Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1935, Page 2

A2 www BUSINESS REPORT CHEERS INDUSTRY Upturn Reported for Quar- ter, but A. A. A. Reveals It Runs in Red. A rosy picture of business upturn painted by the Department of Com- merce cheered the industrial world | today. but the optimistic outlook was somewhat blighted by A. A. A. ad- mission that its struggle to raise farm prices was a money-losing proposition for the Government. | At the same time the Bureau of | Foreign and Domestic Commerce re- ported that industrial production dur- ing the first quarter of the year was higher than at any like period since 1930, it hailed dollar devaluation as the chief factor in leading foreign purchasers to spend 32 per cent more money in this country last year than in 1933. Gold worth $1.870,000,000 poured into the United States in & n'.udyl stream last year, to set an all-time | record not exceeded even on the old- | dollar-value basis existing before Jan- uary 31, 1934 Merchandise Flow Greater. What’s What Behind News In Capital “Roosevelt Compro- mise” Found to Be Too One-Sided. BY PAUL MALLON. HE congressional cloak rooms have coined a new phrase— “The Roosevelt compromise.” The use of the word “Roose- velt” before “compromise” gives it the same adverse meaning as the word “Bronx” before “cheer.” It implies that you lose your hat, coat, vest and trousers, and all you have is your face. The phrase has its root derivation in the congressional experience with the White House on the new relief bill. There was no secret about the Jact that all the restrictions placed on President Roosevelt’s proposed expenditure of $4,880,000,600 are merely pretended restrictions which do not restrict him at all. It is not quite so well known that the specific restriction requiring Mr. Roosevelt to send the names of his new relief directors to the Senate for confirmation is an even greater joke. The large export balance of $478.- 000.000. greatest since 1930, influenced the gold flow in part, the bureau de- clared, and added: “Merchandise exports of $2.133.- 000,000 exceeded those in 1933 by 27 per cent in value, and even on the basis of physical volume were 8 per cent larger than those of the preced- ing yvear. ““Merchandise imports, which were about the same in quantity in 1933, | were valued at $1,655.000.000, or 14| per cent higher than in the preceding | year.” | The domestic industrial rise reached fis peak in February. the bureau re- | ported, but stated the level of activity | for that month has been pretty stead- 1ly maintained. Automobile and glass manufactur- ing lead in big industry’s prosperity march. but steel and iron lag. A. A. A. Runs Into Red. A debit of $155.530.066 for two years’ operation of the farm program up to | March 1. shown vesterday by the A. A. A, added fuel to the fiery con- troversy over the processing tax. This levy on cotton, wheat. corn, hogs and a few other major commod- | ities brought in $731.982.189. but ad- | ministration of the adjustment pro- | gram and the total of benefit payments came to $887,512,255 in this supposedly | pay-its-own-way plan. The expenditures were split be- tween the $630.606,962 paid partic- | ipants in the adjustment program, $214.651 for handling surpluses and $42.254,091 for administration. Corn-hog farmers benefited most | from the program, with $223.453,054 paid them. Cotton farmers recelved“’ $221.182,638, wheat men $158,625,962 #nd tobacco growers $24.053.184. Meanwhile, the Farm Credit Admin- istration announced the offering of a | new issue of $162.000.000 worth of 10-20-year consolidated Federal land bank bonds at 3! per cent interest ®nd dated May 1, 1935. Backed by First Mortgages. Security for the bonds. offered to refund 5 per cent individual Federal Jand bank bonds called May 1, is an equal principal amount of first mort- gages on farm properties or obliga- tions of the United States Govern- ment, held mainly by the Credit Ad- ministration. | The report on the balance of in- ternational payments issued by the ' Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce showed: International service transactions, Including interest and dividend items, left this country a creditor on bal- | "ance of approximately $375,000,000 on trade and service account, as com- | pared with slightly more than $300,- | 000,000 in 1933. | Preliminary estimates of the coun- t:1y’s receipts and payments on ac- count of international freight and #shipping transactions show increases | over 1933 of 18 and 46 per cent, re- | spectively. | A comparative marked increase was | boted in United States tourist travel #broad in non-European areas. Estimated immigrant remittances | of $105,000,000 in 1934 show & com- | paratively small decline as compared | with 1933. | A decline of approximately 14 per | gent in interest and dividend DIY-P ments on United States investments abroad, amounting to $390,000,000, | took place. WIVES GUARANTEED ‘WENATCHEE. Wash., April 8 (®). —William G. Weatherly, a recent visitor of Central America, reported Vvesterday Indian wives come cheap in Guatemala—and are guaranteed. Bridegrooms of the Quiche Indians, he said, paid as little as from $1 to $10. They buy their wives with the stipulation that they can return them any time within two years and get the purchase money refunded, he | said. | Congress in Brief By the Assoclated Press TODAY. Benate. l'c»miders Copeland food and drug i1l Banking Subcommittee plans to eonsider looking into Marriner S. Eccles’ quqalifications for governor of Federal Reserve Board. House. b Acts on McSwain anti-war profits ill. Rules Committee holds hearing on rule for House consideration of eco- nomic security bill. Banking Committee studies changes In omnibus bank bill. TOMORROW. Senate. Resumes debate on Copeland food} #nd drug bill, or possibly, the Guffey eoal bill. Interstate Commerce Committee holds hearing on amendments to bankruptcy act relating to railroad re- organization, 10 am. Immigration Committee considers bm to provide for deportation of cer- fatn alien seamen, 11 a.m. Pinance Committee continues hear- ings on N. R. A. House will continue consideration of pivers and harbors bill, Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee to hold hearing on utility holding company bill, 10 am, Foreign Affairs Committee to meet Bt 10:30 am. Civil Service Committee to take up Agricu ¥Frazier-Lemke bill, 10 a.m. Immigration Committee to meet at 30 am. Post Office and Post Roads Commit- fee to meet at 10:30 ordinarily that Mr. Roosevelt will choose a busi- General. Ickes Protected. The Senate inserted that restriction s0 it could prevent Interior Secre- tary Ickes from getting control of any part of the new relief set-up. But the New Dealers put their lawyers to work on the wording of the amend- ment and found it would not affect Mr. Ickes in the small part for which he is slated. b BOLIVER THELARGEST. EVER COUGHT. % It will affect only those relief direc- tors who have not already been con- firmed by the Senate and who draw pay out of the relief fund. Ickes gets his pay from the Interior De- partment, Admiral Peoples from the Treasury, Wood from Commerce. Only Hopkins gets his pay from the relief fund. A way probably will be found to keep even Hopkins from go- ing through the Senate wringer, So all you need to know about the new law is that, after six weeks of compromising, it is exactly what Mr. Roosevelt wanted. Leadership Is Stable. A New York Representative has been nosing around inside the House seeking to upset the leadership. He has not been getting much encourage- ment. The movement undoubtedly will fail. Absent Floor Leader Banmkhead, who has been ill since the session started, is now in fairly good health. He takes auto rides mearly every afternoon these Ane Spring days. House cronies keep him informed. Their assumption is that when- ever the House gets into a tight place and the administration needs help Mr. Bankhead will make @ dramatic reappearance om the floor. Even in Mr. Bankhead's absence, the House Democratic leadership has been unexpectedly efficient so far. Wagner Bill Aid Seen. Heartening word is circulating among liberal insiders that Mr. Roose- velt will come to the assistance of the Wagner Labor Board bill, if and when his help is needed. This has cheered up the liberals, | but it has not dissipated the doubts of skeptics. | A significant scene was frequently | repeated ai the White House last year. Senator Wagner would come out of a conference with the Presi- dent every once in a while and say, in response to questions, that he| thought his bill would go through. | Stories were always circulated just like those which are circulating now. You may recall that Mr. Roosevelt never said anything about the bill then and it failed of passage. The White House mirrors, which reflect the President’s thoughts, are conveying an impression ness man as the next Postmaster Such an astounding thing has never been thought of seriously in Washington before. The idea of not having a politician to run the Post Ofice Department is a vision which has been seem only by the radicals. It violates @ custom which has been followed by all modern Presidents, Republican and Democratic. No. names are being mentioned. Many months will pass before Farley confines his activities to the chair- manship of the Democratic National Committee, so there is plenty of time. Blanten Outburst Applauded. ‘The Blanton outburst against the' press in the House a few days ago was THE EVENING SARAZEN LEADING WOOD IN PLAY-OFF Shoots 71, Stroke Under Par, While Rival Loses Control. By the Associated Press. AUGUSTA, Ga. April 8.—Gene Sarazen, former American and British open ‘champion, shot sub-par golf to- day to take a four-stroke lead over Craig Wood of Deal, N. J, on the first round of their 36-hole play-off for top money of $1,500 in the Au- gusta National Golf Club’s invitation tournament. Sarazen carded a 71, one under par, while Wood lost con-* trol on the incoming nine and scored 275, ‘The two professional rivals were deadlocked yesterday at the end of the regulation 72 holes, with scores of 283 each, Sarazen overhauling Wood with the aid of “double eagle"—a deuce on the par-five fifteenth—in one of the greatest finishes of his career. Weod Wins First. Both were on the 400-yard first hole with a drive and pitch, Sarazen carding a 5 to Wood's regulation 4. On the 350-yard third, Wood barely missed a 20-footer for a birdie after Sarazen overplayed the green with his approach and then chipped back within 16 inches of the cup. Both had 4s. They had regulation 3s on the 190-yard fourth. ‘Wood overshot the fifth green with a long iron shot, but pitched 2 feet from the cup and got a par 4. Sara- zen was 18 feet from the pin with his second and two-putted. Wood took the lead again with a 3 on the 185-yard six. Sarazen pulled up even again by rucning down a 20-foot putt for a birdie 3 on the 340-yard seventh. Both sliced their tee shots into the rough on the long, uphill eighth, and took fives by avoiding further risks. Wood outdrove Sarazen by 40 yards {on the 420-yard ninth but half-smoth- i ered his second and landed in a trap | in front of the green. He played out 8 feet beyond the cup but rolled the putt down for a fine 4 after Sarazen two-putted from 45 feet. | Par—Out ... « 454 343 454—36 | Sarazen—out . 544 344 354—36 ‘'00d—Out . 454 343 45436 | Sarazen Goes Into Lead. Sarazen got the putting range and took the lead for the first time on the incoming nine. Gene canned a 20- footer for a birdie 3 on the 430-yard tenth hole, while Wood was lucky to chip close enough for a par. green witn their approach shots. | Sarazen pitched on and sank a 8-foot- | er for a four and Wood lost another | stroke by taking two putts from 15 | feet for a five. Sarazen picked up another stroke on | )tbe short twelfth, where it's essential | to carry a creek and avold a steep | bank guarding the rear of the green. ‘Wood hooked into the creek twice on the troublesome thirteenth. He | dropped out for the penalty on each | pitching within 3" feet of the pin. Sarazen, in the rough off the tee, | played the hole safely for a par five and assumed a four-stroke lead. They carded orthodox fours on | number 14. Playing the 485-yard fifteenth, where he got his spectacular “double eagle” deuce yesterday, Sarazen drove into the rough, played short of the creek in front of the green and took a five. Wood carried the water hazard | with a spoon shot, but dubbed his chip shot from the bank and scrambled to | gt his five with two putts from 18 | eet. | Both got regulation threes on the | 145-yard sixteenth. Both flirted with the cup, Wood from 15 feet. and Sarazen from 30, on the seventeenth, but took fours. They were both down in regulation fours on the eighteenth. + 443 545 344—36—72 + 343 545 344—35—71 « 454 645 344—39—75 S e, HONOR IS ACCEPTED BY MRS. ROOSEVELT Mother of President Honorary Chairman of Golden Rule Mother's Day Group. Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of the | President, has accepted the honorary chairmanship of the Golden Rule Mothers’ day Committee preparing for the Nation-wide celebration of Moth. ers’ day, May 12, The announcement, made today, said observances are being planned to focus attention upon the Nation’s hos- pital needs by celebrating Hospital day and Florence Nightingale's birth- day on the same date. The committee’s slogan, Mothers’ day in the Golden Rule way,” is supported by facts showing 4,661 privately-supported hospitals, 1,897 orphanages and 1,268 homes for the aged, received $70,000,000 less in contributions last year than the mini- mum amount needed for normal oper- afing expenses. It is impossible to meet emergency situations resulting from unemployment because of this reduced income, statements declared. orphanages agencies, it was pointed out, cannot share in Federal relief funds, yet they are called upon for a major part of the applauded by an unusually large number of members of ‘The explanation is that the average member of Congress and the average public official suffer alike from chronic press-persecution complexes. Most men in public life have exaggerated ideas of the importance of the things they are doing. Many sincerely be- lieve that, if the public knew all about them, they would be elected President, or something equally lofty. But in the recent tremendous growth of big news about New Deal doings, the average Congressman and the average public oficial have been consigned to arrest the New Deal soon will be made on the constitutionality of the N.R.A. The case is now being pre- pared. (Copyright. 1935.) Licensed to Marry. FAIRFAX, Va., April 8 (Special).— licenses have been issued in Marriage the local clerk's office as follows: H. Clifford Gilbert, 23, and Vera M. A service rendered the sick. GRANGE BACKS PROBE OF FARM MACHINERY Violation of Anti-Trust Law Im- plied in Resolution Before Committee. By the Associated Press. The National Grange is seeking pas- sage of a House resolution calling for & Federal Trade Commission in- vestigation to see whether farm ma- chinery manufacturers are violating the anti-trust laws, The resolution, introduced by Rep- resentiative Bulwinkle, Democrat, of North Carolina, is now before the House Interstate Commerce Commit- tee and will be taken up as soon as the utility anti-holding company bill is disposed of. An of $50,000 is to be asked to make the investigatiod. The grange has compiled which it says show that in many in- stances prices of farm equipment now are higher than during the war. Safe Crackers Police today, were | three churches were wrecked. STAR, WASHINGTON, 0EAD, 0HUR INDIOE TORNADO $300,000 Damage Caused by Twister in Three Southern States. By the Associated Press. GLOSTER, Miss., April 8.—A whin- ing tornado which blew out of the West over parts of Louisiana, Miss- issippl and Alabama during the week end left in its path 26 known dead, more than 200 injured and property damage estimated at $300,000. ‘The funnel-shaped wind did a hop, skip and jump over the area, striking first at Lake Providence, La., late Saturday night. When it crossed the Mississippl River, moving southeast, it struek three times with added fury at Dolorosa, Gloster and Gillsburg, Miss, and spent its force by dipping down around’ Mobile, Ala., late yester- day. ‘The main fury of the wind was left in this town of 1,500 population, be- tween McComb and Natchez. Not a house In the town escaped some dam- age and 760 inhabitants were affected directly by the storm. 87 Dwellings Destroyed. Mayor Louis Kahn said 87 dwell- ings were blown to splinters, 41 so badly damaged that they will have to be razed, 28 other dwellings and 20 business houses partly damaged. The railroad station, the hotel and ‘The cotton gin, the cotton warehouse and the town water tank were destroyed. Even the cemetery did not escape, tombstones being shunted from grave | to grave. The landscape was strewn with timber, metal roofing, uprooted | | trees and general debris. ! Four white persons and four col- | ored were killed here and 150 injured. The property damage was estimated | at $250,000 by the mayor. outside of the village of Gillsburg, 25 miles southeast of here, persons were killed, a score injured and 14 homes blown down. Homes Wrecked in Mobile. ‘The tornado then rode into the skies, but it swooped down yesterday in the Mobile, Ala., area, where it wrecked several homes. unroofed others and did several thousand dollars’ property damage, but no loss of life or injury were reported. At Lake Providence, La.. four white persons and five colored were drownea when the wind blew over a large Several River. houses were blown down in Lake Providence, Sicily Island ] land Perriday, with approximately a Both missed the 415-yard eleventh | dosen persons reported injured. Then the wind crossed into Missis- sippi and hit Dolorosa, a plantation settlement, where three colored chil- dren were killed. One colored child was blown out of his bed into the night. His body was not found until yesterday. The store of Solomon Schwartz was blown over and he was scalped by flying timber and several ribs were broken. The wind caught most of the peo- ple asleep. They were so panic- occasion and saved a six only by |stricken they couid not describe the | storm. “It came a-whining and a-roaring, i and the next thing I knew the house | was blown flat down with me under it,” saild Bob Jones, Negro. | _“All of a sudden” a resident of | Gloster said, “the wind began to blow | and things started flying through the | air. Windows started smashing out of stores and the noise became terrific Then in a little while it got quiet. The wind almost stopped blowing When it quieted people began running around in the dark trying to see who had been killed and hurt.” Three heavy steel box cars were blown off of the track at a Gloster siding. List of Dead. Gloster: Mrs. Chester Allen. 22, wife of a lumberman. Tom Whittington, 75, farmer. John B. Cobin, 70, sewing machine salesman. Mrs. John B. Cobin, 70. Joe Brown, colored minister of Jackson, Miss. Three unidentified colored persons. Gillsburg: Mrs. Ida Harrell, 63 Mrs. Birdie Lee Patrick, 30. Catherine Patrick, 4. Marie Caston, 10. Mrs. Vardaman Caston. 20. Mrs. Eugene Caston. 43. Dolorosa Plantation: Three unidentified colored persons. Lake Providence: chez, Miss., timberman. John Hogue, his brother. Eppie Sparks, 25, Tom Oklahoma. A. Abernathy, 34. ne:bur colored persons, all unidenti- WAMPLER LOSES Attorney Denied Review of Con- viction in Income Tax Case. By the Associated Press. ‘T. Morris Wampler, Washington tiary at Lewisburg, Pa., on conviction of evading Federal income taxes for 1930 and 1931, lost today in his effort to challenge by habeas corpus pro- ceedings jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for Maryland in trying and sentencing him. The Supreme Court refused to review his petition for & hearing. ‘The Pennsylvania Federal District Court dismissed the habeas corpus proceedings and its action was sus- tained by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. ‘Wampler contended his residence and principal place of business was ‘Washington and that he should have been tried in the courts here. The Government contended the consolidation of the District of Co- lumbia in the internal revenue col- lection district of Maryland _gave the Federal District Court in Mary- land jurisdiction over cases involving tax returns filed with the collector of for 1931 when $15,018 was due. Gold Mined Near City. LOS ANGELES, April 8 (#).—Ex- From Gloster the storm struck next | where six | boat house anchored in the Mississippi | i W. D. Hogue, 70, prominent Nat- ' IN HIGHER COURT| attorney, now serving a sentence of 18 | months in the Northeastern Peniten- | adventures of “Tarzan,” is seen W Tenant H BULLETIN, HUNTSVILLE, Tex., April 8. (# —Raymond Hamilton, recap- tured death-house fugitive. will be sentenced to death this afternoon by District Judge S. W. Dean for the slaying of Major Crowson, State prison farm guard. Back in the death cell of the Texas State Prison from which he escaped eight months ago, the No 1 public ememy of the Southwest tells here of his experiences and his views of the life of an outlaw. BY RAYMOND HAMILTON. HUNTSVILLE. Tex.. April 8 —Well, | they got me finally and they tell me I'm a legal dead man. I've known the sensation of being legally dead before. But it's quite far from being on a slab in & morgue. It's even quite a space from being on a stretcher. fresh from the hot seat. with your face oily from the terrific contact | with high voitage. You don't have to be told that I was a star boarder at Huntsville earlier in my life, that I occupied the royal suite in death row. I didn't burn then, and I'm not burned yet. I'm not making any promises, but somehow I don't feel that I'm ready for Heaven. Isn't that where an in- nocent man would go, if he were electrocuted for robbery? Sure, I've robbed lots of banks. but I've never killed a man. I've been in lots of tight spots. But I never could mur- der. It doesn't come easy for me. Admits There Is Heaven. So you're grinning because I men- tion Heaven. Sure there's a Heaven. I'll admit that I'm not exactly ready to tenant it yet. But what the hell. Surely they don't segregate bank rob- bers up there. The press calls me a coward be- | cause I've elected to stick ‘em up. So what! Anybody who knows cards knows the uselessness of contesting a winning hand. when you've a measly set of deuces in your own. Swell mess I'd make for an undertaker with my ribs shot out from under me. I'm strong on God. Of course ther» is one. Haven't I experienced | miracles? You've seen cars in which I've been riding, when the cops have cut loose and blasted holes in the windshield that you could pass a ! basket ball through. aimed right at D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1935. Edgar Rice Burroughs, 59. author, whose chief bid for fame is founded on his stories of the strange ith his new bride, the former Mrs. alighting from a plane at Los Angeles, after their wedding at Las Vegas, Nev. Florence Gllbert. Dearholt, actress, —A. P. Photo. | | | LEAK'INL G C.RAIL LOAN RULE PROBED | Wall Street Learns of Ac-| tion Before Announce- ment Is Made. Boasts He Won’t Burn Hamilton Says He Is Not Ready to eaven Yet. yme in the driver's seat. Remember when I ditched the boys in McKin- ney. when they tried to waylay me? They were a dozen to one. Came to See Mother. T went to Dallas to see my mother. | There was no Katie Jenkins to it My mother seems to be the only one who knows what to do at the right 'time. Katie's perfect, as women go. I'd blast my way through any posse for her. But she didn’t bring me barx into this territory, as the papers say. I think I should have been a cop. | Wkat a swell cop I would make! By this time I can sort of click my | heels in the air. Cops are dopes. The: lack imagination. I read some- where that if you camp on a cop's docrstep, he’ll stumble over you tear- | ing out to look for you in the next | yarc. Death is something else. I think the chair is a better way out, after all, than gunshot. You don’t linger -0 long. And you're not so messed up. Stll, I don't see why people fear death. Isn't it a stranger? Women are beyond me. I don't see what they see in the life of a bank’ robber. Trailing after a robber 1S as crazy as trying to set up a soft drink stand at the North Pole and trying to sell ice cream. But the female brain finds it fascinat- ing. That’s bunk. There's fascina- tion in living high and handsome, as Marv O'Dare and I did, when I had the dough. But this gypsy life. You can have it. Lightning Might Strike. Raymond Hamilton is no softie. And he isn't writing any cheap and slushy poetry about angels. Maybe I'm practical. Why, lightning misht strike the dynamo at Huntsville. Earthquakes might rock mngs. And, besides, I'm not altogether i | friendless. Didn't Clyde Barrow pull | the impossible and spring me at Eastham Farm with Bonnie Parker? Perhaps I've a Jonathan or two. I'm not saying. The papers have got me wrong. I'm no bum, no punk. And I'm no coward. I'm going to live a peace- ful life in Heaven. No hurrying around getting out of the way of the law. Only listen here, pal, they haven't shocked the old boy yet. By the way, what are the odds? (Copyright by North American New: Alliance. Inc.) 'MILLIONAIRE FOUND DEAD FROM BULLET James Laughlin, 3d, Shot Through Heart—Pistol Near Body in Home. By the Associated Press. ORLANDO, Fla. April 8.—James Laughlin, 3d, millionaire sportsman and grandson of a pioneer Pittsburgh | steel manufacturer, was found dead, a bullet wound through his heart, | at his palatial estate, West End, near | here_early this morning. Officers said an automatic pistol | was found lying near the body and Justice of the Peace F. F. Weatherby of Apopka said no inquest would be held. | Leughlin's wife said she was k- |ened by a shot and investigating, she foot of his bed. GERTRUDE STEIN SNUBS | CALIFORNIA ART COLONY Because ‘“Highbrows Always Bore Me.” By the Associated Press. DEL MONTE. Calif., April 8— Literary ard artistic luminaries at the colony of Carmel, over the hill from here, were reported biting their nails yesterday because of a snub by Ger- trude Stein The writer, who strings words together endlessly, stopped at a hotel here and refused to visit Carmel. Miss Stein said she had no use for art colonies. “I like ordinary people who don't bore me,” she said. “High- brows, you know, always do.” FLEEING CONVICT SHOT ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. April 8 (P)—Shot three times as he sought to evade capture after escaping from the Woodville Prison Camp near here, James Smith, colored convict, was re- ported recovering in a hospital here today. s:nlxlmx_ who fled while working under guard near the camp, was shot orders to surrender after being flushed from a house near Woodville. g Two Die in Chair. BELLEFONTE, Pa. April 8 (®).— ‘Walter Mika and Willie Talarico were put to desth in the electric chair in Rockview Penitentiary today for the hold-up killing of Policeman William ‘Wilson' in Philadelphia last Septem- ber. , found the body of her husband near | Writer Refuses to Visit Carmel by officers when he disregarded their | 'MASS MEETING CALLED ON POLICE PROBLEM Bladensburg Citizens Protest Lack of Protection—Gathering Set Tonight. Special Dispatch to The Star. BLADENSBURG, Md, April 8— Protesting “lack of police protection |in Bladensburg election district,” a | group of citizens has called a mass | meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in the | fire house here to consider steps to | | remedy the situation. Representatives from Tuxedo. Chev- erly, Beaver Heights, Colmar Manor |and other sections are expected to attend. Sponsors of the meeting de- | clate that several robberies lately in ! the community moved them Yo call | the meeting. |BOARD OF ARLINGTON - CHAMBER WILL MEET ) Program Proposed by President to Be Studied and Headquarters | Chosen. | By » Staft Gorrespondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Vs, April 8—The Board of Directors of the Arlington meet tonight in the Kelly Building | to consider adoption of a program | proposed by President George M. Yeatman and other members The board will be called on to se- lect a permanent secretary and head- quarters, the matter having been re- ferred to it by the Executive Com- | mittee meeting. A Retail Merchants’ icammithe will be appointed. i [ [0} $ at The Evening Star Business Office, or by mail, postpaid the build- | County Chamber of Commerce will |and I Name coociniciniiiiasinieiiininn ! city By the Associated Press. Interstate Commerce Commission | officials today began an investigation | of a “leak” through which Wall Street learned last Saturday afternoon of its | spproval of extension of a Recon- | | struetion Pinance Corporation loan | | to the New York Central Railroad and | approval of a new loan to the Balti- )more & Ohio Railroad. | The two decisions were made public today, Usually it requires four to six days for mimeographing or print- ing between the time decisions are reached and the time they are made | public. | Complying with the law. the corpo- ration found that neither railroad was in need of financial reorganization. It approved extension of $15,600,000 |of R. P. C. loans to the New York | Central maturing during 1935. B. & 0. Loan Approved. In the Baitimore & Ohio case, the commission approved a loan of $5.- 000,000 and the extension for two years of & $7,000,000 loan maturing April 8. The reports that reached Wall Street were so detailed that news stories published yesterday morning from that source listed even the col- {lateral to be posted by the railroad companies. Officials of both the Interstate Commerce Commission and the R. F. C. denied having made either decision public at any time Saturday. News Reaches Office. Secretary George McGinty of the CAPITAL JAMMED BY “NEW DEALERS” Wartime Scenes Mark Leg- islative and Departmental Rush and Bustle. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. A picture of what is happening in the National Capital today, this week, this month, would be difficult for any camera to portray. For in smoke-filled rooms of the crowded hotels are business executives of almost every important industry. The atmosphere is tense. There is anxiety over impending legislation. On Capitol Hill are caliers crowding the offices, button-holing the Senators and Representatives; prominent con- stituents from back home engaged in lengthy conferences—everybody busy, harassed, overworked and under strain. In the ever-growing Government bureaus and departments are thou- sands of officials and clerical personnel —everybody going at top speed and seeming to be under pressure. The psychology is that of wartime. Government is spreading out into more buildings than can really house the Government’s operations com- fortably. The new buildings just finished are jammed and the rented space is on the increase. Economics and Politics. Truly Washington has become the economic and political capital of the Nation. And, what is more, many of the persons who ordinarily are buey back home managing their businesses are here a good part of the time. This means lots of long-distance telephon- ing. lots of conferences with lawyers. lots of work for the printing firms and the mimeograph outfits and all the by- products of the biggest single trans- formation in Government that we have seen since 18 years ago this very week, when America went on a war basis. Sympathy above all others should be extended to two groups—the young New Dealers, who are breaking their backs trying to administer difficult and complicated laws, and the mem- bers of Congress who are trying to frame more laws in keeping with the general purposes set forth by the New Dealers, It's a reform administration in every sense of the word and that is | one reason why the administrators of the new legislation are working day and night in an endeavor to meet the numerous obstacles and make the new proposals as practical as possible. In Congress the situation is not unlike last session. The pressure is the same, if not even more intense. But the tendency to examine more carefully the different legislative pro- posals and to listen to the pleas of constituents is more pronounced this time. ‘The mail pouring into the Capitol is indescribably big. Members are irritated that they cannot answer it all. They need more clerks and more help, but the belief that the emer- gency in letter writing will be over soon impels them not to add perma- nent expense to the staff. Every member likes to acknowledge a letter from a constituent. But form letters aren’t liked at all, either going or coming. Senators and Representa- tives usually do not feel under any obligation to acknowledge form letters. ‘The truth is members of Congress ought to have a clerical staff to help them sift and classify the incoming mail. Por it would be most unfortu- nate to have the people diminish their protests or their letters of approval Just because of the physical difficulty | | \ commission said the New York Cen- | tral approval was sent to the R. F. C. jat 1:30 p.m. Saturday and the Balti- .more and Ohio at 2:30 pm. The commission offices close at 1 pm. on Saturday. At the R. P. C, John Barriger, chief railroad examiner for the cor- poration, said he first learned of the approvals from representatives of the railroads, who telephoned him. There is no penalty for leaks of in- formation, but the Interstate Com- merce Commission exercises every precaution to prevent them. Any em- ploye caught making public commis- sion decisions prior to the time they jare released is automatically dis- | charged under a rule that has been in effect for many years. ARKANSAS WILL SEEK LUMBER COKE RULING Federal Injunction Against De- fiant Companies May Be Asked. | By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 8.—J. J. Harrison, State National Recovery Administration director, said yester- day that a decision to proceed at once in Federal Court to obtain a rul- ing on the lumber code, with which several companies have announced in- tention of no longer complying, may come today. Harrison said that any evidence he considers as justification for an appli- cation in Federal Court for an in- junction will be submitted to United States Attorney Fred A. Isgrig, prob- ably this afternoon. e REFERENDUM SLATED By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. COLMAR MANOR, Md., April 8— Anticipating approval by Gov. Nice of local referendum bills passed last week by the Legislature, the mayor council agreed Saturday night to submit the questions involved to the municipai election in July. estions of inaugurating s town fire ?nux of not more than 10 cents and authorizing the mayor and council to borrow up to 8 per cent of the as- sessed valuation of the town for street improvement purposes. he Euening Htar Offers Its Readers This Worth-While BOOK 1t explains the permanent departments of the Federal Government and the Alphabet Bureaus of the New Deal, Every American should read it. === —Order Form— = Order today. voters in conjunction with the annual | | The citizens are to ballot on the in handling correspondence. What is needed is more and not less | facilities for members of Congress to | enable them to keep in touch with | public opinion. The real problem of the moment, | however, is for those persons who | come to Washington to see their | Representatives in Congress on busi- | ness. Many a company is faced with ruin by pending legislation. Many a company will have its operations ma- terially curtailed or restrained if some | of the bills go through. Should all | the administration measures be passed, for instance, there will be a revolu- tionary change in the menagement of businesses related to foods, drugs. cosmetics, agricultural products that are processed, public utilities, banks and trust companies. certain aspects of advertising. and manufacturing establishments that employ large num- bers of employes. especially as labor relations may produce more strikes and more labor controversies. Much to Explain, The visiting business men find the Senators and Representatives cour- teous and willing to listen. But it's a dificult job to explain the tech- nieal aspects of legislation to members who cannot possibly become familiar overnight with every piece of legisla- tion, whereas the departmental ex- perts who feed the bills to Capitol Hill have spent months figuring out all the devices and words that will ac- complish the general economic re- form they have in mind. In other words, the theoretical groups of the New Deal clash with the practical men in the realm of business and finance and then the individual members of Congress find themselves in the role of mediators and umpires, trying to reconcile con- flicting interests. It's a gruelling ordeal for all con- cerned and unless Congress does ad- journ in June or thereabouts, with much of the legislation side-tracked, the nerve specialists and the sani- tariums may find themselves with an increasing number of patients. (Copyright. 1935.) THE POLITICAL MILL By G. Gould Lincoln Government complications explained by one of Ameri- ca’s best known commenta~