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“A-18 as RELIE SENISSE N % CANPAGN ASRONSCONTIUE Roosevelt Assertion on Poli- tics and Use of Fund Re- ply to Critics. SENATOR HASTINGS MAKES NEW CHARGES Open Defiance Continues Attitude of Long and Louisiana Asso- ciates in P. W. A. Fight. By the Associated Press The Capital wondered today if the flaring Msputes involving relief and work money might not have repercus- sions in the 1936 election campaign. Political battles to come were fore- shadowed plainly, some observers said, | by latest developments in the New Deal's controversies with Senator Long of Louisiana and Gov. Talmadge of Georgia. 5 President Roosevelt’s assertion yes- terday that he was trying to keep politics out of relief, and the charge by Senator Hastings, Republican, of Delaware that the administration is “piaying politics with relief” gave an | indication of the direction which fu- | ture campaign clashes might take. Hastings contended the Government is denying aid to persons who do not | subscribe to its policies. | Gov. Talmadge of Georgia, whose | connection with the administration of | Federal relief funds in his State was | severed after he had described the | President as “a radical of the "'i treme form.” showed no signs of re- | laxing his opposition to the Roosevelt | Government. | “The Federal Government has un- dertaken to provide relief,” comment- ed Representative Castellow, Georgia Democrat, “and I think it is the opin- fon of our congressional delegation that the needy of our State should not be visited with punitive punish- ment because of a controversy be- tween Federal officials and our State ! officials.” | Hopkins’ Threat. Harry L. Hopkins, the relief admin- istrator, has threatened to cut off Federal money from States failing to : contribute what he considers a fair | share toward a fund to support un- employables who will not benefit from | the Government's $4,000,000,000 work- | relief appropriation. | Open defiance continues to be the | answer of Senator Long and his as- sociates in Louisiana to the threat of Secretary Ickes to withhold public works funds if the State Legislature gives Long control over them, The legislation which would give the Senator power over virtually all Federal outlays in the State moved forward yesterday, and a direct reply to Ickes was dispatched last night by A. P. Tugwell, chairman of the Louis- iana Highway Commission. ‘Tugwell telegraphed the Secretary of the Initerior that the Highway Commission was not interested in construction of a proposed $7,000,000 rail-highway bridge at Baton Rouge | it the Public Works Administration insisted on being in charge of the | project. He scoffed at Ickes' threat | of a Federal investigation. Six other States were listed at re- lief headquarters, meanwhile, as hav- ing failed to give Relief Adminis- | trator Hopkins satisfactory assur- ance that they will contribute the amount of relief which he expects from them in the next 12 months. These States were Tennessee, Florida, North and South Carolina, Virginia and New Jersey. A threat to with- hold Federal relief funds—presum- ably work-relief money — was held over the heads of the States and com- | munities refusing to meet Hopkins' | demands. Talmadge Confident. Confidence that Georgia would re- | ceive her share of the $4.000,000.000 | work relief fund, despite his quarrel | with Hopkins ana cther administra- tion leaders, was expressed by Gov. ‘Talmadge. Asserting the Georgia delegation in | Congress would see to that, Talmadge | aimed a number of new thrusts at the New Deal. Tramping over his farm near Forsyth, Ga., yesterday, the Gov- ernor pointed out a 50-acre cotton patch which he said the cotton proc- essing tax, N. R. A. and the “gimme” had “got.” He prepared to stump the cotton belt in opposition to the process- ing tax. Hopkins' action in Georgia amount- | ed principally to cutting Talmadge off from all matters pertaining to relief. Previously, the Federal Government had been handling relief in that State, but the checks had been sent to Tal- madge as a matter of courtesy. Hopkins sent Georgia $1,700,000 yes- terday through Miss Gay Shepperson, State relief administrator, for its April needs and arranged also to supply money to Pennsylvania and Missouri. Those States completed arrangements during the day for making satisfac- tory contributions themselves. Bureau Iie_fuses $150,000,000 as Too Much Money Soil Eresion Service Fears Big Fund Will Bring Inefficiency. By the Associated Press. Veteran observers of the Washing- ton scene were startled today to come upon a Government bureau which frowns upon a proposal to give it $150,000,000 to spend. Members of Congress have been urging that President Roosevelt set aside $150,000.000 of the work relief fund for erosion control. The re- action of the Soil Erosion Service, as set forth today by a high official of the Agriculture Department, was: “Thank you, but $80,000,000 will be plenty for the next two years— maybe too much.” Overcoming an instinct to pinch themselves to see if they were awake— for it is an undisputed tradition that Government bureaus hardly ever ad- mit they get enough money—the ob- :flflul probed for the reason behind all. They were told officials hope to make soil erosion control on & size- able scale a permanent feature of Government endeavors and fear that if too much money is poured at once there might be a loss of efficiency. This, in turn, might lead to inci- dents drawing criticism and damage the chances of making the program permanent., ’ | Loan Corp. is invoking the marital | Crutchfield, 38, colored, of the same }THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D C., SATURDAY, APRIG 20,1935, - Easier »Bask'ets for Needy The first of 700 Easter baskets to be distributed among the Capital’s needy children was presented to Police Chief Ernest W. Brown today by Shirley and Charles Harr, daughter and son of the owner of the Good Samaritan’s Home (One-Cent Cafeteria), 638 D street. donating the baskets, some of which Monday. Left to right: Shirley, Ma; ‘The home is will be presented to Mrs. Roosevelt Brown, Charles and Inspector T. R. —8tar Staff Photo. oL SERVCE LW ARG RECSSD Mrs. Avery to Resume Testi- | mony Tuesday Before House Group. The House Civil Service Committee hearing on the Cellar bill to repeal the marital status law today was in recess until Tuesday at 10 a.m. At that time Mrs.” Edwina Avery, president of the Women's Bar Asso- ciation of the District, will resume her place in the witness chair for ex- amination on her testimony yesterday. Representative Starnes, Democrat, of Alabama has expressed a desire to question her. Mrs. Avery told the committee grave social consequences were flowing from the law, as young couples put off mar- riage because they felt unable to live on one salary. In the two days the hearing has been in progress, the testimony has | all been emphatically in favor of re- pealing the law, which was enacted as permanent legislation in the econ- omy act of 1932, and provides that where a married couple is employed by the Government, either husband or wife must be dropped.if reduction of force becomes necessary. Meantime it was determined defi- nitely today that the Home Owners' status law in reducing its force, despite information to the contrary yesterday. It was said that the corporation has been applying the law for the past six months in the decentralization of the headquarters staff, but that each case was considered on its merits. It was not known how many persons had been affected. There have been sev- eral hundred dismissals at the cor- poration. The statement that no dismissals had been made there under the marital law was attributed to- a misunder- standing. So far as has been made known, the corporation is the first of the emergency agencies to invoke this measure. MAN IS SHOT TO DEATH, 2 WOUNDED IN FIGHTS Suspect Is Jailed in Fatal Shoot- ing—Two Others -Are Held for Investigation. One colored man was shot to death and two others wounded in fights last | night. | John England, 28, was killed in his | home in the 1800 block of E swreet. Police later arrested George P. address, when he returned home sev- eral hours later and held him for | investigation. | In a mix-up at a house in the 300 block of Dixon court southwest, Herbert James' throat was cut and John Jefferson, 300 block of H street southwest, was shot in the leg. Police later booked James for imvestigation in connection with the shooting of Jefferson and arrested Willie Mc- Dowell, 41, also colored, of the.1200 block of Howison street southwest, for investigation in connection with the cutting of James. PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY ELECTS F. A. DELANO Frederic A. Delano, uncle of Presi- dent Roosevelt, and chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, yesterday was elected to - membership in - the - American Philosophical Society, aecording to Associated Press. ‘The new members also include Dr. Karl Landsteiner of New York; Dr. George E. Minot of Harvard, and Dr. Harold C. Urey, Columbia University, all Nobel Prize winners; Dr. James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard, and Dr. Harold Willis Dodds, president of Princeton. Roland Morris, Philadelphis 'law- yer and former Abbassador to Japan, ;ls elected - president for his third rm. AIR DEATHHELD NATURAL Bolling Field Mechanic Died in Plane on Flight. The death. of Pvt. Paul Yackanicz, PRolling Fleld mechanic, in an Army Air Corps airplane during a flight over Washington April 7 was due to nat- ural causes; it was reported today by Coroner A. Magruder MacDonsld, fol- jowing .8 chemical analysis ‘of the man’s stomach and. other organs. Yackanicz was found dead in the observer’s cockpit of the plane when it landed at Bolling Field following & CHILD HEALTH UNIT FIGHTS DIPHTHERIA Seeks to Immunize All| Youngsters of Pre- School Age. Immunisation of all Washington children of pre-school age against diphtheria will be sought in a cam- paign under auspices of the May Day | Child Health Committee, it was an- nounced by the medical members of the committee yesterday after a meet- ing in the District Building. The campaign is scheduled to be- gin May 1. The committee announced that $1,000 will be used to purchase toxoid to be used at Children’s Hos- pital for the immunization of chil- dren whose parents are unable to |8 pay. Clinics will be held at 10 am. on Tuesdays and Saturdays after May 1. A physician will be detailed from the District Health Department to assist in this work. Hours Announced Later. The dates and hours at which chil- dren may be taken to Health Depart- ment clinics and other hospitals will be announced in a schedule later. In an official statement the committee urged immunization of all children against the disease at the earliest age possible. It stressed the importance of this work being done by family | physicians whenever possible. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt sent word to the committee through Mrs. Ernest R. Grant that she would be glad to geceive children bringing flow= ers at §:30 am. May day. A _circular letter from Dr. Prank ‘W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, authorizing the fullest co-operation of all school officers with the various agencies of the committee in observ- ance of the May day program was read at the meeting. Co-operation also has been promised by the pa- rochial schools. Other Tests Slated. The May day program is to include the examination of senior high school students for tuberculosis and other plans which are to be carried out by different agencies, including the District Medical and Dental Societies, the Hard of Hearing Association, the Heart Association and others. ‘The May day Child Health Commit- tee, Dr. Hugh Davis, chairman, is composed’ of representatives of public and private health and recreational agencies of the city and representa- tives of both public and parochial schools. MONTGOMERY ASSAULT PRISONER ASKS JURY Poindexter Trial Set for May 6 and Execution of Jones May Be Delayed. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 20.—James Poindexter, colored, was arraigned be- fore Judge Charles W. Woodward in Circuit Court here today on an indict- ment charging him with criminally assaulting the young daughter of a Buresu of Standards official near Cheyy Chase several months ago. He pleaded not guilty and asked for a jury trial. Judge Woodward set the case for trial on May 6. Alexander Jones, colored, who was Jjointly indicted with Poindexter, was recently found guilty in Circuit Court here and is now in the Baltimore City Jail awaiting execution April 26. There is understood, however, to be a probability that Gov. Nice will be asked to defer Jones’ execution in order to enable him to testify at Poin- dexter's trial. | Swing, Paul Scott Mowrer and Doro- | groups “the privileged classes | anything they please without editorial Poindexter evaded arrest until a few days ago when he was apprehended in Pittsburgh. ' He was brought back to Washington last night. 99 OFFICERS OF NAVY CHOSEN FOR PROMOTION 11 Washingtonians ‘Are Included in Lieutenant Commanders of Medical Corps. Eleven Washingtonians are among the 99 lieutenant commanders of the Medical Corps selected today for pro- motion. to_the rank of commander. President Roosevelt has approved the findings of the selection board, which has been l{':tlnl recently at the Navy The ‘Wi include Lieut. Comdrs. Earl C. Carr, Clarence J. Brown, Carl A. Broaddus, William P. Mull, sll on duty at the Naval Dis- pensary_at the Navy Department; Lyle J. Robert, Carlton L. Andrus and William D. Small, all on duty at the Naval Hospital here; John W. Vann, Louis E. Mueller, all Medicine ent, and duty st RICHBERG WILL GO “OFF RECORD" FOR TALK T0 EDITORS Newspaper Society Wil Hear “What’s Going on Here, and Why.” BORAH AND SIMONDS WILL SPEAK TONIGHT Session Listens to Cutting Criti- cism of Some Publications From Own Members. Following the lead of President Roosevelt, Donald R. Richberg today will go “off the record” to tell the American Seclety of Newspaper Edi- tors just what is going on in Washing- ton, and why. Richberg, holder of several ranking appointive offices in the administration and at present the ¥o. 1 man at the N. R. A, is to be a luncheon guest of the soclety at the National Press Club. Officers for the coming year will be elected at tne luncheon session, and tonight & dinner in their honor will be given at the Willard Hotel. Prin- cipal speakers at this affair will be Senator Borah, Republican of Idaho, and Frank H. Simonds, writer on for- eign affairs. At their sessions yesterday, the editors heard some of “the ‘worst that | can truthfully be said about today's newspapers,” most of it being said on | this occasion by members of their own group. Ome of the most direct criticisms was made by Sir Willmott | Lewis, Washington correspondent for the London Times, who declared the “besetting sin” of modern journalism is the millionaire “who comes into the fleld of journalism merely to seek power and privilege on his own in- terest.” Same Problem in Britain. “These people never were news- papermen and never will be news- papermen,” he added. The same prob- lem exists in connection with the British newspaper industry, he ad- mitted. This discussion of the industry’s ‘weaknesses followed talks on European correspondence by Raymond Gram thy Thompson. Taking his cue from a comment by Miss Thompson, wife of Sinclair Lewis, that news in the dictator countries of | Germany, Italy and Russia is sup- pressed and colored by terrorism and propaganda, a metropolitan editor said Louisiana now comes under that cate- ory. He told of a reportér being severely beaten by political henchmen on a New Orleans train platform and left for dead. A woman who witnessed the assault offered to sign an affidavit concerning the affair. But her prof- fered help was vain, the editor de- clared, for the woman and a repre- sentative of the reporter’s paper could not induce a New Orleans notary pub- lic to put his seal on the affidavit. The “unbridled license” granted newspaper music, literary and drama critics was hit by Arthur Krock, head of the Washington bureau of the New York Times, who called these three of the editorial page.” . He termed the journalistic liberty allowed them an ‘“outrage” as he pointed out they were allowed to say restriction and stated: “‘A book reviewer can destroy a book with one wisecrack. A dramatic critic with one flippant epigram can bury a Dlay on which huge sums of money have been spent. They are allowed greater freedom than was ever given anybody in the newspaper field. The sky's the limit.” Guild Growth Explained. Growth of the Newspaper Guild, which he called a “vertical union,” was blamed on publishers themselves by Marlen Pew of Editor and Pub- lisher. After declaring this group brought the only opposition pub- lishers had ever experienced in their own ranks, he asked who caused its growth and answered: “Newspaper publishers themselves— for not paying decent salaries and wages to their editorial employes.” Standards for foreign correspond- ence were lald down by Swing in an earlier open session. Swing, now as- sociate editor of the Nation, for- 20 years represented the Chicago Daily News and the New York Sun in Europe. He cited the vast increase in in- terest here in foreign happenings from 1914, when he first arrived in Berlin, to the present day,’ when America and Europe have basically, he said, exactly the same interests. ‘Today, he told the editors, the best newspaper men available should be sent abroad, with absolute freedom to travel and liberty to express opin- ions on what is happening as well | as to tell what is happening. “The real news in Europe is judg- ment of action and what action to expect,” he closed. Annapolis Offices Shifted. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 20 ()— ‘Three rooms formerly occupied by the land commission offices in the Court of Appeals Building have been turned over to the State controller and the State treasurer. The Land Commission has moved to the new Hall of Records. Ca &M RECREATION POST APPLICANTS ASKED 10 CONFER IND. €. Five Selected From List of 25 Candidates Are Called for Talks. COMMITTEE EXPECTING Here's a walking, almost talking, cat all dressed up for a trip to Marrie England to visit lordly Puss in Boots. The well-dressed tabby, with her snappy new luggage, is green-eyed Dinah, the gay companion of Azadia Herman, ‘Washington artist, who is also off for Britain to paint Mark Osterer, English motion picture magnate. Dinah and Azadia are inseparable. clubs together. made clothes for the voyage across the sea the two will make. They go to lunch and dinner together, shop together, do the night What with Easter upon us, Miss Herman let her feline friend order a new wardrobe of hand- —Star Staff Photo. D.G. ASKS ADVIGE ON NEW BRIGE City Heads Seek Data on States’ Aid in Building Structure. The question of how much Mary- land and Virginia would pay toward cost of the proposed high-level bridge over the Potomac River, to replace the old Chain Bridge, has been placed be- fore the Governors of the two States by the District Commissioners. Since such a development would be primarily for benefit of traffiz between the two States, a portion of the cost should be borne by Maryland and Vir- ginia, Melvin C. Hazen, president of the Board of Commissioners, wrote yesterday to Govs. Nice and Peery. The letter also raises the general question of the advisability of bullding a high-level bridge which woula be designed as & by-pass around Wash- ington for trucks bound north or south. High Bridge Question. A high-level bridge, Hazen stated, “4s apparently justifiable only upon the basis of being part of a through route from north to south and vice versa and without adequate approach roads and connections to the main highway systems of Maryland and Vir- ginia there would be little need for its_construction.” ‘The Commissioners will hold a con- ference on the plan at their board meeting Tuesday at 10:30 am., when members of the Virginia delegation in Congress, and others, are to be heard. Specifically, the two Governors were asked to state whether they regard the high-level bridge project desir- able; if the States would provide adequate approaches and main road connections; if the Goveriiors would recommend to their Legislatures ac- ceptance of a share in the cost, and if they would favor creation of a commission, under congressional au- thority, to consider the whole prob- lem. Alternative Plan. As a possible alternative plan, Dis- irict officials are considering replace- ment of the old bridge with a new one at about the present level and with better approach on the District side, 50 as to avoid the present sharp turn at the bridge head. The cost of that type of structure would be much less. Some officials say it would serve adequately the District needs. If a high-level bridge is built the District will have to spend a large #um in laying road connections which would carry the expected heavy truck- ing traffic loads, officials say. HONOR MEDAL ASKED | Senator George Requests Congress to Reward Georgia Hero. A Congressional Medal of Honor would be conferred on Lewis Hazard, ‘World War young hero from Atlanta, 1f Congress passes a bill introduced by Senator George of Georgia. The bill is awaiting action in the Military Af- fairs Committee. In August, 1918, in the Fismes sec- tion in PFrance, Hazard, a private in a machine gun battalion, while under heavy fire, located and brought about the silencing of an enemy trench mortar and also assisted in rescuing a wounded comrade from the fleld. Criticisms of Mrs. Roosevelt Always Considered, She Says By the Associsted Press. Praise, condemnation and the in- evitable calls cluded in the daily mail received by Mrs, Pranklin D: Roosevelt, it was revealed in a radio dislogue presented to the public yesterday by Mrs. ket 3 “She not only disapproves violently for aid sll are in- | disapproves are all doing our best as we see it.” When Mrs. Scheider to Mrs. Roosevelt that investigations had shown some of the hard luck tales - a i g 5 { g!.’a’ City Hears Shriek Of Stuck Whistle | On Entering Train Steam Refuses to Stop and Calls Swamp Terminal. The grandfather of all steam whistles broke into a banshee scream in Union Station at 8:40 am. today and an hour later was still going strong. | A stuck valve on Baltimore & Ohio | locomotive No. 5300, a P7 type named the “George Washington,” opened the | whistle and let it shriek with a pene- trating howl that echoed from Dupont Circle to Bolling Field. ‘With Engineer Blizzard at the| throttle, the panting iron horse was bringing the four coaches, filled with commuters, from Baltimore. The puffing giant was rocking past Ivy' Yards just before rolling over the maze of switches that would carry the train into the shed. Blizzard pulled the whistle string. | ‘The pent-up steam burst into the morning air. It refused to stop. Old ! 45 sounded like a witches’ holiday when she ground to a stop in the station. Blizzard muttered. Redcaps gath- ered 'round the big howler. Passen- gers stopped to stare. Nothing could be done. The Union Station switch- board began to buzz with dozens of | calls from people all over the city anxious to know what was making that noise. George Washington was rolled into the yards for whistle treatment. CONTRIBUTION BAN ASKED BY BLANTON Measure Would Abolish | Federal Fund for District. A resolution providing for creation of a select standing joint committee of the Senate and House to “protect | and preserve the seat of Government as contemplated by the Constitution” and abolishing the Federal contribu- tion to the expenses of the District 'was introduced in the House late yes- terday by Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas. The joint committee would be com- posed of the Vice President, the chair- man and the ranking majority and minority members of the Senate Ap- propriations Committee, the chairman and ranking majority and minority members of its District subcommit- tee, the chairman of the Senate Dis- trict Committee, the Speaker of the House, the chairman and ranking ma- jority and minority members of the House ‘Appropriations Committee, the chairman and ranking majority mem- bers of its subcommittee in charge of the District appropriations bill and the chairman of the House District Com- mittee. The chairman of the House subcommittee on appropriations in charge of the District bill would serve as chairman of the joint committee. According to the resolution, the com- mittee would “have jurisdiction over all matters affecting any disregard of the -constitutional provisions giving Congress absolute control over the seat of Government of the United States, and'shall have authority to report any legislation to protect such constitu- tional rights.” ‘The second section of the resolution provides for repeal of the 60-40 basis of fiscal relations as provided in sub- stantive law, and forbids any contribu- tion by the Federal Government to the expenses of the District. 'n:e re:‘oluuon is a voluminous docu- ment, reviewing many. of the charges Blanton made against the newspapers of Washington in & recent speech on the floor of the House. It sets forth that the taxpayers of Washington, through reasonable taxation, should be required to meet their own civic expenses. GEN. FRIES OUTLINES PATRIOTIC PROGRAM Masj. Gen. Amos A. Pries, past presi- dent of the Sons -of the American FRAUDIN WHISKY SALES 5 BARED 243 Cases Seized by Police Found to Be Inferior Product. Charges that large quantities of bogus whisky bearing the "wbel of a well-known brand have been brought into Washington for sale were under investigation today by the District Grand Jury. Police seized 243 cases of whisky March 15 after stopping a truck on Rhode Island avenue and found after chemical analysis that it was not the genuine product. Although the bottles were genuine, according to Govern- | ment investigators, the labels, caps and cases were counterfeit. It was also said the bottles bore legitimate revenue stamps bearing certain altera- tions. The driver of the truck is said to have told police he was engaged to return the liquor, worth approximately $20,000 at retail prices, from Wash- ington to Baltimore and dump it on a vacant lot in the latter city. He claimed he did not know the name of the man who hired him. Assistant United States Attorney | Henry Schweinhaut said the bogus whisky was colored and flavored with oak chips although caramel is used in genuine whisky. It is believed ‘Washington liquor dealers had been sold large quantities of the inferior whisky before the fraud was dis- covered. BATTALION REVIEW TO BE HELD TODAY Reorganized Fleet Marine Corps Unit to Be Inspected by Brig. Gen, R. P. Williams. ‘The first inspection since reorgani- zation of the 5th Battalion of the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve will be heid this afternoon by Brig. Gen. Richard P. Williams, in charge of the Marine Corps Reserves. The inspec- tion will take place at 4 p.m. at John Marshall place, near the headquarters of the outfit and will consist of a parade and inspection formation. Participating will be the 5th Bat- talion Band, in charge of Pirst Lieut. Leon Brusiloff; the four rifle com- panies that are stationed here, the Battalion Headquarters Company, a provisional company, drawn from Indian Head and Rockville, Md., and Alexandria, Va. Commanding the whole outfit is Ma)j. Harvey L. Miller, who will mus- ter his men for Gen. Williams. The battalion executive officer is Capt. | Ralph De Witt and the adjutant is Lieut. James A. Hepnessy. Command- ers of the companies are: Capt. Fran- cis Geraci, Lieut. Patrick Haltigan, Lieut. Don R. Hyland, Lieut. Justice M. Chambers, Lieut. O. L. Rogers and Lieut. Martin D. Delaney. Gen. Willlams, whose office is at Marine Corps Headquarters at the Navy Department, has inspected bat- talions in New York, Boston, Mass., and New Orleans, La. Following the inspection here he will go to Chicago, I1l, and later to San Francisco, Calif,, to examine units in those cities. INVITATION ACCEPTED BY MRS. ROOSEVELT Junior New Dealers’ Club to Have Dinner and Forum Tues- day Night. Mrs. Pranklin D. Roosevelt will at- tend the dinner and open forum of the Junior New Dealers’ Club next Tuesday night at Sholl's Cafe on Connecticut avenue, it was announced today by the club committee. The dinner, a regular semi-monthly affair, will be served at 6:30 p.m. Robert Hill, club president, will preside and Rev. Francis Montgomery v and dancing wil ollow the program and dal will w open discussion. Miss Dorothy ‘Bibb is chairman of EARLY JUNE DECISION Jobless White-Collar Workers May Be Hired as Staff With Relief Funds. Five applicants for the post of Dis- trict superintendent of recreation, selected from a list of some 25 can- didates, have been asked to come o ‘Washington at their own expense to confer with the Recreation Commit- tee, headed by Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. ‘The committee has set the week of April 29 for the interviews. It already has required each applicant to file his own photograph and a detailed list of his accomplishments and life history. but now it has decided that ‘it wants to size up each candidate in a per- sonal talk. Hope for June Decision. Delano’s committee hopes to be able to make a final decision early in June, 5o the superintendent can get busy when the recreation season here swings into full action, The recent inclement weather has retarded the recreation program and this has been of some benefit, inasmuch as the superintendent has not yet been ap- pointed. Under the committee’s pro- gram he will serve for one year and during that time the recreational sit- uation here will be used as a labora- tory. Officials venture the opinien that after Washington has tried the experiment for a twelvemonth, it will not return to the present set-up. Thomas 8. Settle, secretary of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, who is acting as secretary of the Delano committee, said that in addition to the new superintendent, | there probably will be a group of un- | employed white-collar workers as- signed to aid him. As Settle sees it, | these white-collar unemployed will be employed here through the fund to aid | this group all over the country in- | cluded in the $4.830,000,000 public | works act. This will give the superin- tendent an adequate working staff. so the experiment will be given a fair trial, he said. Centralizes Informasion. One of the benefits to accrue from | the new set-up, in Settle’s opinion, will be to centralize information on the va- | rious recreational facilities in the city. | As it is now, the Playground Depart- | ment of the District Government, the | Community Center Department of the | public schools, the Welfare and | Recreational Association of Public | Buildings and Grounds, Inc., and the National Capital Parks each has some phase of recreation. If a Washing- tonian desires to' get the compiete picture, it is necessary for him to con- tact each agency separately. Under the superintendent’s organization, all | this would be unified. Previously, it has been announced | that the new superintendent of recre- | ation will not be a Washingtonian. The Delano Committee is anxious to | secure an outstanding leader in the | field of recreation and the salary will be around $6,000 annually. Under the rules the committee has set itself, it was said the group will have to agree unanimously on the candidate for superintendent, before he can be appointed. Serving with Delano, who s chair- man, but without voting power. are: C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of the National Capital Parks; Henry L Quinn. outstanding attorney and mem- ber of the Board of Education, and | Commissioner George E. Allen. who speaks on behalf of the District Gov- ernment. RETIRED EMPLOYE | OF 6. P. 0. EXPIRES James Edward Karnes, 66, Came Here in 1894—Funeral Monday. | James Edward Karnes, 66. a retired | employe of the Government Printing | Office, died yesterday at his home, 1418 Longfellow street, after an illness of about two months. Mr. Karnes, & native of Buffalo, N. Y., came to Washington in July, 3 1894, to take a | position in the . Government A Printing Office. From then until his retirement ‘on INovember 30, 1931, he never imissed a day at iwork except for | holidays and va- cations. Friends at the G. P. O. presented him with a radio upon his retirement. Making a trip"to James E. Karnes. Florida this Win- ter, he suffered a stroke there about two months ago and never fully re- covered. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Stella Carberry Karnes; two sons, Maj. James Carberry Karnes and Paul Francis Karnes, and a granddaughter, Theresa Eileen Karnes. Mr. Karnes was a member of the Knights of Columbus. the Pressmen's Union and the Holy Name Society of the Church of the Nativity. Puneral services will be held Monday 10 m. at the Church of the Nativity. —— MAN INDICTED HERE ARRESTED IN UTICA Thomas C. La Page, 29, Will Be Returned to Face Charges of Drug Sales. B Thomas Charles La Page, 29, under indictment here for alleged violation of the narcotic law, was arrested last night in Utica, N. Y., according to word received at police ehadquarters. La Page, police said, escaped arrest in a round-up of suspected drug ped- dlers last-month that resulted in the apprehension of 11 persons. It is charged that several purchases had been made from him by Federal npr- cotic agents. { A copy of the indictment had been sent to Utica and New York authari~ ties will be requested to surrender him for trial here. N