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HOOVER DEPLORES CRISIS IN SCHOOLS New Deal’s Fiscal Policy fs Forcing Endowment Speculation, He Says. By she Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 11.—Herbert Hoover says that trustees of some universities “are being forced to specu- late” to preserve their endowmnt in- come. The reason for the practice, the former president told Stanford Uni- versity Alumni last night, is that the “endowments on which their life and independence are based ars being ‘undermined by our national add fiscal and currency policies.” “Already we are experiencing the effects of fear of the consequnces of these policies,” Mr. Hoover said. “Every board of trustees in the coun- try.ds concerned today with this prob- lem. “Some of them, where they have the_authority, are partially transfer- ring from bonds to common stocks in the hope of saving their principal.” The former President said three cheices present themselves in the cur- rerff situation: “Decrease in activities. resort to the State for support or more and larger gifts to make good their shffnking endowments.” He said he has “the gravest doubt thé taypayer could be brought to make §ootl these inevitable curtailments.” Qf the “more and larger gifts,” Mr. Hofjver commented: 44t would seem that the Govern- ment, having chosen to devalue our enffowment resources, might make the gates of giving more easy of access. If all taxes and the limitations now imposed were removed from gifts and bequests we would receive more of them. “If the purpose of the people is to redistribute wealth, I know of no quar- ter into which such redistribution could flow that would bg more ad- vantageous to the people as a whole than into our educational institu- tions.” STANFORD STUDENTS AIDED. By the Associated Press. ‘Work relief officials told newspaper men today that Herberi Hoover’s alma mater, Stanford University, last year received $6,000 a month for part-time employment of 400 of its students. They made no direct comment on the former President’s assertion that the National Youth Administration program was threatening the inde- pendence of educational institutions. “That’s their loss,” a spokesman said yesterday in reply to the refusal of Hamilton College to accept grants this year. GREELY’S CONDITION - STILL IS CRITICAL Arctic and Military Hero Grow- i ing Gradually Weaker at Walter Reed Hospital. Maj. Gen. Adolphus W. Greely, Arctic and military hero, remained in a critical conditiorn today at Wailter Reed Hospital. i { Although physicians reported no marked change for the worse, the 91- year-old soldier's prospects of re- covery were said to be extremely slim. He is suffering from hardened arter- ies and grave complicatiors, Gen. Greely still is ‘able to lake note of what is going on around him, and he converses at times with his physicians and relatives who visit his bedside. He is growing gradually weaker, however. Greece (Continued From First Page.) fn Greece, a high Greek source said. This source declared, “No one con- gulted the former King or asked him to do anything in connection with yesterday's developments. He has not ‘been officially informed of what has happened, nor will there be any necessity to do so. It is his inten- tion to wait until a plebiscite is held i Greece.” : Authoritative reports reaching Greek circles in London from Athens, this sdurce said, indicated the royalists’ coup was inspired by a desire to “have & strong government at the helm in View of the international situation.” Sunday e The Feature Section = A~ “Washington’s Direct Link With Columbus : Voyage” . Anniversary of discovery turns spotlight on Library of Con- » gress, where navigator's codex | and other treasures are exhib- + ited. : LR b, LI “Science Uncovers Capital’s Indian : Background” Many heritages of the red man’s ! culture, dug out of the dim past, , are pieced together to disclose tribal life in nearby area. * ¥ ¥ % “Talking Wires” Just 100 years ago Prof. Morse gave the telegraph to the world. Here's the story of the first dots and dashes and of the message the “talking wires” have brought to mankind through the cen- tury. * k% % What’s What Behind News In Capital Break-up of Long Dy- rasty Seen in Atti- tude of Succesors. BY PAUL MALLON. EW ORLEANS.—The break-up of the Long dynasty seems to have occurred already, unno- ticed. It was not the kind of disintegra- tion every one has been looking for, but the absorption of a rough-tough dictatorship by quieter and different minds. For instance, Huey forced the seven sessions of the Legisiature in the year before his death to enact a flock of laws. These were highly complicated. No Long leader knew the meaning of all of them, or the use to which Huey intended to put most of them. But every one knew the purpose was to whip the agencies of democracy into use for the Long regime. One law, simpler than the oth- ers, was typical. It provided that only a board of election commis~ sioners could count election bal lots. No one else could see them. The report of the commissioners was to be made only to Huey's Governor. It would lock up all elections in Long’s safe for some time to come. But that is a little too raw for nearly all the politicos who are clutching at the Long sceptre. They have given private assurances to per- sons of authority here that this par- ticular law will be repealed. Softening Trend Seen. ‘This softening trend may also be discerned in the type of candidate who will run for Governor on the Long ticket next time. He is Richard A. Leche, a judge who was formerly sec- retary to Gov. O. K. Allen, the Long right arm. Mr. Leche never cared for the blackjack phese of the Long program. Those in a position to speak for him here say he has let all the Long leaders know that the rough stuff is out as far as he is concerned. A similar development was noted by the boys at the political switches here when Huey's national wealth-sharing organizer, Rev. G. L. K. Smith, en- trained for another State after Long died. It is hardly a disclosure to say | that the other Long leaders do not e much for Mr. Smith. They have ade no secret of it. What is less obvious but equally true is that few of the Long lead- ers are, after all, extreme wealth- sharers at heart. Apparently they intend also to ditch that phase of the movement as quietly as pos- sible. There is one exception, the short- term candidate for Long's senatorial toga, Wade Marlin. He will not be able to do much, however, because even his colleague, Senator Overton, has been known to cross his fingers frequently while hearing Long's ex- treme views on that subject. Regime Crumbling, ‘You may naturally wonder why the Long crowd are so willing to share their inheritance. The answer, as given by sound political authorities here, is that the Long regime was crumbling from within at the time he died. Otherwise there would have been no need for him to pass such measures as the stringent election law. If he was as strong as for- merly, he could have won without such dangerous steps. Furthermore, there was a real live possibility of a musket revolution against the Long government, and there still is, unless the worst fea- tures of it are abolished, and democ- racy resiored. Quarreling Self Apart. All this means it makes little ma- terial difference how soon the Long organization quarrels jtself apart. The quarreling is only a post-morlem symptom and not the real dictatorial disease of which the patient has al- ready died. It is true they started arguing among themselves on the steps of the hospital within 15 minutes after Long was shot. They had a fairly good fight started before his body was cold. Lately it has beex patched up, and they may keep it patched for a while. But the opposition draws few praises here for political acumen or efficiency. Some of its friends doubt its ability to do much more than make a few inroads at the coming January election. The best guess is that the Long outfit will stay together for probably & year or longer in his name but not in his spirit. Provisions. One of Huey's closest associates came to him on his deathbed and said substantially this: “You have often told me that you have made ample arrangements to care for your family. But no one knows how. I suggest you tell me now in case anything happens to you.” Huey did not answer, but turned to his doctor then or later and asked whether death was imminent. The physician apparently was unwilling to disclose Huey’s real condition to the patient and replied in the nega- tive, Huey asked how long before he would be up. The physician guessed it would be two weeks in bed and probably two weeks more in the hospital. “Then I can make a speech within a month,” Huey observed somewhat mysteriously. He died without answer- ing the question. Amount of Long’s Wealth, There is a popular suspicion that Long was wealthy, that he had money hidden away, probably in New York. His intimates doubt that he had very much. His idea of money was that of any poor hill-billy who suddenly finds limitless avenues of more money opened to him. He liked to spend on clothes, and neckties, but he never carried any money in his pocket. y These and other features - will be ready for you —in— The Sunday Star When he needed some, he telephoned his good friend, a local business man, and sald: “Send over five hundred.” He never paid & check himself. Once, during e campaign trip, he was handed a contribution of $1,000 in small bills, He tossed these into his straw hat and handed the hat to a henchman. The befuddled henchman wrapped 32-caliber big shots remaining in the | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO Women’s Guild Officers for the coming year are shown above corresponding secretary. Foot Ball Players On State Pay Roll, Gov. Davey Says Makes Statement in Re- ply to Ohio State Offi- cial’s Plea for Funds. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 11.— Gov. Martin L. Davey asserted today that most of the members of Ohio State University's foot ball team were on the State pay roll. The executive, in a prepared state- ment, referred to assertions by uni- versity spokesmen that it would have to close down within 8 week unless it were provided funds for mainte- nance as “one of the most amusing of all the frantic efforts that have been made to build up a gaunt spectre of shutdown.” University officials said earlier in the week that only $360 remained in the maintenance fund. When the 700 tons of coal that remained were ex- hausted, they said, the university would have to close down. If the university should close, foot ball team members would be ineligible to play in Big Ten competition. Gov. Davey asserted there is $15,000 available to purchase coal for the school. “As far as the foot ball season is concerned, we are extremely interested in its success. We recognize the fact that foot bail has become the supreme purpose of higher education,” the executive stated. “We have certainly done our part because we have most of the faot ball team on the State pay roll and we are exceedingly anxious for a most successful season. We want them to secure the championship by all means and have co-operated to the fullest extent to make this possible. Our financial co-operation, our fervent good wishes and fondest hopes and even our prayers are with them.” Gov. Davy did not list the players he said were on the State pay roll. L. W. St. John, Ohio State Uni- versity athletic director, said: “I do not care to enter into an: argument with the Governor. Of course, some of the players are on the | State pay roll, but they are working | | for the money they receive, and their | eligibility is not endangered by such | work.” |SIX LOADED SHELLS LOST AFTER ‘BATTLE’ Naval Academy Authorities Fear Injury to Souvenir Hunters. By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., October 11.—Six loaded 3-inch brass artillery shells were missed by Naval Academy au- ! thorities today when they completed a check-up of emmunition used during the sham battle that marked the ninetieth anniversary celebration yes- terday. Pointing out that although the shells were blanks they were extremely dan- gerous, the authorities expressed fear they may have gotten into the hands of children, who swarmed over the field seeking discharged cartridges. The shells were loaded with black powder and contain detonator caps and fuses. Even if the powder is re- moved the caps would be dangerous. ‘The authorities feared that who- ever had the shells might use them for ash trays. In this event the caps might explode from hot ashes. the stack in a used brown paper, but carried -them around the rest of the trip in the hat. When the time came to pay a small lunch- eon bill, he unwrapped the paper and paid out $1.25, but continued to use the hat as a cash register. ‘That was Huey's casual appreciation of money. What he wanted was power. Money was only an incidental but powerful implement to that end. More Indictments Seen, ‘The straw hat bookkeeping system is what has confused the Government agents trying to break up the Long dictatorship by income tax indict- ments. Nevertheless, those on the in- side here have been tipped that a half dozen more indictments have been ready for a week to be handed down by Federal authorities. The highest in the Long camp are expected to be named in these charges. They have been delayed apparently to per- mit Pederal agents to see if they cen get any additional information out of the current trial of the Long lieuten- ant, Abe Shushan. The Federals have been hinting for two years that they were going to indict Long, but never did. The in- side reason is supposed to be that they dug up a $5,000 or $6,000 case against him and were afraid to prose- cute because the amount was not sufficiently damaging. . are sponsoring & rumor now that they had & real ease against Long in this latest batch of expected indictments. (Copyright; 1935.) A ’ ot left to right. Seated: Mrs. John 8. Bennett, first vice president; Mrs. Willlam H. Ramsey, president; Mrs. Edgar Belt, recording secretary. Standing: Mrs. Marion P. Lord, treasurer; Mrs. Caroline B. Stephen, second vice president, and Mrs. H. L. Brunson, —Star Staft Photo. Homes (Continued From First Page) istrator of the Resettlement Admin- istration, said options have been taken in more cities than those tn which the new low-cost housing projects would be developed. Other cities to be included in the program will be decided within 60 days, he said. Outlining the principles of the pro- gram, Alexander said: “We are trying to demonstrate a new method to break down the present intolerable situation in which the welfare of one- third of American families is men- aced because they live in substand- ard homes. Cites Dangerous Results. “The results are so damaging in health, efficiency and morals as to constitute a charge on the population as a whole. “Past experience has shown that private industry cannot afford to build adequately for the low income groups, nor can these groups, as indi- viduals, build adequately for them- selves. 1If, however, the Government takes some of the money it spends to correct the results of bad housing and spends it preventively in erecting good housing, all of us will benefit. We will, at the same time, be giving jobs to men in need of them.” The nearby Maryland development will provide housing and complete community facilities for 1,000 families, chosen from low income groups in Washington and nearby Maryland |areas. The Resettlement Administra- tion statement sald housing for such families in this region at present is wholly inadequate in the face of prob- ably steady or increasing employment for workers here. To Plan Expansion Room. Plans for the Berwyn Heights de- velopment are to be drawn to provide ample room for expansion. The town is to be so laid out that it could be expanded later to provide 2,000 to 3,000 dwelling units. In this and the other three low- cost projects, the developed area is to be inclosed in a protected strip, or in “green belt,” as the resettlement official terms it. This is designed to protect it from encroachment and “blight” that has destroyed so many eighborhoods in the past. In the ‘green belt” will be parks and recre- | ation facilities for the inhabitants of the town and surrounding areas. Each of the communities is to be designed so that the houses “en- circle” the community and automobile traffic is to be diverted to the outer rim. A system of underpass walks is to make it possible for children to at- tend school, run errands and enjoy games without ever crossing streets, it was announced. Began With Few Hundred Acres. The Berwyn Heights research cen- ter in 1910 consisted of a few hun- dred acres. It has been increased now to a total of 5,555 acres. The Government already has spent $3,500,000 on development of the tract, laboratories, farm buildings and other facilities. The present annual budget for research amounts to more than $1,000,000, and 426 persons now are employed under the research op- | eration. When the research center is finally completed it will be one of the larg- est establishments of its kind in the world, employing upward of 800 per- sons, officials said. Construction Lagged. In discussing objectives ot the low- cost housing phase of the Berwyvn Heights plan, the Resettlement Ad- ministration stated: “Washington is & rapidly growinz city. Construction of homes, however, in recent years, has lagged far behind the increase in families. Many houses now occupied in Washington are in slum areas and are far below accept- able housing standards. “The Capital is face to face with housing shortage and accompany- ing higher rents have accentuated the demand for new housing, especially for low income groups. Declared Ideal Site. “An ideal site for a community has been selected at the western end of the Berwyn Heights area. The land is 200 feet above sea level, with mag- nificent views over the surrounding country. The land is gently rolling and attractively wooded. A small stream which runs through the prop- erty will be used to form a lake on the outskirts of the town.” Access to Washington from the town can be had over an improved express highway in a 40-minute drive. Bus service for residents to Washing- ton will be arranged for. The Balti- more & Ohio Railroad has a station a mile and one-half northwest of the town site, from which commutation service to Washington may be had for $5 per month, with a running time of half an hour, e FINED FOR SPEEDING Richard Ashby Caught After Fleeing Policeman. Charged with driving 70 miles an hour while fleeing from a policeman, Richard Ashby, first block. of Long- fellow street, was fined a total of $55 | ter when arraigned before Police Court Judge Walter J. Casey today. He was assessed $35 on the speeding count and $10 on each of two charges of passing a red light. Ashby, who outspeeded Cycle E. P. Coucher in & chase on Fourteenth street southwest Sep- tember 29, was arrested yesterday. a D. C, HAUPTMANN CASE REGORDS SOUGHT Gears of Legal Procedure Move Toward Setting of Execution Date. By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J,, October 11.—An- thony M. Hauck, jr., Hunterdon Coun- ty prosecutor, today filed with the Court of Errors and Appeals a request that the records of Bruno Richsrd Hauptmann's case be remitted back to Hunterdon County’'s Oyer and Ter- miner Court. The order is technical procedure which must precede ths new date for execution. Ten days must elapse be- fore the record and the decision deny- ing the appeal are sent back to a lower court. The promise of further fight and a visit of his wife yesterday have brought back to Hauptmann some of the con- fidence he manifested throughout his long trial and his eight months in death row before the Court of Errors and Appeals sustained his conviction in a unanimous decision. Coincidental with the visit of Mrs. Hauptmann, the warden of the prison, Col. Mark O. Kimberling, released Hauptmann’s autobiography to his at- torneys, Rosecrans and C. Lloyd Fish- er. They had striven for months to have the manuscript reieased in order to sell it to help finance Hauptmann's appeal. The story of the German ex-ma- chine gunner's life, written in long- hand in German, was completed May 4 and Hauptmann requested at that time that he be allowed to give it to his wife and lawyers. “The autoblography,” Col. Kimber- ling sald today in a statement, “was translated into English, carefully read by the principal keeper, who dis- cussed the possibilities of release with Gov. Hoffman, Commissioner (of In- stitutions and Agencies) Ellis and the prison Board of Governors. “It was felt that no permission should be granted for the release * * * while Hauptmann's case was on ap- peal to the Court of Errors and Ap- peals. There appeared to be little or no basis for objections to its release | following the declsion of the court.” Hauptmann wrote swiftly, for the manuscript is 218 pages long and was not started until the middle of March, fully .. month after he was convicted at Flemington by a jury of eight men and four women of the kidnap-siay- ing of Charles A. Lindbergh, jr, Tubercular (Continued From Pirst Page.) regarded as very doubtful could re-| main at Gallinger,” he said. “There | Glenn Dale. We can give them equally as good care and treatment here. Furthermore, it would be to the best interest of the patient, if his him at a place easily accessible to his family and friends.” The original buildings at Gallinger were erected during the Civil War to house ill and wounded Union soldiers. After the Civil War they became part of the Washington Asylum and later Gallinger Hospital. They are of frame construction on brick foundations. They were abandoned in 1929 when the first of the modern hospital build- ings was placed in service. Limited Facilities Seen. Decision to use W. P. A. funds to reconstruct the three buildings was influenced by declarations by Dis- trict medical leaders that adequate | facilities for tuberculosis conirol still would not be available after the Glenn Dale institution is opened, if the District were not to follow the standard that there should be prefera bly two beds for each death.per year from the disease. ‘The Commissioners have received urgent requests that the old Tubercu- losis Hospital, Fourteenth and Upshur streets, be kept in service after the Glenn Dale institution is opened. It is understood the Commissioners have provided for another full year of op- eration of the old hospital in their 1937 budget. The old building will be needed at least until next Septem- ber, and if the Commissioners find later in the next fiscal year the building is not needed, it is reported, they then could decide to close it. Irvin S. Cobb Says: May Agitator Ujich Rest in Peace in Leningrad. SANTA MONICA, Calif, October 11.—With reverence let us approach the case of Mr. John Ujich. (Spell- ing not guaranteed and when pro- nouncing him let your conscience be your guide.) ‘That alien gen- tleman inserted himself into our midst with intent to follow in the illustrions mouth prints of other red - complexed agitators, both domestic and im- ported. He had no visible means of self - support, except his under jaw. So promptly he got on Federal relief, all the while complaining bit- terly that the amount was insufficient to support him in the style to which he heretofore was unaccustomed. Nevertheless, it did supply fuel for the tongue power with which violently he demanded the overthrow of this Gov- ernment. Arrested for alleged anarchistic ut- terances, he fought against being de- ported to that happy dreamland of political perfections—Russia. For a whole year he appealed and he re- appealed. He hired lawyers. He filed briefs, which is the law’s whimsical name for something which never is brief. He pleaded tearfully to stay on. It seemed he could hate so much bet- t close range than long distance. no is with us. He is gone He is not expected Leningrad. If, case is extremely grave, to hospitalize | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1935. . W. “Chip” Robert Marries L Mrs. Evelyn Walker in London Assistant Secretary of Treasury and Bride Leave for Berlin. Ceremony Delayed Six Days to Comply With British Law. L. W. (Chip) Robert, Assistant Sec- retary of the Treasury and former Atlanta architect, and Mrs. Evelyn ‘Walker, socially prominent here and in New York, were married today in Caxton Hall Registry at London, Eng- land. ‘The couple intended originally to be married October 5, but the cere- mony was delayed six days to fulfill the British law requiring 15 days’ residence, the Associated Press re- ported. Those attending the wedding in- cluded Lord Beaverbrook, British pub- lisher; the bride's parents, Ben T. Smith, New York broker, and Mon- tagu Piesse of the Standard Oil Co. A reception was held at the couple’s hotel before they left on a wedding trip to Berlin and Paris, ‘They went to Berlin by airplane and, after a short stay at the Adlon Hotel in the German capital, planned to fly to Paris, where they expected to stay at the Hotel Crillon untii they sail for the United States on the S. 8. Majesic October 16. The marriage was rumored when Robert’s first wife, Mrs. Louise Ayers Robert, obtained a divorce in Reno, Nev., September 15. At the time Mrs. Robert asked custody of the two minor children. Robert came here from Atlanta in 1933 to accept his Federal post. He and his first wife celebrated their sil- ver wedding anniversary here in Feb- ruary. A daughter of the divorced couple, Miss Louisa Robert, was a member of the Olympic swimming team and now is president of the Atlanta Debu- tante Club, while a son, Lawrence, is a senior at the Georgia School of ‘Technology at Atlanta. The former Mrs. Walker is the divorced wife of Pielding Robinson of Stoll (Confinued From Pirst Page.) Robinson displayed a Railway Express receipt which had advised him that a “5-pound package” was being held at the Nashville express office for him. Because of published reports that the ransom money had been sent to Nashville, the witness said, the trio agreed that the package must be the ransom money. Loser said he advised would be no use of sending them W;Mblnsnn. sr, and Lackey that the thing to do was to communicate with Federal agents at once. He related that they went to the Department of | Justice headquarters and that Lac- key and Robinson, sr., remained out- side at his suggestion. He said that | he went over the situation as it then | stood with Federal agents. |AUTO VICTIM BROUGHT HOME BY AIRPLANE | Mrs. Nan Jenkins, Injured in Ar- kansas, May Be in Cast for Three Weeks. Mrs. Nan Jenkins, 1762 B sireet southeast, who was severely injured in an automobile accident near Little Rock, Ark., three weeks ago, was re- | turned to Washington yesterday by | plane and removed to her home in the fire rescue squad ambulance. | Mrs. Jenkins and her husband, Jess Jenkins, conduct a lunch counter busi- ness in the District Building. She | suffered several broken bones when | the automobile in which she was | motoring with her son and daughter, William and Elizabeth, collided with & mule on the highway. Physicians said the injured woman probably would have to remain m a cast three weeks. Japan Launches Warship. TOKIO, October 11 (#).—The Jap- anese navy office, indicating a speed- ing up of its naval construction pro- gram, announced today that the | cruiser Suzuya, third new ship in the 8.500-ton class, has been placed in commission. The new cruiser will join the fleet shortly. WARD AUBURN BUICK CADILLAC CHEVROLET CHRYSLER DE SOTO October 28. Previous puzzles may be office of The Star. 1 street northwest, Washington, D. C. Annual Automobile Show, will award MRS. EVELYN WALKER. —Underwood Photo. LAWRENCE W. ROBERT. —Star Staff Photo. New York. She is an ardent horse- woman and has been active in social life here. GOLF TILE VN BY RS MECKEY Indian Spring Player De- feats Helen Dettweiler, 6 and 4. Mrs, Betty P. Meckley, Indian Spring | Country Club, today won the Middl | Atlantic women’s golf championship, | defeating Helen Dettweiler, Congres- sional Country Club, in the final {round of the tournamnet at Congres- sional. Mrs. Meckley's margin was 6 and 4. ‘Taking the lead on the third hole, she was 4 up at the turn, covering the outward nine in 44 as against 50 for her youthful opponent. She bagged an eagle 3 on the par-5 eleventh hole to win it over Miss Dettweiler's birdie 4, and ended the match with a 4 on the fourteenth hole. Mrs. Meckley holds the Maryland State women's golf championship, but | today’s victory marked her first Middle Atlantic title. She was runner-up four years ago. | Mrs. Leo Walper, Kenwood, defeated Mrs. A. M. Bowden, Congressional, to | win the first flight consolation today. | Miss Dettweiler's putting was erratic | while that of,Mrs. Meckley was deadly in its accuracy. —— 8 NAMED FOR BISHOP PORTLAND, Oreg., October 11 (#). —Eight presbytes of the Episcopal Church were nominated yesterday at a special convention to select an Episcopal bishop for Oregon to suc- ceed the late Right Rev. Walter Tylor Sumner. ‘The nominees included: Rev. Robert Eveans Browning, Baltimore; Rev. Dr. John C. Evans, religious editor of the | Chicago Tribune; Rev. John R. Stalker | of Massillon, Ohio; Very Rev. Ben- jamin Dunlap Dagwell of Denver, and four from Oregon. AUTO SHOW PUZZLE CONTEST HECTIC | Pertaining to a particular profession. l| | s | VEIN | An artless person. | | Kind of land we like. I | MAUL A stalk of grain. : | Add a letter to each word shown in the left-hand column and rearrange | & | the letters to spell a word for which the definition is given. word below the definition and place the added letter in the last column oppo- | Insert the new site the new word. If the puzzle is solved correctly, the added letters will | spell the trade name of one of the twenty-one (21) automobiles shown in the list below, to be exhibited at the Sixteenth Annual Automobile Show of Wash- ington, D. C., from November 2 to November 9, 1935, inclusive, at the Calvert Exhibit Hall, 2601 Calvert street northwest, opposite Hotel Shoreham, under the auspices of Washington Automotive Trade Association, which, with the co-operation of The Star, is conducting this contest. LINCOLN NASH OLDSMOBILE PACKARD - PIERCE-ARROW PLYMOUTH The first puzzle appeared on October 8. The last will be published on PONTIAC STUDEBAKER TERRAPLANE studied from the files in the business Solve each puzzle, and not earlier than October 29, but not later than midnight, October 30, send all of the solutions with a reason of not more than twenty (20) words “As to Why an Automobile Show Should Be He]d, in Washington, D. C..” to the Washington Automotive Trade Association, 1427 | It is not necessary to send in the actual puzzles, but it is compulsory | that the entries show the new words. The new words will not be given out or published, and no entries will be returned. Officials of the Washington Automoblle Trade will befinal, will act as judges, and based on correctness, neatness and manner in which the solutions are submitted, as well as the reason for holding an Assoclation, whose decisions prizes totaling $100 and 100 tickets to the Automobile Show, as follows: First prize, $50 and 12 tickets; second prize, $25 and 8 tickets; third prize, $10 and 6 tickets and 25 prizes of 2 tickets each: In of ties d te prizes will be awarded. “.Wlnm -n'fr‘:’ announced in the Automobile Show Section of The Sunday Star on November 3, 1935. Questions should be addressed to Washington Auto- motive Trade Association, 1437 I street northwest, Washington, D. C. [ IS ¥ LANDON PICTURED NEW DEAL FRIEND William Allen White Says Kansan Would Save Good From Incompetents. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Desiring to learn what manner of man is Gov. Landon of Kansas, who is being mentioned for the Repub- lican presidential nomination. this correspondent wrote to William Allen White, editor of the Emporia (Kans.) Gazette, to get an honest and fair- minded appraisal. When the reply was received, it was not, of course, intended for publica- tion, but Mr. White, on being asked to permit its publication, authorized the following quotations: “I have known Gov. Landon since his boyhood. His father and I were good friends 30 years ago. His father was a leader in the Rooseveltian re- volt from 1909 to 1916, and the boy was brought up in the way he should 0. He is not departing from it. On the other hand, he has faithfully and successfully tried not to be a factionist or a partisan. “As an administrator in Kansas, his success has been due to the fact that he has had no enemies to punish, and no friends to reward whose lack of | merit made them a liability to a good | executive. He has gone the full dis- tance in the Roosevelt relief program in Kansas, and by tactful, courageous leadership and co-operation with his Legislature has brought Kansas, with- out wrangling or bargaining, into a full measure of co-operation with the rehef measures. He has not been partisan in the least. He took over in toto the relief organization set up by the Democratic Governor who pre- ceded him—an honest, intelligent pub- lic ofMcial. Backs Relief Measure. “He is well-to-do but not rich. Asa Roosevelt Bull Mooser, he naturally believes in using the Government as an | agency of human welfare. He has sup- | ported all the relief measures of the | Roosevelt administration. He is some- what for old-age pensions, but not | after the Townsend fashion, but as an economy measure and as a means of readjusting unemployment, also as a measure of social justice. He feels, I fancy, as most Republicans in the West feel where we are not surrounded by industrial problems that job insur- ance is a difficult task—one which | must be solved eventually but which cannot be brought down with a pot shot. He is supporting Senator Capper. And probably would have voted in Congress somewhere between Capper | and Vandenberg. “I am fairly well persuaded he is not an inflationist. And if he doesn't believe in anything he is a bull-headed Dutchman and isn’t going to be bluffed into it. He has certain Coolidgian | qualities in that he makes a poor jpeech get lots of votes. | “Landon has had almost as much political experience as Coolidge had when he was elected vice president. And Landon is a bigger man than Coolidge was the day he went to the White House. But Coolidge took the | job when it was merely a job of executive leadership. Economically, we were on an ascending spiral. He faced no serious problems. He in- | stituted no crucial policies. If Cool= | idge were called to the White House | today, I believe he would make & conspicuous failure. He is not the man for this hour. ‘Tremendous Responsibilities. “The impact of the job in the White House is tremendous. If a man has any latent subconscious powers they are aroused by the overwhelming re- sponsibility. Few men fail to respond to this awful challenge. Taft rallied slowly. Harding failed. McKinley only partially rose, but he was growing when he died. I think Wilson met it |in a way, though sadly handicapped | by his temperamental peculiarities. I |am inclined to beiieve that Landon would rise to it. I don't know. No man knows. I don’t think he knows. I think this is the reason why he is modest. He stands in awe and fear |of the terrible consequences of & failure to rise. I have talked very little with him about the job, though we have been dear and close friends | since his boyhood. “Landon meets people well, is & handshaker without being a back- slapper—a nice distinction. In col- | lege, where I first knew him, he be- | longed to the dancing fraternity, ine troduced one of the first tuxedoes into the university 30 years ago. Has & mind sufficiently well trained so that | he can read a book clear through. He has no facility of expression in front of a typewriter or a stenographer. | He fumbles and blunders through his | speeches, but in the end he has said something. “Gov. Landon has stood with Ickes consistently on oil control. He is an oil man and has come to that conclusion not as a politician, but as s practical independent operator. He would not begin to yell about the Guffy bill until he had studied the soft coal industry. And if he believed soft coal needed regulation, he would vote for it. If not he wouldn’t. But the constitutionality of the matter ‘wouldn't agonize him at the start. A¢ least that is my.judgment. He is & Legionnaire and was a good soldier, My guess is he would be for the bonus. But would try to modify its inflation- ary tendency. Martial Law in Strike. “We had a serious strike in the lead and zinc district of Southeastern Kansas recently. He declared martial But instructed his military arm | to be particularly careful not to vioe |late the civil rights of the strikers | and not to look for trouble. So there was no blood shed and no occasion. for riot. I should say that on the whole he would stress the bill of rights. in the Constitution equally with the property clause in the fourteenth amendment, which is more than the Liberty League does, and it would probably be heartbroken at Landon's ideas about that bill of rights. “Since he has been Governor, bee cause Kansas is a prohibition State, he has observed the law without being fussy and sanctimonious about it. I first met him when I was on the Dis- ciplinary Committee as a regent of the university and he was a student who was a leader in what was known as the T. M. E, a pan-hellenic hilari= ous outfit. He plays a mild game of poker. Has a little time for golf. “Whenever we talk over the New Deal it is in these terms: ‘The issue is economy, sound currency and s balanced budget. All that is good in the New Deal should be saved from its incompetent, extravagant and often too radical friends. There is too much to salvage to let Roose- velt wreck it “I hope this gives you a fairly sccurate picture of Landon.” (Copyright, 1938.) | law. ¢