Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1935, Page 5

" FIRST PRESIDENT ALSONEEDED ROOM Roosevelt but One Execu-| tive Who Required Larger Business Offices. BY FRANK W. HUTCHINS. President Roosevelt,"as other Presi- dents before him, found it necessary to enlarge the White House to give him more “elbow room.” A pretty good yard-stick for measuring our | national growth lies in the space and equipment required for the Chief Ex- ecutive. What would George Wash-‘ ington think of the spaclous new of- ! fices of Franklin D. Roosevelt? Imagine the first President stepping from his craraped quarters into the wide clerical rooms, into the special room for cabinet meetings. into the Jofty oval elegance of Mr. Roosevelt's vate office i Dflv‘v‘k:enu Washington was President | and Philadelphia was the national Capital, the executive mansion was nt‘ 100 High street, just then getting its | new name, Market street. Washing- | ton rented the house from Robert Morris. Large as it was, 1t afforded | scant space for both a home and a | presidential office. Indeed, after fam- Dy and upper servants were accom- | modated and rooms assigned for semi- public use, only a room on the third | Hoor was available for the office of | the President of the United States Washington was greatly tmubls).li over this location of what he called | the “public office” He complained that “persons on business had to| ascend two pairs of stairs and pass by private chambers to get to it. Cramped and Chilly. : And when one got there, it was, ot much of a room, neither large nor | - convenient. The President must have found cramped accommodations with 8 secretary and several clers at work. Chilly up there, too, when the Winter wind set in the north, despite tne small open fireplace and the stone back-log and the iron fire-dogs ‘Washington required unfailing in: dustry in this room. From 8 o'clock till 3, quills scratched busily. And there were no holidays but Sundays, and no office girls in those old times ten up the picture. ‘os?ynlsltl]xch fol?Prvsid(‘m Washington's public executive room But, of course, there was also the presidential pn\_am office. Perhaps that made more im- pressive showing. Step down to the floor below. There, that is it—the little whitewashed room tucked in the stairway. | = ?}1 a strange enough adminis-| trative office—evidently a dressing| room. Along one side, Washington's| French dressing table and his toilet | accessories. But, observe the vh:_g‘ mahogany desk. That, and necessity. | made this dressing room also George Washington's _study: and necessity again made it President Washing- | ton's private office. The little rofum had two close-set windows lookmg‘ out upon & wide tree-grown garden. | Desk Impressive Enough. The fact that the desk here was & | farge one helped a good deal in con-| verting a dressing room into a presi- dential sanctum. Washington bough%i the desk in New York, supposedly | from the retiring French minister | Who had brought it from Paris. Of, mahogany inlaid Wwith satinwood, it was an impressive piece even fli scarcely artistic. Upon it stood & tall quaint candelabrum with a reflector. The desk is yet preserved in the museum of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; the candlelabrum, | too, in the National Museum at hington. ¢ w;f)hn g}\dams. in European diction. | used to call this little presidential office “Washington's cabinet.” And that suggests & question. It was at this time that the word “cabinet, though in quite another sense, found American political usage. In this house was born the President’s cabinet. Washington’s first practice had been to consult his heads of departments | separately. Now he had them meet with him st his house. Informally at; first, then in regular council upon his summons. The question is, did Presi- dent and cabinet meet in" this little oom back of the stairway? g Tflere is evidence that they did— sometimes, anyway. Not so impossible, perhaps, when it is remembered that in those days there were but four cabi- net members, and Washington did not always include the Attorney General. And yet, the evidence seems scarcely strong enough to squeeze the group in. There would be Washington him- self, 210 pounds of him, and Jeffer- son, over 6 feet and inclined to sprawl, and Hamilton, small but restless, and Knox, requiring space for 280 pounds. If, indeed, cabinet meetings were held in this room, no wonder their known lack of harmony. Walls Hold Secret. ‘But, cabinet or no cabinet, this little room was through long years the executive center of the new, doubtful experiment in democracy. It was here that George Washington administered the executive affairs of the United States. Here he held his confidential interviews, here prepared his impor- tant state papers, here watched and guided the infant Nation's uncertain footsteps. How much this room saw of hoping and planning, of fighting end almost despairing, mever to be known outside its narrow walls! Just “his room,” the family called it—in truth, the tiny watch-tower of the young republic. For the most part, that private office of President Washington was peculiarly private. With friends selfish- ly using him, and foes abusing him, the man drew more and more within himself—and this little white-washed room. Not at Vally Forge, but in the executive mansion at Philadelphia did George Washington make the supreme sacrifice for his country. So, as we look back across the years, we see his great figure bending very gravely over the big desk there by the windows. Fortunate for him that the two windows looked out upon a gar- den. Such a nature lover would find help in the birds and the trees through the hard days in that little presiden- tial office behind the stairway. JOINTS PROVE STRbN.GER Mimber Connectors and Plywood Gussets Effective. The problem of designing & Joint strong enough to develop the tull strength of the members entering it when lumber is the structural ma- terial, has been “almost entirely solved” by the use of modern timber connectors and plywood as gusset ma- terial It was found that the effective strength of the structure was in- creased from two and one-half to as much as six times that attained in the old-fashioned, bolted joints. The tests further showed the “surprisingly high load-carrying capacities of the plywood used with timber connectors and indicated that further investiga- tion which would develop accurate dala for the use of engineers was necessary and advisable.” Quizzed in Death MOTHER HAD REPORTED CHILD KIDNAPED. Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. : |in the Melbourne Air Derby. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1935. AIRMAIL SERVICE WILLLINK EMPIRE| British to Transport All First Class by Plane After 1937. LONDON (P)—Six million flying miles of the British Empire wil' be linked by a 3-cent per half ounce first-class airmail 1937, says the British air ministry. That would give Great Britain su- premacy over one-third of the world's air routes. Sir Philip Sassoon, undersecretery for air, says all first-class mail will be dispatched by air after 1937. Skip- ping circles are silent as to whether existing governmental mailship sub- sidies will be reduced when the entire transport of first-class mail by air is put into operation. Time to Be Cut Four Days. Inhabitants of remote Malaya, South and East Africa, at present 22 days by sea and 9 days by air from London, will have their airmail service shortened by four days. The 12-day London - Australia service will be halved. This momentous empire service was conceived before C. W. A. Scott's rec- ord-breaking England-Australia flight | The | scheme has been given careful cmp1 . |sideration, and negotiations have been junder way with the dominions for many months. The air ministry. | post office and imperial airways have pritiiiintan S ———————————— Mrs. Oliva Lent (upper), who, with Martin Quinn (lower), an employe on her farm at Jefferson, ©Ohio, are being questioned in the death of Mrs. Lent’s 3-year-old daughter, whose body was found on a nearby farm Saturday. The child disappeared November 22. The mother clung to the theory that her baby had been kidnaped. ‘The body disclosed no evidences of violence. INCOME TAX STICKERS SENT TO TAXPAYERS | By the Assoclated Press. Thousands of Federal income tax- payers were recipients today of small green stickers, mailed out by the or- ganization Sentinels of the Republic, to be used as a protest against pub- | lication of income tax information. The stickers, bearing the printed | words “I protest against this out- rageous invasion of my right of privacy.” were distributed for attach- ment to the Government’s pink slip form, on which taxpayers must list income and taxes paid for publication purposes. Raymond Pitcairn, national chair- man of the Sentinels of the Republic, called the organization's campaign a call for a “pink-slip strike.” He re- ported “Nation-wide response” to it. Measures already have been intro- duced in Congress demanding repeal | | co-operated closely. Night Operation Planned. An integral part of the plan is a comprehensive program for ground organization of air routes on a basis which will enable services to cater for passengers as well as mail traffic, and | operate by night as well as by day. | As in the past, new-types of planes for these commercial services will be test-flown by factory pilots and by | Royal Air Force test pilots. Imperial Airways will pass only on innovations in comfort, interior fittings and dego- rations. | ‘There is every sign of increased air | subsidies. The 1934 subsidy was $2,- | 800,000. Concentrate on Weight. Despite the contemplated shorten- ing of time schedules over empire routes when the new postage rate goes into effect, Britain’s commercial Night Final Edition of The The Night Final Edition on White Paper The use of pink paper has been discontinued in the the front page of this edition will be printed on White paper. RED STARS A row of Red Stars is printed down the right-hand margin of the front page to identify the Night Final Edition. air services will concentrate on_tons| per mile and not on miles per hour. The air ministry intimates that planes will carry a pay load of from 3.5 to 5 ns. The air ministry believes that when is carrled beyond a certain point it becomes a secondary consid- eration with air travelers. Especially if the greater part of the 24 hours is spent in actual flight, passengers de- x’z;:tnd an increasing degree of com- FLAW IN MACON'S FRAME SUGGESTED Construction and Repair Officer Advances Theory of Weak Structure. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, February 18.— Efforts of the United States Navy to; determine whether a structural flaw | caused the Macon disaster, continued before & court of inquiry here today. | The theory that weakness in the| dirigible’s metal structure was respon- sible for the collapse which sent it | whirling into the Pacific Ocean with the loss of two lives Tuesday was supported by Lieut. Calvin S. Bolster, construction and repair officer. Lieut. Comdr. Herbert V. Wiley, skipper of the Macon, indicated by | his sharp questioning of Lieut. Bolster that he disagreed with the theory. | He suggested that fluttering fabric,| possibly loosened by rain, might have fouled the controls, throwing the ship into a damaging luréh, | The court announced Lieut. Comdr. R. G. Mayer, inside superintendent of the Sunnyvale Air Base, and Lieut. Comdr. Scott E. Peck, navigation offi- cer of the Macon, will be called for | expert testimony on the dirigible's structure. Senor Meistri to Lecture. Senor Raul Meistri, first secretary of the Cuban Embassy, will lecture on Cuba at Corcoran Hall, George Wash- ington University, tonight at 8 o'clock. The address is part of a series given under the auspices of the university’s Inter-American Center and is open to the public. | Protect Fresh Paint From Dust. Be careful that no dust settles on a surface while it is being painted or before it is dry. — Cup Brings $2,600. A George I loving cup was sold re- cently in London for $2,600. 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Today and Tomorrow at Washington’s Finest Men’s Wear Store Semi-Annual Pre-Inventory Clearance E want to stress particularly that ALL merchandise is from our regular stocks. The QUALITY of every article is of the unvarying high Raleigh standard. Your selections may be made with the confidence of style correctness and value merit that is an intrinsic part of such nationally known merchandise as Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing, Hanan Shoes and Knox Hats. Be reminded that while our stocks are extensive—the assort- ments and sizes are broken. If you want to be sure of a varied choice. . . be here EARLY. Quantities are limited; all items subject to prior sale. @ ALL SALES FINAL: NO APPROVALS, REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES: NO MAIL OR PHONE ORDERS e - WOMEN'S APPAREL 10 Evening and Dinner Dresses. Sizes 12 to 20. Were $22.75 to $39.75 ....... $14. 33 Scarfs. Were $1 z 3 Tweed Suits. Untrimmed. Size 16. Were $35 and $39.75 ... $19.95 3 Untrimmed Coats. Sizes 12, 14. Were $35....$19.95 2 Women’s Coats. Untrimmed. Sizes 38, 42. Were $35 and $39.75 §: 7 Fur-Trimmed Tweed Coats. 18. Wete $59.75 and $69.75.. 26 Fur-Trimmed Coats. Sizes 12 to 20. $59.75 to $69.75 8 Fur-Trimmed Dress Coats. Were $69.75 to $98.75 ... 29 Fur-lined Tweed Coats. Sizes 12, 14 and 18. Were $19.95 ..811 17 Dresses. Sizes 12 to 20. Were $7.95 to $16.95..... 13 Blouses. Crepe and Satin. Sizes 32 to 38.° Were $3.50 and $5.95 ... $1 12 Raleigh and Knox Hats. 15 Knit Suits. Two and three piece. 42, Were $22.75 and $25 1 Metal Cloth Dress. ‘Size 14. Was $49.75.. 1 Metal Cloth Dress. Size 16. Was $59.75 7 Junior Miss Dresses. Size 11, 13 and Were $12.95 14 Dresses. $29.75 20 Dresses. Were $7 to $15 Sizes 14 to ..813.95 Sizes 14, 45 Raincapes. Small, medium and large sizes. Were $1.95 23 Pajamas and Negligees. $10.95 to $16.95 15 Velvet Negligees and Hostess Gowns. $19.95 to $35 MEN'S FURNISHINGS 185 Shirts; broken sizes; were $1.65 to $1.95 320 White and Solid Color Shirts. Were $1.65... 275 White Shirts of fine broadcloths; collar at- tached and neckband styles. Were $2.50 Sizes 14 to 20. Were ..81.95 Were 376 Fancy Handkerchiefs. Were 35c¢, 50c and 75¢ 29¢ 405 Neckties; hand tailored; resilient construction; $1.50 and $2 123 Necktie.. Finer qualities . 165 Pairs Hose; fancy rayons and lisles; were 35¢ and 50c 246 Pairs Hose; fancy mixtures and plain colors; were 50c and 65c, wool hose included 65 Pairs Hose; pure silk; silk mixtures; fine lisles and wools; were 75c and $1.. 59 Pajamas; were $1.65 and $1.85 178 Pajamas; were $2 and $2.50.... 104 Pajamas; finer qualities; were $2.50 and $3.. 37 Pajamas; fine sateens and novelty fabrics; wer $3.50 to $5 o 335 Shirts and Shorts; whites and fancies 204 Shirts and Shorts; were 85c and $1 79 Sweaters; all wool; were $3.50 to $5 47 Suede Leather Jackets; were $6.95.. 24 McGregor Windbreakers; fine quality leather jackets; were $10.95 and $12.95.. .87 HALF-PRICE TABLE; slightly soiled merchan- ]/ dise from holiday sellings; including shirts, 2 underwear, handkerchiefs; broken lots; were 35¢ to $3.50 PRICE 33 Dress Sets; Vest buttons, studs and links; for evening wear; were $5 and $6 $2.9 370 White Pure Linen Handkerchiefs; full sized; Irish linen; were 25¢ 5 for 98¢ 25 Pairs Gloves; fine pigskins and suedes; wanted colors; were $2.65 and $2.95......... ceeveccess.$188 were $2.50 to $5. to $2.50 27 Pairs Gloves; finer pigskins and capeskins; were $3.50 to $5 $2.48 39 Pairs Golf Hose; imported wools; were $1.50 98¢ 17 Pairs Golf Hos: styles; were $2 41 Suspenders; Hickok and Paris; were $1.. 127 Paris Garters; fancy patterns; were 50c 59 Paris Garters; in neat patterns; were $l........ 13 Belts; solid leathers; were $1 .......... 24 Silk Lined Brocaded Robes; plain shades; were $10 and $10.95 4 Radio Jackets; fine quality brown flannel with pinch back; were $10 18 Silk Lined or Flannel Robes; were $12.95 MEN'S HATS 47 gns%x Hats. Broken Assortments. Were $7 and 88 Raleigh Hats. Smart styles. Were up to $5, all sizes .$2.75 9 Knox Hats. Sizes 6%, 7, T%, 1%, T%. Were $15. .$8. 32 Raleigh Hats. Sizes 733 and 7%. Were up to $5..$2.35 21 Raleigh Hats. All sizes. Were up to $5....... $3.35 16 Raleigh Derbies. Sizes 63, 6%, 7. Were $5. MEN'S SUITS 2 Suits: Sizes, Regular (1) 42; St Were $30 .. e i o “'.38' 12 Suits: Sizes, Regular (2) 36, (2) 39, (1) 42; Shorts (1) 37, (1) 38, (1) 42; Slim (1) 39; Stout (2) 39; Short Stout (1) 39. Were $30 and $35..$16.75 12 Suits: Sizes, Regular (1) 36, (2) 37, (1) 38, (2) 40, (1) 42; Short (1) 36, (1) 37, (1) 42; Slim (1) 39, (1) 42. Were $35 oo s 9 Suits: Sizes, Regular (1) 36, (1) 38, (2) 40; Short (1) 37, (1) 40; Medium Stout (2) 39, (1) 46. Were $35 and $40...... 61 Suits. Were $30 and $35 93 Suits. Were $30 and $35... 101 Suits. Were $35 and $40.. 147 Suits. Were $35 and $40 36 Suits. Were $40 and $45. 136 Suits. Were $40 to $50 92 Suits. Were $50 to $60... MEN'S TOPCOATS 5 Topcoats: Sizes, Regular (3) 40, (1) 42; Short (1) 42. Were $30 : e c.... 81495 4 Topcoats: Sizes, Regular (1) 33, (1) 36, (1) 40; Slim (1) 39. Were $30 and $35 $16.75 13 Topcoats: Sizes, Regular (1) 35, (4) 40, (1) 44; Short (1) 40; Slim (2) 38, (1) 46; Stout (1) 39, (2) 40. Were $35 14 Topcoats: Sizes, Regular (3) 32, (2) 34, (1) 35, (1) 36, (1) 38; Shorts (1) 39, (1) 40; Slim (1) 37, (2) 39, (1) 40. Were $40 and $45..... ..819. 28 Topcoats. Were $30 and $35... 24 Topcoats. Were $35 and $40.. 51 Topcoats. Were $35 and $40... T Topcoats. Were $40 and $45 21 Topcoats. Were $40 and $45. .. 4 Topcoats. Were $45 and $50. .. 8 Topcoats. Were $45 and $50. .. $14.75 $18.75 MEN'S OVERCOATS Overcoats: Sizes, Regular (1) 40, (1) 44; Short (1) 40; Slim (1) 42. Were $35 Overcoats: Sizes, Regular (1) 40, (1) 42, (1) 44. Weee '$05. ... 9. .. ..o $16.75 Overcoats: Sizes, Regular (2) 42, (1) 44; Short (1) 39, (1) 40, (1) 42; Long (1) 37; Slim (2) 42, (2) 4. Were $35 and $40 .... $18.75 Overcoats: Sizes, Regular (1) 35, (1) 36, (1) 38, (1) 40, (1) 42; Short (1) 37, (1) 40; Slim (1) 42. Were $35 to $45. o ceso ..821.75 Overcoats. Were $30 and $35.. ...523.85 Overcoats. Were $35 and $40... ...826.85 Overcoats. Were $35 and $40... .$28.85 Overcoats. Were $40 and $45.. $31.85 Overcoats. Were $40 and $45.. ..$33.85 Overcoats. Were $50 and $60 MEN'S SHOES Pairs HANAN Sample Shoes. Sizes 7B, 7!,;B, 7C. Were $12.50 & $14.50 $1.35 Scotch Grains, Cordovans Plain and wing tips. $14.75 Pairs Hanan Shoes. and Norwegian Calf. Were $12.50 & $13.50...... 46 Pairs “STA-SMOOTH" Cordovan Shoes. 89 Pairs “STA-SMOOTH” Shoes. All Styles 96 Pairs “Flex-Life” Shoes .. 75 Pairs Raleigh “8” Shoes. and wing tips 199 Pairs Raleigh “8” Shoes. Patent Leathers 59 Pairs Men's House Slippers; Leather or Camel Cloth ..... 1 All styles including MEN'S DRESS CLOTHES 1 Raleigh Full Dress Suit: Size 37 Short. Was $50 . $ 2 Hart Schaffner & Marx Tuxedos: Sizes, Regulér (1) 30; Short (1) 44. Were $40. . $16 1 Raleigh Tuxedo. Size 40 Stout. Was $50. 26 Tuxedo Vests. Were $5 CLERGY SUITS—/, PRICE 15 Black Suits: Sizes, Regular (1) 38, (1) 39, (2) 42; Short (1) 37, (1) 38, (1) 39, (1) 40; Slim (1) 37, (1) 38, (1) 39, (1) 40, (1) 42; Stout (1) 39, (1) 42. Were $40 17 Two-Trouser Black Suits: Sizes, Regular (1) 37, (2) 38, (2) 39, (2) 40, (2) 42; Short (1) 38, (2) 39, (2) 40; Slim (1) 38, (1) 42; Stout (1) 44; Me- dium Stout (2) 40, (1) 44. Were $45.. ...$22.50 4 Two-Trouser Black Suits: Sizes, Regular (1) 37; Slim (1) 42; Stout (1) 40, (1) 42. Were $35... .817.50 CHAUFFEUR'S WEAR—!/; PRICE 5 Chauffeurs’ Suits. Sizes, Regular (1) 36, (2) 42; Slim (1) 37, (1) 40. Were $35 $17. 11 Chauffeurs’ Suits. Sizes, Regular (1) 34, (2) 35, (1) 36, (1) 37, (1) 38, (1) 39, (1) 42; (1) 35, (1) 36, (1) 37. Were $40.. 3 Chauffeurs’ Overcoats. Sizes, Regular (1) 34, (1) 36; Short (1) 37. Were $45 4 Chauffeurs’ Topcoats. Sizes, Regular (1 2) 36, (1) 44. Were $30.... 5 % .$15.00 14 Chauffeurs’ Caps. Werelu. ..$ 165 o Parking Service at Our Curb—Private Chauffeurs in Attendance © RALEIGH HABERDASHER WASHINGTON'S FINEST, MEN’S WEAR STORE—1310 F. STREEY