Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1935, Page 12

A—12 TAX-EXENPT BOND HEARINGS OPPOSED Administration Would Avoid Market Disturbance by Temporary Ban. By the Associated Press. The Roosevelt administration has raised a temporary ban, an authorita- tiye source said today, against con- gessmnsl consideration of legislation discontinae tax-exempt securities. The President is still of the opin- fon, some of his confidants said, that the idea of abolishing tax exemptions on future issues of Federal, State and municipal securities is a sound one. Asked to Avoid Hearings. But because of the still-increasing Federal debt and the necessity of floating more bonds for recovery financing, the administration is said 10 have asked congressional leaders to avold hearings on proposed legisla- tion at this time. And such hearings, one leader said, might possibly have a disturbing ef- fect on the bond market. The administration’s reported atti- | tude has impelled Chairman Sumners of the House Judiciary Committee to vostpone indefinitely—and probably for the remainder of this session— scheduled public hearings on a num- ber of proposed constitutional amend- ments permitting the Federal Govern- ment to tax all future issues of secu- rities of a kind which are now tax- free. Question to Be Revived. When the recovery financing hump is passed, a leader said, the question undoubtedly will be revived with the approval and support of the Presi- dent and the administration. It was made clear, however, that there was no prospect of retroactive legislation affecting securities issued prior to any new law which may be passed. ) Modernistic Art Adorng Justice Building SKILLED ARTISTS EXECUTE BRILLIANT MURALS AFTER MANY “TESTS.” Detail of main stair hall, Department of Justice Building, showing contemplated decoration. The ceiling is in dark blue, embellished with silver leaf, as are railings and incidental scroll work. The murals are in blues and browns, representing “Astronomy” and “The Sower.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1935. President Asked to Aid Victim Of Army Typhoid Vaccination George S. Ward, Enfeebled Occupant of Charity Ward, Risked Life in Service of Humanity. President Roosevelt’s aid has been solicited in behalf of George S. Ward, one of 10 “human guinea pigs” who risked life and health in the Army's conquest of typhold fever 30 years 2g0. Today, at the age of 54, Ward is a broken and enfeebled occupant of a charity ward in a free city hospital on Welfare Island, N. Y., still paying the price of his sacrifice for humanity. Lawyer Urges Support. A New York attorney last week wrote a letter to the President asking his support to a bill introduced by Senator Copeland and providing a $125 a month pension for the former Army Medical Corps private. One of the most ardent supporters of the measure is Maj. Gen. H. L. Gilchrist, retired, now editor of the Military Surgeon, who helped to con- duct the experiments at the Army War College here, which resulted in the elimination of the dread scourge. Gen. Gilchrist knows the full meas- ure of the price Ward paid on a bed of pain after he had volunteered to < BY DON BLOCH. lsands of dollars on the completed |ceil mouldings and decorative discs | pedical Corps men. HILE ordinary commerce of ' job. take experimental typhoid vaccine through his mouth with nine other and scrolls are being tried out in a Eight of the men were taken down | Aluminum paint | With severe cases of . typhoid and | the day surges in and out | Following the designs and color heavy silver leaf | the doors and through the |schemes as submitted originally by |, "0 ™ eing™ utilized. Both these | Ward's was perhaps the worst. For corridors of the new De- |the architects, Kettere's crew of ex- | partment of Justice Build- |perts touch up here and there a spot | for th i ing a crew of four decorative artists of frieze, ornament or ceiling detail, d’;g:::ll‘);ufe'h:s;t,m“ ceot cetaily work silently with paint and brush in order to see what it will look like | "y 0" g mojent “eampling” has atop frail scaffoldings down dim cor- to the eye. At present two of _lhe | been done, Kettere, together with the s artists are at work on pillar, frieze | oo pyiet of the building, will decide Long before the actual work of and plaque detail near the ""‘"‘Jupon the proper combination of col- decoration can be begun, explains | street entrance. Already two or three | " "r "oy interior decorations. Bids Gustave Kettere, decorative consult- color combinations have been attempt- | nen will be opened, and the actual ant on the building, a vast amount of ed in these three places. i ridors, where little traffic passes. experimental testing must take place. A general scheme of light and dark | ;,"vne walls begun soon after. coatings reflect light well, and will WHAT'S GREATER work of bringing life, light and color three months Gen. Gilchrist tended him in the hospital. Valor Commended. “No soldier,” Gen. Gilchrist said, “ever served a worthier cause with more velor. I doubt if Ward ever got over that illness. It was enough to permanently impair his healtn.” ‘The experiments were made after typhoid stalked through the tents of Spanish-American War volunteers like a grim reaper. The newly-developed vaccine had passed through preliminary stages of experimentation and was réady for its final test on human beings. With- out them, the vaccine never could have been perfected. The surgeon general ordered Gen. Gilchrist to call for volunteers. Fifty men responded and from them 10 were selected. The tests exposed weak- nesses in the serum which were soon remedied and the whole world bene- fited as a result. Gen. Gilchrist said the 10 volun- | teers performed as great a service to | humanity as did the men who per- | mitted themselves to be inoculatcd with yellow fever germs during Maj. Walter Reed's campaign against that malady in Cuba. These latter men were recognized by Congress. In his letter to the President, the | attorney wrote that Ward now ‘re- sembles & man of 75 years.” At the time of the experiments in 1904 he was a “young, valiant and healthy man.” | The President was requested “to | write some consoling letter to Ward.” The attorney ask further: “Is Ward not entitled to be deco- rated and honored?” But this, the latter warned, must be soon, as the death which Ward invited 30 years ago seems to be drawing near. 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