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STRACHEY, SAILING, LAUDS U.S. PEOPLE Hopes to Return Soon, Says British Author—Depor- tation Dropped. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 30.—Expres- sing gratification that deportation proceedings against him had been dropped a few hours before his ship sailed for England, John Strachey paid a parting tribute last night to the American people and said he hoped to return soon. As he prepared to board the Beren- garia for home, the British author- lecturer said he was a Communist but was not connected with the Com- munist party and had not advocated the overthrow of the American Gov- ernment. Right to Return Claimed. The Labor Department’s action was interpreted by Arthur Garfield Hays, counsel to the American Civil Liber- ties Union, as in no way impairing Strachey's right to return to this country. “I hope and believe that this whole case will have done something to clarify the case of free speech in America,” Strachey said. “I repeat now as I have done before that I made no false declarations. I am not a polygamist nor an anarchist, nor have I advocated the overthrow of the American Government. “I have discussed with over 60 American audiences the most vital and fundamental economics and po- litical problems of our time. As this visit to America has been a deep pleasure and privilege to me, I hope to come back after writing another book.” Capitalistic Government. Strachey defined the Roosevelt ad- ministration as a capitalistic govern- ment trying to preserve capitalism with doubtful experiments “I am a Communist,” he declared, “only I am not connected with the Communistic party. The only differ- | ence being that I do not pay dues. “Now I must worry about what I am going to face when I go home. From what I can gather from your papers, England’s reaction to all this 1s quiet amusement.” U. S. DROPS DEPORTATION. Departure of Strachey Puts End to| Controversy. B the Associated Press The Labor Department decided late yesterday to drop its anti-Commu- nist deportation proceedings against Evelyn John Strachey because the English author and lecturer was plan- ning to leave anyway. The department’s Immigration Bu- reau a week or two ago announced late one night that a warrant had been issued for the British author on the grounds that he had made Com- munistic utterances since entering the United States. Strachey already had delivered sev- eral lectures in which he expounded his theories that already were known through two widely read books that had earned him the title of the fore- most English interpreter of Marxism. Technically, the charge against the writer was not that he was a Com- munist, but that in getting his papers to visit this country he had answered in the negative when this quesiion was asked him. Strachey was arrested near Chi- cago, where he was lecturing on the same night that the Labor Depart- ment's statement was issued. Wide controversy was stirred. Some sald that every one, or almost every one, already knew that Strachey held Communistic views. They said he should have been kept out in the he- ginning if the Government intended going to such lengths as deporting him. Others argued that all aliens expressing such views should be sent | home forthwith. FINED FOR SHORT WEIGHT Meat Market Operator Enters Plea of Guilty. Entering a plea of guilty, Nathan H. Millstein, operator of a meat mar- ket in the 1700 block of U street, was fined $50 in each of two cases of selling chickens short weight when ar- raigned yesterday before Judge Ralph Given in Police Court. The com- plaining witness was W. C. Diller. ‘There was no_testimony. SPECIAL NOTICES. OFFICE OF THE MUTUAL FIRE INSUR- ANCE COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Washington. March 14. 1935. ‘The 80th annual meeting of the members of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbia will be held on the first Monday in April (the first prox- imo) at the office of the company. No. 1301 H street northwest. commencing at 12 o'clock noon y the charter election members. company is required annual meeting. The by-laws of the company provide that at the annual meeting the first order of business shall be the election of a chairman and of a secretary; that at the ebove meeting three directors shall be elected for a term of three years. two for a term of two years and two for a term of one year. and that in the voting for rs the polls shall close at 5 statement will be ready for ffice of the company of the company the of “directors. selected from the to conduct the affairs of the to be held at the e ann distribution at the about March 40, 1945 y order of ihe q : L. PIERCE BOTELER. Seererary. RESPONSIBLE FOR anybody other than P. FABRIZIO, 1 WILL NOT BE debts contracted by myself. MICHAEL Evarts st. n.e. ESCAPES—SECOND-HAND; _IN- with complete engineering_ service. IRON WORKS. Natl. 3766, AIR_ CONDITIONING—THOSE CONSID- ering installing_this season should get my Brices. 1232 14th st. n.w. Dist. 2850. CHAS. F. CONRAD. CHIROPODIST, d with Drs. W. W. and E. E. omp: . 2th st. n.w. Phone Dis- rict_0$53. 8:30 am. to 5:30 p.m. DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS —AND &lfl loads to_and from Balto.. & ew York. Frequent trips to other East- ein citleg, . “Bependsble’ Service Sin BTORAGE CO., phone Decatur 2500. FIRE stalled DUPONT DR, U. S. Visitor MacDONALD'S DAUGHTER SEEING HOLLYWOOD. MISS SHEILA MacDONALD, Younger daughter of Britains prime minister, J. Ramsay Mac- Donald, is shown upon her arrival at Vancouver, British Columbia, from Australia. After overnight . stop there she left for this country, intent on visting Hollywood. I her first visit to this country. —A. P. Photo. CULBERTSON LEAD MOUNTS T0 9,380 | Simses Take Only 15 of 39 Rub- bers as First Week of Play Ends. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 30.—A Culbert- son lead of 9,380 points was thn]led‘ up today as both sides in the Sims-| Culbertson bridge controversy enjoyed | a week end respite. That total represented the advantage Mr. and Mrs. Ely Culbertson had | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. TROUPERS IN THE PARK. aerialists can NLY nimble qualify for the sparrow troupe which almost every afternoon holds forth for an exacting ringmaster in La- fayette Square. ‘The penalty for failure is an empty stomach, and the chagrin of watching another get the reward for proficiency. The ringmaster, a spare, gray man in a weathered coat and hat, tosses food to his pupils, grain by grain and crumb by crumb. | Pigeons, sparrows and an occasional starling surround him in a circle on the ground. “Up! up!” he cries in & thin, excited voice. The sparrow he motions to obeys, and a bit of grain describes a 10-foot | arc. The nimble gymnast takes it on | the wing, just as the tidbit reaches its | highest point, descent. The occasional starling is nimbler | still. He can take his supper on the rise or fall, without the necessity of hovering for a second suspended on beating wings. and pauses for the ‘The pigeon is too clumsy for this. He stands on the ground and takes what falls, a sort of clean-up man. This latter circumstance keeps his troupe of aerialists on their toes, the ringmaster said. No nimble sparrow or starling likes to see his supper dis- appear into a clumsy pigeon's craw. * X ¥k X ‘THE ILL WIND AGAIN. XTENSION of parking restrictions in downtown Washington has created a new form of occupa- | tion, the tipster who tells car owners when police are checking up. These are the boys who want to polish your car when it is parked in restricted | zones near the Government buildings. | For a little extra the polishers will take your name and office address and | dash in to say when the tires are being chalked. It costs a dime, but | may save a ticket, they say. It is | | Tidal basin . . he reached the door the program changed and there was the wild howl of a fire siren as Ed Wynn, the “fire chief,” hit the broadcast waves. ‘The clumping of feet outside the door stopped instantaneously. Then there was a wild yell, the door flew open, the duty man grabbed a fire extinguisher and raced out into the night. Laughing so they could scarcely run and could not yell at all, the idlers stumbled after him. With some difficulty they persuaded him that no heroics were in order. The name of the duty man, incidentally, was Edwin. * k% ok WHITE HOUSE “ROPE.” RISS-CROSSED and interwoven from chimney to chimney over ridges and eaves of the White House crawls a thick wire rope. It eventually slinks into grounding chambers in the soil. This is the President’s house lightning arrester system. * ok ok Ok CAB DRIVER WORRY. HEN Chester C. Lindsay, cab driver, picks up a ‘“country cousin” again he probably will ask for the fare in advance. Lindsay was cruising around the Tidal Basin the other morning when he was hailed by a youth. The young man explained he had to go to Macomb street to see his boss, for whom he had come all the way from North Carolina to work. Lindsay drove to the Macomb street address, but the boss was not there; 50-0-0-0 off to the Broadmoor Apart- ments, thence to the Mayflower Hotel, back to the Macomb street house, then away to the Mayflower again...no boss, and the youth explained, the boss had to be found or there would be no money for the fare. After driving back to the Macomb street house once again, Lindsay dropped his fare at the . after lending him a gained over Mr. and Mrs. P. Hal Sims| being done in and around the Com- |dime with which to telephone. at the end of 39 rubbers in their 150- rubber match. The Culbertsons won 24 of the rubbers to 15 for the Simses, with a total point score of 38,890 to| 29,600. The first week of play was climaxed last night with a dramatic grand slam by the Culbertsons on the final hand of the evening and the last to be| played under the old bridge rules. The | Culbertsons were vulnerable and they | collected the grand slam bonus ofl 2,250 points, winning the thirty-ninth rubber by 3,830 points. When the match is resumed Mon- day afternoon, the new rules will be in effect, providing, among other things, for reduced grand slam | bonuses. The Culbertson grand slam was a laydown, but there were a few tense moments among the kibitzers while Mrs. Culbertson pondered long moments be- | fore making the final bid. | FALLS PROVE FATAL | TO TWO ELDERLY MEN Two elderly white men were fatally injured in falls late yesterday. Herman Brinkman, 70, died in Emergency Hospital of a broken neck several hours after he fell from a re- taining wall while raking his back yard at 1819 Kearney street northeast. Charles F. Wicklein, 72, of 4728 Eighth street, died in Casualty Hos- pital from injuries received when he fell down the front steps of his home. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Ball and supper, Newspaper Wo- men’s Club, Willard Hotel, 10 p.m. Bingo party, Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, 8:30 p.m. Table tennis tournament, man Ptr} Hotel, 8 pm. Concert, Princeton Glee Club, Wardman Little Theater, 8:30 p.m. Lecture by Sir Willmott Lewis, “The British Commonwealth of Nations,” before the Washington Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Association, Univer- sity Club, 8:30 p.m. Dance, Union Lodge, No. 2, Knights of Pythias, Almas Temple, 1315 K street, 9 p.m. Community surprise party, Mount Pleasant-Columbia Heights, Powell Junior High School, Hiatt place and Lamont street, 8 p.m. Bingo party, Martha Washington Rebtehh Lodge, 649 K street north- east. Lecture by Maj. Randolph C. Shaw, “Federal Appellate Practice,” Wash- ington College of Law, 2000 G street, 8 pm. Dance, University Club of Wash- ington, University Club, 4 p.m. Bingo party and cake walk, Lin- coln Corps Auxiliary, G. A. R., Wood- men’s Hall, 8 p.m. Entertainment and dancing, Re- ciprocity Club, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. TOMORROW. Lecture by Maurice Hindus before Town Hall, “A New Deal for the Rus- sian People,” Shoreham Hotel, 8 p.m. Lecture by Senator Patrick A. Mc- Marran before the Holy Name So- ciety of St. Augustine’s Church, 1715 Fifteenth street, 5:30 p.m. Ward- T e Clevelana Basmaar. By ork. L N - burgh and Atlanta, SMITH' FRANGEER & STORAGE CO.. 1313 U st. n.w. Phone North 3343. CHAMBERS world. %1 Ts one of the largest undertakers in the Complete funerals as low as $75 p. chapels, tweive parlors, seventeen gars, hearses and ambulances. twenty-five undertakers and assistants. SLAG ROOFING —Tinning. Roof Repairs. Roof Painting. Assure yourself of a good investment by Blacing _your order th this reliable KOONS FING 933 V 8t. N.W. COMPANY ___ North 4423. A DEAL FUNERAL AT §75 Provides_same_service as one costing . Don't waste “insurance money.” call DEAL. with 25 vears' experience. Lincoln 82 PROPOSALS. MENT. Procurement Branch, Washing- h 26, 1935. hi e m.. furnishing all labor ~an materials " an performing all work for metal partitions, a Proc W. E. REYNO! ssist- of ‘Pmcnrement. A!ut:llte Works Branch. = ’ OFFICIAL NOTICES. OF | aifficulty selling its bonds and raise red"the. followins. order red: “That Dursuant io the provie ion; "Public t . o :embu. 0‘15. lo.;::zA.cth‘nhlhsnoz |‘mn'=l'“lho'n - trict will meet in a Catholic youth 38, the | movement convention this afternoon . 1 0 Tevert to the abutting being _described as (ol.lnvyu: 1. Closing of 418T LW.. megintely, arth ot Xumt S Shncr, nw. imiediately south of Tennyson Street, and e O etae ot parts of IDARO AVENUR. K‘\.v’vi nbul:ln OB property 3 y Srrr Bl o ransfer of s An; parties effective _date id order shall ise sal May 3rd, aforesald. and said street area shall on and after said date bm?n in ae- R e o BAX'E stLTiN Communionsrs, B-C: mh27-14texBu 1} BANK BILL GOES merce and District Buildings, the private operatives say. * % ¥ x EDWIN HEARS ED WYNN. T WAS a quiet night at the Ana- | I costia Naval Air Station. Some of the enlisted men, slumped on the backs of their necks in easy chairs, were listening to a radio pro- | Outside was heard the clump of feet of the approaching “duty” man, a | private in the local Marine Corps | Aviation Reserve Squadron. Just as | * * X ¥ HELP FOR DEMOCRATS. CERTAIN Democratic member of the House is a strong believer in civil service and doesn’t see why there should be any question about its application throughout the Govern- | ment. “Yes,” he says, after an unhappy experience in trying to get a job for a constituent, “I'm for civil service first, last and always—it's the only way a Democrat has a chance to get a job in this administration.” ON “MUST™ LIST Passage Demanded, Al-| though President’s Posi- tion Is Not Yet Clear. By the Associated Press. ‘The omnibus banking bill was put high up on the “must” list of House | Democratic leaders today despite con- | flicting reports as to exactly what | President Roosevelt thinks of the | measure. The bill was included in the tenta- tive legislative program announced by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, after a conference with Mr. Roosevelt a few days ago, but the qualifications Robinson used in connection with the banking bill were pointed out by some Congress mem- bers today as indicating at the most | that the ‘measure is considered “de- | sirable.” At least three members of the House Banking Committee said the President wanted the bill passed. At least two others, as well as a member of the Senate Banking Committee, said pri- | vately that the President did not want | the bill passed. | President Declared Undecided. Usually reliable sources elsewhere in the Capital reported that the Presi- dent had not made up his mind and probably would not until the House acted on the bill and sent it to the Senate. The House vote, these sources asserted, would reveal sentiment and indicate chances of pushing the meas- ure through the Senate. The House Banking Committee, at the request of Democratic leaders and high administration officials, has ten- tatively closed hearings on the bill. The understanding is that the meas- ure will be taken up for amendments Monday, with additional witnesses, if any, appearing after that. G. O. P. Stands Fast. Republican opposition in the com- mittee to the section which would strengthen the Government's—and es- pecially the President’s—control over Federal Reserve banks had not less- ened. Representative Gifford, Re- publican, of Massachusetts warned that he would attempt to eliminate that title from the bill. Apparently objectionable to some Democrats as well as most Republicans was the section which would allow the Federal Reserve Board to raise or lower the reserve requirements of Re- serve member banks. Opponents con- tended such a system would let the board reduce reserve requirements when the Government was having them when the bonds were being snapped up. ‘There was little doubt, even in the minds of Democratic members of the committee, that the bill would be amended considerably. e Catholic Youth Session Today. Delegates from all Catholic colleges and high schools in and near the Dis- at Georgetown University. D7 MOTORIST PAYS FINE Forestville Man Pays $10 on Bad Brakes Charge. Jerry C. Barnes, 51, of Forestville, Md., paid a fine of $10 in Traffic Court yesterday on a bad brake charge, re- sulting from having struck and in- jured 5-year-old Claude Bowman, jr., 28 Sixteenth street southeast, Thurs- day afternoon. The child was first treated at Sibley Hospital and then taken home before hospital authorities could determine the full extent of his injuries. TUBERCULOSIS DRIVE WILL OPEN TONIGHT Mrs. Roosevelt and Medical Lead- ers to Launch Early Diagnosis Campaign. National leaders in the medical pro- fession and Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- velt will be speakers at a public meet- ing tonight at the United States Chamber of Commerce, which will mark the opening of a Nation-wide “early diagnosis campaign” by the 2,000 affiliated tuberculosis associa- tions of the country. Mrs. Roosevelt's talk, on the health and safety of American children, will be broadcast from 8:45 to 9 pm. Among the speakers will be Surgeon General Hugh S. Cumming, Dr. George C. Ruhland, District health officer; Dr. William Gerry Morgan, former president of the American Medical Association; Dr. Kendall Emerson, managing director of the Tuberculosis Association, and Dr. Francis B. ‘Trudeau of the Saranac Lake Sana- torium. Dr. Willlam Charles White, presi- dent of the District Tuberculosis Society, will preside. The Marine Band will play. Gets Sculptors’ Medal. The Royal Society of British Sculp- tors’ gold medal has been awarded to Capt. Adrian Jones, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday. REAT: AM c&fi? NOW G ER THAN Eib C.. SATURDAY, CATHOLIC STUDENTS HOLD CONFERENCE Delegates From “ W., Trinity and High Schools Discuss Re- ligious Problems in Mexico. Sodality delegates from Georgetown and Trinity colleges and a dozen or more Catholic convents and high schools are deliberating today at Georgetown University on problems growing out of the religious situation in Mexico. MARCH 30, 1935. The meeting was the third and last convention ot the Catholic Youth Movement in the District during the present scholastic year. A study of the Mexican situation was made under the guidance of the Georgetown University Sodality, and this afternoon Miss Ruth Considine of the Georgetown Visitation | Convent and George McKenney nti Georgetown College were to report to the full convention. Dr. Coleman Nevils, 8. J., president of Georgetown University, made the invocation at the meeting and this aft- erncon Representative Clare Fenerty of Pennsylvania was to speak about conditions in Mexico. The sessions are being conducted under guidance of Rev. George A. Mc- Donald of St. Louis, organizer of Cath- olic Action for Youth. Francis E. Hickey of the Georgetown Sodality is presiding. - THREE SHOT, EIGHT HELD Colored Men Victims in Fight Over Poker Game. A gun fight that grew out of s poker game dispute in Myrtle street northeast early today sent three col- ored men to the hospital. ‘They are Chester Thomas, 34. of 17 De Frees street, shot through the chest; George Proctor, 37, of 217 Twelfth street southeast, shot in the temple, and George Brighthaupt, 37, of 76 De Frees street, wounded in the ¥ A_3° | {hip. The first two were taken to | Casualty Hospital, while Brighthaupt was treated at Emergency. Eight suspects in the shootings are being held at No. 1 precinct. o {COBB ASKS'OBSERVANCE Avoidance of Communism and a strict observance of the law was urged upon the colored race by Municipal Judge James A. Cobb at a meeting held last night under auspices of the | International Religious Bureau at the Evangelical Christian Auditorium. The colored race, being in the mi- nority, he said, should more strictly | observe the laws and the Constitution than any other race which goes to make up the American citizenship. Increased business forces expansion! LEE D. BUTLER, - MOVES into larger quarters Inc. ! (4 Sharply reduced delivered prices feature Fifth Anniversary of Lee D. Butler, Inc. and formation of the new and greater L4 And. mind you, that’s the Wash- ington delivered price. 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