Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1935, Page 5

NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1935. a8y A_S P.W.A. TRANSFERS 159 INTO FIELD Decentralization Program Under Way—State Di- rectors Named. Secretary Ickes today accomplished partial decentralization of P. W. A. with the transfer from Washington of 159 attorneys, engineers and finance examiners to the field. At the same time, he issued an order designating P. W. A. Staie en- gineers as acting State directors in | expediting the handling of public works projects in the field under the | $4,000,000,000 works-relief program. His order places Abel Wolman, Mary- land engineer, as director of work in that State and James A. Anderson as acting director of Virginia projects. Further Changes Scheduled. ‘The officials transferred from Wash- ington were selected because of their familiarity with the laws and condi- tions in the States to which they were assigned. No new Government jobs were created as the decentrslization was accomplished, but other transfers | from Washington to the States, Ickes said, will be made as conditions war- Mrs. Lillian Jones. clerk. showing Mrs. Wallace Crozer of 1414 N street a silver vase in the silver and jewelry department of the Thrift Shop. —Star Staff Photo. rant it. From the legal division William G. Helfrich and John W. Girdin are transferred to the Maryland P. W. A. headquarters. McLane Pilton, 3d, goes to Virginia. Other Transfers. In the engineering division Robert Callahan, jr.; Francis D. Friedlein and G. Foster Widmyer are assigned to the | Maryland headquarters, while Edward W. Ritchie will take up engineering duties in Virginia. The Maryland finance officer will be L. G. Hoes and 8. P. Gorman will be assigned to those duties in Virginia While clerical help probably will be supplied by the States, Secretary Ickes #aid, it is likely additional clerks may be sent from Washington. In that event they will be chosen from those clerks who wish to be transferred to the States from which they came. VETO SESSION VOTE HALTED IN SENATE BY STEIWER, LONG (Continued Prom First Page.) these men in a hostile manner.” he said, “but that list includes all those who might possibly be forced over onto the administration side. We aim only to give them courage to resist administration pressure.” The spokesman pointed out -that Benator Clark, Democrat, of Missouri, is a past national commander of the Legion, and that he is expected to stand by the bonus on a veto vote— | but that Clark is also a friend of the | President. Senator Pittman, Democrat, of Ne- vada, is another on the list who is considered a friend of the Legion, but | Pittman is president pro tem of the Senate and high in Democratic coun- cils Donald A. Hobart, national com- mander of the American Veterans' As- sociation. & small group opposing the bonus, wrote the 12 Senators against ‘whom the Legion has directed a bar- | fage of telegrams that the Legion move was “an insulting effort to in- | timidate and coerce you.” Legion Stand Resented. “On behalf of the American Vet- | erans' Association, I want to express to you our complete co-operation with you in resisting this barrage of in- spired telegrams,” Hobart said. “We believe that thinking Amer- {cans will resent, as you must resent, | the impudent assertion on the part of the Legion that you would be swayed from your honest convictions by such disgraceful tactics. For sheer effron- tery, this action has no historical | parallel, particularly when it is a' known fact that the Legion's lobby Rich and Poor Find Happiness [In Thrift Shop’s Helping Hand Like a Chapter From Charles Dickens,) It Stands as a Monument to City’s Humanitarianism. BY JOHN J. DALY. I In an old-fashioned house, in the heart of Washington's downtown busi- | ness section, is the one and only Old Curiosity Shop in the city, a haven for the poor, a repository for the rich, and the one place, seemingly, where every one who contacts 1t goes away happy. They call it the Thrift Shop. A “permanent activity for Chil- dren’s Charities,” it is housed in the old building that stands at 1011 E street as a relic of a bygone residen- | tial district now faded into the glory | of an almost forgotten past. ! At the Thrift Shop is the answer to all critics of Washington City ! who say the Nation's Capital, made up of citizens from every Sta'e and Territory and insular possession, is not civic conscious. | Five great charities feel the civic | consciousness of Washington throbbing | each day through the pulse of the | Thrift Shop. i Provides “Necessary Luxuries.” | Mrs, William A. Graham, shop | manager, is ready at any time to re- fute any wild statement to the effect | that Washingtonians are not nwareJ of what it takes to make a city great, | in the way of humanitarianism—the | simple expedient of extending a help- | | | ing hand to those who need heip. While the city, through its Com- | munity Chest, and in other ways, takes care of many needs m the charitable field, it is not always pos- sible through organized charity, Mrs. | Graham says, to give that one great plus exertion—which means adding “necessary luxuries” to the charitable chesl_ By necessary luxuries, or luxurious necessaries, Mrs. Graham has reference merely to such things as, stozy books for the kids in the wards | at Children Hospital, or at the Child Welfare, or the Children’s Jountry | get ‘magnlficent attention from the | Thrift Shop. The other two agencies | that administer to those who need | Mrs. Randall H. Hagner, Mrs. Arthur help are the Prenatal Clinic and the | Junior League Social Service Work. | Frederick De C. Faust, Mrs. Kenna | All five claim they owe a debt of | gratitude to the Thrifc Shop. ! Many persons have seen that sign, | “The Thrift Shop,” painted on the | Mrs. Graham tells of a very wealthy Washington woman who comes to the Thrift Shop periodically and buys all the garments and trinkets she can lay her hands on for three girls of 16 who are in school in Eng- land—at this lady's expense. For testimonial of the merits of the Thrift Shop a person need go to any one of the institutions that benefit: Children’s Hospital, Child Welfare, Prenatal Clinic. Children’s Country Home, or the Junior League Social Service Work. There is where the story of the Thrift Shop really tells itself. In the actual home of the Thrift Shop the ladies are too busy getting articles ready for sale, and selling them, to tell of their accomplishments. Still, if you go to the Thrift Shop any day vou may meet lovely ladies selling washing machines, or battered plig hats, or gas ranges, or phono- graph records, baby carriages, sheets, pillowcases and even shrubs for the garden. Everything that comes into the Thrift Shop goes out—via the sales route. ‘The volunteer workers go at it in earnest—two in the morning and two in the afternoon. ‘There is one woman hired to mend the clothing brought in, and there are commissions charged for certain articles sold—mostly articles belong- ing to people who actually need something for their wares, but, out- side of this, everything at the shop hes only a one-way price tag at- lxhed to it. The goods come in free and go out with a profit—for charity. Women who are actively interested in the working methods of the Thrift Shop are Mrs. John R. Williams, the president; Mrs. Thomas B. Sweeney, Mrs. Alan Kirk, Mrs. Barry Mohun, Mrs. Chandler P. Anderson. Mrs. J. | Home—three of the real charities that | Blaise de Sibour, Mrs. Charles H. Bradley, Mrs. Reeve Lewis, Mrs. Bishop P. Hill. Mrs. James H. Patten, O'Brien, Mrs. Thomas A. Claytor, Mrs. Elkins, Mrs. Hepry Latrobe Roosevelt, Mrs. Buchanan Merryman—mostly officers and former officers—and & host of others, with John Calvert represents but a small fraction of 8| display window of the E street “House as their treasurer. per cent of the population of the country.” | Message to Delegation. | Informants gave this version of the Visit the bonus “steering Committee” | of legislators paid yesterday to Presi- dent Roosevelt in a vain attempt to get him to change his mind about vetoing the Patman bill: Mr. Roosevelt said he would be glad to receive, read and consider their | statement urging him to sign the bill, but that he could not sign it. Then somebody asked: “Will you sign ! any bill for full cash payment of the | bonus?” The answer was said to be an emphatic “No.” Charles West, “liaison man” be- | tween the White House and Congress, | is making personal appeals to mem- | bers, asking them to help the Presi- dent make as good a showing as pos- sible on the post-veto vote. John Thomas Taylor, legislative eounsel of the American Legion, said he had called on Legionnaires through- out the country to direct a fresh bar- rage of telegrams to legislators urging | them to override the veto. | ““We are working tooth and nail for this bill,” asserted Taylor, who has | guided the veterans' lobby here since | 1ts inception in 1919. “I am sending wires to all the 48 departments asking that they send | more telegrams to Washington.” The Veterans of Foreign Wars said that they, too, were “doing what we can on Capitol Hill.” Lithuanian Society to Meet. A meeting of the Washington Chap- ter of the American Lithuanian Society will be held at & o'clock to- night at the Washington Hotel to make final preparations for the ban- Quet next Tuesday in honor of Lieut. Felix Waitkus, who will attempt a | flight across the Atlantic sometime next month from Floyd Bennett air- port to Kaunas, Lithuania. OFFICIAL @ your car. ) Let us prove the wisdom of tuning-up We guarantee a care-free trip over Memorial Day week-end. AUTO TROUBLE? Gl 614 H St.NW.*District 2778 of Mercy,” and many have wondered | Jjust what it meant—where the thrift came in and where the benefits went out. The Dickens Spirit Pervades. Only one visit is needed to get into the atmosphere. One visit leads to another, and after a while a man Or a woman begins to feel that the spirit of Charles Dickens has per- meated a quaint little home in Wash- ington. i It works out in this way: Ladies who ride in their limousines and gen- tlemen of the old school go searching at home for something to send to the Thrift Shop. These gifts are assorted by volunteer workers who put price tags on them and exhibit them for sale at the lowest possible price. The profits go for distribution among five charitable institutions. Nor are the sales in the Thrift Shop confined to purchasers from the ranks of the middle or lower classes. Quite often the wealthy purchase goods which they ship to deserving persons in other cities—or even in Washing- ton. The Thrift Shop carries a stock of goods that would amaze the average merchant. You can hardly name a utensil, a necessry or a luxury of life that cannot be found, at some time or other, on the shelves or the tables of the Thrift Shop. By the very nature of the Thrift Shop it has to become a veritable Old Curiosity Shop. 3 BUSES NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST e BUS CENTER o nna. Ave. at 6th St Phone Distriet 4334 “Put Your Car in Safe Hands” Our 45th Anniversary CARL WOMEN ELIGIBLE INWORK SET-UP Mrs. Woodward Announces They Will Receive Con- sideration. BY GRACE HENDRICK EUSTIS. Employable women now on relief rolls, who are eligible for work, will have the same consideration as simi- larly situated men in the new work- relief set-up. This plan was laid before newspaper women yesterday by Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward, director of the Women's Division of the F. E. R. A, at Mrs. Roosevelt’s press conference. i “These women,” she said, referring to those who would fall in this cate- gory, “need have no fear that they will not be put to work. We still think of the man as the economic head of the family, but women who are in that position and single women will be given equal consideration.” Will Cut Relief Rolls. According to Mrs. Woodward, 3.- 500,000 men and women will be taken off relief rolls and put to work. All the work-relief projects which have been proved useful will be continued and new projects will be started. Among those where women will be largely employed are, physical recrea- tion, arts and crafts, drama, special camps for undernourished children and underprivileged groups, many art projects including fine arts, com- mercial art, art appreciation, preserva- tion of art, projects to help musicians and theatrical workers, health pro- jects, research projects such as economic surveys, social surveys, his- torical records, projects, revision of tax assessment projects, emergency home making projects including women who go in and train housekeepers and those who take the place of ill house- keepers, sewing rooms, handicraft projects, nutrition projects, historical markers and road sign projects, library | projects and the national guide bosck project. | Many Volumes Restored. | Mrs Wood¥%ard is particularly in- ,muud in and proud of these last two. The library project is one of the few Federal self-liquidating ex- periments. Reports from 29 States show that 2,970,112 volumes were re- stored to circulation as a result of book-repair work. These books were sold for $2.244.771 and the entire project cost the Government only $621,900. Besides the financial advantages of this project, it has been of enormous help to schools and public iioraries whose budgets have been crippled. Guide Book New Idea. The national guide book is & new idea and Mrs. Woodward is delighted with it. It will be assembled and printed with the European Baedikker in mind, containing maps and his- | torical facts. This project will em- ploy many different kinds of white | collar workers, editorial writers, un- employed newspaper writers, clerical workers, artists, draftsmen and authors. The central work will be done in each State with a clearing house here in Washington. | Mrs. Woodward was not able to discuss the question of wages for these new and continued projects. In the old program, she said, tae pre- vailing wages of the community were used. CALL FOR CANDIDATES | Commissioners Seek to Fill Va- | cancies for Naval Academy. The Commissioners today issued & hurry-up call for candidates for ap- pointment to the Naval Academy to fill two expected vacancies under the act of Congress permitting an expan- sion of the number of cadets. Applications for entrance in the | competitive examination to be held beginning May 31 will be received by the Commissioners up to next Monday. Blanks are available at room 309, Dis- | trict Building. JUDGE HITS MORALS OF DIVORCE DEFENDANT Louisville Court Hears Wife's Charge Wealthy Tobacco Man Kept Apartment for Woman. By the Assoclated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 21.—Her charge that he kept a flat for a police- man's wife yesterday won Mrs. Jose- phine Emery a divorce and $60,000 alimony from Frank Bradberry Emery. They were married in 1912, Emery is representative here for the British American Tobacco Co. Judge James Garnett dismissed Emery's contention that his wife's “puritanical belief” was a hindrance to his business success. She “mani- fested considerable interest in the sal- vation of her husband’s soul,” the court commented. The opinion observed that Emery was “mistaken” in believing that suc- cess was coupled with drinking and gambling. ‘The record showed Emery now gets salary and bonuses of $27,000 & year. Rubber Demand, Rigid Supply WHY the corporate milkman pays different prices for milk from the same cows is a persistent riddle to the con- sumer. The public hears that the milk- man pays one price for milk sold as fluid milk. And it also hears that he pays another price for milk used in making butter, cheese, evaporated milk, condensed milk, ice cream, milk powder and the like. There is nothing mysterious about the so-called “clas- sified plan” of purchase and e. The reason is plain to see. A higher price can be paid for milk to be immediately sold in bottles than for milk which must be processed into by-products. Suppose the corporate milkman gets 6¢c a quart of the price of fluid milk sold to the con- sumer, Then suppose—and the sup- position is the ever-present fact—that the supply ex- ceeds the demand. Some of the excess fluid milk will be worked into butter. Say also that butter is sell- ing at 30c a pound, and it takes 10 quarts of milk to produce a pound of butter. The logic of the situation is irresistible. The milkman cannot pay the fluid milk price for milk thus processed and stay liquid himself. He must know simple arith. metic as well as milk. Y PRESIDENT CHESTNUT FARMS- CHEVY CHASE DAIRY (fire o The finest gift need not cost the “Reg. U.8. Par. 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The State arbitrators will meet with representatives of the newspapers and | made by photo-engraving proce: 1 the striking union printers in the mayor’s office. Local papers appeared for sale in abbreviated form, with some pages made up in the usual manner by non- union compositors and some pag This morning's papers were prepared chiefly by the pboto-engraving method. A small number of non-union print- ers continued work in the newspaper plants, Scores of heavily armed police- men escorted them between the news- paper plants and the hotel where they are quartered. All along the route streets were packed with booing and Jeering crowds. Big Liner Launched. i Four thousand children attended the | launching recently of the huge liner, | Strathmore, by the Duchess of York at Barrow-in-Furness, England. Skipper Married at 80. J. C. 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