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PRESIDENT SETS UP BUSINESS LIAISON Administration Will Receive Suggestions Through Ad- visory Council. By the Associated Press. The Roosevelt administration fash- foned today a speaking tube through which, officials said, all business men can tell the Government their ideas on what the New Deal should and| &hould not do. After a White House conference Becretary of Commerce Roper an- nounced that his Business Advisory and Planning Council, composed of 52 leading business men, had been desig- nated as the agency to receive sugges- tions about pending legislation or other matters. In turn, the suggestions will be passed on to the cabinet officers or other officials. The move was in an- swer to demands among business men that some way of freely registering their ideas with high officials be worked out. Jobless First Problem. H. P. Kendall of Boston, chairman of the council, attended the White! House meeting with Roper. He said| one of the first subjects to which the | council would devote itself would be | the best type of public works for the Jobless. | The plan first became known at a dinner given by Roper last night to industrial leaders and high officials. “The watchword of this meeting is| co-operation,” he said Leading business executives also, found today that they had some gov- ! ernmental support for a theory—held by many of them—that the N. R. A. should be continued on the present temporary basis for a further period. This belief was announced by S. Clay Williams, chairman of the Blue Eagle Board, before the National Re- tail Dry Goods Association in New York. No Radical Change Expected. Business also took note of Williams' | statement that it was reasonable to assume it could go along generally as it has been recently without radical change by the Government. Williams conferred early this week with the President, but it could not be learned whether he discussed his speech. One member of the Recovery Board said he believed he had not. Thus it was still an open question how widely Williams opinion was sup- ported in the Government and it was known some members wanted more drastic changes in the recovery act. The council which is to be the liaison link between Government and business was organized more than a year ago by Secretary Roper to advise him on the affairs of the Commerce Department. At the Secretary's request it also undertook to study other Government problems. Business men were dissat- isfied, however, because they felt their efforts were buried. An official said today they were to be buried no longer. At the Roper dinner last night were 30 business leaders, 14 heads of Gov- ernment departments and legislators. Leaders at Dinner. They included Winthrop Aldrich, president of the Chase National Bank; Walter S. Gifford. president of the American Telegraph & Telephone Co.; Robert S. Lund, head of the National | Association of Manufacturers; Henry 1. Harriman, president of the Chamber of Commeerce of the United States; Secretaries Wallace and Roper, Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the Reconstruc- What’s What Behind News In Capital Reports of Ickes’ Wire- tapping on Farley Held Baseless. BY PAUL MALLON. Too many negatives eventually make you positive, For instance, there is the present predicament of the abused Mr. Ickes, Secretary of Interior. You can ascertain rather definitely that Mr. Ickes did not have his under- cover man, Mr. Glavis, tap the tele- phone wire of a fellow cabinet officer, Postmaster General Farley. Nor did Mrs. Roosevelt become aroused at any snooping by the same Ickes’ agent around the Reedville homesteading project. The First Lady did not inspire the presidential secretary, Louis Howe, to tell Mr. Ickes that he would have to get rid of his right- hand man, Mr. Burlew, as well as Mr. Glavis. Nor does the President himself know anything about that These denials have been widely cir- culated, except, perhaps, the one about tapping Mr. Farley’s wire. What hap- pened was that Mr. Ickes denied at a press conference recently that there had been any wire tapping. The name of Postmaster General Farley was not mentioned. There really was no need to mention it. The er- roneous story was all over town. Busy in High Places. If two negatives make an affirma- tive, as most grammarians insist, these numerous denials, with which Mr. Ickes now is virtually surrounded, certainly indicate that he and Mr. Glavis have been very busy in very high places. That deduction is partially suggested also by what is behind the wire- tapping rumor. Postmaster General Farley has been heard to complain privately to some of his associates that every time he calls the Interior Depart- ment there is a click on the wire. He had no suspicion that his own office or hotel home wire was tap- ped. Yet, certain circumstantial evidence in addition to the clicking indicated that a third party keeps record of some calls coming into the Interior Department, P. W. A., Oil Administration and all the other little kingdoms which Mr. Ickes rules. Murmurings on the same subject have been heard from Postmaster General Farley’s lieutenants, who say they have had similar ezperiences. It may be that they are overly suspicious where Messrs. Ickes and Glavis are concerned, but that is be- side the point. discern the spark of undeniable truth that all Washington has great respect for the modest little gay-pay-oo estab- lished by Mr. Glavis. He has only about 150 regular employes, but bor- rowings from the Justice Department and other bureaus keep it generally around 300. The erroneous reports are high tribute to the efficiency of his organization. But that is not the biggest spark. In the old deal days. occasion- tion Finance Corporation; Relief Ad- ministrator Harry L. Hopkins and Stephen Early and Marvin McIntyre of the presidential secretariat. PAY RESTORATION HEARING DELAYED Meeting of Subcommittee on Deficiencies Expected With- in Few Days. The hearing set for today on the McCarran Government pay restora- tion bill before the Subcommittee on Deficiences of the Senate Appropria- tions Committee had to be post- poned, but is expected to be held with- in a few days. Several subcommittee members could not be present today. The pay bill, which seeks to restore the remaining 5 per cent of the cut as of January 1, was transferred to the Appropriations Committee severall days ago after the Civil Service Com- mittee decided it lacked ;urlsdlction.' Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, | chairman of the appropriations group, notified Senator McCarran, Democrnt,’ of Nevada late yesterday he would be given a hearing by the Subcommittee on_Deficiencies. Believing that present living costs Justify an immediate return to the basic salary schedule throughout the Government service, Senator McCar- ran will make a determined effort to have his measure approved. ‘The Subcommittee on Deficiencies has before it a joint resolution already passed by the House to provide sev- eral independent Government com- missions with additional funds needed for the remainder of the current fiscal year. Since the pay bill also involved an expenditure to be made during the remainder of the current fiscal’ year, Senator McCarran believes it would be appropriate as an amend- ment to this deficiency resolution. McCarran yesterday introduced a revised draft of the pay bill, having the same effect of his earlier measure. ‘This also was sent to the Appropria- tions Committee and probably will be offered in place of the original bill. | -~ AWARDED CHILDREN Mrs. Sylvia B. Kauffmann Also Given $700 Monthly for Support. An order awarding to Mrs. Sylvia B Kauffmann the custody of her two children and requiring the father, Philip C. Kauffmann, to pay $700 a month for the support of his wife and children was signed in District Supreme Court yesterday by Justice F. Dickinson Letts. The court also held that a Reno divorce decree obtained by the hus- band is “legal and binding on the parties because no evidence has been offered to prove its invalidity.” Justice Letts also held that while the Reno courts had jurisdictior over the husband and wife, it had no authority over the two children. In ordering the $700 monthly payment, the court awarded $300 monthly to Mrs. Kauffmann and $400 for the children. | forthcoming A. F. ally, some Senator complained that his office had been ransacked at night. Once the artistic ferret, Gaston Means, gleefully confessed that he went through a few sena- torial offices occasionally for the Justice Department. But no case above the grade of an ordinary senatorial ransacking has ever been rumored before. So the least you can say of over- worked Mr. Ickes is that he has estab- lished a new high for denials, when he can deny investigating the pet project of a member of the President’s family and tapping the wire of a cabi- net officer. deny now is that he investigated the pns.t of President Roosevelt himself. Relief Faces Trouble. Mr. Roosevelt's new work relief program is heading up into heavy trouble. Inner stirrings already are noticeable among building contractors and laborites. CONTRAC” ARBORIF Ry — The contractors have an idea that Mr. Roosevelt’s plan will put them out of business because he wants the work done by the Gov- ernment as much as possible. They have been exerting pressure at the White House. The labor boys sre fuming about the proposal to keep Government wages down below private wages. They regard this as an attack on wage scales generally and they appear to have some support inside the New Deal. Houser Moffett said recently the 1926 wage scale is the desirable goal. A recent release from his office, although carefully worded, also tended to knock down the idea that building costs are too high. This wage matter will be one of | the biggest inner issues before the of L. executive council meeting. Civil War in Labor. ‘The building trades union labor situation is not being helped by the civil war now raging inside it. Deputy N. R. A. Administrator Berry will not confirm or deny it, but he has notified the two warring factions of the A. F. of L. building trade department that he will resign unless they compose their differences. He is a big union man himself (head of the pressmen) and is fast getting around to the view that he is wasting { his bullding trades code efforts as long as the building trades’ warriors continue to fight among themselves. Peace is expected shortly, for that reason or others. Chairman Biddle of the /National Labor Relations Board once regaled an English lozd at breakfast with that famed Philadelphia dish called scrap- ple. The lord liked it, but thust have been confused about the name of it, for he later granted a public inter- view in which he said: 3 “I dined with some splerdid people named Scrapple, who gave ‘me biddles for breakfast.” i For that reason Mr. Biddle now is known at the Labor Board as Mr. Scrapple. (Cobytikht, 1035.) i | Through all this smoke you may | The only thing left to| THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO BARKER WOMAN'S DEATHLAID TO SON Brother of Gangster Who Died at Her Side Grilled After Arrest. By the Associsted Press. Though the Federal men aren't ex- actly saying so, it is the general be- lief that Arthur (Doc) Barker, s gering desperado, broke down and “squealed” the tip that led to the deaths of his mother and brother— “Ma” and Fred Barker. His removal to St. Paul was an- nounced today by the Department of Justice. He was indicted there May 4, 1934, in the kidnaping of Edward G. Bremer, banker. Barker's capture in Chicago, Jan- uary 8—a coup that the Department of Justice kept secret till late yester- day—was conceded to have been the ! “big break” the Federal agents were seeking in their drive to smash the | wide-roving Karpis-Barker band of | outlaws. | At the telephonic direction of J. | Edgar Hoover, director of the Division | of Investigation, the nervous gangster | was interrogated for hours immedi- ately after his arrest. “Did he break down?” department | officers were asked today. Answer Guarded, “We can't tell you about that.” was the answer. “Remember, we have to | put this man on trial and we can't disclose what we learned.” It was about that time that E. J. Connelley, a crack investigator of the department, was hustled down to Florida. More than a dozen other \2gents went there from division offices in_the South. The net result was the finding of the hideout of Fred and Kate (Ma) Barker at Oklawaha; several days of surveillance and finally the protracted gun fight which ended the crime career of “Ma” and her son. After the $200,000 kidnaping of Bremer department officers conceded they had a hard case ahead of them. The Karpis-Barker syndicate, con- sisting of 8 or 10 principals and a dozen hangers-on, was immediately suspected, but it was not until March 22 that the department publicly identified them as the perpetrators. Had Gang Alliances. The group, dominated by Ma and Fred, had roved through the Middle West for years, maintaining close con- tacts with several other outlaw bands. Ma and Fred were in Chicago last Summer. A deposit box they rented at & Loop bank under the name of “Mrs. F. E. Gordon” and “Ray Gordon” was raided by Federal men and more than $5000 was found in the box. It is still there. That raid was made late one after- noon. It became public that night and by dawn Ma and Fred had jumped a southbound train. Facts surrounding the flight were discovered by agents several days later. Forecasts Other Arrests. “We intend to knock off every one lwho ever worked with this gang.” Hoover said. “It may run to 26 or 30 people. We Have always felt that the Karpis-Barker mob was the brainiest { and most dangerous imthe country. “As long as it was at large we felt that a kidnaping or a big bank rob- bery might take place at any time.” Hoover yesterday sald “we are making inquiries” to determine wheth- er the group was also responsible for the $100,000 kidnaping of Willlam Hamm, another St. Paul resident. Members of the Touhy gang of Chi- cago were tried and acquitted. of carrying out this abduction. Attributing unusual cunning to “Ma” Barker, Hoover said, “There is a legend that she taught her boys never to be taken alive.” Lloyd Barker is in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Another son, Herman, committed suicide in 19274n the course of an encounter with police. KARPIS ARREST ANTICIPATED. Federal Agents Reported Concentrating in Florida—Hideouts Searched. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 18.—Federal agents worked at top speed today to put the finish to the Barker-Karpils kidnap gang, with the arrest of Alvin | Karpis, new No. 1 public enemy and remaining “king-pin” of the mob, be- lieved to be imminent. The belief that the Government in- vestigators were closing in on Karpis was based on a series of developments including the disclosure of a Federal | agent at Ocala, Fla., that heavy rein- | forcements of agents had been sent into that State for a concentration near Miami. . This disclosure, made at the inquest into the death of Fred Barker and his mother, Kate, both of whom were slain earlier in the week by Federal agents at Oklawaha, Fla., came al- most simultaneously with the an- nouncement that Arthur (Doc) Bar- ker, brother of the slain Fred, was held incommunicado in Chicago. At the same time, another report said they were searching gangland haunts on Chicago's Northside for Karpis. RANSOM HUNT CONTINUES. $14,273 Found Among Effects of Barker and Mother. | By the Associated Press. OCALA, Fla., January 18.—Depart- ment of Justice agents continued to- day their quest for ransom money at the Oklawaha hideout, near here, where they killed Kate (Ma) Barker and her son Fred in a six-hour gun battle Wednesda.y So far the agents have found $14,273—much of it in $1,000 bills— at the shot-spattered Oklawaha house where the mother and son, sought for questioning in the Edward G. Bremer $200,000 kidnaping at St. Paul a year ago, made their last stand. ‘The Federal men, would not say if the money was part of the Bremer ransom payment or if it connected the Barkers and their underworld allies with other crimes. $370 SAVINGS LOST Money Belonging to Nelson W. Brown Was in New Bills. est Nelson W. Brown hopes an hons man found the $370 he lost yesterday. Furthermore, he hopes the man reads this story, because the $370 was in new bills—20s, 10s and 5s—and the finder will have no way of determining Wwho lost the money unless he sees this. Brown, an employe of the Patent Office, drew the money from a build- ing association at Eleventh and E streets and was on his way to his home, at 2214 Q street southeast, when he lost it. His mother, Mrs. Mary L. Brasmer, is recuperating from an operation, and Brown intended to pay doctor's and hospital bills “T savings. Prominent Folk Attend New York Butlers’ D. ¢, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1935. “Program of Social Suicide” Seen in School Fund Cut Representative Ditter Cannot Reconcile ©! Legislation Measures Character Building Refusal With Ad- I ministration’s Social Security Policy. Refusal of the House Subcommittee and unscientific methods. I cannot Social leaders who attended the Ball “United Stafi's Ball,” formerly known as the butlers’ ball, in the grand ball room of the Hotel Commodore, New York, last night. Left to right: ard Whitney, wife of the president of ball, for which Mrs. Field is sponsor, Mrs. Marshall Field and Mrs. Rich- the New York Stock Exchange. The is intended for domestics in wealthy and socially prominent households—but it is becoming quite a social event in itself. At right: Miss Eleanor Barry fame, who were among the guests. BILL INRODLGED Kimble Enters First of So- in Assembly. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, January 18.—The first of the much-discussed social on District Appropriations to include | join with these advocates in curtail- | jegislation measures for Maryland was an item of $87,540 for character edu- cal ment of character building. * * * “The fallacy of the doctrine of re- | before the Legislature today, having tion in the public schools Was| trenchment in our public school sys- | been introduced with about a dozen branded today by Representative Dit-|tem becames more evident as one miscellaneous measures yesterday. ter, Republican, of Pennsylvania as “a program of social suicide.” Ditter, ranking minority member of the subcommittee, served notice on his conferees that he intends to fight for the adoption of an amendment restor- | . | Representative Ditter declared that | ing this sum to the schools. The eliminated item should be restored. Ditter said, “in the hope that the school system in the District of Co- lumbia may provide a model for other school systems of the country.” Ballou Tells Cannon. Dr. Frank W. Ballou. superintend- ent of schools, had told Chairman Cannon, Democrat. of Missouri that the character education experiment this year would call for approximately $70.000 in new expense money. The remaining sum, $17.540, represents Day | convinced that an economic recovery | for teachers transferred from other duties. This information, it is said, stopped the appropriation. “It is proposed at this time,” Ditter said, “to eliminate an appropriation | first duty to give to our children the | for this purpose and to disrupt the organization which has been built up by the superintendent of schools in this commendable program. No one will be bold enough to deny that the development of character should be one of the primary functions of our school system, but there are those who believe that such a program should be relegated to a secondary place and de- pend for its efficiency upon haphazard contemplates the imperative demands for leadership in this age of uncer- | tainty. Dependability, stability and character are needed sorely today.” Cannot Reconcile Policy. he could not reconcile “an avowed ad- ministration policy of emphasis upon | social security and an evident admin- | istration program of ignoring the foundation upon which our social se- curity must be built—the character of our people.” | " “I deplore the fact that character | education cannot be included in the | program of administration expendi- | tures,” Ditter continued. | “I am in accord with those who emphasize the need of maintaining the national credit. but I am equally | will be of little value unless those in- | terests which nave to do with char- acter building are safeguarded and | developed. * * * I hold it is our | greatest possible advantages for phys- | ical well-being, for intellectual dis- | cipline and the development of spirit- {ual stability which can possibly be | provided.” | Representative Ditter was applauded when he closed his statement with an appeal to “both sides of the House, | irrespective of party lines,” to support | his proposed amendment to restore the character education appropriation. DOLLARDIPLOMACY OF U.S. HELDENDED Welles Says Intervention to Save Investments Opposed to Present Policies. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, January 18.—A belief that American capital invested abroad should not expect protection of the American flag through intervention by armed forces was expressed in a speech prepared for delivery here last night by Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary of State. ‘Willard Beaula® of the Latin Amer- ican section of the State Department read the speech prepared by Welles before the first annual meeting of American colleges. The latter is con- fined to his bed in Washington fol- lowing a heart attack. Welles said Latin America need never again fear American “dollar diplomacy” or the “big stick” policy. Quoting President Roosevelt's dec- laration that “the definite policy of the United States from now on is one opposed to armed intervention,” ‘Welles, chief of the State Depart. ment’s Latin American section, said the United States had proved its intention of foregoing future unilat- eral intervention. He said the President’s declarations, together with American signature of the Montevideo Convention of Rights and Duties of States, “creates a prece- dent which it is my belief will never be abandoned.” The former Ambassador to Cuba declared it was his belief American capital “invested abroad should, in fact as well as in theory, be subordi- nate to the authority of the people of the country where it is located.” He pointed out that American war- ships stood off Cuban ports during the 1933 crisis to evacuate American citizens if necessary, but that no armed forces were landed. He said the United States’ withdrawal of Ma- rines from Haiti last Summer fur- nished another example of principle carried into practice. e OIL PATENT SUIT LOST SANTA FE, N. Mex, January 18 {#).—The Gasoline Products, Inc., yes- terday lost its suit against the Cham- plin Refining Co., involving alleged infringements of patents on an oil b " process. United States Circuit Judge Sam G. Bratton of the tenth circuit, who tried the case here in August on assign- ment, held the patents owned by the plaintiff are of the liquid cracking kind, whereas the defendant corpora- tion used & vapor process. ROOSEVELT ASKS ~ STATE FOREST AID Writes to Oklahoma Gov- ernor Urging Co-opera- tion in New Program. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, January 18.— | President Roosevelt, in a letter to Gov. | E. W. Marland, has asked co-opera- | tion of Oklahoma in a reforestation program as part of the national re- covery plans. Marland said he would work along the lines the President suggested. “Some of the provisions of the lum- ber code cannot be carried out effect- ively without Federal and State legis- lation,” the President wrote, “in the matter of protecting the forests against fire, insects and disease, ad- justment of forest taxation, taking over tax delinquent forest land for State or other public forests, other suitable measures to increase public ownership, and encouragement of bet- ter management of private forests. “I intend to submit to Congress rec- ommendations for legislation looking toward this end, so far as it comes within the scope of Federal action. “There are, however, several meas- ures that come within the jurisdic- tion of the individual States. Among these are measures dealing with tax- ation of forests, tax delinquency, for- est fire laws, co-operation between the State forest agencies and forest own- ers in developing and maintaining permanent local forest industries and communities and other measures deal- ing with police power of the State.” Marland said his Flood Control Committee would handle the plans. A. G. NEWMYER NAMED PUBLISHER OF TIMES Former Past Owner of New Or- leans Item-Tribune Succeeds George Marshall. Arthur G. Newmyer, former vice president, general manager and part owner of the New Orleans Item- Tribune, yesterday was appointed publisher of the Washington Times, succeeding George Marshall. Born and educated in Washington, Newmyer started in newspaper work as secretary to the publisher of the Times. He subsequently served in the editorial department ‘and business office of the paper, later becoming general advertising manager of the Munsey newspapers. While in the South he served two terms as president of the Southern New:pq? Publishers’ Association, w, | It paves the way for a health- | insurance program 1n the State by | permitting the establishment of non- !pmm hospital services. Sponsored by Senator Robert S. Kimble, Republican, of Allegany County, it would permit hospitals to sell group “health insur- ance” under which individuals, for a fixed sum, would be entitled to certain medical and surgical services. ; In Use Elsewhere. | Similar schemes are in operation in several States, notably California, | Kimble said. Legislation is needed be- | fore such plans can be put in effect | in Maryland, the Allegany Senator | explained. because all insurance con- cerns in Maryland have to establish a reserve fund. His bill would exempt | hospitals, in furnishing group health | insurance, from the State insurance ,law requiring the creation of a re- | serve fund. As the enterprise would | be non-profit making there would be | no need for such a fund, Kimble de- | clared Paving the way for further social | legislation covering old-age pensions | and unemployment insurance, Sena- tor David J. Ballle of Carroll County, the Republican floor leader, introduced bills to produce $11,000,000 annually under the program suggested in Gov. Harry W. Nice's message Wednesday. $3,200,000 of the sum sought. The bills provide for a State in- come tax at one-half the Federal rate, increased gross revenue taxes on public utilities, larger inheritance taxes and new forms of taxes on race tracks. Politics in Evidence. Despite efforts by all concerned to keep politics out of the relief ques- tion, partisan lines were much in evi- dence in the State house today as controversy over Gov. Harry W. Nice's revenue proposals waged unabated. Members of the Legislature matked time as far as action om the Gov- ernor’s suggestions was concerned, awaiting the outcome of renewed ne- gotiations between the State and Fed- | eral authorities over Maryland's share of the cost. In what was regarded as a clever political move, Gov. Nice agreed to designate Senator J. Allan Coad to St. Marys County the Democratic floor leader, to represent the State at a conference with Federal relief au- thoritles in Washington on Monday. The Executive said the Senator was at liberty to discuss the question from any angle, find out all that is expected of Maryland, and make sure that a State appropriation of $7,200,000 a year will be necessary. That was the figure the Federal officials asked of Maryland when Gov. Nice visited Washington in December. “Almost every community is en- gaged in making a grab bag of re- lief,” he continued. Declaring the Republican Governor should give some thought to tax re- lief rather than new forms of taxation, the Worcester Senator argued that relief costs would continue to mount as long as they are borne by the State and Federal Governments. Counties and towns have not only stopped con- tributing to relief, but have stopped attempting to cut down on extravagant expenditures, he said. PACIFIC COAST TRADE MOUNTS 21 PER CENT 11 Months’ Showing Impresses in View of Strike—Gain in Exports 36 Per Cent. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, January 18.— Foreign trade activities picked up materially at Pacific Coast ports dur- ing the first 11 months of last year, the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce reported yesterday. The aggregate rise was about 21 per cent. The gain was the more impressive, E. Tilden Mattox, chief of the bu- reau’s San Francisco office, pointed out, because the midyear interruption of traffic by the longshoremen’s strike. The entire gain was accounted for by the rise in exports, which bettered the 1033 period by more than 36 per cent, totaling $332,585,043. The first 11 months of 1933 found cargoes val- ued at $171,440,861 moving out of Pacific ports. Imports declined somewhat The old-age pension and unemploy-; ment insurance schemes would require | here are about the best equipped and | and Raymond Moley of brain trust —A. P. Photos. HeALTH INSURANCE D.C. SCHOOL FUND REFUSED INHOUSE | | Character Education Work Loses Despite Fight by Ditter. BULLETIN. The House today by & vote of 43 to 40 defeated an amendment to the District appropriation bill to provide 35 extra policemen. The House today refused to restore to the 1936 District appropriation bill items totaling $87,540 for continu- ance of character education in the public schools. Representative Ditter, of Pennsylvania, a member of the Subcommittee on Appropriations which framed the bill, made a vigor- ous fight to have the items reinserted, but his amendments were either voted down or ruled out on points of order Ditter’s first amendment to insert in the bill an item of $4.300 for the sal- ary of the assistant superintendent in charge of character education precipi- tated a prolonged debate. Aided by Dirksen. Ditter was assisted by Representa- tive Dirksen, Republican, of Illinois, but they were unable to fight off the attacks of Chairman Cannon of the subcommittee in charge of the bill and Representative Blanton, Demo- | crat, of Texas. Ditter appealed for restoration of the character education items on the | ground Dr. Frank W. Ballou, super- | intendent of schools, was an out- | standing educator and knew the value of this new feature in the curricula of the public schools. House should follow Dr. Ballou's “rea- sonable suggestions.” Blanton declared no public schools | were “treated any better” than those | in the District. He said the schools Republican, | | have the best teachers of any in the United States. He pointed out the superintendent receives a salary of $10,000 a year, which is far in excess of the compensation paid professors at leading colleges. Blanton also declared he believed Dr. Ballou to be as good a superin- tendent of schools as could be found, | but at the same time he thought the superintendent was being overpaid. Charges Against Ditter. lanton, Cannon and Ditter tangled over an accusation by the Texan that no effort was made before the Ap- propriations Committee to have the character education Iltems reinserted in the bill. Both Cannon and Blanton charged that Ditter was wasting the time of the House in offering his amendments when the question could have been disposed of before the com- mittee. Ditter insisted, however, that he knew it would be futile to make such a move in the committee and he planned to bring his fight into the open on the floor. This afternoon Representative Ran- dolph of West Virginia, chairman of the Special Subcommittee on Crime | Investigation, is expected to offer an | amendment authorizing appropria- tions sufficient to pay 120 additional members of the Metropolitan Police Force. The bill probably will be passed to- day, after whicn the House will ad- journ until Monday. The House, in Committee of the Whole, yesteyday approved without any amendments being offered the various items in the bill as far as schools. There was no protest raised by any of the 21 members present against the continuation of the lump sum contribution by the Federal Gov- ernment of $5,700.000 as the Nation’s share towards support of the National Capital in a bill that totals $39,308,404. There was also unanimous approval of a public utilities section of the bill making mandatory a uniform taxicab rate here instead of four varying rates now charged. The provision in the bill for resto- ration of full basic salaries on July 1 was approved with authorization for granting one-step salary promotions “in unusually meritorious cases.” KALLIPOLIS GROTTO WILL HONOR GREGORY Grand Monarch of Veiled Proph- ets to Attend Business Session Tonight. Miles S. Gregory, grand monarch of the Supreme Council, Mystic Order Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, Masonic group, will be guest of honor tonight at a business ses- sion of Kallipolis Grotto at its head- quarters, 1212 G street. As grand monarch of Grotto groups, Gregory has visited 76 cities since leaving his home, at Los Angeles, Calif,, August 19, and will complete He said the | PRISONERS OF D. . LACK ATTENTION Specialized Services, Held Factor in Welfare, Not Provided. What are the requirements for a model penal system, and wherein does the National Capital fail to meet the standards? The article below is the last of a series of Jour dealing with this question. Modern prison procedure in what is now looked upon as a generally ap- proved ideal State involves a multitude of specialized services and treatments of prisoners. Such a program has been developed over a long period of years by those most deeply interested in prison work, and defended success- tully, for the most part, against those who charge that too much of value is being bestowed upon the lawbreaker. District of Columbia penal institu- tions approach this ideal in the facil- ities made available at Lorton and Occoquan, but limitations arising principally out of a lack of funds leave much to be desired. Procedure fol- lowed by some of the Federal institu- tions more nearly approaches the standard. Most important probably of all the specialized services is the first one, classification of incoming prisoners. Applied in the manner prescribed by Federal regulations this service in- volves a complete analysis of a prison- er's past and, as fully as possible, pro- vision for his future. Individual Cases Mapped. Upon entrance, for instance, a man is placed in admission quarantine for 30 days. During this time, he is in- terviewed by each of the following officials: Record clerk, deputy warden, director of social service unit, chief medical officer, psychiatrist, psycholo- gist, supervisor of education, chaplain, director of recreation and parole of- ficer. Each of these officials will confer with the warden and at the end of the 30-day period a program for the individual will be drawn up. To a degree, Lorton officials follow such a procedure, but limitations at the institution are too great. Lack of a social service unit, a psychiatrist, psychologist or trained officials in other lines handicaps the attempt. En- tering prisoners are placed in quaran- tine, their records obtained, a medical examnation made and their assign- ment to various activities made by the superintendent or his assistant. In the program drawn for the individual inmate of a Federal insti- tution, suggestions are made for the following matters: Custody and discipline, possible transfer to an- other institution, opportunity for so- cial service benefits. medical treat- ment, psychiatric and psychological treatment, education, employment, religious opportunities, recreation. Reclassification takes place at regular intervals, particularly if the pre- scribed program seems unsuccessful in an individual case. Disciplinary Board. Referring again to the Federal In- dustrial Reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio, an interesting feature of the procedure there is the existence of a disciplinary board composed of the superintendent. assistant superintend- ent and the psychiatrist. A second feature is the active par- ticipation of the inmates themselves in the administration of the institu- tion, a condition achieved through an Inmates’ Advisory Council and its Executive Committee. The council makes recommendations to the super- intendent in matters pertaining to the welfare of the inmate body as a whole, but the scope of their activi- ties does not include questions of discipline or questions affecting in- dividuals. Social service units have proved beneficial to the morale of institu- tions where they exist, one of their principal functions being to maintain |a contact with families of prisoners. Nothing of this kind exists in con- | nection with the local institutions, | prisoners being forced to depend upon censored mail for their sole contacts with dependent families who may be living beyond visiting distance. Disorders Prevented. As a whole, such programs in their | increasing complexities have proven beneficial, it 1s claimed by prison ex- perts. It is their application, it is claimed, that has prevented more seri- ous prison disorders than have oc- curred, and has prevented a whole- sale return to society of men more dangerous than when they were im- prisoned. Many of them have learned trades. For these reasons, and others, proponents of such near-ideal systems defend them as socially and econpmi- cally desirable In drawing a measure of compari- son between the District system and more nearly perfect methods, analysis has been little more than superficial. Volumes have been written in greater detail upon what a model prison sys- tem should embrace. Attention re- peatedly has been drawn to some of the urgent needs of the District in- stitutions. From this sketchy contrast, however, may be more easily gained a realization that what started out to be a model prison system for the Nation’s Capital has been overtaken by a shortage of funds and the passage of time with its attendant in- novations. Acceptance of this realization by those who direct the system and by | those who suppert it, however, may be of profit to both in planning a long-time development of penal in- stitution facilities here. MOTHER BEGS FOR SON Kentucky Woman Wants Convict Freed to “Do Work at Home."” FRANKFORT, Ky. (#).—Mrs. Sallie Kilburn of Big Rock, Ky., who has smoked a pipe and homemade to- bacco for more than 50 of her 78 years, has asked Gov. Laffoon to free her son, Monroe, serving a sentence in the State Reformatory for killing his brother. Monroe, she said, could “do the work around the home and brighten the few years I have left.” Gov. Laffoon lent a sympathetic ear, but withheld decision. SUGAR MILLS RESUME Danger of Burning Sabotage Abating in Cuba. HAVANA, January 18 (#).—Thirty- two sugar mills were grinding cane yesterday with only three instances of cane-burning sabotage reported. Matanzas Province reported 750 tons burned near the town of Calimente and an unestimated amount near the town of Agromonte. Approximately 800 tons were de- stroyed in a fleld near Aguacate, Havana Province. The sabotage was laid to radicals, than 3 per cent, totaling $103,669,057, | Supreme Council session'at Knoxville, who have warned they will attempt nl(; with $106,453,023. visits to 160 cities, winding up at the enn., June 1% to destroy the 1935 sugar crop. i