Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1935, Page 19

DISTRICT HARD HIT THROUGH FAILURE OF DEFICIENCY BILL Aged and Blind Will Be De- nied Pensions Until Next Year. SMOKE LAW CONTROL ENFORCEMENT VOIDED $10,000 for Public Order Cost for Colored Elks’ and Shrine Conventions Killed. Adjournment of Congress last night without passing the last deficiency bill | left the District of Columbia without funds to start payment of old-age pensions and pensions to the blind under two of the local social security laws. There was no apparent way open to the District to obtain these funds until Congress returns in January, even though the Federal Government may be able to get the national social se- curity money from some governmental agency, regardless of failure of the deficiency bill. All District funds are appropriated for specific purposes, and the city is forbidden by its organic act from borrowing money except when authorized by Congress for specific purposes. The District old-age pension law provides that it shall not take effect until 90 days after its passage, which would be November 24. Since Con- gress will be back January 3, the de- lay will not be so long in starting those pensions as in the case of pen- sions for the blind, which could have been paid immediately. District Items Killed. The death of the deficiency bill killed the following local items: For beginning payment of old-age pensions, $100,000. For pensions for the blind, $25,000. For enforcing the new smoke-control | law, $15,000. To pay the cost of public order ar- rangements for the colored Elks’ and Shrine conventions, $10,000. For additional personnel Court of Appeals, $9,370. Fees for jurors and witnesses in the District Supreme Court, $3,292. For miscellaneous claims, more than $1,000. Failure of this bill last night re- called an almost identical occasion about 10 years ago, when a deficiency | bill was filibustered to death in the | hour of adjournment. That bill con- tained part of the salaries which Con- gress had intended to pay certain local employes that year, including police- men and firemen. ‘The national social security law pro- vides for Federal grants to match local | payments for old-age and blind pen- sions provided for by State and local 1fws, except that for the first two years the Federal grant could be paid regardless of matching in those States | which must amend their constitutions before they can enact local laws. | Where the District would stand be- | tween now and January on the ques- tion of receiving the Federal share of these pensions, since it has the re-| quired local laws but no money to pay them, presented a fine problem which legal experts had not had time to study last night. The national also provides for allot- ment of Federal funds to help the| States set up the administrative ma- chinery for unemployment insurance | laws, and District officials thought last | night that if the Federal money is| availabel the District probably would get its allotment for administration of the unemployment law. Preliminary Plans to Be Made. Preliminary moves to launch the | unemployment insurance program | must be started at once, although Congress has failed to pass the ap- propriations bill, Corporation Counsel | in the MRS. ESTELLE TEULON. SUTORS HUNTED INWOMAN' DEATS One of Four Detained for Questioning in Maryland Park Case. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MARYLAND PARK, Md., August 27.—Convinced jealousy was the mo- tive for the slaying of Mrs. Estelle M. Teulon, 49, whose body was found in her home here yesterday, Prince Georges County police today launched a search for her many suitors. Four men, said by police, to have been her friends, were questioned last night, and all except George Lusby, 46, a railroad employe, were released. He is being detained for further questioning today while the officers search for several others reported to have been rivals for her affections. Had Little Money. “Mrs. Teulon lived in modest cir- cumstances. Her lack of any con- siderable sum of money eliminates robbery as a motive,” Officer Elon Turner said. “On the other hand, she was quite popular with men, and some were keenly jealous of her.” As police pushed their investigation of the crime Dr. James I. Boyd, coroner’s physician, prepared to per- form an autopsy this afternoon to learn definitely the course taken by the bullet which entered the top of Mrs. Teulon's skull. Meanwhile Act- ing Coroner Harry I. Andersosn set September 3 as the date for an in- quest. Discovery of a bullet hole in the ceiling of the bed room where Mrs. Teulon’s body was found led police to believe she may have been shot during a gun battle. Beside her body was a .45-caliber revolver, which neighbors told police belonged to her. This led the officers to conclue she attempted | to defend herself from whoever shot her. No Relatives Appear. Dr. Boyd expressed the opinion that Mrs. Teulon had been dead at least a week, after viewing the discolored body, which was removed to Ritchie Brothers funeral home at Upper Marl- boro, where the autopsy will be per- formed this aftermoon. Officials of the undertaking firm said this morn- ing no members of her family had ap- peared to make funeral arrangements. Mrs. Teulon lived alone in a two- story house on Oak street here. She was said to have relatives in Indian- head. Three young men who went to the well in her yard for a drink decided to search the house when they re. called she nad not been seen for a week. They were Herbert McDonald, Prettyman said. Search for a “highly qualified” di-‘ rector for this phase of the social se- | curity program here is to be begun | this week. VAN SWEARINGEN HEADS DELEGATION Sons of Confederate Veterans Will ‘ Leave Saturday for Amarillo, Tex., Convention. Maj. W. F. Van Swearingen, division commander of the District of Colum- bia and Maryland Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, will head the ‘Washington and ‘Maryland delega- tion to the Con- federate reunion to be held Sep- tember 3-6 at Amarillo, Tex. The group will lJeave Saturday. Delegates from Harrisonburg, Va., snd Remington, Va., will join the local delegation here Saturday, B the party leaving Mal, on the same train with the United States Marine Band, under the direction of Capt. Taylor Branson. Several Daughters of the Confed- eracy, representing the different Con- federate organizations as official ladies, will make the trip to Amarillo. Maj. Robert W. Wilson also will attend, representing the Confederate Veterans. TRUCKS ARE PROTESTED Thirtieth Street Residents Com- plain of Noise and Hazards. Abatement of noise and alleged traffic hazards resulting from opera- tion of heavy trucks passing through Thirtieth street between Bladensburg road and South Dakota avenue north- east was asked by citizens of the section yesterday in a petition to the Commissioners. | They asked that a left turn at Thirtieth street and Bladensburg road be abolished and that trucks be com- Van Swearingen. Chester Foote and Samuel Acuff. The latter called his father, Mayor Har- mon O. Acuff of Seat Pleasant, when the body, fully clothed, was found sprawled on the bed room floor. There was no evidence of a struggle in the room. Neighbors recalled that her little white dog had appeared at a nearby store last Saturday. Although it was anusual for the dog to leave the prem- ises without its mistress, residents at- tached no significance to its appear- ance at that time. - ENDING OF CONGRESS IS DECLARED RELIEF By the Associated Press. Capt. William H. Stayton, secretary of the American Liberty League, is- sued a statement today saying ad- journment of Congress “should prove a relief to the country.” He accused Congress of “blind ac- ceptance of unwarranted, extra-legal executive dictation.” “Few peace-time sessions,” he said, “have resulted in so many new laws of far-reaching importance, and it is certain that none has left more con- fusion and perplexity in its wake. “This is true both as to the real meaning of the legislation passed and also as to its constitutional aspects.” By the Associated Press. To the right of the Great Choir in Washington Cathedral is a little chapel which is unique in church architecture, a room designed and dedicated for the use of children only. Recently completed, dedication of the chapel is planned for the Fall. No other cathedral in the world includes such a room. Children taken to church by their parents either have been left in Sunday school rooms or taken, restless and awed, into the chamber used by adults for their reg- ular services. ‘Words went over their heads. Adults sat about them, stif and solemn. Silence had to be preserved. In the larger cathedrals the high vaults of :::’a_m seemed far away and philed to go to South Dakota avenue (# The children’s chapel changes to avoid the steep grade, that. It is designed in children’s pro- The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1935. | COUNCIL IS NAMED 10 SEEK SOLUTION FOR D. C. RELIEF Allen Names Group to Map Self-Supporting Basis for Capital. LONG-RANGE PROGRAM EYES EXCESS WORKERS Another Problem Is 4,500 Fam- ilies Without Member Able to Earn. Seeking a solution of the District’s relief probiem which will put the city on a self-supporting basis, District Commissioner George' E. Allen late yesterday ennounced the formation of a Rehabilitation Council to design a long-range program. The Commissioner, who also Iis works progress administrator and has directed the emergency rellef set-up here since its inception, indicated the council will plan for the day when Federal unemployment relief is at an end. Widely representative of the Dis- trict, the council will undertake & broad and cxhaustive study of the lo- cal situation and must answer the questions inherent in the lack of suffi- clent business and industrial activity here evencually to absorb all persons now dependent on public assistance. “It is noped that out of this ac- tivity the National Capital may be| united in a constructive long-time program of community rehabilitation and permanent well-being for all of its people,” the Commissioner stated. Expedients Are Temporary. He emphasized that both rellef and ‘Works Progress Administration work are temporary expedients and heavy burdens on the taxpayers. Purposes and functions of the new organizatioa, to which 44 prominent Washingtonians were named, Wwere outlined as follows: “1. To study the situations outlined above as they affect both future relief and employment in the District of Columbia. “2. To make any other pertinent studies necessary to determine the problem of self-sufficiency on the part of the population of the District. “3. To make any proposals which may be necessary and desirable, look- ing toward a future relief and em- ployment program to the end that, in the long run, relief in the District of Columbia may be held to the lowest possible figure, and the total population of the District of Colum- bia may be as nearly as possible on an independent self-supporting basis.” Building Program Near End. In the last 10 years a large num- ber of persons have been brought here by the Federal building program which now is approaching an end, Allen pointed out. Ordinary business and industrial activity cannot absorb these persons, he said. Approximately 4,500 of the 17,000 families now dependent on public aid have no employable member, con- stituting another problem for which the council will seek an answer. Allen said the council will have a paid executive secretary of suffi- cient training and background to help in the research and planning. He made it plain none of the 44 persons named to the body have been con- sulted as to their willingness to serve. Those chosen were: Clarence A. Aspinwall; Sanford Bates, George W. Beasley, Mrs. Lloyd W. Biddle, Beatrice Clephane, Ed- ward F. Colladay, James E. Colli- flower, John B. Colpoys, Karl W. Corby, Dr. W. L. Darby, Clarence Phelps Dodge, Harold E. Doyle, Mrs, Henry Grattan Doyle, William J. Flather, jr.; Robert V. Fleming, Mrs. Charles Goldsmith, Arthur Hellen, Frank R, Jelleff, Maj. Campbell C. Johnson, Thomas P. Littlepage, Dr. Howard H. Long, John 8. Locher, Lowell Mellett, Eugene Meyer, Dr. Harold G. Moulton, Arthur G. New- meyer, Theodore W. Noyes, Col. Arthur O'Brien, Rev. Dr. John O'Grady, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, Mrs. W. A. Roberts, Dr. Sterling Ruffin, H. L. Rust, jr.; John Saul, Dr. Emmett Scott, Arthur Clarendon Smith, Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, Corcoran Thom, Charles H. Tompkins, Dr. Walter S. Ufford, Jus- tice Alfred A. Wheat, H. Winship Wheatley, Lloyd B. Wilson and James G. Yaden. The council will select its own chairman, CORCORAN MAKES DENIAL OF OWNING SECURITIES By the Associated Press. ‘Thomas Corcoran, youthful R. F. C. attorney, who was a storm center of the utilities control fight in Congress, denied today he owned public utilities securities. s Replying to & written inquiry from Representative Disney of Oklahoma, he said: “I have never in my life bought or sold or owned any public utility securities.” Unique Children’s “Church” In Cathedral to Be Dedicated portions with small arches. There Dangerous Intersection on “Death Highway” The “Pigeon House” intersection, where the Annapolis end of the Defense highway meets the Crain highway, as seen from the Goodyear blimp Enterprise. This view, looking toward Baltimore, shows how @ CIVIC FEDERATION JOING ROAD DRIVE Prince Georges Body De- mands State Act to Im- prove Defense Highway. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. BLADENSBURG, Md., August 27. —Terming “the protection of human life the most vital and serious obliga- tion of the State,” the Prince Georges County Federation of Citizens’ As- sociations last night demanded the widening and straightening of the Defense Highway. At the request of John S. White, member of the House of Delegates, the association unanimously adopted a resolution calling on Gov. Nice, the State Roads Commission and the Public Works Administration, to make funds available immediately for the improvement of the road, which was referred to throughout the meeting as “Death Highway.” Will Cite Figures. ‘While copies of the resolution are to be forwarded at once to fhose con- cerned, they will be followed by per- sonal visits by a special committee of the federation composed of Delegate White as chairman, Mayor Fred W. Gast of Cheverly, Burdett Righter, Henry W. Cord, Burt H. Wise and John Riggles. As evidence of the need for im- proving the highway the committee will be armed with the latest traffic count figures compiled by the Bu- reau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture, which show a maximum of 15323 cars pass over the Defense Highway at Bladensburg a day, with an average of 7,584. The road’s capacity is less than 10,000 cars & day, according to highway engineers. Mayor Gast, who presented the figures at last night's meeting, pointed out that the Defense Highway, rather than the Baltimore Boulevard, gets the bulk of the traffic which crosses the District line at Bladensburg road since the opening of Rhode Island avenue. Nearly 70 per cent of such trafic turns into “Death Highway” at the Peace Cross, the statistics showed. Road Termed “Notorious.” The maximum traffic at the border line was 25,256 northbound and 21,- 898 southbound. The average, both directions was 15,342. The resolution adopted by the fed- eration stated the Defense Highway “has been notorious as an unsafe road because of its many turns, narrow roadbed, slippery surface and dan- gerous shoulders.” It added that “an appalling num- ber of casualties have occurred on the highway ever since it was opened, the most serlous being the killing of five persons in one accident, August 20.” “The dangerous condition has been increasing and will continue to in- crease rapidly as a result of increasing traffic to the watering sections of the State and the prospect of bus tgaffic because of the abandonment of the W., B. & A.” the resolution continues. “It is virtually impossible for two busses or trucks to pass abreast on the narrow highway without running on the slippery and treacherous dirt shoulders.” Extra Police Sought. First Assistant Selection of Dr. ‘ISecklnger. attached to the Georgia State Health Department, for ap- pointment as first assistant District | health officer, was agreed to today | by the Commissioners. Formal ap- pointment will be delayed until the Civil Service Commission has passed finally upon the qualifications of Dr. | Seckinger and until he definitely has accepted the offer of the post. Appointment of Dr. Seckinger was recommended by Dr. George C. Ruh-| land, District health officer, who indi- cated privately several days ago an out-of-town physician might have to be selected. The new appointee will take the Daniel Lamont ‘} %% “blind” the intersection is to motorists approaching it from every direc- There have been many serious accidents at this point. tion. Commissioners Select Georgian | to Dr. Ruhland place left vacant by the resignation some months ago of Dr. Edward J. Schwartz. Dr. Seckinger, 59, was born at Rincon, Ga., and won his A. B. de-| gree from Lemon-Rhyne College, his A. M. degree at the University of | North Carolina and his M. D. from | Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore. | He has served as bacteriologist in | the city Health Department of Sa-| —iStar Staff Photo. PARALYSIS KILLS ALEXANDRIA GIRL Sixth Death in District Is Recorded as Clara Dixon, 10, Dies. Clara Dixon, 10, of 305 West Wind- sor avenue, Alexandria, Va., died in | will wear the full Society and General PAGE B—1 HUNDREDS MARCH IN BiG PARADE OF COLORED ELKS Flashy Uniforms and Blar- ing Bands' Feature Today’s Event. DANCE AND BOXING BOUTS THIS EVENING Joe Louis Tells His Fans He Will K. 0. Baer—Owens to Perform. ‘The thousands of colored Elks in Washington for their thirty-sixth an- nual convention dressed up today for a huge parade. Rain or shine, the parade was sched- uled to start from Fourth street and Constitution avenue at 1 pm., Elks officers sald. President Roosevelt may leave the White House for a few minutes to watch. At the head of the marching columns, Supt. of Po- lice Maj. Ernest W. Brown is to ride in an automobile chauffeured by a colored driver. Directly behind will come a contingent of colored police brought here from other cities. Wash- ington colored police also will partici= pate in large numbers. Here are some of the features of the parade’s six divisions: One hundred and thirty-five “or more” bands, the largest and loudest from the Monarch Lodge, New York, led by Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, peerless tap dancer. Multi-colored Uniforms. A troop of colored cavalry and an infantry unit. J. Finley “Little Napoleon” Wilson, grand exalted ruler of colored Elks, riding in a gleaming limousine be- hind a colored special policeman uni- formed in three shades of blue and on a motor cycle matching his rai- ment. Elks dignitaries, including Judge Armond Scott of the Municipal Court, in other long, low limousines. They regalia of their offices. Eleven colored girls on horseback, white-jodphured, white-booted and white-capped. Some 15000 marching men fn tuxedoes, Arabic costumes, white linen suits and white flannels and blue coats. Officers of the Grand Temple, affli- ated women's organization, wearing | white dresses and capes and riding in automobiles. | Going west on Constitution avenue, the parade will cut through the vannah, Ga.; was assistant city ob- | children’s Hospital P s i pital at noon today | Ellipse, move north on East Executive stetrician in the Baltimore Health |gom infantile paralysis after an ill- | avenue past the White House. Department and deputy commissioner ‘ of health for Savannah, Ga., and|geath to occur in the District from | Chatham County. Ga. His salary would be $5,600 a year. | CUARDSMEN DRILL Smoke and Tear Fumes‘ Combine as Troopers Simulate Advance. Clouds of smoke and tear gas rolled across Camp Simms today as the District National Guard went through gas defense practice and instruction. Fumes from smoke candles en- veloped the parade ground as the troops moved across it in a simu- lated advance in the face of a gas attack. When the men became ac- customed to the smoke, small quanti- ties of tear gas were mixed in. Later in the day, the 121st En- gineers, comprising the major body of troops in camp, were mustered preparatory to pay day at the end of the training period. Other training included musketry and combat firing at 1,000-inch tar- gets. Lieut. Col. Julian S. OIliff, execu- tive officer of the Engineer regiment, today issued his advance guard order for the overnight tactical problem which will begin Thursday morning. Company A, commanded by First Lieut. James Quade, was designated the advance guard. It will clear Camp Simms at 9 a.m. Thursday and proceed to Fort Davis at the end of Pennsylvania avenue extended, pre- paring the overnight camp site there for the regiment. Using the old Civil War fortifica- tions, the engineers will organize a battalion combat ecenter, spend the night in shelter tents and return to Camp Simms Friday morning. grade-crossing elimination after the Rockville bus crash. He said the ideal solution would be the construction of a dual highway, asserting such a road now is being built from Baltimore toward Phila- delphia via Aberdeen because the peo- ple in that section “agitated for it.” He lauded the State Roads Commis- sion for improvements slready made, especially the widening of the boule- vard through Cottage City and Col- mar Manor, but noted that no road- building body can rest on its laurels. White's speech drew applause and The Star’s campaign for the modern- izing of the road also was praised by ON GAS DEFENSE LICENSE REVOKING URGEDBY RUALAND Health Officer Threatens New Course of Action on Restaurants. ‘The threat of revocation of busi- | ness licenses was held out today by‘ Health Officer George C. Ruhland for those eating establishments which fail to comply with sanitary regula- tlons. * Dr. Ruhland has sought prosecu- tion in Police Court of more than 50 proprietors accused of permitting in- sanitary conditions. When the first batch were filed, he announced he would continue to wield the ‘“big stick.” Failure of restaurant operators to maintain reasonably clean establish- ments is sufficient cause for action looking to revocation of permits is- sued under the general license law of the District, Dr. Ruhland has been advised by Corporation Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman. As soon as Prettyman has prepared a formal legal opinion to this effect, Dr. Ruhland will invoke this law, he said today. Most restaurant proprietors are co- operating in regard to health regula- tions, but some are either “too igno- rant or too indifferent” to try to com- ply, the health officer declares. Fines ranging from $5 to $25 for violation of sanitary rules will not solve the problem and it will be nec- to revoke some licenses, Dr. Ruhland believes, ing the need for additional police as well as highway widening. Louis A. Day, county P.-T. A. Fed- eration leader, urged prompt action because school busses, which soon will begin operation on the road, will be in constant danger. In conjunction with the widening of “Death Highway,” several proposed cut-offs to relieve congestion around the Peace Cross were suggested, but action deferred until a later meeting. Day said Edmonston road citizens favor a cut off from Decatur Heights to Hyattsville over Wells avenue and the elimination of the grade crossing on that avenue. Mayor Gast said per- several who urged - thal spotlight of publicity be kept on road until it is improved. By way manent relief could only come from the extension of New York avenue. Magistrate Hugh O'Neill told the as- sociation there would be only a slight of Defense Highway traffic opened next month. Righter pro- posed the construction of a bus high- way on the W., B. & A. right of way to relieve congestion on both the Defense ness since Priday. This is the sixth being brought here from elsewhere. The child is the daughter of Mr. 'and Mrs. Henry Dixon of Alexandria and is one of four children. She is believed to have contracted the disease trom an older sister, who returned re- to Dr. J. G. Cumming, assistant Dis- trist health officer. Taken Il Friday. Taken seriously ill at her home Friday, the girl was taken to the Alexandria Hospital, but physicians were not certain of their diagnosis and called in Dr. Hugh J. Davis of | washington, who diagnosed her case as infantile paralysis and ordered her moved to the Children’s Hospital here last night. No report of the case had been made to the city health office at Alexandria. Twelve cases of infantile paraly- sis are under treatment in the Dis- trict at present, Dr. Cumming said. There have been 36 cases reported here since January 1. While declaring there is no cause for alarm in the infantile paralysis situa- tion, Dr. George C. Ruhland, health officer, advised parents today to have their children given medical examina- tion before the opening of school. He asked that physicians be called in to give the children a last “check over” before they present themselves for enrollment. Diagnoses Advised. ‘The school medical inspector service of the health office performs some work in this direction, but the voluntary co- operation of parents is needed in hav- ing family physicians called into serv- ice, Dr. Ruhland said. If children are suffering even from minor colds, cough or slight fever, he advises parents to keep them out of school until & physician has made a diagnosis. . “This is not to be taken to indi- cate any suspicion of alarm,” said Dr. Ruhland. “It is rather a matter of plain common sense.” Dr. Ruhland hopes to find funds for expansion of the school medical inspection service, although the sec- ond deficiency bill, as finally passed by Congress, did not allow for this. His original requests for the de- ficiency appropriation contained sums for expansion of the medical service, but the total was cut and this phase eliminated. M’ADOO SEES PRESIDENT ABOUT WESTERN TRIP By the Associated Press. Plans for the Western trip of Presi- dent Roosevelt were discussed at the White House today by Senator Mc- Adoo, Democrat, of California. The Senator said he specifically discussed visits at,Los Angeles and San Diego and it was assumed the President would call at both places. There was no announcement at the White House on the probable time of departure of Mr. Roosevelt | for the West nor were any specific dates mentioned for the stops at Los Angeles and San Diego. PAVING CONTRACT LET Contract for paving approaches to the new Calvert Street Bridge over Rock Creek was awarded today by the Commissioners to Corson & Gru- man. The cost will be approximately $21,000. The new bridgh is expected to be finished late in October. | Reviewing Stand on Route. After passing reviewing stands in | paralysis since January 1, two of them | front of the Belasco Theater, the | marching units enter Vermont avenue and continue north to Fifteenth street. Thence the route is as follows: North on Fifteenth to T street, east to Four- | teenth, north to U, east to Vermont again, north on Vermont to Sherman | cently from North Carolina, according | avenue and Barry place, where the | marchers will disband. After the parade the Elks and their guests will witness an exhibition race | in Howard University Stadium featur- | ing Jesse Owens, 21-year-old Ohio | State University junior who holds | three world records for track perform- | ances. A troop of colored soldiers from | the 10th United States Cavalry then ‘t will perform horsemanship stunts and | thereafter Elks marching units will stage a competitive drill. The Howard Stadium events are scheduled to begin | at 4 pm. | The convention’s busiest day will be | climaxed tonight at Griffitth Stadium with the appearance of the race’s out- | standing contemporary hero, Joe Louis, whom Grand Exalted Ruler Wilson | calls “the greatest plece of fighting machinery ever wrapped in the skin of a human being.” Louis may referee one of the fights. The card includes bouts between four colored fighters, finalists in the Chicago Golden Gloves contests. Then Comes Dance. A grand dance is to be held tonight at the colored Masonic Temple, Tenth and U streets, for Elks who can still use their feet after a two-hour march. At the same time cabaret entertain- ment will be provided at the Lincoln Theater colonnade. The Elks Grand Lodge held its opening session at the colored Ma- sonic Temple this morning at 10 o'clock, while women of the Grand Temple were meeting at the Metro- politan Baptist Church. A carnival is going on at the Banneker Playground, Georgia avenue and Euclid street. Victoria Todd, 17-year-old Dunbar High School student, last night won the Elks’ National Oratorical Contest with a speech about “The New Deal and the Constitution.” The contest finals were held in the auditorium of the Metropolitan African M. E. Church. Louis held a press conference at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. He was roused from a nap to meet reporters and walked in dressed in a bright green checked jer- sey shirt, checked pants hiked up nearly under his armpits by blue suspenders, and white and tan sports shoes. Mumbling monosyllables, Joe told how he was going to knock out Max Baer, how he loved horseback riding and had just bought a horse; how he had to learn to fight because he lived in a tough neighborhood. J. Cleveland “Jesse” Owens came in to chat about his sprint performances. U. S. ACCEPTS FOUR BIDS TO SCIENCE MEETINGS By the Associated Press. The United States accepted four in- vitations yesterday to participate in international scientific conferences. Invitations accepted today were for the seventh American Scientific Con- gress, to be held in Mexico City; the 190th International Congress of Orien~ ‘alists and the 11th International Hor- ticultural Congress at Rome, and the Conference on Biological Standardiza- tion, to be held at Geneva. They bring the total acceptances of such invitations since July 1 to 62. In the fiscal year of 1934 49 invita~ tions were accepted and in 1935 Amer. ican delegates pgrticipated in 56 such meetings.