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“A—2 wx¥- NEW DEAL POLICY SCORED IN REPORT Industry Told of Effort to Project It Into Ameri- can Future. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 5.—A re- port decrying what it termed an ef- fort to project “the New Deal into the future of America” was presented to the Congress of American Industry today by its Committee on the Rela- tion of Government to Industry. Presented for consideration of the congress by C. L. Bardo, president of the National Association of Manu- facturers, the committee’s report said it had to take exception to a continua- tion of the Government's emergency plan of action and proposed legisla- tion. This legislation, it contended, is “an What’s What Behind News In Capital Secretary Hull Seen Behind Resignation of George Peek. BY PAUL MALLON. HE hand that rules the cradle of diplomacy is the one that rocked George Peek out of the New Deal. Nearly every one suspected the long, bony fingers of State Secretary Hull were somewhere in the final oscillation. Few except the trustees who sat in on the closed meetings of the export-import banks realized just where, and how. Chairman of the Board of Trustees is Mr. Hull's crony, R. Walton Moore, the Assistant Secretary of State. Hull, through Moore, controlled the board of which Peek was supposed to be president. They have exercised that effort to place in our system a series | control in all details to see that Peek of permanent statutes, projecting the | did little except to write critical re- New Deal into the future of America.” | ports and make forlorn speeches. They THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY; DECEMBER 5 1935 SLOAN PUTS ISSUE UPTO BUSINESS Declares Industry No Longer Can Avoid Social Responsibility. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Industry's responsibility to furnish an enlightened leadership on current economic problems has been in de- mand ever since the depression began, but it has nowhere been better ex- pressed than in the speech delivered last night in New York by Alfred P. Sloan, jr. Sloan’s address strikes a note of challenge to business itself and may, therefore, be regarded as of transcen- dent importance at a time when pol- icles involving intervention by Gov- ernment in business affairs have reached a high point. Briefly, Sloan says that unless busi- ness wakes up and realizes its social responsibility, Government will super- impose its own management. ; Deplores Inaction. “I am convinced,” he said, “that in- Brazil Revolt Leaves Death and Want Philosophy Abandoned. performed all the functions of foreign The committee report added, “We join in the demand made by every | enlightened economic organization for | trading themselves. . Moore Information Source. At the bank offices, wherever you | dustry’s responsibilities can no longer | be discharged, however efficient and abandonment of the philosophy that | turned for information concerning | prosperity can be produced through | Peek’s expected resignation at the, curtailing production, whether in ag-! time it was !mown to be pending, th‘e‘ ri¢ulture or in industry.” | wise clerks directed you to see “Moore” | It continued, “The true abundant | —not “Mr. Moore,” just “Moore.” life can be supported only by abun- | Peek's press relations office itself dant production of the things that | swould have nothing to do with the enrich the lives of all.” | publication of the final announce- Bardo's committee observed: “WP| ment. It also referred all inquiries are driven to the conclusion that the | significantly in the same direction. administration desired c0-OPEration | o paye the picture complete, the from industry but did not genuinely announcement was mot even made wish to give to industry the same de- by Mr. Peek or by the White House, | gree of co-operation that it exacted. |, which he was supposed to be special | “The administration likewise secured foreign trade adviser, but by the same | adoption of many codes in forms en-| pepartment of State. tirely unsatisfactory to the industries involved by threatning to invoke the licensing provisions of the act or the provisions for imposed codes.” See Disillusionment. *The opinion was voiced in the re- port that the national industrial re- covery act was based on “fallacies too serious to Tesult in anything but dis- cffective it may be, with the mere production of goods and an pointed out ‘that business “must develop ways and means by which to better correlate the indus- trial machine and its component parts with the national economy as a whole, in order to more effectively promote | human progress and security and ad- vance civilization.” | He deplored inaction as likely to bring more Government intervention. Sloan was speaking to the National Association of Manufacturers, an or- ganization which has in its midst the principal instrumentalities of produc- tion and distribution in America. His words were aimed at a group which has been criticized, rightly or wrongly, in the past as opposed to social prog- ress. Offered Constructive Thoughts, Sloan did not deliver his usual tirade | against the New Deal, but presented for consideration some constructive ilfusionment. The greater the degree of adherents, the greater the dis-| illusionment.” | ‘Of the Supreme Court's decision in the Schechter case, holding the code- making provisions of N. 1. R. A. un~ constitutional, the report said the ruling was made “not only because of the extreme and unwarranted dele- gation of legislative power, but also because of the effort through the| codes to extend centralized Federal Those close to Mr. Peek know he did not want to resign. He was In- terested in a theory of foreign trade. He had nothing else to do, so he was bent on staying here in the faee of obviously insurmountable difficultie: to fight for his lost cause. An ordina man would have resigned months ago, when it became apparent he was being pushed into a cubby-hole. control to local conditions.” “The report described as being “based upon fallacious assumptions” the The passing of Peek, therefore, means only the oficial confirma- tion of his unofficial outsing, which occured some time back. The angle that it represents the final retirement of the Baruch key men (Johnson, Peek and Moley) is somewhat stale. Only Prof. Moley of that group is still in top O'Mahoney bill and the textile control bill, as well as the Walsh Government | contract measure and the Black-Con- | nery bills. It called for an “industrial, | united front” against such legislation. | The committee recommended the association should oppose any proposed | Federal legislation to take over general control of wages and hours of labor and advocated elimination Federal Labor Board “system.” Duty Is to Protect. Regarding Government competition with private industry and what the o dsticks,” | His belt is nearly full of scalps and committee referred to as “yar the report repeated last year's asser- tion of the congress that “the Govern- ment’s true function is to protect lpd promote the economic activities of its citizens, not to supplant them.” It continued: “The Government should withdraw as soon as possible from competition with private busi- ness, save in exceptional cases where a strictly Federal purpgse is to be achieved, and where the corporate form provides public advantages the practice of incorporating Federal agencies should be abandoned.” The committee urged repeal of the Guffey coal control act and asked the administration to make the announced “breathing spell” for business a “cease and desist orde: The National Manufacturers’ As- sociation lined up in open hostility to of thej "| The move has caused far more con- standing, but this administration | often permits its ex-friends to quarrel with it without serious con= sequences. The only practical effect will be to | terrorize further the New Dealers who differ with the relentless Mr. 'he is reaching for other important hair. British Call for Officers. It may be only a diplomatic move, but the British admiralty is quietly calling in its naval reserve officers from the merchant marine. Officers and engineers from the Cunard and other British steamship lines have been ordered to report immediately to Portsmouth. It is the first time since the World War that any such | call has been issued. | cern among United States diplomats than the more obvious ones which have gone before. They believe Amer- |fcan business men who might be affected by another war scare should proceed cautiously during the next 10 days. Hull. | thoughts about what industry ought to be doing to earn for itself a better po- sition with the public opinion of the Nation. It is interesting to note that Sloan offered the philosophy of & re- | duction of real costs and selling prices of goods and services, something that | has been particularly characteristic of | the motor industry in this, one of the most successful years in its history. Apart from the need for lower prices, Sloan struck out boldly for “a | more economic balance of national in- | come through policies affecting wages, | hours, prices and profits.” The entire | _speech of course, was a plea for an| aggressive attack on the problem of advancing the “social and economic status of the community as a whole.” | Much Discussion Predicted. Undoubtedly the Sloan address will { (Copyright. 1935.) 'SEARCH IS BEGUN FOR PAUL REDFERN Expedition Heads Toward Jungle Believing Lost Flyer Is Still Alive. By the Associated Press. | GEORGETOWN, British Guiana, | December 5.—A rescue expedition was | headed toward the Dutch Guiana | jungles today in search of Paul Red- | fern, United States fiyer, who disap- | | peared on a flight eight years ago. | Art Williams and Art Wendt took the New Deal, considering a tentative | 1936 platform of “rugged individual- | ism.” Nearly every speaker at this year's meeting of the association has criti- | LIVERMORE YOUTH GRANTED SOLITUDE cized New Deal policies, and others renewed the assault today, prelim- inary to adoption of the platform. ,Alfred P. Sloan, president of the General Motors Corp.,, warned Amer- ican business last night that it nmust assume broader responsibilities | or face the alternative of increasing governmental interference. Must Assume Leadership. Industry, he said, “must assume the role of enlightened:industrial states- manship. “We must prove toward a soundly ; based and wisely distributed economic well-being. This is the theory of “plenty’ as distinguished from the the- ory of ‘scarcity,’ which has dominated olir recent economic thinking and policies.” e L Electric Exports. 'Germnny is exporting more elec- trical equipment than in 1934. fi@_@sw GRISTMAS sms.@i . The Chinese have had a postal sys- « tem for more : than 3000 yrs. \JANY “firsts” are attributed to the ;" Chinese by modern research work- efs and it seems they also may justly elaim to have invented the first postal sgstem. It has been said that such &' system was in operation in China more than 3,000 years ago. In me- dfeval China a relay system is known to have existed. Communications were carried by runners, each of whom ran approximately 3 miles. In this way &' message could be advanced more than 100 miles a day. The men wore a belt of bells which gave notice of their approach to a relay station so SHOPPING DAYS TO' CHRISTMAS | President Roosevelt moves fast, leaps far in single jumps. His hop | from poverty to riches a few days | |back was one of his swiftest and longest. After visiting the rural resettle- ment project of 70 families at Pine Mountain Valley, Ga., he motored to the estate, Blue Springs of Cason Callaway, big Southern mill owner, to spend the night. A Marine detail was sent over from Warm Springs to guard the place for that occasion. The only significant thing about it | apparently is that no one thought| (it was sufficiently significant to oe mentioned. Watches A. A. A. Course. Mr. Roosevelt is keeping closer touch than you know with the Government defense of the A. A. A. in the Supreme { Court. He took the Government's brief, as well as some other briefs in question, to Warm Springs. The pur- pose may have been to aid him in preparing his December 9 address o the American Farm Bureau Federation at Chicago—the day upon which argu- ments also start on the processing tax case in the Supreme Court, Several incoming Congressmen are looking forward to the coming session of Congress as a rest. Representative Sam Hill of Washington was so worn out with seeing constituents and trying to get jobs that he went to bed as soon as he returned to Washington. Another arrival reports that he spent the recess answering two telephones in his home office constantly, all day long. He likewise wilted. HOPSON INCOME DATA DEMANDED Chairman 0’Connor Warns “Ap- propriate Action” Would Meet Refusal. By the Associated Press. Chalrman O'Conncr of the House Rules Committee today sent a letter to H. C. Hopsen, mainspring of the Assoeiated Gas & Wlectric Co., de- manding full information on' his in- come by December 16, and warning that “appropriate action” will be taken if the data is not forthcoming, Asked what he meant by appro- priate action, O’Connor said Hopson could be held in contempt of the that the next runner would be ready 10 take over, 3 House and sent to jail if necessary. Its full text is well worthy of study by | For while Sloan’s remarks will be re- men of the country, there are business | | bility, Their theory is “let things| AlD FUR BH".DREN other hand, a recognition of the fact | nature, and that business can assist | idea, held by other business men, that | W-P-A- Grant A\/a“able. | system that have been coming from | P ent for a tuberculosis [ stebs indusizy doss tRke to follow the | bl o chilarent Hirentenedéwith Works Progress Administration three Off from here yesterday in a flying tuberculosis camp for children, but | an Indian guide who claimed to have Commissioner Dan I. Sultan an- 16-Year-01d, in Hospital, Wants| so Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, managing By the Associated Press. priation act, would operate the camp, endor! deferred today to the wish of | Government. Neville, & house guest when the 16- & Modern camp with every facility The prosecutor said Neville gave| Undaunted, Mrs. Grant said today: ment between the boy and his mother, | $3,000 for such a worthy cause.” “Subsequently,” Heckendorf said, mother and son were joking.” to Palestine Couple. murder, and Jesse Livermore, sr., who His physicians quoted him: down for a week and think things attract a good deal of attention and will be the basis of much discussion. those who are interested in present- | day trends of a long-range character. | ceived sympathetically by the liberal groups and broad-visioned business 3 men who do not believe in any as- sumption by industry of a responsi- alone and they will cure themselves.” Sloan's aproach involves, on the| that the social order is affected oy )| i 1 H { serious disturbances of an economic TUberChIOS|S samtar'um | materially in the solution of national | Site Lacking to Make | problems. Nor does he accept the new | because things are getting better, hence | some of the threats to our economic , L&ck of $5000 for purchase of a ! tract of land to be turned over to | Government can be ignored. A1l teraatt sanitarium site today stood in the way L e g o e wiat|of a chance for radiant health for rinciples laid down in the loan | ]fpeech‘? 8- o this disease. i The local allotment board of the weeks ago approved & grant of $79.- boat for Paramaribo, in Dutch 200 for construction of a modern | Guiana, where they hoped to pick up | required the camp must be built on | met Redfern in the jungle. Government property. Believed White Deity. nounced after a survey no suitable Government property was available, to Be Left Alone for director of the District Tuberculosis ‘Week, He Says. Association, which, under the appro- SANTA BARBARA, Calif, Decem- |Proposed a tract, possibly 5 acres, be ber 5.—District Attorney Percy Heck- | Purchased and turned over to the Jesse Livermore, jr., to be left alone | Funds for this purchase are lack- and turned his attention to D. B.| ing, however, so the appropriation for year-old son of the Wall Street trader | for aiding restoration of child health was shot Thanksgiving night. | 1s at present of no use. conflicting accounts of the shooting,| “Surely there is some philanthropic first relating it culminated an argu- Person in Washington who will give Mrs. Dorothea Wendt Longcope, over R S Suntees HITLER GREETS JEWS “Neville deelared the shooting was an | e = accident which took place while the | Sends Message of Congratulation Mrs. Longcope, charged with wound- ing her son with intent to commit flew to his son’s bedside, also re- spected his wish to be left alone. “I don’t want to see either my mother or my father. I want to lie over. I don't want to see the dis- trict attorney.” Auto Kills Tiger. Running his automouile into a large tiger sleeping in the road near Pen- ang, Straits Settiements, late at night, C. D. Treble kilied the beast in- stantly. B- the Associated Press. SEATTLE, December 5.—A new prohibition campaign—initiated by the Eskimos—was under way today in “wide-open” Alaska. The campaign was started by and for the Eskimos at Nome, where the natives petitioned the Territorial Board of Liquor Control to re-enact prohibition statutes making it a crime to even give & native a drink of liquor. The second anniversary of repeal found the drive gaining headway as far as Barrow, Northernmost post of “We can keep him in jail until he [ BERLIN, December 5 (Jewish Tele- graphic Agency). —German newspaper reports yesterday sald Reichfuehrer Adolf Hitler had sent a personal message of congratulation to Palestine for the first time. The reported message was to Mr. and Mrs. Wagner on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary. Wagner is the owner of a machine factory in Jaffa. The press refers to him as “the father of Palestine Ger- Glorious Bragging. ‘The words “glorious” and “gloriatur” once meant boastful and boasting. Eskimos Operi Dry Campaign To Protect Race From Dives In their petition the Nome natives declared “the excessive use of intoxi- cating liquor by Eskimos and persons of mixed blood is highly demoralizing to the race. “The present excessive use of liquor by our people, young and old of both sexes, not only is extremely dangerous, affecting the morals, but is impairing health, taking food from our children and bringing us face to face with starvation.” Sale of liquor to Indians was against the law before prohibition and in early Russian days, when it was found that “Indians and whisky won't mix.” But Alaska natives are classed as American citizens and the territorial law permits sale of intoxicants American citizen, regardless of color. Most of Alaska’s citi- s ke hd ‘Their search was sponsored by S. | F. Sill, a Georgetown business man, | who is convinced that Redfern, alive | | but crippled, is being worshiped as a | white deity by the primitive savages who live along the border between | Guiana and Brazil | Reports coming out of the wild hinterland from time to time have | tended to confirm the belief. A few { months ago William Lavare, United | States explorer, said he was convinced | Redfern had been adopted by the | mysterious Trio Indians, whom no white man has visited in 30 years. | Lavare found & hat and bits of wreck- | age he believed to be from Redfern’s | plane, Indian Carries Story. The theory that Redfern was crip- pled in the crash appeared to be strengthened by the story by a sick Indian brought to a settlement far up the Tapanahony River. He told of a white man in the village of Sapukunu who had to be carried about because of a broken hip. Last Spring, Tom Roch, German- American explorer, claimed he had actually met Redfern and talked to him. Roch said his Indian guides would not help him bring Redfern to civilization. CLIPPER POISED FOR ALAMEDA HOP Capt. Musick Plans to Leave Honolulu Tonight on . Final Lap. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, December 5—The China Clipper, nearing the end of history’s first round-trip airmail flight | across the Pacific, pointed homeward today. ' The last and longest, if not the most dangerous, lap of the journey lay ahead—2,400 miles to -Alameda, Calif. Capt. Edwin C. Musick prepared to take off with his crew of seven and three tons of mail at 3 p.m. (8:30 p.m. Eastern standard time). The Clipper alighted here yesterday at 5:27 pm. (10:57 p.m. Eastern standard time) flying from Midway with 24 persons, the crew and Pan- American Airways employes from other Pacific stations. The 1,323- mile flight required 9 hours 45 minutes. Customs ins examined their pectors baggage in Honolulu's first trans- Pacific airplane inspection. Want Refrigerators. i Mgusewly c vt iz Wreckage Upper: Government troops ad- vancing on one of the outposts of the Communists in Rio de Janiero at the height of the battle which resulted in heavy losses botn for the loyal troops of the government and the revolutionists. Lower: The barracks of the 3d Infantry Regiment in Rio de Janiero after it had been shelled by the artillery of the loyal troops at the outbreak of what had been planned as a Communist outbreak throughout the nation. ~—Wide World Photos. AUSTRALIA AIDS ELLSWORTH HUNT {Two Planes to Be Rushed South—Whaling Ships Told to Assist. | BACKGROUND— Lincoln Ellsworth, conqueror of the Arctic, took off for flight over uncharted wastes of Antarctica No- vember 21. He sought to map ter- ritory along the 2,140-mile route between his Weddell Sea base and B,rd’s base at Little America, wXere the Wyatt Earp, supply ship, was to meet him in five weeks. No word has come from Ellsworth since November 23. He financed the expedition himself. By the Associated Press. CANBERRA, Australia, December 5—The Australian government an- nounced today il was equipping two air force planes with wireless, floats and skis to_be used in an Antarctic search for Lincoln Ellsworth and his pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon. Prime Minister Joseph A. Lyons telegraphed President Roosevelt that this act was a gesture of friendship for America. U. S. AID PLAN IN MOTION. Plane to Be Fiown to Chile by Russell W. Thaw. NEW YORK, December 5 (N.AN.A). —Plans to rush emergency rations to | Antarctica for Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, his pilot, whose radio failed on their trans- Antarctic flight November 23 and who have not been heard from since, were announced today by F. Trubee Davi- son, president of the American Mu- seum of Natural History. Ellsworth is a trustee of the museum. “During the last week,” Davison said, “a group of men prominent in exploration and aviation has been working to set in motion the relief program formulated and provided for by Ellisworth prior to his departure. “Due to the invaluable co-operation of such men as Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a lifelong friend of Ellsworth, and Capt. Frank Hawks, the following ar- rangement will be put into effect immediately: “l1. Through a fund set aside by Mr. Ellsworth for this sort of emer- gency, a sister ship of .Ellsworth's Polar Star has been acquired. “2. A pilot and a mechanic have been engaged to fly the plane to Magallanes, for which point the sup- ply ship Wyatt Earh is now headed to take on emergency supplies, which are to be dropped by the plane at pre- arranged locations specified by Ells- ‘worth. “3. The new plane will be loaded aboard the Wyatt Earp, which will then sail for Charcot Island and the Ross Sea, hoping to get there as quickly as possible in order to take ad- vantage of the few favorable flying days during the short Antarctic Sum- mer. MADDEN HITS FOES OF LABOR STATUTE Assails Taft View Workers Con- stitutionally Must Remain “Helpless.” By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, December 5.—J. War- ren Madden, chairman of the Labor Relations Board, told leading indus- trialists today that challenges of the ‘Wagner labor disputes act’s constitu- tionality were “unjustified libel against the constitutional fathers.” He addressed the Congress of Amer- ican Industry. He sald some people insist the fathers intended that NEW WAR RAGING ON LIQUOR ISSUE Broadside Argument for Re- peal as Success Meets Dry “Crusade.” By the Associated Press. The historic controversy over prohi- bition raged again today, the second anniversary of the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. . One side praised repeal as a suc- cess. The other, disagreeing sharply, predicted a comeback for prohibition. While W. H. Stayton, executive di- rector of Repeal Associates, and others contended there had been a marked PRESIDENT FEELS GEORGIA'S PULSE Confers With‘Leaders on Effect of Talmadge’s Opposition. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., December 5. —President Roosevelt conferred at the Little White House here today with a group of Georgia Democratic lead- {ers for the purpose of having exe | plained to him the political situa- tion in this State, which has been | more or less confused because of the militant attitude of Gov. Talmadge, arch foe of the President decline in lawlessness, the Anti-Sa- loon League of America began & “new crusade” for prohibition. Saying President Roosevelt should condemn *“violation” of his “pledge” that the saloon would never return, the league convention in St. Louis also de- manded abolition of the “use of intox- jcants at all White House and public functions.” In the absence of President Roose- | velt there was no immediate comment here today. It was recalled that ac- | Were it not for the complications | resulting from Gov. Talmadge's an- | tagonism, there probably would be no need for Mr. Roosevelt having the sit- uation in Georgia analyzed. While not necessarily fearful of Georgia's political future, the President is rep- resented as wanting to know just how | things stand. There is no disputing the fact tha the Georgia Governor has a st following, principally in the rural dis- tricts, but advices received by | counts of formal White House func- tions have told of the serving of light American vintage wines. Beer has been served at some informal gather- ings. Friends of President and Mrs. Roose- velt said they are known almost as tee- totalers and that they never drink or serve strong liquor. 41 States Now “Wet.” In an interview Stayton looked back over the last year, which saw 14 States join the ranks of those which permit legal sale. the number now stands at 41, as compared with 19 before prohibition. “In the States where local control of the traffic has been established,” Stayton said, “poison alcohol deaths are now practically unknown, boot- legging is diminishing, and the States are receiving a large portion of the revenue which, during national pro- hibition, went to support bootleggers and their associated criminals.” Disagreeing, F. Scott McBride, su- perintendent of the Anti-Saloon | League, declared re-opening of the | iquor traffic had been a “miserable failure.” A league resolution attacked what were termed the “tragic resuits of re- peal, the enormous increase in the sale of intoxicants with the conse- quent results of increase in drunken- ness, especially in women and youth, the shocking traffic fatalities and the prevalence of crimes of violence.” Dry Era Predicted. McBride joined Bishop James Can- | non, jr., of the Methodist Episcopal | Church South, in predicting a new dry era by 1945. | James M. Doran, administrator of the Distilled Spirits Institute, con- | tended repeal nad “brought a definite improvement in the Nation's revenue with a corresponding reduction in lawlessness.” | Doran promised the liquor industry would adhere strictly to the new Fed- eral control act. He predicted a tend- ency toward lower prices and im- proved quality. Coming reduction in | duties on Canadian liquor is expected | | to have a decided effect in this direc- tion. Treasury statisticians said the pub- lic was consuming legal hard liquors at the rate of only 64 per cent of the pre-prohibition peak. No figures were : available on consumption of “boot- | leg." | Doran's organization placed Federal revenues from liquor taxes at $199.- 065,824 for the year ended November | 30, as compared with $133,448,779 for | the first repeal twelvemonth. | The new Federal Alcohol Adminis- tration, which succeeded the old con- trol set-up outlawed with N. R. A, observed repeal’s second anniversary by pushing efforts to register all| wholesalers by March 1 and to com- plete new standards and new branding | and advertising rules. OPPOSE ROOSEVELT. Drys Place Repeal Blame on Admin- istration. | By the Associated Press. | ST. LOUIS, December 5.—The Anti- | Saloon League's drive assumed the | proportions of an anti-administratica | movement today as dry leaders cele- brated the secona anniversary of re- | peal by predicting an organized dry | sentimeat would oppose the re-election | | of President Roosevelt in 1936. After the league, with delegates | from 40 States shouting (ervxd. “amens,” called upon the President to | start a campaign for the return of | prohibition by drying up the White House cellar, two of its most powerful chieftains laid the blame for “the abject failure of repeal” squarely cn President Roosevelt's shoulders. Bishop James Cannon, jr, Los Angeles, who stumped against Al Smith in 1928 and wrote the resolu- tion, criticized the serving of light | liquors at White House dinners. Criticized by Cannon. Bishop Cannon, who was named by | the league to head its re-established | National Legislative Committee in a ‘mew advance against alcohol,” joined Dr. F. Scott McBride, militant spear- head of the “second dry war,” in sad- dling the “evils” of repeal upon the President. Speaking individually, both Bishop Cannon and Dr. McBride deplored the “quadrupling of drinking places in the Nation's Capital as a result of President Roosevelt signing the bill for repeal of prohibition in the Dis- trict of Columbia.” Rifle Clubs Abandoned. Australia may abandon its sponsor- ship of rifie clubs, as it holds they are not especially valuable for defense in time of war. union, the law is only mocking him when it tells him he had a right of self-organization,” Madden said. The board chairman described the activities of former Solicitor General James M. Beck, who, he said, “urged the extension of the Federal power to prevent a disruption of interstate com- merce” in two cases before the Su- preme Court. “Now Mr. Beck urges with all his President are that there is not slightest reason for the President t concerned about his own political for- tunes in the State. The tremendous ovation given him at his “home-com- ing celebration” in Atlanta last Friday has been pointed out as sufficient evi- dence of what the State thinks. Two Senators Call. In the group of Georgia list of visitors today were Senator George and Russell and Earl C and Edgar Dunlop, Georgia R. F. C. counsel, all of whom were active in the management of the Atlanta “home- coming” rally. This group of leaders reported on a careful check-up on the reaction in Georgia to the Presi- dent’s Atlanta speech. The two Georgia Senators assured the President that he would have their support in bringing about an early adjournment of the next Con- gress. They advanced the opinion that both Houses would be able to close April 1 or April 15. While reluctant to make knov the details of their conference with the President, the two Senators inti- mated that politics was “merely touched upon casually However they told the President that reaction on the to the homecoming rally in Atlanta last week was good. Considerable interest is being shown in Georgia in the radio address Go Talmadge will deliver tomorrow fron New York over a Nation-wide hook-u The general belief is t the Get a Governor will loose the strongest blas: he has yet directed toward the Presi- dent. Some, who profess to have seen por tlons of Talmadge's speech, declare there are some very uncomplimentary and critical references to the Presi- dent. It is said also that Talmadze will attempt to shoot holes in the President’'s Atlanta speech, particu- larly the reference to the benefits achieved through A. A. A. The Atlanta rally was arranged by the President’s political friends in the State in a deliberate effort to smother Talmadge. Talmadge on Commitiee, Talmadge will have another op- portunity to occupy the limelight as the President’s outspoken foe in the South when the National Committee, called by Chairman James A. Farley to meet in Washington January 8, assembles to talk over plans for the forthcoming campaign. As national committeeman in Georgia Talmadge will have a seat at this important conclave. The Georgia Governor became na- tional committeeman upon the death of John Cohen. Talmadge was elected by a State Committee com- posed of men of his own choice. There is a disposition on the part of | the old line Democrats of Georgia to see that this belligerent Democrat does not succeed himself. Frederic A. Delano, the President’s uncle, joined him at the Little White House today to be an overnight guest. | This afternoon President Roosevelt received Clark Howell, jr, Atlanta newspaper publisher, and Dr. F. D. Patterson of Tuskeegee Institute. During the afternoon the Presi- dent delivered a brief speech over long-distance telephone incident to ceremonies marking the dedication of the new Foundation to the Blind in New York City. Before going for a drive in his open 4-year-old touring car late in the afternoon, Mr. Roose- velt made a personal inspection of the Marine camp near his home here. Irvin S. Cobb Says: Wave of Prison Breaks Caused by “the Boys’” Impatience. SANTA MONICA, Calif,, December 5 (N.AN.A).—That on the same day three jail breaks should occur at places as widely separated as Boston in Massachusetts, Nashville in Ten- kogee homa is only to be accounted for| as proof of a growing wave of| d i s s atisfaction with prison life on the part of] the boys. How much bet- ter we manage in some States I might name where it would seem & boarder has merely to mention to the Parole Board that he's getting bored with the accommodations and craves to ga and sin some more. “Well, so long, warden,” says the departing one, “Hold any mail that comes and try ta keep my old room for me—the ond with the southern exposure and the radio set. It's not good-by, just ay revoir.” But no, these chaps who blasted their way out Tuesday got so irritable they just couldn't wait. It all goes to show that petulance never payg in this world. Kindly be patient, fel« lows, and, sooner or later, the sentis mentalist will perfect a plan to turg practically everybody loose immediately after conviction, thus curing the prese ent unavoldable annoyance of a round trip to the hoosegow. IRVIN 8. COBB. North Americal e, Inc.) 1 4