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A—2 %% / ANTI-SOVIET PACT -SOUGHT BY HITLER German Envoy Expected to See Laval to Gauge Anglo- French Opinion. By the Associated Press. o PARIS, November 8.-—Adolf Hit- ler's representative, Joachim von Rib- bentrop, was reported in authoritative : quarters today to be coming to Paris | late this month to discuss the pos- sibility of an understanding with France and Great Britain, It was reported he would sound | out French officials on their attitude | toward development of an anti-Soviet | policy between France and Germany. .Some French circles said Hitler's envoy also was expected to discuss limitation of land farces and a trl- power air agreement among France, Great Britain and Germany. Laval Sees Cerrutl. Meanwhile, Premier Plerre Laval | fgain talked over the Mediterranean | situation with Italian Ambassador | Vittorio Cerruti. | Persons close to Laval said they | understood he expressed astonishment to the Ambassador regarding the anti- French campaign in the Italian press, | painting out he had constantly en- | deavoured to find a solution of the Ttalo-Ethiopian conflict which would be acceptable to Premier Mussolini | of Italy. High quarters said they believed | Laval and Cerruti also discussed the | possibility of Italy withdrawing its ! forces from Libya in exchange for | Great Britain's reducing its fleet in the Mediterranean. Italy was reported reluctant to make further concessions to London because | of the application of sanctions, in which Britain played an important role. Secks to Withhold Ratification, -While London and Paris were said to be seeking Hitler's guarantee to keep hands off Central Europe and respect Russia’s frontiers, Von Ribbentrop, on his visit to Paris, was expected to sug- gest that France withhold ratification of her mutual assistance treaty witl Russia. | . Germany was said to feel that if Prance did not ratify the pact, there was a possibility of preventing an argnament race. Diplomatic circles re- called that Germany 1egarded the treaty as an attempt to encircle her, contrary to the Locarno treaty. They said Hitler would “seriously consider | rentinciation of the Locarno pact and | remilitarization of the Rhineland if the Franco-Russian treaty is approved by France.” Premier Laval also aiscussed the Mediterranean situation with the Spanish Ambassador, Juan de Carde- nas, it was said in informed quarters. Rumors of a possible Franco-Brit- sh naval accord in the Mediterranean were published in 1'Ocuvre. The paper said 1t was reported France would undertake to aid the British fleet, lend it French naval bases, and follow a common naval policy with Britain. Enlargement of the British base at Gibraltar, renewal of the Tangler statute (by which Tangier, opposite Gibraltar, was made an international zone) and eventual French occupa- tion of part of Spanish Morocco, with Spain’s consent, were also reported to be involved in the plan. Officials scouted the rumors of a Franco-British naval accord, saying the nations have only & temporary | agreement for French occupation; of & port ! Spanish Morocco. | They said change in the status of Gibraltar was out of the question. | .. PRESIDENT WILL BID BISHOP RYAN FAREWELL | Postmaster General Farley will de- liver a farewell message from Presi- dent Roosevelt to Most Rev. James H. Ryan, rector of Catholic University and Bishop-Designate of Omaha, at a civic reception Monday at the May- Tlower Hotel. More than 2,000 guests are expected to attend the farewell gathering. Speakers besides Farley include Su- preme Court Justice Pierce Butler, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen and Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Arch- | bishop of Baltimore, An engrossed scroll as a token of | high esteem will be presented to Bishop Ryan by the Council of Public | Relations of the university, which | comprises a group of business and professional men of Washington, un- der the chairmanship of Joseph J. Cotter. i Itvin S. Cobb | Says: Read Both Democratic and G. O. P. Claims and Go Mildly Insane. SANTA MONICA, Calif., Novem- ber 8—To a party manager the recipe for happiness is so simple. To | get the effect of a glorious sunrise all yon have to do is stand on your head and Jook between your legs at the sunset. -+ yOuTe a evod jonrneyman [ Repmblican and workmg at the trade. by read- ing Chairman Fletcher's esti- mate of this ) week's election | you’ll feel assured that next year when your-crowd gets through working on the New Dealers the scene will look like some- body had been cleaning fish—fins, scales and palpitating innards all over the place. 1f youre & dependable or office- holding Democrat, read Chairman Farley's latest outburst of purest optimism and you'll hear only the bluebird singing and the joy-bells ringing. Or if you'd prefer to go mildly in- sane, read what both gentlemen have to say., That's the mistake I made. Nurse, this is Napoleon Bonaparte speaking. Kindly bring my cocked hat and sword over to Ward “A.” And, #ay, Nursie, you don't by any chance happen to be the Empress Josephine, do you? hi (sonfl'w"z 1935. by the Nerth American 'wspaper Allial ' inc.) ? the newspaper | sion | 3/-\/”. P4 What’s What Behind News In Capital Indefinite Extension of “Breathing Spell” Is _ in Prospect. BY PAUL MALLON. EW YORK, November 8—An indefinite prolongation of the “breathing spell” is being predicted by some New Deal- ers in the cellar here, who should know what they are talking about. The current spell may have been timed wisely for the elections, but, as they see it, the result of the elections was hardly an encouragement to open up again. Consequently, they expect that the spending budget, on which President Roosevelt is mow work- ing, will be curtailed further; that the left-wingers in Washington will be given seats still further back from the limelight; that ex- ising reform agencies will continue to move cautiously toward consol- idation rather than erpansion. They note that, within the last 60 | days, no statement has come from the White House which could be con- sidered lacking in encouragement to | any one. They expect none. ® Leaders Hold Realistic Views. ‘The surprising thing about the Na- | tion's business and financial center | here is that you find so many of the leaders have a realistic viewpoint. Ordinarily, New York flles high in super-optimism or crawls under- ground in unwarranted dejection. This seems to be one time when many (not, by any means, all) are inclined to keep their feet on the surface, or at least try to. A fair summary of the personal | outlook of those who are supposed to | be wisest here follows: A few bankers lengthen their faces | when they survey the Government spending program. A small number | have adopted personal policies of re- | sisting Federal debt-expansion pres- sure. They are shying away a little from Government bonds, but not in any serious way. And the most fear- | ful among them do not see any diffi- | culties for Federal financing in the | next year or two. (They really seem to be more resentful than disturbed.) | There seems to be wide agree- ment that, if Mr. Roosevelt curtails nending, or if a Republican Pres- ident is elected next year, their basic troubles will be over. Inflation Still Feared. | Ficancial experts expect the Gov- | ernment to use its various facilities | | to encourage credit expansion in the | | Sprirg—riot before. If there is a| | setback before Sprimg, the Govern- |ment might step in, but few people here are thinking in terms of set- backs. No monetary inflation moves are | expected for the next year or so. On these two propositions there is almost unanimous agreements, but | there are two schools of thought about | what will happen later. One crowd believes business will improve so much that monetary and financial problems will become secondary. They already | see that trend in recent developments. | This is the New Deal view, and, in New York, apparently a minority view. A majority professes the opinion that monetary inflation is inevitable | in the long run (three years is the | most favored guess). New Kind of Business Era. The really smart business leaders have kissed the Coolidge era good- by. They are the ones outside of Wall Street who realize that gener- ally accepted statistics no longer carry preponderant weight. The country has entered upon an en- tirely new and different business era. It calls for new and different methods. They see it, for instance, in the bus transportation business. That was a minor sideline in 1929. About two years ago the stock of a prominent bus company sold for $5 a share. It is now around $80. Bus transporta- tion has become a big business, be- cause it reaches for the flat 1935 pocketbook. It was what the market- eers call “the real ride to glory” in stock market profits since the depres- Amusements, theaters, night clubs, taxicabs have shown a relative ac- celeration not disclosed in business figures. These appeals to modest pocket- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, COLEMAN RULING RAPS CONGRESS Violated Constitution in Passing Holding Company Law, Decision Says. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Congress again has beem formally accused by the judiciary of violating the Constitution, this time the de- cision being rendered in a case in- volving the public utility holding com- pany act, but really of transcendent importance to the future of every in- dustry and every business. E For Judge Willlam C. Coleman has said that, if Congress can usurp the postal power and regulate the business of the user of the mails on the ground this is the same thing as regulating the use of the mails, then all busi- nesses could come under Federal regu- lation and there would be an end of State rights. The opinion of Judge Coleman, in effect, tells the trustees of the utility company that they may disregard the utility act as unconstitutional and need not pay any attention to its pro- visions, which require registration with the S. E. C. by December 1. Since such advice is given by a Fed- eral judge to trustees of a company in receivership, it follows that presidents of other companies, who are trustees for their stockholders, may accept the same advice. Will Retard Enforcement. The significance of the decision is j that it probably will put a damper on the effective enforcement of the utility law for many months to come. The Securities and Exchange Commission was not a party to the suit and Chair- man Landis is known to feel that the case did not present a fair test. But trick laws beget trick cases, and, fur- thermore, the habit which Congress is developing of passing invalid laws and forcing the citizen to undergo hard- ships while the Government attorneys delay court tests is not conducive to a passive acquiencence in such statutes by companies or individuals whose property is affected. If Judge Coleman’s opinion is car- ried to a higher court and sustained, there is nothing Congress can do about rewriting the statute. For the Coleman opinion holds Congress has no pcwer to use the commerce clause to regulate holding companies, that it has no power to use the postal clause, that it cannot ignore the fifth amendment, known as the “due process” clause, in order to do by indirection that which it has no direct power to do. It is noteworthy, however, that Judge Colg- man did not pass on the question of proper or improper delegation of power D. C.,, FRIDAY Speakers and officials went into a huddle last night at the dinner meeting of the Metropolitan Unit of the Community Chest to decide plans for the big campaign. Shown in the photograph are Rabbi Simon Metz, who offered invocation; Herbert L. Willett, jr., Chest di- rector; Bernard Wyckoff, chairman of the unit; Rev. Dr. Oliver Hart, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, who addressed the unit, and Clarence Phelps Dodge, president of the Chest. KING T0 BE GUEST AT WHITE HOUSE {Canada’s Premier May Talk Reciprocal Trade Pact With Roosevelt. By the Associated Press. | Canada’s premier, Mackenzie King, | plunged tocay into a round of official | and social visits, topped by a confer- ence with President Roosevelt this |afternoon and a White House dinner in the evening. He held an hour's conference with ment about general economic condi- tions at home and abroad. The conversation took place after Hull, Undersecretary William Phillips, Assistant Secretary Francis B. Sayre Officer Attacked By Dogs Who Bit Woman Seriously NOVEMBER 8, 1935. Chdst Leaders Plan Drive Strategy —Star Staff Photo. CHANDLER SWEEPS SPIRTED FIGHT [THREE TEANSBID FOR CHEST URGED' FOR MEXICAN TILT Officers Cheer Metropolitan|Central, Eastern and Tech Unit Workers on to Have Chance to Win City Great Endeavor. Championship. The Community Chest is faced with | Three Washington high school foot a tremendous task in its drive for ball teams today had been given an $1,722,900, but a will-to-win like that | added incentive to win the city chame which inspired the Notre Dame foot | pionship when Dr. Frank W. Ballou, ball team in its last-minute victory | superintendent of schools, and Birch over Ohio State last Saturday will | E. Bayh, director of health and phys- bring success, it was declared last | ical ‘education, pointed out to the night by Dr. Oliver Hart, rctor of St. | coaches that the city champion wiil John's Episcopal Church, at a rousing | meet an all-star team from Mexico rally of Metropolitan Unit volunteers in the Willard' Hotel. The best worker in the Chest cam- paign, he said, is not necessarily a super-salesman, but “the man who will hang on that five minutes longer.” “You are probably sick of hearing about it,” Dr. Hart told the workers, “but the last few minutes of that| Notre Dame-Ohio State game must thrill any one—for a team to win in the face of certain defeat. The an- swer rests largely on the question, ‘How much of the spirit of the Notre Dame team have we got?’” ‘Warns of Alibis. Commenting on the marked en- thusiasm displayed by the teams of the unit last night, Dr. Hart warned they must expect tb encounter “cold water” when they make their rounds to solicit funds. Most of the excuses given for not contributing, he said, will be “just a smoke-screen behind which to escape responsibility.” Dr. William McClellan, campaign chairman, emphasized the gravity of the relief situation confronting the city and” expressed confidence the Chest canvassers will do a good job. Herbert L. Willett, jr, Chest direc- tor, pointed out that Washington City on Friday after Thanksgiving day. Mexico City, through the Minister of Education, Gonzalo Vasquez-Vela, and the local superintendent, Dr. Juan Batisto Batiz, first invited an all-star team here to meet their picked team. The Board of Education and the superintendent, however, de- cided that the city champions can Tepresent this city better than any selected group from all teams that ‘may have only a few days in which to drill, As a result, Central, Eastern and Tech, all have chances to win the local title and meet the “pride of Mexico." | | Central and Eastern Undefeated. Central and Eastern so far defeated game, and any one of the three s chance to meet the ch | below the Rio Grande | Meanwhile, Bayh today the principals of the se schools of the city and se | mittees to work out details reception and enterta: | given the Mexicans during t. visit here oman Serionty) T DISTRICTS Ferocious Animals May |Lead of New Governor Is| leads all other cities in percentage| Plans were laid for a recepti of contributors for human needs with | one of the high schools at which all an average of 300 givers per 1,000 | high school pupils of Washington can inhabitants. The amount contributed | show their hospitality to the visitors. per person is less than in a number Other social events are being planned Secretary Hull in the State Depart- | to the Securities and Exchange Com- and economic and trade advisers of mission, declaring that this was un- | the State Department had called on necessary in view of the other grounds. | President Roosevelt, apparently to But this may be taken to mean that | give him latest information on the the Securities and Exchange Commis- | progress of negotiations for a Cana- sion will not be disturbed, judicially dian-American reciprocal trade treaty. speaking, in so far as its powers to| Emerging from Secretary Hull's of- regulate the sale or distribution of fice. the chunky Dominion government securities I interstate commerce are leader maintained his usual reticence, concerned, a circumstance that tends assuring newspaper men that it was to support the theory that securities “not safe to assume anything.” control will be sustained but not| The ‘mpression generally was that Federal control of the management | King would discuss a Canadian-| of the companies whose securities are American reciprocal trade agreement being sold in interstate commerce, | With the President, but on his arrival here he protested he was simply on a { vacation and was seeking rest. There was nothing really surprising| Nevertheless, he will have ample in the opinion of Judge Coleman, who. | Opportunity to talk trade, the St. Opinion Net Surprising. | by the way, enjoys a reputation as a | Lawrence waterway treaty and other fair and experienced judge and one | mutual problems when he sits down who has rarely been reversed by the | with Mr. Roosevelt in the oval room higher courts because of the legal ' library on the second floor of the soundness of his opinions. The Cole- | Executive Mansion after dinner. man opinion is absolutely in line with| Observers generally were agreed the opinions rendered to members of | that the problem of negotiating a Congress and mentioned during the |trade pact between the two nations debate on the “death sentence” last | was a difficult one because of their Stmmer. But the bitterness of feeling | Widely divergent economic problems over the utility bill was so extensive | Canada has been seeking reductious that constitutional arguments were |on some agricultural tariffs while the books are expected to continue until the national income increases for a few more years, at least. All these fundamentals are on the assumption that there will be no world catastrophe, such as a war in Europe. This is a large assumption. The fact is most au- thorities ezpect a war, regard it as only a question of time. If it is not in-Ethiopia, they will look for it in Germany or Japan. Squirming—So What? It sounds incredible, but a few leaders of really big business at a luncheon the other day could not agree on the wisest course to pursue polit- ically. Emotionally, they were all bitter against the New Deal. They unani- mously adopted a one-word descrip- tion of Mr. Roosevelt as “dangerous.” Yet a majority wondered whether it was a good practical idea for them to stick their heads out too far. In other words, they seemed to be squirming, but did not know what to do about it. At least, they did not decide, There Wwas a time when a confer- ence between Mr. Roosevelt and the eminent Democratic logician, Bernard Baruch, would start a lot of hot ru- mors. Not any more. Past experience bas proved that Mr. Baruch is not always called in for economic consul- tations. There are good reasons for believing that this recent discussion at Hyde Park was almost exclusively on the European situation. % (Copyright. 1‘!53 brushed aside as inconsequential. | United States would like lowered | duties on a number of manufactured articles going into the Dominion. | Hull at his press conference, however, | pointed out both governments had | been referring in the past few months to the desirability of working out a Anybody who has read the prece- dents on which Judge Coleman has rendered his opinion, and they are well known and frequently cited at the bar, cannot but be impressed with the fact that the constitutional doc- trines set forth by him in this case are in close accord with those expressed repeatedly by the Supreme Court of the United States. Drastic regulation of utilities may be a desirable thing—in fact, there are compelling and persuasive rea- sons for bringing it about—but neither that reform nor abolition of the hold- ing companies altogether can be ac- complished by Congress at present, for, as Chief Justice Hughes, re- marked in the Schechter case— “The Constitution does not pro- vide for it.” If the New Dealers wish to offer an amendment to the | Federal Constitution to cover the case, that's another matter. They have a right to do so. But if they attempt to phrase such an amendment they will come to grips with the question of breaking the “breathing spell” and re- viving Federal regulation of industry. The way to control utility holding companies is by a proper control of the securities they issue—these already ce to financing—and to make sure at the State commissions protect the public interest either by adopting better State laws or by electing Gov- ernors who will appoint better State commisisoners. The remedy is by no means ineffective, as the utilities have cause to know in their battles with Gov. Pinchot in Pennsylvania and Gov. Lehman in New York, (Copyright, 1935.) féo:me under the 1933 law with refer- Norris f (Continued From First Page.) next year caused little surprise among his friends here. Some said they hoped he could be persuaded to run for a fifth Senate term. The 74-year-eld Republican inde- pendent was known tentatively to | have decided to retire shortly after the end of the last session of @on- gress, but he would not permit a pub- lic announcement until he was ready to say so definitely. The independent group, of which Norris was a leader, probably will not accept his announce- ment as final. The Nebraskan himself had indi- cated before he left Washington that he might reconsider should both par- ties in his State nominate what he considers “standpatters.” In that event, he said, he might run as an independent. Norris is one of the few legislators of the old school left on Capitol Hill. He ranks fifth in point of service in the Senate with Democratic Leader Robinson. In all, he has served 32 years in Congress, including 10 years in the House. School Bill Rises. ‘England’s bill for public education has risen nearly 300 per cent in 25 Jears. 5 ] possible, He said no specific matters con- cerning the proposed pact, which has been under negotiation for almost a year, were discussed in his meeting with the Canadian prime minister. Asked if there had been any refer- ence to the Ottawa agreement of 1932, in which the Dominion extended preferential tariff treatment to Great Britain, Hull said there may have been some parenthetical reference to that, but there was no concrete talk on any phase of trade agreements. Hull was host to the visiting prime | minister at luncheon today and will be a guest at President Roosevelt's night, Receiving a score of reporters soon after his arrival yesterday, King was | cuss trade with Mr. Roosevelt. with the President,” was the smiling reply. When asked for the views of the Canadian people on the St. Lawrence project, the prime minister said: “I can’t discuss any controversial subjects. But I would like to tell you how glad I am to be back in Wash- ington and how pleasing it is to meet so many old friends.” After the informal dinner tonight, the visitor will be an overnight guest in the White House. trade arrangement as expeditiously as | dinner for the visiting statesman to- | asked if he did not intend to dis- | §an “I don’t know what I will discuss| Be Destroyed. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. FAIRMONT HEIGHTS, Md., No- vember 8.—A pack of seven vicious dogs which bit a colored woman &l- most to death today later attacked Prince Georges County Policeman Maurice J. Hampton when he arrived | to investigate. Hampton had to fire his pistol to disperse the pack, and predicted he would be ordered to destroy the dogs. Mrs. Anna Knox, colored, 47, of | Fairmont Heights, first victim of the | ferocious animals, is in a critical con- dition at Emergency Hospital suffer- ing severely from bites about the arms, legs amd body. Police said the dogs belonged to Wil- liam Moore. colored, of this place. Mrs. Knox, a friend and neighbor of Moore and his wife, went to call on them this morning. The couple were away from home, however, and when Mrs. Knox entered the yard she was knocked down by the dogs, who tore | her flesh with their fangs. | Her screams aroused neighbors, one of whom, Andrew Harrison, colored, took her to the hospital. | o MAIL CAR BANDITS HUNTED IN' OHI0 Six Armed Robbers Get | $34,000 in Cash and $12,- 450 in Securities. | By the Associated Press. GARRETTSVILLE, Ohio, November 8.—A widespread search, one of the | most extensive in recent Northern after six mail car $34,000 in currency and $12,450 in | securities at the Erie Railroad station here. | With every movement carefully plan- ned, the gang held up more than a dozen persons, covering them with submachine guns and pistols soon after train No. 626 stopped yesterday after- noon. The engineer, fireman and members of the mail car crew were ordered to | the station platform alongside men and women bystanders. Pouches con- taining the money were thrown out of the car, to be carried by two victims to the gang’s automobile. One shot was fired, which grazed the forehead of Orlin Workman, a mail clerk. In a small sedan, apparently pur- chased expressly for the robbery, the g fled toward Ravenna. The search today, in which United States postal | inspectors and police took the lead, was centered in the larger Northern Ohio cities, Akron, Cleveland, Warren, ‘Youngstown and Canton. The currency was consigned to the ‘Warren, Ohio, Second National Bank for use in meeting a pay roll of the Republic Steel Corp. The robbers knew exactly what they were after, for one of them shouted: “Where's that other bag that was put on in Cleveland—the one from the Federal Reserve Bank?” One pouch, containing $5,500 was overlooked by the gang. News Tip on Prison Workers Arouses Ire Miss M. Alice Hill, director of Dis- trict relief, today admitted she naa torn into two pieces a letter she had written to a former relief employe, the action following an interview with the colored man in which she took him to task for informing The Star that he had found his former job in the sur- plus commodities warehouse filled by & prisoner from the District Jail. ‘The letter had been written to Jesse McCoy Hanson, 450 M street. It con- tained notice of his dismissal and some instructions about getting relief. Hanson, fortnerly employed at the warehouse, 615 D street southwest, called The Star yesterday morning and sald a prisoner was filling his old job. A reporter interviewed Miss Hill and other District officials, obtaining con- flicting statements concerning the em- ployment of prisoners. After the story had appeared in the paper, Hanson said he went back to see Miss Hill. Surrendered Letter. He said he surrendered the letter Miss Hill had written him because he needed it as identification to get in to see her and that she tore it into two pieces. +I thought he had no further use for it,” Miss Hill told The Star today. She sald she.gave the pieces back to | bags of | of Relief Head Hanson, but denied she had told the colored man he wculd never get an- ether relief job. “The fact is” she said, “I have no jobs available.” Asked about her. interview with Hanson, she replied: “I took him to task for running to the papers with his story. The story was not correct.” Yesterday Miss Hill flatly denied any prisoners had been working in the warehouse, unless on occasions they had come up with trucks from the jail for the purpose of loading the trucks with surplus commodities for jail use. Street’s Version Different, Elwood Street, welfare director, had & different version. He first said 10 prisoners were at work in the ware- house arranging food for distribution to the poor on relief lisis. Later, he said this was a mistaké—that there had been a misunderstanding between relief and prison officials. ‘Thomas M. Rives, superintendent of the jail, said he had sent 10 prisoners to the warehouse to help out during a shortage of employes there. Miss Hill said today the prisoners had worked in the warehouse several hours collecting food products to be taken back to the jail and in the course of that werk moved some 60 Growing—Wets Win by Wide Margin. | B the Associated Press. | LOUISVILLE, Ky, November 8.— In winning election as Governor of Kentucky by the greatest majority since reconstruction days, Lieut. Gov. | A. B. “Happy” Chandler carried every | congressional district except the ninth, | a traditional Republican stronghold. | Chandler was piling up majorities | today in 73 of the State’s counties. In | the ninth district, however, leading in only one county, Harlan, where he had an advantage of ap-| proximately 2,300 votes out of 20,000 tabulated. Tabulations slightly more than three-fourths complete. with returns | from 3428 of 4.219 precincts. gave | { Chandler a majority of 79,145 over his | | Republican opponent. Judge King Swope of Lexington. The count was: | Chandler, 450.706; Swope, 371,561. Keen Johnson, Democrat, Rich- mond, Ky, publisher, continued to pile up a lead that reached a major- | ity of 82.248 in the race for lieuten- ant governor. Cities Vote Wet. Rural Kentucky voted in favor of retaining the State’s prohibition | amendment, returns showed, but | heavy voting for repeal in the larger | he was | of cities, however. Praise Spirit. H. L. Rust, jr., and Joseph D. Kauf- man, former heads of the Metropoli- tan Unit, congratulated the present unit chairman, Bernard Wyckoff, on the spirit shown by this vear's organi- zation. Clarence Phelps Dodge, Chest president, exhorted the unit to go “‘over the top.” Grave doubts as to the ability of the Special Assignment Unit to reach its goal at the present rate of progress were expressed yesterday by Coleman Jennings, chairman of ®:e unit. “We must have at least 20 per cent over the pledges of last year,” he declared, “and at present we are showing in- creases of only 10 per cent or less.” “Maj. Daniel D. Donovan has de- clared that unless the Chest comes to the rescue, people in Washington will starve this Winter,” Jennings con- tinued. “This means that unless we reach our share of this year’s Chest goal—unless we raise considerably more than the 20 per cent over lase year demanded—unless we come up to Dr. McClellan's ‘120 per cent suc- and the Mexican Embassy has ex- | pressed the desire to make the visit of the boys memorable. Board of Trade Co-operating. | The Greater National Capital Com- mittee of the Washington Board of ! Trade, anxious to promote the good- will on which the game based, has proffered its services to make tickets for the game available in the hotels of the city, and Clark Griffith, head of the Washington American League Base Ball Club, has donated the stadium for | The Mexic | guarantee of under the officials, to accept ever is taken 1 tion 1s to be used to meet local exe penses and the balance will be given to some char | The benefi ¥ of the game has | not been selected and probab, be until the wis from Mexico City can be ascertained. Then a committee, represer the visitors, the Board of Edu The Star, will select unit to receive the net p: | cess'—we will have been negligent in our duty to those less fortunate who | depend on the Chest agencies for | help.” 20 Per Cent Increase Reported. Coach Promises Action. Robert P. Martin, former University of Detroit star and coach of the Mexico City high school team, already Goldenberg's Department Store has served warning that e the centers of population was burying raised its gift 20 per cent to $1.200 the drys under a wet landslide. | this year in yesterday’s report. Harry The returns today indicated that|¥Keufman, Inc, also increased 20 per in 79 counties voters were against re- | CeNt to $600. Mr. and Mrs. Milton peal, although repeal was ahead in | KINg raised their gift from $1.200 last seven of the nine congressional dis- | Year to $1.500 this vear. Other gifts tricts. The first and eighth districts | FePorted were Acacia Mutual Life In- were voting dry. | surance Co., $4.500: Judge and Mrs. The strongest sentiment for repeal | Fierce Butler, $600; Victor Kauffmann, { was in Jefferson County (Louisville), | $4000; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. May. the largest center of population. Vot- | $790: Mr. and Mrs. George Hewitt ers were giving repeal a 7-to-1 margin. | Myers, $4,500: Mr. and Mrs. J. Edgar Tabulations {rom 2.968 precincts to- | Murdock. 8500, and Wilkins-Rogers Milling Co., $600 Ohio history, was under way today | robbers seized | day gave repeal a margin of 52,024 votes. The count was 277,251 for re- ! peal, 225,047 against. Pension Majority Mounts. The tremendous majority accorded the proposed amendment to permit the granting of old-age pensions steadily increased. 2,821 precincts was 410.252 to 45,118, | The Governor-elect and Mrs. Chand- | ler left this morning for a brief vaca- | | tion. Democratic headquarters here | said their destination probably would : be Hot Springs, Ark. Repeal of the 16-year-old prohibi- tion amendment was the “go ahead” | signal for the State's $100,000.000 | istilling industry. New construction in immediate prospect was estimated | | to cost millions of dollars. | Approximately one-third of the Na- | | tion’s supply of liquor stored in Ken- | tucky warehouses became a beverage over night. The State Legislature classed it as a medicine when it re- | pealed the Rash-Gullion enforcement | | act last year and substituted regu- lation. Advocates of repeal pointed to the | employment of 30,000 persons in the | liquor industry as their biggest argu- | ment. Distillers to Build. The Seagram Distilling Co. planned construction of a $1,500,000 plant i near here on a 40-acre tract bought recently. At Prankfort and Lexington many distilleries planned to increase pro- duction and add buildings and ma- chinery. A. L. Hines, president of the K. Taylor Distilling Co., announceg the company will build three large warehouses at once and increase op- erations from 180 to 240 barrels | a day. The Old Taylor Distillery, 11 miles | east of here, which with its sunken | gardens was one of central Kentucky's show places before the advent of pro- hibition, National Distillers announced, will be placed in commission soon. The same firm is resuming operation of the Old Crow plant nearby. Con- struction costs are expected to run upward of $500,000. Ready to Double Output. The George T. Stagg Co. at Frank- fort, a subsidiary of the Schenley, has completed surveys looking toward & substantial expansion. The distillery was ready to double its 350-barrel-a- day output. The old Kennebac Distilling Co., which is constructing & plant near Frankfort, plans to start production December 1. § The Schenley Co. planned to build an additional warehouse for its Pep- per plant at Lexington. The Cave Springs Distillery Corp., St. Louis, planned to build a $200,000 plant on Licking Pike in Campbell County, with an 80-barrels-a-day capacity. Thomas Medley, head of the Daviess County Distilling Co., Owensboro, said he intends to build a new 25,000-barrel warehouse and bottling plant. Brown- Anonymous gifts of $500. $600. $1,200, $5.000, $1,000 and $1.200 also were reported. “A full day’s pay for the Community Chest and let us again go over the top” was the slogan adopted by over 150 enthusiastic workers in the Navy day. It was explained that the average day's pay for the Navy Yard is about $7. Rear Admiral J. R. Defrees, U. S. N. commandant of the Navy Yard, introduced the speaker of the oc- casion, Maj. Gen. Merritte W. Ire- land, ehairman of the Governmental | Unit, who told of the work of the agencies of the Chest, and stressed the necessity of the “120 per cent campaign.” as outlined by Dr. Me- Clellan, chairman of the Community Chest, because of the discontinuance of governmental relief. Budgets Scrutinized. Before the organization of the Chest, which he described as a “finan- cial federation” of welfare crganiza- tions that have been serving Wash- ington for many years, Gen. Ireland | said that a Budget Committee, even stricter than the budget officer of the Urited States Government, is scan- ning each appropriation before grant- ing it, insuring economical and effi- cient use of contributed funds. Admiral Defrees called the atten- tior: of the workers to the fact that the Navy Yard employes were among | the highest paid in the Government service and that they had made a record last year of 20 per cent over the minimum quota assigned to them. He asked for the same co-operation and effort this year, remindihg them of the fact that each employe was receiving a 5 per cent increase in pay over what he received last year. He also asked each key man to familiarize himself with the work and motive of the game is the pr of good-will there will be no matic” good-will on the field a the game. | Answering queries of the Board of | Eduction, Martin late yesterday wired | that he is mailing to school authori- | ties here a list of the Mexican players, !along with a record of their scholastic attainments, their ages, size, and other data. As a matter of fact, he said, the average age of the Mexican boys is from a year to two yvears older than the American boys who will represent Washington. The explanation is in the difference in the school systems of the two countries. Boys technical high schools there graduate at the age of 20, w the average age here for high school The count from | Yard at a meeting held there yester- | graduation is close to 18 years. Some surprise was shown by the lyomh!ul Washington invaders that | their arrival here is scheduled for | Thanksgiving day. Having no corre- | sponding h ay at this season, their coach was almost apologetic for them | that a holiday period was being vio= lated. Martin said they are having | difficulty in grasping the fact that ;Thnnksgl\'lnz d: is the cus!qma:‘y American climax ® the foot ball sea= son. i Crmm——— DEFICIENCY IS CITED Engineer Says Supreme Court Building Lighting Not Suited. In spite of its magnificence. t Supreme Court Building is defici lin one important respect, George Ainsworth, consulting engincer on | ilumination, told the Cosmopolitan Club yesterday. | This quality is the lighting facille | ties, which he termed not suited to the structure of the new building. | o bell C. Johnson, as unit secretary, the | unit also has a Speaker's Committee headed by Mrs. Etta V. Frey as chaire man. The city has been laid out in | eight devisions with chairmen. ase | sociate chairmen and secretarics as follows: | Division I, Georgetown—Mrs. Sadie | smith Murphy, chairman; Rev. Augus- tus Lewis, associate chairman; Robert McGraw, secretary. Division II, Du= functions of the Chest, since he had | pont Circle—Mrs. Gladys M. Houston, discovered that the workers in the | chajrman: Mrs, Lillian McRae and shops whose master mechanic knew | nfics Sara Magowan, secretaries, the most about the Chest were the | pjyision III, Mid-City—George H. ones who had made the best records. | Murray, chairman: Mrs. Julia West Dr. C. Eider Reed also spoke of the | gamilton, associate chairman; Mrs. Chest and asked the Navy Yard per- | Mardel Bundrant, secretary. Division sonnel to equal, if not better, their v Columbia Heights—Mrs. Carol C. remarkable record of last year. | Williston, chairman; Lee W. Johnson, Forman Co., Louisville, had plans for a new still house. Labrot & Graham, ‘Woodford County, proceeded with con- Dr. Mc€Clellan and Chest Director ‘Willett will be-the principal speakers at the opening meeting of the Capital Unit to be held tonight.at the Twelfth Street Branch of the Y. M. C. A. Col. West A. Hamilton, unit chairman, will preside and act as toastmaster. Dr. Brooks to Speak. One: of the features of tonight's meeting will be an invocation by Rev. Walter H. Brooks, who has been for 54 years pastor of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church. Dr. Brooks is the old- est pastor in Washington and an en- thusiastic Chest worker. The Capital Unit covers practically the same territory coveréd by the Met- ropolitan Unit. Its workers solicit at the residences of colored citizens not reached by Group Solicitation or Gov- ernmental units, just as the Metro- politan Unit solicits the white resi- dents. In addition fo a Campaign Executive Committee, consisting of Col. West A. mrnmnmm mueumrat s mew bottling house. Hgnuwn.ehnmm.mdmcump- secretary. Division V to VIIL Divisions V, Northeast—Maj. Howard D. Queen, chairman; Mrs. Sarah F. | Lewis, associate chairman; Mrs. Shel- | by M. Rhone, secretary. Division VI, Southwest—Rev. J. M. Ellison, chair= man; Rev. B. H. Whiting, vice chair- man; John T. Rhines, associate | chuirman; Mrs. Alma J. Scott, sec- | retary. Division VII, Southeast—Miss | Adella Greene, chairman; J. H. Dale, associate chairman: Mrs. Caroline B. Day, secretary. Division VIII Far Northeast—Mrs. Sadie R. Marze, chairman; Dr. Hyman Chase, asso= | ciate chairman; F. M. Robinson, sec- retary. uientenants and sergeants of the police force will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the squad room of the Detective Bureau to discuss plans for police participation in the Chest cam- paign. Another meeting will be held tomorrow night, precint commanders were notified today. ‘