Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1936, Page 5

RELIEF COERCION IS PROBED IN OHIO Senate ‘Agents Investigate After Pre-election Hear- ing Is Denied. By the Associated Press. . Senate agents pressed investigation of charges of political abuses on & new front today after Republican demands for pre-election hearings on alleged coercion of relief workers in Pennsylvania had been refused by the Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee. Headed BY Louls R. Glavis, investi- gators were checking charges that Ohio industries were “coercing em- ployes politically.” An announce- ment from the committee said the charges were based on allegations that employes of the Timken Roller Bearing Co. at Columbus, Ohio, were informed the plant would close in event of a Democratic victory next Tuesday. Denial by Firm Head. This allegation was quickly denied by William E. Umstattd, president of the concern. In a statement at Can- ton, Ohio, Umstattd also denied any official of his firm had told employes Henry Ford would withdraw his or- ders from the company if Gov. Alf M. Landon were defeated. At a press conference late yesterday, Robert L. Jefferys, secretary of the Benate Committee headed by Senator Lonergan, Democrat, of Connecticut, said committee members felt that a preliminary report by Glavis on the Pennsylvania charges preferred by the Republican National Committee and by Senator Davis, Republican, of Penn- sylvania, did not warrant further ac- tion by the committe¢ before election day. Jefferys said the committee had scheduled a meeting for November 9, six days after the election, at which THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1936. Sweeps Drawing Patterned After Opera A car representing the swan boat from the opera “Lohengrin,” arrivin in Dublin, in the counterfoils procession to the mizing ceremony for the The girls who mized the counter&ou: were dressed to re n Notes.” bridgeshire Sweepstakes. characters from operas and the ceremony was entitled “ 6.0.PISACSED OF EXCTING RACES the Pennsylvania situation and other matters would be “sifted.” 50 Affidavits Furnished. Asked whether public hearings would be held on the charges that Works Progress Administration employes in Pennsylvania were subjected to “po- litical coercion,” Jefferys replied: “Obviously not.” He told reporters Glavis had fur- nished the committee with about 50 affdavits and statements from Penn- sylvanians substantiating charges that some industrial concerns were coerc- ing their employes into registering and voting Republican. Other reports from Glavis, Jefferys said, showed many of the charges against the W. P. A. were groundiess. ‘Willilam Hard, radio commentator for the Republican National Committee, who read numerous affidavits from workers claiming to have been dis- missed or threatened with loss of their jobs for political reasons, was accused in statements Glavis at- tributed to W. P. A. workers and others of “deliberate falsehood.” Trade (Continued From First Page.) ‘were listed were tallow, vegetable oils, coffee, petroleum and products, cop- per, tin and coal-tar products. September Gold Exports. 3 Gold exports in September were set | &t $42,000, compared with $32,000 in August and $86,000 in September, 1935. Gold imports amounted to $171,866,000 last month, compared With $67,524,000 in August and $156,- 805,000 in September a year ago. . September silver exports were set | &t $204,000, compared with $143,000 in August and $1,472,000 in Septem- ber, 1935. Silver imports were $8,363.- | 000 last month, $16,637,000 in August | #nd $45,689,000 in September a year ago. { Among individual items in Septem- Ber foreign trade, the department ®aid exports of meat products fell off from $2,032,000 in September, 1935, to i 41,827,000 last month. Sales of lard | road rose from $298,000 to $959,000, | iry products exports increased from $334,000 to $433,000 and shipments of fish from $1,814,000 to $2,600,000. Wheat exports climbed from $11,000 in September, 1935, to $436,000 last smonth, and shipments of wheat flour gose from $1,272,000 to $1,968,000. : Cotton Exports Up. ‘The rise in unmanufactured cotton ¢xports was accompanied by slight increases in shipments of semi-manu- factured cotton and manufactured ¢otton. Cotton semi-manufactures increased from $650,000 to $682,000 énd cotton manufacturers from $2,- 244,000 to $2,435,000. , Imports of meat products increased §rom $10,400,000 in September a year @go to $11,989,000 last month. ! Imports of dairy products also showed a rise from $854,000 to $1,524,000 and purchases of fish furned upward from $2,608,000 to $3,087,000. . Unmanufactured cotton imports yose from $427,000 to $795,000, while the total figure for cotton manu- factures and semi-manufactures rose from $530,000 to $762,000. Party Branded Democrats as “Enemies of Negro,” Prescott Charges. BY JACK ALLEN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., October 28. —A charge that Republican leaders are endeavoring to excite racial preju- dice in Montgomery County was hurled by State Senator Stedman Prescott from the platform of the Roosevelt- Lewis rally held last night in the Na- tional Guard Armory. Declaring that while opponents of President Roosevelt are “hypocritically trying to brand him a fomenter of class hatred,” Prescott said they are at the same time engaged in attempting to “promote racial and class prejudice” in their pleas for the Negro vote. He told the assemblage of some 600 people this policy has invaded Mont- gomery County through the medium of an appeal written by Walter W. Dawson, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, in which “the Democrats are branded as ene- mies of the Negro.” Calls It “Trickery.” | “This is the lowest type of political | trickery,” the Democratic chieftain | of the county shouted. Senator Prescott said in his address that not only has the Republican party tried to stir up racial hatred through- out the country, but has also dis- tributed circulars against the social’ security act in the pay envelopes of large corporations’ employes. ‘The rally was held amid a conven- tion atmosphere, with the Elks Club Boy’s Band of Washington playing martial airs, while members from the | Young Men’s Democratic and Wom- en’s Democratic Clubs of Takoma Park | paraded through the hall carrying banners and placards hailing Presi- dent Roosevelt and the New Deal. District Attorney Leslie C. Garnett of Washington and former United States Senator Blair Lee of Silver| Spring, who presided, also spoke. It | was the first time the latter, one-time county Democratic leader, has taken the platform for a political address since nominating the late Gov. Albert C. Ritchie for re-election in 1930. Compared to Wilson. Garnett opened his talk by compar- ing Roosevelt with Woodrow Wilson and lauded both as “outstanding ex- ponents of liberal Democratic Govern- ment,” declaring the American people were without a leader until March 4, 1933. The speaker contrasted the “Hoover breadlines” of 1932 with the “Roose- velt controlled prosperity” of 1936. He said that while farm property declined $8,000,000,000 during 12 years of Republican control before 1933, farm values increased more than $3,000,000,000 in the past three years and farm incomes increased more than $2,500,000,000 during that period. He told also of the reljef af- forded home owners, bank depositors, insurance companies, unemployed and large corporations. ‘Turning to the critics of Roosevelt, he leveled an attack against ,‘dis- gruntled Democrats” and took John W. Davis and Al Smith as “ex- | Wheat imports climbed from $3,- $14,000 to $5,426,000. Spain (Continued Prom First Page.) @ mass panic with threats and evi- dence of frresistible strength. In the mountainous forests west of Madrid, the insurgent column pushed | said’ they were “founded mainly n |President said most amples.” Landon Is Dencunced. He denounced Landon for trying to “blow hot and cold at the same time” and asserted that whereas the Repub- lican presidential candidate first praised Government control of the oil industry he now “criticizes Roose- velt for applylng Government con- trol to save industry and help the average citizen.” g Former Senator Lee traced the principals of the Democratic party, TAKOMA PAIR ADMITS ROBBING GARAGE MAN #y a Staft Correspondent of Tae Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., October 28—Pleas of guilty to charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon yes- terday were entered by Herbert J. and William M. Harmatz of Takoma Park, Md., when arraigned in Prince Georges County Circuit Court here. Sentence was postponed until Friday. The brothers are charged with hold- ing up James O'Brien at a Riverdale gasoline station last May and escaping with $19 in cash. Two other charges—assault with a dangerous weapon and carrying con- cealed weapons—were nolle prossed by State’s Attorney Alan Bowie. Roosevelt (Continued From Pirst Page.) had noted over the country would be “continued in the next four years.” Speaking from an open car as the crowd waved flags and guns boomed a presidential salute, the Chief Execu- tive added that “we have at least in part” attained “greater security and prosperity.” Factories “Running Again.” He said he was glad to see New Jer- sey factories “running again.” Part of the trip to Brooklyn was made by ferry, from St. George, Staten Island, where Gov. Herbert H. Leh- man joined the party. Thousands of school children stood with other thousands cheering the President on his way. Halloween horns were brought into play along Bay Ridge and Eighteenth avenues in Brooklyn. ‘The President kept his tan felt cam- paign hat almost constantly aloft in greeting the street crowds. After his college speech he started by motor through lower Manhattan for the ferry to Governors Island, where he was to have luncheon before his third speech of the day, at the Statue of Liberty. Mrs. Roosevelt met the President at the Bayonne, N. J., depot, where a large welcoming crowd waving Amer- ican flags had gathered. She rode with him as he started for the first of his series of speeches. Roosevelt’s program was to culmi- nate in a sojourn at his Sixty-fifth street town house at about the time his Republican rival, Gov. Alf M. Lan- don, reaches New York to prepare for his speech tomorrow night. In a press conference late yester- day before leaving Washington Mr. Roosevelt smilingly declined to make any further pronouncements as to his intentions concerning N. R. A. prin- ciples. Son’s Statement Recalled. Reporters recalled that James Roosevelt, the President’s eldest son, had been quoted recently as saying his father would seek & constitutional amendment to make N. R. A. prin- ciples the law of the land. They also recalled that James Roosevelt contended that he had said only that he, as an individual, saw no alterna- tive but an amendment if purposes of N. R. A. could not be accomplished otherwise. ‘When a reporter asked the President 1f he would favor reviving N. R. A., he referred the news man to bis past and present speeches. At another point in the conference, when he was asked whether he would support new coal legislation, he said something would have to be done about that in- dustry. A 1::;’& of his addresses to date showed he had referred to the NRA in terms of praise, but had not indicated whether he would recommend any new moves to re-establish it in prin- ciple. Prosperity Restored. In his “Green Pastures” speech in Charlotte, N. C., September 10 the people thinking steadily toward El Escorial, strategic | opposition to monopoly and the high | pelieved the recovery act had done government communications center.| tariffs which make monoply possible,” | more to restore ty” than any through Untrained Madrid militiamen fought | and declared the “Democratic party s | other Federal statute in years elimination of child labor, shortening hours and establishing minimum at Mansion House, rish Hospitals’ Cam- esent famous —Wide World Photo. TAX ASSESSMENT CHANGE IS ILLEGAL Montgomery Must Continue With Book System, State Officer Says. 8; a Staft Correspondent o1 Tne Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., October 28.— The proposed modernizatoin of Mont- gomery County’s assessment records by installation of a card index system was ruled illegal yesterday by Michael J. Lindsey, supervisor of assessments for the State Tax Commission. Lindsey, appearing before the county commissioners, declared the law re- quires that all assessment records be kept in books, and the change suggested by County Accountant C. Vaughan Darby and informally ap- proved by the board cannot be made. Seek More Policemen. Darby had asked the card system be instalied so dead assessment items | could be separated from the “live” files and thus facilitate the handling of records. The index system has been adopted by many large counties and cities and have been a vast im- provement over the old records, Darby said. N Request for the assignment of two or three additional State policemen to Montgomery County will be re- newed by the commissioners follow- ing the appearance of Chief. J. Wil- liam Garrett before the board. Garrett aeclared the present force of 31 men is inadequate to handle the ever-increasing demands for serv- ice and traffic law drives and said additional help should be provided by the State, which receives all traffic | fines, in curbing lawlessness among motorists. To Draft Parking Law. County Attorney Albert M. Bouic permitting two-hour parking along Georgia avenue in Silver Spring, in- stead of one-hour, the present limit. Police will be instructed to vigor- ously enforce the new law, board members said. - Appropriation of funds for painting the police station and halls in the county building at Bethesda was voted. John A. Gibson of Kensington ‘was appointed a constable for Wheat- on district. * The board set its meeting next week for Thursday, Tuesday being election day and a legal holiday. All county offices will be closed. MOTHER AND TRIPLETS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE Three-Pound Baby Girls Being Kept in Incubators at Hospital. Mrs. Howard Armstrong and her three baby daughters, born Tuesday night, continued to improve today as her husband, an artist with the Fed- eral Housing Administration, was in- formed his salary will be raised $600 & year—or $200 a baby. The three-pound baby girls are being kept in incubators at Columbia Hos- pital until they are stronger. The triplets were Mrs. Armstrong’s first children. She is 27 years old and her husband a year older. HAVE YOU e ) was instructed to draft an ordinance | LEADERS PREPAR FOR CHEST DRIVE 150 Members. of Speakers’ Committee Hear Ad- dresses. - In preparation for an extensive Community Chest drive in the various governmental departments, more than 150 Government executives who are members of the Speakers’ Committee gathered last night to hear talks by Herbert L. Willett, jr., Chest director; Coleman Jennings, campaign chair- man; Msj, Gen. Merritte W. Ireland, unit chairman, and ‘Ross Garrett, di- rector of the Ceneral Bureau for Hospitals. The stressed the necessity for all workers to be thoroughly fa- miliar with every phase of Community Chest work, so they may be able to present their pleas for contributions in the most intelligent manner. Jennings explained how much more efficiently needy persons are cared for under the Community Chest than under the old methods of raising funds for relief. The need for additional funds ¢his year was stressed by Willett, who said there is a deficit in payments to hos- pitals and a growing need for re- pairs to various buildings used in the care of medical cases handled by the Chest. Garrett said every two and & half minutes of every working day some person is given a ticket for medical care at one of the clinics and that every 45 minutes some person unable to pay for services is admitted to one of the nine Chest hospitals. The Chest, he said, paid $480 re- cently to save the life of & child who drank lye by mistake and required un- usual treatment. He further declared that private physicians and surgeons give $2,500,000 worth of services each year in addition to Chest funds. Justin Miller, chairman of the At- torney General's Crime Commission and head of the speakers' group, presided. STUDENT EDITOR OUSTED “Profanity and Vulgarity” Campus Magazine Brings Action. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 28 (#). —Members of an Ohio State Univer- sity Faculty-Student Committee frowned yesterday on alleged “pro- fanity, vulgarity and obscenity” in a campus humon magazine, and the publication lost its editor. The University Committee on Pub- lications ordered the dismissal of Stu- dent-Editor S. Douglas Dobson of Columbus. It planned to meet Thurs- day to consider a successor. Dobson declined comment. in Sweepstakes (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) finish in the money was Mrs. Barbara Blaine, an attendant at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Her horse was Princess Herodene. Four other Washingtonians drew horses which did not start in the race. They also will receive the $2,965 prize for getting a horse in the drawing at Dublin. Americans winning $150,000 prizes were: “Crane,” 16 Seagull road, Quincy, Mass.; “North,” North Bend, Ohio; “West,” 5416 Ridgewood street, Philadelphia; James Short, Portage, Pa.; Margaret Cunner, Brooklyn; “Hooker,” West Durham, N. C.; “Ten Girls,” Edgewater, N. J.; Nickan Com- pany, San Francisco, and William Schriebern, Syracuse, N. Y. American winners on Daytona, the second horse, each getting $75,000, in- cluded P. Ryan, Chicago, and Cella Johnson, Providence, R. I, John Thermos, Cicero, Ill, had a ticket on Laureate II, the third horse. It was worth $50,000. Others on Lau- reate II were Dorothy Ried, New York; August C. Kriefer, Union City, N. J.; A. M. Schutzman, Baton Rouge, La., and Mrs. Hazel Stark, Philadelphia. Prior to the actual running of the race Americans had won approxi- mately $1,650,000 in horse, residual and consolation prizes. Byrom Home for Sale. One of the oldest buildings in Sal- ford, England, the house where lived John Byrom, seventeenth century re ligious poet, author of the hymn, “Christians, Awake,” is for sale. Help Nature to Reduce ssure by drinking Mountain Valley Mineral Water, direct from famous Hot Springs, Arkansas. Its natural alka- linity neutralizes toxic acids and as- sists in their elimination. Deeply sat- isfying. A natural corrective. Phone Met. 1062 for bookiet. Mountain Valley Mineral Water Met. 1062. 1405 K St. N.W. EVER SEEN IN ACTUAL OPERATION? Not just a display of a model, but an actual demonstration of this remarkable device, all connected and burning real coall You can get a much better idea Kentucky Woman’s Cake Wins Praise: Of Mrs. Roosevelt Old Recipe Guarded as Family Secret by Mrs. Becker. BY the Associsted Press. CINCINNATI, October 28.—Mrs. Sam Becker of nearby Fort Thomas, Ky., had a letter from Mrs. Franklin Dok foné St comeinS0sizes and builds Delano Roosevelt today to place along- side another from James A. Farley. Both thanked her for a delicious sponge cake—but the secret of the flufly delicacy remained with her. “Not for love nor money,” she said, would she “tell any one outside my family how to make it.” The recipe, Mrs. Becker explained, has been “handed down through four generations. I have a daughter in college, and part of her education will be to learn how to make that cake.” Mrs. Becker, who last January first baked cakes for Gov. A. B. Chandler of Kentucky and Farley, delivered an- other to the President and Mrs. Roose- velt during a 90-minute campaign stop here October 16. In return, she received the follow= 2 m s¥% A5 ing letter, signed “Eleanor Roosevelt”: “The President thinks you were more than kind to send the very de- licious cake to him and he asked me to thank you so much for your thought in doing so. He was delighted to have it and is also grateful for your good wishes.” Friends of Mrs. Becker recently were served what she described as a “duplicate” of the cake given to the President and his wife. Mental Cases Increase. 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