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Washington News he Zy LATIN AERIGAN . ACHIEVEMENT 15 NEED, SAYSDOYLE Public Affairs Institute Told Bunk Should Give Way to Calm Analysis. ' TOLERANCE REQUIRED FOR UNDERSTANDING Inflation Policy Such as Caused Disaster in Europe Scored by Orrin G. Wood. Breclal Dispatch to The Star CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 8.— A strong plea for “more real achieve- ment and less ‘bunk’ in the Latin American field” was made to the In- stitute of Public Affairs here today by | Dean Henry Grattan Doyle of George Washington University. Dean Doyle’s address followed a dis- cussion of inflationary trends in this country and an assertion that Amer- ica’s ills can be remedied through the orderly processes of constitutional de- mocracy. After a critical analysls of our past Latin American relations, Dean Doyle told the institute: “Latin Americans and Anglo-Saxon Americans are different in their racial, religious, political, cultural and psy- chological backgrounds. Each group has good qualities and bad, with the proportion of each about balanced. North American superiority finds its just reward in South American sus- picion and distrust. Calm Analysis Essential. “No amount of fine talk will ever take the place of calm analysis of scientifically collected data leading to constructive achievements in the po- litical, economic and scientific fields as a means of building mutual con- fidence and understanding. “Ultimately education and a real spirit of tolerance must be relied upon to bring about the millennium of per- fect understanding, which now seems almost unattainable to those who try to attack the problem from a realis- tic point of view. In the meantime, they should do everything in their power to counteract the harm done by marginal people who set themselves up as ‘experts’ on Latin America.” The “superficial” observations of some American writers, based on in- adequate information or misinforma- tion, and “our characteristic feeling of superiority toward other races” were attacked by Dean Doyle as being among the principal obstacles to a better understanding between the peoples of this country and Latin Americans. He also decried the ten- dency in some quarters here to dis- courage the teaching of foreign lan- guages, particularly Spanish. Motion Pictures Mislead. Motion pictures, too, he said, have | contributed to mutually erroneous im- pressions of people in the United | acter of the work the teacher is to do; | teaching experience schools and experience in practical | |trade work beyond apprenticeship in States and Latin America. Dean Doyle also asserted the United Btates should adopt an economic pol- | icy calculated to appeal to the “intel- | ligent self-interest” of its Latin Amer- | ican neighbors. Orrin G. Wood, Boston financier | and president of the Investment ‘Bankers’ Association, warning against policies of inflation such as he said brought disaster to France and Ger- many, said: “The most realistic cause of the fear of inflation is the pres- ent state of our Federal finance.” Inter-American co-operation is mov- ing forward through agencies of closer contact upon a tide of more friendly co-operation between the nations of North, Central and South America, William A. Reid, foreigyp trade adviser of the ‘Pan-American Union, told the round-table of Latin- American relations. Provincialism Obstructive. Less optimistic was Spencer Brod- ney, editor of Current History Maga- zine, who told the group discussing international good will that the pro- vincialism of one type of mind forms a real obstacle to better relations be- tween nations. Fear of inflation and present record low interest rates, Wood said, were the two major problems affecting the investor today. He said low interest rates are partly and fear of infla- tion entirely caused by governmental policy. He insisted that “until the Federal Government budget is balanced we shall have continual pressure by the Government to maintain artificlally low interest rates, which are an in. vitation to speculation and unwise business ventures, and may well assist us down the road to inflation. Men and women transformed through the moral and spiritual lead- ership of the church and school con- stitute the answer to America’s great- est need, rather than any new social philosophy or political program, the institute was fold last night by Rev. John McDowell of Philadelphia, sec- retary of the Board of National Mis- slons of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. McDowell will lead discussion during the next two weeks of “The chun:.h and the Problem of Democ- Dr. Charles G. Maphis, founder and director of the Institute of Public Af- fairs, has sufficiently recovered from i recent illness to be expected at the formal opening tonight. A welcome to visitors will be given by the assist- ant to the director, Dean Armistead M. Dobie, and the opening address will be delivered by Dr. Robert Mc- Elroy, Harmsworth professor of Amer- jcan history in Oxford University, England. PENSION' CHECKS SIGNED CUMBERLAND, Md., July 8 (#).— .The Allegany County commissioners signed vouchers for 490 olfl-';::'pen- sion checks for July. The dis- bursed in pensions for the month was $9,521.02, of which the county paid $3,173.67. ’ | five years, Man Who Sought To Aid Zioncheck Enters Guilty Plea “Sympathizer” Admits| Defacing Sign at Gal- linger Hospital. A self-styled “Zioncheck sympa- thizer” pleaded guilty to charges of defacing public property when ar- raigned before Judge Walter J. Casey in Police Court today, just one week after he was dismissed from the Gal- linger Hospital mental observation ward, where Representative Zioncheck of Washington was a patient for sev- eral weeks. He is Clarence Holt, 34, of No. 2 Eighteenth street southeast, who was arrested a month ago for painting the words “Free Zioncheck” in shoe polish on the large sign on the Gallinger Hospital grounds. After entering a plea of guilty in court this morning, Holt asked time to make restitution for damage done | at the hospital. Judge Casey granted the request and said he would pro- | nounce the sentence Friday. | On complaint of Gallinger Hospital officials, Holt was committed to the ental observation ward June 13, im- | mediately after the sign-painting epi- | sode. He was released last Tuesday. VOCATIONAL PAY DECISION 1S DUE |Whether Teachers Will Get | Automatic Increases to Be Decided. Whether vocational school teachers |are entitled to an automatic salary | increase or must qualify individually | for it may be decided tomorrow. on Vocational Education has been |summoned by its chairman, Henry| Gilligan, to meet at 11:45 am. If | tend to make a quorum, the question board meeting immediately thereafter. The Board of Education’s Committee | -mmmmm] BANK FUNDS LAID TOVOUNG TELLER Grand Jury Returns Indict- | ment Against Commerce & Savings Worker, ANOTHER IS ACCUSED IN SIMILAR CASE Criminal Assault and Robbery of Young Typist Charged to D. C. Man. Embezzlement of $3,100 from the | Bank of Commerce & Savings by Ben- jamin M. Barker, paying and receiving teller, was charged in an indictment returned today. The alleged defalcation was discov= ered February 14, when Barker, who is 26, is said to have gone to bank officers and confessed. Police quote him as saying he used part of the money to pay a hospital bill for his wife who had pneumonia; part for a vacation and some of it to buy furni- ture. He had been employed by the bank | since 1925. The money allegedly was | taken from the $15,000 “working fund” in Barker's teller’s cage, and the short- | ages were concealed by withholding deposits méde to the account of F. A. | Sebring, as clerk of Police Court, of- ficials revealed. | | Barker lived at 121 Twelfth street | southeast with his wife and 19-month- old daughter. Another embezzlement indictment | covering a bank shortage also was | among the 29 true bills contained in | the grand jury's report, the last of | |its three-month term. A new panel | of jurors will be chosen tomorrow. Keene Employe Named. Richard C. Richter, 25, an employe of Carter B. Keene, receiver for the | leged to have taken $505.62 of bank ing rents and interest on notes and | By act of Congress vocational schools | to junior high school status, but it is | the contention of Supt. of Schools | Frank W. Ballou that automatic salary | increases were not provided and that | vocational teachers must meet certain | standards if they are to get the same pay as junior high school instructors. Murphy to Attend. An 8pposite view is taken by E. J. Murphy, president of the Vocational Association, who has been invited to attend the committee meeting with a delegation of teachers to support his argument that the 86 instructors in the District's five vocational schools are entitled to automatic pay increases. Dr. Ballou proposes four standards of qualification for junior high school salary: At least a high school educa- tion, additional preparation weighed | according to how recently it was com- { pleted and its relation to the char- in vocational excess of the requirement for original | qualification for the pesition and of- | ficial efficiency ratings during the last Murphy has asked the board to place than certain academic qualifications. Quorum Expected. Although several board members are out of town, Gilligan expects there will be a quorum present tomorrow. If there is, the board probably will de- cide between the cases of Dr. Ballou and the vocational teachers’ organi- zation. Otherwise, it can be expected to draft a set of its own standards. Teachers raised from an elementary to & junior high school status would enter a salary bracket giving them $200 to $600 more a year. Elementary school salaries range from $1,400 to $2,200 and junior high salaries from $1,600 to $2,800, the latter for those with master’s degrees. — FIRE ESCAPE DEATH NOT BUILDING FAULT Inspector Ochmann Announces Re- sult of Probe Into Accident to Boy. Investigation of the circumstances surrounding the death Saturday of 8- year-old William (Buddy) Jones showed the fire escape, from which he fell three stories to his death, com- plied with building regulations and safety rules, Col. John W. Oehmann, District building inspector, an- nounced today. Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald was expected to issue a certificate of accidental death this afternoon. It had been withheld pending the inves- emphasis on trade experience rather | pocketing the money. The shortages receiver’s books, Treasury Department agents declared. | An indictment charging criminal | assault and robbery was returned against Ernest H. Nefl, 24. who al-| legedly attacked Dorothy E. Fores- | | man, 24-year-old Veterans’ Adminis- | tration typist, on the Ellipse, about 2| a.m. June 18 Miss Foresman, who was badly | beaten, said Neff was introduced lui | her by a man friend of the girl with | whom she rooms in the 2200 block of Massachusetts avenue. She informed police that she, her roommate and the roommate’s friend | were walking at Scott Circle when | they met Neff, who was introduced | to her and with whom she wgnt to a restaurant to get some beer. Then they went to the Ellipse in a taxicab, | Neff telling her he had an appoint- ment to meet & man there who owed him some money. f The girl said she was !ripped.‘ | beaten and attacked, and that Neff | | then took her pocketbook containing $20. Grand Larceny Charge. | Harold E. Stamback, 33, former secretary to Representative Gray of Indiana, was charged with grand larceny of $250 from Harry C. Cook, 1846 C street southeast, an Agricul- ture Department attorney. He al- legedly represented himself as an agent for a “manufacturers’ associa= tigation. Buddy, the son of Mr. and Mrs, ‘William A. Jones, had been warned by his mother to keep off the fire escape, but while playing he ran to the land- ing, slipped under the railing and fell to the concrete areaway below. A funeral procession will begin at 8:30 am. tomorrow at the Chambers funeral home, 1400 Chapin street, and proceed to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where mass will be offered at 9 am. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. L NEW SENATOR ARRIVES William L. Hill of Florida arrived here yesterday to take over his new duties as Senator. The 63-year-old secretary to the late Young Washington o WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITON o Sfar WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1936. .Record Class of 81,000 Be % Record Crowd Starts Civil Service Tests Here tion” and offered Cook a job at $5,000 a year. He required the lawyer to put up $250, however, as evidence of good faith, police reported. The money was transferred by check. Cook en- tered his complaint when he found the “manufacturers’ association” to be non-existent. John L. Whitemore, 57, of the 1300 block of Massachusetts avenue, was indicted for grand larceny and false pretenses in connection with a deal with Adolph A. Daly, 417 Tenth street northeast, who allegedly lost $2.500 in the transaction. Police say White- more persuaded Daly to give him the | five of the board’s nine members at- | United States Savings Bank, was al- | sum to market a patented building | material in Florida, but left for Flor- probably will be settled at a special| funds. He was charged with collect- } ida without delivering to Daly a prom:- ised contract to confirm the invest- | ment. He was arrested at Daytona recently were raised from elementary | were concealed by false entries on the | Beach. | Others Indicted. Others indicted were: Jerry Mangum, John P. Byars, James Brown, Jack Johnson. Charles J. Harris, Eugene M. King, John Lynn and James D. Parsons, joy-riding; | Arthur E. McBride, grand .larceny; | John A. Veasey, housebreaking and | larceny; Jake Ingram, assault with | intent to commit robbery; Lawrence B. Posey, Thomas G. Gross, Sidney Person, Stephen Cassas and Forrest R. Connell, Robbery; Edward Jack- son, criminal assault; Elizabeth Jen- kins, Fraulince H. Smith, Pearl Car- ter, Cattie Hymes and Charles R. McDowell, assault with dangerous weapon; William Seymore, gaming, and John J. B. Ross, embezzlement. The following charges were ignored: William T. Anderson and Will An- derson, assault with a dangerous weapon; Charles H. Ross, house- breaking; Moses Brown, assault with intent to commit carnal knowledge, and Leroy Simms, Edward M. Simms, Lillian G. Simms and Ann E. Tilgh- man, violation of the liquor taxing act. Smith Commonest Name. Smith is still the commonest name in London, according to the latest tele- phone book, which has 17! pages of them, and Jones, Taylor and Brown follow in popularity. One of the best ters in his school is Frederick el P s s g t, 12-year-old Junior High School. He is com; is the son of Mr.and Mrs.C. F. road. Tomorrow: Hugh Sta: Staver, of the Fillmore Sci ). ver, hool. of the 7-A fmde of the Paul ing a foot stool. Frederick inknecht of 6519 HMJ 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. —Star . Staff Photo. i Branch ig U;Izg)er: One of three groups taking civil service examination for stemographer and typist at McKinley High School this morning. 5 Below: J. L. Bean, assistant examiner, checking the time of three candidates, left to right, Helen Bailey, 1438 G street southeast; Helen Smith, 1729 Q street, and Glenna Brewer, Alex- andria, Va D.C. AREA SPARE HEAVY TRAVEL TOLL Mark Sullivan Among Few Hurt in District When Taxi Hits Auto. In contrast %o s series of fatal crashes in the previous 24 hours, roads leading to the Capital were virtually clear of serious accidents yesterday and last night as thousands of holiday travelers returned home. The District, too, enjoyed a day comparatively unmarred by major accidents, only seven persons being reported hurt. Among these were Mark Sullivan, 61, of 2029 Connecticut avenue, news- paper columnist, who was bruised and shaken up when the taxicab in which he was riding was in collision with another machine at Connecticut avenue and N street. Sullivan was given first aid at Casualty Hospital. William Jones, 60, colored, 2319 M street, was slightly hurt in the same accident. Suffers Head Injuries. In the most serious mishap here, Samuel Wilson, 18, of 3106 Connecti- cut avenue, suffered head and abdomi- nal injuries when an automobile in which he was a passenger collided with & parked car in the 3700 block of Thirteenth street. The youth was taken to Garfield Hospital. ‘The driver, police said, was William F. Turner, 18, of 6230 Thirty-third street. Mary Romersa, 28, of 806 Upshur street, and Mary DeBole, 34, of 4422 Georgia avenue, were cut and bruised when a skidding taxicab knocked them down at Seventh street and Florida avenue. Both were treated at Emer- gency Hospital. Other victims here included Willie Bell, 30, colored, 55 Hanover street, who was cut and bruised when knocked down by a taxicab at PFirst and N streets, and Jessie Taylor, 34, colored, 1608 Marion street, who suf- fered a shoulder injury when struck at Florida and New Jersey avenues. Three Hurt at Meadows, Md. At Meadows, Md., three persons were hurt, one critically, when their car crashed into a light pole. The right foot of Mrs. Lucy Steven- son, 64, of Upper Marlboro, was am- putated in the accident. Physicians at Providence Hospital described her condition as critical. The others in- jured were Charles Hodge, driver of the car, and Herman Newman, both of Upper Marlboro. They were cut and bruised. Two Alexandria women, Mrs. C. J. Edwards, 1106 East Randolph avenue, and Mrs. Eleanor Gorham, 2 Rogers avenue, were treated at Alexandria Hospital for injuries reported to have been received in an accident near Bull Run Bridge, in Prince William County, & parked for | ington streets, terday. RAIL EQUIPMENT LOANS FEW, DECLARES JONES R. F. C. Chairman Says Situation | May Change With Roads’ Reorganizations. BY the Associated Press. Chairman Jesse H. Jones of the Re- construction Finance Corp. said to- day that “very few” applications for railroad equipment loans were being received at present. At his press conference, Jones said this was probably due to the fact that “the better roads are able to sell their equipment obligations in the market now at attractive rates.” ‘The corporation probably will make “a good many loans” in connection with railroad reorganization later on, Jones said, adding that few reorgani- zations have proceeded to the point at which loans could be made. Asked whether the R. F. C. would make loans to applicant bus and truck lines, Jones said he could “see no rea- son why we shouldn’t.” TWO FETES SLATED AT SYLVAN THEATER French Farce “Pierre Patelin” and Greek Play “Phaeton, Son of Phoebus,” This Week. Two Summer festivals will be held this week in the Sylvan Theater, ‘Washington Mpnument grounds, under auspices of the Community Center Department and the National Capita! Parks. The first will be the postponed per- formance by the theater group of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the fifteenth century French farce, “Pierre Patelin,” to be given at 8 p.m. tomor- row by a cast of 50 under direction of Clarence W. Moore. A fifteenth century village square will be reproduced on the grassy, tree- flanked stage and will include three |l buildings, the two-story house of Master Pierre, Guillaume’s tailor shop and the village church. The set was built by Harold Snyder. On Priday night the Dramatic Com- mittee of the Arts Club will present & Greek pageant drama, “Phaeton, Son of Phoebus,” by Miriam Bangs Hilton, & member of the club. The ‘Marine Band will play a preliminary concert at 8 p.m. and the pagent will begin at 8:30. Dancers, under the direction of Miss Marian Chace, and singers, led by Walter Studdiford, will participate in the performance. sible fractured knee. Mrs. Gorham was treated for abrasions and bruises. Udo B. Waldecker, 714 Webster street, Washington, was treated at the Alexandria Hospital for a head lacer- —Star Staff Photo. PENNSYLVANIAR.R. SEEKS BOWIE SPUR Plan to Acquire Track From W., B. & A. Revealed at I. C. C. Hearing. The proposal of the Pennsylvania Railroad to acquire 6.4 miles of rail- road formerly operated by the Wash- ington, Baltimore & Annapolis Elec- tric Railway Co. from Odenton, Md., to the Bowie race track was explained at & hearing today before Examiner J. 8. Prichard of the Interstate Com- merce Commission. Albert Ward, counsel, and Walter Blease, both of Philadelphia, repre- sented the Pennsylvania Railroad. They outlined the plan of the Phil- adelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Co., a subsidiary of the Penn- sylvania, to purchase the old right of way, consisting of a single track from Odenton to Bowle, including bridges and some other structures. It would be owned by the P, B. & W. and operated by the Pennsylvania only during the Spring and Fall racing meetings at Bowie. The side tracks adjacent to the race track, which are used for traffic there, are still in place. The Southern Mary- land Agricultural Association, owner of the race track, proposes to purchase all the ties and rails involved in these terminal tracks, dependent, of course, on the Pennsylvania providing a serv- ice to and over the terminal tracks. The line from Odenton to the track, it was emphasized, is merely a spur which would be used for approximately one month a year. The Pennsylvania lines served the race track during the recent Spring meet under a “service order” of the C. C., but there is yet no service order which would allow such opera- tion for the forthcoming Fall meeting. Last Spring, it was pointed out, the Pennsylvania handled 14,000 pas- sengers on the spur, principally from Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- ington, which produced a revenue of approximately $24,000 in passenger traffic alone. Total “out-of-pocket” cost of operation was listed at approx- imately $15,000, leaving a net return of about $9,000, from which, however, the applicant’s statement said, “it is proper to deduct those items of ex- pense which are properly allocable to the cost of the service, but which can- not be ascertained at this time.” ‘The rail revenue from the Spring racing meets is not as large as that received during the Fall, it was pointed out. The Pennsylvania and the P. B. & ation, Police said he was a passenger in an automobile which collided with car near Duke and Wash- Alexandris, early yes- ‘W. have negotiated with the Bond- holders’ Protective Committee of the ‘W. B. & A. Electric Railway Co. for purchase of the right of way, it was explained. “ PAGE B—1 gins Civil Service Job Examinations L] T600INGAPITAL - WILLSEEK POSTS - INSTENOGRAPHY Talk of Extending Program to Emergency Units Swells List. DISTRICT TESTS HELD AT M’KINLEY HIGH Small Army of Assistants Aid Ex- aminers in Passing Out Papers. | The largest class ever to apply for | civil service ratings as stenographers and typists in the 53 years the com- mission has been in existence bcgin taking examinations throughout the country this morning. All told, the applicants numbe:ed 81,000, and approximate'y 16.000. or 20 per cent, will take the examinations in Washington. Increasing talk during the last ces- sion of Congress of extending civil service to the emergency agencies was given by Civil Service Commission of- ficials as one of the reasons for the unusually large number of applicants this year, fully 15.000 more than the last examination two years ago. That was an all-time record up to that time, although during the 18 months of the World War examinations had to be held weekly. and for part of that time daily, to accommodate the de= mand for skilled typists and g raphers. Examinations Were Delayed. So large was the number of appli- cants this year that the examinations had to be postponed for abcut a month, until schools were dismissed throughout the country and the school buildings made available for the tests. Usually, the examinations are set for three or four weeks after the closing date for applications, which this year was May 4, and held in post offices or rented quarters. At McKinley High School, where the Washington applicants are being examined, the tests are being held in the gymnasium, the armory and the cafeteria, the only rooms large enough to accommodate the large classes, each numbering about 400. At the rate of 1,300 a day. 13 days will be required Lo examine all the applicants here. Civil service officiais are not wor=- ried, however, about a possfible over- supply of either typists or stenoge raphers. Of the many who are called when the examiner’s whistle blows but relatively few answer when the list of successful candidates i¥ read. Out of the 66,000 who took the ex- amination in 1934 only 9,200 passed the examination for junior typist and 3,400 for junior stenographer; only 3,400 passed the test for senior typist and 765 for senior stenographer. Small Percentage Pass. So small is the proportion of those passing the examination, even for Junior typist and stenographer. that all those who do will probzbly be {able to find places on being placed | on the civil service list. During the | last several months the com: | has been unable to supply the de- mand for stenographers and typists with civil service ratings because all those rated after the 1934 exa tion have either been placed o: the service, officials explained The examiner in charge of each room was aided by a battalion of as- sistants in passing out and collecting papers and questions, while a crew of typewriter repairmen hovered near to fix any machine not in hair-trigger working order. Although the whole day is required for a full examination for typist and stenographer, only about 40 minutes are actually spent in typing or taking shorthand. The remainder of the time is spent in passing out questions and collecting the handiwork of the hope- ful applicants. Tests Are Varied. The examination for typist, given | during the morning, consists of a | three-minute test period, principally to permit the applicant to become famil- iar with the individual machine, the particular make of which each perscn is permitted to choose. It also serves to discover machines not in perfect working order. Then follows a 10- minute test on general reading mat- ter, this morning’s on an aviation topic | containing no technical terms. Eras- ing is permitted, but cuts down speed. The final typing test it to type out a “rough draft,” copy which has been corrected by hand, and lasts for 20 minutes. A grade of 70 qualifies the applicant for junior typist. Those making a sufficiently high grade, based on speed and accuracy, are qualified as senior typist. The stenography test consists of one brief test dictation, and two regular dictation periods of 2': minutes each for the junior stenographers and 2 minutes each for the senior typists. The dictation for the junior stenog- raphers is given at the rate of 94 words a minute, that for senior sten ographers at 120 words a minute. The candidate must type one of these reg- ular dictation tests, but may choose which one he can transcribe better. Heading the staff of examiners is Mrs. Jessie W. Cowles, examiner in charge of the Examination Board. — ELDERLY MAN IS HIT BY ARLINGTON DRIVER 8t ectal Dispatch to The Star NEW MARKET, Va., July 6. —Albert Bundy, 75, was critically injured last night when struck by an automobile, which, police say, was driven by Ed- ward C. Duncan, 818 Twenty-first street, Arlington, Va. His chest was crushed and one leg fractured. Duncan said he was driving slowly when the old man threw up his hands and fell in front of the machine. Dun- can was permitted to proceed to Ork- ney Springs with hs wife and four children, but informed he will have to return here later for a hearing. ¢