Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1935, Page 4

THE EVENING- STAR, WASHINGTON, D. U, TUESDXY, WARCH 5 1935 STARENTERTAIS NAYY ENGINEERING e Officer Dies DECISIONON PROBE NEW STREET GAR “East Side, West Side . . .” OF FARLEY PENDS Senate Post Office Group to Decide Action on Long Resolution. ‘(Continued From First Page.) Corp. and since that time I have had | ngrx;)m in the management of that | company or participation in its affairs, nor have I received anything from this - source since that time with the excep- tion of a dividend of five hundred and twenty-five dollars ($525.00) on my preferred stock. * * * Holding Firm Owns No Stock. “Mention has been made of a cer- tain holding company which carries my name. That company was Or-. ganized in 1929 to cqllect the slow | assets of James A. Farley & Co., Inc., a corporation which went out of ex- | istence at that time. This holding | company does not own stock in any corporation whatsoever. “The stock which I own in these two companies represents all the stock which I own in any corporation what- soever. “I have not solicited business for any corporation or any contractor. I have never interested myself in helping any contractor to secure any contracts from the United States Gov- ernment or from any other person or corporation. “There is not a word of truth in the insinuation that I participated in any way in having bids of any contractor rejected by the Treasury Department or by any other department or agency of the Government. P. 0. Annex Men Favored. “The resolution also states that *Whereas it is further alleged that the #aid concerns favoring the firm of the said James A. Farley with business have been able to secure changes in specifications netting them large sums in profits after the award of con- tracts, and it being alleged that such changes are deliberately made for the purpose of allowing large profits and avoiding competition.’ “This, I understand, refers to cer- tain contracts for the building of the annex to the New York City Post Office Building. The only part the Post Of- fice Department played in this matter consisted in advising the Treasury De- partment, which let the contracts, of the need of postal requirements so far as a building in New York City was concerned. I am sending you here- with the full file of correspondence be- tween the two departments, including letters that were canceled because of the request of the proper Treasury of- ficial that the Post Office Department | be more specific in the statements of its requirements. “There was a question concerning the erection of a completed building, the cost of which was in excess of the amount of funds allocated for the project, or an incompleted building in which two floors were not to be fin- Mrs. Clarence Mackay, the former Anna Case, and former Gov. Alfred E. Smith doing a few fancy steps to “The Sidewalks of New York” at the 7th Regiment Armory in New York. The occasion was a reception in honor of the Very Rev. William A. Marchant, new prior and pastor of the Roman Catholic Dominican Church of St. Vincent Ferrer—Wide World Photo. ing money from the United States Government. “I have never commandeered the facilities of any public service corpo- ration. I assume that the Senator from Louisiana refers to the fact that I have at various times accepted the invitations of railroad officials to ride in their business cars with them when I was traveling by train. It is well known that as Postmaster General I have a Post Office commission which entitles me to ride in any convey- ance operated by any mail contractor. The Government is put to no ex- Ppense, nor is it saved any expense, by my occasional acceptance of these in- vitations, and I am not put under the slightest obligation thereby. In no case, however, did I at any time com- mandeer any such service. “Again the resolution reads: Where- as it has been charged that the said James A. Farley on the eve of a loan being granted to a railroad in West Virginia, telephoned the leading fac- tor of that concern that it was to his interest to take a certain political po- sition affecting the election of & ished, alternative bids having been called for by the Treasury. The de- tails of this are shown in the accom- panying correspondence. “I did not at any time attempt to exercise any influence on the Treas- ury Department with respect to the letting of this or any other contract. Denies Knowing of Changes. “I had no knowledge that there had been any changes in specifications or materials until I read of them in re- ports of the charges made by the Sen- ator from Louisiana. In any event, I have no connection whatsoever with respect to such changes in relation to any building or any contract.” Answering the charge he used the Printing Office to gratify “whims and caprices of personal and political friends, even to the printing of stamps never to be used,” the Postmaster General replied: “With respect to this matter, I fol- lowed, as Postmaster General, & cus- tom that has existed in this ment for many, many years; that is, the presentation as souvenirs of new issues of stamps. I attach herewith & memorandum showing how long and how extensively this practice has been pursued. On January 23, 1905, the then Third Assistant Postmaster General, Edwin C. Madden, wrote an official letter to the Postmaster Gen- eral, from which I quote the fol- lowing: “‘¢ * ¢ In this connection I deem it proper to say that the giving away of | specimen stamps, proofs, etc., is a prac- tice of upward of 40 years’ standing. ® * * No record was kept of the per- sons to whom these stamps were dis- | tributed prior to my coming into office, | but since November, 1899, I have caused to be kept a record of every stamp given away and canfurnish, should it be so desired, a complete list of those who have received them dur- ing my incumbency, except for the four months between July 1, 1899 (the date of my appointment) and Novem- ber 1, 1899, when the record of dis- tribution was begun.’” Denies Link to Wire Service. ‘The allegation in the Long resolu- tion that “Farley is implicated in & ‘wire service leading into the gambling houses in the United States from the Tace tracks, and is using the functions which he supervises for the Govern- ment to pursue said business for profit to himself and to his friends,” brought the following denial from the Post- master General: i “The above charge is utterly untrue / and is as ridiculous and baseless as are the others. The only wire service in the Post Office Department, except the ordinary commercial telephone and telegraph lines, is a teletype press service such as you will find in many other Government departments, in most newspaper offices and in many business offices. It is a bulletin of the day’s happenings as they occur, em- bracing the proceedings of Congress and other news of the day. This tele- type machine is connected only with & news service office. It leads to no gambling house and nothing is trans- mitted by it except that which is writ- ten for the news service which operates it, namely, the Washington City News 8ervice. nection, direct or indirect, with this or any other wire service.” Taking up other sections of the res- olution, Farley’s reply continued: “Again the Tesolution reads: Where- as 1t is further aileged that, without pay or compensation for the same, the said James A. Farley has comman- deered for his personal use, facilities of public service corporations borrow- Harness—Saddlery—Trunks— Luggage—Repairing of All Leather Goods G.W.King, Jr.,511 11thSt.N.W. Loosens Cough wilh B WONEY It TAR'SS e DOSES prirnketi=t¥s muhz,l‘s [ beggnn sor- FOLEYS s United States Senator: “I never telephoned anybody in West Virginia that it would be to the interest of any railroad to take & cer- tain or any political position affect- ing the election of a United States Senator or any one else. I did con- verse with various political leaders, in- cluding former Gov. Cornwall of West Virginia, with the idea in mind of promoting party harmony. I did not know that the B. & O. Railroad was endeavoring to secure an R. F. C. lcan and I do not know now if it ever received a loan, but I do know that whether it did or did not receive & | loan had nothing to do with any con- versation in which I took part. I knew the gentleman only as & former : Governor of West Virginia and & Democratic leader in the State, Denies Fund Solicitation. “As to the final omnibus section of the resolution, alleging general mis- conduct, irregularity, etc., I can only ~ | make my denial as general as the accusation itself. With respect to the statements made by the Senator from Louisiana on the floor of the United States_Senate in the effort to imply that I solicited contributions from Federal office-holders for the Demo- cratic National Committee and that in a particular instance immunity from prosecution was extended in ex- change for a political contribution, I declare that the charges are abso- lutely false. On March 3, 1933, before the beginning of this administration, Clyde O. Eastus, then a practicing lawyer in Texas, handed me at the Mayflower Hotel, for the Democratic National Committee, & cashier’s check for $1,000, which he told me was the contribution of E. P. Knotts of Fort Worth, Tex., whom I did not know and of whom I had no knowledge. I accepted the check for the commit- tee and immediately wrote to Mr. Knotts acknowledging its receipt. Some time in May, 1933, Mr. K. P. Aldrich, the newly appointed chief inspector of the Post Office Department, reported to me that charges of the improper use of the mails had been pending for several years in the department against Mr. Knotts and that the hear- |ing had been repeatedly continued. I immediately instructed the solicitor of the department, who has immedi- ate jurisdiction over matters of this kind, to proceed without delay to dis- pose of the case. A photostatic copy of this order is transmitted herewith. [ = SUPPLY CO. 909-T4 St.N.W. Personally, I have no con- ° This order was complied with; the hearing was held before the end of the month and a fraud order was issued against Mr. Knotts. As a re- sult of it, criminal charges were pre- ferred in the Federal courts and Mr. Knotts pleaded guilty and was sen- tenced to imprisonment, five years in the penitentiary. He is now serving his term. “According to the Congressional Record, the Senator from Louisiana read from what purported to be a letter issued by the National Demo- cratic Council of the District of Co- lumbia in its effort to raise funds for the Democratic National Committee, which letter is alleged to have borne my name as Democratic chairman on the letterhead, and which is also al- leged to have been sent to Federal employes. I did not sign the letter, I did not authorize its issuance and to this date I know nothing whatso- ever about it or to whom it was sent.” -POWER IS DENIED U. S. Court in California Rules Wailace Lacks Authority in Milk Cases. By the Associated Press. _SAN FRANCISCO, March 5.—The ninth United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that Secretary of Agriculture Wallace lacked author- ity under the agricultural adjustment act to license or regulate milk pro- ducers engaged solely in intra-State business. The court, in afirming the issuance by the Los Angeles Federal District Court of a temporary injunction stop- ping the Los Angeles Milk Industry Board and others from enforcing the A. A. A and milk licenses issued by Wallace, declared: . “Congress has limited its delegation of powers to the Secretary of Agri- culture to the licensing of foreign or interstate commerce, and that the appellees were not engaged in, and were not bound to obey regulations promulgated by the Secretary for the conduct of their wholly intra-State business, and the interference of the Air Con health. \ according to size. Flowers Fresh Cut Twice Daily * |A.A.A. STATE LICENSE| by plants and flowers —always a recognized health factor in the home, now takes its place in what bids fair to become one of America’s leading industries— and the function of moistening the air in Winter is perhaps the most important advantage of air conditioning, for medical science lays many illnesses, including the common cold, to the breathing of air that lacks sufficient moisture. Plants and Flowers, scientists tell us, in addition to giving out large quantities of mois- ture, clear the air of many injurious gases, thus not only glorifying the home or office with their beauty, but contributing largely to one’s good The. AZALEA, TULIPS and HYACINTHS mong the favorites—new hardy specimens ull bloom that continue to flower—prices ADVERTSNG L ‘Members Are -Escorted by Guides Through News- paper Plant. Star_entertained the at s Kal, t of vertising Club, presided at the meet- ing and introguced Col. Le Roy W. Herron, advertising manager of The Star, who formally welcomed the ests. '“mmmwy following the luncheon the party was separated into groups of 20 and taken under escort of guides through the newspaper plant, where they were shown all the various oper- ations of & paper going to press. Frank T. Hurley and Henry G. Hanford of The Star formed the Com- mittee on Arrangements. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Ball, Nebraska State Society, dragon room, Wardman Park Hotel, 9 pm. Entertainment by the Dowling Guild Minstrels, Holy Name Church, Eleventh and K streets northeast, 8:15 pm. Dance, Emergency Hospital Alum- nae, Shoreham Hotel, 10 pm. Buffet supper, Cornell Club, Uni- versity Club, 8 pm. Stunt party, Women’s National Press Club, Willard Hotel, 7 pm. Address by Representative Ramspeck of Georgia, before Local 261, N. F. . E., 710 Fourteenth street, 7:30 p.m. Dinner meeting, District of Columbia Dental Hyglenists' Association, 1710 Rhode Island avenue, 6:30 pm. Card party and dance, Hope Chapter, No. 30, 0. E. S, Wardman Park Hotel, 9 pm. Card party, Washington Alumnae of St. Mary's Seminary of Maryland, Lee House, 8 pm. Meeting, Policemen's Association, 0dd Fellows Hall, 419 Seventh street, 8pm, Address by Dr. Adolph Schultz of Johns Hopkins University on “Man as a Primate,” in National Museum auditorivm, 8:15 p.m. Bingo a Parent-Teac..er aucitorium, -ard party, Jefferson Association, school pm. TOMORROW. Bingo_perty, benefit Martha Wash- ington Tebekah Lodge, 60 M street northeast, 8:30 p.m. Dinner, Ladies’ Auxiliary, Photo En- gravers, Hamilton Hotel, 6 p.m. Card and blnzo_p.rty. auspices of the District Congress of Parent-Tesch- :r Associations, Roosevelt High School, pm. Address by Dr. Charles A. Edwards on “Science, Education and Industry: ‘Whither Drifting,” before Washington :ociecy of Engineers, Cosmos Club, pm. z Card varty and dance, Ladies’ suxil- iary, Post No. 58, Wardman Park Ho- tel, 9 pm. Banquet, Life Insurance Club of If Your Dentist Hurts You Try DR. FIELD Plate Expert Gold Crowns . cee Filling: B DR. FIELD 408 7th St. NW. MEt. 9256 Over Woolworth 5 & 10 Cent Store ditioning Main Store, 1212 F St. N.W. *' . 3 Branch Flower Stores. Phene NAL 276 EXPERT EXPRES| Capt. Walter M. McFarland Lauded for Important Aids to Science. Capt. Walter Martin McFarland, U. 8. N, retired, former vice president of the Westinghouse Electric Co, and for 20 years manager of the marine department of Babcock & Wilcox, died Iast night at his home, 1868 Columbis road. Born August 5, 1859, in Washington, he attended Columbian College, now George Wi ‘University, before going to Annapolis. He graduated with second honors in the class of 1879. Brilliant work in the Engineer Corps made him chief engineer of the Navy by 1899, when he resigned. Dur- ing his service career he served twice as assistant to Admiral George W. Melville. He was secretary to the Division of Naval and Marine En- gineering at the Naval and Marine Conference at the World Fair of 1893, and in 1897 served as American dele- gate to the International Conference of Naval Architects and Marine En- gineers at London. In the same year he served on the Roosevelt Personnel Board which' reorganized the service divisions of the naval forces. He was a frequent writer on engi- neering subjects, his most significant achievement in this line being an article outlining & new method for fessor of mechanical engineering at Cornell University, a lecturer at the Naval War College in 1804 and had lectured often at the post-graduate school at Annapolis and at Columbia and Johns Hopkins Universities. Secretary and editor of the Ameri- can Society of Naval Engineers in ‘Washington, La Fayette Hotel, 5:30 pm. Ash Wednesday services, commem. orating the beginning of Lent, Grace Lutheran Church, Sixteenth and Var- num streets, 8 pm. Supper dance, South Carolina State Society, Shoreham Hotel, § p.m. Ib. MILD AND MELLOW CAPT. WALTER M. McFARLAND. 1890, 1892, 1893 and 1898, he served s vice president of the American So- clety of Mechanical Engineers in 1902-3, as vice president of the So- clety of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in 1902 and 1921 and as president from 1922 to 1924. He had been a trustee of the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture since 1913, served as vice president from 1916 to 1926 and as president from 1926 until his retirement from active life in 1931, After- 1899 he did significant work for Westinghouse, becoming manager of the marine department of the firm of Babcock & Wilcox in 1911 and re- maining there until his retirement in gafi, when he returned to Washington ve. A bachelor, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. J. W. Dunn and Mrs. Edmund Barry, both of Washington, and Mrs. Eugene Makosky of Balti- more, A special communication from Dick- erson N. Hoover, inspector general of the Steamboat Inspection Service, attributed to Capt. McFarland, “as much as to any living person, the credit for rules which have to do with material for boilers and construction of the same.” “Had he accomplished nothing else in his life but that work,” Mr. Hoover continued, “it would d as & monu- ment {o his efficiency and public service” Funeral services will be held at the residence Thursday at 11 am. EQUIPMIENT URGED Georgetown Citizens Seek Utility Board Order for " " Replacement. * Terming all the street car rolling stock of the Capital Transit Co. ‘“‘obsolete,” the Progressive Citizens’ Association of Georgetown last night adopted a resolution asking the Public Utilities Commission to issue an order for replacement of the present cars with new ones—as fast as would be consistent with the public interest and with fairness to the transit com- pany. ‘The resolution asked the utilities body to hold & public hearing on the issue in preparation for the replace- ment order. ~ tion’s Public Utilities Committee. Backs Tax Repayment. The association approved the stand taken by the Federation of Citizens’ Associations that all individuals to whom tax refunds are due under the court interpretation of the Borland amendment for street paving be al- lowed repayments, regardless of the statute of limitations. The federa- tion urged that citizens be allowed the refund as individuals, and asked dis- | approval of any recognition of a| corporation, organized under laws of Arizons, to permit Washington citi- zens'to collect refunds through it. Regonsideration and passage of anti- gambling laws for the District also ‘were urged. Additional personnel and equipment for the Police Department as re- quested by Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown was approved. The associ: tion went on record in favor of en- actment of some form of “small lcan legislation” for the District. Pension Bill Favored. A resolution favoring -enactment of | the old-age pension bill for the Dis- | trict, introduced by Representative along line be continued for several years at least, before teathing a fipal con- clusion. GROWING ROOSEVELT CENSORSHIP CHARGED By the Assoclated Press. Senator Schall, Republican, of Minnesota, asserted in the Senate yesterday that “press censorship by the Roosevelt administration is ase suming greater proportions every day.” He charged that under a “gag rule” in the House no member was:per mitted to voice his objections to the administration and that “efforts are being constantly made to prevent the use of the Congressional Record in the Senate by any member opposing New Deal fallacies.” Under the $4,880,000,000 appropria- tion bill now pending, Schall said, the Roosevelt Administration would have a club to control all newspapers which “have not succumbed to his various methods of subjugation.” HOW TO THINK A New Kind of Book and Course By Louis Win Rapeer, Ph. D., LL. D. President of Research University, Washington, D. C. A NEW LOGIC FOR SOLVING LIFE’S PROBLEMS Learn how to think effectively on your inescapable problems. Can you do anything more important? 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