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AT.&T.MAYBE NEW DEAL TARGET Big Probe, Disappointing So Far, to Be Resumed Vigorously. BY CARLISLE BARGERON. There is considerable discussion going on in administration circles as to whether the American Telephone & Telegraph system should be made the economic royalist they have been talking about. The big $1,150,000 in- Vestigation of this industry is sched- uled to reopen in September, and there are those who insist it would make a crackerjack economic royalist for ex- Pploitation purposes. “The Republicans have a point when they demand that we name our eco- nomic royalists,” they say frankly. “We ought to get up one or two, at leas Chairman Prall of the Communica- tions Commission was in conference Wwith Mr. Roosevelt the last week and the resumption of the telephone hear- ing is believed to have been the sub- Ject of the discussion. Although widely heralded when it was launched as having the biggest appropriation ever made for an inves- tigation, it has so far been a great dis- appointment, not only to its sponsors, but to investigation lovers generally. Originally $750,000 was appropriated for the hearing, and two young brain trusters got the job of prosecuting counsel for their Wisconsin friend, Samuel Becker. Probe Loses Page One. From the beginning, however, he | ‘was not able to keep the investigation on the front page. He lacks those dramatization qualities for one thing, and again the very forces of nature seemed to conspire against him. On one occasion, when it looked as though he was heading for banner headlines, there came the flood. On top of that | the Black Committee got in bad for seizing private telegrams, which gave it the play for several days and put investigations in bad odor generally. e result is that although the wire hearing ran off and on for several weeks and turned up some “dis- closures” it hasn’t worked up any pub- lic indignation against the ‘“‘wire monopoly.” The contention is made that the investigation has done worlds of good in the mass of data it has made avail- dove his plane and cut a ribbo; propeller. One of the men wa. This Philadelphia pilot provided hims m held by a on the field of t s almost hit with the wing. and the spectators with a thrill. William Carroll he Boulevard Airport with his —Wide World Photo. BELFAST ON GUARD Editor of Dictionary Explains Why He Noses in Dime Novels| D. C, TAX BILL POINTS CLARIFIEDBYU.S. First of Series of Treasury Pronouncements on Meas- ure Issued. E7 the Associated Press. The first of & series of Treasury De- partment pronouncements outlining more specifically than does the statute, provisions of the new tax bill is being drafted by Treasury tax experts. Department officials said the initial regulations, to be published in the next three weeks, would attempt to clarify obscure points relating to the undis- tributed profits of corporations and their treatment in filing tax returns. The new tax rates on corporate in- come, payable after the first of next year, which supplant the present range from 12%; to 15 per cent, are: 8 per cent on the first $2,000. 11 per cent on the next $13,000. 13 per cent on the next $25,000. 15 per cent on all above $40,000. Tax on Undistributed Earnings. Also written in the new act is a| system of taxing undistributed cor- porate earnings in addition to the levy against all income under the foregoing schedule. The new tax on undistribut- ed income is as follows: 7 per cent on the first 10 per cent retained. 12 per cent on the next 10 per cent. 17 per cent on the next 20 per cent. JULY 12, 1936—PART ONE. van Theater Is Integral Syl Feature of Work Has Grown Under 5-Year Directorship of Mrs. Peeples. BY JESSIE FANT EVANS. VEN if you are one of those ‘Washington residents who, un- der starry Summer skies with the nearby Monument picked out against the horizon line in luminous glory by indiscernible search- lights, is a d:votee of the Community Center’s National Sylvan Theater Summer festivals, I wonder if' you realize that you are partieipating in an activity which is one of the in- tegral features of our great public school system? It is also possible that if you are a newcomer in our Capital City that you are asking yourself, “Where is the National Sylvan Theater and what do you mean by Community Center Summer festivals?” The National Sylvan Theater, lo- cated on the Monument Grounds, is the dream come true, just 20 years 2go this Summer, of a group of civic- minded Washingtonians, inspired by Mrs. Alice Barney, who enlisted the co-operation of Col. William W. Harts, | then serving as director of the Office {of Public Bulldings and Grounds. Trained Army engincer that he is, to envision was to make the vision an actuality. 5 Scene of Many Events. How broad was this vision and how | which is soon o celebrate its twentps first year of existence. It was Mr. Quinn's idea that at six of these centers, three for white and as many for colored, clubs for young people should be established, chiefly for the benefift of those who have gone forth from school and are not yet employed. The outlay in money has been a modest one, but the gain in civic welfare immeasurable. In certain instances, the principals and faculties of the school buildings, where they have been located, have volun- teered their own services in a super- visory capacity. Two notable exame ples of this are at the white MacFar- land Junior High School and at the colored Terrill and Randall Junior { High Schools. Mr. G. 8. Worm!ey, principal of the Randall Junior High Echool in the southwest section of our city, whom Mrs. Peeples considers a real leader among his people, has, in her opinion, correctly stated the situation in re- gard to such a club in this statement: “It is true, the wear and tear upon the building has been considerable, but the moral upbuilding and civic consciousness engendered by these clubs are beyond our power to measure them.” Similarly has a very high grade of excellence been attained among such | colored Community Center clubs and high school service as a teacher of |groups as those located at the Birney, English. Her youthful pupils' inter- | Burrsville, Deanwood, Dunbar Senior pretation of Shakespeare’s plays given | High, Francis, Garfield and Garnet- as a part of their after-school activi- | Patterson Schools. School System MRS, ELIZABETH K. PEEPLES. Many Centers Operate. ites are still remembered by the pupils | fortunate enough to have participated in them and by the audiences who attended their artistically presented efforts. Mrs. Peeples in Fifth Year. ‘This year marks the fifth anniver- Among the white Community Cen- ters, where neighborhood - activiteis | for boys and girls and adults of both | sexes have been very successful are | those at the following schools: _Cen- tral Senior High. Chevy Chase, Powell FOR RIOTS TODAY 250,000 Orangemen to March on Anniversary of Battle of Boyne. Dr. Albert Johannsen Collects Thrillers Dur- ing Vacation. Albert Johannsen, Ph. D., sat on the grass before the Library of Con- gress yesterday and explained why the 22 per cent on the next 20 per cent. | 27 per cent on all retained above 60 | per cent. great the achievement can only be realized by remembering that the National Sylvan Theater has since As calculated by Treasury experts. | peen the scene not only of Summer | the effect of these rates, in actual | dollars and cents. en various sized corporations, would be as follows: On an annual income of $2,000 of which 30 per cent is distributed, the festivals, but of May day pageants, Flag day ceremonies, Memorial exer- cises, out-of-door religious ceremonies and Fourth of July celebrations. Widely used by national organizations | sary of Mrs. Elizabeth Peeples’ term Junior High, Eastern Senior High, of office as director of Community | Gordon Junior High, McKinley Senior Center work in the public schools of | High, Langley, MacFarland Junior the District of Columbia, she having | High, Park View, Paul Junior High, succeeded to the post when it was Roosevelt Senior High, Hine Junior left vacant by Miss Baker's resigna- |High and Buchanan. tion to take over the supervisorship During the last three “depression” of playgrounds. Associated with Mrs. | years the Community Center Depart- Peeples in the administration of the ment is one of the public agencies Community Center Department are which has had assigned to its proje By the Associated Press. BELFAST, July 11.—Northern Ire- land will become one of the noisiest and gayest spots in the world to- morrow as 250.000 Orangemen cele- | brate the 246th anniversary of the battle of the Boyne. Hundreds of bands in 60 different demonstrations will lead parades along bunting-spanned roadways. Armor- ed cars will follow at a modest dis- tance in the rear. The machine-gun nozzles peeping | from the armored cars are not a part of the parade, but a precaution against rioting, such as marked last year's celebration, when Protestant-Catholic able to State regulatory commissions. Stuff has been collected which the State commissions never could get. Furthermore, it is claimed the In- vestigation has resulted in telephone rate reductions. But that it has been a great dis- appointment is evidenced by the re- ception which the members of the House Appropriations Committee gave it when $450,000 additional funds were sought. The original $750.000 has been spent. The additional $450.- 000 was given in the second deficiency bill, but not until the members of the committee made some very caustic comment about the worth of the in- vestigation. They made it plain that they didn't care how much data the investigators had gathered in, that it was no good unless the public be- | came worked up about it. 1 i Racing News Disclosure. One of the earlier headlines of the investigation which caused some perk- ing up of ears was the disclosure of the Nation-wide racing news service. | For some reason the New Deal has| shown no disposition to develop this further. If the hearing is resumed in Sep- tember in the role of presenting an economic royalist, care is to be taken | that it doesn't conflict with other in- | vestigations or more important news happenings. Particularly, precaution | !of injuries and extensive property | damage. Fifty thousand will march in Bel- fast alone, as this year's-celebration will be on & more lavish scale,than ever’ before because of improved eco- | nomic conditions. | When King William III's heterogene- ous army of 35000 men sent King James II's forces scurrying south- ward from the River Boyne, he won his cause not only in Ireland, but in | England as well. The losses at the Boyne were small and the battle itself was of little tactical importance, but its strategical consequences were decisive of the war in Ireland and jof the destiny of that country for the next hundred years. | Through the battle Protestantism clashes resulted in 11 deaths, hundreds | | learned editor of a dictionary should t 4 want to spend 160 hours of his Sum- | | ! mer holiday with his nose in dime ~ " | novels. |" From the last week in June until noon yesterday, he thumbed the. wild |tales in the collection of the rare | book room at the Congressional Li- ibrlry. not for literary pleasure, but to | check the publication dates of the | | thousands of nickel and dime thrillers. “It's just my vacation work,” he said. “It's really not worth any notice iat all. It's just amusement. I have | about 4,000 dime novels of my own. But I don't read them; I just collect them.” Has Many Activities. Besides collecting the paper-hack | | novels, Dr. Johannsen devotes part of | each 365 days a year to these ac- tivities: Heading the department of petrology at the University of Chicago. Collecting stamps, of which he has 30,000. | Collecting the engravings DR. ALBERT JOHANNSEN. —Star Staff Photo. he left yesterday, he had been spend- ing 9 am. to 5 p.m. daily at the Li- | | brary. “Hardest work I ever did.” The layman might think his hardest |work was writing his four-volume | study of petrology, subdivision of the Hablot | science of geology, which Dr. Johann- Browne (Phiz) made to illustrate sen defines in the dictionary: | Dickens (the doctor carries a pocket- | “The science of rocks in its broad ful of Pickwick illustrations to look at aspects. It treats of the causes of | in idle moments). | formatfon, diagenesis, consolidation. Collecting first edition Dickens. ‘brflkmg down and weathering, of Collecting first edition Mark Twains. | chemical composition. of formations, | Collecting Browne illustrations of of deposits of sedimentary rocks; of Harrison Ainsworth, Charles Lever, genesis crystallization, differentiation, ! Mayhew and other less known writers. | paulopost changes, etc.” Photography—"That's what I really His brother, Oskar Augustus Johann- | normal tax would be $160 and the surtax $86.80, making a total of $246.80. Tax on $10,000 Income. On an annual income of 310,000 of which 30 per cent is distributed, the normal tax would be $1,022 and the surtax $486.40, or a total of $1,508.40. On an annual income of $100.000 or which 30 per cent is distributed, the normal tax would be $13,840 and the surtax $9,562.80, or $23,402.80 in all. On an annual income of $2,000 on | which there is no distribution, the | normal tgx would be $160 and the |“wings” and is just one more ex- | total surtax $128.80—$288.80 in all. | emplification in Washington of the | On an annual income of $10,000 on | which no distribution is made, the normal tax would be $1,040 and the total surtax $1.042 or $2,082 in all. On an annual income of $100,000 | on which no distribution is made the normal tax would .be $13.840 and the total surtax $17.662.80, making a to- tal tax of $31,502.80. LANDON-KNOX CLUB GROWTH REPORTE President Lesh Expresses En- thusiasm Following Tour in as well as by local groups for a wide range of events of general public in- | | ably unparalleled by 2ny other out-of- | door theater in the world. Today it is under the jurisdiction of the National Capital Parks’ Office. tem not only enhances the beauty of | its setting, but its usefulness for all | types of presentations. | A thick planting of forsythia and | other types of flowering shrubbery | transplanted from the Tidal Basin | screens either side of the theater’s fact that a useful thing can also be a “joy forever.” Example of Co-operation. There is perhaps nowhere a finer example of harmonious co-operation for ‘the public’s benefit than is evi- denced in the Summer festivals which are given by the Community Center Department of the Washington public | schools in the National 8ylvan Theater. | In addition to the National Capital | Park’s office, the Park Police and the 'Boy Scout organizations are also splendid co-operating agencies in han- | dling the crowds who, from June 16 | through September 1, testify by their [ attendance, literally hundreds of thou- | | sands strong, that “the shows” are | good ones. terest and betterment, the physical | | setting of its beauty in 1936 8 prob- | A modern, up-to-date lighting sys- | secretary for the colored schools. | career to marry. After rearing school. wood Elementary School. { job. For, here she will tell you, she pathies” It was in this position, too, which gave Mrs. Peeples her pres- ent positive conviction that “if you have inspirational leadership you can motivate any group in a comparatively short time to a higher level of good | taste and appreciation without there | being any growing pains along the | way.” Has Varied Interests. | Although the work of the Com- | Mrs. Lucretia Hardy, general secre- tary for the work of the white schools, who officiates in Mrs. Peeples absence, | and Miss Anna L. Goodwin, general Mrs. Peeples is that rare product in our midst—a native Washingtonian. A graduate of the Wilson Teachers’ College when it was the Wilson Nor- mal School, she had left a teaching a idnughur she returned to the system in 1921 as a teacher in charge of the nature study crops in the elementary Then came an experience &s | administrative principal of the Bright- ‘This, Mrs. Peeples believes was a particularly helpful background for her present “obtained the dual point of view of the educator with recreational sym- | munity Center Department in spon- soring the Summer Festivals at the Sylvan Theater—the one about which the public hears most—Director Pee- ples would not have you consider the | ects numerous workers under C. W. A, F.E. R. A and W. P. A. administra« tions of funds. Believing, however, that projects for the unemployed | gain in usefulness when they are not so labelled, for thereby is class con= sciousness obviated among those who find it necessary to receive them, the community centers have so motie vated their endeavors that those re- ceiving subsistence compensation were not so stigmatized. The director of the community cen- ter’s theme song is. “The modern school plant is a natural recreational center because of its gymnasium and its as< sembly hall with its piano, its stage, its moving picture equipment and its moveable furniture.” Her dream is for a budget sufficiently large to pere mit of the establishment of a com- munity center adjunct in a central location in every section of our city within walking ance of its homes. It also is Director Peeples’ belief that the work of the community cene ter is constantly growing in the pube lic mind as an increasingly valuable part of the educational work of the public school system. but it is her personal conviction that its name would be more truly indicative of the scope of its work if it were changed to that of Recreational Extension Service. One of her tenets is, “Edue cation and recreation should go hand in hand, a conviction which is being more and more generally adopted by whe RdE et et ol like; I've taken pictures ever since I ligion of Great Britain. Strongly-worded appeals to their flocks have been made by the Church of England and by Roman Catholic | bishops. urging good will during the | celebrations. Strict instructions have | been, given the Orangemen not to break their ranks, no matter what disturbance takes place. | Nearly 1,000 extra police have been arafted in Belfast to guard against any recurrence of strife and blood- shed. Guards will be thrown about | all Roman Catholic schools and con- | vents in the city. | One hundred thousand persons will | was knee high to a grasshopper.” | The petrologist and petrographer, who wrote 2.000 definitions on his chosen fleld for the most recent edi- tion of Webster's New International | Dictionary, remarked: | “I1 am one of these omnivorous col- lectors and readers, and I am not going to die of inaction when I die.” He's off now to take pictures of New England fishing villages. Until sen, head of the department of biology at Cornell, writes on topics like | | “Aquatic Nematocerous Diptera” and | “The Mycetophilidae.” ; Dr. Albert Johannsen's journey | |from the “diagenesis of sedimentary | rocks” to the publication of Beadlex {is an adult of expression of early |town office of the Second National| reading habit. When he was m,‘ | Johannsen read “Eagle Guard, or the | Enchanted Hills"—and his father | | didn’t mind a bit. NAVY ORDER AIDS NEW DUTIES APPLY Pennsylvania. That they meet an ever-increasing the educational world in general, for Enthusiasm over the growth of the District Landon and Knox Campaign club opened headquarters in the up- Bank Building a week ago, he said. a steady stream of applications for mem- bership has been received. Lesh, who has just returned from a short tour of Pennsylvania, said he found Republicans active in that State | and united in support of the Repub- lican ticket. He predicted that Penn- sylvania will roll up “an old-time ma- department simply a drama depart- | met. “In reality.” she tells you, “the dramatic work of this school agency is a conspicuously small item in com- | | parison with the other projects spon- years ago to 1,200,000 last season. sored by the Community Center De- In the truest sense are the Com- | partment.” munity Center Department’s Summer | . For instance, she emphasizes. the | | festivals a community undertaking.| Community Center Department. in | The Army and Navy Service Bands, | connection with the American For- {the Wentworth Opera Group. the|esiry Association and the National Beiefi-Delaporte dancers, the Tempo capitol Parks Office, co-operated in Choral Society, the Washington Play- | the setting up and lighting of Wash- ers, the Blackfriars Guild, the Arts|ington's first community Christmas | | Club and the Theater Group from the tree, which every year since the cus- | United States Bureau of Investigation, | tom was inaugurated. has been lighted | with their pooling of efforts and ideas, | by the President of the United States it is possible to so plan recreation that it can be purposeful without lose ing its chief and primary function, and so fulfill that old slogan, “There is a work that is play and play that is work.” As I sat one day this last week at Director Peeples’ desk on the tope most floor of the old Franklin School Building, with the chimes from near- by Epiphany coming in sweet and clear upon an office that had been the class room where both of us had received a portion of our training in the old Wilson Normal School of eur girlhood days, I said, “Granted your | public need which has become an | artistic delight as well is evidenced | jority” for Landon and Knox. “Everywhere I went,” he said. found a healthy sentiment for Gov. will be taken against its interfering vi with the Campaign Expendilurp,s’ Committee. which the New Deal look: enthusiasm, aren’t there any limitae tions to this community center work? “Yes,” came her instant reply, wy | are among the participating organiza- | in person. The first one on the Mall tions representing many minds moti- | was lighted by President Coolidge. vating in team-work of the finest and Then = living tree was planted in | ew the three-hour procession here. Resolutions reaffirming Ulster's upon as one of its ace investigations and with Senator La Follette's civil liberties’ inquiry. This latter inquiry 1s looked upon to develop an economic royalist i the steel industry. s, it is pointed out, would give the New Deal two economic royalists to throw out to the Republicans. But New Deal opinion is not unani- mous by any means on the question | of using the telephone company for this purpose. It has about 6,000,000 employes and stockholders. It may be, | in fact, that by the time the discus- | sions on the subject are over the scheduled September hearing won't even develop. DR. COULTER TO SPEAK Entertainment by the Kiwanis Club | and an address by Dr. A. Barklie | Coulter, director of the Tuberculosis Bureau of the Health Department, | will feature the first public nutrition | class and first visiting day at the | Children’s Health Camp from 3 to | 5 p.m. Tuesday. | Parents and friends of the patients will be welcomed to the Health Asso- | ciation’s Camp at Thirteenth and Alli- son streets by Mrs. Margaret Craig Marsh, superintendent, and her staff. Dr. Coulter’s address will be given at | 4:30 pm., followed by the entertain- ment program. Listed for Capital ‘By Virginia Group Event Will Be Staged Sat- urday in Lewis School Auditorium. There have been cat shows, dog shows, horse shows, fish shows, and shows for almost every type of pet ‘Washingtonians keep. Now, for the first time, however, Washington is to have a kitten show. Sponsored by the Virginia Cat So- ciety, the kitten contest will be held at 4 pm. next Saturday in the audi- torium of the Lewis Hotel Training School, Twenty-third street and Wash- ington circle. Both long and short haired kittens, under 8 months of age, will be eligible. All kitten owners are invited to par- ticipate. There will be money prizes for the best long-hai and best short-haired kittens and other prizes for the best kitten in each different color class. Miss Dorothy Hunt, Falls Church, Va., will officiate as judge. The public is invited to the exhibition, which will last from 4 to 9 p.m. ‘There will be an entry fee of 25 cents per kitten. For further infor- mation, those who wish to file entries are asked to telephone Cleveland 7581 or Lincoln 1967 or West 2192, 4 | tinel. loyalty to the British Empire and de- termination never to submit to an all- Ireland form of rule will again be a feature of the demonstrations. MARK ANNIVERSARY OF GAPITAL BATTLE Women's Relief Corps to Sponsor Exercises Tuesday Night. The seventy-second anniversary of | the Civil War battle in which Wash- | ington was saved from the Confeder- ate Army will be commemorated Tues- day at 7:45 p.m. with patriotic exer- cises at Fort Stevens by the Wom- an's Relief Corps. It was on this spot that Abraham | Lincoln was under fire and where | the commanding officer ordered him | down from the parapet on which he | was standing. John M. Kline, District commander of the G. A. R, is expected to de- | liver an address at the exercises. John Clagett Proctor also will speak. Music will be furnished by the band of the Fort Stevens Post, American Le- gion. After the massing of colors, a wreath will be placed by the Re- lief Corps department president, Agnes F. Sibley. Mrs. Genevieve Craig, de- partment patriotic instructor. will have charge of the program. The public is invited to attend. DR. ELLIS WILL DIRECT THANKSGIVING CHARITY Preliminary Plans for Pound Party for Little Sisters of the Poor Are Completed Dr. George R. Ellis, past faithful navigator of .the Washington Gen- eral Assembly, fourth-degree Knights of Columbus, will be in charge of the annual pound party for the Lit- tle Sisters of the Poor next Thanks- giving, it has been announced. Dr. Ellis and his committee have completed preliminary plans for the event, which is one of the major Catholic charity activities of the city. Francis J. Rafterry, newly elected faithful navigator of the assembly, together with other incoming officers attended an executive meeting last ‘Thursday night at the Mayflower Ho- tel. The new officers, besides Rafterry, are Alfred A. McGarraghy, faithful captain; Thomas Carlin, faithful pi- lot; Prancis J. Hillyard, faithful ad- miral; J. Fred Brady, faithful con- troller; Michael J. Racioppl, faith- ful scribe; Thomas K. Gallaher, faith- ful purser; Augustus Neale, inter sen- tinel, and John Grambo, outer sen- Americans Flock to (finudl. More than 1,000,000 United States cars enter Canada annually, and PETTY QFFICERS Enlisted Men to Perform More Important Duties Under Change. ON GERMANG00DS Amounts Imposed Planned to Equal Subsidization Opportunity knocked loudly yester- day at the door of the enlisted men | of the Navy. Facing & serious shortage of com- missioned personnel, the Navy De- partment paved the wav for enlisted | men to assume some of the responsi- | bilities heretofore shouldered- by | officers. “The intelligence and competence of the enlisted personnel of the Navy is higher today than it ever has been | in the history of our Navy'" Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, declared in | issuing the order affecting changes in general policy. “It is confidently felt that the utili- zation of chief petty officers and other petty officers to the full in° certaln battle stations and for certain ad- ministrative duties is not only neces- sary, but will permit the Navy to | carry on without reduction in its| efficiency.” Makes Drastic Changes. To solve the situation created by | a lack of sufficient officers to stafl new | ships being placed in commission, | Admiral Andrews, who is in charge of personnel afloat and ashore, made | & number of drastic changes. The first was a sharp cut in the number of officers allowed to the various types of ships. The number of officers assigned by Admiral An- drews to siore billets has been cut correspondingly. For instance, battleships, which had an allowance of as high as 60 or more officers, were reduced to 48, with further reductions in prospect for the fiscal year 1938. Having & high regard for the intel- ligence of the enlisted men, Admiral Andrews directed all commanding officers to take steps to reassign offi- cers of their command and to train chief petty officers and petty officers (non-commissioned) to meet new re- sponsibilities and increased demands. High Standard of Ability. Many of the petty officers are col- lege graduates and all enjoy a high standard of ability. These men will be called on to man battle stations that have been the traditional posts of commissioned or warrant officers. During recent years an unusually large number of officers have retired by law, something the Navy is power- less to halt. As a result of the com- pletion of many new ships during the past year and the prospective comple- tion of many additional ones during the coming year, a resllocation of duties and redistribution of officers in the fleet was regarded as essential. ——— Oklahoma Horses Decrease. Horses and mules in Oklahoma de- by Reich, Ry the Associated Press. Despite protests of Reich officials and domestic importers as well, the Treasury at midnight last night put | into effect countervailing dutiss rang- | ing from 22!; to 56 per cent against a wide variety of German products. ‘The amount of the duties to be im- | posed will equal the amount by which | this Government has determined. or estimated, that the export from Ger- many of these articles is being sub- | sidized through export control prac- | tices, | | German tariff experts. headed by Dr. Rudolph Brinkermann, a director of economics, have been conferring for more than a week with Treasury and customs officials. Their chief interest was said ‘o be to determine just how their practices ran counter to the American law, and to familiarize themselves with this Government’s regulations. The importers, who have been con- ferring similarly, were said to be seek- | ing “stays of time” in order that com- mitments already entered into mght be executed before the additional | charges went into effect. B Both groups were heard, but their demands refused by the Treasury. The countervailing duty constitutes a new duty in addition to that already ! levied by this Government. The arti- | cles subject to the new duties, and the percentage of increase are: Cameras, 45 per cent; china table- ware, 22!, per cent; cotton and rayon gloves, 39 per cent; leather gloves, 47 per cent; surgical instruments, 56 per cent; calf and kid leather, 25 per cent; glass tree ornaments, 52 per cent; metal-covered paper, 48 per cent; thumb tacks, 31 per cent; toys, dolls and toy figures, 45 per cent. The Government contended that the granting of subsidies by the Ger- man government on these articles placed this merchandise at an unfair advantage with domestic products. Treasury officials said the German delegation was planning to go back home immediately and that the next move was up to Germany—to elimi- nate the practices to which this Gov- ernment objects. SAMUEL BOWLES DIES HARTFORD, Conn,, July 11 (#.— Samuel Bowles, 51, a member of the newspaper publishing Bowles family, was found dead today in a Main street rooming house. Medical Exam- iner Henry N. Costello said death was due to natural causes. * Bowles, a Harvard graduate, was the son of the late Samuel, 3d, widely treased by 2000 between 1930 and from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 Americans spend vacations there. 4 1935, according to s recent farm census. Q known publisher. He leaves & brother, Sherman T. Bowles, Springfield, Mass,, publisher. Landon, who seems to embody the essentials needed for a President in these stressful days. While he may be relatively unknown to a lot of people in the East, he will be uni- versally known throughout the coun- try by the time November rolls around.” JOHN LEWIS TO SPEAK IN CAPITAL WEDNESDAY John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers and chairman of the Commiitee for Industrial Or- | ganization, 1s scheduled to speak at the National Press Club on Wednes- day at 12:30. His announced topic is “American Labcr at the Cross- A decision of the Executive Council of the A. F. of L. on demands that member unions of Lewis’ committee be suspended is expected om Tuesday, giving importance to the Wednesday speaxing date. 5,000 More Book Machines to Aid Blind Are Ordered |“Talkies”” Found Idealt to Supplement Braille. Another set of 5,000 “talking-book” machines for the blind will be made and distributed, it was announced ! yesterday, under an allocation of $171,500 from emergency relief funds, which President Roosevelt has ap- proved. Talking books, which are verbal substitutes for the books in Braille, are now in use in every State and Alaska and in the leper colonies in Louisiana and Honolulu. As formerly, the Library of Con- gress will sponsor the new program, co-operating with State commissions for the blind and 27 main distribut- ing libraries. The machines are loaned for an in- definite perior, just as library books are loaned for a definite two weeks. The blind reader may keep the ma- chine and apply for new sets of rec- ords as often as he desires. Martin Roberts, assistant librarian of the Library of Congress and Fed- eral director of the project, hopes to make the .books- available ‘to every one of the 125,000 blind persons in the country. “Already we have done in one year, with the help of the W. P. A., what I expected' to take at least 10 years to most helpful kind for the general good as well as for that satisfaction which | comes from doing the thing that one | likes to do for the fun of doing it and for the pleasure of others. Develop Amateur Talent. In addition, these Summer festi- valy are of service in developing fine amateur talent to the point where it many times graduates into the pro- | fessional class, although they by no | means depend upon amateur talent the best professional talent available Set up upon an absolutely non | profit making basis, the general ad- | mission price of 25 cents for each | festival is placed at a figure that will enable the Community Center department “to break even” after such expenses as printing, amplifi- cation and the rental of costumes and chairs are met. All performances are scheduled for 8 pm. For the benefit chiefly of the aged and infirm and such other per- sons as are unable because ‘of long working hours to arrive sufficiently early to secure a seat, & few, very few, reserved seats are available at 50 cents each. “Sometimes,” the director of the Community Center department will tell you, “the balances after a Sum- mer's season are as close to the margin as $10, but we always some- how miraculously balance the budget by carefully looking to all expendi- tures to see that they are necessary ones for the good of the whole rather than tendencies to indulge our en- thusiasm and incentives.” Add to Enjoyment’of Many. In addition to those who pay the small fee which is required for the privilege of a chair, these Summer festivals add to the enjoyment of the many thousands who enjoy the pro- ductions from without the roped-in inclosure. Whole families are rep- resented in this group from aged grandsires and grandmothers to small toddlers who finally go to sleep in their elders’ arms during the course of the programs. Delightful and worthwhile, too, as are these Summer festivals, they are but one feature of the work of the Community Center Department. Fos- tered by the late Dr. Stephen Elliot Kramer, senior assistant superintend- ent in charge of high schools, he re- tained his jurisdiction over and en- thusiasm concerning its varied activi- ties until his recent death. The first director of the Community Center Department was Miss Cecil B. Norton, who later became the wife of Representative Thomas U. Sisson of Mississippi and several years after his death married Mr. Charles Broy, United States Consul to London. Miss Sybil Baker, daughter of a family distinguished for its scientific and humanitarian service to the United States Government, was the director of the Community Center Department from July, 1926, until her appointment five years later in 1931 as syl of ds in the District of Columbia. Miss Baker came to the Community Center De- partment from a brilliant cereer in “but only those consistent with one's alone, but are very skillful in utilizing | | Sherman Square for the purpose which was lighted by President Hoover. Now, fittingly, one of the trees in Lafayette Park is used, & view of which is always obtainable from the White House Windows. The | utter self-forgetfulness and absorp- ‘!km of President Roosevelt in this | Christmas rite, Mrs. Peeples adds, | will always linger in the minds of | those present.” | Active in July 4 Celebration. | She would also have you remember that the Community Center Depart- | ment, in conjunction with the Dis- trict Cbmmissioners, the office of the National Capital Parks, the Com- munity Chest, various representative committees of citizens and the press of Washington, motivates our annual Fourth of July celebrations. Origi- | nally held in the National Sylvan Theater, they have become so in- creasingly popular that the Monu- ment lot is now none too spacious for the public’s participation. In| connection with the Fourth of July celebration it is Director Peeples’ hope that the pledge of allegiance to our flag with which this event is brought to a conclusion may consti- tute itself a resounding call to greater love of country throughout the Nation. Nor is all of the work of the Com- munity Center Department solely for large groups by any manner of means, Director Peeples is.anxious for you to know. Recreational centers for both white and colored persons- are located throughout the city. These centers, located in various school buildings in diversified areas, have increased during the five years of Mrs. Peeples’ directorship of the Community Center Department from 15 to 21. Much of this growth is due to the helpful integest of Supt. of Schools Frank W. Ballou and the dynamic motivation of Mr. Henry I Quinn, member of the Board of Edu- cation and chairman of it¢ Commit- tee on Community Use of School Buildings. Mr. Robert Maurer and Mrs. Mary A. McNell serve with Mr. Quinn on this committee. Mr. James G. Yaden is the president of the Community Center Council, which functions with the Board of Educa- tion in the motivation of Community Center endeavors. Associated with him in this fine, purposeful work are Col. Charles 1. Stangle, Mr. George Barse, Mr. Frederic A. Delano, Mr. Charles Phillips and Mr. Harry M. Stull, representing the white centers. Col. Wesley Hamilton, Mr. George Beasley and Mr. Woolsley W. Hall are among those who are performing a similar high order of civic service for the colored centers. Have Advisory Ceuncil. Each Community Center group has an advisory council, which in turn sends representatives to the Central Community Center Council or Center, ___MUSICAL_INSTRUCTION. __ BESSIE N. WILD Harmony physical limitations and the number of hours in a working program.” Still I queried, “Well, doesn't it ever be= come an old or a trite story?>” Her | “No™ could'nt have been a more em- phatic_one EDUCATIONAL. " FISHBURNE MILITARY SCHOOL ‘Hudsins. x 30, D. George Price, corsia 6106, Al RM ILITARY, ' o " ' AcCADEMY Fully sccredited. Prcpares for callege ot business Abie faculty. Small clames. Su, la--lflli“--n;ll lhu-l‘*n- ot 3 ming pool. 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