Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1935, Page 18

"A-18 MITGHELL PSHES WARONNEPOTIS Considers Separate Bill to Ban Practice After Amendment Fails. By the Associated Press. It looks as if Representative Mitch- ell, Democrat, of Tennessee has had some sleuths at work getting the “in- side dope” on Congress members who have relatives on the House pay roll. A check of the last pay roster showed that only 34 solons have clerks in their offices with the same names as their own, but the Tennessee cru- sader against nepotism told the House there were more than that—that the total was at least 50. It was pointed out that the pay roll scanning method doesn't disclose in-laws and cousins or the instances in | which one Representative has made an arrangement to put another’s relative 1n his office in return for a like favor. Nepotism Ban Killed. Apparently there isn't much Mitch- ell can do about the situation, though, for when he tried to bar nepotism by an amendment to the legislative ap- propriation bill the House voted him | down yesterday, 88 to 18. The business session was marked by | election of officers, as follows: Presi- | dent, Walter Irey; first vice president, | Dr. C. C. Galloway; second vice presi- | dent, Mrs. Mary Lamond White; sec- | retary, Hardin C. Waters; treasurer, | Dr. Guy Clinton; delegates to the Fed- eration of Citizens' Associations, Reed P. Martin and Walter Irey. Asks Price Probe. A resolution was introduced by Mrs. Chester C. Waters, chairman of the Public Welfare Committee, advocating an investigation into the high cost of living in the District, including rents, food, and particular reference to the price of milk. Mitchell still has another card up his sleeve, in the form of a separate bill to stop nepotism. But he admits it is unlikely to get anywhere. Similar Names Listed. These are the legislators disclosed | by the April 30 pay roll to have had | clerks in their offices with last names | identical with theirs: | Ashbrook, Democrat, of Ohio; Bo- | Jand, Democrat, of Pennsylvania; | Brennan, Democrat, of Illinois; Car- michael, Democrat, of Alabama; | Casey. Democrat, of Massachusetts; | Crosby, Democrat, of Pennsylvania; | Crosser, Democrat, of Ohio; Crowther, | Republican, of New York; Derouen, | Democrat, of Louisiana; Duffey, Dem- | ocrat, of Ohio; Fernandez, Democrat, | of Louisiana; Fulmer, Democrat, | South Carolina; Green, Democrat, | Florida; Gregory, Democrat, of Ken-| tucky; Hamlin, Democrat, of Maine; Samuel B. Hill, Democrat, of Wash- ington; Iglesias, coalitionist, Puerto Rico. Lesinski, Democrat, of Michigan; McKeough, Democrat, of Illinois; Marshall, Republican, of Ohio; May, | Democrat, of Kentucky;, Murdock, | Democrat, of Utah; O'Connell, Demo- | crat, of Rhode Island; Perkins, Re-| publican, of New Jersey; Pierce, Dem- ocrat, of Oregon; Plumley, Republican, of Vermont; Quinn, Democrat, of | Pennsylvania; Rabaut, Democrat, of Michigan; South, Democrat, of Texas; "Tarver, Democrat, of Georgia; Robey, Republican, of New Hampshire; Tolan, Democrat, of California; Truax, Dem- ocrat, of Ohio, and Turpin, Repub- lican, of Pennsylvania. EDUCATIONAL GROUP RE-ELECTS HIGBIE 8 Named as Delegates to N. E. A. | Convention in Denver in June. Dr. E. C. Higbie of Wilson Teach- | ers' College was re-elected president | of the Education Association of the District at a luncheon yesterday at National Park Seminary. Other offi- cers are: Hugh S. Smith, Jefferson Junior High School, vice president, and Thomas Ferry, Stuart Junior High Bchool, secretary-treasurer. The Executive Committee includes Annie C. Keliher, J. Orin Powers, Har- old E. Warner and Margaret Gessford. Dr. F. W. Perkins of the National ‘Oniversalist Church spoke on “Educa- tion and Religion” at the meeting. Dr. J. O. Powers, George Washing- | ton University; Dr. Higbie and Helen Samuels, Gordon Junior High School, “will represent the local body at the National Education Association con- wvention at Denver in June. Dr. Martha MacLear, Wilson Teach- ers’ College, was delegated to attend the World Federation of Education Associations at Oxford, England, this Summer. LATIN AMERICAN HONOR TO BE CONFERRED ON 8 League of Bolivarian Action Dip- plomas to Be Awarded at Legation Today. Diplomas of the International League of Bolivarian Action .will be presented to prominent Latin-Amer- ican officials at a meeting of the league at 5 p.m. today in the Legation of Panama, 1535 New Hampshire ave- nue. Dr. A. Ramon Ruiz, director general of the league, is heading a special com- mission for the ceremony. The group includes the following members of the Board of Counselors: Dr. Carlos A. Berneo and Rev. Dr. Raphael Vergas Lasso The officials receiving diplomas as *“prominent members” are Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director of the Pan-American Union; Dr. Pedro Manual Arcaya, Minister of Venezuela; Dr. Ricardo J. Alfaro, Minister of Panama; Dr. En- rique Finot, Minister of Bolivia; Don Manuel Gonzalez Zeledon, Minister of Costa Rica; Dr. Ed. Gil Borges, sub- director of the Pan-American Union; Dr. James Brown Scott, secretary of the Carnegie Endowment for Interna- tional Peace, and Maj. John A. Consi- dine. Forests Planned for China. ‘With the express purpose of pre- venting floods consequent upon the overflowing of the Yellow River, in China, an extensive afforestation project is being mapped by the Suiyuan department of reconstruc- tion. It includes the planting of for- ests along the river banks for about 100 miles, from Pinho to Paotou, and ‘will cost approximately $240,000. The forests will be one-third of a mile wide on each side of the river. When the work is completed the area will have 19,440,000 trees. e T Paper Output Climbs. Production of paper in Germany Increased 15 per cent in the last year. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. GONNERY 0 SPEED Circus Mothers Guard Young More than a thousand rare animals are to be on display in electric- lighted dens or in spacious enclosures where they may be studied at close range at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus which opens a two-day stand at Fifth street and Florida avenue northeast | Elizabeth of Greece Points| tomorrow. Above are shown a few monkeys displaying uneasiness at liberties being taken by the cameraman. SICRFIES OVR STATE B QUEEN to Changes, but Is Si- lent on Return. By the Assoclated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, May 18— Former Queen Elizabeth of Greece, asked tonight if she planned a re- union with former King George and a return to the throne with him, dramatically exclained: “The day is past when & woman may be sacrificed for a throne or a country.” But the sad, 40-year-old daughter | of the dowager Queen Marie of Ru- mania, who nearly lost her life in | Athens when she was about to be- come a mother, then lost her throne and finally her husband, did not exclude the possibility she might re- turn to Greece if the people'there wanted her as Queen “So many things may happen be- tween now and the time monarchy is | restored in Greece,” said Elizabeth, who in beauty resembles her mother. “It would be rash and premature for me to commit myself on the sugges- tion that I annul my divorce from George and return with him to the throne. “Let us wait and see what happens. It may be that I can do more by staying in Rumania and helping my brother, King Carol.” The recent Greek revolt led to re- peated reports that George, who is now in Paris, would return to the throne. This question will be decided in a plebiscite in June. George and Elizabeth were divorced secretly sev- eral months ago. e RED RIVER IN FLOOD SHREVEPORT, La., May 18 (#).— Red River, which has been bank full for several days and in some places has flooded lowlands, is expected to reach its highest stage in several| years during the next two weeks as the result of torrential rainfall throughout the valley. | The United States Weather Bureau | f)ere issued the following flood warn- | ng: | mer members of the law faculty who | rad, the author, has been scuttled “More or less above flood stage on | Red River all the way from Arthur City, Tex., to Springbank, Ark., dur- | ing the next few days.” York Portable Air Conditioner. it necessary to endure swelteri thinking are next to impossible 1731 14th St. Phone Decatur Oppressive Summer heat and humidity will be but a memory in the room equipped with a that approaches the breathless mugginess of nerve-wracking, exhausting days of physical discomfort . . . that reduces mental efficiency to the point where concentration and clear YORK PORTABLE Washington Refrigeration Co. REUNION PLANNED G. U. Law School Class of 1910 to Meet June 7 and 8. The class of 1910 of the George- town University School of Law is planning a special reunion in honor of its twenty-fifth anniversary of graduation as a part of the university's commencement week. Two days of reunion activities are being arranged for June 7 and 8, concluding with a class banquet at the Willard Hotel. G. Calvert Bowie of 1001 Fifteenth street, class secre- tary, yesterday issued an appeal to all members of the class to communicate with him. Earl J. Mohm of Pittsburgh, who was president of the class in Law School, initiated the plans for the anniversary reunion. Present and for- | instructed the class in 1910 will be| among the banquet guests. 2wl Conrad's Vessel Scuttled. Having so far outlived her useful- ness that she was not even worth selling to the shipwreckers, the barque | Otago, made famous by Joseph Con- off the coast of Tasmania. 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Benson married the former Miss Helen McEwen Dick of Washing- ton, who, with their two children, is now with him at Fort Myer. *x % MAY 19, 1935—PART ONE. ROOSEVELT URGES BROAD VIEWPOINT Neighborliness and Understand- ing Advocated in Message on Good-Will Day. By the Assoclated Press. A “sympathetic understanding of the problems of other peoples” was described ar an essential of progress by President Roosevelt yesterday in a message to the World Federation -of Education Associations, observing “Good-Will day.” “I am happy to join with you in the observance of Good-Will day, which, through the Initiative of the World Federation of Education Associations, has been set aside as a special time to emphasize the need of good-will among the peoples of the world,” Mr. Roosevelt wrote. “The progress of the human race from barbarity to civilization has been slow and painful. 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