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A—2 %% ] CHARITY DISPUTE CALLED BLUNDER President’s Attack on Gifts of Corporations Sure to Cause Discord. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Either the President has failed to| exercise his usually keen political | Judgment or he has grown careless of statement. The latest blunder of the President is an attack on the whole foundation of Community Chest and charitable contributions in the United States as related to corporation gifts and do- nations. Mr. Roosevelt has put himself on record not merely as opposed to the granting of exemptions from tax on the sums given annually by corpora- tions to local charities, but he frankly questions the propriety of what he has called “buying good will.” It seems that when a corporation donates a few dollars to a Community Chest, it's “buying good will,” but when the $4,000,000.000 fund is used to “buy good will” for the 1936 election there is no impropriety in the minds of the New Dealers. Suggestion Held Impractical. The President has offered the im- practical suggestion that slockholders; alone should decide what to give and | that they should give as individuals | out of their own dividends. | “But,” asks Alan Burns, head of | the National Council of Community Chests, Inc, “how can the several hundred thousand stockholders of | General Motors or General Electric, | who are scattered all cover the coun- try, be induced to contribute to a community chest in Lansing, Mich., or Flint, or Pontiac, where there are auto plants, or at Schenectady or Bridgeport, where the ‘G. E.’ has plants employing several thousand employes | ‘who receive benefits from local Y. M. C. As or other agencies included un- der Community Chest distributions? “The President made a serious mis- | take when he told the newspaper | correspondents that he had vetoed a | bill in the New York Legislature be- cause it exempted corporations from | tax. He evidently forgot what he | really did. He actually signed a bill | which permitted all corporations ex- cept public utilities to be exempted | from State taxes on amounts spent on charitable contributions. His suc- cessor, Gov. Lehman, has since re- moved even that exception, tgo, so all | corporations can deduct contributions. Says President Misinformed. “We know about this because we were active in that fight. The Presi- dent has been misinformed about the Wwhole problem. “For instance, we have a study of | contributions by corporations in 129 communities and it shows that 23 per cent of our funds comes from 34,000 corporations. When you take away the possibility of contributions in community by its leading industries or corporations, you take away the bell-wethers of charity in America— you kill private philanthropy.” Mr. Burns stated that he had always felt it was the right and obligation of corporations to make charitable con- tributions. A check-up in several in- stances has shown, he said, that some- times as high as 35 per cent of a com- pany’s employes were receiving benefits of some kind, either through hospitals or other welfare and charscter-build- ing agencies, and that it was obvious the corporations couldn’t set up duplicating agencles for their employes alone and hence should be persuaded to pay a fair share through Com- munity Chest giving. Mr. Burns also revealed that sev- eral court decisions have held that charitable contributions for “good What’s What Behind News In Capital New Dealers Worried About Lira—Expect Devaluation. BY PAUL MALLON. ‘The New Dealers are worried about the lira. As they see it, Mussolini has insufficient funds to conduct his pro- spective war in Ethiopia, and he is trying to wring the money out of his currency by devaluation. The soundest money experts here are confident that this move is only the first step in a series. They expect there will be further de- valuation later. Incidentally, Mussolini is using his gold to buy silver in the world market. He has become our only competitor at the cash silver counter. You can rest assured that the United States’ silver purchase policy will be continued on a “reasonable” basis for the present. - The best authority on that subject says purchases will be continued to sustain the market, and that the ultimate price goal of $1.29 an ounce will be reached probably within a year. Policy Held Cheap Price. The foremost New Dealers do not share the enthusiasm of some of the silver economists, who think that all money evils can be cured that way, | but they are pledged to the policy and will follow through with it. Off the record, they admit that politics re- quired its adoption, but, as they see it, the expenditure for silver purchases is a small price to pay to prevent inflation. The highest authorities now see a possibility that the silver purchase fund may develop into the world's greatest influence for peace. As they reason it, our accumulation of gold and silver may eventually increase our financial influence to such an extent that we may be able to direct the world money structure, on which war is based. At least, this is what they| tell themselves in their gropings for | valid excuses for the silver policy. Tl Duce Buys Ships Here. An indication that Mussolini is seri- | fact that he has bought recently 10 | vessels in this country aggregating 40,000 tons. Last year he bought only | three, and the year before he bought none. Japan also has been buying ves- sels here. She purchased fifteen ships with an aggregate tonnage of 50,000 this past fiscal year, which ended the first of this month. Last year she bought nine and the previous year none. This fact is considered very signifi- | cant by our authorities. These sales have all been approved by the United States Shipping Board Bureau. Most of the vessels are over 20 years old and their purchase by | Jtaly is a neat windfall for American ship owners. Pecora May Head Show. This more or less jaded Capital may soon witness a thrilling three- ring show with ace inquisitor Pecora as ringmaster, if some private plans President Roosevelt has come to frui- tion. = The President has asked Justice Pecora to step down from his New York Supreme Court bench to as- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C | WOODCOCK JOINS - LOUISIANA PROBE Former Prohibition Director Named to Aid Inquiry Into Long’s Allies. Col. Amos W. W. Woodcock, for-| mer prohibition director and now president of St. John's College, An- napolis, has been appointed special assistant to the Attorney General to collaborate with former Gov. Dan Moody of Texas in prosecution of in- come tax cases brought against a number of Senator Long's political associates in Louisiana. Col Woodcock has gone to New Orleans to confer with Moody and investigators of Elmer Irey's Internal Revenue Intelligence Unit, who are collecting evidence in the cases. One Already Convicted. One of Senator Long's close friends, State Representative Joseph Fisher, already has been convicted and sen- tenced to 18 months in the Federal penitentiary for income tax violations. Another of Long's associates, Abe | Shushan, is to be tried next. The date for the Shushan trial has been postponed several times, giving rise in New Orleans to rumors that | the Government would not press the case. The appointment of Woodcock to aid Moody in this and other pend- ing indictments definitely dispels these reports. Long Defies Agents. Half a dozen of Long's allies have been indicted for evading Federal in- come tax laws, and a corps of Irey's agents under A. D. Burford, agent in charge of the New Orleans office, is continuing investigation of financial dealings of others prominent in Louisiana. Senator Long has charged that the agents are trying to find something on him and has defled them to do so. Treasury officials will neither con- firm nor deny persistent reports that Long's affairs are under investigation, but they have made it plain that in- come tax returns of a large number | of persons are being examined for possible law violations. In anticipation of a long series of trials in the hot weather of New Orleans, an air-conditioning system is being installed in the Federal court house there. This would indicate that the trial of Shushan is expected to | begin before the end of sultry days in New Orleans. SILVER TO SHOW TREND |OF CLEVELAND SPENDING ous about his Ethiopian threat is the | Standard Oil Will Pay in Coin to Trace Where People's Money Goes. By the #ssociated Press. CLEVELAND, July 26—In an effort to answer the age-old question, | “Where does all the money go?" the | Standard Oil Co. of Ohio has an- nounced its August 1 pay roll will be paid with 110,000 silver dollars. Because dollar coins are a compara- tive rarity in this part of the country, the special co-operation of the Cleve- land Federal Reserve Bank was en- listed in gathering the money, which will weigh nearly four tons. To make the test a success, store managers have been asked to report on the number of silver dollars they re- ceive and to name the kind of mer- chandise purchased. DISTRICT GUARDSMEN IN 3-DAY CONVENTION 20th Division Association Ready Note—The skeptic says America has few opportunities ahead; the depression always will exist; people never will be more prosperous. But the real American sees only the greatest of opportunities for all business., Many flelds await de- velopment. The ingenious Amer=- ican has but to apply the same courageous spirit which always has dominated American industrial and economic life to realize to the full- est on the Nation's industrial po- tentialities. Is the skeptic right or is the patriotic American? What are these opportunities that await to be realized upon? People generally may realize the fundamental soundness of our in- dustrial and economic life and the many opportunities ahead. The Star presents in a series of seven articles, of which this is the sizth, a true picture of the present situation, BY JOHN C. HENRY. | regard to America’s future usually have placed their main | reliance upon the natural resources |of the Nation. To a degree, their | complacency has been justified, but the haphazard waste which for gen-| | erations has characterized our utiliza- | tion of these resources has been turn- | | ing this attitude into one of increas- | | ingly poor judgment. | At the present time, however, there is in process of development an ef fective national policy for conserv: | tion and development of these re- sources. The fountain head of this policy is the National Resources Board, created by executive order of Presi- | dent Roosevelt about a year ago. Di- | recting its research along three main | lines, those of land, water and mineral conservation, this board submitted a report to the President last Winter, including therein recommendations which they declared should be instru- HOSE who have reached the | highest level of smugness with mental in ending “the untold waste of | | our national domain now and will | | measurably enrich and enlarge these | national treasures as time goes on.” A consideration, therefore, of the | potentialities contained in our nat- | ural resources most conveniently fol- | | lows the pattern of the board’s report. | Land Surface 1.903,000,000 Acres. Land surface of the continental United States totals approximately 1,903,000,000 acres. Of this amount, | some 359,000,000 acres were harvested | crop lands in 1930. Along with this | harvested acreage went 13,000,000 acres of crop failure and 41,000,000 acres of idle or fallow land. Making allowance for an increase in population of about 15,000,000 during the next 25 years and a return of some of the foreign markets which formerly absorbed products of nearly 80,000,000 acres, the board computes that approximate- |1y 386,000,000 acres of harvest lands must be in cultivation in 1960. Ampie | sources exist, nowever, from whicn | this extra farming area may be taken. | It is suggested by the board, for in- stance, that 3,000,000 acres be taken from irrigated land; 10,000,000 be made suitable by drainage. 10,000,000 by clearing the better grade of land now in stumps or trees and 32,000,000 from plowable pasture lands. | Forest land requirements consti- | tute the second main classification considered by the board; this state- ment being contained in their report: “The total forest area of the United States is 615,000,000 acres, of which | about 106,000,000 consist of mes- quite, pinon, juniper and other arid | woodland species. Of the remaining | 509,000,000 acres, only 495,000,000 are held for commercial purposes, includ- FRIDAY, Conservation Policy Developing National Resources Board Urges Steps to End Waste of National Domain. JULY 26, 1935. SHIFT OF WILSON 10 BOARD 1S HIT Parole System Declared Menaced by “Trades.” Change Defended. Removal. of Mrs. Amy N. Stannard to make way for T. Webber Wilson as a member of the Federal Parole | Board has precipitated a controversy that was gathering momentum today. After Attorney General Cummings had defended the change in response to questions prcpounded at a pressi parks, monuments, historic sites and imemomlx. and the 130,000,000 acres | in national forests constitute a vast | potential, though somewhat poorly | poses—one the actual production of | result of & straight litical distributed, recreational system, in | the power, which thereby adds to the | ::nd:." g | most of which recreation is subordi- | nate to other uses,” the board said. | An additional propesal in connec- | placeable commodities, coal, oil and|(ne girect antithesis of the record the tion with land policy is determination of need for specialized wild-life areas of three principal types: Bird refuges, | primitive areas where fauna and flora may be undisturbed, and upland game refuges. In connection with these needs the board points to the fact that wild-life resources of the Na- | tion provide meat and fur valued at | about . $200,000,000 per year, while | bunters and tourists, lured by an } abundance of game, spend about $400,- “ | 000,000. | | Second of the most fundamental of | | our natural resources is water; the | ! rivers, lakes and ocean tides the | | watersheds and basins which play so | important a part in determining the | | prosperity not only of their individual | regions, but of the entire country. | In the early days of the Nation the water courses played an important role, but one that was confined prin- cipally to the transportation require- ments of the country. River and lake | | transportation joined ~with ocean | facilities in serving as the most essen- | tial link in the trade hfe of the coun- | try. Then came the railroads and the | irportance of inland waterways as means of transportation suffered a | decline in direct proportion to de- | velopment of the other carriers. | New Importance for Water. At the same time, however, new importance was attached to the water resources as increasing population, in- tensive agricultural effort and ex- panding industrial uses brought the | problems of drinking supply, sewage | disposal, irrigation, flood control and | other issues increasingly to the front. possible to measure in dollars and Although it would be virtually im- | sibilities s in the field of development of hydro-electic power. In this con- nection its utilization serves two pur- Nation’s material wealth, and the other the conservation of the frre- Social and economic factors, of enter this proposition, but gas. course, plans and activities of the Federal Government in such immense projects as the Tennessee Valley development and those of the Grand Coulee and Boulder Dams make it certain that utilization of water resources for power production is just getting un- der way. Irreplaceable Commodities. Discussion of natural resources usually concerns itself principally with the mineral group; here are the irreplaceable commodities. nection with these the board finds caution and conservation to be neces- | sary over a long-time policy. Condi- | tions are summed up as follows: “The immediate outlook, as far as the national resources in minerals are concerned, is for abundant supplies available at low prices, lower, in many | cases, than those prevailing in the| is no sign that any| '20s. There serious limiting factor will emerge among the minerals to prevent the Nation from attaining a production of goods and services far above the levels of even 1929, say, for the mext 10 years. The minerals for which we lack domestic deposits can be im-| ported from abroad in any volume | needed. The immediate -problem of | our major domestic industries is not a shortage, but an unmanageable surplus, much like the surplus in agri- culture. “The long-time outlook in the field of mining, on the other hand, is for | increasing costs through exhaustion of the rich and more accessible de- | posits. The situation varies greatly cents the potential value of the Na- tion's water resources, the Water depletion is much further advanced than is generally realized. Known conference yesterday, Senator Vanden- | berg, Republican, of Michigan, de- clared the appointment of Wilson, who was removed from his Virgin Islands judgeship by order of President Roose- velt, was “apparently a straight political trade.” “Anything which indicates a willing- | ness to prostitute the parole system to | politics is a very unwelcome develop- | ment,” Vandenberg said. Two Women Eligible. Attorney General Cummings de- fended the move, indicating his belief that the Parole Board post was not | suitable for a woman. He quoted statistics to justify Dr. Stannard's withdrawal. He said only 4.3 per cent COMPROMISE PLAN ON' SECURITY DUE Senate Works on House Agreement to Clark Amendment. Senate conferees on the national social security bill are trying to work out compromise proposals on the Clark private pension amendment, to be submitted to the House group for consideration when conferences are resumed Tuesday. Another meeting of the conferees yesterday failed to bring them ary nearer an agreement on this ome re- maining issue in the security progran, on which the two branches of Con- gress have taken opposite stands. If the House group rejects modifica- tions of the amendment as well as the original proposal, the issue will have to be determined finally by bringing it back to the floor of the House and Senate. Although the House conferees are fortified in their opposition to the amendment by a recent vote of the House, instructing them not to yield, supporters of the amendment in the Senate also say thev do not believe they have lost any ol the strength by In con-| of the prisoners eligible for parole ar~ women, and that personal interviews with thousands of men must be divided equally among the three board members. He said a request for Dr Stannard’s resignation had been under consideration for a year. | The Michigan Senator viewved the change as “a dangerous infringement on the principle on which the board is organized.” He said he was not familiar with Judge Wilson's qualifications, “but if he was not good enough for the Virgin Islands, I don’t know by what reason- ‘m. he is qualified for the Federal Parole Board. Apparently, he is there which the amendment was placed in the bill originally in the Senate. In the event the conferees are un- able to settle the question, the final test will come when the conference | report is brought before the Senate for another vote. The Clark amendment would allow the Social Security Board to exempt industries from the pay roll tax on employes and employers under the Federal old-age insurance plan, if they operate private retirement plans equal to or better than the Govern- ment system. The amendment also would require the employer to put as much into the private plan as he would be called on to contribute in the Government system. YOUNG ROOSEVELT TURNS FORESTER | Held Reverse of “G-Men” Record. “This sort of thing,” he declared, “is | ‘G-men’ are making at the other end of the line.” Vandenberg recalled that he had served on the special Senate Commit- tee on Crime and said: | “We found in that investigation that the parole problem and the pardon | problem were the back door and the Works Hard on T. V. A. Job, but side door to the whole crime prob- | lem. Any relationship between paroles | Draws No Salary During and pardons, on the one hand, and| Summer. politics on the other is bad govern- B Assoctatad | ment and strikes at the root of law | o ¢ ASciaiec P and order.” | Tess. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 26.—John 52 Roosevelt, youngest son of the Presi- dent, is developing plenty of muscle this Summer as a forester for the Ten- SON OF CHAMBERLAIN |unis mmer as a fores FACES ARMY CENSURE neii:ewo:k:!;ror‘:u:}:t- ‘to eleven hours day, eats three square meals, and Has Not Been Allowed to Act as Company Officer on Return to Zerka. sleeps “like a log.” He takes a keen interest in his out- door job and says it's “great.” This is the report of Bernard Frank of the T. V. A. forestry division, AMMAN, Transjordan, July 26 Young Roosevelt, who has just com- (Palcor Agency).—Lieut. Joseph | pleted his freshman year at Harvard Chamberlain, who was seized last chose to spend his vacation working week by Wahabis when he crossed for the T. V. A. He receives no salary into Hejaz territory, probably will be | subjected to disciplinary action, the Palcor News Agency was informed yesterday. | The commanding officer at Zerka. | headquarters of the Transjordan | frontier force 6 miles from here, re- | vealed that steps would be taken to! impress the son of Sir Austin Cham- berlain with the offense he had com- mitted by leaving the frontier force. Lieut. Chamberlain, who returned One week he spent his nights at the little town of Athens, Tenn., regis- tered at a hotel under the name of “John Aspinwall.” Recognized, he moved his quarters to a nearby town and was listed on a hotel register as “John Graham.” Attired in rough field clothes, | Prank said, Roosevelt and a companion set out by automobile early each | morning to go to their work. They | usually carried their lunch with them in different minerals, but, in general, | to Zerka Wednesday, has not been | They check the condition of forests | allowed to resume his normal duties | interview owners of forest lands. locate |as company officer. Chamberlain | forests from aerial maps, and take and the patrol which went with him | measurements in the woods. Tabula- Akaba | tions are assembled at their hotel room at night. | when he disappeared near made no complaint o. any ill-treat- will” were legitimate liabilities. This for Sessions at Cape May. |ing farm woodlots. A consideration | Planning Committee of the board | SUPPlies of oil, natural gas and cer-| ‘OP® B9 R L o % 0 oo, sume the unique New Deal post arose when a department store at Buffalo in receivership was asked to fulfill a pledge or commitment and the claim was honored in court like any other liability. Dates Back to Court Case. The present tangle really is derived from a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States last December, which placed the burden of proof on contributing corporations to show that the contribution for charitable pur- poses was, in each case, related to “good will.” Because of the vague- ness of the present law, on which the Supreme Court ruling was based, the Community Chest workers have en- deavored to get a flat exemption writ- ten into the new tax law. But Mr. Roosevelt not only opposes this, but places the stamp of disap- proval from his high position on any corporate giving whatsoever. In the face of presidential disap- proval, not knowing what punitive steps may be in store for them, all the way from a Blue Eagle boycott to a denial of the right to bid on Government contracts—which is the New Deal's customary way of com- pelling acceptance of its decrees— many corporations probably will be hesitant to contribute to charitable endeavors. Indeed, it becomes an open question under Mr. Roosevelt's new decree whether a corporation can deduct as a business expense any sums disbursed in maintaining a recreation hall for employes or any other form of direct aid to labor. Certainly the Community Chests throughout the land will aot have their tasks made easier by Mr. Roose- velt’s ban on corporate contributions. Quarrel Held Unnecessary. These Community Chest workers are usually the best people in every com- munity. They are persons with influ- ence and leadership, and why the President, with troubles enough on many another battle front, should bite off another controversy is a mystery to the oldest of the political-minded ‘hereabouts, who believe that the wisest rule in politics is never to make an unnecessary enemy or alienate an innocent bystander. Mr. Roosevelt likes to give the im- pression that all corporations are wicked and insidious. He professes in this instance to be the friend of the stockholders, whose prospective divi- dends might be diminished if too much is taken for charitable purposes. But these are things which sensible stockholders like to leave to manage- ment to determine and if management is incompetent or extravagant or too full of the milk of human kindness, the same stockholders can fire the management any time. If Mr. Roosevelt wishes to inter- of generalissimo of investigations. Pecora has not yet given his decision. If he accepts, Pecora will be placed | in charge of three vital investigations that are to get under way soon after the adjournment of Congress. These are the inquiry by the Federal Com- munications Commission into the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., the Senate inquiry into railroad financing, and the Federal Power Com- mission investigation of utility invest- Labor Board Argument. There is some inner jockeying be- tween Secretary Perkins and Senator Wagner over naming the chairman and two other members of the new National Labor Relations Board. ‘The President asked Wagner and Miss Perkins to submit a list of suit- able candidates. Later Miss Perkins called Wagner and sald she had a list, naming Lloyd K. Garrison, former chairman, and Harry Millis, former member, as being on it. These names were satisfactory to Wagner. Miss Perkins said she would get in touch with them. It developed later that these two men have not been asked to serve, although the others mentioned by Miss Perkins were approached. ‘Wagner, as co-author of the bill, in.. sisted on keeping the board outside of the Labor Department ove~ Miss Per- king’ protests. She persuaded the House to her viewpoint with the help of Chairman Connery of the House Labor Committee, but Wagner won. But in the end, Miss Perkins ap. pears likely to win a substantial vic- tory anyway in the naming of the board members. ——u— Opyightasas) o charitable contrioutions, individuals may next be forbidden to do the same thing if they seek to “buy good will.” The blow which Mr. Roosevelt has struck at private charity is almost an- other “death sentence” because it will take away such s large proportion of contributed funds as to imperil private charitable organizations and force many social service functions to be taken over by the Federal Relief Ad- ministration, which may, after all, be at the bottom of this mysterious move. For the relief rolls are expected to fere in the management of business and corporations generally, to the ex- tent of seeking to have their motives analyzed when they buy space in a church fair’s program or when they make a donation for something to be raffied, the Federal Government is in- deed seeking an all-embracing power over the private business of the coun- Venience in business enterprises, and Bf corporations are forbidden to make - furnish the votes to support the New Deal candidates. Here again the political reasoning seems defective, for it is demonstrable that local agencies can handle relief more economically than the bureau- cracy at Washington or its branches throughout the country, and while the votes of the unemployed may be counted by the New Deal as “in the bag,” the votes of the employed, who must pay the taxes to carry all these new , - are something to be reckoned with, (Copyright. 10380 Parade to Be Held. By the Associated Press. CAPE MAY, N. J. July 26.—The 29th Division Association, made up of National Guardsmen from New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, will open a three-day convention here. The National Executive Committee will meet tonight and the first con- vention session will be held tomorrow. A parade tomorrow night and memor- ial services Sunday are other features on the program. Guests expected in- clude Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, United States Senator A. Harry Moore, form- er Senator Walter E. Edge, and United States Representative Charles Wolver- ton. KIDNAP HOAXER FINED $55 FOR FALSE REPORT Ohioan Is Meted Maximum Pen- alty for Ruse to Gain Pub- licity and Win Bet. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 26— Robert C. Byers, 42, of Columbus, who confessed his story of being kid- naped was a fake, was fined $50 and $5 costs in Police Court here today for making a false report to authori- ties. The fine was a maximum, Byers confessed to detectives that he perpetrated the hoax a few days ago to win a bet that he could gain newspaper publicity within 72 hours at a cost of less than $100. In his original story to Cleveland police Byers said three kidnapers, mistaking him for his brother George, a Columbus automobile distributor, abducted him and demanded ransom. HOOVER BID DECLINED TOPEKA, Kans., July 26 (#).—Gov. Alf M. Landon said yesterday he had been forced to decline an invitation to visit Herbert Hoover because of mine labor troubles and the illness of Mrs. Landon. The Governor, mentioned as a pos- sible Republican presidential candi- date, was among several party lead- ers invited to visit the former Presi- dent at Palo Alto, Calif. Congres R i N =k Senate: Debates omnibus bank bill. Lobby Committee continues investi- gation of power companies. House: In recess. ‘TOMORROW. Probably will not be in session banking bill pazses today.~ - House, 3 In receats indicates that we may continue to the various associated uses.” More Recreation Area Urged. Recreational lands also are con- sidered at length, the substance of the findings being that State and county park systems be increased from 3,800,- 000 acres to as much as 10,000,000 “The extensive areas in Federal ownership, including the public do- | main; the 15,000,000 acres in national of requirements for all major uses employ this much land for forests and | makes plain its belief that this value will increase rather than decrease during the years to come as ways are | found to develop more productive uses | of water resources along lines of power, water supply, navigation, frri- gation and recreation; to eliminate, | modify or neutralize harmful influ- ences of water, such as floods and erosion, and to eliminate, modify or neutralize harmful handling of waters, such as pollution and waste. Undoubtedly one of its greatest pos- tain of the metals (ores of present | | commercial grade) are sufficient for, t most, a few decades. Even in coal mining the life of certain districts | producing our finest coal is limited to about 85 years at normal rates of production. In both metals and fuels the reserves are sufficiently limited so that waste can no longer be tolerated. The long-time problem of the min- erals is conservation.” In his concluding article tomor- row Mr. Henry will discuss labor. LEADERS TO JOIN MICE ON BAY TRIP 'Maryland Governor, Return- ing From West, Plans Cruise. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, July 26.—Gov. Harry W. Nice, fresh from conferences with Republican leaders in the West and Middle West, today was bound back to Maryland and & week end trip with high-ranking men of his party. Henry P. Fletcher, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and former United States Senator George H. Moses will be among those joining the Governor aboard the State yacht Du Pont on the “esapeake Bay to- MOrrow. No political significance was at- tached to the gathering by William P. Lawson, chairman of the Maryland Republican Commniittee, who issued the invitations for the Governor. Foresees G. O. P. Victory. Nice left Chicego last night for Bal- timore. He paused in Chicago long enough to assert that the presidential battle against the New Deal in 1936 “can be won” by the Republicans. The Governor pictured the 1936 campaign as being waged “above mere party consideration,” with men of all parties combining against New Deal philosophies. Nice declined to reveal whether former President Herbert Hoover, in his recent conversations with him, mentionec. the possibility of being a presidential candidate in 1936. Lawson described the Chesapeake Bay trip as “just a little informal gathering of prominent Republicans in the East.” “Gov. Nice thought it would be nice to ask them to enjoy a week end of rest, fishing and cruising on the bay,” he said. “It will give them a chance to get away from the excessive heat, Among those who have accepted invitations to tuke thé trip are Law- tinsburg, W. Va., banker; Kingman Brewster of Washington, George R. Norris of Baltimore, member of the Maryland Racing Commission; Dr. Homer E. Tabler, chairman of the State Roads Commission; Judge Rob- ert F. Duer, chairman, and Henry W. McComas, member of the State Con- servation Commission; former United States “Senator O. E. Weller, chair- man of the Public Service Commis- sion; John L. Robertson, Republican leader; former United States Sena- tor Dr. Joseph I. France, Col. C. Wil- bur Miller, chairman of the Maryland Milk Control Commission; William F. Broening, chairman of the State In- dustrial Accident Commission; Judge Marion Humphreys of Salisbury, | ‘Thomas Parran, Calvert County Re- publican leader. \ THREE TEXTILE MILLS BOOST WORKERS’ PAY Voluntary Increases to Affect 800 Employes, Ranging From 5 to 15 Per Cent. By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, N. H, July 26— Three woolen and worsted textile mills in this area, including the Cocheco Woolen Co., where a strike has been in progress since May 27, yesterdey announced voluntary inereases in wages, ranging from 5 to 15 per cent. The increase affects about 800 em- ployes. ‘The Wyandott Worsted Co. and the Gonic Manufacturing Co., where there was no labor trouble, were the other plants to boost the contents of pay envelopes. BAND CONCERT. Concert by the Army Band, at the Capitol, at 7:30 pm. Thomas F. Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, assistant leader. Program: March, “Salute to Mexico”. Overture, “Phedre” Xylophone solo, “Xylophobia”__Young Joseph L. Young, Soloist. N.R. A WAGE BILL GIVEN APPROVAL Committee Acts on Plan to Make U. S. Fund Bene- ficiaries Comply. By the Associated Press. Individuals cr firms doing business with the Federa: Government or with States, counties. citles or individuals financed by Government money, will have to observe N. R. A. wage and hour provisions. under provisions of a bill approved yesterday by the Sen- ate Labor Committee. The bill, offered by Chairman Walsh, was a redraft of a measure which he said was requested by Presi- dent Roosevelt. He said the provisions would apply not only to business trans- acted with the Government, but to all business of s firm financed with Government money. New Plan to Be Revealed. Action of the committee coincided with a statement by Attorney General Cummings that a uniform sysiem of providing new codes under the skele- ton N. R. A. anc Federal Trade Com- mission would be announced “soon.” While the original bill was limited in operation to two years, the present bill is intended, Walsh said, to impose its restrictions on a permanent basis. “The bill provides,” Walsh said, “that when the Federal Government makes loans through the R. F. C. and the Federal Reserve Banks for indus- trial purposes, these conditions of em- ployment shall be complied with by the corporation or the individual to whom loans are granted.” Conditions Linked Up. Further, he said: “When loans are made to munici- “A Chippewa Lament” -Busch Novelty, “Livery Stable £ Lopez and Nunez March song, “Army! Army! U. 8. A.” O’Connor palities. States or the District of Co- lumbia government agencies, the same conditions are imposed as are imposed upon the ‘Federal Government.” Administration’ was vested in the President or any agency he delegated. Penalty was piied on penalty for violation. Pirms paying less than the |- ~ Grand MILWAUKEE IS PRAISED | People Given Credit for Law- Abiding Lives—City Without Murder for Seven Months. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, July 26.—One said it was luck, another said it was ad- herence to the sixth commandment, but the majority of persons explain- ing Milwaukee County’s record of seven murderless months gave credit today to the people themselves. The county’s last murder was com- mitted in the city of Milwaukee De- cember 24, 1934. the average number for large cities— 8.5 for each 100,000 persons—ap- | been entered in police records. Law enforcement agencies, courts and the crime prevention pro- gram were praised, but the public was recognized as peaceful and law abiding. TOWN TO HONOR BRYAN FOR SCOPES’ TRIAL FIGHT Dayton, Tenn., to Commemorate Tenth Anniversary of Death of Great Commoner. By the Associated Press. DAYTON, Tenn, July 26—The town where William Jennings Bryan | defended the Bible against the teach- ing of evolution will commemorate to- | night the tenth anniversary of his death | It was a decade ago this month that | Bryan headed the prosecution counsel in the famous “monkey trial” of John ‘Thomas Scopes, charged with teaching | evolution in a public school, in viola- tion of a new State law. A few days after Scopes was con- victed Bryan died here, —_—e Man Admits Stabbing Woman. NEW YORK, July 26 (#).—A color- ed man who descrived himself as Oscar Wilson, recently from Nashville, Tenn., was said by Detective George Flintner today to have confessed that he stabbed to death a woman derelict whose body was found in St. Nicholas Park shortly before midnight. The woman, Anna Brooks, was about 38 years old. Calhoun Fund ‘The Star acknowledges the follow- | ing contributions to the fund for relief of the family of Sterling Calhoun: bhl....-....--..tl.l'l!.;l FOR ABSENCE OF CRIME‘ If there had been | proximately 35 others would have | the | GETS THIRD LIFE TERM Clyde Thompson “Thrill Killer,” Again Is Sentenced. ANGLETON, Tex., July 26 (®.— Clyde Thompson, 23-year-old “thrill killer” of Eastland County, was as- sessed his third life term in prison by | a Brazoria County jury last night which found him guilty of murder of Everet Melvin, fellow convict. District Attorney Bob Bassett asked | the death penalty. Thompson, who already is serving life terms for the murder of Lucien | and Leon Shook in 1928, and the mur- der of Tommy Reis, in 1933, was calm as the verdict was read to the court. Hollywood Sharpshooter | Here is the candid camera wiz- ard of Hollywood who is shooting the stars offguard. He will bring you filmdom’s fa- mous as they are in everyday moments—on the tennis court, in their gardens, in the boudolr, in intimate tete-a-tete. Watch for this fascinating picture series which starts with A Full Page of Intimate Photos of the Screen Stars in the Rotogravure Section of Next Sunday's Star