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A—6 =* PRESIDENT TO TALK 10 RELIEF GROUP Heads Speakers for Mobili- zation for Human Needs Conference. President Roosevelt will address the 1935 Mobilization for Human Needs, to be held here September 23-24, ac- cording to an announcement by Ger- ard Swope, chairman of the 1935 mobilization, made public here by Herbert L. Willett, jr., director of the Community Chest. At the same time announcement was made of the appointment of a committee of 91 prominent men and women representing 20 States and the District of Columbia to constitute the National Citizens' Committee of the | 1935 campaign. District members are Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Ad- miral Cary Grayson, Willlam Green, Harry L. Hopkins, Miss Katharine F. Lenroot, Tracy W. McGregor, Eugene Meyer, Miss Frances Perkins and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Swope an- nounced. Charles Francis Adams, former Secretary of the Navy, will| serve as one of the vice chairmen of the committee. 500 Leaders Expected. Approximately 500 welfare leaders of the country will confer on welfare | needs and the ways in which private and public social workers may co- operate to improve social conditions in the United States during the con- | ference here next month, it was an-| nounced. Mrs, Roosevelt, in addition to service | | on the national committee, also will| head for the third year the National ‘Women's Committee of the mobiliza- tion, membership of which will be an- nounced early next month. Annual Event Here. The Mobilization for Human Needs | 1s an annual event in Washington. It 15 designed to launch the various cam- | {in this Nation than in any other REPRESENTATIVE DECLARES ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS ARE night follows: America is the land of op- portunity for the individual. Millions came from the Old World inspired by the assurance that here they would escape the oppressive hand of govern- mental regulation, be permitted to work out their own destinies and en- joy the fruits of their own industry and thrift. Here, they were assured of indefl- nitely better working conditions in ev- ery field of activity and indefinitely better living standards in the home, than could be obtained in any other country in the world. No Previous Regimentation, Here their daily lives have not been, until the advent of the New Deal, regimented or their business policed by some minor Government official— an age-old condition of the autocratic Old World they sought to escape by coming to America. Here, until recently, their substance has not been consumed by a hundred petty forms of taxes to support an army of Government bureaucrats. Here they have enjoyed not only religious freedom, but mental freedom, nurtured by the finest system of free public education civilization has ever known. With the exception of a few States, {lliteracy in the United States is practically negligible. It may be said, in passing, that in those excep- | tional States we find the most enthu- siastic support of the New Deal. There is greater diffusion of wealth HE text of Representative Snell's I Nation-wide radio speech last country of the globe. The common people are infinitely better off in a material way—better clothed, better housed, better fed, have more money in savings institutions, carry more in- surance of various kinds, have more and better recreation—than can be found any other place on the face of the civilized globe, Result of Economic System. This is true because of the economic system under which this country has been developed, and because of which paigns for private welfare work in the United States, in co-operation ‘Ith‘ the Community Chest and other fund- raising organizations throughout the country. In announcing the names of the| committee and the date of meeting in ‘Washington, Swope said: “It is gratifying to announce so dis- tinguished a National Citizens’ Com- mittee for the 1935 Mobilization for Human Needs. The rallying of such & group of national leaders to the call of human need typifies the best in American life. ‘Be a Good Neighbor,’ | the slogan for this year's mobilization, is a commanding summons, which has always produced as instant and gen- erous & response as America’s tradi- tional battle cry of freedom.” 76-YEAR-OLD “SANTA” STRANGLED BY ROBBERS Janitor Finds Victim Bound and Dying in Amsterdam Avenue Flat, New York. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, August 26—The “Santa Claus” of Amsterdam avenue, 76-year- old Henry O'Kane, was stran- | to death yesterday in his squalid our-room flat. Herbert Smith, janitor of the build- ing in which the aged recluse lived, found him lying on the floor, bound and gagged, this morning. O'Kane, known as “Santa Claus” because of his flowing white beard | and his practice of giving away dolis at Christmas, died before the arrival | of an ambulance. O'Kane, a pensioner of frugal habits, | had accumulated a considerable sum of money, according to neighborhood gossip. His assailants apparently had believed he had some of it cached 1n his place. . Speed Boat Builder Dies. RISING SUN, Ind., August 26 (#).— John William Whitlock, 64, nation- ally known as a builder and driver of motor speedboats, died at his home | here yesterday after a heart attack. A furniture manufacturer since 1914, ‘Whitlock 11 years previous to that achieved notice for his invention of an automatic harp, which he manu- factured until 1918. Hermit Wants New Cave From Social Security Program Tired of Eighth Dugout After 52 Years of the Life, He Says. By the Associated Press. SOUTH BEND, Nebr., August 26.— Levi “Dynamite Pete” Everett, 72- year-old hermit who lived contentedly for 52 years in eight caves in this district, yesterday pinned his hopes of getting a new cave upon the Roose- velt social security program. “If I get the $30 old-age pension allowed me by the county and the Federal Government,” Pete said, “I'll dig me a 6x9-foot cave close to the river, where I can fish. I'm getting kinda tired of this place (a similar cave). TI've been here four years already.” Pete, sinnewy and arrow-straight with a mane of tarnished silver, for- merly was a tree blaster for construc- tion companies in this vicinity, but says his work hasn't been in demand for the past three years. He raises his own garden and to- bacco, ekes out & meager living from the soil. But he's satisfied. “I've got enough smoking and chew\ng tobacco to last me four 100 TO ANYONE WHO CAN FIND ANY WATER IN FAIRFAX PAINTS Phone MEt. 0151 LIN-X The new Inlll for Ilnchun. woodwo! mpervious nlu I nd Quarts __$1. 19 Pints ....--69¢c BUTLER-FLYNN C st. nm“om NoW. in 1845 Established | from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves. | the field of free competition. | which, wherever it exists, operates to | | slavery to which such methods inevi- | tute something new—a planned econ- | the Republican party, but what is best it _hu prospered—a system which per- mitted free play of economic forces. Under this system it has become an adage that it is only three generations The only aristocracy which has sur- vived under this system has been the aristocracy of talent and character. ‘Those who have inherited wealth had | to hold it by proving their worth in Rising generations faced no barriers of caste. They were not restrained by the op- pressive hand of Government dicta- tion and regimentation, a system | perpetuate in power an officialdom | which is indolent, wasteful, arrogant, | incompetent and generally corrupt. Our institutions of learning, our churches, hospitals and benevolent in- stitutions, our great charities—all are financed, both in their construction | and maintenance, out of surpluses of wealth made possible under our pres- ent economic system. There is no| other way to finance these institutions and organizations except by the state —a method advocated and being put into practice by the New Deal. That | means state - controlled education, Tammanyized charity and state-con- trolled religion. There is no middle ground. European governments are now furnishing examples of the re- ligious intolerance and educational tably lead. Economic System Challenged. Our economic system is now chal- lenged as outworn. We are told it has become an obstacle in the path of national progress, a menace to the welfare of our rising generations. We are asked to cast it aside and substi- omy, devised and offered by the New Deal. The challenge cannot be lightly dis- missed. It should not be. It has beer | the spirit of America always to build | for the future and not to hold fast| to customs which have outlived their | usefulness. This challenge must be | considered not on the basis of partisan- ship, but on the basis of Americanism. It is not a question of what is best for for America. It is not a question of whether the New Deal and this ad- ministration have shamelessly re- pudiated the definite pledges of the last Democratic National Convention and, in the house of its leader, be- trayed the principles and traditions of the Democratic party. That is a ques- tion solely for determination by the next Democratic National Convention. The real question is whether or not the new economic system which the New Deal and the present administra- tion is offering as a substitute for the old one will better serve the real inter- ests of the American people than the one they are asked to discard. Burden Rests on Youth. The youth of America—the young men and the young women upon whose shoulders will rest the burden of carrying on our civilization tomor- Tow—are the ones who must decide the validity of this challenge. 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But to | those who are about to take up the responsibilities of citizenship and leadership in the world of affairs it | means everything. It is the future of their country and their personal welfare which are at stake. President Roosevelt, in a radio ad- dress delivered Saturday night to the Convention of Young Democrats in Milwaukee, Wis,, stated there was need for a new economic system because | there are no new frontiers and that | therefore the welfare of generations | to come must be based (I now quote) “on the rescurcefulness of men and | women, applied to the old frontiers.” The whole philosophy and practice of the New Deal repudiates this statement. The well-defined purpose of all the important New Deal legis- lation since the inauguration of the President has been to eliminate the element of private rsourcefulness and to have the Government assume the functions heretofore carried on by pri- vate enterprise and exercised by the individual. Individual Rights Denied. That legislation, collectively known as planned economy, attempts to place a whole people in lock-step and deny to the individual the right to exercise his own judgment and re- sourcefulness in the management of his own business, farm, or factory. It would reduce every citizen to the status of an automaton—taking or- ders from the Government bureaucrat, neither elected by nor accountable to the people. In the same speech, President Roosevelt stated a new economic sys- tem was necessary in order that the next generations may be guaranteed security for themselves and their families. A little further on, he called upon the radicals of the country—all those who are against what he termed the “old order”—to unite in order to 8ght for their broad objectives. At least it must be said in behalf of the President that he practices what he preaches. The tax law which has just been enacted as a part of the must “legislation de- manded by the President is a political measure designed to afford a com- mon meeting place of all the radical groups who are out to “soak the rich” and “share the wealth.” It is a | measure designed not to produce revenue, but to confiscate property for the use of a vast Federal bureau- cracy. What security does such a program | hold out for the next generation? “I wonder how late the store | depreciates the value of like property. | being incurred by this administration. | not only of the next generation, but ENDANGERED. ~—TUnderwood Photo. Let me illustrate. Among the first victims of this law will be the heirs of the late beloved Will Rogers. His estate will be required to raise be- tween $500,000 and $800,000 in cash. Obviously, it does not have that much ready cash on hand. What then? It will be compelled to put on the mar- ket some of the property which he owned. Whether that be real estate or securities does not matter. Prop- erty of any kind sold at a forced sale 18 sold at a great loss. Moreover, it What is going to happen in the set- | tlement of the estate of Will Rogers | will happen in the settlement of every | estate which is bludgeoned by this | confiscatory tax law, pushed on a reluctant Congress and forced on a helpless people by the President of the United States, in order that he might make his peace with the radi- cal elements of the country, anticipa- tory of the next presidential cam- paign. In addition, the rising generation will face the necessity of paying off the almost incredible debts which are This, alone, will impair the u-curl(y‘ of generations to come. It will crip- | ple industry and commerce. It will| make it increasingly difficult for gen- erations yet unborn to get ahead.| Nothing so deadens ambition and render industry and thrift so fumei |as the certain knowledge that om‘ will not be permitted to enjoy the| fruits of his efforts and the profits | of his resourcefulness, but will be compelled to turn them over to pay the bills of a profiigate government. | In his Milwaukee address, the Pres- | ident stated that according to the | philosophy of the New Deal, our pres- ent system must be modified (and I now quote) “To save our economc structure from confusion, destruction and paralysis.” Without any attempt to elaborate, I submit there never has been a period within the memory of any liv- ing being when there was greater con- | fusion, doubt and fear in the minds | of all classes of people, in all walks of life, or a greater threat of destruc- tion of all that is worthwhile of our economic and political system than exist today, as a direct result of two and one-half years of the Roosevelt administration. Constitution Held in Danger, In conclusion, it is admitted on all | hands that in order to establish this | new economic system our Federal Constitution must be wholly rewritten. Already the administration is launch- SIGHT T0 BLIND Columbia Scientist Shows Invention to Restore Vision. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 26.—Twenty thousand children in schools for the bad may be returned soon to the world of vision through the aid of a newly created “microvision” lens, Dr. ‘William Feinbloom, research fellow in optometry at Columbia University, announce dtoday. Dr, Feinbloom, creator of the lens, told of the research, development and results of the aid to visio.. at the four- tconth annual meeting of the Ameri- can Academy of Optometry. The miracle of restored, or partly rstored, sight may become the ex- perience not only of the sightless school children, but of 120,000 other blind persons in American institutions through availability of the new lens, Dr. Feinbloom said. The first lenses, Dr. Feinbloom said, will be made available to the school children. After a period of readjust- ment, during which they will conform their mental processes to the added faculty of vision, they will be trans- ferred to a school for those in the “twilight zone” and shortly will be able to lead the lives of normal school children. Dr. Feinbloom brought onto the platform four former “patients,” who told of having spent from six years to decades of their lives knowing the world only through sound or touch. ‘They had only 5 per cent vision— in other words, were 95 per cent blind, and could perceive only a vague differ- ence between brilliant light and jet darkness. The most rapid movement close to their eyes was only slightly perceptible. With the microvision len . which Dr. Feinbloom made for them they sat down and read newspapers out loud. ing a campaign to that end. This is the most serious of all problems which the young men and young women of today must consider and decide. The Constitution was written not | for the rich, or the strong, or for those who occupy places of authority, or have accumulated great wealth. | It was written for the humble cit- izen. The moment the guaranties | that greater charter of human liberty gives the individual citizen are abol- ished, it then becomes a struggle for the survival of the strongest and the most powerful. Every man is then| free to invade the fleld of every other | man'’s rights, Such a contest would have but one | conclusion—those who possess the | power, the wealth and the cunning | would control the Government and compel all others to do their bidding. Surely the youth of America are not prepared to indorse any administra- tion which is seeking to bring about such a condition. STEAMSHIPS. BERMUDA V :wss $50 up._roui trip. with pi i ival direct 1o dock ‘& Ha RESORTS. OCEAN CITY, MD. 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The mystery was the ancient, secret salutation of the fraternity, which was blotted out of the original minutes bv carefully placed smudges of black The minutes, which reposed in the vnulu of William and Mary College Virginia, were recently sent to Bert c Farrar, the Treasury’s examiner of questioned documents. With the aid of a powerful camera, he revealed the greeting despite the blots. Greeting “Established.” It reads: “For the better distinc- tion of the fraternity between them- | selves, in any foreign country or | place, it is resolved that & salutation | of the clasp of the hands, together with an immediate stroke across the mouth with the back of the same hand, and a refurn with the last used by the saluted, be hereby estab- lished and ordained.” Previously the words “back of the same hand, and a return with Lhe last used by the saluted” had been | illegible. Examiner Farrar and others who have studied the minutes are not yet sure of the phrase “last used.” Some- times, they said, it appears to be “hand used.” At any rate they inter- Ppret it to mean that the saluted makes a similar stroke across the mouth with | the clasping hand. Secrecy Effort Seen. The blots, done by a quill pen, apparently were made intentionally by the society’s founders in an effort to keep the salutation secret. Yellow with age, the minutes were dated be- tween December 5, 1776, when the fraternity was founded at William and Mary, and January 6, 1781. The society originated as a secret PLUM SEED DICE FOUND IN GRAVES OF INDIANS| Nebraska Archeologist Discovers | Obvious Relic of Redmen's Taste for Gambling. By the Assoctated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr, August 26—A primitive ery, such as “papoose nedum wampum,” probably rang over the plains of prehistoric Nebraska long be- civilized people. A. T. Hill, field archeologist for the Nebraska Historical Society, has re- ported the finding of plum seeds with | markings like those on dice while ex- | cavating Indian relics. He believes | | they were used in an ancient game of | chance. Even modern duststorms were old to the first Nebraskans, Hill recounted. Different colored layers of dust found | in old Indian dwellings indicated dirt | scourges centuries ag OBSCURED GREETING. VIGTIMS OF $POUT HUNTED IN GENOA Squadrons Search Harbor for Six—Fifty Others Are Injured. | By the 2ssociated Press. | GENOA, Italy, August 26.—Rescue squadrons searched the harbor today for victims of last night's waterspout, BERT C. 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