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BROOKHART LINKS LANDON WITH OIL lowan Claims Kansan Is Standard’s Candidate. Comes Out for Borah. By the Associated Press. Former Senator Smith W. Brook- hart, Iowa Republican independent, said in a statement today that Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas was the “gStandard Oil" candidate for Presi- dent. Demanding a “progressive” Repub- lican nominee, Brookhart said Sena- tor Borah of Idaho, and “in a lesser degree” Senator Vandenberg of Mich- igan, might “fill that bill.” But Landon, the Iowan said, “is the Standard Oil Gugsa set up to carry the West for President.” Hei explained his “Gugsa” reference was to. Haile Selassie’s son-in-law, who | has joined forces with the Italians. | “Landon got rich in oil,” Brookhart | added. “His tax relief has been for| the big fellows and not the little fel- lows. I'll be able later to produce | positive evidence he is being supported | for the presidency by the Standard ©Oil - companies.” Says Progressive Necessary. | ‘Brookhart, who was for some time a trade adviser and farm expert in the Roosevelt administration after his sen- atorial service, warned the Republicans | that to carry the West they must not only nominate a “Progressive” but present.a better farm plan than the A A A “No Republican candidate can win on mere criticism of the A. A. A.” he said. Referring to Landon again, Brook- bart said: “He has no definite and specific farm program, is just playing foxy, agreeing with anything you say about the| agricultural question in order to cap- ture the farm vote. * “As far as I am concerned, T would like -to see the Republican party re- vived on a progressive platform with & progressive candidate, but it must be on the square. “Among the candidates so far who | might fill that bill are Borah and, in | & less degree, Vandenberg.” None Yet Announced. None of the three men he men- tioned has declared his candidacy. Borah has said “I can't say I won't’ run; Vandenberg has asserted he is “not a candidate for anything,” and Landon, by silence, has followed the traditions of former President Cool- {dge, to whom he is compared by some. In the Senate, Brookhart was one of the little group of Republican in- dependents who opposed many Hoover administration policies. ~Borah, a member of the same group, supported | Brookhart for re-election when ths| Jowan was defeated in 1932. | Borah also supported Vandenberg for re-election last year and has long been friendly with him. LANDON BOOM BEGUN. Drive by Young Kansas Republicans to Be Launched December 6-7. TOPEKA, Kans., November 27 (#).— A Nation-wide campaign to “sell” Gov. Alf M. Landon as a presidential can- didate was disclosed last night. Young Kansas Republicans an- nounced the drive will be opened De- cember 6 and 7 at a State convention | here. | At the same time friends of the| budget-balancing Governor mdicatedi he may decide to launch formally his | candidacy for the Republican presi- dential nomination at the annual Kansas day banquet, January 29. The significant point about the| Young Republicans’ convention is| that young party leaders from virtual- | 1y every State have been invited. A | number have accepted. They will meet and hear Gov. Landon at a ban- quet. ELLSWORTH PARTY TO TRY RESCUE Preparations Mark Passing of Fourth Day Since Explorer Wirelessed. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 27.—Steps preparatory to a possible rescue ex- pedition for Lincoln Ellsworth and his pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, were in progress today aboard the base ship, the Wyatt Earp. Ellsworth and Hollick-Kenyon were last heard from at 10:48 a.m. (East- ern standard time) Saturday, while théy were flying toward the Bay of Whales, former base of Admiral Rich- &rd E. Byrd, in the Antarctic. ‘Word of the rescue preparations was wirelessed to the New York Times and the North American Newspaper Alliance as another day passed with- out word of the explorer's whereabouts. “Should no news be heard within the next day or so, then it only re- mains to carry out the measures out- lined by Mr. Ellsworth in a state- ment left at the Wyatt Earp, in which the explorer outlined his procedure in the event of a forced landing and his inability to send communications,” the message said. e FRENCH ENGINEER GIVEN 3 YEARS IN SPY CASE By the Associated Press. ~METZ, France, November 27.— Adolf Boos, French engineer, today Was sentenced to three years' im- prisonment and fined 500 francs (about $32.50) upon conviction of es- Ppionage. Boos was charged with implication in the alleged spying activities of Charles Criddlig, French army officer, and Nicholas Altmyer, German, turned over to the French military authorities November 5. Altmyer was found to have in his pocsession photographs of French fortifications, arresting officers said. CORRECTION Krrested Man Not Member of Coast Guard Vessel Crew. ‘The Star regrets that in the heading of a story Monday about frustration of an attempted jailbreak at Norfolk, an arrested man was referred to as a ember of & Coast Guard vessel crew. In the body of the story it was tated correctly that the prisoner, Hurst, was a member of the rew of the Coast and Geodetic Survey 1 Oceanographer. The Coast and What’s What Behind News In Capital Boom Ballyhoo Has An- other Side—F. R. B. Controls Margin Loans. BY PAUL MALLON. T MAY now appear that the boom ballyhoo from Washington is on. Official statements lately have exuded a fragrance which may seem to be fairtly similar to the sweet-scented hand-outs of 1829. First, Chairman Landis of S. E. C. said publicly there was nothing he could do about stock prices going up and up. Then Gov. Eccles of F. R. B. stepped out with an announcement which was headlined in New York: “Eccles holds hands off in stock boom.” The new monthly F. R. B. bulletin announced, a few day later, there was strength in the existing market situation. The A. F. of L. tagged along simultaneously with a prophecy of “an industrial boom within the next few years” which ap- parently left it a few years behind. The only depressing note in all this encouragement was the warning of President Gay of the Stock Exchange. At the time of the Landis statement, | he went on record as bemoaning the | possibilities of a stock market boom. If you will add all these things up, | as most people are doing, you will most assuredly get the wrong answer. The other side of these boom balloons | may not be visible to the naked eye, but there is another side. It is discernible most clearly in the His remarks may have been subject to the interpretation that the Federal | Reserve Board has decided to keep its hands off. But he neglected to point out clearly that the board at least is having its hands manicured in prepa- ration. For instance, every one but bank- ers may have forgotten that the Federal Reserve Board has mever issued regulation “U.” This would be the regulation setting forth margin loan requirements for banks. Regulation “T” imposes restrictions on brokers, so they can lend no more than 55 per cent on most stocks. But a soft-hearted banker can lend as much as his heart will let him. Bank loans on securities are not suf- sion, but there are good reasons for suspecting that regulation “U” will be issued anyway before long. When this regulation is issued, the board can proceed thereafter at any time to stiffen margin requirements on both banks and brokers. Also it can, any one of these days, increase reserve requirements of member banks. Further than that there is probably nothing effective which can be done about excess reserves. These cautious deterrents are all understood to have been discussed at the meeting of F. R. B. officials here last week, but no announcement was made about them. If one had been, the effect would have been opposite from that of Gov. Eccles’ statement. Officials in Dilemma, The basic situation behind all this is that the financial authorities of the New Deal are agreed that the current market and business trend is up. They like it. They have convinced them- selves that it is on a firm foundation. They do not want to do anything to stop it. Nor do they want to lay them- selves open to misinterpretations of booming it. This requires a lot of tight-wire walking, in which there are bound to be occasional slips on both sides of the wire. So far, the New Dealers have favored the boom side. Also hanging over them is the fact that they will have to act, sooner or later. started acting this week without any important reaction. It is true that brokers' loans have not increased dur- ing the recent market rise. But, after all, they do amount to & billion dol- lars. Also, there is no excellent reasen why banks should be permitted to lend more on margin than brokers, although the importance of that sit- uation also is yet to be felt. Basically, it will be easier to take any restrictive steps now. Political pressure will be heavy next year. It may be hard to believe, but it is apparently true that Gov. Eccles spoke out, and got himself misinter- preted, because he thought some con- fusion existed about the board’s pow- ers. Apparently he was nettled by some criticism he heard at the Amer- ican Bankers' Convention. He'is a straight-forward and sensitive man. He though he would clear everything up. Uplift Statements Old. The firmness in the industrial sit- uation is not being overplayed by all the uplift statements you are reading currently. It is not new. It is just get- ting to be official. There have been three business im- provements since the depths of the depression. The first was in the Sum- mer of 1933, before the N. R. A. started. This was an artificial flurry based only on the activity of indus- trialists who wanted to get out a lot of cheap production before the codes went into effect. The second flurry was in the Spring of 1934. It also was confined to special lines of activity. The third started early last Winter. It has been going on nearly a year now. There is no special reason for it, no special activity in particular lines. There was a recession lash Sum- mer, but it did not even get back to the top peak of the 1934 high point of industrial production, . If this is not the real thing, at least it is fooling every economist in town. Dramatic Gesture. A few good labor insiders here sus- pect the resignation of John L. Lewis is another omen, the beginning of the end of the existing A. F'. of L. organi- etic Survey has no connection ‘with the Ceast Guard, zation set-up. What leads them.to such an extreme suspicion. is tha facts behind the Eccles statement.| ficiently heavy to warrant apprehen- | ‘They probably could have THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1935 _“Miss Ziegfeld HAUPTMANN CLUE REPORTS PERSIST “Ridiculous,” Jafsie Calls Prisoner’s Plea for Statement. By the Associsted Press. TRENTON, N. J, November 27— Reports that new clues have been found in the Lindbergh kidnaping case persisted today despite official expres- siens of disbelief. : An appeal by Bruno Richard Haupt- mann, convicted murderer of the Lind- | bergh baby, for a “full” statement by | Dr. John F. Condon, the “Jafsie” of | the ransom negotiations, stirred fur- ther interest. | Hauptmann'’s appeal, issued from his | death house cell here, said Dr. Condon “is holding the key in this case and with it the key of my cell.” Still Working on Case. Dr. Condon, it was recalled, told a professional women's club in Boston a week ago he was still working on the case, because “there are some things we wish to clear.” The new clues report was by a man described as an investigator for Haupt- mann, who said that “on unimpeach- able authority, despite denials of po- lice,” approximately $700 in ransom | money has been received by the Boston Federal Reserve Bank since Haupt- mann was arrested. He also said a letter had been found in a house near Ashby, Mass., dated March 10, 1932, 10 days after the kidnaping, which said: “Why don't you return that poor little Lindbergh | baby? You have had it long enough.” | The supposed investigator said the same house was found to contain wood of “the same type” used in the kidnap ladder, which the prosecution con- tended Hauptmann used in taking the | Lindbergh child. J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, asserted in Washington, he knew nothing of new ransom bills. Fisher Denies Developments. C. Lloyd Fisher, attorney for Haupt- mann, said “nothing whatevew has de- | veloped im Massachusetts. We have no letters that match the handwriting notes, no wood that matches the lad- der, no toys, no nothing.” At Worcester, Alonzo B. Yont, a Boston attorney, said the house where the purported clues were found was not built until several months after the kidnaping was committed. On his thirty-sixth birthday, yester- day, Hauptmann was visited by his wife, lJawyer and his spiritual adviser, the Rev. D. G. Werner of New York City. Mrs. Hauptmann brought new pic- tures of herself and their 2-year-old son, Manfred. RIBICULOUS, SAYS CONDON. | PROVIDENCE, R. I, November 27 | (#)—Dr. John F. Condon, “Jafsie” of the Lindbergh baby kidnap-murder case, today termed as “ridiculous” the appesl of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, | that the ransom negotiations emissary | make a “full statement.” Arriving from New York Dr. Con- | don made the one-word comment, and declined further information. When asked about reports of new evidence being discovered in New England, he said he knew nothing of it. The atmosphere of mystery was | don’s fellow passengers on the train that before it left New York last night the emissary and another man were closeted for an hour in the wash room of the car engaged in an ani- mated discussion. While “eing shaved, Dr. Condon again expressed his sorrow for Haupt- mann, but parried all direct questions with the comment: “Everything that I might say about the Lindbergh case is in the evidence of the Hauptmann trial.” Dr. Condon lef' later by automobile for Falmouth, Mass, where he will spend Thanksgiving with friends. \COUNSEL TO ASK | Accused Woman's Husband Ar- ranges Additional Legal Assistance. Attorneys for Mrs. Lillian Maddox, charged with the murder of Eddie Kil- leen, were laying plans today to de- mand & preliminary hearing for their client, who is being held without bond in the Rockville, Md,, Jail. Stedman Prescott, chief defense counsel, is expected to confer this afternoon with Attorney Harry Whe- lan of Washington, who is acting in the case at the request of Johnny Maddox, the defendant’s husband. Despite the fact Mrs. Maddox had been living with Killeen since the Summer of 1934, her husband, it was said, is determined to see that she is adequatly represented at the trial on the murder charge. In their efforts to secure a pre- liminary hearing, it is believed de- fense counsel are actuated by the hope of having the charge reduced from murder <o manslaughter, which would permit the release of Mrs. Maddox on bond. The judge pre- siding at a preliminary hearing, it was said, has authority to reduce the charge if he believes the evidence does not support the charge of murder. The defense contends Mrs. Maddox shot in self defense and that there is no evidence to justify the placing of the murder charge against her. Killeen was shot to death Saturday in a house near Brookmont, Md. Mrs. Maddox allegedly told police she fired the shots after Killeen, 50-year-old Washington gambling leader, had beaten her. Mrs. Maddox, who is 35, said, ac- cording to police: “I shot him be- cause he beat me, and I would do it again.” Lewis is very close to the New Deal, while most of the officials he left on the A. F. of L. Executive Board are not. They think he will be able to use the powerful sympathies of the ad- ministration in his technical fight for re-unionization. His resignation does not mean that he is going to set up a competitive organization. He will continue to fight within the A. F. of L. The resignation was merely & dramatic gesture to help his fight aleng. Mr. Hopkins, the great spender, is understood to be having his troubles paying some of his P. W. A. bills. Half & dozen photographic agencies here dates back to last April and beyond. (Red tape and Controller General Mc- ’heixhuned by reports of Dr. Con-| MADDOX HEARING COOKE QUITS POST AS ELECTRIC HEAD Row With R. F. C. Over Ap- pliance Securities Ru- mored Cause. By the Associated Press. Confirming reports that Morris L. Cooke had resigned as president of the Electric Home and Farm Au- thority, Chairman Jesse H. Jones of the Reconstruc- tion Finance Cor- poration declined any comment to- day on the rea- sons. He said he had read that the resignation fol- lowed a disagree- ment over the re- payment period and the security to be coffered for electric appliance loans, but he would neither confirm nor deny M. L. Cooke. that. How soon the E. H. F. A. Board would meet to select Cooke's successor, | Jones said he did not know. Unconfirmed reports were that Cooke resigned about a week ago after Jones disagreed with his contention that ap- pliance sales should be financed on a long-term basis with only the equip- ment itself as security. It was said unofficially that Jones held the view that depreciation of the appliances would make them of little value as security for long-term loans. R. F. C. Furnishes Funds. The R. F. C. provides funds for financing appliance sales. The E. H. |F. A. Board is composed largely of | R. F. C. officials. | Associates of Cooke, who also heads the Rural Electrification Administra- tion, said he had resigned from E. H. A. because its work was pre- dominantly urban and not directly connected with the work of rural elec- trification. Loan Row Denied. They denied he had quit in & row over long-term loans. Cooke is vacationing in Pennsyl- vania. He will continue as a director of E. H. F. A, but devote most of his time to the R. E. A. R. F. C. officlals said it was pos- | sible no successor to Cooke would be | chosen immediately. | The organization could function in- | definitely, it was said, under the gen- | erai direction of the board as a | whole. STORE IS SWEPT BY PAINT BLAZE Four-Alarm Fire Starts in Base- ment Stock of Reilly Firm. A four-alarm fire of undetermined origin swept the basement of the Hugh Reilly paint store, at 1334 New | | | damage the extent of which had not been appraised today. Starting at 8:45 o'clock, the blaze, fed by highly-inflammable | paint and oils, gave firemen a stub- | born battle, but it was virtually con- | fined to the basement, although some | water and smoke damage was done on the first floor. The basement was flooded, and C. 1. Smith, the vice president, said officials of the store were just getting down to survey the scene. Ordinarily, he said, a stock valued at about $25,000 would be on hand in the fire area, and until a check is made, it will not be possible to de- termine how much was lost. There was only one casualty re- ported, Pvt. J. J. Riggs, acting as captain of No. 16 engine company, being twice overcome by smoke. He also suffered a cut hand. - Hundreds of spectators were at- tracted to the scene, as apparatus was rushed in from every section, and traffic was tied up in the neigh- borhood for nearly an hour, Smoke and water flowed into the hardware establishment of Rudolph & West, 1332 New York avenue, scene of a bad fire five years ago in which one fireman lost his life. GOODYKOONTZ WINS SPEAKING CONTEST G. W. U. Senior Takes Davis Honor With Topic “Pag- ing Mr. Hitler.” ‘The Davis prize speaking contest at George Washington University ended last night with first place awarded to ‘William Goodykoontz, a senior. The topic of his winning speech was “Pag- ing Mr. Hitler.” Jennie Garner, who talked on “Foxes Have Their Day,” won second place, while Edmund Ziman won third with his discussion of “Anti-Semit- ism.” The contest, now in its eighty- elghth consecutive year, was held under the auspices of the Senior Coun- cil. Paul Moats, senior class presi- dent, introduced the chairman, Harry C. Davis, chairman of the board of trustees of the University, who pre- sented the contestants. Judges were Miss Elizabeth Peet, dean of women and professor of lan- guages at Gallaudet College; Dr. Elmer Louis Kayser, professor of history and dean of university students at George Washington University, and Francis R. Kirkham, secretary to Chief Justice Hughes of the United States Supreme Court. All the judges are former win- ners of the Davis prizes. s T DUTCH-TREAT DINNER AGAIN IS FEATURED Persons Alone on Thanksgiving to Be Introduced at Shore- ham Spread. A strangers’ Dutch treat Thanks- giving dinner will be held at the Shoreham Hotel at 7 o'clock tomorrow evening. The plan, originated last year by Dr. Grace A. Thompson, affords an op- portunity for either single persons or married couples who would otherwise | York avenue, last night, resulting in | FLORENCE current New York beauty display. Of Detroit, who has been called “Miss Ziegfeld Follies of 1936.” characterized by New York showmen as the topmost of the tops in the Follies, 1936” CALLAHAN She is —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. GIFTS T0 CHEST AID UNIT QUOTAS 23 Federal Divisions Go Over Top—Social Security Group 312 Per Cent. Post-campaign solicitation by volun- teers of the Governmental Unit of the | Community Chest has added 23 divi- sions of the unit to the list of those which have secured 100 per cent or more of quotas assigned. Ma). Gen. Merritte W. Ireland, | chairman of the unit, paid special trib- | ute to the Social Security Board, which | broke all records for oversubscription | with a percentage of 312. | Although Chest officials have aban- | doned all hope of reaching the original goal fixed for the campaign, $1.877,900, they point out that every additional dollar contributed means that much less hardship for the clients of the 65 Chest agencies this Winter, It is with this thought in mind that a large num- ber of the workers are continuing solicitation in all four soliciting units. ‘The governmental divisions, reported “over the top” yesterday, together with their chairmen and percentage of quota are as follows: American National Red Cross, Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, 101; Bu- reau of Fisheries, Mrs. Barbara Aller, 100; General Departments, D. C., G. { M. Thornett, 109; Coroner's Office. D. C,, Dr. A. M. McDonald, 120; Works Progress Administration, D. C., Wil- liam C. Cleary, 183; Engineer Depart- ment, D. C., G. W. Pearson, 101; Legal Division, Farm Credit Administration, J. A. Jordan, 100; F. E. R. A. and W. P. A, Bruce McClure and Josephine Brown, 101; Federal Savings & Loan Insurance and Federal Home Loan Bank Board, John Burns, 109; Distri- bution Division, Federal Surplus Relief Corp., Edna Gatchell, 102; Construc- tion and Repair, Navy Department, H. C. Brunner, 100; Bureau of Engineer- ing, Navy Department, Comdr. H. A. Seiller, 100; Legal, Securities & Ex- change, John D. Farnham, 104; Soclal Security Board, Gov, John G. Winant, 312; Ink-Making, Bureau Engraving & Printing, Norman Underwood, 104; Postage Stamp, Engraving & Print- ing, John M. Smith, 110; Engraving, | Engraving and Printing, Joachim C.| | Benzing, 101; Examining, Engraving | and Printing, R. B. O'Hara, 100; In-| come Tax Unit, Internal Revenue, Charles T. Russell, 100; Office Com- missioner of Public Debt, Sara O. C. Doolittle, 100, and Personnel, Admin- D.C. LAWYER FINED William W. Smith to Appeal, Holding Economy Act Re- pealed Limitation. By the Associated Press. JONESBORO, Ark., November 27.— Federal Judge John E. Martineau fined Willlam Wolff Smith, Washing- ton, D. C., attorney and former Vet- erans’ Administration chief counsel, $400 today on a charge of collecting an excessive fee in obtaining disabil- ity compensation for a veteran. Failing in a motion to arrest judg- ment, Smith gave notice of appeal to {the United States Circuit Court of Appeals on his contention that the 1933 national economy act repealed a section of the World War veterans’ act which limited attorney’s fees in such |cases to $10 each. Granted $500 Appeal Bond. The former general counsel for the Veterans' Administration was granted & $500 appeal bond. By agreement, outcome of the ap- peal will be awaited before any fur- ther action is taken in the case of Ernest L. Holloway, Corning, Ark., at- torney, who pleaded guilty to similar charges yesterday when Judge Mar- tineau found Smith guilty. .The indictment returned against judgment which he obtained in Clay County, Ark., Chancery Court against Arthur E. York, Corning veteran. Holloway claimed that he himself collected no fee from the veteran, but acted simply as Smith's attorney in pressing the fee claim against the veteran. Defense counsel said the case was considered highly important as a test of fees generally collected from veterans. —_— BAN ON ITALY PLANNED Senator Pope to Sponsor Legisla- tion at Next Session. BOISE, Idaho, November 27 ().— United States Senator James P. Pope, Democrat, of Idaho at a public reception in his honor here last night, said he will sponsor legislation in the next Congress “to provide for a complete embargo against Italy and istration Office, Veterans, Dorothy Harper, 101. FINE AND WARNING URGED FOR BENDURE Police Trial Board Acts on Charge of Using Pistol Without " Justification. Recommendation of a $25 fine and a “warning” was made by the Police Trial Board today in the case of Policeman F. E. Bendure, second pre- cinct, on a charge of using his pistol without justification and in such a manner as to endanger the lives of bystanders. Private Bendure fired two shots while chasing Samuel McLurkin, 15, colored, of 1257 Irving street, when the colored youth abandoned an auto- mobile and ignored the policeman’'s ‘warning to stop. Investigation showed McLurkin had been given the keys to a neighbor's automobile so he might wash it and clean out the inside. He picked up a friend and went riding, despite the :fi he had no D. C. aperator’s per- VANDENBERG TO SPEAK NEW YORK, November 27 (#)— Col. Theodore Roosevelt, president of the National Republican Club, an- nounced last night that Gov. Alfred M. Landon of ‘Kansas and United States Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan had been invited to speak here February ° coln Ethiopia on all materials capable of use in war.” The legislation, he said, will call for prompt action on the part of the United States “as quickly as those materials are embargoed by other nations of the world through the League or any similar co-operative organization.” Persian Minister Held as Speeder And Then Freed Magistrate Drops Count at 'Elkton, Lacking Jurisdiction. By the Associated Press. ELKTON, Md., November 27.— Ghaffar Djalal, Minister to the United States from Iran (Persia), was arrest- ed here today for speeding and held handcuffed for a few minutes. The charge against him was dis- missed when his identity was learned and a magistrate decided he had no jurisdiction over a foreign diplomat. Officers who made the arrest said occupant of the Djalal car “sicked” & dog on them during an argument. Patrolman Biddle conmandeered & $400 IN'FEE CASE Smith was based on a $569.19 consent | HOOVER DEMANDS RETURN 70 IDEALS True Liberalism Declared Menaced by Warped Views on Liberty. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCC, November 27.— A “realistic return to American ideals” to preserve true “American liberalism' was demanded today by former Presi. dent Herbert Hoover in an address prepared for delivery at a Junior Chamber of Commerce luncheon. “American liberalism is not regi- mentation,” Mr. Hoover declared. “It is not repression. It is never coercion by bureaucrats * ¢ *.” “Liberty has gone down the suicide road of socialism and fascism in a score of nations,” he said. “The infection of these ideas into America have brought our Naticn to a dividing of the ways fateful to free men. “And here is the clash of true American liberalism and its ideals with these imported social philos- ophies of government. * * * Raps Credit Inflation. “It appears that to be a ‘liberal’ today you must advocate currency or CORONER PROBES DEATH IN TRAFFIC Motor Cyclist to Leave Hos- pital to Tell How Girl Was Killed. An inquest delayed four months by the disability of an important witness involved in the traffic accident which killed a 16-year-old girl on Bladensburg road northeast July 28, was to be held today. ‘The inquiry concerns the death of Virginii. Donnelly, 1855 Wyoming avenue, Powell Junior High School student, killed when the motorcycle | she was riding with James Parker, |18, of 18 Seventh street southeast, | was struck by a car driven by Detec- tive James F. Boxwell of the twelfth precinct. The accident occurred at Bladensburg and Queens Chapel roads, northeast, the intersection where Motorcycle Policeman Raymond V. Sinclair met his death some months earlier, Parker’s leg was so badly fractured he left a hospital only last week. He will testify today. Driver Ordered He:d. Joseph S. Chick, 28, of 1123 New Jersey avenue southeast, was held credit inflation, although its ultimate destiny is destruction. You must have faith in the efficacy of gigantic spend- ing, of deficits and of debits, and of waste of public money. You must advocate that the Government edge into a system of Government-dictated monopolies. You must ardently be- lieve that the Government should go into business. You must believe in vast political bureaucracies.” Characterizing “American liberal- ism” as “a great faith and a great philosophy” that grew out of the American Revolution, Mr. Hoover de- clared it is not the possession of any political party. “From its spirit comes the solution of our ceaseless problems,” he said. “It has been resolute that no improve- ment to the lives of men is possible which undermines or destroys our liberties.” Cellectivism Held Menace. “Surely Americanization requires the exposure of the wolf of collectivism now parading in sheep’s clothing of pretended liberalism,” he continued. “If in fear and distress we have been tempted for a time to wander from the true path, we must return | to it before it is too late. * * * “In a world struggling against the forces of disruption we have a high duty to keep America American. * * * “Hitherto we have mostly regarded Americanization as a special treatment we give to foreign born before they file their naturalization papers. * * * The job today has become far bigger than that. There are hosts of na- tives who need treatment.” M. REA SHAFER DIES; WAS D. C. MERCHANT Furniture Store Proprietor Ill Several Months—Funeral Friday. M. Rea Shafer, 56, proprietor of the | furniture company at 1325 Seventh street which bears his name, died today at his home, 6605 Meadow lane, Chevy Chase, Md. He had been ill several months. Mr. Shafer, a native of this city, had been in the furniture business here for many years. He began in| business on O street, and about 25 years ago removed his business to the | Seventh street address. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bertha B. Shafer; four sons, M. Rea Shafer, jr., a senior at Lehigh Uni- versity; Sayre, Casper B. and Philip B. Shafer; two daughters, Mrs. Mar- garet Reeves and Miss Bertha B. Shafer, all living in Washington or nearby, and two sisters, Mrs. Donald MacMillan of Nutley, N. J, and Mrs. George W. Marshall of Summit, N. J. Funeral services will be held at his late residence Friday at 2 pm. Burial will be private. PEACEMAKER DIES OF BULLET WOUND Colored Janitor Shot During Struggle With Filipino to Halt Row Between Couple. Archie Stewart, 33, colored, janitor at 2305 Eighteenth street, who was | shot Monday night while acting as peacemaker during a reported Tow | between Antonio Plaganasa, 33, Fili-| pino, and his Mexican wife, Mrs. Luz | Plaganasa, 26, 1855 Calvert street, died in Emergency Hospital early today. Polic: reported Stewart received two bullet wounds in his stomach | and, although fatally wounded, suc- ceeded in wresting the weapon from | Plaganasa and beating him over his head with it. During the struggle, police reported, the weapon was dis- charged, the bullet entering Plaga- nasa’s leg. Plaganasa was given first aid at Emergency Hospital and later trans- ferred to Gallinger Hospital for treat- ment and to be kept under police guard until Coronef A. Magruder MacDonald conducts an inquest. I Utilities (Continued From First Page.) it would stake the law's constitutional chances of this test case. It also ap- pealed to utility companies to register and stop the multiplicity of injunc- tion suits. It said companies could register without the sacrifice “of any legal or constitutional rights.” Relationships Dissolved. Soon after the New York suit was filed the Electric Bond & Share Co. announced dissolution of its “inter- locking relationships with its holding and operating companies” and the formation of “the Ebasco Services, Inc.,” to take over all service con- tracts which E. B. & 8. had with operating utilities. ‘This move cast some doubt on the status of the E. B. & S. under the holding company act. 8. R. Inch, pres- ident of the company, said, however, the concern was “still & holding com- pany as considered under the act.” He added that Ebasco was just a service company. Commission officials were puzzled by the move, although they said they be- lieved it would make no difference in the suit. They indicated that, if nec- essary, minor changes in the bill of would be made, responsible by a coroner’s jury today | for the death late Saturday night of Richard Good, 50, colored, 488 L street southwest, and ordered held for Police Court under the new negli- (gent homicide act. Chick was the driver of the car which fatally in- | jured Good at Seventh and Water | streets southwest. The colored man | died shortly thereafter in Emergency Hospital, where Chick took him. The autopsy report indicated the in- | jurles to Good were so severe that they could not have been inflicted by a car traveling at a moderate rate of speed. The headlight on Chick's | car was smashed and the hood dented. | Joseph H. Hunter, 24, of 676 Fourta | street northeast, was in a critical con- dition in Providence Hospital today as the result of a crash yesterday Twelfth and G streets northeast. ‘chesz was crushed and he was be- | lieved to have internal injuries. Clar- | ence Moulton, 28, of 127 Twelfth street northeast was treated at Casualty | Hospital for injuries received in the same accident. He was a passenger in a car driven by Harvey J. Jones, 26, |of 1337 H street northeast. Jones | was uninjured. Aaron R. Jones, his wife and three | children escaped serious injury last ‘mgm when their car overturned and was virtually demolished when struck I by a car driven by Clarence Belcher, 27, colored, 226 F street southwest, at the intersection of Pennsylvania and North Carolina avenues southeast. The entire top was ripped from Jones’ car. His wife, Mrs, Clara L. Jones, 37, and | three children, Richard, 13; Mary, 8. and Robert, 4, were taken to Provi- dence Hospital for treatment for minor bruises and shock. Jones is an elece trician with the Interior Department. Belcher is employed at the Cudahy Packing Co. Failing to furnish bond, he was held at Traffic Court. Truck Strikes Child. Five-year-old Patricia Van Sise of 3501 Nicholson street southwest, was knocked down at Alabama avenue and Fifth street southeast yesterday by a truck driven by Evan D. Gardner, 33, of 2242 Chester street southeast. She | was treated at a physician’s office for bruised and cut knees and forehead. | Leslie A. Matthews, 36, of 1616 Twenty-second street, was struck late yesterday near Twelfth and F streets |by a car driven by Roland F. Shu- maker, 26, of 631 I street. He was treated at Emergency Hospital for possible skull fracture and face lace~ rations. Shumaker was paroled in custody of his attorney. A police car driven by Policeman H. 8. Childress of the first precinct | was struck from the rear in the 700 |block Thirteenth street yesterday by |a taxi operated by Ralph N. Council, 11935 Bennett place northeast. Po- | liceman J. F. Gawen, in the car with Childress, was slightly injured. 'ACTING N. R. A. CHIEF EXPECTED TO RESIGN L. J. Martin's Resignation Is Due Early Next Month, Effective December 31. By the Associated Press. Lawrence J. Martin, acting admin- istrator of the skeletonized N. R. A, was expected in official circles today to offer his resignation early in De- cember, to become effective December 3L Martin denied reports, however, that he was going to the Edison Elec. tric Institute or any other organiza- tion having what he characterized as an anti-administration program. He added he had announced on several cccasions that he expected to resign from N. R. A. as soon as pos= sible, and took the post with this un- derstandirg, Itvin S. Cobb Says: League of Nations Is Like Small Hotel Ele- vator—OQOut of Order. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Novems= ber 27.—With Ethiopia convulsed by war, with Brazil having internal spasms and China crumbling under armed pressure from within and without, that faint squeaking sound coming out of Geneva, Switzerland, would seem to betoken contin- ued plaintive pro- tests on the part of the only great world movement which quit func- tioning before it ever began. Mr. Interlocu- tor, why is the League of Nations like the elevator in the average small European hotel? Well, Brother Bones, I really can's imagine why the League of Nations should resemble an elevator in a European hotel. Suppcse you tell us. Because, before they've even got it finished, the proprietor has little framed cards ready to be stuck up on every floor announcing that this ele- vator is out of order. ’ e