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A2 wx THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDA RIOTING INMEMEL EXTENDS ELEGTION Voting Carried Over Secondl Day Because of Confusion and Disorders. By the Associated Press. MEMEL, September 30.—A crowd of puzzled, irritable voters gathered today at polling stations under heavy police guard for the second day of the election between German and Lithu- anian candidates for the Memel ter- Titory's Diet. The extension of the elections fol- lowed a breakdown of the arrange- ments yesterday, when the compli- cated voting procedure prevented an estimated 40 per cent of the populace from casting ballots. The police re-enforcements resulted from yesterday’s rioting at Juknaiciai, near the German frontier, where three policemen were beaten severely. Election Urns Smashed. The entire balloting, it was reported reliably, will be repeated at Juknaiciai, where voters, exasperated by the de- lay, smashed election urns, wrecked the polling station and attacked members of the Election Committee. Indignant crowds besieged the dis- trict’s 76 polling stations until late last night, demanding the right to vote immediately. Due to the com- plicated system, the earliest returns were not expected before Friday. The hitch which led the Lithu- anian cabinet to amend' the election law and extend polling into the sec- ond day arose from delay by citizens in choosing their candidates for 29 seats in the Landtag. Voters were instructed to tear off 29 sheets, bearing the names of can- didates for as many Diet seats from a book holding the names of more than 100 aspirants to the Diet. Election authorities had estimated the task could be done in 10 minutes, but many of the citizens insisted on taking a half hour or more. Bitterness Stirred. The extension of the polling into the second day stirred bitterness among both Memellanders and Germans who seek to restore East Prussia’s oldest city, lost by Germany in the World War, to Nazidom. In addition to the clash at Juknai- ¢iai, there was a disturbance at the village of Prokuls, where men posting election signs were attacked, some shots were fired and four persons were injured. 8-TON DYNAMITE EXPLOSION PROBED Pennsylvania Authorities Await Arrival of Owners to Aid in Fixing Cause. By the Associated Press. LEBANON, Pa. September 30.— Lebanon County authorities investi- gating the explosion of stored dyna- mite, which shook a 30-mile area and injured at least 11 persons, are await- ing the arrival of owners of the explo- give to help them determine the cause. The concussion of eight tons of dynamite Saturday night broke win- dows in Lancaster, about 25 miles away. Flying glass in nearby build- ings caused most of the injuries, none serious. The Liberty Powder Co. of Pitts- burgh owned the dynamite, which was stored in a shack near an abandoned stone quarry on the northwest out- skirts of the City of Lebanon. Van Sweringens (Continued From FPirst Page.) “been pledged against the Morgan loan. Morgan Supplied Funds. ‘The loan, in default since May 1, was incurred by the Van Sweringens through their Cleveland Terminals Buildirg Co. and the Vaness Co.,an- other holding unit. In the Fall of 1930 the Van Swer- Ingen brothers requested the Morgan firm to tender financial assistance so that the urgent obligations of their holding organizations could be met. The Morgan firm supplied the funds. Interest was paid by the Van Swer- ingens for some time after the loan was made. Later the interest pay- ments ceased and the principal of the indebtedness finally swelled to about $48,000,000. The major links in the Van Swer- ingen chain of railway systems are the Missouri Pacific and Chicago & Eastern Illinois, both under trustee- ship pending reorganization: the Nickel Plate, Erie and Chesapeake & Ohio. Through the Missouri Pacific the brothers also have a stake in the Denver & Rio Grande Western and the Western Pacific. SENATE PROBERS WATCH. Seek Information on System of Van Sweringen Financing. Auction of the Van Sweringen rail- road empire control was closely watched today by the Senate commit- ‘tee charged with investigating rail- road financing. One of the chief functions assigned the committee by the Senate was to study relations between the railroads and their bankers. The committee already has begun an inquiry into the Van Sweringen system and its bankers. Committee agents have been direct- ed to be on hand for the auction and be ready to report what they can learn of this latest development in the dramatic story of the concentrated .control over properties estimated to have a book value in excess of $3,000,000,000. In studying the Van Sweringen sys- tem the committee has picked up where the Senate Banking Committee inquiry conducted by Ferdinand Pe- cora dropped it two years ago. Pecora developed evidence that the Van Sweringens had obtained their control over the vast empire on an original investment of about $1,000,000. Max Lowenthal, who aided the Pecora committee, is directing the new inquiry as chief counsel for the committee headed by Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana. Lowenthal has been inquiring par- ticularly into the financing of the system by J. P. Morgan & Co. Testimony by O. P. Van Sweringen before the Pecora committee disclosed that he and associates had made $8,000,000 in the organization of one of their holding companies financed by the Morgan company and had paper profits of almost $100,000,000. The latter, he said, were not realized. Throughout his testimony Van Sweringen denied the Morgan com- pany was in control of the properties. ] What’s What Behind News In Capital High Copper, Not Sil- ver, Needed to Win Mining States. BY PAUL MALLON. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah.—Some New Dealers in Washington surmise that they have bought the five silver States with their silver policy. They may find out at the next election that they have been shortchanged. The low-down on that is available from no less an authority than one- armed Joe. He blows the warning whistle for blastings up at Bingham, the largest open-cut mine in the world, thirty miles from here. An entire mountain is being blown away in 23 terraces, each 60 feet high, in a spec- tacular low-cost search for copper, zinc, lead and, incidentally, silver. The folders say 2,400 men are em- ployed here, but Joe says there are | about 800, and he knows. Their pay | depends on the price of copper, not silver. Consequently they get little ynght now. But they are working 24 | days a month, whereas they were working 12 during the depression. To Joe silver and gold are only ornament ores to sell to tourists. Copper is the real metallic base of his economic life, and, in fact, of nearly all silver and gold mining areas, Joe’s personal observations can be confirmed by the sharpest mining au- thority in the State of Utah. Any unquestionable authority will tell you confidentially that the administration could forget about gold and silver as far as this region is economically con- cerned, if it would boost the price of copper to 12 cents a pound. (It is now between 8 and 9 cents.) Paint Would Use Lead. ‘The New Dealers could also forget | about silver if they could induce the people of the Midwest to paint their homes, factories and stores, thus using | lead, of which silver also is an inci- dental by-product. The trouble is it is not profitable to mine a lot of copper and lead just to sell the silver to the Gov- ernment at a subsidized price. It might be profitable if the Govern- ment boosted the silver price to its goal of $1.29 an ounce, but few mining operators here desire that. It would mean the storing up of copper and lead, thus possibly in- fluencing the price of these more important commercial metals adversely. What the most prominent silver | authorities here want is a lot less | than the silver Senators have been contending in Washington. The mine owners would be content to know right now that Treasury Secretary Morgenthau is not going to run out on them. With sound business judg- | ment, they belleve in stabilized | prices, rather than political prices. A reasonable and gradual increase | in the Government fixed price would | help more than a big jump. Opera- tions now are barely profitable both | for the operator and the miner. What both interested parties want to do is to keep them on the profit side. | They will. Townsend Movement Grows. | The Townsend crowd appears to | have swallowed the Huey Long and | Father Coughlin movements out | through the West. A searching traveler will find no substantial evidence anywhere of the political importance of wealth- sharing or Coughlin organizations. Undoubtedly they erxist, but they are mot important, enough to be heard or noticed. For instance, none of the various local political experts in the Midwest knows any persons associated with Long or Coughlin in his area, or of any important activity by Long men or Coughlinites. The size of the Long following in Salt Lake City may be measured by the fact that 400 persons appeared at memorial services for him. It was the first time they showed them- selves. Local observers were astounded that there were so many. Townsendites Feared. The force which the most impor- | tant politicos now fear is the Town- | send group. Apparently the Town- | sendites are still going nearly as strong as ever since the adoption of the New Deal social security program carrying old age pensions and unem- ployment insurance. A Senator of a Rocky Mountain State reported that he received 14, 000 letters from Townsendites in his State recently. Kansans also are wondering about the extent of the movement there, espcially in view of the fact that 150,000 persons wrote in the name of the goat- gland Dr. Brinkley on the ballot there several years ago. Authorities here know the move- ment is extensive because numerous meetings are being held, but precise estimating is impossible. Such strength | cannot be measured by any of the usual political barometers. Tourist Business Booms. ‘The real booming industry of this section has received no governmental aid. It is the tourist business. Au- thorities here agree that this year it equaled the 1928-29 record in size, if not in spending. All it needs is a little promotion to set a new record next year. A na- tional publicity campaign is under consideration. You will undoubtedly hear a great deal about this garden spot in the mountain desert, the gla- mor of the Mormon Temple and Amer- ica’s great Dead Sea, the receding Salt Lake, now about 22 per cent salty. It rates all the publicity in can get. A wise administration of the Utah sales tax has saved this State from the personal revolts noticeable else- where. The law has been changed so that no sale below 33 cents is taxed and no tokens have been issued by the | vessels. | officer aboard the Chesapeake Bay 1 BURN TO DEATH IN CHICAGO FIRE Nine Others Are Injured in Tenement Blaze Believed Incendiary. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 30.—Seven persons, including three children, were killed and nine others were in- jured when they were trapped in a fire which gutted a three-story tene- ment building early today. Frank Vitale, owner of a grocery on the first floor of the building, was taken to the Maxwell street police station to be questioned con- cerning the blaze by Fire Attorney Thomas J. Sheenan and Police Capt. John Norton. A basement explosion which pre- ceded the fire blew out the north- west corner of the structure, and all the windows, and weakened the floors and ceilings. Flames then swept | through the {nterior, trapping the 20 sleeping occupants. Three of the victims were members of one family. They were Pasquelina Cappola, 10, burned to death, and Philip, 4, and Ralph, 12, fatally in- jured when they jumped from the second-story window. The other fatalities were: Joseph Grasso, 40; Virginia Grasso, 16, his daughter; Mrs. Rose An- gelasano, 45, and Rachel Angelasano, 24, her daughter. Vitale and his two children, An- thony, 11, and Rose, 12, arrived in a taxicab after the fire was ex-| tinguished. When he saw the dam- | age the fire had caused to his store he fainted, firemen said. Upon being revived he said he was unable to ac- count for the blaze. Fire Marshal Michael Corrigan launched an investigation, saying there was evidence the fire was in- cendiary. BAY STEAMER RESCUES 7 ON FISHING BOAT Richmond Party Landed in Bnl-! timore After Six Hours on Waterlogged Craft. By the Aszoclated Press. BALTIMORE, September 30.— Seven amateur fishermen, all residents | of Richmond, Va. arrived in Balti- more today aboard a bay steamer after having spent six hours in a dis- | abled, waterlogged anc wind-swept power boat on the bay. | The fishermen spent the six hours |on the Chesapeake last night, calling and flashing their light at passing | Their signal for help finally | was seen by Ernest Hanley, second | Steamship Co.'s City of Baltimore. The steamer took the men aboard and brought them to Baltimore. They were: Harry E. Moore, master | of the boat; Norris G. Moore, the | owner; H. C. Clark, A. L. Thomas, Jenifer Sutton, C. M. Bass and W. M. White. | They returned to Richmond today. . Utility (Continlmd From First Page.) | | Braddock Light & Power Co., a part of the Potomac Electric Power system. “The reputation of the Associated Gas & Electric Corp. for interfer- ence in the management of its local operating companies is well known This holding company was one of the most vigorous opponents of the regu- | lation of holding companies under the public utilities act ot 1935. “I call this matter to the attention | of the commission 5o that it may be advised of this new neighbor in the | public utility field and, furthermore, because of the appearance in the transaction of the Chase National Bank, which still controls indirectly | the stock of the Washington Gas Light Co., the Alexandria Gas Co., the | Rosslyn Gas Co. and other subsidiaries of the first-named company. “Since this control was held by the commission to be in violation of our La Follette anti-merger act, the prede- | cessor of the new holding company | act, the commission may deem it | necessary to conduct an investigation | into the transaction and its effects ! upon District of Columbia utility op- ' erations.” Irvin S. Cobb Says: Tonsils of Spellbinders Limbered in California for Roosevelt Call. LOS ANGELES, September 30.— | President Roosevelt will be with us| this week, so already the local spell- binders are limbering up their tal- ented tonsils. | ‘least one golden- throated genius ill refer to Cal- And so it is, jbrethren, so it is. What with Dr. Townsend prom- ising fat pen- sions for the el- derly, and Sister Aimee McPher- s o n promising hope for true be- lievers, and real estate boosters prom- ising a faultless climate (manage- ment not responsible if game has to be called on account of rain), and parties here and there promising the second coming of Herbert Hoover, and Upton Sinclalr promising practically everything that others overlooked— well, is it any wonder the Indians out this way call our Western meadow lark “the promising bird”? It’s grand to be so promissory, but, doggone it, once in a while a note will fall due IRVIN S. COBB. (Copyright. 19 by the North American News| r_Alliance._Inc. the tax is being paid willingly and the :;‘; observed. Other States will do One trouble with the country, from Wasington west, is that business men are reluctant to say how good their business is. It Is still popular to be pessimistic. Apparently no one wants anyone else to think he is making any State. Checks have been made by the State administration, indicating that ) money. (Copyrishts 1938.) SEPTEMBER 30, 1935. Aground on Reef in West Indies LETTERTOCLERGY SEEN AS BLUNDER Farley’s Hand Believed in Appeal Which May Hurt Roosevelt Prestige. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Roosevelt's form leiter to clergymen, now revealed to have heen almost word for word & copy of the ROOSEVELT FINDS CRITICS IN CLERGY Pastors Give Wide Variety of Replies to Letter of Roosevelt. e to President Roosevelt's request to the clergy for information and ad- letter sent by Gov. Phil La Follette of Wisconsin to clergymen last IMarch, may prove ane of those curious blunders in politics that do many times more harm to the prestige of a presidential candidate than the good tiee maneuver was supposed to do in the first place. The incident illustrates how Mr. his own advisers, how he lends him- Holland-American liner Rotterdam, with 450 passengers and a crew of 526 is aground on a reef at Morant Cay, 60 miles from Kingston, Jamaica. TRAFFIC DEATHS HELD ACCIDENTAL Driver of Truck Exonerated in Fatal Injuries to Bi- cycle Rider. A coroner’'s jury today declared ac- cidental two deaths resulting from traffic accidents late Saturday. One of the verdicts exonerated Percy W. Griffin, 48, 1389 Florida avenue northeast, driver of a truck involved in the fatal injury of Rob- ert Edward Winters, 15, of 1339 Co- lumbia road, at Florida avenue and Porter street northeast. The boy, who was riding a bicycle, was believed to have been holding onto the rear of the truck driven by Griffin when brushed against a | parked truck as the Griffin vehicle turned into a filling station. Eyewitness Not Present. Charles Simms, a C. C. C. worker at Fort Meade, Md, only eyewitness, was not present at the inquest. Cor- oner A. Magruder MacDonald said his office had no jurisdiction in Maryland and therefore he was unable to force Simms to appear. Maryland police had been notified by Washington po- lice that Simms was wanted here as & witness. Griffin testified on the stand that Simms had told him he had seen the boy holding on to the rear of the truck while riding the bicycle when fatally hurt. Simms, it was sald at the District Morgue, had left the scene before police arrived and was not questioned by any officers. Sev- eral others who saw the boy lying in the street shortly after the accident | Fall of more than 5000 men in one | testified. Taxi Driver Exonerated. At the other inquest the jury exon- | erated Steve Hajmosi, 24, of 3325 | Nichols avenue southeast, driver of a taxicab which fatally injured Mrs. Clara Savage, 65, of 219 H street, while in the 200 block of Massachu- setts avenue. Testimony showed Mrs. Savage was crossing the street away from a cross- walk and holding an umbrella over her at the time she was struck. |SUCCESSFUL MANEUVERS| COMPLETED BY MARINES Aviation Squadron and 32 Cruisers in Mimic War. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 30.—The Marines landed yesterday and the | Long Island situation was well in hand after the most extensive war maneuvers by land, sex and air ever attempted in the Eastern area by civillan and Reserve units. The 3d Fleet Battalion of the Ma- rine Corps Reserves, supplemented by a Marine Reserve aviation squadron and 32 cruisers, took part in the mimic warfare at Point Lookout, Long Island. Col. A. W. Noble of the haedquar- ters staff of the Marine Corps, said the “entire operations were carried out | amazingly well.” $2.000,000 in Gold And Silver Found Under Rail Track Strike Made in Roadbed | Over Which Ore Was Hauled 67 Years. By the Associated Press. VIRGINIA CITY, Nev., September 30.—For 67 years the old Virginia & Truckee Railroad has hauled gold and silver ore, with its operators all un- aware a part of its roadbed concealed a vein valued at $2.000,000. Today a section of the railroad, owned chiefly by Ogden Mills, former Secretary of the Treasury, was being moved across a canyon so the Sutro Tunnel Coalition, Inc., locally owned can sink a shaft and recover the new wealth. Old-timers watched the removal of | the railroad and recalled that in for- mer days a gold or silver strike might | result in the destruction even of grave- yards to follow a likely lead. Approximately to deroute around the ore body. 5,000 MORE TAKING TRAININGINR.0.T.C. Enrollment in 40 Colleges and Universities Reveals 15 to 20 Per Cent Increase. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September Sam counted a surprising gain this - department of his military establish- ment—the Reserve Officers Training Corps—a survey showed yesterday. Enrollment figures (Story on Page A-1.) CORCORAN SCHOOL self perhaps unwittingly to political intrigue because he gives spur-of- the-moment decisions to schemes handed to him by his political mentors., ‘The ostensible object of the Presi- dent’s letter to the clergymen was to flatter them. Almost everybody likes to get a personal letter frcm the President of the United States with his own signature on White House stationery, but, more than that, a citizen likes to be asked for advics and counsel by the Chief Executive of the Nation. Farley Believed Involved. ‘There can be little doubt but that Postmaster General James A. Farley, who is also chairman of the Demo- cratic National Committee, nad some- thing to do with the plan. Mr. Farley is a firm believer in selling goods by mail and in tne power of the personal letter in politics. He has often told friends that he believes the 1932 presidential nom- ination was won by him for M. Roosevelt very largely because he, Mr. Farley, had written personally tc more individuals active in politics Roosevelt is sometimes victimized by | | throughout the United States thor | any other pre-convention campaign | manager in all our history. It would vice on national affairs. Some ministers mixed praise with criticism, others criticized or praised | only. At least three scolded the | President for his part in the return | of legal liquor. One recommeénded | & “long, long rest” for business in- | stead of a “breathing spell.” Others mentioned the similarity between Mr. Roosevelt's letter and one se | to clergymen some time ago by G | Philip La Follette of Wisconsin. There were three replies from Washington pulpits, the most criti= | cai of these being Rev. Frederick Brown Harris of the Foundry Meth- odist Episcopal Church. Church Left Out. | “While the ministry of the churches has applauded many of the humani- tarian efforts and goals of this ad- ministration, whatever may be our private judgment regarding some of the specific plans adopted to achieve them,” he said, “we have been sad- | dened that in such crucial days the | church and all it stands for is ap- parently not even in the landscape of many of the social planners. Persona I have been sl and pained to find again and again that such wide programs for socia betterment have been hemmed in b; such narrow partisan fences and that crusades for social justice are advo- cated and led by w e cone version must have been very recent, and even if their hearts | been changed, apparently their associates have not.” Recalling Mr. Roosevelt's sponsor= | ship of prohibition repeal, Dr. Harris said “the President’s moral leadersh has been greatly discounted and handicapped from the first by 1,600 feet of new | track must be laid for the railroad | 30.—Uncle | (OPENS TOMORROW |Big Enroliment Indicated. Classes Daily and Five Evenings of Week. ‘The Corcoran School of Art re- opens for the season 1935-1936 to- morrow. Students are now register- ing and advance enrollment indicates a large number will attend The school offers classes in char- coal drawing from the antique and life. painting from life and still life, portrait, anatomy, composition and sculpture. Classes are held daily and five evenings a week. Since the school closed at the end of last season certain changes have taken place in the faculty. R. S Meryman, principal, and S. Burtis Baker, vice principal, have retired | from the staff in order to give more time to their own work. Eugen Welsz, who for some years past has been a member of the school staff, has been promoted to the office of vice prin- cipal. Kenneth Stubbs, a former student of the school, has been ap- pointed as assistant instructor. The office of principal has not yet been definitely filled, but it is expected that an announcement will be made in the near future. Pending the ap- pointment of a principal, Mr. Weisz will serve as acting principal and will instruct both the life drawing and painting classes. Mrs. Mathilde M. Leisenring, who has been on the staff for a number of years, will again instruct in draw- | ing from the antique and in still life painting. Mr. Stubbs will assist in have been natural for Mr. Farley, who lunched recently with the President to point out the merits of a personal letter campaign to key people. rishioners do look up to their spiritual |adviser and, consciously or uncon- sciously, often accept hic plan on what | Is going on in public affairs. But, it probably was sasked, on what subject could the President write to clergymen and seem to be merely writing a natural communication on public business? And what kind of letter would seem to justify the use of the franking privileze, becauge the Democratic National Committee is | heavily in debt and there is no money for postage on a Nation-wide circu- larization. So it was determined to - ask the clergymen about “social se- curity” legislation which, of course, it was reasoned, would logically em- phasize to them above the hue and cry of critics of other policies this achievement of the New Deal. Nothing was said in the letter, to be sure, about the fact that the un- employed insurance doesn't get dis- bursed ‘'till 1938 and that the old-age | pensions or benefits do not begin till 1942, but it was obviously assumed that the clergymen would imagine the | anticipated results and see the social value of these measures and hence | would talk about them from their pul- pits. The net effect of such comment would be to imply to the parishioners that the pastors thought the New Deal a very useful and worthy tion of government. Bungling Ended Plan. It may be taken for granted that if Thus a clergyman comes in contact | with at least 20 to 30 persons and un- | questionably in every parish the pa- | administra- | submitted by | the drawing classes, and Hans Schuler |y «to5t” effort on clergymen had will, as heretofore, be instructor of | yeen successful or if somebody had the sculpture class. i % . not bungled in using Gov. La Follette’s ‘The Corcoran School of Art charges literary product, palming it off as the more than 40 of the country’s lead- | NO regular tuition fee, an annual en- ing universities and colleges disclosed | trance fee being the only cost. and an increase of ‘Tom 15 to 20 per cent | N0 Previous instruction is necessary over last year in the campus military | to enter the beginners' classes. training units. peE s e The popularity of the college mili- | tary instruction courses was described | Flllld as principally due to increased stu- | 34 Flect Battalion!'of Reserves,| oooc= dent ‘bodies and termed not con- nected with the present troubled con- dition of the world. Another factor mentioned by sev- | (Continued From First Page.) President’s requirement that con- original handiwork of .the President himself, the plan might have been applied later to lawyers, doctors, den- tists, druggists—in fact, all who come in contact frequently with small groups of their fellow citizens. For the benefit of those readers who may not have seen the President’s correspondence with the clergy as com- pared with Gov. La Follette's circular letter, the texts of which were first disclosed in a dispatch to the New eral schools was the present Oppor- | struction start not later than Decem- York Times from Kenosha, Wis., the tunity for Reserve officers to land good jobs after graduation as C. C. C. com- Then, too. the supplying of uniforms by the Government this year attracted more enrollees, some in- stitutions reported. SALE NETS $185,005 By the Associated Press. WAYNESBORO, Va,, September 30. —Mortgage holders, including mem. bers of the family of the late Maj. James H, Dooley, bid in Swannanoa Estates, Inc., for a total of $185,005 at public auction Saturday afternoon. The property was sold on court order to satisfy bondholders of Swan- nanoa Estates, Inc., and is subject to court confirmation. Some of the land had been previously sold in 100 sep- arate lots, on which cottages were built. | ber 15. | Children’s Hospital has been pending since mid-Summer. The District | Commissioners, who entered into a contract with the hospital, made the application on July 10 end Admin- istrator Ickes approved it nine days later. The President finally approved it a few days before leaving on his Western trip. The sewage project also was held up for many weeks. Under the act governing District loans from the P. W. A, reimburse- ments are to be made at the rate of 1 $1,000,000 a year out of District taxes. Repayments on loans carry no interest | for the first three years, but there- | | after bear 4, per cent interest. Birds in Bible. The birds most frequently men- tioned in the Old Testament are the | eagle and the vulture. Railroad Empire Goes on Block BROWNSVILLE M P - MISSOURI PACIFIC €50 - CHESAPEAKE AND ORI CSE.1-CHICAGO AND EASTERN ILLINOIS 1.6N-INTERNATIONAL GREAT NORTHERN P.M.- PERE MARQUETTE E. - ERE D¢RG- DENVER AND RI0 GRANDE G.CL. GULF COAST LINES N P NKKEL PLATE Mt ws most of the lines of the far-flung Van Sweringen railroad empire, stock control of which is up sale ai; public auction in New York today. Also on the block is control of many other interests of the Van brothers, including ~—Copyright ew the huge Terminal Tower at qhvfln\d. t, A. P. Wirephoto. The application for alteration of | | excerpts are here appended. The La Follette letter, which asked Wisconsin - ministers to state their | views on the relief situation, reads: | “Your high calling brings you into intimate daily contact not only with your parishioners, but with people generally in your community. I am | sure also that yo see the critical | problems of your people with wise and sympathetic understanding.” The text of the Roosevelt letter sent to clergymen in the East, as quoted | in dispatches, stated: “Your high calling brings you into intimate daily contact not only with your own parishioners, but with peo- ple generally in your community. I am sure you see the problems of your people with wise and sympathetic understanding.” The second paragraph of the La Follette letter of March 5 read: “As I face the heavy responsibili- ties of the Governor, I am turning to representative clergymen for advice, help and counsel, feeling confident that no group can give more accurate or unbiased views. ‘The second paragraph of the Roose- velt letter to Eastern clergymen read: “Becalse of the grave responsibility of my office, I am turning to repre- sentative clergymen for counsel and advice, feeling confident that no group can give more accurate or unbiased views.” Similarity was also noted in the closing paragraphs of the letters. Those for the La Follette letter read: “All this can be done. But no one man and no single group can do it. ‘We shall have to work together for the common end of better spiritual and material conditions for the American people. “May I have your counsel and your help? Your suggestions, criticism and advice now and in the future will be deeply appreciated.” The last two paragraphs in the President’s letter to Eastern clergymen wsre quoted as follows: “We can solve our many problems, but no one man or single group can do it. We shall have to work to- gether for the common end of better spiritual and material conditions for the American people. “May I have your counsel and help? I am leaving on a short vacation, but will be back in Washington in a few weeks and I will deeply appreciate your writing to me.” (Copyright, 1935.) role he assumed as the leader of f to bring back to a legal status liquor traffic.” Criticism Qualified. Dr. Harris qualified his criticism however, with a hope the President’s letter would r e excuse by “some religi * for “vitri- McCa Presby Rev. Albert J | Covenant-First ney of the La Follette “It must be very humiliating to the ." he said. “Some one in the House secretarial E among the numerous ghost has blundered terri for this is one ghost writer that will not down but will rise to plague him for the rest of his administration. “One would think that with the La Follette letter before their eyes, there was sufficient editorial ability about the White House to at least attempt a disguise and give the letter some semblance of originality D= ever was responsible deserves to be ‘returned to private life’ or ‘sent back to the campus.’ " Dr. McCartney was willing. however, “to take the letter on its face value and deem the President sincere in soliciting constructive criticism and suggestions for the social securi gram and the works program and en=- swer it with the courtesy and dignity which the high office of Presid deserves.” Letter Similarity Noted. Rev. Raphacl H. Miller of the Na- | tional City Christian Church also cb- served the similarity between Roosevelt and La Follette letters said he was not willing to let tI President’s letter “go as a mac. made appeal to the church to h in a situation in which the ck has not been consulted previow: “The ministers the) Ives will fail,” Rev. Miller said, “if they do not meet the invitation of the President with & thoroughgoing convincing as- sertion that the wisdom of heaven does concern the welfare and secu of the Nation. Heretofore the church too often has been called on to stand by with ambulances and restoratives after godless national policies have wrought their devastation.” Other pulpit replies were reported from half a dozen communities by the Associated Press. They included: KANSAS CITY —Dr. George Ham- ilton Combs of the Country Club Christian Church: “If I were Presi- dent I should feel that at this hour the very best thing I could do would be to do nothing. The country needs a long, long rest. Business needs more than & breathing spell. If I were | President, I should champion the doc- trine of abundance rather than of scarcity or limitation.” Spiritual Atmosphere Needed. | SEATTLE—Dr. L. Wendell Fifield of the Plymouth Congregational Church :“There can be no successful leadership until a spiritual atmosphere is developed.” He recommended & longer, single presidential term to re- move the political composition of an | administration. LOS ANGELES—Rev. Cleveland Kleipauer of the Hollywood-Beverly Christian Church: “People want |to feel a social security largely | through , regular and adequate em- ployment.” He intends to write the | President that “one of the primary | things the Government must do is | to establish in the people’s minds a | thorough confidence in the moral in- tegrity of our men in office.” | HOLLYWOOD.—Dr. Glen R. Phil- | lips of the Hollywood First Methodist | Church: “I share with many of our | ministers and laity the deep disan- | pointment in your approval of the restoration of the liquor traffic to a place of power and influence ir. our social and political life. Furtherm the approval of huge naval and m tary expenditures is a stinging rebutl | to lovers of peace.” WACO, Tex.—Dr. J. M. Dawson of the First Baptist Church. The ad- ministration is to be praised for “de- | livering the citizens from the bond- age of fear,” but President Roosevelt is to be censured for his “lead in moral liberalism, which has inundated | the country in debauching liquor and | brought on a high wave of gambling and laxity in home life.” There should be speedier substitution of jobs for direct relief, he said. cne by Gov Honeymoons Exchanged. Under an arrangement between Co . logne, Germany, and Margate, Enge {land, for an interchange of honeye moon couples, Herr Frank, a Co- logne attorney, and his wife recently spent the first week of their wedded life as guests of Margate.