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STUDY NEW COURT OF SHALL CLAIS FOR WASHIGTON Idea of Judge Nathan Cay- ton Is Receiving Consid- eration Here. PLAN IN OTHER CITIES IS BEING SURVEYED Establishment of Tribunal Would Eliminate Formality Which Often Works Hardship. Plans for establishment here of a| Bmall Claims Court, stripping the ad- | ministration of justice of the formal- ity which, in the past, has often | worked hardship on the poor, are now | under consideration by the judges of the Municipal Court. Although no action has been taken, the judges have made a careful study of the proposal and have investigated | the operation of similar courts in other | cities. The Municipal Court Committee of the District Bar Association, ‘headed | by Attorney Albert E. Steinem, also has considered the proposal and has unan- imously recommended that the small claims branch be created. The asso- ciation as a whole is expected to take action at an early meeting. “We are not prepared to fix the de- tails,” Steinem said, “but I am sure they could be worked out. The com- mittee feels there is need for such a court.” ¥ Idea of Judge Cayton. = ‘The proposal originated with Judge | Nathan Cayton, who has drawn up| a tentative set of rules to govern the operation of the court if it should be established. In an article written for the October issue of the journal | of the bar association, Judge Cay-! ton said: “I have already prepared and pre- | sented a proposed set of rules for the establishment of a small claims and conciliation branch within our pres- ent court. I have every reason to believe that this proposal will re- ceive widespread public support and approval. The plan is a simple one and can be put into operation with- out additions to our present personnel. It provides for the assignment of | cases involving $50 or less to he tried | in a separate branch. In that branch of the court simple rules of procedure would be followed. t also provides assistance for poor suitors, shortens the notice period, widens the scope of inquiry and creates @ more friendly atmosphere for that | unfortunate citizen, ‘the poor man in court.’ Also embraced within the pro- posed rules is a provision for extended | payments on judgments, supplemen- tary examination of judgment de- fendants and other rules in aid of the principal purpose. That purpose is to provide a friedly forum where the poor man can obtain justice with the | same degree of ease as the citizen | with means.” First Court in Cleveland. | The first Small Claims Court was established in Cleveland on March 15, | 1913. This court soon proved its| ‘worth and others like it are now firmly | intrenched in about one-third of the Btates. The proposed new court would hear contract cases where the amount in- volved is not more than $50. Damage suits are expressly excluded because | of the greater difficulty of trying them. | The court also would have jurisdiction | of all proper cases that might bz certified to it by the judges in the other branches of the Municipal Court. The court also would be available for hearing and deciding any actions, claims or disputes submitted to the | Judge as referee or arbitrator, either alone or in conjunction with other arbitrators, as provided by existing law. No judge or other employe of the court would receive any fee or compensation for this type of service. Provision of Rules. , The rules provide that actions be commenced by the filing of a bill of particulars in concise form, free from technicalities. The clerk would be authorized to aid individuals, but not corporations, in preparing such bilis. If necessary, the clerk would draw up the bill, the plaintiff having only ‘to sign 1t. In this way, it is believed; the work could be handled without addi- tional personnel, the only necessary outlay being for a new docket and some printed forms. Proponents of the plan say it would not encroach on the proper field of practicing attorneys. “As a matter of fact,” Judge Cayton said, “it should prove helpful to them because we can set up 2 working arrengement with the Legal Aid Bureau and with vol- unteer attorneys who are sympathetic with our objective and desirous of assisting in making this new work a success. As matters now stand, it is safe to assume that many cases which will find their way into this new branch for hearing are now abandoned by the parties either because of a natural fear of the courts or lack of funds. : By handling the small cases, it was pointed out, the new court should lighten the work of the judges in other branches, enabling them to give more time and attention to the cases involving larger claims. In filing a suit, the plaintiff would have to pay only a nominal fee, but this could be waived by the judge if he thought the circumstances war- ranted. When this is done the docket entry would merely show thé entry *“costs waived,” eliminating the terms “pauper” and “in forma pauperis” now used in cases where the plaintiff cannot pay costs. FER LS R SPEAKS ON SCIENCE Rev. John Randall Dunn, member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, First Church of Christ Scientist, of Boston, delivered & lecture on “Christian Science: The Oliver Bowles. His appearance Was under ‘the auspices of the First, Sec- ond, Third and Fourth Churches of Christ, Scientist, of this city. L% Robot Goat of 1894 Last Invention to Make Neophyte Miserable: 1894, By the Associated Press. HE none-too-gentle art of haz- ing, of thinking up new ways to make life miserable for the lodge joiner or new fraternity brother, seems to have suffered a de- cline. i At least that's the opinion at the | United States Patent Office, where of- | ficials said that the number of in- | ventions designed for the discomfort | of the neophyte has slumped terrifi- | cally in recent years. . Back in the '90s and during the | early years of the twentieth century some one was patenting a new device every month. J. Anthony Gorman of Memphis, Tenn., really started things in 1893 | with a portable apparatus which pro- duced upon command a series of phan- toms, including a grinning ghost and sneering devil. The lights were turned down and the joiner was pushed into the ma- The mechanical goat patented by Percy J. Hindmark in ~—A. P. Photo. chine. If he neither fainted nor screamed the brothers decided he could take it. In 1894 Percy J. Hindmark of Maryville, Kans., came slong with his mechanical goat. Mounted on three wheels it bucked and lurched as the candidate was wheeled about the in- itiation room. Then the brothers E. and U. De- moulin came through with an ap- paratus to prove the candidate’s strength. Told to lift two hooks from the floor, the victim grabbed them and pulled. He thereby set in motion enough machinery to spank him, shock him | and squirt ink into his face. This was the rage for years and was con- stantly being improved upon. Excepting & few new wrinkles in the collapsible chair and a couple of minor changes in the goat, nothing much has happened in the last 10 years. COLUNBUS LG FUNDS RE ASKED President of Dominican Re- public Makes Appeal for Huge Memorial. President Trujillo of the Dominican Republic in a special Columbus day | message, released here by the Do- minican Legation, appealed today for the support of the United States and other American countries toward erec- tion of a memorial lighthouse in Co- lumbus’ honor on the coast of Santo Domingo. The project has received the in- dorsement of all American republics at several Pan-American Conferences, but has been held in abeyance because of funds. President Trujillo asked the help of sister republics in renewing activity. Move Launched in 1923. The history of international support for the lighthouse memorial dates back to 1923, when a resolution was adopted at the Fifth International Conference of American States, recommending that the “governments of the Ameri- can republics honor the memory of Christopher Columbus by the erec- tion of a momumental lighthouse, which will bear his name, on the coast of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, and which shall be built with the co-operation of the governments and people of America and any others who may so desire.” To give effect to this resolution, the governing board of the Pan-American Union, composed of the American Secretary of State and envoys of other American republics in Wash- ington, appointed a permanent com- mittee which sponsored a world-wide architectural competition for a de- sign for the proposed memorial. An international jury of award, meeting in Madrid, selected 10 designs from 455 submitted by architects of 48 countries. The winning plan was submitted by J. L. Gleave, a young British architect. Site Chosen. _ Gleave’s design is in the form of & huge recuml cross, which would be erected in a pan-American park site set aside by the Dominican gov- ernment, near the First Cathedral of America, where Columbus’ remains rest. CLERICS ASSIGNED METHODIST POSTS Conference Here Closed. Next Session Will Be Held at Winchester. igr of 300 pastors and, Maryland 4nd West Virginia was an- nounced today at contlusion of the annual session of the Baltimore Con- ference, Methodist Episcopal Church South, in Mount Vernon Place Church. It was decided that the next confer- ence will be held at Winchester, Va., in October, 1937, The conference also approved a request by Rev. Dr. J. Manning Potts of Richmond, Va., to join in & meve to bring the general conference of the church to the Virginia eity in 1938. Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon of Char- lotte, N. C., read the appointments. Those in the District follow: Calvary, W. D. Keene; Emory, H. E. Cromer; Epworth, H. M. Canter; J. H. Blake- more, jr., assistant pastor; J. T. Mey- ers, missionary to Japan; Prancis As- bury, A. P. Shirkey: Marvin, C. C. Burruss; Mount Rainier, R. K. Nevitt; Mount Vernon Place, W. Angie Smith; St. Paul, W. F. Locke; conference mis- sionary secretary, John Paul Tyler, and conference director, superannuate endowment, H. P. Baker. MARITIME BOARD TRIP TO COAST UNNECESSARY Optimiftic View Taken of Pros- pects for Settlement of Labor Dispute. Fy the Associated Press. ‘The Maritime Commission said today it was not considering A trip to San Prancisco to aid in trying to avert a threatened shipping tie-up. Moreover, it added it held “an mf- mistic view” of prospects for a pace- ful settlement of the labor dispute. Members of the commission declined to comment directly on the request of Tests With Miniature Autos Show Eye-Witnesses Wrong If you think you are & good judge of the speed of an automobile, you are probably wrong, as can be proved by one of & number of intricate testing machines which have been installed at ' the Department of Vehicles and Traf- fic for a period of three weeks by the Aetna Casualty & Surety Co..in co- operation with District officials. This device shows two automobiles, traveling at different speeds through a slot. On the vice and beyond the torist’s skill is tested by has lect the number at which the two will be parallel. Previous you will be two units wrong, would be a considerable distance real automobile. Instruments in the display, which is packed with dismay for the driver Bt £ -3 » |- Applicants for automobile operators’ permits will be required to take the tests for experimental purposes only. Their showing will pot affect the is- of L L it & - FHEIE Eanetiidlhs : i T EPTTEANT ey T ON % ESTMATE OPEN NOVENBER 2 Bureau to Get Commission- ers’ Figures Today or Tomorrow. SPECIAL COMMITTEE 'WILL MEET THURSDAY New Revenue Sources to Be Dis- cussed—Donovan Cites Need for More Funds. Hearings on the 1938 District bud- get will begin before the Budget Bu- reau in the Treasury Department Monday, November 2, Maj. Dangel J. Donovan, District auditor, announced today. Donovan sald the estimates ap- proved by the Commissioners will go to the Budget Bureau either tomorrow or Wednesday. - Meanwhile, he has called another meeting of the special committee on new sources of revenue to be held Thursday. The meeting, however, will have no bearing on the 1938 esti- mates, although Donovan reiterated today “the District has to have more money.” ‘The budget, divided into two parts, calls for expenditures of $47,895,015, which will leave the District facing a deficit of approximately $7,500,000 un- less the Federal contribution is in- creased over the $5,000,000 appropri- ated last year, or unless the tax rate | of $1.50 is boosted. ‘The first part of the budget calls for $42,805,308, which covers bare op- erating expenses and does not include any capital expenditures and expan- sion or improvement of services. The second part—$5,089,707—includes cap- ital investments regarded by the Com- :I‘l:flm as being absolutely essen- At the end of this year a deficit of $1,064.000 will be carried into the 1938 fiscal year. This will become a first charge against 1938 revenues. The estimated revenues, including a Federal contribution of $5,000,000, will be only $36,350,000. This is offset par- tially by a 1-cent increase in the gas- oline tax, although money raised from that source can be used only for highway maintenance and improve- ment. Maj. Donovan, in announcing the meeting of the Revenue Committee, said it would compile further data to be submitted to the Commissioners. but sgid their findings probably will have B0 connection with the pending new ‘budget. The Zmmittee already has made two partial reports to the Commissioners. Members of the committee are Ma). ‘Donovan, charman; Richmond B. Keech, vice chairman of the Public Utilities Commission; Elwood Seal, corporation counsel; Capt. H. C. ‘Whitehurst, director of highways, and Fred D. Allen, tax assessor. NORRIS AND ROOSEVELT TO GET RANKIN’S AID Mississippi Representative Plans Trip to Nebraska to Lend Support. By the Associated Press. Representative Rankin, Democrat, of Mississippi said today he planned to go to Nebraska the latter part of this week “to assist in the campaign” for the re-election of Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska and President Roosevelt, : Asserting it would be “a national calamity” if Norris were defeated, Rankin said he expected to make his first speech next Monday night. In a statement, Rankin criticized what he said was the attitude of Gov. Alf M. Landon, the Republican presi- dential nominee, and that of Col. Frank Knox, Landon’s running mate, on the power issue. “I have heard a great deal in this campaign about Nero's fiddling while Rome burned,” Rankin said, “but 1o me the most pathetic spectacle that has yet come under my observation is to, see Mr. Landon and Mr. Knox studiously avoiding the power issue when the people of the country are overcharged more than $1,000,000,000 & year.” BOARD WILL REVIEW DURAND DISMISSAL Federation of Architects Has Charged Secretary Was Dismissed for Union Activity. A specially constituted board will review the facts surrounding the dis- missal of Robert< Durand from the Federal Power at a meet- ing Wednesday in the offices of the National Labor Relations. Board. Durand, the corresponding secre- tary of the Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists and Technicians, was discharged last March. The fed- eration has charged that his union *,CITIZENS TO MEET ‘The regulr monthly meeting 3 of the Kalorama Citl Association will be held this everting at the home of the president, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, 8t 2345 Ashmead place. The Star yesterday announced the held this evening Adams School. wever, has dis- Foening WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1936. e e Sfap | g il Gay 90’s Back in Fashions New York and Hollywood Experts Bring Living Memories to Show Here. Two models demonstrating the coiffure nyleé'/or milady & at are the present fashion. —Star Staff Photo. ODAY is the day of comebacks., was longer, the waves were marcelled |again from milady’s arms, hair and pompadour tresces and long dresses, the brunette reigned supreme before the day of the blond, the bustle and the puff, the plumes and the pearls, all are com- ing back. The spirit of the “Gay Nineties” Show today at the Hotel Raleigh. Beauty culture and fashion experts from New York and Hollywood brought with them living memories of bygone days, with here and there the deft eand delicate touch of mod- ern science in beauty culture. Into this picture the Japanese geisha girl also enters, sharing honors with Madame Pompadour, favorite of the Prench court of King Louis XV, in the revival of the old-fashioned coiffures. The pompadour was popular among women 12 or 14 years ago, but the hair who | pervaded the opening of the fourth | annual Washington Beauty and Style | The old-fashioned girl With| and the kinks were there. Today the | neck. pompadour is different. The wavesare | few. The top is flat. The hair is shorter. According to Ivan, the New | York and Hollywood expert, the waves | are “shadowy,” as the hair is first combed back from the front of the head. In back the curls are formed by a permanent wave. Into the curls | | come the large, ornamental hairpins | that are part of the make-up of the geisha girl. The day of “comebacks” was sketched | by Miss Gail Aronton, research beauty editor for a beauty magazine. The brunettes, she said, have re- | turned by the vehicle of popular movie | stars, for efample, Kay Prancis, Merle Oberon, Simone Simon, Barbara Stan- wyck, Rosalind Russell and the gbdi- cation of Jean Harlow as the queen of platinum blonds. Jewelry and omaments will flash | “Lots and lots of jewelry—if one owns it,” Gail said. ‘The color scheme in ornaments and dresses comes from the coronation | influence in London. The coronluont colors are royal blue and coronation | red. ‘There are ostrich tips in the hair for evening wear and ostrich feathers for the bride’s veil. And “crazy” hats | with feathers or fruit (glazed, of | course), dresses with full skirts and | bustles, sleeves with puffs, black for suits and dresses, and fur for hats. Silver and gold lacquer will be used on milady’s hair, either to match or set off her ensemble. There will be plenty of hairpins, occasionally spit- curls “for those who can wear them.” And in milady’s hand you will see an old-fashioned fan or an evening bag | with draw strings. “All in all,” Gail concluded, “it is an age of luxury.” BYRD COMMITTEE FEELS PRESSURE | PN Virginia Senator, However, Intends to Force Show- down on Agency Cuts. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Pressure against abolishing or cur- tailing certain Federal agencies in the proposed reorganization of the administrative branch of the Govern- ment is already being felt by the | special Senate committee, headed by | Senator Byrd of Virginia. This press- ure is exerted, (1) from within by | those who fear reduction of personnel, | activities or prestige, and (2) groups whose interests are being served by that particular unit. In the last 25 years such “pressure” has repeatedly thwarted reorganization efforts, and Senator- Byrd, who is determined to | rush the reorganization, intends to | force & showdown on the issue. He will call into counsel with his com- mittee E. Pendleton Herring, profes- sor of government at Harvard Uni- versity, who has written extensively on “Reorganization of the Federal Bureaucracy” and “Public Adminis- tration and the Public Interest.” Prof. Herring has pointed out that “A bureau can tempt support of Congress through the jobs it makes possible” and says that “the con- gressional maxim seems to be: “Upsetting the applecart never but- ters political parsnips.” Bill Was Pigeonholed. An illustration of how cabinet | officers disagree over reorganization | proposals was given when a bill sponsored by Chairman Cochran of the House Committee on Expenditures to change the Interior Department into a Department of Conservation and Works was pigeonholed by his own committee. Secretary Ickes was strong for it, saying that the name Interior had ‘become more of an epitaph than a designation. Secretary Wallace vigorously opposed the Cochran bill on the ground that many phases of conservation are primarily agricultural, and said that to concentrate all conservation activi- ties in one department is™ neither possible nor desirable. How special interest rroups have successfully opposed r: ‘7anization proposals is shown by a fcv illustra- tions: The reorganization plan sub- mitted by Walter F. Brown during the Harding administration pro- activities, but this was blocked by a large group of shipping concerns. The big national organizations of farmers have always successfully op- .| posed any regrouping that might weaken the Department of Agricul- ture. The American Federation of Labor vigorously objected to the pro- posed transfer of the Children’s Bureau and the Women's Bureau from the Department of Labor to & contemplated new department of public works. Pressure Has Dictated. Prof. Herring emphasizes that there has been no united nor consistent concept of the proper limits of govern- mental activity and that pressure, rather than merit, has diciated the services the Government has under- taken. Group pressure is brought to bear when curtailment is threat- ened, or feared, in services from which members of the group benefit. ‘Senator Byrd hopes to get his committee together soon after the elections next month, and will then arrange for public hearings on various phases of reorganization. He has ap- pointed Haywood Bell, formerly of to posed unification of merchant marine FRASER ELECTED HEAD OF VETERANS’ LODGE | | A. F. G. E. Group Presents Set of | Law Books to Retiring Presi- dent, Ira D. Scott. With the retirement of Ira D. Scott, F. C. Fraser has been elected presi- dent of Veterans' Administration Lodge, American Federation of Gov- ernment Employes, it was announced today. Other officers chosen were: Lester M. Sanders, J. Frederick Burns and Verna M. Flagg, vice presidents; Harry | N. James, secretary-treasurer; Daphne | T. Hicks, M. Regina Doyle, Mary B. | Lebo and Scott, comprising the Ex- | ecutive Council, and Ercel S. Wise- man, sergeant at arms. Scott was presented with a set of | law books. S | “PROTECTED” EMPLOYES | HELD OUSTED BY FARLEY | /510 Postmasters Who Worked Way Up From Ranks Discharged, G. 0. P. Says. b the Associated Press. The Republican National Com- mittee asserted today that Postmas- ter General Farley had discharged 510 postmasters who had worked their way up from the ranks. The statement said President Roosevelt “ably seconded Farley’s de- termination that no deserving Demo- crat who wanted a job in the postal service should go without one.” “When the New Deal took office,” | it added, “a large number of post- masters had been appointed in the preceding 12 years of Republican ad- ministration. Many were ‘protected’ by civil service. An executive order from President Roosevelt put the skids under these civil service ‘pro- tected’ postmasters, whose jobs were needed for New Dealers.” VOLUNTARY SURRENDER Fugitive Comes to Police When He Gets Hungry. BRIGHAM CITY, Utdh (P)— Deputy Sheriff Fred Sorenson didn't worry when Evans Peyope, young brave of the Washakie Indian Reser- vation, fled from arrest on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. “He'll get hungary and come back in a couple of days,” the officer said. Two days later Peyope, hungry, surrendered to Deputy Sorenson on the reservation. Bs the Associated Press. The average age of the nine Su- preme Court justices advanced to 71 yesterday, when Justice Stone cele- brated his 64th birthday anniversary. The ages of Justice Stone's col- leagues are: Brandeis, 79; Vande- vanter, 77; Hughes, McReynolds and Sutherland, 74; Butler, 70; Cardozo, 66, and Roberts, 61. Justices are eligible to retire at full pay when they reach 70 and serve 10 years on the bench. While six of the nine are eligible to retire, none has indicated any intention to do so. Aside from a birthday cake at the M. Byrne, recording secretary; John | TRAFFC CRASHES HURT TOPERSINS {Inquest Tomorrow in Two Week End Deaths—’'36 Total 65. ‘While police reported injuries to 10 ton area during the last 24 hours, an inquest was set for tomorrow in | |two week end traffic deaths that | brought the District'’s total for the year to 65. The deaths to be investigated are those of Mrs. Lauretta Holsonbake, 23, of 3026 Wiscdnsin avenus, who was killed Friday night when struck by an automobile as she waited for liam Smith, 40, colored, 1509 Fifth | street, who died early yesterday of day night. Son Slightly Improved. marriage, Donald Hardee, 7, who suf- fered a broken leg and concussion of the brain in the accident that killed her, was reported slightly improved today at Sibley Hospital. Among those hurt yesterday were three persons riding in a taxicab that ran off Braddock road near a creek in Braddock Heights, Alexandria. Po- lice reported the driver, Rex Evans, 21, of 1927 K street, fell asleep. He suffered & broken arm and a hip injury. The other victims were Miss Marion Hargitt, 18, of 228 F street, who re- ceived a broken leg and face and and kneecap were broken. Hit by a' sixth precinct sccut car, Mrs. Anna Quay, 65, of 35502 Thir- teenth street, suffered chest and nose lice said the cruiser was driven by Pvt. J. F. Hasty. Four Injured at Meadows. Four persons were injured in a head-on crash at Meadows, Md. on the Marlboro pike. One of the drivers, Randolph Soper, 20, Suitland, Md., received severe head injuries, while the other operator, James Green, 20, Ana- costia, escaped with minor hurts. George Tucker, 19, of Benning, D. C., received a broken leg in the same crash, while Green's brother, Joseph, 27, was slightly injured. * The accident in which Smith was killed occurred at Fifth and P streets. Police said the car was driven by Herbert D. Willams, 20, of the 1600 block of Sixth street. Birthday of Justice Stone Sends Average Age Upto 71 turned from a Summer on his island oft the cost of Maine. Before he was appointed to the bench Stone was Attorney General under President Coolidge, his Amherst Col- lege classmate. Known as a liberal, he delivered the dissenting_opinion in behalf of himself and Justices Brandeis and Cardozo to the majority decision over- turning the agricultural adjustment act. Other decisions to which he dis- sented included those holding uncon- stitutional the railroad retirement, municipal bankruptcy and Guffey coal acts, the New York minimum wage law for women and the ruling that J. Edward Jones, New York securities dealer, did not have to testify before the Becuritjes Commission concern- | persons in crashes in the Washing- | | & street car in a rainstorm, and Wil- | injuries received in a mishap Satur- | Mrs. Holsonbake's son by a former | back cuts,-and Gordon L. Gable, 23, | of 1513 Wisconsin avenue, whose jaw | injuries. The accident occurred at | Thirteenth and Kennedy streets. Po- | HANY OTHBLE DATED FORFORUN BEGANINNDY 15 Discussions in New Series of Town Hall Cover Wide Range. CUMMINGS, THOMAS, CHASE TO BE HEARD Meetings to Be Held Through Part of April in Third Sea- son at Shoreham. Ano_her series of forum discussions by noted speakers drawn from many fields—religion, science, politics, edu- cation and international affairs—will get under way Sunday, November 15, when the Town Hall of Washing- ton opens its third season at the Shoreham Hotel. Under the direction of United States Commissioner of Education John W. Studebaker, chairman of the Executive Committee, the Town Hall will present among others Attorney Generai Homer 8. Cummings, Nor- man Thomas, Socialist presidential candidate; Margaret Sanger, Stuart Chase and many others as principal speakers. The meetings will be held on suc- | cessive Sunday evenings through part of April, with the exception of two dates during the Christmas holidays —December 20 and 27. One Sunday in each half of the series has b2en left open to cover later developments in national and international affairs. Panel Discussions. Each lecture, as usual, will be fol- lowed by a panel discussion in which a group of persons selected for their opposing views on the subject of the evening will debate with the prin- cipal speaker. The audience again will be given the opportunity to quese tion the speaker. The schedule follows: November 15—Andre Geraud, for- eign editor and political correspondent of Echo de Paris, “Can European Peace Be Saved?” November 22—Salvador de Madae riaga, former Spanish Ambassador to the United States and France, who recently resigned as Spanish delegate to the League of Nations, “The Fue- ture of Liberty.” November 29—Agnes McPail, the , only woman member of the Canadian Parliament, “Canadian-American Ree lations.” | December 6—Attoreny General Cummings, “The Federal Government and Its Relation to the Crime Prob- lem.” December 13— Robert Maynard | Hutchins, president of the Univer- sity of Chicago, “Is Anything Wrong With Our Educational System?" January 3—S. K. Ratcliffe, British journalist and lecturer, “Britain—the Next Five Years.” January 10—Alfred Adler, Viennese psychologist, “The Practice and | Theory of Individual Psychology.” January 17 — Margaret Sanger, birth control advocate. “Overpopula= tion—a Cause of Wa January 24—Open. January 31 — Debate between | Norman Thomas and Neil Carothers, dean of the College of Business Ad- | ministration, Lehigh University, on “How to Achieve the Abundant Life.” February 7—Edward Tomlinson, | journalist and -economist, “What Is | South America to Us?"” Febuary 14—James P. Warbasse, president of the Co-operative League of the United States, “The Co-opera- tive Movement.” February 21—Abbe Ernest Dimnet, | French author and political com- | mentator, “Internal Conditions in . France.” February 28—Stuart Chase, econe omist and financial analyst, “Gove ernment in Business.” March 7—Dr. Howard Haggard, as- - ! sociate professor of applied psychology at Yale University, “Recent Advances in Medicine and Their Significances.” ; March 14—Debate between Count Raoul de Roussy de Sales, French correspondent, and Helgo Culemann, : | exponent of modern Germany, on the subject, “Does German National So- | cialism Endanger the Security of the - | World?” March 21—John T. Flynn, finaneial | writer, “Speculation—Our National | Menace.” March 28—Rabbi Stephen S. Wise | of the Free Synagogue of New York, : | president of the Jewish Institute of Religion, “Religious and Racial Perse- cution.” April 4—William Lyon Phelps, literary critic and former professor of * English literature at Yale and | Harvard Universities, “Contemporary Books and the Value of Good Read- ing.’ April 11—Open. The meetings are open to public subscription and various classes of membership and reservations may be obtained at the Town Hall office in the National Press Building. Single ' admissions for each lecture also will be available. COL. GIBSON’S FUNERAL SET HERE TOMORROW Retired Officer Dies at 81 in Con< necticut—To Be Buried ] in Arlington. The body of Lieut. Col. Robert J. Gibson, retired, who died Friday in his home at New Haven, Conn., will be brought here for burial in Arling« ton National Cemetery tomorrow at' 11 am. Col. Gibson, who was widely known in Army circles, is survived by five' sons, Lieut. Comdr. E. B. Gibson,, Wacshington; Lieut. Col. R. T. Gibson,, Manila, P. I; Dr. Robert B. Gibson, Iowa City, Iowa; W. C. Gibson, Chie cago, and Banks Gibson, New York' City: a daughter, Mrs. A. J. Cooper, Wi n; a brother, Col. W. W, Gibson, Washington, and two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Lowe and Mrs. Wfl.l,l Noble, New York City. He was 81. |/ A native of Connecticut, Col. Gib}! son received his medical degree f ‘Yale University in 1879, and ente: Army service the following year. ‘was retired in 1910 for disability, *