany to- ward Buffalo, alone carried 127 per- sons. A high wind continued today, pil- ing drifts higher, but the sky was clear. The temperature was about 10 degrees above zero. _