Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1935, Page 26

B—2 # SODALITIES HEAR COMMUNISM IT Crusade Favored in Resolu- tion Adopted at G. U. Meeting. Communism vs. Cath8licism was the keynote sounded by speakers at the annual convention of the Union of Washington Sodalities yesterday, THE SUNDAY STAR,- WASHINGTON, Niagara Dons Winter ‘ Attire attended by 200 college and high school delegates at Georgetown Uni- wversity. Repudiating the spread of atheistic doctrines in schools, the union adopted & resolution sponsored by the George- town Sodality urging that the sup- port of Newman Clubs in non-Catholic universities and high schools be en- listed in a common crusade against Communism. Ignoring the campaign for decency in motion pictures, which occupied much of its attention last year, the Sodality Union devoted prac- tically its entire discussion to present- day communistic tendencies. Rev. Daniel A. Lord, 8. J., of St. Louis, national organizer of Sodalities and a leader in the Catholic youth movement, made the keynote address. “The Communist is a stuffed shirt simply because he is convinced that s small minority of the proletariat must control and regulate and domi- nate the great mass of mankind,” he said. “The Catholic believes that men can be educated to manage their own property and care for their own gov- ernment. The Communist believes that only the state can handle pro- duction and property. The Catholic believes that production and property should be distributed among as many people as possible. “Equality” Explained. “To Catholocity the young and in- telligent men and women will turn simply because it is the radical far- reaching revolution,” Father Lord de- clared. “While the Communists talk in terms of Third Internationale, the Catholic talks in terms of a first and only supernational union in the myth- ical body of Jesus Christ and in that body is precisely the ‘class-list’ so- clety—the brotherhood of man, equal- ity of all before the eyes of God and man, about which the Communist talks vaguely and without real inten- tion. The Catholic who knows his faith and puts it into practice is the real revolutionary.” The union convention was held in connection with the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Sodality of Our Bady Immaculate at Georgetown University, pioneer sodality in the United States. The anniversary will be marked by religious services to- day, and new candidates will be re- ceived into it tonight. Its director is Rev. Vincent S. McDonough, 8. student counselor and former prefect of discipline for 16 years Rev. Dr. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. J., president of Georgetown University, delivered the invocation at the open- ing session of the convention. Dele- gates were in attendance from George- ing the amount of their municipal taxes, on what objects taxes shall be levied and how tax revenue shall be spent. In the same way Washing- tonians must through national rep- resentation ‘participate effectively in raising and spending national taxes, to which in internal revenue taxes the District contributes more than 23 States, more than 9 States combined, and per capita more than 38 States. It is hard to realize that the District pays more than 23 States into the national fund from which its lump sum national contribution is derived, from which the salaries of Congressmen and President are paid, and which sup- plies the hundreds of millions of States. And it must send a‘shock of fear down the District taxpayer’s spine when he realizes that if present methods of national taxation are fol- lowed he and his descendants must pay more absolutely than the people of 23 States and more per capita than the people of 38 States in meeting the obligation inturred by the many bil- lions of vast expenditure in New Deal experimentation. Campaign for Fair Play. “Our campaign to secure from Con- gress, representing the Nation, the same fair play, the same square deal that was won in 1878. “For more than 70 years after | Washington’s birth, the world saw with contemptuous derision the shap- » | ing into repulsive ugliness of the dis- creditable Capital which had resulted from leaving a national plan of mag- | nificent intentions to be carried into execution by a local population, feeble in numbers and resources and ham- pered by the hostility of some and by the indifference and neglect of a town, Trinity College, Gonzaga High | great majority of its legislators and School, Georgetown Preparatory | School, Georgetown Visitation Con- vent, Holy Trinity High School, Im- maculata Seminary, Notre Academy, Sacred Heart Academy, St. Anthony's High School, St. Paul’s Academy and the Academy of fws Holy Cross. James D. Curtin, pre- fect of the Georgetown Sodality, resi- dent students’ branch, made the ad- dress of welcome. A single note of warning against “race prejudices” was sounded at the afternoon session by Rev. Francis P. Le Buffe, S. J,, of New York, associate editor of the Jesuit publications, Amer- ican and Thought. contended that Catholics should not discriminate against the Negro in edu- cation. He warned: “Hatred and greed has brought mankind to this unhappy hour when the world seems bent on suicide. It is for you Sodalists to stay its self-destroying hand.” Ross Opens Parley. John B. Ross, prefect of the Wash- ington Students’ Branch of the George- town Sodality, opened the discussions at the afternoon session, when the students mapped out a plan of action against Communism. A representa- tive committee of the union will be appointed to enlist the aid of Newman Clubs, which are organizations of Catholics in non-sectarian schools. A tea dance for the delegates was held in the late afternoon in the Cop- ley lounge. Solemn high mass will be celebrated | in Dahlgren Chapel at 8 o'clock this morning in honor of the anniversary of the Georgetown Sodality and will be attended by many of the union dele- gates. Rev, John E. Grattan, S. J., dean of the College of Arts and Sci- ences, will be the celebrant; Rev. Thomas J. Smith, 8. J,, the deacon; John F. Dwyer, S. J., sub-deacon, and Vincent P. Beatty, master of cere- monies. Rev. Francis Fay Murphy, 8. J,, will celebrate mass for non-resi- dent students at the same hour in St. Williams’ Chapel. The sermon will be preached by Father Lord. ‘The formal reception of new candi- dates will be held tonight following the anniversary sermon by Father Le Buffe. The president of George- town, Father O’Leary, will present sodality emblems and Father McDon- ough will receive the new candidates. Among them are the following Wash- ington students: Frederick R. Tinsill, Harry Ammon, Clarence J. Duby, Walter 8. Evans and John C. C. Byrne. Inhabitants (Continued From First Page.) the need in the community interest of sympathetic and just response to the association’s and to the community’s urgent plea for fiscal equity and for political equity, cémbining to con- stitute fair play for the District. “The District’s taxpayers, already heavily tax-burdened in view of their peculiar disabilities, are threatened with great and hurtful increases in taxation, both municipal and na- tional, at a time when depression seriously diminishes their taxable re- sources. Qr as an alternative, the Capital seems to be doomed to a stop- page of its normal development and to a disaster-threatening denial of adequate maintenance, resulting from drastic cuts in appropriations for es- sential municipal needs, long neglected by Congress, the District's only legis- lature. “To avoid both horns of this dan- gerous dilemma by arousing the Na- tion, represented by Congress, to a new sense of its obligation to partici- pate helpfully and substantially in the maintenance and development of the Nation’s city there is e steadily % growing conviction among the Dis- . trict people that the winning of politi- . cal equity is absolutely necessary to “the attainment of fiscal equity. For Father Le Buffe | | constitutional defenders. Indicating | Uncle Sam’s repentance for this pe- riod of neglect and national shame Dame | came. the wise and equitable enact- ment.of 1878, under the operation of which the Capital has been converted from the Nation’s shame into a just cause of profound national pride. Following the era of shame and the period of pride, the last 10 years have been disturbingly marked by a recur- rence of congressional neglect, from which the Capital has suffered, is suf- fering and fears with reason future disaster, unless through our petitions can be substituted for prejudice, in- of our legislators and constitutional defenders in the House. “The venerable patriarchs of our association have grieved in our city’s period of shame, have rejoiced in its era of national pride, and are keenly apprehensive of disaster from con- tinued recurrence among our legisla- tors of hostility, indifference or neg- lect. “For the reasons indicated, no other ‘Washingtonian will feel a stronger im- pulse to buckle on his armor and to fight for Washington, thus assailed, than the Oldest Inhabitant; and since the impending battle is not one of physical strength, but of reason, of logic, of equity, the physical ailments | of the Oldest Inhabitant may not pre- vent him from enlisting in this war and from rendering good service in the cause. “The signs of the times are so men- mon defense of the Capital munity. Trade Board Work Outlined. President Saul of the Board of com- the board and pointed out that the Oldest Inhabitants, as the first civic body, had “blazed the trail” for re- newed interest in development of the Capital. President Locher of the Central La- bor Union pledged that 100,000 mem- bers of organized labor “will be found on the firing line, along with other or- ganized forces to fight for Wash- ington.” President Emery of the Society of Natives stressed the contribution of ‘Washingtonians toward development of the Capital City, as compared with the accomplishments of Congress. His organization, he said, stood for na- tional representation, home rule and appointment of Washingtonians to purely local offices. President Tucker of the Northeast Citizens’ Association favored “aggran- dizement of the National Capital,” to become the most beautiful capital city in the world. Even national represen- tation does not come within the lfe- time of those who have fought hardest for it, he congratulated those who were giving their “unselfish service for posterity,” in this direction. Mr. Suter, speaking for the Federa- tion of Citizens’ Association, which was in session last night, praised spread of the citizenship movement into nearby States. National representation, he thought, might be nearer than some thought. Women were taking an active part in the drive now, he said, through the League of Women Voters and the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Already the State of California officially has memorialized , he said, to pass the resolu- tion mnunl national representation to the District. Frank K. Sanderson Sings. Frank K. Sanderson, weomplnud by Mrs. Sanderson, entertained with solos, led community singing and grants, bounties and subsidies to the | and campaign sympathetic fair play | difference and neglect in the majority | acing that all Washingtonians, old | and young, well-to-do and poor, of | whatever profession, trade or occupa- | tion, must stand together in the com- | ‘Trade outlined the accomplishments of | By the Associated Press. CORNING, N. Y, December 7.— With the care accorded by a court jeweler to an exquisite crown gem, works tomorrow will remove from its annealing oven the world’s largest piece of glass—the 200-inch mirror | or “eye” for the world's largest tele- scope. Cooling ever since December 2 ln.st year, the huge 20-ton casting will be taken out of the giant iron oven, in which its temperature has been low- ered a degree at a time until it reached room temperature a few weeks ago. Only two men have seen the disc since it was poured into its mold in the presence of several scientists. Inspection Is Made. Last month Dr. J. C. Hostetter, director of development and research at the glass works, and Dr. George V. McCauley, physicist in charge of disc making, entered the oven and made the momentous inspection to see if the record-breaking undertak- ing was successful. They crawled over the barely warm surface of the “eye” and found an “apparently perfect-looking” piece of glass. picked workmen of the Corning glass | Mist, stirred by the plunging American falls and cold winds conspire to sheath Luna Island, at Niagara Falls, N. Y., in Winter raiment. A thick and sparkling coat of frost hangs over surrounding land and shrubbery. Luna is the most popular sightseers’ spot on the American side of the great gorge.—Copyright, A. P, Wirephoto. World’s Biggest Piece of Glass To Be Taken From Oven Today Giant Telescope “Eye,” Which Has Been Cooling Since December 2,1934, Will Be Sent to California. l ‘Tomorrow’s ceremony will be wit- | nessed by many of those present at | the pouring. | After the brick cores that make in- sets in the ‘“eye” for mounting are | removed, the mirror must be cleaned | with delicate care before it is crated and shipped to the California Insti- ‘tuu of Technology. It will make a mmm car load valued at $250,000, Dr. McCauley has estimated. | Special Steel Crates. | Two steel crates with packing in between have been designed to con- | serve space at the top and bottom, the | route has been chartered and inches | entered into the calculations of clear- | ance of bridges and tunnels. | Dr. Walter S. Adams, director of the Carnegie Institution’s Mount Wil- son Observatory, who will supervise the four-year task of grinding the disc, has estimated the telescope will disclose objects so distant that light would require 400 million years to reach the earth. This is far beyond | the power of existing telescopes. ‘The moon, 240,000 miles away, would be brought to “such close proximity” {1t would be possible to distinguish a large building,” he said. He did not say that he expected a building would be found on the moon. WAR GAME INTERRUPTED Planes Grounded for Check-up in Florida Maneuvers. MIAMI, Fla., December 7 (#).—A “safety-first” order to ground all interrupted, presumably over the week end, the Army General Headquarters | Air Force’s mimic warfare in South Florida. A spokesman for the force’s com- | manding officer, Brig. Gen. Frank M. | Andrews, attributed to good equip- ment, vigilance of ground crews and | “lots of luck” the fact that 150-odd Eplane.s concentrated here from far distant flelds and staged six days’ | maneuvers without accident. from a basket as names were read by Mr. Proctor and J. Eliot Wright, secre- tary-treasurer. Those to whom tribute thus was paid were: Prank E. Altemus, Joseph Auerbach, William L. Belt, Edwin C. Brandenburg, A. B. Coolidge, Alexander Douglas, John J. Edson, W. H. Finckel, Henry M. Fry, John Granfell, Paul F. Grove, Edward Kern, Samuel D. Mackey, W. W. Maloney, Theodore K. Melson, W. H. Mellach, John G. Morrison, Henry A. Parker, | N. T. Redman, T. E. Trazzare, John C. Yost. Mr Proctor read an original poem. | The Reception Committee was headed by Mr. Wright and Fred A Emery. Before closing its celebration the association, on motion of Mr. Emery, |sent a telegram to its president, Mr. Noyes, expressing regret at his abe sence and extending cordiai greet- ings. planes for mechanical check-up today | A. Fuse, Byron U. Graham, F. W.| Federation (Continued From First Page.) H. J. Phelps, vice chairman; Public | Celebrations, Selden M. Ely, chair- man; James F. Duhemel, vice chair- man; Membership and Credentials, A. H. Gregory, chairman; A. P. E. Scheer, vice chairman; Public Welfare, John A. Remon, chairman; J. M. Schaffer, vice chairman: Police and | Fire Protection, Fred S. Walker, chair- l man; Dr. George R. Ellis, vice chair- man; Auditing and Examining, Jo- | seph L. Gammell, chairman; Mrs. H. | W. Wiley, vice chairman; Zoning Regulations, Henry I. Quinn, chair man; Henry A. Donovan, vice chair- man; Fiscal Relations, L. A. Carruth- ers, chairman; W. L Swanton, vice chairman. National Representation, Miss Etta Taggart, chairman; Jesse C. Sutter, vice chairman; City Planning, Ken- neth P. Armstrong, chairman; Gilbert L. Rodier, vice chairman; Local Suf- frage, David Babp, chairman; Mrs. Helena D. Reed, vice chairman; Safety, Thomas J. Llewellyn, chair- man; Harry S. Wender, vice chairman. N OiL BAYERSO .2 5228 coLuMi aj Sjumém HAVANA~— NASSAU—SOUTH finer trains than ours run to Florida. They offer the quickest and assure a safe, clean ride over uble Track, Rock Ballasted Rail- Automatic Signals aad Train Control. You have more time in Florida if you go vie— ATLANTIC COAST LINE Famous Trains from Washingion Daily *FLORIDA ‘GULF COAST SPECIAL LIMITED 6.35P.M.EfJan.2 7.20p.m.Ef.Dec.12 Aristocrat of Winter o»nuhmx thra Trains to Central, Sonh nd West Coast Florids. i One-night-out thru service to Palm Beach and _Mismi. 2e n&t.,Ol- estra, Dancing, Bridge, ?‘llu. jostess. 2314 houss *THE MIAMIAN 3.00p.m.Ef Dec.12 et Fores East Coast Resores. PALMETTO LTD. 7A0P. M. To Bast Coasts Honil. Famous car. 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Snowden, 68, colored, of 1048 Forty-fourth street northeast, who suffered a possible broken leg and cuts to his face when knocked down at Fourth street and Florida avenue northeast. He was treated at Casualty Hospital. Police said the car was driven by Rudolph Turner, 26, of 233 Bates street northeast. | A s 1935—PART ONE. the victim, were remanded to Police Court for action under the neguaene homicide law at an inquest into the death Wednesday of Mn. Elizabeth G. Schwartz, 46, of Laurel, Two Held Responsible. ‘Those held ible were G. Schwartsz, 26, of 917 East Capitol street, and Benjamin H. Holt, 20, of 3508 Eighteenth street northeast. Mrs. Schwartz was riding with her son when his car and that of Holt col- lided at Eighteenth and Hamlin streets northeast. Each driver stated on the witness stand he did not see the cther's machine until the collision, At another Inquest yesterday, the coroner’s jury decided an unknown motorist was responsible for the death of Mrs. Emily Treadwell, 83, of 101 Second. street northeast. The woman was run down by a hit-and-run car on East Capitol street November 29. She died & week later in Garfield Hospital. BANDITS STRIP WOMAN Force Her to Remove Clothes to Prevent Early Alarm. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., December 7 (#).—In a daylight hold-up of a dry cleaning establishment police reported today that Miss Eva Brewer, 30, was forced to take off her clothing at the point of a pistol held by a woman while a male confederate looted the cash register. They escaped with $13, a woman's coat and Miss Brewer'’s wrist watch while she dressed before going to the IR R 2% v Pay Next Year FOR 109 I1th St. . W. Liberal Allowance YOUR LD RADIO WASHINGTON 1350 F St. V. W. SAFETY CAMPAIGN OF STAR PRAISED Suggestion of Pedestrian Traffic Light Lauded and Action Furthered. Commendation for the safety campaign conducted by The Star was voiced' before the meeting lof the Federation of Citizens’ Asso- ciations last night by George H.| Brown, delegate from the Columbia Heights Citizens’' Association. | He praised ‘the campaign as l* splendid effort for reduction of the trafic toll and mentioned particu- | larly articles written by G. Adams Howard, discussing the need of a| pedestrian traffic light as a means of | safeguarding persons crossing the street. Pred 8. Walker, chairman of the| Safety Committee of the federation for the past year, suggested the ques- tion of action on the pedestrian traffic light. He referred it to that com- | mittee for recommendation. The| committee now is headed by Thomas | J. Llewellyn. This was done. traffic | Law Dames Plan Ball. The Georgetown Law Dames, 2 group made up of the wives of students and faculty members of the Georgetown University Law School, will usher in the holiday season Fri- | day at 9:30 p.m. with a “bowery ball” at Rollin’s Studio, 1611 Connecticut Two drivers, one of them the son of front of the store to sound an alarm. avenue. | CHOOSE YOUR XMAS RADIO AT STAR RADIO CO. | don early next year. PARTY TO ASSESS ST.LOUIS EMPLOYES Democratic Leaders Decide to Charge 1, of 1 Per Cent to Meet Deficit Pledge. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, December 7.—Mayor Bernard F. Dickmann said today an | assessmen¢ would be made against the salaries of city and State employes in St. Louis for one month to raise $5,500 | pledged to help liquidate a reported $400,000 deficit in the treasury of the Democratic National Committee. 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