Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1935, Page 5

-HOUSE MEMBERS FESTIVEATCLOSING Sing and Dance in Im- promptu Show on Eve of Leaving. BY JAMES E. CHINN. The Capitol and House and Senate office buildings were virtually deserted today as weary legislators moved to- ward home or vacation resorts after one of the longest sessions on record. The only activity was in the offices of a few members of the House and Sen- ate who were forced to remain in Washington to clear up last-minute business affairs. The exodus started soon after the « gavel fell in the Senate and House announcing the sine die adjournment of the first session of the Seventy- fourth Congress at 12 o'clock mid- night. Some members took late trains out of Washington, a few left by auto- mobile, but the great majority wamed! until this morning to depart. The House brought its session to & “close with the usual end of the ses- | sion impromptu show, but the more dignified Senate was forced to listen to Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana conduct & one-man filibuster directed toward congressional approval of mandatory 12-cent cotton and 90-cent wheat loans. Galleries Are Packed. Packed galleries witnessed the ex- hibitions in both the Senate and House. Spectators in the House gal- leries, however, got more real enter- tainment out of the show than did those in the Senate. At times they joined in the singing and applauded vigorously the various stunts of the Honse members on the floor. ‘iz House show was strictly a ,ontaneous affair. Representative Connery, Democrat, of Massachusetts, and a former vaudeville artist, went outside the Capitol when the United States Navy Band finished its regu- lar concers on the plaza, rounded up 13 of the musicians who didn't have to go home right away, and led them | on the House floor. Somewhere Connery found a baton. He borrowed a cap from one of the musicians, and like the leader of an old German band, mounted a chair and moved his arms. The musicians struck up “On the Banks of the| Wabash.” The show was on. The House was in recess at the time, waiting for the Senate to ad- ~journ. Only a few members were scattered about the floor, either read- No. 1—Representative Caroline O'Day of New York pictured as she led the Navy Band after the House of Representatives adjourned its prolonged session last night. —A. P. Photo, No. 2—Senator Huey Long wea: ing a victory smile as he left the Capitol this morning after a 5= hour filibuster that killed the third deficiency bill—A. P. Photo. No. 3—PFriendly enemies. Speaker Byrns and House Minority Leader Snell embrace as they leave the floor of the House after many hard battles during the session —A. P. Photo. No. 4—Representative Florence P. Kahn of California playing a drum during the colorful House frolic. —Wide World Photo. ing or engrossed in conversation. But the strains of the music were more | effective than the bells which sum- | mon the members to a rell call. With- | in 10 minutes several hundred mem- | bers had come into the chamber. | Some joined in the celebration. Others reclined in their chairs, smoked | cigars and enjoyed the show. ! In the meantime, Connery had con- | ducted the abbreviated band through | “Old Kentucky Home,” *“California, Here 1 Come,” and “Sidewalks of New York.” Rebel Yells Heard. | “Dixie” came next to the accom- paniment of rebel yells from the gal- Jeries, and then “Yankee Doodle” for the Northerners. By that time, the barber shop tenors of the House had gathered around Connery. Somebody | suggested “The Old Gray Mare,” and | the band absorbed the discordant | ~harmony. Then the State delegations wanted to sing. Connery directed them to the well of the House. Represent- ative Otha Wearin of Iowa bowed his head a little and helped Repre-| sentative Utterback of the same State sing a song about Iowa. A gang of | Nebraskans started up, “We Don't| Give a Damn for the Whole State - | not an administration measure, | that it will be in session again before Adjournment ! (Continued From First Page.) closing hours a “neutrality” resolu- tion, laying an embargo on the ship- ment of arms and munitions to for- eign nations at war. While this was the President acquiesced after the reso- lution had been modified so as to limit the embargo to six months. Congress accepted the amendment, knowing the expiration of that period. It was late yesterday afternoon be- fore the ‘“compromise” between the| President and the cotton Senators finally was announced on the floor by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Demo- cratic leader. The Senate adopted a motion to request the House to return to the Senate the deficiency appropri- ation, ostensibly to remove the cotton and wheat loan amendment, and then returned it to the House for final action. Senator George, Democrat, of Georgia, one of the cotton Senators who was not appeased by the agree- ment, declared the cotton farmer was being ‘“crucified.” Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, who had taken the lead in the fight against < Senator Robinson on Saturday had in- formed the Senate that the adminis- tration would be able to find a way to get the funds necessary to finance the economic security act operation and other governmental activities, even if [ the deficiency bill failed. Robinson re- plied that there was now grave doubi that this could be done. 'CHEAPER MONEY | URGED BY THOMAS, | Letter to Roosevelt Blames Cotton | » DEFENDED BY LONG Declares It Was Protest Against Not Letting House Vote on Loan Rider. By the Associated Press. Upholding his filibuster that forced the deficiency appropriation bill to go over until January, Senator Long, Democrat, of Louisiana again today said it was a protest against not let- ting the House vote on the cotton- wheat, loan rider. He sent this statement to news- papers: “The high-handed move made by Mr. Roosevelt and his cohorts to cut the throat of the wheat and cotton farmers goes beyond anything that has been done by any tyrant or dic- tator in any foreign land. Every member of the United States Senate and Congress who will take the credit for agreeing to let the White House scalp the wheat and cotton farmers from the appropriation bill before he would allow the Congress to vote on it ought to be run out of public life. “High-Handed Outrage.” “Actually, when the United States Senate by a two-thirds vote declared to save and help the wheat and cotton farmers from financial ruin by ad- vancing 90 cents per bushel on wheat and 12 cents per pound on cotton, Mr. Roosevelt and his crew refused to let the Congressmen vote on the law. Then they sent us our bill back under orders to strike out wheat and cotton and they would let the other house of Congress vote on the law, but that they would not let the other house vote at all unless we struck out the farmers. “I wouldn't stand for the high- handed outrage. I would rather die and go to hell than submit to it. That's why I blocked their move to have us yield to tyranny. Says He Championed House. “Where is our Republic when the President can say, ‘Only on this kind of & bill will I let the Congress vote; they are not fit to vote on & any other way'? “If the other house of Congress wanted to vote down our farmers’ relief on wheat and cotton, I would have had to submit; but I would not have the Senate take wheat and cot- | ton out of the bill just because they could tie the House up and not let it vote. ““Unless somebody strikes for America in these kind of cases we are doomed.” | MAJ. FRANCO ARRIVES AT SPANISH EMBASSY | | Former Director of Aeronautics Takes Over Duties as First Air Attache. Maj. Ramon Pranco, former director | of aeronautics of Spain, has arrived | in Washington to take over his duties as first air attache of the Spnnish‘ Embassy, to which he was appointed | in April, 1934. Although the post of air attache is | new, Maj. Franco, regarded as Spain's foremost aviator, has made a number | of visits to Washington and is well | known here and in American aviation circles generally. He came to the United States in Long Nonplussed Suave lllinoisan Brings 1933 and studied military and. civil | aviation here and in Mexico. Last December he returned and made a thorough study of American aero- | aautics. | Maj. Pranco, who is accompanied by | | his wife and daughter, has established ‘q the Shoreham Hotel. { Tin Foil Brings $2,035. M. Waters-Leavins has sold for $2,035 the 15 tons of tin foil he col- lected to aid a hospital at Kings Lynn, England. As Lewis Intimates W hereHeCould Go Mirth From Gallery in Senate. By the Associated Press. Polite Senator Lewis, Democrat, of Tllinois, whose colleagues are wiways{ “able” or “distinguished,” submitted a poser last night to Benator Long, Democrat, of Louisiana. The fillbustering Louisianian said he was “just preventing the Senate from going home,” adding that “I don't want to go rome. I haven't got any place to go.” Lewis arose quietly and in his suave manner inquired: “Would the able Senator from Lou- isiana like to have some of the Sen- ators tell him where they would like to have him go?” Long’s reply, if he made any, was drowned out by laughter. REVISED BUDGET TO BE ANNOUNCED New System Will Show Govern- ment Financial Rating “Up to the Minute.” By the Associated Press. Daniel Bell, director of the budget, said today a new and revised budget, giving the Government's financial rating “up to the minute,” will be made public about September 15. The work was ordered by President Roosevelt in his last budget message to Congress and will offer a new de- parture in fiscal control. “In order to promote more satis- factory methods of budgetary control | in the Government,” Mr. Roosevelt said, “I propose this year to inaugurate | the policy of having a summation of the budget prepared for publication immediately after the Congress has acted on all financial matters.” The new budget will exhibit the rev- enue estimates, so revised by the) Treasury, as to reflect any changes in the economic situation during the preceding six or seven months and also any revisions made by Congress in the tax laws. It would, in addition, provide & complete summary of all SPENDING TOTAL HITS NEW PEAK $10,250,000,000 Made Available by Congress Sets 15-Year Record. By the Associated Press. Chairman Buchanan, Democrat, of Texas, of the House Appropriations Committee, estimated today that the first session of the Seventy-fourth Congress made available to the Gov- ernment approximately $10,250,000,000 to care for emergency and ordinary running expenses. This sets a new high fcr peace-time appropriations. It exceeds by nearly $3,000,000,000 the previous record peace-time appropriation—for the fis- cal year 1934. The peak war-time ap- propriation was more than $27.000,- 000,000 for the fiscal year 1919. Not all of this year’s appropriations, however, will be used in the fiscal year 1936, which began last July 1. Some of the money is intended to cover later periods. The figure represented approximate- | ly $7,550,000,000 in new appropria- tions, $2,200,000,000 in annual perma- nent appropriations and $500,000,000 made available for relief from R. F. C. funds. Following is a comparison of appro- priations made by Congress since 1917: Piscal yedr. Amount. 1917 $1,628,411,644 1918 18,881,940,243 1919 27,065,148,933 1920 6,454,596,649 1921 4,780.829,510 1922 3,909,282,209 1923 4,248,140,569 1924 4,092,544,312 1925 3,748,651,750 1926 4,151,682,049 1927 4,409,463,389 1928 4,211,011,352 1929 4,636,577,973 1930 4.665,236,678 1931 5,071,711,693 1932 5,178.524,967 1933 . 5,785.252,641 1934 _ 7,692,447,339 1935 - -- 17,527,559,327 Sweetheart Slayer Gets Life. LOS ANGELES, August 27 (P)— Daniel Nields, 62, a Hollywood gar- neder, was sentenced yesterday to life imprisonment in San Quentin prison appropriations and expenditure au-| thorizations made by Congress and | related estimates of expenditures. IF YOU'VE HAD A CO on his conviction of murdering Fran- ces E. Conklin, his 41-year-old sweet- heart, in Griffith Park, June 27. LLEGE EDUCATION YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO HAVE ONE - - IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A COLLEGE EDUCATION vou CERTAINLY wANT YOUR CHILD TO HAVE ONE! You can assure it without effort or inconvenience. THI EXPERIENCE 24! Irrmnu'nr INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION Figures veed by the U. 5. Buresw of Education show that ever & period of 40 years, 4 yeors of colloge are werth $72,000 mers then @ high school sducation and $105,000 more than § yo slementery school. Ne Dept. WS 9. 1 Washington. Gentlemen | Whet is your plen’? How does It workt | understand this sbiigates me in ne way. T e i IS UNUSUAL PLAN BACKED BY RESOURCES $24,000,000 = | | EARS Offices in Principal Cities 120 Shoreham Bids., | | ] l | | of Toway.” | the 9-cent loan order on cotton, issued A couple of tenors came on With|by the administration last Thursday, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny,” | told the Senate he regarded the agree- * and Representative Merritt of New | ment as real and valuable to the cot- York mounted a table and crooned | ton farmer. “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling,” com- | S tng back with “Mother Macliree “,’ The Senate then took a recess and an_encore. 4 . - hn of | reconvened at 6:12 p.m. The House Representalive “Florenice '8 by that time had returned the de- | Lean Dispute on Demand Black and Long in Tilt. Long and bitter exchanges came be- for Higher Prices. tween Long and Senator Black of | By the Associated Press. Alabama. Black warned Long that he| The monetary issue was projected would be unpopular with organized | into the next session of Congress today Iabor, since the deficiency bill carried |in a letter from Senator Thomas, funds for railroad pensions and the | Democrat, of Oklahoma to President Guffey coal act. But Long retorted: | Roosevelt urging further cheapening ur you L THE TIME" T8 HINK ABO California came along about this time, took the baton from Connery and directed the band through a peppy version of “California, Here I Come.” | The real fun, however, did not start until somebody stuck a snare | drum in front of Representative Bu-| chanan of Texas, the stern-looking| chairman of the Appropriations Com- mittee. He clapped one of the musi- cian’s white caps on his head and gave an unusual exhibition of snare drumming, while Connery blew & va- riety of tunes out of 2 bugle, and Representative Bloom of New York | tried to keep time, beating on a bass | “drum. Even the reporters in the press| gallery and the pages were called on! to aid in the celebration. Feebly, | the news men sang “The Man on the Flying Trapeze.” Connery said | the pages could do better. So he corraled them in the well of the House end had them sing the piece. Mrs. O'Day Leads. Then along came Representative | Carotine O'Day of New York, to lead | the band in “Tammany.” Representa- | tive Knutson of Minnesota, just couldn't keep his feet still to this tune. ‘He grabbed some unsuspecting mem- ber around the waist and tried dance in an aisle on the Republicnni side. By 11 o'clock, the bandsmen grew ! A tired, picked up their instruments and left. The Senate was still in ses- sion. So the members in the House continued their impromptu celebra- tion without music until about 11:45 when Speaker Byrns and his retinue of House leaders marched into the chamber. Byrmns called the House to order and proceeded with a farewell speech. The clock hands pointed to 11:58 be- , fore he had finished, and the House had agreed to adjourn August 26. But no word had been received from the Senate. A page rushed to the gallery and turned the hands of the clock back 10 minutes. Byrns con- tinued to talk, but & few minutes after midnight, 2 Senate secretary walked into the House chamber and an- nounced the adjournment of that body sine die. Byrns dropped the gavel for the sine die adjournment of the House. It was 11:58 House time, but 12:08 am. August 27 in every other place in the Eastern standard zone. Dene Hole Proves Mystery. What or why is a dene hole? That is what scientists of England are ask- ing following the discovery recently of one in a fleld near Sandwich, It is 30 feet deep, and bottle-shaped, with an entrance two and one-half feet in di- ameter. Some archaeologists believe the holes were used as grain stores by the ancient Britons, while others con- :‘md they were hiding places in time 'WAar. ‘\ | the Senate to adopt the House con- | | with the administration of a number | situation of having agreed to adjourn- g ficiency bill. Before moving to take up that measure for amendment, how- ever, Senator Robmson called upon | current resolution providing for final adjournment of the session by mid- night. Senator Norris of Nebraska ob- jected on the ground that if the ad- journment resolution went through | some Senator might filibuster until 12 | o'clock and prevent any action on the | deficiency bill. Senator Robinson said in reply to | Norris, “I think the Senate should adopt the concurrent resolution pro- viding for adjournment and that the Congress ought to conclude its labors today. Every possible effort is being made to bring about conditions so that they may be done without interfering of laws which the Congress has passed. But I am not willing to leave this mat- ter open, and have the House in a ment twice, the Senate having agreed to it once, and refusing to agree now, and incur the liability of having the Congress sent home by the Executive, under the constitutional provision authorizing him to do so if the two Houses cannot agree on the time of adjournment.” Drastic Step Rumored. Senator Robinson was referring to the authority given the President un- der the Constitution to adjourn Con- gress if the two houses are unable to agree on a time for adjournment. Rumors had spread that the President was willing to take that step, and had threatened to do so. No President has ever exercised this power in the past, and the belief was generally expressed that President Roosevelt would not do 50, either. The adjournment resolution, not de- batable, was passed quickly. However, when Senator Robinson moved to re- consider the vote by which the Sen- ate had adopted the cotton and wheat loan amendment to the deficiency bill, Senator Lonz immediately took the floor. He held it for five and a half hours in a filibuster that effectually killed the deficiency bill. In vain did Senators, interested in the passage of the deficiency bill, ap- peal to Senator Long. Nor had taunts and threats any more effect on Long. Demands House Vote. “I won't surrender,” he yelled back at his opponents. He demanded again and again that the House be given a chance to vote on the cotton and wheat loan amendment. The administration Senators de- clared, when they could get a word in, that Long was killing a bill which carried money for the aged and the crippled, under the economic security act operation. Long replied that the compromise agreement on loans of 10 cents a pound on cotton was a “conspiracy” to kill the cotton and wheat loan amendment. He insisted also that <o “The people will approve. I have never done anything in the Senate that was not popular.” Schwellenbach Raps Leng. The filibuster was closed with Sena- tor Schwellenbach of Washington, Democrat, saying to Long: “It is now almost 12 o'clock. I sub- mit as a parliamentary inquiry to the chair whether or not, because of his selfish desire to get publicity for him- self, the Senator from Louisiana has not defeated the hopes and aspirations and the desires of the people of this country?” At this point the gavel of the Vice President fell, and the Vice President announced that “the Senate stands adjourned sine die.” The House marked time last night waiting for the Senate to do some- thing about the deficiency bill. Prac- tically throughout the Long filibuster the House stood in recess. The Speak- er had read to the House just before adjournment a letter from President Roosevelt praising the members for their work and expressing gratitude for their co-operation. After a word of farewell delivered by himself, Speaker Byrnes declared the Hous2 adjourned. — > Saves Son, Others Die. ‘When a boat overturned in a lake near Allenstein, Germany, causing 12 deaths, one of the survivors had to let his wife and sister drown in order to save his son. COMBINATION OFFER 2ROYAL YOU GET Two COMPLETE E Cleaners . . . each with its own electric motor . . . the fa- mous “ROYAL,” with motor-driven, revolving brush, as advertised in Good Housekeeping, for your regular floor and rug cleaning... AL JUNIOR” hand cleaner for your draperies, curtains, mat- tresses and fur- niture, F HOUSEWARES, WOODWARD W™ UT™F anp G Streets Both | of money. ‘Thomas told the Chief Executive that the current conflict over cotton and wheat loans merely reflected the | demands of producers for a higher | price level. At the same time, the Oklahoma | monetary leader announced plans to study the silver issue first hand in Mexico and probably in Canada dur- ing the congressional recess. N Thomas also said that as the chair- man of one Silver Investigatin Com- mittee, and a member of another, he was sending questionnaires to prom- inent bankers and economists asking for their views and recommendations. “The demands of cotton and wheat farmers for higher prices can be met by raising the general price level by a further cheapening of the dollar,” the Senator said in his letter. “This may be accomplished by a further devaluation of the gold content of the dollar, or by a wider use of silver, or by the expansion of the currency through the exercise of powers already in your hands.” Jokers “Plaster” Village. Loznica, Yugoslavia is suffering from a plague of practical jokers. The latest joke has caused indignation which may flare into a riot of revenge. Dur- ing a recent night the jokers squirted plaster of paris into every outside keyhole, and next morning nobody could insert a key to unlock the doors. lectricYacuum Cleaners ‘3950 or & Lo oP Prone Distmict S300 AL OF COURSE | USE COSMETICS, BUT I NEVER WORRY ) UsE Lux TOILET SOAP REGULARLY ! the girl against signs of Cosme powder, dust of the pores Romance comes to who guards COSMETIC SKIN T'S THRILLING to know that some- one finds you lovely—finds your skin smooth, soft, desirable. Don’t risk losing this charm! Guard against the enlarged pores, tiny blemishes, dullness, that are tic Skin, Cosmetics Harmless if removed this way Lux Toilet Soap’s lather is ACTIVE. It sinks so deeply into the pores that it re- moves every last trace of stale rouge and and dirt. In this way, it protects against the unsuspected choking that causes this modern complexion trouble. Use all the cosmetics you wish, of course! But be sure to protect your skin by remov- ing stale rouge and powder thoroughly with Lux Toilet Soap—the soap 9 out of 10 screen stars use. Before you renew your® make-up during the day, ALWAYS before you go to bed at night, use this gentle care.