Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1935, Page 4

A—4 GEREMONY OPENS D.A.R. CONGRESS Message From Roosevelt Lauds Organization—Cum- mings Is Heard. With s message of praise from President Roosevelt exhorting them to instill the spirit of their fore- fathers into modern life, Daughters of the American Revolution opened their Forty-fourth Continental Con- gress last night at Constitution Hall with an elaborate ceremony. Attorney General Homer S. Cum- mings called on the organization to throw the weight of its influence be- hind the Government’s new drive against criminals. Mrs. Russell Willam Magna, president general of the society, reiter- ated the D. A. R.s demand for ade- quate national defense, and joined the Attorney General in calling on women to improve conditions in America by co-operating in the anti-crime cam- paign. The message from President Roose- velt came in a letter to Mrs. Magna, who asked the assemblage of about 4.000, overflowing the capacity of Con- stitution Hall, to stand in tribute to the Chief Executive. President Sends Congratulations. In his letter, President Roosevelt said: “Again I take the greatest pleasure In congratulating the Daughters of the American Revolution on the oc- casion of their annual congress. You are assembled here to do honor to the makers of this country—men whose outstanding quality was that they were willing to risk their all in order to attain ends without which they could not live content. It is easy in retrospect to underestimate the gravity of their choice, the mag- nitude of their decision; the hard- ships of Jamestown and Plymouth Rock had disappeared; with the flow- ering of the Colonial period social security was an established fact and the amenities of life adorned human relations. To many of that time | surrender of belief meant an assured | life and the guaranteed preservation of much that they held dear, yet they did not falter. “Such were your forbears, and of such forbears you are the worthy descendants. For your great organi- zation exists, not that you may idly enjoy the vicarious fortitude of an- cestors long laid to rest, but that you may the better instill their spirit throughout the land that their sac- rifices have bequeathed us. “Let Constitution Hall be the sym- bol of your purpose. Let this great structure, erected by your indefatiga- ble efforts, be the emblem of a coun- try whose spacious design shall ever offer a true freedom for all within its portals * * * freedom of faith, of speech and of conduct toward all righteous and noble ends.” Election Stirs Congress. It was a gala occasion, filled with color, music, flowers, flags, beauti- fully gowned women from every State | in the Union, and infused with the T HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Mountain children from the South who will take part in the D. A. R. Approved Schools meeting of the D. A. R. Congress tomorrow. Ethel Burleson and Roadman Hallander. School in Crossnore, N. C. has been an acceptance of a measure of Federal leadership that would have been deemed impossible only a short while ago.” In at least a dozen of the States, the Attorney General reported, interstate compacts for the control of crime are being drafted, or have already been introduced into legislative bodies. A | number of State commissions have been established, he said, to study the uses to which this new device may be put. Drive Transcends Boundaries. “These proposed compacts,” the At- torney General explained, “covering such problems as the arrest of fugi- tives beyond State lines and the re- turn of non-resident witnesses to tes- tify in criminal trials, emphasize the increasing insistence with which our | State officials are demanding that | State boundaries shall no longer hamper the administration of criminal justice.” Proudly citing good results from the new national firearms act, the Attor- ney General asked the Daughters to support a new bill he has proposed to | extend this act so as to require the registration of pistols and revolvers, as & prerequisite to their transportation in interstate commerce. He sharply criticized unscrupulous lawyers who, he said, had been found to be conniving in a certain number of the “more outrageous criminal en- | terprises,” and said the American Bar Association is giving close attention to the problem with “encouraging re- actment against any and all who by word or deed advocate the overthrow of our Government. It is time such advocates were overthrown them- selves. Our Nation must be kept wolf and termine proof lest parasites sap its vitality and undermine us.” Praising the Attorney General, Mrs. Magna commended to the society pro- ceedings of the crime conference as suitable chapter material for study. Tracing what she sald was the growth of “an unprecedented disre- gard for the law of the land,” Mrs. Magna said that “crime and corrup- tion have been dominant.” “The flouting of any rule or traffic regulation is in itself a small thing, but the continued disregard of laws made and provided for the safe con- duct of civic life has created a habit of mind, which has made the kid- naper and racketeer possible.” Declaring that “young America | needs our attention,” Mrs. Magna said | “to decry youth is to admit our own | intolerance, for youth looks to us for understanding.” In the youth of to- | day she expressed confidence, declar- | ing them to be “as fine, sane and | splendid as youth has ever been.” | Urges Women to Be Alert. Calling on women to keep “level- | headed, maintaining ever the balance of common sense,” the president gen- eral asked them to be intelligently up to date. “Being awake and aware of today,” she explained, “is to keep one's mind | Left to right: Nella Francum, Billle Green, Belle Hunecutt, Johnnie Hawkins, Thelma Church is at the piano. The group is from the Crossnore —Star Staff Photo. | by Helen Tardivel Byers. | were presented by the president gen- ‘There was an opening concert by the orchestra, and the assemblage sang the national anthem. A feature of the evening was pres- entation of the Magna D. A, medals to the 16 girls who made the first D. A. R. good citizenship pil- grimage to Washington. The medals eral. ‘The invocation was pronounced by Bishop James E. Freeman. The pledge of allegiance to the flag was led by Mrs. Arthur D. Wall, and the entire group recited the American’s Creed, led by its author, Willilam Tyler Pagé. DR. ARTHUR MANN DIES Became Associate Professor of | Surgery at Minnesota. MINNEAPOLIS, April 16 (#)—Dr. Arthur T. Mann, 69, nationally known surgeon, died yesterday. Born in New York, Dr. Mann came | to Minneapolis as a young man. He | was graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1888 and from Harvard | Medical College in 1896 and became associate professor of surgery at Minnesota. | During the World War Dr. Mann was chief of medical service at Camp Dodge, Iowa. He was past president D. C., TUESDAY, ( ANNUAL MEETING Socialists, Pacificts and Communists Hit by Head of National Society. The National Soclety of the Chil- dren of the American Revolution opened its fortieth annual convention in the National Red Cross Building today with a big attendance and an open attack on Socialists, pacifists and Communists. Arthur M. McCrillis, president gen- eral of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, urged the young people to fight the subversive propaganda that is being spread by radicals, “BSocialists seek every opportunity to address youth in churches, schools and Scout troops on their fallacious thegry of production for use and not for profit. “Communists, with their camps and Summer =schools, vie with the Boy and Girl Scouts for the allegiance of youth, especially of the laboring peo- ple.” ‘The meeting opened with an invo- cation by Right Rev. James E. Free- man, bishop of Washington. Mrs. C. A. Swann Sinclair, the national president, presided. After the bishop spoke, William Sutcliffe Heaton, jr., of the Sampson Bobo Society, Missis- sippi, joined by the convention, pledged allegiance to the flag. William Tyler Page, 3d, of the Har- riett M. Lothrop Soclety, District of Columbia, recited the “American’s Creed.” He was followed by Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the National Red Cross. He gave a brief welcome to the members. Mrs. Russell Willlam Magna, retir- ing president general of the D. A. R., came in late to give her greetings. Accompanied by a group of State R. | regents from the D. A. R. she entered the assembly hall, spoke to the chil- dren gathered there and gave Mrs. Sinclair warm praise and a huge bou- quet of pink roses. “Whenever there is a D. A. R. chap- ter, there should also be a C. A. R. chapter,” she told the assembled chil- dren and guests, and concluded by APRIL 16, 1935. 2,000,000 Declared Confined A R [:[]NVEN[S ; B; Soviets in Prison Camps Vivid descriptions of conditions in the Soviet Republic were given by Mme. Tatania Tchernavin, Russian, lecturer, and author of “My Escape From the Soviets” yesterday an interview with a Star reporter. Mme. Tchernavin told of the arrest of her husband, his sentence to a prison camp and of her own term in @ Soviet prison. She asserted that Soviet Russia is ruled by terror and, while nn one knows the exact num- ber of men and women enduring liv- ing‘death in Soviet prison campe, she approximated the number as being around 2,000,000. “The half-starved prisoners,” she said, “barely existing on a meager allot- ment of inferior bread and soup, are forced to work 16 hours each day. Many of these prisoners, according to Mme. Tchernavin, are assigned to fisheries from where are supplied the cheap caviar now being exported from the Soviets. The children of the prisoners are not permitted to attend school. “There is no freedom in Soviet Russia,” Mme. Tchernavin declared, “and it's extremely dangerous to speak or even think.” in giving a tribute to her old friend Mrs. Eleanor Washington Howard, national presiding vice president of the C. A. R. The morning program contained speeches from McCrillis, Mrs. George Madden Grimes, State regent of the D. A, R, District of Columbia; Maj. C. C. Griggs, president of the Sons of the American Revolution, District of Columbia; Dr. Thomas E. Green, president of the Sons of the Revolu- tion, District of Columbia; singing by Audrey Cole Munro, Gen. Nathan Miller Society, Rhode Island; & saxo- phone solo by Betty Ellen Bronson, Willlam Dawes Society, Illinois; a message to the convention by Mrs. Sinclair; a talk about Tamassee School by three Tamasee students, Joyce Turner, Rae Chatham and Ari- zona Woods; the presentation of the traveling banner, the gift of the S. A, R, by Thomas W. Williams, its national trustee, and the presenta- tion of several State flags. There was one from Illinois, the gift of the Illinois socleties, presented by James Henry Reynolds; one from the West Virginia D. A. R., presented by Mrs. Gory Hogg, State director and State regent, and one from the Colorado societies, presented by Mrs. Herbert { Allen Black, State director. Like watches—diamonds—gold teeth an discarded jewelry. For over we ba been, busing, old SPOT CASH. 8. Government to native.| After Prof. Tchernavin, her hus- band, had served two and one-half | years, Mme. Tchernavin made her way to‘the prison, accompanied by her young son, and brought about the escape in August, 1932. After walking 22 days the little family, ac- cording to Mme. Tchernavin, reached Finland. The robust and attractive Russian woman said that Irom the time of her husband’s arrest her ome thought was of his freedom and this next week to join her husband, whom she says has a position in the Na- tional History Academy in London and to see her son, who is in school there. Prof. Tchernavin has also written & book called “I S-eak for the Silent Prisoners of Russia,” about which Mme. Tchernavin says with much pride, “It is a good book.” N. R. A. MAN TO SPEAK | Statistician to Take Part in Series of Public Forums. Dr. T. J. Kreps, chief statistician of the Research and Planning Division of the N, R. A, will speak at 8:45 p.m tomorrow a cKinley Figh School in carried her through many of the hardships experienced in the 22-day weary journey through forests and over mountains to safety. Mme. Tchernavin, who made her last talk in this country yesterday at the meeting for Mrs. William Becker, na- tional defense chairman and candi- date for president general, will sail Mail the Home Any of our stores will mail your ent used in May Candy Is the " u: is quaiity can Be 25¢ 50¢ 1010 E St. N.W. 3305 14th St. N.W. 1317 E St. N.W. 1354 F the sixth of a series of public forums | being conducied by the District public | night schools. The subject of the | forum is “The New Deal's Attitude | Toward Business.” The concluding lecture of the series | will be held April 29 when Joy Elmer lMorgan. editor of the National Edu- cation Association Journal, will speak. Folks a Box of Fannie May Candy for Easter candy promptly, You pay for the postage and carton. 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The Attorney General invited co- dent-general of the society, cne of which is to be chosen by popular vote ! of the membership Thursday, did not | take public part in the program, but | they were the center of much attention and discussion not only in the crowded excitement of the huge auditorium, but in corridors and hallways. Mrs. William A. Becker of Summit, N. J, as chairman of the Committee on National Defense, was seated on the platform. Mrs. Flora Myers Gil- lentine, the other candidate, who as chairman of the National Committee on Filing and Lending Historical Papers, including patriotic lectures and lantern slides, was said to have been entitled to a seat on the platform, sat with officials of her Tennessee delegation in the Tennessee box. Rites Follow Tradition. Opening ceremenies, following tra- dition. were both musical and colorful. | Preceded by an escort of white-clad | pages, bearing State flags, Mrs. Magna entered the great hall in regal state and reached her platform with stir- ring music from the United States Marine Band Orchestra, under direc- tion of Capt. Taylor Branson, leader. At the psychological moment of open- ing of congress a great silk American flag plunged down from its concealed sheath in the ceiling and unfurled itself in a swooping gesture of gor- geous color. From its prominent place above the center of the hall it will hang for the rest of the congress. Attorney General Cummings de- livered his message on “Criminal Law inistration—Its Problems and Im- fA vement,” following several pre- iminary features on the program. The Attorney General reviewed | progress made during the past year in dealing with the problem of crime and declared “the signs are propitious and the time is ripe for a sweeping advance all along the line.” Cummings Sounds Call. “The Daughters of the American Revolution,” he said, “can exert a profound influence in this vital mat- ter. There can be no higher form of patriotism, no greater contribution to the public good, than for your mem- bership, with its vast ramifications, reaching into tens of thousands of communities ranging from great metropolitan centers to the smallest villages and hamlets, to demand that the administration of criminal justice shall be modernized and placed upon 8 basis of maximum effectiveness throughout the United States, that the operations of courts, of prosecu- tors, of police departments, of prison officials and of parole boards shall be lifted above the swirling currents of politics, and that the detection, ap- prehension, trial and punishment of criminals shall be confided to trained professional groups free to reach un- hampered decisions and not forced to balance conclusions against the de- vitalizing and distorting considera- tions of political or personal interest.” “The people of the United States want this job done,” declared the At- torney General. “The law-enforcing agencies of the country, whatever their jurisdictions, are in a more co- operative mood than at any time within my memory. Moreover, there News of D. A. R. Full reports of the D. A. R. Convention, April 14 to 21, inclusive Mail—Postage Pre- paid U. S., Mexico and Canada . Foreign ..... Leave orders with Star representative at Consti- tution Hall or The Eve- ning Star office, 11th St. and Pa. Ave. N.W. |a ‘tearing-down’ policy. | operation and counsel of the D. A. R. in pursuing his program against crime and said he would be glad to confer with representatives from the order on a program of specific action. Mrs. Magna Raps Communism. In her annual address Mrs. Magna scored Communism, pleaded for “ade- quate national defense,” and declared that upon the womanhood of Amer- ica rested large responsibility for im- proving national life through observ- ance of law and through patriotic education. “Adequate laws may be enacted,” she declared, “but in the last analysis enforcement of law is up to you and | me, to every citizen.” “I plead for education, not irrita- tion,” said the president general. “I beg for a ‘building-up’ program, never Women are true to their sex when they fulfill and not_destroy.” Minimizing the effectiveness of res- olutions which she said women were constantly being asked by many movements to indorse, Mrs. Magna declared the method to be “inef- fectual.” Only through “teaching, through proper instruction, education and guidance can results be obtained,” she said. “All the oratory and pigeon- holed resolutions lying dusty on for gotten shelves will never cure the existing ills.” On national security Mrs. Magna placed her society on record for “ade- quate national defense on land and sea, and in the air.” “We want no communism,” she de- clared, “and we desire legislative en- D. A. R. | skirt and bonnet of past generations, | which we hold dear, but do not wear. In her annual address, Mrs. Magna D. A. R, into which she went in more detail in her annual report to the society this morning. Greetings were extended the society by representatives of the city and several patriotic organizations. Speak- ers included District Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen, Dr. Gilbert Gros- venor, president of the National Geographic Society and member of the D. A. R. Advisory Board; Mrs. C. A. Swann Sinclair, national president of the Children of the American Revolution; Arthur M. McCrillis, pres- |ident general of the Sons of the E. Green, chaplain of the Sons of the Revolution. Dr. Grosvenor on behalf of the D. A. R. Board, presented Mrs. Magna with a silver tray on which was en- graved an inscription and an airplane design signifying the many plane trips she had taken during the past three years. Music Given Leading Role. Mrs. Sinclair introduced three members of the C. A. R, Nathan Heady, of 1316 Monroe street, this city, who gave Mrs. Magna on behalf of the C. A. R. a scroll of apprecia- tion for her interest in the C. A. R; Patia Mae Gerth, of West Hartford, Conn,, and C. A. Swann Sinclalr, jr. Music took a prominent part in the occasion. Jessica Dragonette, radio star, was enthusiastically received in three groups of songs, accompanied Program Tuesday Evening, the President General's Reception, 9 O’Clock. Concert, 8 o'clock Constitution Lieut. Thomas F. Darcy, jr., leader. Hall, the United States Army Band, Constitution Hall Corridor, the United States Army Band Orchestra, Karl Hubner, assistant leader, conducting. The president general, assisted by the national officers and the State regents, will receive in Constitution Hall the members of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. The Pages’ Dance, 10 0’Clock. The president general and the National Board of Management extend an invitation to the pages to attend a dance given in their honor on Tuesday night, April 16, at 10 o'clock at the Mayflower Hotel. Wednesday Morning, April 17, 1935, 9:30 O’Clock. Organ, 9 until 9:30 o’clock—Mrs. Frank Akers Frost, organist George- town Presbyterian Church. Assembly call. Entrance march. Entrance of the president general and national officers, escorted by the pages. Congress called to order—the president general., Scripture and prayer—the chaplain general. ‘The pledge of allegiance to the flag—the assemblage. The national anthem—the assemblage. Reading of the minutes—the recording secretary general. Report of the Resolutions Committee—Mrs. Robert J. Johnston, chairman. Reports of national committees—continued: Report of Buildings and Grounds Committee—Mrs. John M. Beavers, chairman. Report of Constitution Hall Memory Book—Mrs. G. L. H. Brosseau, chairman. Report of financial status, Constitution Hall—the treasurer general. Report of Constitution Hall Committee—Mrs. Russell William Magna, chairman. Contributions to Constitution Hall. Announcements. Recess. Wednesday Afternoon, 2 0’Clock. Assembly call. Entrance march-—Mrs. James Shera Montgomery. Entrance of the pages. Reports of national committees—continued: Ellis Island—Mrs. J. Warren Perkins, chairman. National Defense Through Patriotic Education—Mrs. Wililam A. Becker, chairman. Daughters of American Revolution Student Loan Fund—Mrs. Walter L. Tobey, chairman. Filing and Lending Historical Papers, Including Patriotic Lectures and Lantern Slides—Mrs. Flora Myers Gillentine, chairman. Approved Schools—Mrs. William H. Pouch, chairman. Program by pupils from schools on approved and reserve lists. Sons and Daughters of the U. 8. ~Mrs. Robert Bagnell, chairman. Program by officers and members of the District of Columbia, Mary- land and Virginia Sons and Daughters of the U. S. A. Clubs. Americanism—Miss Mary C. Welch, chairman. Program, “Scene in a Naturalization Court.” from the Americanization School in Interpreted by pupils the District of Columbia. praised the organized work of the | American Revolution, and Dr. Thomas | consulting surgeon of the United tates Public Health Service. The Cow Can’t Deliver THE cow has always been a homebody. She gives her milk, but she takes no responsibility for getting it where it is wanted. Back in the days of national in- fancy, folks that had Cows supplied non-owners within easy walking distance. The horse broadened the range of delivery. Butter was a home business. A housewife had to have a way with a churn, else the family was likely to go butterless. Age didn’t excuse grandma from helping. Someone thought up a contrap- tion to use the motion of her rocking chair. e itch to end drudgery came with the first settlers. One of the first things the govern- ment did after the war for in- dependence was the estab- lishment of a patent depart- ment. Designs for dairy ma- chines were conspicuously frequent. Settlements grew, villages grew, towns grew, the nation grew. No longer is America a push- cart, or one-horse country. Great cities have sucked in pop- ulation with alien roots. Rural people felt the urban urge and broke home ties. The skyscraper became a sym- bol. Civilization went vertical. Giant industries defined new ways of living for thousands of workers.. Cows stayed on the land. Milk was in the country. Con- sumers were in cities. The milkman’s job was cut out for him. The milk company developed. It grew as the need for it grew. Cheese factories, creameries, ice cream plants supplanted home talent. 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