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B-2 =x HOLDS ECONOMY | NEEDED N COUNTY Delegate Cantrel Addresses Montgomery Farmers on Financial Problems. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SANDY SPRING, Md, February 23.—Asserting that Montgomery County's public debt has reached nearly 18 per cent of its assessable basis, Delegate Joseph A. Cantrel, Fusion party member of the State Legislature, told the sixty-third an- nua! Sandy Spring Farmers' Conven- tion today that rigid economy must be enforced immediately if the finan- cial condition caused by “top-heavy” governmental expenditures is to be corrected. The Chevy Chase legislator, ad- dressing an audience of 500 farmers and friends who gathered at Sherwood High School for the parley, said that Montgomery's debt of approximately $18,000.000 is larger than the obliga- tion of any other Maryland county and said that the taxpayers are con- fronted with a situation that demands the attention “of the county’s best minds.” His address was preceded by a busi- ness session in which a number of resolutions, including meaures pro- viding for an investigation of the advisability of inaugurating a county- manager form of government and op- posing the issuance of additional bonds, except those for refunding purposes, were adopted. Six Speak on Charity Agencies. Talks were made by Miss Dorothy Everson, executive secretary of the County Welfare Board, who explained the functions of Montgomery's char- ity agencies, and Paul Nystrom of the University of Maryland Extension Service, who spoke on “Crop Rota- tion.” Cantrel, who said his talk was one of constructive criticism and not a political address, introduced figures purporting to show that the per capita cost of operating the Mont- gomery County government and car- rying its bonded indebtedness is higher than any other community in the State. The county's bonded indebtedness of approximately $18,000,000, coupled with the Washington Suburban Sani- tary Commission's bonds for sanitary improvements in the lower end of the county, amounts to virtually 34 per cent of the county's assessable basis, he said. “We are confronted with a terrible situation that demands the attention of the county's best minds,” Cantrel stated. “We must get down to work to find some remedy.” The speaker declared that members of the Montgomery County group at Annapolis have taken the initiative | in the drive for economies by the introduction of legislation that will net the county a saving of approxi-; mately $122,800 during the next four| years through the abolition of “un- necessary jobs” and reduction of “top- heavy” salaries. He declared that he had sponsored a number of the measures and that the entire county delegation, includ- ing State Senator Stedman Prescott and members of the Lower House, were working “in harmony” for their enactment. Cantrel said that he had “stepped on the toes of a number of politicians™ by introducing the salary-cutting and job-abolishing bills, but denied that he had entered into any “political deals.” “I ran on e platform that had economy in it from the first plank to the last plank, and my every act will be in the interest of each citizen und each taxpayer,” he said. Financial Commission Indorsed. He indorsed a measure in which the convention advocated the appoint- ment of a non-salaried commission to study the financial set-up of each county in the State and attempt to arrive at some new source of revenue that would relieve the burden imposed on real estate. J. E. Muncaster of Gaithersburg ap- pointed Roger B. Farquhar of Sandy Spring and Carson W. Pope of Gaith- ersburg to study the feasibility of adopting a county manager form of government in an effort to economize on expenses. The convention protested against the “excessive school expenditures” in the metropolitan area of the county and passed a measure appealing to the commissioners to impose a special school tax in that section to take care of the “excessive development.” Ratification of the child labor| amendment to the Constitution end repeal of the law banning steel trap- ping also were opposed. Reduction of Federal relief wages to a scale be- low that of prevailing wages paid by private industries in various sections of the country was urged, the con- vention holding that the Federal wages prevent farm operators from secur- ing labor needed in their industry. GROCERY CH;&IN EXPECTS STRIKE IN WAREHOUSES James Butler Officials Say Man- agers’ and Clerks’ Walkout Is Ineffective. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 23.—Offi- cials of the James Butler grocery chain asserted tonight a sirike called for its store managers and clerks had been ineffective, but dis- closed the firm expected a large group | of warehouse workers to walk out | Monday. Willlam F. Fryer, assistant to the president of the company, said a: poll of employes at the Long Island City warehouse showed that 100 of the 120 workers would not report after the week end. Leaders of the Grocery Chain Store Executives and Employes’ Association disputed the company’s claims as to effectiveness of the walkout which began this morning. The firm has 571 stores with®1,800 empioyes in the' metropolitan area. Martin C. Kyne, president of the local, claimed the strike for higher ‘wages, shorter hours and union recog- nition was 50 per cent effective and would be 100 per cent effective by Monday. Fryer described the situation a$ “yery quiet and hopeful,” with all stores open for business. Detroit Truck Strike Ends. DETROIT, February 23 (#).—A three-day strike of truckers ended conditionally today with an agree- ment between representatives of the Individual Highway Haulers' Assoch-, tion and the Interstate Motor Freight System. The truckers agreed tof return to work pending further ne- gotiations by the Regionali Labor Board. Nash, president of the asso- ciation, said the association already has won recognition and a small wage increase. & 4 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Henry P. Fletcher, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Republican Senators and Repre- sentatives will be honored at a reception, to be held next Tuesday evening at the National Republican Club, at Scott Circle. G. Eiken, Mrs. Warren J. Haines and ton and Mrs. Virginia White Speel. Members of the Reception Committee, left to right, front row: Miss Daisy Prentice. Back row: Mrs. Mrs. G. Lewis Weller, Mrs. Frisbey Herbert H. Hall, Miss Edna M. Pat- —Star Staff Photo, Bill to Aid ‘Needy Blind’ in City . Hiupocsedito B Hisse Son LEGLESS VETERAN Ellenbogen Relief Measure Probably to Be Considered Tomorrow—$75,000 Appropriation Included. “Please help the blind"—the age- old and stereotyped prayer of the sightless tin-cup beggar and the safety match and shoe string vendor— is about to be answered The House tomorrow plans to con- sider the Ellenbogen bill for re- lief of the District's “needy blind," and indications are it will be passed without difficulty | In fact, a similar bill went through the last Congress and got as far as] President Roosevelt's desk, where it | died for lack of signature because the | Commissioners told him they did not know where they could find the money to put it into effect. The Commissioners are still in the | same dilemma—they favor the El-| lenbogen bill, subject to one reserva- | tion, that some means other than the | District treasury provide the neces- sary funds. Commissioners Ask Money. To Chairman Norton of the House District Committee they wrote: “The Commissioners -understand that the proposal for taking as many classes of people off the relief rolis as possible, by providing specia’ forms of assistance on the basis of special needs, is in accordance with the policy of the Federal administration, and, therefore, give their approval to this bill as amended, subject to the making available of the necessary | funds.” | It is estimated the proposed blind | relief would cost $75.000 a year, and | the bill authorizes an appropriation | of that amount for the coming fiscal | year. The estimate is based on the belief that the number eligible would be between 200 end 250 and the amount of the benefit would average $400 a year. 157 to 400 Blind in District. The latest census report of the Dis- trict listed a total of 157 blind per- sons. Private surveys, however, in- dicate there are about 400 in Wash- ington now. Of these are a number who are self-supporting and could not apply for the pension. Administration of the pensions would be placed under direction of the Board of Public Welfare, which is given authority to determine the amount of the benefit, based, of course, on the circumstances in each case. Therein lies the chief objec- tion to the bill, in so far as some members of the House are concerned. Representative Patman, Democrat of Texas, is particularly opposed to this feature, and he may attempt to have it amended to limit the amount of | the pension. In the 25 States that have blind | relief laws, the amount of the pensioa ranges from $150 to $500 a year, with California, Kansas and Navada show- ing the greatest generosity. Mary- land gives its needy blind $250 a year, Maine, $300; Ohio, $400, and five States, Connecticut, Massachu- setts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin think $360 is adequate. Only the destitute blind would re- ceive aid under Ellenbogen's bill, and if they ever started to solicit Honored D. C. MAN STARTED SCHOOOL FETE. DR. HAROLD E. WARNER, Princapal of Hine Junior High School, who will be honor guest Tuesday of the Department of Secondary School Principals of the National Education Association at its convention at Atlantic City. ‘The program will be devoted to the tercentenary of the Boston Public Latin School, the first secondary school established in America. It was Dr. Warner who suggested the celebration, having effered a reso- lution at Boston in 1928 to observe the anniversary. He formerly served as president of the Depart- ment of Junior High School Prin- cipals of the N. E. A. Joseph L. Powers, present head master of the Boston Public’ Latin School, also will be honored: at the meeting. L] alms or peddle shoe strings, pencils, etc., they would immediately lose the pension. Each applicant would have to stand a rigid examination as to the means of support before going on the pension list. A The bill, in fact, describes the term “blind needy person” as any one who by reason of loss or impairment of eyesight cannot be rehabilitated for self-support, who is unable to provide himself with the necessities of life and has not sufficient means of his own for his maintenance. The age limit also is fixed for those who have become blind while residents of the District at 16 years, and the residence requirement of one year; while for those whose blindness origi- nated while non-residents the age limit is 21 years and the residence requirement five years. Must Submit to Treatment. Benefits would not be extended to persons capable of useful occupation who refuse to work or to take voca- tional training, or who refuse to sub- mit to treatment or operation to effect a cure when recommended by three examining oculists. Nor would benefits be extended to a person who intentionally deprives himself of his eyesight, or loses his eyesight during the preparation of a criminal offense by reason of vicious habits or through indulging in alco- holic beverages. The bill also provides that no blind person shall be eligible for aid who for flve years preceding his blindness has been dependent {upon public relief when such de- pendency was not caused by physical | or mental incapacity or the general economic depression. In addition, the bill provides that if the estate left by an unmarried | person who has received a pension | shows more than a sufficient amount | to pay expenses of his last illness and burial, the property shall be charged with the amount paid and action for recovery brought. B — ESSAYIST SELECTED J. Lewis Russell to Represent St. Mary's Academy. Special Dispatch to The Star. | LEONARDTOWN, Md., February 23.—J. Lewis Russell of the senior class of the St. Mary's Academy has been selected in a competition to represent his school in an essay contest, it was announced yesterday by superior of the school. FINE ARTS BOARD STUDIES REVISED CENTER PROGRAM (Continued From First Page.) ing. He made it clear that he is not advocating a treatment similar to the Mall on the other approaches to the Capitol. An industrial development on the axis of the Capitol to the south is not favored by the Allied Architects, Mr. Sullivan informed the commission. The prime consideration, he declared, is that the commercial activity shall not interfere with the view of the Capitol dome from the water. Mr. Sullivan's exposition embraced the treatment of the area adjacent to the Union Station Plaza, a plan for development of North Capitol street to the Soldiers’ Home, as well as East Capitol street and the areas south of the Capitol to the Army War College. Fine Arts Commission spokesmen later characterized the presentstion as revealing “some very comme:r .ble ideas for the future development of the National Capital.” Bas-Reliefs Passed On. Four bas reliefs for the ends of the Calvert Street Bridge, now being erected across Rock Creek Valley, were passed on by the commission. These ‘were designed by Leon Hermaut, Chi- cago sculptor. These panels will repre- sent highway, air, water and rail transportation. Commission approval was given fur- ther studies for the widening of F street 30 feet, between Seventh and Ninth streets, and cutting off the south steps of the old Patent Office Building. The National Park Service submitted a.model with the studies. When revised, the south side of the building will have an appearance sim- ilar to the north side. The commission decided to give fur- ther attention to plans submitted by Louis A. Simon, supervising architect of the procurement division of the Treasury Department, for the treat- ment of memorial bridges across In- dependence avenue, to link up the Department of Agriculture Adminis- tration Building and the new exten- sible building. Sketches for sculp- ture of the five pediments of the La- bor Department and Interstate Com- merce Commission Buildings were also submitted by Mr. Simon. Arthur Brown, San Francisco architect, who designed the bulldings, sent the sketches to Mr. Stmon, 4 ENDS LIFE BY GAS Ralph 0. Grimm Was Holder of Purple Heart and Sev- eral Citations. A soldier's grave in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery tomorrow will receive the oody of Ralph O. Grimm, who lost both legs in an attack during the closing days of the World War, and who was found dead yesterday in the gas-filled basement workshop of his home at 1316 Floral street. One of the veteran's legacies to his wife, Mrs. Emily D. Grimm, was a large collection of hand-wrought silver crosses, chalices and ornaments which he fashioned while working to over- come his handicap and regain his in- dependence during long years of re- habilitation. Sale at Cathedral. Many of the crosses and chalices are on sale at Washington Cathedral, where visitors in the past have ac- quired the veteran's handiwork as mementoes. He was 44 years old at the time of his death. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow from the chapel of S H. Hines, 2001 Fourteenth street, fol- lowed by burial in Arlington with full military honors. Grimm, holder of the Purple Heart and several citations for bravery in action, was a member of the Ace- Rassmussen Chapter, Disabled Amer- ican Veterans, and took an active in- terest in the welfare of disabled sol- diers. In Failing Health. He had been in failing health and spirits for some time past. Grimm was brought to Walter Reed Hospital after the war, where he learned the silversmith trade. He soon became an expert and found an absorbing in- terest in his work. A member of the 89th Division, Grimm was hit by a high-explosive shell November 4, 1918, during a final wild assault in the Meuse-Argonne in the closing days of the World War. His body was found beside an open jet in the furnace which he used to fashion his silver work. A certificate of suicide was issued by the coroner’s office following an investigation, NEW PROBE ORDERED IN HARLAN COAL FIELD Kentucky Governor to Send Group to Study Conditions in Strife- Torn District. By the Assoclated Press. FRANKFORT, Ky., February 23.— The scene of recurrent violence and bloodshed as labor leaders have sought unsuccessfully to unionize its rich bituminous coal flelds, Harlan County next month will again come under the investigatory microscope when a com- misssion appointed by Gov. Ruby Laffoon will go to Southeastern Ken- tucky to study industrial conditions. This commission, headed by Adjt. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt of the Na- tional Guard, will conduct hearings in the troubled coal fields, visit min- ing camps, hear complaints and make recommendations to the Governor. In 1931 a commission appointed by Gov. Flem D. Sampson investigated conditions after a series of outbreaks climaxed by the “battle of Evarts,” in which four men were slain. Unofficial investigations were undertaken by Theodore Dreiser and by a group of students from Commonwealth College at Mena, Ark. The students left when several of them were flogged. CHURCH PLANS FINISHE Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW MARKET, Va., February 23. —Plans have been completed for the rebuilding of St. Martin's Lutheran Church, it was announced today. Funds are in hend or promises of labor and material to build and equip it, and actual construction is in the hands of Mims & Speake, Luray architects. The building- was burned less than a mouth ego. 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This cost him both eyes and both hands, but it didn’t mean a , 1935—PART ONE. life for him, it meant merely a con- ! tinuation with increased determina- tion and more difficult circumstances. Continued Education. He was earning his way through school at the time, his objective being | education as a mining engineer. Since then his scholastic activities have in- cluded four years at Leland Stanford | University, one year at a technical school in Pittsburgh, two years at Harvard and one year at Columbia. Now making his fifty-fifth trip across the continent, he has lectured in almost every State in the Union, has visited Canada 14 times, Mexico, Panama and Hawaii. Since the death of his wife, about eight years ago, he has traveled alone. Except for a few operations connected with formal dress, he dresses alone. With the aid of a spoon attached to his wrist he eats his food unassisted. At his present home in Heber, Utah, he fishes, rides horseback and dic- tates his writings. One of his books has sold 65,000 copies, he said, for use in schools and colleges. Another is now in preparation. In his lecturing he visits these same schools and col- 1§g;s& institutions for the blind and clu Finds Life Pleasant. Genealogists have found, he says, that his grandfather, Ephraim Hanks, TUNES IN EUROPE Featuring the fa- mous inclined Sounding Board. Shadow Tuning Tone Control was a cousin of Nancy Hanks, mother | of Abraham Lincoln. Hanks has a sis- ter living in Washington, wife of Dr. Leland K. Cullimore, and he is visit- ing them during his present stop here. His next lecture is scheduled at Girard College in Philadelphia Fri- day. From there he heads for the West and home, traveling in a leis- urely manner to a speaking engage- | ment in Los Angeles on June 10. “Life has been wonderful for me,” he said last night. “I've met all the best people, traveled everywhere. 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