Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1935, Page 3

UTILITY BILL LOBBY ESTIMATES GROW Senate Body Says Total Cost to Power Firms May Be $5,000,000. By the Associated Press. Busily preparing for new hearings pext month, Senate Lobby Committee officials said today that latest figures show a total of $2300,000 spent by public utility companies against the administration holding company bill. They said the total may climb to $5,- 000,000 when the record is complete. Included in the costs of the cam- paign, they added, were some large ex- pense accounts for Washington lobby- ists for the companies. In one case, the committee said, a company repre- sentative here charged up $6,000 for food in four months. The committee is conducting a Na- tion-wide survey of expenditures by power and other utility companies egainst the holding company bill by means of questionnaires to all such concerns. Returns. the investigators said, are only about 60 per cent com- plete, and Western companies have “hardly been touched.” Returns are being tharoughly check- ed, committee agents said, in prepara- tion for hearings next month, because | in many cases they were found to be | incomplete. Plans for resuming hearings have ot been completed. Chairman Black has returned to the Capital to look over the accumulated evidence and work out a program. Herbert A. Bloomquist, the commit- tee’s chief investigator, is in the field checking up on the questionnaire re- turns. He is being assisted in this and other investigative work by a big corps of investigators, including several, in addition to himself, who are former “G men."” Detailed figures on expenditures by the various utility companies were not disclosed by the committee. The As- sociated Gas & Electric system, built up by H. C. Hopson, is still ranked as the biggest single spender, however. Its total disbursements in fighting the bill. which is now on the statute books, have risen to almost $1,000.000, and the final accounting has not yet been made. (Continued From First Page.) vice, feeling confident that no group ecan give more accurate or unbiased news,” the letter said. Expressing particular hope that the social security law and the works program shall be carried out effect- ively, the letter adds that the Presi- dent will “deem it a favor if you will write me about conditions in your community.” It also explains that Mr. Roosevelt shortly will start a few weeks' vaca- tion—probably tomorrow—but hopes the replies will be sent in. At the White House, Stephen T. Early. one of the President's secreta- ries, had said he knew nothing about such a letter having been sent to clergymen all over the country. This morning. he was closeted with the President before the usual semi-weekly | press conference. WOMAN HEAD. TO ADORN POTATO TAX STAMPS Five Different Values to Be Rep- resented—Portrait Declared “Not Symbolic.” The famous potato tax stamps about which there has been consider- able good-natured debate will not show the ubiquitous potato bug. Alvin W. Hall, director, Bureau of Engraving and Printing. said yester- day that a woman's head has been se- lected for the design. “The portrait,” he explained., “rep- resents no particular person and is| not symbolic.” Five different values of the “spuds” series will be printed. Later, the number of denominations may be in- creased to 13. Philatelists classify all such stamps as revenue varieties. Those of former dates and types once were eagerly collected, but in recent years interest in them has declined. SPECIAL NOTICES. KOTICE A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE OLDERS of THE FEDERAL LIFE SURANCE CO.. Inc.. will convene af office of the fimflDing. 715 Florida n.w. Friday. 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Because of the grave responsibilities of my sffice, T am turning 10 representative Clergymen for counsel ard advice,~ fesling %2onfident that no group °An give more accurate or unbissed views. 1 am particularly anxious that the new Soclal Security legislaticn just enacted, for which we have worked sc long, providing for old age pensions, aid for erippled children unemploymeat insurance, shall be carried out in keeping with the high pur- poses with which this law was ensocted. It {s also vitally fmportent that the Works Progrem shall be administered to provide employment at useeful work, and that cur unemployed as well as the nation as a. ahole may derive the greatest possible benefite. 1 sball deem it a favor if you will write me atout crnditions in your community. Tell we whers jeu frel cur government can better ssrve our people. ¥e cen solve our many problems, but no one zan or single group can do 1t,- vwe shall have to work together for the common end of batter spiritual end material ronditicne for the Amsrican people. May I have your ocounsel and {Ulr help? 1 am leaving on a short vacation but will e dack in ¥ashington ir & few weeks, and I will deeply spprec- iate your writing to me. Vc/r nnurtl?! L . This Changing World British Lion Backs Down, Leaving Ethiopia to PROPOSAL 10 QUIT FEDERATION DIES Logan-Thomas Circle Citi- zens’ Group Voted Down at Meeting. A recommendation that the Logan- Thomas Circle Citizens' Association withdraw from the Federation of Citi- zen Associations was made and re- jected last night at the assoclation’s monthly meeting. M. A. Robbins attacked the federa- tion as “useless,” saying he failed to see what benefits the associations de- rived from their membership. He sug- gested that the Logan-Thomas Circle group discontinue its annual $10 membership appropriation. A confer- ence committee, he said, would be a better way for the associations to act unitedly. Mrs. Thompson Opposed Idea. Mrs, Ella M. Thompson, president of the association, in whose home at 1120 Rhode Island avenue the meet- ing was held, advised against withe drawing. The meeting voted to pay the regular dues to the federation. The Star’s Safe Driving Campaign was indorsed by acclaim and associa- tion members who are car owners promised to sign the pledges. The assoclation decided to petition the District Government to assume the task of keeping sidewalks clean | of ice, snow and leaves. Bus Service Complimented. A report and resolutions were adopted, complimenting the Capital | Transit Co. for the new P street cross- town bus service. The company was criticized, however, for certain fea- tures of its new stream-line street | CArs. Dr. Charles E. Koones, discussing the proposal that the association co- | operate with the proposed Washing- ton Criminal Justice Commission, tacked “privilege,” declaring “drag” with authorities must be banished and that all law-breakers, high and low, should be tieated equally. The association, at the invitation of | A. J. Dowling, manager of the Logan Hotel, voted to meet henceforth at the hotel. ion {to go forward with its financing plans for the coming campaign. Re- ports that many persons stand ready | to contribute to the G. O. P. cam- paign have aroused the Democrats. Idaho has been making as a prospec- tive presidential carelidate does not impress favorably some of the Old Guard members of the Executive Com- mittee. when the time comes. Borah will not be a candidate; that he will prefer to make the race again for Senator. Famous Prisoners Meet In a scene charged with drama, Warren K. Blllings (left) and Tom Mooney, the famous prisoners of the 1916 Preparedness day bombing, embraced when they met in Mooney's cell yesterday at San Francisco. It was their first meeting since the trial, 19 years ago. They are attending a habeas corpus hearing. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. G.0.P. (Continued From First Page.) Scranton, Pennsylvania: John Rich- ardson, Massachusetis; R. B. Creager, Texas; Mrs. Bertha D. Baur, Illinois; Walter S. Hallahan, West Virginia. Two Women Absent. ‘The only absent members of the Executive Committee were Ralph E. | Williams of Oregon, vice chairman; | Mrs. Alvin T. Hert of Kentucky, vice | chairman; Mrs. Grace Semple Bur- | lingham of Missouri and Mark L.| Requa of California. ‘The showing that Senator Borah of MOONEY'S HELPER A luncheon given at the Mayflower | Hotel for the Executive Committee | was attended by other members of the | Republican National Committee who were in Washington today and several | other influential party members. These were Mrs. Henry P. Fletcher, wife of the national chairman; Mrs. Kath- erine K. Brown, national committee They profess to believe that Want Farm Platform. Mercies of Mussolini. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ‘The growls of the British lion are growing fainter every day. After hi ing failed to impress Il Duce with the gathering of the most formidable armada ever concentrated in the Med- | iterranean, the British government is seeking now a formula to get out of its present position gracefully. | The British can maintain their | supremacy on the seas unchallenged | showdown which will prove that naval power alone has ceased to dominate international relations. A strong navy, provided it does not butt against some the free communications on the sea lanes for commercial vessels. * Xk ¥ X A solution of the Ethiopian ques- tion is today in the ofing. There is a good chance that in the end some compromise will be found whereby Italy will be permitted by a reluctant League of Nations to obtain certain satisfaction in Ethi- opia, while Ethiopia will be allowed to maintain Selassie on the throne, * x ¥ X ‘What is being prepared now in this: | Italy will be given all those provinces which have been added to Abyssinia to form the Ethiopian empire. Abys- | sinia proper will be maintained as & more or less independent kingdom un- der Mussolini's tutelage, with no other outlet to the sea but through Italian territory. This is what the League of Nations will call an equitable solution of the problem. * % ¥ ¥ ‘The question remains if Selassie will accept such a compromise. Whether the lamb is interested in whether he will be served at the dinner table in the form of a stew or of a roast. It is doubtful thet Selassie will accept such a compromise. If it is a question of being killed, it is more than probable that he will prefer to put up & fight and go down with the spear in his hand than be squeezed out of his throne by the Italian high commis- sioner at Addis Ababa. * ook ok Since the diplomatic side of the e | Italo-Ethiopian conflict nas been pushed to the fore, the strategic diffi- culties which are confronting the Italian Armies have been overlooked. They have not changed since last Summer. The same problem of cross- ing almost impassable mountain gorges, of fighting Ethiopian warriors who cannot be scared by air attacke and Mussolini’s heavy guns and tanks, still exists. Furthermore, according to reports from Ethiopia, the British, while challenging Italy officially at Ge- neva and in the Mediterranean, have shut their eyes to the smug- gling of arms and ammunitions through the Sudan into Ethiopia. Today, it is said, Selassie’s warriors are better equipped with rifles, cartridges and machine guns of the light type, adequate for guerilla warfare, than ever before. LR ‘While there is little likelihood that the British will fight the Italians on the high seas, Vickers products might help the Ethiopians to defeat the Italian Army in the Ethiopian moun- tains and marshes. * x %k x ‘The American Navy, which in the last few years has been the stepchild of administrations and spanked by its nurse, the Congress, is coming into its own again. *x % as long as they do not come to & natural defenses, can still guarantee | Great Britain. That was enough. No- body bothered whether the rights ve- tained in the London naval agree- | ment were translated into facts. i The general theory of the major- ity of the members of Congress was that it was useless to spend money on a Navy which will have to be further reduced after the second naval conference in 1936 * % x % ‘There Were s0 many peace suns shining in the diplomatic firmament —the Kellogg pact, the naval agree- ments, the League of Nations Cove- !nant and other agreements and | treaties—that another war was con- sidered inconcefvable. When the stark reality of the inter- national situation was brought home to the people of this country their first worry was: “Will be be able to keep |out of another conflagration, even | though we all want to remain neu- tral?” * * * % The answer to this question is con- tained in a speech made in 1916 by Woodrow Wilson at St. uis. The wartime President said: “The best guarantee for America’s neutrality is |a Navy second to none.” This coun- try never achieved such a position, don naval treaties. * % x It is true that the present ad- ministration has been hastening through the London naval program and the work done in the Govern- ment and private navy yards has been intensive—especially during the last few months. But there is still a great deal to be done. While almost all the light and heavy cruisers are on the stocks there is still a serious lack of destroyers and supmarines. The completion of the cruisers is being rushed through at breakneck speed, but should a war break out in Europe the United States is hardly in a position to protect the American trade abroad. * ok ok x The neutrality act will, of course, be enforced at once. But the list of war. materials as prepared by the State Department does not include raw materials, which were considered as contraband by the British ad- miralty during the last war. And if Great Britain is involved in another conflict there is no doubt that the old list will be revived. Plans Marriage Courts. England may have “marriage courts” similar to domestic courts in Americ SERVICE For thirty-two years has been known for its Leg (Continued From P‘lrsfij’:gefi Western committeemen have come here demanding that the Republican | party adopt a platform that will give the farmers at least as good a.break as the A. A. A. of the Roosevelt ad- ministration. They say that a sub- stitute program must be put forward, or many of the Western farmers will probably stick to Roosevelt. They said, however, that the farmers of the West, while they take the A. A. A checks, are becoming aroused over taxes and the huge expenditures by the Federal Government and the high cost of living. In their opinion, the Republican farmers will flock back by | of sympathy to Leopold III of Bel- gium, whose Queen was fatally injured |in a recent automobile accident. Bonus Question to Come Up. Legion business stood on the side | lines yesterday while World War vet- | erans from every State marched in | | the nine-hour convention parade. But | business moved ahead today as dele- | gates took their seats for the moct serious session of the convention. | woman from Ohio; James Arnold of Georgia, C. B. Goodspeed, assistant treasurer, of Chicago; Mrs. Robert L. Sunday, September 29 $3.50 New York Adantic City Sunday, September 29 S:.u:_a-v Excansion rday, despite the Washington and the Lon- | 'FUEL OIL exceptional service to the fine homes of Washington. The effect of this long experience is reflected in our careful and efficient fuel oil service. BLICK COAL CO. Established 1903 2363 Champlain St. | They expected to receive a commut- | | tee report on the bonus later tod and probably will cap the session with the choosing of next year's convention | | city, | Denver, Los Angeles and Atlantic City. with no riders. voted at Miami last year. That reso- | lution asked payment of the bonus, | but avoided any reference to a method of financing it. A pet issue of National Comdr. Frank N. Belgrano. jr., providing for | the conscription of private capital and | resources on a parity with man power | in time of war, was in committee. Its adoption was urged in Belgrano's an- nual report. First Aid Class to Enroll. Enrollment for the first aid class under direction of the District Chap- ter, American Red Cross, will be held at the chapter's headquarters, 1730 E street, from 8 to 9:30 p. Turn your old trinkets, jewelry and watches into MONEY at— A.Kahn Jne. Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. 43 YEARS at 935 F STREET the Blick Coal Company quality products and its Col. 6300 FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY School of Accountancy and Business Adminisiration Announces the Seventh and Eighth Sections of Its Beginning Class 7:30 to 9:20 5:30 to 7:20 Class, Opening October ] Class, Opening October 7 Registrations are also being accepted for the Day Class, Opening September 30 For information Transportation Building, Se ME tropolitan 2515 or call at Room 304, teenth and H Streets N. W. the thousands to the G. O. P. next year | an honor sought by Cleveland. officio), Pennsylvania; J. Henry Rora- back, Behind the prosaic listing on the Connecticut; George de B. Keim, se convention calendar, “Report of the retary | Committee on Legislation.” was a stack ' George F. Getz, treasurer (ex-officio). | of 45 resolutions, each submitted by | Illinois; & separate State department and each | counsel (ex officio), Kansas; George urging immediate cash payment of | A. Ball, Indian the adjusted compensation certificates, ' seen, Minneso | mett, Indications were that the committee | Colorado: would come onto the floor with & York: resolution almost identical to the one ' Harrison E. Spangler, FP. Brown, Ohio; $4.25—2-Dey Excanion $9.2519.Day All-Expease Toun-lciode $11.25 mil fere, lodging sed $5.65 NEW YORK paLy one wey Coaches only Lv. 1230 A M. BALTIMORE $1.25 Every Saturday - Sundey $1.50 Daily—Good for 3 daw $16.50 NIAGARA FALLS 16-Dey Excuniom September 27-28 Low Rownd-Trip Week-End Fares to all Points PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD if they get some assurance of aid. Attending the meeting today were: Henry P. Fletcher, chairman (ex- (ex-officio), vice chairman (ex-officio), New Jerse: John Hamilton, general : Mrs. Manley L. Fos- 3 Mrs. Guy P. Gan- Maine; Lawrence C. Phipps, Charles D. Hilles, New Earle S. Kinsley, Vermont; Iowa: Walter Mrs. Worthington | The Yellow Section of Your Phone Book Lists Dealen_-s in YL, B OLON 1 Ono¥srC | ME. 1814 s A-3 was brought from Folsom prison yes- terday to testify for Mooney in the latter's habeas corpus hearing before a referee of the California Supreme Court. Billings and Mooney, both convicted of murder for the bombing, met in a tearful embrace at the city jail. It was the first time they had seen each other in nearly two decades. Differences that nad arisen between them over procedure in their fights for vindication and hard words that had been exchanged were forgotten and both agreed “we're still friends.” Mooney was brought here early last week from San Quentin prison for the hearing—his last recourse in Cali- | fornia courts. . Mooney testified yesterday in his effort to prove testimony convicting him for the bombing, which took 10 | lives, was perjured. He exclaimed at one point that “authorities stole” letters from his home 19 years ago and he could not recall dates exactly after so lcng a time without refreshing his memory. SEEKING FREEDOM Billings, Also Serving Life Term, to Testify in Court Today. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 25— The double-barreled hope of helping his fellow life termer, Thomas J. Mooney, and of opening the way for his own freedom, brought Warren K. Billings here today (o tell anew of the 1916 Preparedness day bombing “I hope this is preliminary to my leaving forever,” said Billings as he Hoyal of Arizona, Mrs. Paul Fitzsimons of Rhode Island, Mrs. Virginia White Speel of the District of Columbia and former Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania. Chairman Fletcher said that he hoped the Executive Committee would be able to wind up its labors today and adjourn. Eight vacancies in the Republican National Committee were to be filled formally by action of the Executive Committee, on nominations made by | the various Republican State Com- | mittee's. The newly-selected commit- tec members and the names of those whose places they take are as follows: | Maine, Daniel F. Pield, vice Joseph Simpson, resigned. Maryland, former Senator O. E.| Weller, vice former Senator Phil:ps Lee Goldsborough, resigned. B COMPLETELY INSTALLED - Missouri, Arthur M. Curtis, vice Dr . B. Clements, deceased. o, IN ONE i DAY Oregon, Mrs. Charles E. Run; vice Mrs. Pat Allen, resigned. Pennsylvania, former Senator David | A. Reed, vice William S. Vare, de- ceased. Rhode Island. Senator Jesse H. Met- | calf, vice Frederick S. Peck, resigned. | Utah, Mrs. Jesse F. Cannon, vice Mrs. Jeanette N. Morrell, resigned. | Wyoming, Edward V. Robertson, ce Pat Sullivan, deceased | LAWYERS’ BRIEFS RUSH PRINTING BYRON S. 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