Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1936, Page 4

A4 =» SOCIAL SECURITY ATTACK DEPLORED Winant and Green Defend Law, Assail Spreading of ‘Misinformation.’ BY the Assoclated Press. ‘The New Deal's social security law, which has become a major issue of the campaign, was defended ardently last night by two public men—John G. Winant, former chairman of the Social Security Board, and William Green, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor. . Winant declared the source of *“misleading” ~information on the security act, which he sald, was in- serted in workers' pay envelopes, had been “traced to Republican head- Quarters at Chicago.” | “The timing of this action and the manner of its-execution,” he said in a radio address, “gives un- fnistakable evidence that it has been {nspired from a common source.” ' Green termed the act a form of legislation for which workers had prayed for many years. In & let- ter to all State federations of labor, city central bodies and local unions, he said there was “grave danger that widespread confusion and seri- ous misunderstanding may occur in the minds of working people and their friends regarding the provisions of the Federal social security act.” ‘Wage Earners Beneficiaries. “The wage earners of the Nation are the beneficiaries of this act,” he added. He said he was “free from bias of sny kind,” and added: “Because this is not merely an old- #ge assistance measure, but instead a | form of old-age insurance, beneficiaries | are required to pay a small percentage | of their earnings beginning January | 1, 1937, into a fund created by the | Federal Government, out of which future annuities will be paid,” he said: | “Employers of labor will be required to match the amount paid by the workers into this annuity fund. The fund will be carefully supervised and administered by the Federal Govern= ment. Nothing could be more secure than that.” Much of Winant’s address was de- woted to answering criticism of the social security act made in a recent speech by Gov. Landon, Republican presidential nominee. 1 Winant contended that Republican | *strategy is not to give the workers, social security but to defeat President | Roosevelt and to scuttle social security.” Issue Laid to Landon, “Gov. Landon has made the problem | of social security a major issue in this | campaign,” he said after asserting that President Roosevelt had proposed the problem be “worked out in a non- partisan spirit as a humanitarian measure.” “The social security act is not a party’s answer, but America’s answer to a great human need,” he said. | Asserting that “in many sections | of the country misinformation is be- | ing spread about the social security | act by the insertion of slips in workers’ pay envelopes and by posters and bul- Jetins, warning that deductions will be made from the workers’ pay be- ginning January 1, 1937, to finance the cost of the social security pro- Kram,” Winant said: “This sort of propaganda is shoddy politics; it does not give a square | deal to the worker; it is not fair play; 1t is inconsistent with the principles of democratic government; it is un- American, “It is & new form of the old thredt to shut down the mill if the em- ployer's candidate isn't elected.” Landon Landon Meets a Roosevelt THE EVEN. CATHOLIC SOCIETY T0 GIVE SMOKERS Policemen and Firemen to Entertain Colleagues in Appreciation, The Policemen and Firemen's Cath- olic Soclety will give the first of two smokers for their non-Catholic col- leagues tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Knights of Columbus Hall, 920 Tenth street. ‘The second will be held November 4, a week from tomorrow, for the benefit of those who will be working at the time of the first entertainment. The District Commissioners, Ma). Ernest W. Brown, chief of metropolitan police; former District Attorney Leo Rover, Fire Chief Carrington and Fire Marshal Lauber have been invited to speak at tomorrow's function. There Gov. Alf M. Landon, right, greets Col. Theodore Roosevelt, son of the Republican President. The meeting occurred yes- terday at a Philadelphia hotel, where the colonel was address- ing Republican women. Gov. Landon as he greeted little Clare Morris of this city during his visit to Baltimore yesterday. will be skits by actors now playing at ‘Washington theaters and by well- known Washington radio performers. Harry 8. Bell of No. 24 Engine Com- pany, president of the society, will act as master of ceremonies. There will be refreshments. The two smokers have become an- nual celebrations of appreciation by the members of the Catholic society for their non-Catholic brethren’s sac- rifice each Mother's day, when the \non-Catholics work double shifts so soclety members can attend mass in | a body at St. Patrick’s Church, Tenth and G streets. Father Dade, pastor of St. Patrick's, is chaplain of the organization. Last Mother's day 762 firemen and policemen were at St. Patrick’s, and after mass marched to the Willard —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. ~—Wide World Photo. Hotel, where they had breakfast and listened to talks from well-known pub- | lic figures. THEFT SUSPECT SOUGHT Description of an elderly fur sales- man wanted in New York for theft of $133,000 worth of furs was relayed to ‘Washington police today when it was believed the man might be headed this way. ‘The salesman, said to be well dressed and a good conversationalist, was understood to be driving a large auto- Police described him as about 60 yea: about 155 pounds, Osteopathic Physicians to Dine. Dr. L. Van H. Gerdine will address mobile with New York license plates. | old, 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing | COMMITS SUICIDE Holland S. Reavis Hangs Self in Attic of Home Near Lynchburg. Bv the Associated Press. LYNCHBURG, Vs, October 27.— Holland 8. Reavis, 60, wealthy oll promoter, editor and writer, was found dead shortly before noon yesterday in his palatial residence, Mount 8t. Angelo, in Amherst County. His life- less body was found dangling from two belts in the attic by servants, J. Bigbie, Davis, acting coroner of Amherst, pronounced the death & suicide as the result of strangulation. 1ll health was given as the cause. Mr, Reavis accompanied his wife, a musician and artist, to Sweet Briar, where she took a train for New York City Sunday night. Mr. Reavis was born in St. Louls, | Mo. His forbears were descended from families prominent in the legal pro- fession in Kentucky and Tennessee. His father was a distinguished news- paper man, being associated with the | late Joseph Pulitzer of the New York | | World. Mr. Reavis began his career as a| | journalist on the old St. Louis Star-| | Sayings, now the Star, He later | became a political writer on the St. Louis Republic and was closely asso- ciated with the late Gov. Joseph W. | Folk in his fight against bribery and corruption. | | He established the Petroleum Regis- | ter in 1915 and subsequently moved his | | publishing business to New York, where he conducted it until his retire- ment 1n 1927, He was a frequent con- | tributor afterward to the New York papers, particularly the Herald-Trib- une and the Post. He had been writ- ing a history of the oil industry and its personalities of late. He is survived only by his wife, Extensive Forests Required. The Pennsylvania department of | | forests and waters estimates it takes | 500,000 acres of well-managed forest | to supply the State’s paper pulp mills. PRESCRIPTIONS PETWORTH PHARMACY | the District Association of Osteo- | pathic Physicians at a dinner tonight at the Ambassador Hotel. If you live in HERE’S course, you save 6EORGIA AVE at UPSNUR ST. N.W. PHONE COLUMBIA 3856 Northwest Washington: A TIMELY TIP... 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Immediately after concluding. his address the candidate returned to his Bunflower special, where he appeared smilingly confident as he chatted with associates before retiring for the over- night trip here. Hoarseness Is Noticed. ‘The crowd roared its response in Convention Hall as Landon, showing slight trace of the hoarseness that had been affecting him, demanded: “Who is going to pay the bill for all this spending?” “The people,” “Roosevelt” and other eries were heard. ““We are,” said Landon. - “Who is paying the 12 billions which this administration has already col- lected?” The crowd joined in the shout, “We are,” and when Landon asked, “Who 1s going to put an end to this extrav- agance?” the shout, “We are,” rever- berated through the flag-decked hall. Opening with the declaration, “The fundamental issue is the preservation of the Constitution and the American way of life,” Landon told his hearers, “We must decide if we want a free and popular government or a govern- ment which concentrates increasing power in the Chief Executive.” “The President says this issue is a fairy tale—a political ‘bogey man,’ " lAa;lldon said. “He underestimates the erican people . . . they can see through reassuring word.s."e’ our N‘w' Landon asserted “this administra- tion has ignored the constitutional checks and balances—a policy that violates the Constitution.” “To describe the kind of spending that deluged the oountry we had to in- < i vent a new word, ‘boondoggling,” Landon asserted, while the crowd B laughed and applauded. On a shopping street, the other day, one of our reporters overheard a horny-handed son of toil talk- A Stors Near Your Home 814816 F St. N. W. ing to a friend. Under the man’s arm was a good- sized package. 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