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A—2 %% 193 5. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (¢, WEDNESDAY, JUNE What’s What Behind News In Capital NEW DEAL TACTICS REVERSAL IS SEEN Stop-Gap Policies to Hold‘ Situation Until 1936, | Lawrence Says. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. American business and industry are under no legal obligation to operate under the N R. A. President Roose- velt wants that distinctly understood Codes can be scrapped. But the Federal Government itself, on the other hand, in all its @ontracts and projects, will insist that companies bidding for work shall guarantee com- Code Chiseling Found Limited to Little Fellows. BY PAUL MALLON. RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has been receiving daily, and some- times hourly. ‘cret reports on wage cutting and hour length- ening since the N. R. A. de- These have been collected by agents of the Labor Department out through the country. wired to headquarters here and shipped over cision pliance with standards of minimum 1o the White House almost as fast wages and maximum hours, which as they come in were set up under the N. R. A So far, they indicate the rve- rTm< ;;ir(.\ means merely that Mr. o, Gbje Jeaders of the country are Roosevelt, without appealing or re-| o ing some real business leader- questing American business to main- gm0 hoir own, During the first tain a soclal viewpoint. nevertheless.| ..ok jollowing the decision, no re- 15 putting industry on its mettle And | pory yas received indicating any- ing it to do voluntarily what p.0 ke a general more to tear ks has been accomplished un- | goun N. R. A. standards among der codes. major employers and major indus- Labor relations are not to be made yrice The reports fully bore out 8 subject of compulsory regulation. but y.pat the leading employers have such laws as are recommended by MI. been saying publicly Rooseveit for passage will enlarge the Department of Labor's functions of Butiitie Jike (el generally were, conciliation and mediation not observing such restraint. The re- R q | ports indicated about 600 cases of Statement Is Merely Inkling. wage cuts or hour lengthening from Mr. Roosevelt's statement of his New York City alone plans to his especially-called SS On Both Sides of Question. conference vesterday did mnot give 5 m an inkling than before One influential Senator gave out a >f iy range policy. It was rather | Statement a few days after the N. R a revelation of necessary legislative A. decision, announcing that it did steps that have to be taken to clarify not affect the A. A. A. prog A the status of pending bills or statutes oW horus later. he deci aflected by the Supreme Court's deci- that statement. and stitute saying it did sion In a broad sense. Mr. Roosevelt rely conforming to the court's de- What he will do later on closed und; that last Friday press conference was a ke in Irrespective of ) he felt about the wisdom of the Supreme Court decision, the remarks he made to the press were so sweep- ing as to preclude his embarking on The President has recognized his mis is the only the 530 any alternative course within the He one of Con, tion and, on the other hand, = Congressmen. who got out publicity he could not possibly get a consti- ~ on both sides of the issue. but a t 1 amendment throu good many of the remaining 529 eren more con 10 be of avail to his i uation with respect to economic re- Very few among them read the de- covery cision. They relied upon what they Reversal Is Seen. d others saying, and in most cases, o i e Preciden; | D€ others had not read it either 5 ?‘";N he week end the President | copsequently, there was mo limit to B n inclined to reverse Nim- tne imaginary possibilities expressed zelf and adopt, for the next few among the bewildered leaislators a :)"““‘_“5 ‘3“*‘ op-gap policies | yeek after the decision. At least. a ‘“ (f‘w‘_;"; i % 3 .:a}mg clear-cut cross-section of opinion Bos of whether | gmong them could not be obtained. necessary 0 make an Tugwell Has Big Plans. The big noodles in President Ro issue and carry on an active fight for the proposed constitutional amend- ment velt’'s alphabet soup m be From a political viewpoint, the legally, but Dr. Tugwells r President’s position then becomes one ' settlement noodle is being Gt of waiting to see whether temporary | tured along, undamaged. D: 1 measures bring recove If they do may be forgotten, but he is not gone not. he might appeal to the country Unnoticed, he 1s organizing a to give him the constitutional Power j.adouarters here which reach he thinks is necessary to accomplish his objective: He could, of course, blame the Supreme Court's decision as_frustrating his plans The announcements from the White House this week, therefore, must be regarded as strategically designed to keep the processes of business and industry from being upset unduly, and yet there is no doubt that inside the New Deal is a distinct feeling of obligation to make a fight for cen- tralized control by the Federal Gov- ernment of all manner of business, Congress Is Restive. Congress. on the other hand. is restive under the eriticism that has been made of its members, for, after its maximum eficiency and employ 2,000 office workers within a year. He expects to have 4,000 more em- ployes in the field by then His unit will purchase between 50,000,000 and 100,000,000 acres of land. The area, if consolidated, would equal perhaps half the State of Texas Within a few months he expects 1o begin putting unestimated thousands to work on this land, planting grass and trees, terracing. ditching. Poor persons in the areas will be “resettled.” It is not a big enough project to re- place the N. R. A, but it is big F. H. A. Changes Under Way. A quiet reorganization is being ef- fected in the Federal Housing Admin- #IL they are supposed to be qualified jstration, and the New Dealers may ': "“ e what is or is not a con- make an effort to revive its prestige atitutional law. The fact that the It is not expected that Administrator New Deal has ridden roughshod over established principles and adopted measures which have collapsed be- cause of sheer inability to enforce them does not make it easier for a Senaior or a Representative coming up for re-election. Mr Roosevelt's personal popularity might carry him through because no one issue might be stressed. but indi- vidual members are up against the attack of rival candidates, who can charge that the oath of office was not supported, that the legislative re- sponsibility rests primarily with Con- aress and that the members in ques- tion had abdicated their functions There are signs that the legislative v will slowly about accepting without qualification or change the New Deal measures that seek to sub- tute the N. R. A. and other legis- tion. Jimmy Moffett will return, left, 17 candidates for his job showed up on the White House doorstep, sponsored by various cabinet officers tand New Dealers. Rather than make a choice, the President promoted Stewart MacDonald. Moffett's princi- | pal aide, who is reforming inner F. H A. lines. This agency indulged in almost as much ballyhoo as N. R A., yet has no staggering results to show for its work. Loans on home re- pairs totaled but $76,000.000 until recently. Actual loans disbursed on mortagages iwere at the ridiculous total of $6.603,000, most of which went to one large apartment house. An additional $26.000.000 in mort- gage loans has been “committed,” and the money is to be advanced when titles are cleared or other necessary red tape unraveled. Officials estimate that for every dollar of repair loans actually insured by the Government an equal, or larger, amount was spent in cash. This would indicate a total of perhaps $150.000.000 for repairs. There is a staggering deferred con- struction demand. possibly as much as $15.000.000.000, which remains vir- tually untapped so far by F. H. A. ef- forts. Congress to Stay Until August, Congress will be here at least until ust 1, and maybe longer. For the National Legislature is back to March, 1933, when the bank holiday intro- duced a panicky spirit of ignoring law and precedent in the belief that public opinion would sanction such irregu- larity. Ay th the passing of two years it is apparent that had most of the meas- es been administered in emergency fashion with a give-and-take spirit which is characteristic of government in war time, there would doubtless today never have been a test of N. R. A's constitutionality. The New Deal boldly announced, however, that it wanted to implant permanently, under the guise of emergency, the funda- Morale at N. E. C. An efficiency expert at the National Emergency Council gave orders about 4 pm. last Wednesday that all em- ployes would be required to work all day Memorial day (8:30 am. to 6 p.m 30 minutes for lunch). This provoked hissing among the employes, who had planned a holiday. mental chaoges it was making. And that is still the crux of the New Deal's difficulties i 1929 PAY RESTORED BY OHIO CONCERN Company, in Newspaper Adver- v erty N. E. C. Administrator Frank Walker did not learn of the order until late that night. All employes reported in the rain next morning and started to work. They were called into assembly at 9 am. and told that the order had been misunderstood, that Mr. Walker wanted no one to work on the holiday, and that some taxicabs were lined up outside to take non-motoring employes back to their homes. Walker paid the taxi fares from his own pocket. tisement, Announces Increase Due to Death of N. R. A. By the Associated Press. FINDLAY. Ohio, June 5.—Terming the action as its “answer to N. R. A.'s timely or untimely death.” C. W. Pat- terson & Son announced through a | newspaper advertisement yesterday the concern had increased employe wages to the 1929 level for all except a few | The remnant of what used to be the brain trust appears to be split just about 50-50 on whether the New Deal should fight out now or try to laugh it off. executives. At the same time, it promised its Stories persist that the President customers “better service through Wwas intemperate and off-balance in When he the N. R. A, i.\<|le‘ C.C.C. ART EXHIBIT SHOWS FRESHNESS 200 Pictures Produced by | Corps Members Have Direct Quality. LA MECHL An exhibition of oil paintings, water colors and drawings by artists in the Civilian Conservation Corps was opened by Mrs. Roosevelt yesterday in the fover of the ional Museum and will be found of unusual charac- ter and quality. The 200 or more this collection have exhibits included been selected in from a much larger number produced since June, 1934. by men enrolled in the C. C. C. camps. These men— never more t 100 at & time—had all had training in art, but were com- paratively young and untried, and the job given them was to make a pictorial record of camp life and surrounding how and in what medium being left to their own preference. Each artist, when assigned to a camp. was enrolled on precisely the same status as other workers; received room. board. clothing. medical atten- tion and $30 a month, and was re- quired to give 40 hours' work a week in return. Whatever materials he used he had to supply. ar paint ings and drawings when finished b came the property of the Federal Gov- ernment, to be allocated to public buildings in Washington and else- where in much the same wav that similar works produced under the P W. A. P. were Work Has Freshness. But on the whole, the scheme seems to have worked better in this case than in that Perhaps because the scope of subject matter was more itea and living conditions better, or possibly the artists applving were more robust. It is also not mprob- able that old Dame Na with whom these artists were brought face to face may have had something to say. In any event, work now set forth is in most instances, fresh, direct and of vely ne could see it without being impressed by its sin- cerity and lack of self-consciousness Apparently the artists who produced it were of healthy mind and happy. Ax the (€, .€. 1€ A all parts of the country, there great landscape from Maine to Arizona and Also, is variety in work ar rayed, the g musicians to rivileges of th ive—but so > past have been eatest works of the masters—and none can sav and there a bit of pure art sake has not crept in Outstanding are the water colors of done in Great Teton Park, among which is one of & roup of “boys” swimming, which recalls Bellows’ mitable “Forty Kids.” the Corcoran Gallery of rt, to say nothing of several views of Western landscape rendered with knowledge and fine feeling Edzar D. H Hegh shows a ty landscape of the Maine coast, painted from Arcadia National Park, Mount Deseret, and an oil painting by Joseph J. Stepaniack a group of workmen at Myrtle Beach, S. C good composition and forceful in presenta- tion Obviously, a modern note is sounded Norman R. Burman shows two camp A actions’ hat are clever a very amusing. and some of the other painters employ in varying degrees the current vernacular, not jectionably. The works of E. J. Fitz Edward Mor new n in an Gerald, Tom Ros ton. D. D. Bayard hold their show proper Among oil paintings, besides those alreadv mentioned, the works of Stanley Dale, George G Snyder, Albert G. Hull and Creston F. Baumgartner deserve commenda- tion. Here and there a solemn note is struck, as in a very melancholy “Boy at Stove.” by Douglas Tayior, but in a greater number of instances there is a glint of humor. *Poisoning Grasshoppers” as an occupation has & mirth-provoking inference in itself. Black and White Section Small. It is said that not infrequently, be- cause of expense, some of the artists in this large group confined them- selves to work in pencil and charcoal until the first pay day came around and then. properly equipped. plunged into color, but the biack and white section of this exhibition is smaller than might be expected. Two “Studies in Outline” by Douglas Taylor in this alcove are very good figure drawings The fact is that from first to last all these exhibits have a lively in- terest and real merit. An unusual feature is a case filled with letters from the artists to Edward B. Rowan, formerly in charge of P W. A. P. work and now superintendent of the painting and sculpture section. procurement division of the Treasury Department, under whose supervision this art work in the camps has been conducted. The letters show appre- ciation of opportunity and of the Gov- | ernment as a patron. That the artists | have done their bit is testified by ap- all own and mes— con win hon | proving letters from their camp su- | perintendents. Their presence has created much interest among the other enrolled workers: there have been lively discussion of the works and im- | promptu lectures, even when a camp | was not far distant from a city visit to the art museum under guidance of the artist-member. 1In short, these artists have proved themselves to be good fellows and art to be closely allied with everyday life. some of them have gone to excellent jobs in museums and art schools. The exhibition will continue until | June 20. ngress /lfi/n 9 nate: Incidentally, | Here are the midshipmen from the D of P. G. Rutherford. resigned: E. D. Syanlet. jr. Third be graduated at Annapolis tomorrow. Top lef A. W. Dinwiddie, R. F. Dillen. C. C. Cole, G Mau E. B. Fluckey. O. N. Spa r.and L. R. H w cal. Bottom row: G. L. Rodier, jr.: J H C. Gearing. 3d; E. G Selle .S, TIGKETS WIN NEARLY 150000 Fourteen Americans Share in First Three Places of Irish Sweepstakes. Gardner, jr.; F. L. Barrows Talman, C. B. Jennings, M. M (Story of the race, Pagce A-14.) By the Associated Press 1 DUBLIN, Irish Free State, June 5.— Fourteen American fortunes in the Irish Free State Hospital Sweepstakes, worth a total of £300.000—nearly $1.500.000—rode with Bahram. Robin Goodfellow and Field Trial, the horses that came in first, second and third in the English Derby today. Americans held seven winning tickets on Bahram, four on Robin Goodfellow and three on Field Trial The tickets were issued on Bahram to: “Past Due.” Brooklyn; F. C. Prall Buffalo: T. O'Berle, New York Cit Miss Hocken and three others, Oak- land, Pa.: Joseph Taymoe. Allston Mass.: “Jack and Sondra Brody." Rear Admiral David F. Sellers, superintendent of the academy, Dorchester, Mass.. A. T. Tiethawa¥ poced with Miss Hazard, color girl of the graduating class. following the and L. Hanser, Wilkes-Barre, Pa | Win About $1.031.500. ‘The total amount which comes to the United States from Dublin for the ticket holders on Bahram thus is about $1.031.500 Americans won three tickets on Field Trial, the horse which came in third. Each of these tickets pays $49 470, or & total of $148,410. The ticket holders on Field Trial are: “8 Hard Nuts,” Haverford, Pa.. William J. Cunnie, New York, and “Foursome,” Staten Island Four American tickets were held on Robin Goodfellow. the horse that came in second, and each pays its owner $75,250, a total of $301,000 The Robin Goodfellow ticket holders | are: Lucky Sophie, Brooklyn: Jus’ Another Chance. Brookiyn. J. A Fassick, New York, and Frank Ma- guire, Brooklyn. 'POLITICIAN IS TOLD "0 PAY OR RESIGN presentation — Harris-Ewing and Wide World Photos. ~ CLIMAXFOR 433 FOR ARMY POSTS Colors Transferred Amid War Department Seeks Gay Scene—Parade Today : $27,457,590 in Work- and Finals Tomorrow. Relief Funds. By the Assoclated Press. ANNAPOLIS. June 5—The all- eventful graduation scene. when Middv hats go flving into the air as a signal the Navy has received a new group of ensigns, was only hours away today for 439 midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy. The colorful June week program reached gay heights yesterday when 1.700 Middies in ranks cheered and By the Associated Press Additional proposals for spending work relief money at Army posts and national cemeteries were put forward today by the War Department The department filed applications for $27.457,590 to carry on 41 projects. Most of the money would go for bar- rac! hospitals, shops, service clubs and other improvements at Army sta- tions fn Hawaii and the Canal Zone. Cook County Treasurer Sweitzer waved their caps as Miss Hilda Hazard The rest would be spent at various | Ordered to Surrender | of Baltimore—the 1935 “color girl"— points in 14 States. | transferred the national and academy | Ope of the major work-relief I $414.129. fiags from the 1st Company to the 6th. | projects thus far proposed s Nation- | = e And Miss Hazard's color was height- wide census of unemployment—was declared authoritatively to depend largely on the success of a plan to conduct sample counts of the jobiess in sections of six States. Officials said three urban and three rural areas in these States had been selected as representative of genral conditions. Questions to be asked in the sam- ple census would concern the reiie{ status and needs of the unemployed. ened somewhat when Midshipman Walter A. Moore, jr. of Port Arthur, Tex., 6th Company commander, leaned over and kissed her—returning to an academy tradition suspended in recent years. Midshipman Moore named Miss Hazard as the “color girl” after his company won the inter-company com- petition. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 5—The Cook County Board today ordered County | Treasurer Robert M. Sweitzer to pay | | over the $414,129 he allegedly with- | held from the county clerk’s office by | | noon tomorrow or resign. ‘ Sweitzer, the best vote getter in the | Democratic party in Chicago, who be- | | came county treasurer last December JUNE WEEK NEARS MILLION ASKED his famous “horse and buggy” talk. | pepates public utility holding bill. | It is true his tone was stronger than| nauy bill conferces consider $460,- his words. He was frequently sarcastic, | 000.000 measure. but most of his hearers did not be- g some readjustment of employe hours. This, said Arthur D. Patterson. grand- son of the man who founded the store 85 yvears ago, will place regular em- ployes also on an “approximate pre- after 24 years as county clerk, & few minutes earlier had agreed to pay over | $355.000 “tomorrow, or certainly this | lieve him intemperate, thought he had | House: | week,” to County Clerk Michael J. depression hour basis.” complete control of himself. | Takes up bill to establish frontier |Flynn. He also had agreed to place = h claimed in averaged about 6 per cent for all|courts than in the Supreme Court. A S t the “controversial items” in an audit regular employes, numbering 25, MOst | tapulation fo date shows it won 30 | Semate: | made at Flynn's request. ©of whom are women. cases, lost nearly 70. | Public utility holding company bill. 1 d | Commerce Committee meets in ex- T Toses Weight | _ Associates of Attorney General Cum- | ecutive session to act on rivers and enor Loses Weight. | mings have been dropping a few ' harbors bill. phrases here and there about the| probable further meetings of Bank- Lauritz Melchor, the tenor, who re- | manner in which Donald Richberg, |ing and Currency Committee, execu- tired to a hunting lodge near the | Gen johnson and others are now pre- | tive on banking bill. Baltic to reduce, reports that he 10st | qumed tq be the real legal influence = 18 pounds in a few weeks and exX- |5 the New Deal. l pects to lose 7 mon‘ (Copyriff’s. 1935.) TOMORROW. i you have the money?” Sweitzer re- | | plied: ‘p “I was before the board Monday | and was told by the Pinance Commit- | tee that I would have until next Mon- day to make my final check and turn over the money. That check is not compleud‘ ouse. Considers antismuggling bill, In answer to she blunt question, “Do | miral Hayne Today's spotlight was turned on the dress parade this afternoon. at which Rear Admiral William D. Leahy. chief of the Bureau of Navigation, was to present prizes to outstanding mem- bers of the regiment. A party of 200 Representatives, their wives and | friends planned a visit to the battle- | |ship Arkansas, flapship of Rear Ad- lis, lying in Annap- olis Harbor. During the morning the program called for sailboat drills, subchaser drills and other acquatic events. At 2 pm. first classmen faced a dress re- hearsal of graduation: at 4. a band concert was listed, with the dress pa- | rade (ol'wma an hour later, | their working ability and training and information that would be helpful to the work-relief and rural resettlement organizations. Approval of the plan to spend $455,- 000 on the venture within a few days was predicted. It was said officially that the sample count could be started about June 15 and finished by late August. The Nation-wide census is expected to begin in early Autunnn if authorized prior to that time. Protest End of Wheat Pegs. Many protest meetings against the unpegging of wheat prices have been held rqcently in France. i | \ ' LOWDEN CHOSEN FOR “KEYNOTER" To Speak at “Grass Root” G. 0. P. Rally—Hits Fed- eral “Changes.” Former emerg. he Rey address iblican “grass eld “Changes” Held Major Issve, Kimmel, F. A. R VETERANS FIGHT DELAY ON BONUS Agreement to Postpone ; Action Until 1936 Stirs | Service Groups. By the Assoclated Press Representatives the Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars decided today to buck “to last ditch” a move to d the ca paign for cash payment of the bonus 1 the next session o John Thomas counsel for t ganization beli service compensat should be paid ir of Congress a of American ditch for such paymer G. K. Brobeck. le ative adviser for the V. F. W, asserted the veterans feel “payment should be made at this session and will pri efforts toward that end.” Leaders Agree to Wait. Leaders of the Patma bonus blocs in House an announced vesterday than compromise in an effor wou immediate action. tl the issue to the co to push a bill through next I viding for immediate pavment in ful Most of them felt the bonus streng would be greatest in a campai Brebeck sat which the said he did not p cussion, ticipate in Clark Not at Conference. Senator Clark, Dem Mis- who led the battle for the Le- ! gion’s cash payment plan as provided in the Vinson bill, did not attend the conference and had not decided today what he wouid do. He said, however, he would not offer any bill less b felt there was a “reasonable chance that 1t would carry. He announced he would sound out sentiment Senator Thomas, Democrat, Oklahoma. inflationist, who supported the Patman measure, had carried to the conference a proposal for com- promise under which the veterans would get about 90 per cent of t face value of their certificates cash, o of in But he finally voted with the majority against compromise, when a check-up showed nothing could be passed over the President’s objections except the Harrison compromise, or something like it. RELIEF OFFICE CLdSED AFTER ATTACK BY 400 Paris, Tex, Mob Is Dispersed Only After Use of Tear Gas Is Threatened. By the Associated Press. PARIS, Tex., June 5—The Lamar County relief office was closed yester- day after ebout 400 enrollees stormed the building and demanded groceries. City and county officers quieted the disturbance only after they threat- ened to use tear gas. Upon dispersal of the crowd, which at one time numbered about 1500 persons, County Administrator Tat Warner closed the office and said it would not be opened until the county | received relief funds from Austin, 'y U. S. TO DROP WALKER TAX CASE, PAPER SAYS by Former Grand of Evasion Reiected by . Seen Dropped. tax evasion ca ames J. Wa has asked f nd that dropped er out of f New Samu Yo < ag The Repeater. it “repeater” so-called 1ate person who doesn't sfied with is an “be seem to sa just one acc His usually a medical or a psychiatric case. He is & verita- ble glutton for punishment and the frequent accident jolts apparently 1ake him loose m the shackl of carelessne Repeaters amor are ex- mely con T ions made certain commercial concerns dur- g recent years reveal that the few rivers have the most accidents. Five six or eight crashes have not been uncommon. while in one case a cer- tain victim lived through 13 smash- ups There are repeaters among road hogs, weavers and other chance taker: among speeders and drinking drivers Underlying causes of accident prone- ness may include worry, fatigue, poor health, chronic drowsiness, hysteria, incompetency, poor reaction time, mel ancholia, etc. Where correction of such eonditions is possible, accident proneness is often cured. Where causes cannot be rem died employers have wisely ehangs the occupations of their men. 3