Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1935, Page 5

ANGLOU.S. UNITY SOUGHT FOR PEACE Britain Turns to America in Search for Bar to Catastrophe. BY A. G. GARDINER. @pecial Dispatch to The Star. LONDON, July 13.—It is natural that in the desperate search for a for- eign policy that will check the present helpless drift to catastrophe the mind of this country should turn across the Atlantic as ask: “Can Anglo-Ameri- can co-operation do nothing to throw up a breakwater for peace?” No one doubts the sincerity of the British government’s efforts in Eu- rope to avert disaster. If that sin- cerity were doubted the government could not exist a week, for as the ex- traordinary ballot organized by Lord Cecil and the League of Nations Union shows, the cause of peace has become the paramount obsession of the public | mind. More than 11,000,000 vot>s of electors were cast, and of these some- thing like 97 per cent declared for the policy of collective peace under the sanctions and authority of the League | of Nations. Results Pitiably Poor. But the government’s attempts to give effect to this emotion have had pitiably poor results. Its naval pact with Germany has aroused the gravest suspicions in France, and Mr. Eden’s mission to Mussolini has resulted in a snub, the directness of which Mr. Eden did not conceal from the House of Commons. He was made to under- stand that nothing short of a pro- tectorate of Abyssinia will divert Il Duce from the great adventure on which he has embarked. Then the problem became whether the ma-| chinery of the League of Nations would | be set in motion or whether, as in the | case of Japan, the League would take the blow lying down. If it does, the | curtain will for all practical purposes descend on the stage of Geneva. The| prestige of the League has suffered | too much already to survive another flagrant outrage. It is in these circumstances that public opinion is turning, a little for- | lornly, in other directions for a gleam of hope. If the reconstruction of Eu- ropean civilization is at present im- | possible, why, it is asked, should we | not look to Anglo-American co-opera- tion as the first step toward the ulti- | mate ideal of a “world state?” Schuster Presses for Action. Among those who are pressing for action in this direction is Sir George | Schuster, who after controlling the finances of the Sudan has been India’s chancellor of the exchequer, and has now returned to England. The essen- tial character of the British nations, | he said in a speech in London the | other day, is that “they still maintain and believe in representative democ- racy, and have found a means of work- ing that form of government effective- | ly.” All other nations have failed, with one exception. “There is,” he said, “one other great area of homogeneous government com- parable in importance with the Brit- ish area where the ideas of repre- | sentative democracy and liberty for the individual still flourish—the United States of America—and which is for that reason equally a great force for peace in the world. The powers of the British group for peace cannot be fully effective in world | politics unless, as well as working in | harmony within itself, that group is working in harmony with the great American Nation.” U. S. Initiative Doubted. And broadcasting an evening later, Sir Frederick Whyte, who has been in turn president of the Legislature in India and financial adviser to China, expressed the view that if the | United States and the British Com- | monwealth of Nations together exer- cised all their powers to outlaw war | in accordance with the conditions of the Kellogg pact, they had sufficient moral, material and financial strength | to make their action effective. But | Sir Prederick, unlike Sir George, en- | tertains little hope that America in | its present mood will be disposed to take any active initiative. It has reverted to the doctrine of isolation and the more Europe sinks into chaos | the less disposed will it be to get en- | tangled in its quarrels again. | Lord Beaverbrook acclaims the Schuster idea and insists that Britain, | like the United States, should cut itself adrift from the continent of Europe and build up a structure of the English-speaking peoples. But he | is a voice—journalistically, mnny‘ voices—crying in the wilderness, for | the public, unlike the artless mission- | ary of empire, cannot ignore the facts | of geography and Britain's lnescapn-v ble concern in the affairs of Europe. | ‘The Isle of Wight might as well talk of isolating itself from England as Britain of isolating itself from Eu- rope. The only available instrument of | a collective policy in Europe is the | League. If that breaks finally, then ‘we shall be driven back to the deadly system of the balance of power with its competitive armaments and its | inevitable catastrophe. The immediate issue is in the hands of Mussolini and mo one here entertains hope of rea- son or statesmanship prevailing in| that quarter. (Copyright. 1935.) CLAIMANTS TO GARRETT FORTUNE LOSE CONTEST B5,000 Battling for Estate Set Back by Ruling Widow In- herited Whole Sum. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, July 13.—The Orphans’ Court today gave another setback to the professed heirs of the late Walter Garrett, millionaire snuff manufacturer, in upholding a previous ruling that his widow inherited his fortune outright. The husband’s heirs sought to prove that Henrietta' E. Garrett, the widow, was merely a “life tenant” and that ‘upon her death the $17,000,000 fortune would revert to his next kin. They ‘were opposed by persons claiming to be the widow’s heirs. The Garrett fortune, in dispute be- tween these two sets of claimants, was about $6,003,000 when Garrett died in 1895. It nearly trebled before Mrs. Garrett died in 1930. She left a note bequeathing only about $62,000. They had no children and an estimated 5,000 persons, asserting kidship, claim part of the fortune. Travel 13,000 Miles. Several youths are traveling 13,000 miles from New Zealand to London to join the Royal Air Force, » A | contributions and will give $100. The THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Cost Low for Children’s Pool Will You Be One of Those to Give These Youngsters a Place to Swim? These children were resorting to the bath tub yesterday to cool off in the absence of swimming pool facilities for their area of the city. L3 Less than 9 cents a day per child will reopen the Y. W. C. A. pool at 614 E street so as to provide much- needed swimming facilities free of charge to 1,500 children of Wash- | ington’s downtown area this Summer. By this small investment—totaling $750 for a period of four months— the city will afford underprivileged boys and girls with healthful recrea- tion that will make for better citi- | zenship end a reduction in juvenile delinquency, authorities declare. Seven hundred and fifty dollars can be turned into 9,000 swims—a swim for each of 75 children daily for 120 days. Cold statistics, perhaps, but what | a whale of a difference a few cents? | makes in the lives of some 1500 children in the alleys and flats of downtown Washington between the Mall, North Capitcl street and Elev- enth and O streets. There is no place | in the neighborhood to swim. For some there is no place to bathe. Streets | teem with children dangerously seek- ing hot-weather recreation. A movement has been started to| raise $750 to reopen the long-dry | “Y” pool. The Star is accepting | The Star is sponsoring a $750 fund | Central Neighborhood Council of the Council of Social Agencies is spon- | soring the campaign. | Social workers recalled that the an- nual cost to local taxpayers of main- taining a boy in reform school ap- proximates $750, or about $2 a day. ‘They believe recpening of the pool at | a cost per child of less than 9 cents| a day would obviate much of the ex- | pense of juvenile crime. ‘The outlet for youthful energy which would be supplied by an ac-| cessible “swimmin’ hole” can counted upon to keep a lot of chil-| dren out of a lot of trouble, juvenile authorities said. Crime conditions in the central area, | which it was believed increased recrea- tional facilities such as a swimming | pool will alleviate, are illustrated graphically by the fact that 25 per | cent of all prisoners in the District | Jail and 24 per cent of all prisoners in the District Work House come from this section. Fourteen pool and billiard | halls, “of the worst type,” according | to social workers, operate in the cen- tral area. The lost cost estimate on pool opera- | tion was provided by Miss M. Edith | | for Washington youngsters, we can to open a pool for their use. —Star Staff Photo. Coulson, secretary of the Central Neighborhood Council, who said the requested $750 not only would make swimming facilities available for three to four months, but would furnish each child with a shower, soap, towel, health inspection, lifeguard attention and swimming instruction. Bathing | suits will be provided girls, who will swim at different times than boys. Miss Coulson proposes that the pool serve 75 children daily. They will go in groups of 25, accompainied by a supervisor from the Salvation Army, | Boys' Club, Christ Child Society or other welfare agency. The tank can be opened as soon as the money is raised, Miss Coulson said. Enthusiastically backing the pro- posal, Charles Fyfe, director of the Boys’ Club of Washington, 230 C street, said swimming facilities in the central area “are the greatest exist- ing need in Washington from a health and decency standpoint.” Mr. Fyfe viewed the idea from an- other angle—that of athletic achieve- ment. “With proper swimming instruction look forward to developing a national | champion,” he said. GOLD SUTBIL DUE THURSDAY House Leaders See Quick = Passage of Measure to Bar Money Cases. By the Associated Press. House leaders arranged yesterday to g bring up Thursday a bill to bu!wark the administration’s monetary gram by banning gold clause suits. The legislation, requested by Presi- | dent Roosevelt, is expected to go | through with little trouble in one day. | Miss Chairman Steagall, Democrat, of Alabama, of the Banking Committee said he might not even ask for a special rule and that two hours’ de- | bate might be enough. The Senate Banking Committee meanwhile planned to ask Secreatry Morgenthau tomorrow whether the legislation would injure Government credit. All Suits Seen Covered. While designed primarily to remove | the right to sue the Government in gold clause security cases as a result of dollar devaluation, the resolution is so worded as to withdraw the right | of suits in all instances involving Government obligations and currency. ‘That was one feature which Sepub- licans prepared to attack. In a minority report on the resolu- tion, seven members of the Banking Committee asserted: “We oppose this bill, first, because it is repugnant to all ideas of gov- ernmental honor and credit * * *; second, because its scope is much | broader than is required to prevent | claims for damages arising out of | gold confiscation and dollar devalua- tion.” Speculative Action Hit. | But Steagall, in a majority report, recommended the measure as intend- ed to “take away the speculative chances” of “unjustified enrichment” of any one who might collect more | than the dollar face value of bonds | containing a promise to pay in gold | on demand. He said, too, the measure “carries | to its logical conclusion the consti- tutional power of the Congess to regulate the value of money and its declared policy of requiring that all kinds of currency shall be legal ten- der for all purposes, including pay- ment of Government obligations, with no distinction as to value.” —_— CAPITAL MEN ELECTED BY SECOND DIVISION A. E. F. Veterans Name Van Doren Head, Choose Washington for 1936 Conclave. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, July 13—Veterans of the 2d Division, A. E. F. Associ- ation, concluding their convention today, elected Maj. Lucien van Doren of Washington as president and chose the Nation's Capital as their 1936 meeting place. H Maj. Frank Masop, New York, was elected first vice president; Capt. F. Israel, Washington, secretary; Arthur Counihan, Washington, assistant | secretary; W. Sykes, Pittsburgh, pub- licity ‘officer, and Thomas Mason, Washington, national sergeant et arms. Dedication of a 2d Division mey morial will be a feature of the 1936 pro- (J T Washington meeting, Van Doren an- nounced, P More Contributors to Calhoun Fund ‘The Star acknowledges receipt of the following contributions for the family of Sterling Calhoun: | Previously reported_ $313.60 Mount Alry Baptist g Mty and B Anonymous 30 Anonymous 2.00 A B 100 100 | 11.80 1.00 1.00 100 100 100 5.00 K. L Em”fl' and Teddy Haas 2 | William B. Well Emploges of Hub Parait Total - Calhoun (Continued From First Page.) some days before he lost his life in a futile effort to save Richard and Mary Kerns from drowning at Buzzards Point. The money sent for relief of | the family should take care of its needs for a considerable period. In the meantime an inquiry was begun to determine if the widow is eligible to receive a mother’s pension under Dis- trict laws. This would care for her family until the children become of age. Public Aid Obviated. ‘The volvatary contributions of sym- pathizers have obviated for the time | being, at least, action looking toward | %* provision of relief with public funds !¢} administered by the Public Assistance Division of the Board of Public Welfare. > Funeral services for the Kerns chil- dren were held yesterday at Cham- bers’ branch chapel, on Eleventh street southeast. Interment was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Services for Calhoun will be con- ducted at 2 pm. in the P‘rlendshlp‘ Baptist Church, First and H streets | southwest, by Elder Guy Wills, putor of the Bethlehem Church of God| Interment will be in Lincoln Cemeury 36 Immediate Installation . your home now with Radiator _ Co. it now while. pri We will make immedi Delco is recognized as | Dakota and South Dakota, $10,774,330. o Resettlement (Continued From Pirst Page.) Administration and for new projects now being planned. The 11 regions, the States in each, tand the allocations: Region 1. Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hamp- shire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsyl- vania, Rhode Island, Vermont and | Delaware, $6,918,090. Region 2. Michigan, Minnesota 1d Wisconsin, $9,347,540. Region 3. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Ohio, $9,337,089. $11,424,600 in Region 4. | Region 4. Kentucky, North Caro- lina, Tennessee, Virginia and West | Virginia, $11,424,600. Region 5. Alabama, Florida, Georgia wand South Carolina, $10,479,681. Region 6. Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, $8,083,018. Region 7. Kansas, Nebraska, North Region 8. Idaho, Oregon and Wash- ington, $4.526,570. Region 9. Arizona, California, Ne- vada, New Mexico and Utah, $10,- 045,445. Region 10. $4,601,942. Region 11. Colorado, Montana and | Wyoming, $5,461,695. Oklahoma and Texas, Accused of Stealing Eggs. F. S. Rhodes was afrested recently at Durban, South Africa, charged with stealing 179,637 dozen eggs. ‘g«:n:Z:T»:o«:v:mw:««. s Specialising in > Perfect + DIAMONDS Also ccmplete line of standard and all-American made v.tchn Shep at the irivadty siore— }Z HJ re always z $mile—wish no D‘IIlltlon to B“’n 5’ 00 Charge Accounts Inoited 4 3. MORE U. S. PROBES TO REQUIRE FUNDS Hoover Sees Need if Bureau Is to Be Given Investigation of Lobbyists. . By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, July 13.—J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bu- reau of Investigation, said today he felt Congress should provide further appropriations for the department if additional functions, such as the pro- posed investigation of lobbyists, are to be given the bureau. Hoover, for a base ball game between the Baltimore police force and the Fed- eral men, said that 9,000 of the 15,000 cases now on their dockets are untouched “because of insufficient OPEN ALL who came to Baltimore ! DAY JULY 14, 1935—PART ONE. personnel due to inadequate appro- priation.” He added, however, that no matter what duties are placed on his force, they will not affect continued work of the agents against the “gangster and racketeer element.” o DOG WARNING GIVEN 22,000 Tagless Must Be Licensed by July 31 or Face Pound. Nearly 20,000 of Washington’s dog population do not have tags for the new fiscal year and the pound master will be on their trail after July 31. ‘This warning came yesterday from Chatham Towers, collector of taxes. He announced that the tags are ready and waiting for purchase at $2 each. ‘The tax must be paid for all dogs, he said. To date only some 2,500 tags have been purchased and Towers estimates there are 22,000 dogs in all. SATURDAYS % A—S | he had been given freedom. He had served 53 days of a four to | five year term. The pardon was granted because of his physical con- dition. Death was ascribed to angina pectoris and diabetes. L Takes 230 Words a Minute. Miss Emily Smith h: chusetts Senate. P oliemsprs M e sem‘:naw:;' ufi: By the Associated Press. ing 230 words a minute at Glasgow. MEDFORD, Mass., July 13.—Edwin e T. McKnight, former president of the | New Zealand fruit growers are try- Wwho was re-|ing to arks : leased from prison las Wednesday by Al:er!ca. Srers Gov. James M. Curiey after serving part of a term as a “common and notorious thief,” died at his home to- Allaying the Irritation in night. He was 66. McKnight, sentenced to State prison | c Y s T I T l s on charges growing out of the collapse | piadaes " infia of the Medford Trust Co., of which he was former president, had been in & | Deeply satistying. t risk lif semi-coma since he was given a sur- | fering. Phone for free u-en-t prise pardon by the Governor. Rel- | Mountain Valley Mi: 1 W atives said he did not appear to know i ey, 1062, e m,;“x"“ N::" MAN DIES IGNORANT OF PRISON RELEASE Edwin T. 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