Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1935, Page 2

FA-2 ws HULL REPRIMANDS | WAR' EXPORTERS Increased Shipments Bring Warning It Is Contrary to Policy. By the Associated Press. A sharp reprimand to business in- terests of this country that a consider- able increase in export of “war ma- terials” is being noted and that such activity is “directly contrary to the policy of the Government” was voiced last night by Secretary of State Hull. The exports involved were oil. cop- per, trucks, tractors, scrap iron and steel. “This class of trade is directly con- trary to the policy of this Government as.announced in official statements of the President and the Secretary of State, as it is also contrary to the general spirit of the recent neutrality act,” Secretary Hull said. The statement, issued only a few days before the League of Nations’ economic and financial sanctions pro- gram is scheduled to become effective | against Italy, constituted the third warning to American business men | since President Roosevelt admonished | them on October 5 that any transac- tions they might have with the bel- ligerent countries would be at their own risk. London Is Gratified. In London, Hull's statement was re- eeived with gratification in official quarters. It was said there that while the action of the United States had been awaited with interest, it was considered too early to say whether further sanction steps would be taken against Italy by the League. Hull gave no specific figures on the | amount of exports of war materials nor did he say whether they were being sent to one or both of the belligerents. American trade With Ethiopia, however, is relatively in- significant. “The American people are entitled to know that there are certain com- modities such as oil, copper, trucks, tractors, scrap iron and screp steel,” he said, “which are essential war ma- terials, although not actually arms, | emmunition or implements of war, and | that according to recent Government | trade reports a considerably increased amount of these is being exported for war purposes.” He added that the Government was closely checking the volume of ex- ports to both countries and that defi- | nite figures would be available soon | &t the Commerce Department. | Data on this country's exports to; TItaly in October probably will be made | public the last of next week. Preliminary figures have been given | to President Roosevelt, but these are not to be made public until revised, | Commerce Department officials sald | today. .Shipments to Italy Continued. It has been known for sometime that shipments of unidentified classes | of goods were being continued to, Italy notwithstanding the Govern-| ment's efforts to discourage trade| with the bélligerents. The Secretary's statement, however, was the first of- ficial acknowledgment that it had not been successful in obtaining voluntary obedience on the part of American business interests to the spirit of the neutrality law. Whether the new warning meant steps might be taken to compel ad- herence to it if moral pressure fails| was not revealed. Officials concede | that consideration has been given to & possible extension of the present arms and war implements embargo to embrace “key commodities.” The | question arises, however, whetherf President Roosevelt has such author- | ity under the present neutrality act. Hull recently indicated that the ad- ministration would seek a more far- reaching law at the next session of Congress. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Cloudy, prob- ably occasional light rain tonight and | tomorrow; little change in tempera- ture, lowest tonight about 42 degrees; moderate northeast winds. Maryland—Cloudy, probably occa- sional light rain tonight and to-| morrow; little change in temperature. | Virginia—Occasional rain tonight | and tomorrow; little change in tem- | perature, ‘West Virginia—Cloudy, probably oc- easional light rain tonight and to- morrow; little change in temperature. River Report. _ Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers | flear today. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Cosst and Geodetic Survey.) Toda: The Sun and Moon, Rises. Sets. [B 4:55 4:54 ‘44pm. 1203 pm. Automobile ts must be turned on ene-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation fn inchi Oapital (current month to date) Month, es i the 1935. Average. Record, 827 3565 7.0V '82 34 P 7.1 Qe —— July sz LD HERRREREINASE araranara SARIRSESona, Report for Last 24 Hours, Yesterday— Today— Temp. B Temp. Baro. Deg. Ins Record for Last 24 (Prom noon yesterday to ighest, 47, noon today, Year west. 42, 6 a.m. today. Year Record Temperatures This Year. What’s What Behind News In Capital Roper and His Tuba Move Down Front in New Deal Band. BY PAUL MALLON. HE Down - with - Roper Club within the New Deal has been tittering about the Commerce Secretary's assurance to the grocers that the breathing spell is here to stay. Members of this extensive group of official leftists say Roper plays the bass tuba in the New Deal band, that he is often off key, and usually blows by ear rather than by authority of the master's music sheet. What these liberals do not know this time is that the Roper speech was surveyed (if not edited) ahead of time by the Presidential secretary. Also that this secretary usually does his editing of such important cabinet speeches at the White House breakfast table with President Roosevelt. Discord among New Deal musicians about the piece they are going to play next after this current rest period simmers down to the following essen- tial sure facts: A period of governmental qui- etude is considered advisable by all New Deal factions. Liberals want it to consolidate their gains. Conservatives believe it will be helpful to business, and to politics. Nevertheless, the nature and extent of it are highly doubtful in view of pending Supreme Court decisions, which may or may not knock out half of the New Deal; the forthcoming December 9 N. R. A. conference, the coming S. E. C. difficulties with the holding companies. Swerve Unlikely. ‘The period, therefore, is one of waiting for incubation, rather than anything else. It apparently will be emphasized by a sincere effort to bring the budget nearer to reason. But little can be done to assure an early balance, nor is there likely to be any fundamental swerve toward | other than the well-known objectives. You might say they are moving Roper and his tuba down to the front row, relegating the piccolo players to the back, while everybody waits. The Government apparently has de- veloped somcthing new in jurispru-| dence—a flying squadron of lawyers 10 meet the legal rush on the New Deal. The White House has been moving its best legal men quie‘ly from [ one department to another from time to time lately. Latest move was that of Jerome Frank from his R. F. C. post to work on some particular P. W. A. cases involving power. Also Labor Solicitor Charles Wuyzanski has softly departed from Miss Perkins | quickly replied in the negative and and joined the Justice Department. A few weeks earlier Cohen and Cor- | coran were “borrowed” by the De- | partment of Justice to take charge of the Wilmington holding companies | case. | The Justice Department still elrl-! ier obtained John Dickinson from the Commerce Department, Stanley Reed | and Paul Freund from R. F. C. A group of important radio lawyers was discussing the A. A. A. the other day. They were saying what a ques- tionable policy it was, and at the same time agreeing how much it has done lately for their business. Most of them attributed to the Government benefit payments, the recent strong increase of radio sales, and even the increased price of radio stocks in Wall Street. Unanimously they de- | cided it was a bad thing, but they were for it. Traders Rally. The Yankee traders have been pepped up considerably by the Can- | adian trade agreement. They are talking sotto voce about prospects of | early agreements with Spain, Hol- land and France. Also possibly even ‘The backstage workers also see the ultimate prospect of a treaty with Britain. No negotiations have been attempted yet, even in a preliminary way. Difficulties are serious in the case of France and Mexico, but there | may be developments soon on Spain and Holland. The realization of these hopes will require months, if not years. Also, it would mean a rather substantial revision of the United tSates tariff. The real reason that the Cana- dian treaty was concluded so early was that the Canadians were eager jor it. When Mr. Bennett was Premier, ke sent down some emissaries to talk treaty, but it was believed on the inside here that the Canadians did not then have their hearts in their work. The recent emissaries of Premier King really wanted a treaty, and got it. Saddest part about being an anti- New Dealer (said one recently) is that income tax troubles may always arise to plague you. First, there were the cases against Andy Mellon, Henry Ford and Huey Long’s folks, then against Walter ighest. 98, on July 20. st 2% o5 Miuiary 28 Humidity for Last 24 Hours, (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest. 98 per cent. at 11 p.m. yes- terds: t. 71 per cent, at noon today. «Temperature,, H 1 a “usH reuy s > S 5 = -, 3552 Lons S b TREERER2ER | - P i Cloudy Chad! Gioudy Cioudy Rain Cloudy ow Sty fimdy ar | Brown and Jim Watson, and now against Gov. Davey of Ohio. Com- mensurately prominent New Deal cabineteers and supporters, during all that time, generally have managed to escape molestation. At least no cases pierced the legal secrecy which sur- rounds all Internal Revenue Bureau activities. There has been some discussion among observers here whether this means New Dealers are purer or whether none of them has enough money to pay income taxes. The best answer was that of a prominent Rooseveltian, who surmised: “It will be very bad for us if and when the Republicans ever get con- trol of the Internal Revenue Bureau again.” (Copyright, 1935.) Federal Pay Aids. Federal employes’ ding of in- creased wages is g business in Chile, £ | time THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, NOVE;\IBER 16, 1935. P.W_A. PURCHASES HELD UNCHANGED Roosevelt Assures Labor and Industry Policy to Buy in America Stands. By the Associated Press. American industry and labor had the assurances of President Roosevelt today that the Government's policy was to buy domestic materials for works projects financed by it and there had been no change in that policy. He made this assertion at a press conference when he was asked by a reporter if there had been a change in policy as the result of German steel companies bidding under Amer- ican firms on two projects, one in New York City and the other in More- head City, N. C. Obviously aroused, Mr. Roosevelt said the policy of purchasing Amer- ican goods stood where it always had and that any newspaper accounts to the contrary were deliberate mis- representations. In addition, the President echoed Secretary Ickes' promise that an in- vestigation of the New York and Morehead City bids would be made to see if there was any evidence of collusion on the part of American companies or of Government subsidies which enabled the German manu- facturers to underbid. Ickes made the promise to William Green, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, after the latter and a number of industrial leaders had filed strong protests over the award of contracts to foreign competitors. At the same time the Secretary, who is the public works administrator, set himself up as the judge of whether future bids bear evidence of collusion on the part of American comanies in making the protested steel bids. Labor groups asked that the German contracts be canceled, out both Ickes and the President said they thought it was too late to interfere. American companies have been given a 18 per cent differential on their bids in addition to tariff barriers erected against foreign competitors. This has now been raised to 25 per cent. U. S. JOB REPORTED IMPORTING CEMENT Manufacturers Protest Use of French Product on School Projects, Says Times. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 16.—The New York Times says American ce- ment manufacturers have protested that French-made cement is being used in building 25 New York City schools with Federal funds. The cement manufacturers take the | same position voiced by steelmakers | against the use of German steel in | the new Tri-Borough Bridge, says | the Times. ‘Walter C. Martin, superintendent of school buildings, said a P. W. A. order from Washington on June 15 permitted use of foreign materials in instances where there was a price | differential of 25 per cent in costs of | $1,000 to $10,000 and of 15 per cent | in costs running over $10,000. Capt. Maurice G. Roux, president | of the International Non-Staining | Cement Co., said his firm had im- | ported about 500 to 1000 bags of | special finishing cement for each | school. McCarl 4Conlinru!d7h'om First Page.) they want these two points in Mc- Carl’s ruling cleared up: | 1.—The significance of the words| “or elsewhere” in the statement teach- | ers and other school employes will | be required to sign before drawing a salary check. That statement, in part, reads: * * * “that I did not at any * * in any school of the Dis- trict of Columbia or elsewhere, teach or advocate Communism.” Status of Word “Teach.” 2.—The status of the word “teach.” The officials are not certain whether it conforms to the interpretation of Corporation Counsel E. Barrett Pret- tyman that a teacher may teach the facts of Communism and comply with the rider on the 1936 appropriation act. Some observers feel certain that McCarl intended his order to consti- tute an absolute ban on any instruc- tion whatever on the subject in the schools and on any advocacy outside the class rooms. If no further interpretation of the ruling is obtained, teachers could pro- ceed to teach as usual, but on drawing their pay they would be required to sign a statement that they had not taught or advocated communism. If a complaint is made that such a statement is false, the case would then be examined by the accounting office, and an individual ruling made. The ruling did not affect the sal- arles” paid yesterday to janitors and other school employes who are paid regularly twice a month. Teachers and other officials are paid only at the end of each month. Neither is the ruling expected to| interfere with payment of salaries to this group at the end of the month even though detailed application may not have been worked out or the ma- chinery set up for the presentation and collection of the prescribed state- ments. Prettyman expressed the opinion that McCarl's ruling went beyond the scope of his, but he did not see that it is in direct conflict with it. “I think the Board of Education may properly apply the controller gen- eral's ruling in the light of my opinion and definition of the word ‘teach,’” he declared, “unless the con- troller general offers some other defi- nition of the word.” For Teaching of Facts. In the meantime, the Executive Board of the District of Columbia League of Women Voters adopted unanimously & resolution indorsing the teaching of facts about com- munism and other forms of govern- ment. The resolution placed the committee on record as approving “the view that factual instruction con- cerning other theories of government than our own is in accordance with the laws governing the District of Co- lumbia, and that the District League of Women Voters emphatically ap- proved the policy of continuing .to provide such instruction wherever it forms a logical of the subject matter of the wr‘nlchool course of As Trade Treaty With Canada Was Signed President Roosevelt smiles his approval gs Secretary of State Hull (left) and Willlam Lyon Mackenzie King (center), Prime Minister of Canada, affix their signatures to the reciprocal trade treaty between the United States and Canada. The signing of the treaty took place yesterday in the cabinet room of the White House. > Tr Texts of Remarks by Roosevelt, Hull and Prime Minister King at Signing of Canadian- American Trade Pact. By the Associated Press. Here are texts of the statements issued by President Roosevelt, Secre- tary of State Hull and Prime Minister MacKenzie King on the occasion of the signing of the Canadian-Ameri- can trade agreement President Rooseve! “The trade agreement which has just been signed between the United States and Canada places the trade relations between the two countries on a basis of mutual agreement for the first time since 1866. I am happy to have a part in removing this anomoly in the relations between | two countries which are united by | so many bonds of friendship and common heritage. “The signing of this agreement marks the reversal of the trend of the last two decades toward undue and unecessary trade barriers between our two countries. I am confident that this constructive step will con- tribute greatly to the economic re- covery of both the United States and | Canada.” Secretary Hull's Statement, Secretary Hull: “The United States and Canada are neighbors with a common frontier | of 5000 miles. It is manifest that innumerable opportunities for mutu- ally profitable trade between these friends and next door neighbors must exist. “During 1929, the United States was selling to Canada about $900,- 000,000 of commodities, a substantial proportion of which was farm prod- | ucts. and was purchasing about $500,000,000 in return. Since 1929 our exports to Canada have slumped | to about $300,000,000 or a loss of some $600.000,000. This loss has re- sulted in large measure from short- sighted tariff policies. “Notwithstanding its increase in population, the world today is pro- ducing and consuming substantially less than it did in 1929 and prior years. This trade agreement will make pos- sible the profitable sale of much of our surplus production, as it will also result in the re-employment of a large number of American Wwage earners now idle. “The peoples of our two countries have common interests and common aspirations, socially, morally and ma- terially, The progress of each depends more and more upon the progress of the other. “The problems of commerce and peace facing all nations today are acute. While many other parts of the world are "devoting their primary ef- forts either to war or to the feverish building of vast armaments, with con- sequent neglect of the dislocated and collapsed business conditions, with re- sultant unemployment and widespread distress, it is for the Western Hemis- phere to point the way to a more far- seeing, constructive basis for pros- perity and for peace. “The trade agreement between our two countries will, I hope, mark the beginning of a new epoch in the affairs of our respective people. It will mean the common advancement of their economic and their cultural life. Underlying this agreement are the twin policies of the good neighbor and mutually profitable trade. “While many other parts of the world are slipping in the direction of economic suicide, the trade agreement between our two countries marks an outstanding step in the direction of economic sanity. It sceks to stimulate sound and heaithy trade relationships and thereby to restore employment to the unemployed and & wholesome prosperity to the ples of both coun- tries. It sets an example of what must be done to establish a solid foundation upon which to rebuild a suitable structure of world peace.” Prime Minister’s Statement. Prime Minister King: “Mr. President; Mr. Secretary; Gen- tlemen: “The kindly words and sentiments to which you, Mr. President, have just | given expression, will be warmly wel- comed by his majesty the King in whose name I have had the honor to sign the trade treaty which has just been concluded between the United States and Canada. “They will, I know, be deeply ap- preciated by the people of Canada. “May I say, Mr. Secretary, that I very cordially indorse all that you have said of the mutual advantages likely to flow to our respective coun- tries from the terms of the treaty. “On behalf of Canada, I heartily reciprocate the sentiments of inter- national good will you have so gen- erously expressed. “I believe with you that the signa- ture of this agreement is witness of the joint intention of the governments of the United States and Canada to give rapid effect to our policies in & practical manner. At last our formal trade relations have been brought into harmony with the underlying realities of public and private friendship be- tween our two peoples. “The agreement will, I am confident, confer substantial benefits alike on the producers and consumers of both countries, :&, great care essential interest. 1 eaty Statements feel sure that its value will be shown | beyond question by a marked increase | in commerce within the next few months. This undoubtedly will help | both countries to make more rapid progress toward complete economic re- covery. “Nor will this agreement benefit North America alone. All the world will gain from greater trade on this continent. | “Nor will its benefits be confined to | trade. To an anxious and troubled | world we hope that there will be opened to the nations, by the force of our example, vistas of a surer path to | progress and a more lasting road to| peace.” Treaty (Continued From First Page.) both countries, while safeguarding with great care every essential in- terest.” King is expected to remain in Washington over the week end when he will go to some unannounced spot | on the Georgia coast for a short vacation. Rarely, if ever before, has the whole cabinet participated in an event like | yesterday's. Secretary Dern was in Manila, but his place was taken | by Acting Secretary of War Wood- | ring. Norman Armour Present. Present also were Norman Armour, American Minister to Canada, who assisted in the negotiations; Dr. O. D. |8lso is likely that before Congress |Norris and Roosevelt in a joint Dem- Skelton, undersecret; for external affairs in Canada; Hume Wrong, | charge daffaires of the Canadian | Legation in Washington; Undersec- | retary of State Phillips, and a number of lesser officials of both governments. | Prime Minister King and close ad- visers wore formal cutaways, as did Secretary Hull, but President Roose- velt was attired in a brown sack suit. The Chief Executive smoked a cigar- ette as he watched the signing. Prime Minister King arrived in| Washington shortly after noon for | the special purpose of signing the | treaty. HOOVER TO DISCUSS PUBLIC QUESTIONS Former President Will Address Ohio Society in New York Tonight. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 16.—Her- bert Hoover, titular head of the Repub- lican party but still an enigma to both major parties so far as the 1936 pres- idential campaign is concerned, will deliver an address in the ball room of a New York hotel tonight on “Pub- lic Questions.” Some Republican circles said they regarded the speech as perhaps the most important pronouncement of the former President since he spoke at a rally in Madison Square Garden dur- ing the height of the 1932 presidential campaign. His audience will be members of the Ohio Society and the event the 50th birthday anniversary of the organiza- tion’s founding. The society extended an invitation to the former occupant of the White House to talk on “public questions.” Drama on the High Seas A Coest Guard plane flew 200 miles to sea yesterday from Miaml, Fla. to bring back Anthony Degrossa, seriously ill aboard the safeguarding with | Here Cogyf Guardsmen and sailors are the platay \WAGNER T0 MAP —Underwood & Underwood Photo. NEW SLUNS VAR Senator Plans Bill to Fur- nish 10-Year Housing Drive 607, LBERALIING HELD BORAHS AM Roosevelt Declares Norris Necessary in Senate Throughout Life. By Lhe Associated P Senator Borah's “definite objective” for 1936 was put down by political | observers today as an effort to| “liberalize” the Republican party and | prevent the so-called “Old Guard” | from controlling the National con-‘ vention, ‘The Idaho Republican told reporters yesterday that whether he enters .he primaries himself as a presidential candidate “depends on developments, Borah's comments were one of thia developments illustrating increasing | interest in the 1936 campaign wars. | ‘The others were: i 1. An extraordinary pronounce- | ment by President Roosevelt that Senator Norris, Republican of Ne- braska, was necessary “ir the Senate not only to Nebraska but to the United States as long as he lives.” Warning from Lucas. 2. A warning by Robert H. Lucas. who was executive director of the| Republican National Committee dur- | ing part of the Hoover administia- | tion, that “unless a fortnright and courageous National Republicaa| leadership arouses the old-time fire” | the party may “suffer general defeat” | Borah, in a press conference, said he | had given some hint of his objective | in a recent interview at Boise, in which it was emphasized he was not so much interested in the nomination for him- self as in seeing a liberal candidate chosen and a Progressive platform adopted. Parrying all direct questions about his own candidacy, Borah also refused to discuss other personalities. In reply ' to questions about Herbert Hoover, he said he did not know what was in his mind, but that the former President’s Throughout U. S. BY J. A. O'LEARY. A long-range Federal program of slum clearance and low-rent housing | development throughout the country | will be advocated in Congress this Winter by Senator Wagner, Demo- crat, of New York, he made known today. | Housing projects have played a part | friends were “working for his nomina- tion.” “Is Gov. Landon of Kansas a can- didate?” Borah was asked | “It looks rather suspicious,” he re- plied. Queried regarding Republican chances in the West, the Idahoan said: “The best answer I can give to that is if the election were held this year, Roosevelt would carry the West.” President Roosevelt's unqualified in- in New Deal emergency projects dur- ing the past two years, but the New | York Senator has in mind a more | comprehensive program that would | extend over a 10-year period. | The Senator sponsored a bill in the last session to authorize a fund of | $800,000,000 for loans and grants to | aid local State public-housing bodies to wipe out slums and develop low- rent housing projects. He indicated today, however, he intends to write a new bill for the coming session and has not reached the point of deciding on a definite amount. The measure introduced last March was not considered in the Senate, and | was drafted primarily to start discus- | sion of the subject. Under the old | bill the projects would have been car- ried on by local agencies, using Fed- | eral allotments on the 30 per cent grant, 70 per cent loan basis, except where no local public housing agencies existed The New York Senator is expected to outline his plan in greater detail when he addresses a conference of mayors of cities here next week. It | meets he will confer with the Presi- dent and other administration leaders on the subject. At present there is a housing di- vision in the Public Works Adminis- tration, which makes allotments for housing projects. There is also the Federal Housing Administration, which does not provide any Government money for building, but seeks to en- courage private development by in- suring privately initiated housing projects. One objective Senator Wagner has in mind is to co-ordinate existing housing activities by different agencies. | His old bill would have established a housing division in the Interior De- partment, but he has not decided what administrative set-up he will propose in his new bill. Whatever form the measure takes, it is likely to provoke considerable debate before it is acted upon. JAPANESE DELEGATES LEAVE FOR NAVY TALK| By the Associated Press TOKIO, November 16—Japanese delegates to the London Naval Con- ference left Tokio today with instruc- tions to stand pat on demands for parity with the United States and England. A cheering crowd waved farewell to Admiral Osami Nagano and Mat- | suzo Nagai, the delegates, who are ex- pected to arrive in London about De- cember 1. Foreign Minister Koki Hirota and Minister of the Navy Mineo Osumi were among the fare- well delegation. “Insistence on & common upper limit for navies of all powers will be | Japan's fundamental policy at the conference,” Admiral Nagano said. Before they left, the two delegates halted briefly before the main gate of’ the imperial palace and bowed in homage to the Emperor. 8. 8. Gulf Point. dorsement of Norris raised questions as to what would happen in Nebraska next year. | For months, prospective candidates have hesitated, waiting to find out what Norris would do. They took with un- certainty reports he would retire. Then | came Norris' denial he had made up his mind. i Some Democratic leaders have been in a quandry for months although Senator Burke of Omaha, one of the | titular leaders of the party, announced | he thought Norris should be re-elected without opposition. Some Democrats felt their party ticket would be stronger in Nebraska with Norris a | candidate than without him. Some, | however, want to go down the line | for a straight party ticket with a reg- ; ular Democrat for Senator. Problem for Democrats. If Norris runs as an independent | the Democrats would face the prob- lem of deciding whether to nominate a candidate of their own and back | }hlm in the face of the President's | definite espousal of Norris or to link | | ocratic-Independent campaign. ! With Nebraska's wide-open system | | of primary filings, it appeared certain some one would obtain the formal | Democratic nomination, a problem to | perplex the party's leaders if they | should decide to support Norris. : | Lucas, in declaring the Repubhcan‘ | party must have the “oldtime” fire, | | said the recent Kentucky guberna- | torial fight, won by A. B. Chandler, | Democrat, was “alarming proof of | the low ebb to which the fighting spirit of the Republican organization has fallen.” MISS MARY M'DOWELL THROWN FROM HORSE Daughter of Mrs. R. W. McDowell and the Late Capt. McDowell Treated at Emergency. Miss Mary McDowell, daughter of Mrs. Ralph W. McDowell and the late Capt. McDowell, Medical Corps, U. S. N, is being treated at Emergency Hospital for injuries received Thurs- | day when she was thrown from a horse. Miss McDowell, who lives at 1730 New Hampshire avenue, was removed to the hospital yesterday when it was found her injuries were more serious than at first thought. She is the granddaughter of Theodore W. Noyes, editor of The Star. She was riding with friends when her mount reared and threw her to the ground, severely jolting her. Miss McDowell made her here two seasons ago. debut Rooseveli_Backing Of Norris Proper,| Col. Knox Declares| Chicago Publisher Says President Adopts Radical Program. Col. Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily News, regarded as one | of the leading candidates for the Re- publican presidential nomination, com- menting today on President Roosevelt's | indorsement of the re-election of Sen- ator Norris of Nebraska, said: “It is perfectly consistent for the President to support Senator Norris| in Nebraska and Senator La Follette | in Wisconsin. It is, however, rather tough on the Democrats in those | States.” | Col. Knox arrived in Washington | today with Mrs. Knox, who is taking | an apartment here for the Winter. Col. Knox will leave here tomorrow for Indianapolis where he is to de- liver two addresses Monday, one be- | fore the Republican editors of the | State, and the other to the Irvington Republican Club of Indianapolis. “It is not at all surprising that the President should indorse Senator Nor- ris, just as he has Senator La Follette in Wisconsin,” Knox said, “because on the face of things it is obvious he thinks much as they do. “The President’s program is no longer Democratic, but radical. The President has abandoned his own party program and taken up the rad- icals’ program. This is consistent with | tting Degrossa al :&’mflw t, A. P, Wirephoto, h’ own program, but not the program o which he was elected.” D. C. LEGISLATION SUPPORT URGED Leo B. Fee Tells Takoma Park Citizens of Bills to Be Presented to Congress. The success of the District legisla= tive program depends on the support of civic organizations, the Takoma Park Citizens’ Association was told last night by Leo B, Fee, assistant corporation counsel. The meeting was at Takoma Library. The speaker said three important bills were now in preparation for sub- mission to the next session of Con- gress and urged their support. These included a new corporation law, which had been indorsed by the District Bar Association; the runk farm” bill, and a measure involving liens on mo- tor vehicles. With reference to sending drunks to jail, he said it was a social prab- lem rather than a criminal offense, and that under the proposed law they would receive treatment on & farm. Recording of Loans. The recording of loans and incume brances on automobiles, he consid- ered a good piece of legislation. Of the 180,000 cars now in Washington, approximately 60,000 have liens. At present there is no way of ascertaine ing how mal e on & motor vehicle., Fee said considerable change had been made in the bill enlarging the powers of the Commissis He said lunacy cases now are being tried by juries under an a procedure, and that the commi favored is a decided Improvement, h made in the gam bill qualifying lawyers woul District on a par with States respect The need for add busses wag stressed by Dr. C. C. Galloway. The projection of street cars of the Kennedy street branch of the Capital Transit Co. at the terminus of Carroll avenue and the District ne. causing an unsatisfactory traffic condition, was referred to by Dr. Guy Cl who suggested that the switches at this int be readjusted The mak- ing of Laurel avenue between Carroll and Eastern avenues was advocated, as was also a turning point for cars at the District line Dr. William A. Hooker of the Memo« rial and Historical Committee an- nounced the association had invited the Shakespearan Society of the Dis- trict to present “The Merry Wives of Windsor” December 6 and 7 in the Takoma Presbyter: Hall to raise funds for a men al in honor of Benjamin F. Gilbert, founder of Takoma Park. The association ap- proved the proposal. Members Are Elected. Mrs. M. W. Hobbs, principal of the Prince Georges County Public Schoo) on Ray road, was elected an honorary member and Clarence E. Walker an active member. President Walter Irey announced the appointment of Preston C. King as chairman of the Committee on Taxation and John Walker chairman of the Committee on Zoning Burt W. Andrews reported on the extension of New Hampshire avenue from the District line to University lane on the Maryland side, explaining condemnation proceedings had been authorized by the attorney general of Maryland. When completed it will connect up with the Baltimore-Wash« ington Boulevard and provide a shors cut via New Hampshire avenue to the center of the city. He stressed the need of better facilities for reaching the Ray road school via Woodland avenue and also the importance of the widening and paving Eastern avenue from Laurel to New Hamp- shire avenue extended. S TWO BURNED TO DEATH TAMPA, Fla, November 16 (#) — Mrs. Jeannie Griffin, 64, and Mrs. Ola Hayes, 49, wer> burned to death in a fire which destroyed a small, single- story, four-room dwelling on the out- skirts of the city yesterday, and police were questioning two men and a wom- | an they said were at the house a few hours before the fire. The three taken to police heade quarters for questioning, Detective Chief W. D. Bush said. were found making coffee in & fleld near the house. . REDS LEAD.SOCIALISTS NEW YORK, November 16 (#).— Communist candidates polled a higher vote than Socialists in Manhattan at the recent Assembly election, Board of Election records showed today. The Communist total for Assembly candi- dates was 11,703, against 10,892 for Socialists. . Swiss Lottery. After lifting the ban on gambling, Geneva, Switzerland, has inaugurated & lottery to raise funds for an in- ternational motor race. Irvin S. Cobb Says: Soul Mate of Crooner Found—It’s Califor- nia’s Native Oyster. SANTA MONICA, Calif, November 16. — The professional crooner has found his musical sout mate. It's our famous Pacific Coast bivalve, that winsome creature which is about the size of a sus- pender butttn A Seattle judge experimented on the harmonic af- finities of shell fish. He dudn't get anywhere with the clam, clams being proverbially dumb, but, work- ing on our cun- ning little native oyster, he first established its natural vibration, then found a note to correspond. Do that, and an oyster opens right up. “They open easiest,” says the dis« coverer, “when crooners are perform. ing." Now let’s establish what form of animal life responds spiritually to 8 columnist. opyright, 1935, by the North Amer: ican Newspaper Alliance, Ine.)