Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1936, Page 2

SHIPPING STRIKE BAINS MOMENTUM Jfireat to San Francisco | Food Supply Averted. ZAlaska Faces Shortage. the Assoctated Press. “SAN FRANCISCO, November 5— The throttling of America’s maritime trade increased throughout the Na- tion’s ports today, but an immediate threat to San Francisco's food supply was averted. Union warehousemen agreed to move perishable fruits and vegetables. Even as representatives of*both the ‘Warehousemen’s Union and the wholesale grocery industry voices hope the warehousemen’s strike here would be settled before the week end, the threat of a general strike of East Coast seamen was heard in New York. Peace Plans Get Setback. Agencies seeking an opening for peace negotiations received a setback here when it was reported that the shipowners of the Pacific, represent- ing the coastwise steam schooner group, met last night without decid- ing to renew conferences with the Masters, Mates and Pilots’ Associa- tion. The steam schooner men and six of the seven striking unions reached an accord and were separated from an agreement with the Masters, Mates and Pilots by the lone issue of a $5 per month wage increase when the strike was called. Representatives of the 50 coastwise freighter operators met briefly, then withheld statements. It was au- thoritatively said, however, that they did not favor further conferences. Meanwhile Alaskan ports faced an imminent food shortage. Authorities at Honolulu rushed preparations to cope with any violence that might arise, Strike Is Separate. »The warehousemen’s strike here is arate from the maritime strike that started on this coast and spread to ports rimming the Unifed States and to territorial ports. The Ware- housemen’s Union is an affiliate of the International Longshoremen's Asso- ciation, one of seven major unions in- Yolved in the maritime walkout. «The warehousemen agreed, after a | conference with wholesale grocers and | T unicipal authorities yesterday, to be- today moving fruits and vegetables om the warehouses to retail stores. A joint statement announced another canference for 6 p.m. (9 pm, E. S. T.) #nd said “substantial progress was made toward settlement” of #trike. - ‘Walkout Is Urged. “In New York, as in other Eastern and Gulf ports, some “rank and flle” seamen conducted a “sit-down” strike #i sympathy with the West Coast walkout. Proposals were made there last night at a large meeting of left- g members of the International amen’s Union that the “sit down” he extended into a general strike of geamen in the East. The gathering zesolved to call a meeting of repre- tatives of seamen of the North d South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts &comxder the general walkout pro- al. At Washington, Federal shipping experts estimated unofficially that the over-all cost of the shipping tieup is $500,000 a day. They based this on the assumption 325 ships are strike- bound. At Fairbanks, Alaska, the chamber ©of commerce, asserting merchants had food enough to last only 30 days, | voted to protest the closing of the | Government-owned Alaska Railroad, only connecting link between interior | Alaska and the sea. | The road was ordered closed by | Col. O. F. Ohlson, general manager, because of the loss of freight and Passenger business caused by the maritime strike. VIOLENCE IS CHARGED. 6hip Owners and Union Head Ex- change Words in New York. NEW YORK, November 5 (#).— Charges of violence and intended vio- lence were exchanged by a ship owner and the head of a seamen's group today as plans were made to expand & waterfront “sitdown” strike into a general walkout. A charge by John M. Franklin, president of the International Mercan- tile Marine Corp., that an “organized group of malcontents” had instituted & “reign of terror” was met by Joseph Curran, chairman of the Seamen's Defense Committee, with the state- ment that ship owners had hired “mobsters” to break up picket lines. Asks for Volunteers. Curran announced he had issued & call for volunteers to picket all docks. Declining to say how many docks might be affected in the strike, Which he said had tied up 49 ships in this harbor, he asserted a score of “mobsters” had been engaged by ship owners o use what he termed strong- arm methods on picketers. Frarklin accompanied his charge With a demand that Special Prosecutor ‘Thomas E. Dewey, racket investigator, Jook into the situation and act to end “unbelievably dreadful” conditions. Franklin, head of the company that operates the United States lines, said he had affidavits and other proof of men being beaten and terrorized into leaving their ships against their will, He said Communist “racketeers” were Tesponsible. “No lasting peace between the own- ers and seamen can ever be reached while there is an organized nucleus ‘whose wish is not for peace in the in- dustry but rather for constant turmoil and unrest,” he wrote to Dewey, Held Cry for Sympathy. Joseph Curran, chaiyman of the Sea- men’s Defense Committee, insurgent wing of the International Seamen's Union, flung back the retort that Franklin's statement was “a hysterical ery for sympathy.” He suggested that the union open its books to investi- gators and explain ‘‘the relations be- tween its leaders and the ship owners.” The Seamen's Defense Committee called the sitdown strike in sympathy for the Pacific Coast maritime walkout. ‘The International Seamen’s Union, re- fusing to join in the ban on work, arranged instead to put crews on ships tied up. A hiring hall was opened along the waterfront yesterday and David E. Grange, vice president of the union, said 40 to 50 men lined up to replace strikers within a few hours. “We have had no trouble filling Jobs; in fact, the men are fighting for these jobs,” he said. King to Visit Miners, {King Edward VIII will visit miners and their wives and the unemployed first, visit to Wales since he was of Wales, (2 the | | tinuously unbroken as that provided | the city of Washington. | the jitters on the hill legislators can Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things, GENTLEMAN. ASHINGTON'S taxi drivers go right on proving they are in a class by them- selves. ‘The last chapter in the startling saga of their collective life concerns two school teachers who still are breathless over a few hours spent sightseeing in Washington. They took a cab, went everywhere and had every- thing explained down to the last de- tail. “How much do we owe you? the completely delighted pair wanted to know when they finally reached Union Station. “Nothing,” said the driver, “I've had such a nice time.” And he stood pat while they darned near fainted. * ok k% QUERY. Maybe you accept those warning signs placed by Highway Depart- ‘ments much too matter-of-factly. A Chevy Chase family, driving through the mountains recently, came upon a stretch of winding road during a rainstorm. At the side of the highway was the sign: “Slow—Slippery When Wet.” John MacArthur, 8-year-old son of the family, looked at the warn- ing reflectively. “How did they know it was going to be raining when we passed here?” he finally asked. * % ¥ % JITTERS. 'HE real reason why Congressmen‘ and Senators have the jitters has | at length been explained by an elec- | trical authority. Legislators, it seems, | | along with occupants of the Supreme | iCuun Building, the Library of Con- gress and the Capitol, Senate and House Office buildings, work under an electric light supplied by a Gov- ernment power house and the current from this private plant is not as con- 04 In other words, an almost imper- ceptible tremor is apparent in the | flow of current to Capitol Hill. While it is not serious nor pronounced enough to interrupt the light seivice, nevertheless the slight -jerkiness of the current’s flow has its effects upon legislative eyes and ultimately vpon ! legislative nerves. | It seemed better to clear this up| so that during subsequent spells of | Just start smashing light bulbs if they | feel like it. - x % % QUERY. 'HE young lady who says she an- | swered more phone calls than| Roosevelt got votes on Tuesday found | at least one Washingtonian who was indifferent to the trend of the na- tional balloting. “Listen,” said the voice, bounding | over the wires dedicated to election | returns, “I've got to have the name of a State with 13 letters in it.” “Try Massachusetts,” the young lady snapped, proving that one can switch from election news to the! cfiosword puzzle page in no time at| all * x * *x VIOLETS. Why go to Florida when you can Ppick violets on the grassy slopes of Rock Creek Park in November? Several blossoms, short of stems but wide-open blossoms, came today in the morning mail. They came from a Washingtonian who had plucked them during a morning stroll in Rock Creek Park. “And there are lots more where these came from,” the note says. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1936. ARREST IS MADE |TUGWELL AGENCY || INBOND ROBBERY| 10 SHIFT SET-UP g Year Race to Find Gang Member. A race between gangsters and G- men to find a “double-crossing” mem- ber of the gang involved in the $2,000,- 000 New York . ... 4 bond robbery of more than two * years ago has ended in favor of Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, ‘The “prize” in the race was Nick . Malos, aliaas Georgie Miller, alleged to have “taken” his own gang for $9,000 in connection with his alleged dis- posal in Boston of Nick Males, stolen securities bearing spurlous serial numbers. He was arrested “over the week end” in Chicago, it was announced last night by J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F. B. I Details of the apprehen- sion were not given. He is charged with participation in the disposition of bonds stolen from the United States Trust Co. and the Bank of Manhattan. While Malos allegedly was getting rid of some of the securities through brokerage accounts he opened in Bos- ton, other members of the bond ring, | the F. B. I. director said, were dispos- ing of part of the loot in Washington, Nassau in the Bahamas, Paris and London. More than $1,000,000 of the bonds— most of them with altered serial num- bers—have been recovered. About $590,000 of the securities were stolen from the trust company on December 13, 1934, and $1,456,000 additional, in Treasury notes, was stolen from the Bank of Manhattan on January 25.‘ 1935. The securities were “lifted” from a counter in one institution and stolen from a messenger in the other. According to Hoover, Malos had been widely sought, not only by the F. B. I, but by “members of his own mob.” “Malos, not content with making a nominal profit from his illicit broker- age transactions,” Hoover said, “with- | drew the proceeds from the sale of | securities and double-crossed his own clique.” Experts in the technical laboratory of the F. B. I have restored the oblit- erated serial numbers on $70,000 worth | of the notes. Several of the ring have | been convicted and others are awaiting trial. ‘MUM’ SHOW OPEN UNTIL 9 TONIGHT Agriculture Department Annual Free Exhibit Attracts Record Crowds. The thirty-fiftth annual free Chrys- anthemum Show of the United States iF. B. I. Victorious in Two- |But Resettlement Work Will Continue Under Sev- eral Units. BY BLAIR BOLLES. The oft-predicted collapse of the Resettlement Administration is com- ing, but the Roosevelt re-election means that the fourfold activity of this giant New Deal agency, headed without extra pay by Rexford Tug- well, will continue, perhaps on a less ambitious basis, divided among four more permanent bureaus. This was established today after months which almost daily repro- duced in some new form the rumor that Tugwell was resigning and Re- settlement was to be junked. Tugwell, from all indications, is eager to remain as Undersecretary of Agriculture, and Resettlement is only to change its form, with the 48 States separately superintending one of the chief R. A. functions—rehabilitation of finan- cially-distressed farmers. ‘The scrapping of Resettlement is ex- pected betore January 5, 1937, the day of the opening of the next Congress, through these moves: 1. Incorporation of the farm debt adjustment program of R. A. within the Farm Credit Administration. 2. Transferring the resettlement program, which is essentially a hous- ing program, to the domain of Harold Ickes, as Public Works Administrator. 3. Shifting the land utilization pro- gram which involves the purchase of 10,000.000 acres—an area as large as Maryland—of submarginal land, to the Agriculture Department. 4. Turning rehabilitation back to the States with slight Federal over- seeing by Harry Hopkins' Works Prog- ress Administration. Fate of Employes. The fate of the 14,000 Resettlement employes, scattered through 16 Wash- ington buildings and every State in the Union, is unknown, although it is believed many will follow their work into whatever bureau their par= ticular division happens to be moved. | These workers are paid more than $20.000,000 a year, although Tugwell is paid only as Undersecretary $10,000 | & year. Orders already have been issued to | the heads of the Land Utilization Di- | vision, which at present is Tugwell's chief interest, to consider curtailment of personnel and to plan for in- creased efficiency of operation as & forerunner of the transfer. Except for the work of this land di- vision, Resettlement is practically at & standstill so far as active new busi- ness is concerned. It is launching no new resettlement projects, and while it has not shut down on loans its chief concern now is the collection of for- mer outpourings of money, which, ex- cept for drought activities last Sum- mer, total little more than $200,- 000.000. ‘Tugwell himself, target since 1933 both of demands that he resign or be fired and of rumors that his departure was immiment, has a leave of absence until next June from his economics professorship at Columbia University. There 18 every reason to believe he will take advantage of the leave, even though his wife and two daughters Department of Agriculture is open to- night until 9 o'clock and will be qpen all day tomorrow from 9 a.m. until 9 pm, at which hour it will close. During the last week the show has been attracting a record-breaking a tendance. have moved to New York City. The soil conservation program— | which succeeded the outlawed crop- | curtailment program as the fountain | of farm subsidy—is the current foun- | dation of the New Deal farm program, i unsuccessful quest. G-MEN MAY HELP . LOCATE HOEPPELS Call for Federal Agents Due if Pair Is Not Found in 24 Hours. | Unless Representative John H. Hoeppel of California and his son, | Charles J. Hoeppel, are found within {the next 24 hours, Department of Contrary to the usual custom of 'and its philosophy is land before 0N to join in what is developing into naming new plants, propagated by the ' crops. Tugwell said as long ago s a Nation-wide search, Assistant United department specialists, in honor of |18st March that his land utilization | states Attorney David A. Pine said prominent persons, the chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, F. G. Richey, has decided to wait one year to try out the new plant in cultivation before giving it a name. This deci- sion caused much disappointment to many persons who have watched each year for the christening of these new “mums,” but it is expected to prevent disappointments in the event the new blooms do not “stand up.” Commercial growers from States all through the Eastern part of the | United States have been at the show | the last few days selecting varieties | for commercial cultivation. When the show closes tomorrow night the blooms will be cut and dis- tributed to the hospitals by the Na- tional Plant, Fruit and Flower Guild, according to & custom of many years' standing. . Britain Pays Tribute. Bedlington, England, has erected a memorial to Sir Daniel Gooch, who Iaid the first Atlantic cables, founded the town of Swindon, drove the train that took Queen Victoria for her first railway ride and who was a member of Parliament for 20 years without “If you stroll down the hill that leads from Calvert Street Bridge you can see for yourself. There isa bank there that is literally carpeted in violets. They are growing wild, too, but they are blooming as pro- Jusely as if it were Springtime, That is, they were this morning.” * X ok X RAILROAD. F YOU would like to believe that utilities, corporations and other :::in enterprises are heartless skip s. It's about a Washington girl who came riding home in the lap of luxury all because a railroad was not nearly 50 heartless as the motorist “driving to Washington,” who contracted to bring her along as passenger. About 225 miles outside the city in which the journey began—and several hundred miles from Washington—the driver left the girl and his other pas- sengers for just a minute to mail a letter to his father. He never came back. With only $2 in her purse, the girl went to the nearest railroad to tell its representative her story and ask him what to do. He took her pérsonal check for a ticket to Washington, and that was that. She just loves railroads. MAN HELD IN DEATH OF ANOTHER ON TRACKS Rocky Mount Resident Detained as Witness While Police Push Investigation. BY the Associated Press. ROCKY MOUNT, Va., November 8. in connection with the death of Jeff Robertson, 40, whose mangled body was found on the railroad tracks near here Monday morning. Officers continued their investiga- of death making a speech. France "(Conlinued From First Page.) attacks on the Blum regime flared as Pierre Guimer, director of the newspaper Le Journal, resigned at Blum's request from the Administra- tion Council of Havas, France’s principal news agency. Swiftly, Rightists clamored that Blum was attempting to crush op- position by interfering with the free- dom of the press. New labor strife also marked the return of the legislators as strikers occupied an oil refinery and the Panhard Levassor automobile plant in Paris. Just how far Rightist attacks on Blum would . get was problematical, since Radical-Socialist, Socialist and Communist leaders pledged their con- tinued support of the government. Blum himself called the much- disputed budgets part of the govern- ment’s scheme of transition from the old policy of economy to & new one ©of spending, designed to “restore con- fidence, circulation and eventual | program—which is aimed at taking out of cultivation submarginal land ;lnd reclaiming it gradually for a va- | riety of uses, including cultivation— | should be a part of the Agriculture Department. He feels it is naturally complementary to the soil conserva- tion program, which is designed to | prevent soil depletion by scientific land use of arable land. Work of L. C. Gray. Tugwell found in the Agriculture sistant Secretary in March, 1933, L. C. Gray, who years before had begun a . campaign in behalf of the economics of land use, which he considered of much greater importance than the economics of marketing. Gray had been given a free rein by the department for his studies, but little attention had been paid to his gospel, Tugwell, however, listened, and Gray today is, next to Tugwell, the most important man in Resettlement. He is in charge of the land-purchase program, and not an acre can be bought until Gray gives the word. Gray would move back to Agricul- ture upon the expected transfer of the Land Utilization Division. The fac that Gray today enjoys immense pres- tige among the few persons who know what he is doing is a tribute to the importance to the administration of Tugwell, who found him a man after his own heart and gave him a chance to put his ideas to work. The other activities of Resettlement were all under way before Resettle- ment was organized, and were admin- istered by Hopkins and Ickes. The old Federal Emergency Relief Adminis- tration, for instance, spread among distressed but deserving farmers the money needed to adjust debts which the F. C. A. could not touch, and to make loans and grants to farmers, through the States, for the purchase of equipment and stock. Rural Relief Headquarters. R. A took over these dutles because 1t was set up as the headquarters of all rural relief, whether the obvious work of giving money to a farmer to keep him from starving or the more elusive business of buying land so that future generations of farmers will have some productive soil to till. In the year and four months R. A. has been the debt-adjuster and the loan-grant maker, it has lent $87,066,- 409 to more than 350,000 farm fam- ilies. Repayment, according to Tug- well, is made at a good rate; of $8,552,688 due October 1, $6,543,897, budgetary balance.” or 76.5 per cent, was paid. "igt Final Delivered by Carrier Anywhere in the City Full Sports Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World,- Whatever it is, you'll find it in The Night Final Sports Edition. THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered by carrier—70c a month. Call National 5000 and service will start at once. Department, when he became its As- | | today. | Pine indicated he would give Hoeppel another aay to appear before the court | for commitment under a sentence of | four months to a year imposed last | December before he calls on the Jus- | tice Department for aid. | Representative Hoeppel and his son were convicted of conspiring to sell a West Point appointment for $1,000. Hunt Turns to Indiana, Meanwhile, the hunt for the father |and son turned to Evansville, Ind., | | where they were placed by a tip from | an_unrevealed source. | Pine called the United States marshal at Indianapolis and directed | him to check on the information that the Hoeppels were visiting relatives in Evansville. No report has been received thus far. Deputy United States Marshals here continued to “cover” places in Wash- ington where Hoeppel might go upon arrival here. Through officials at the Capitol it was learned that a check signed by Representative Hoeppel was cashed at a Los Angeles bank about a week ago, on the date the member of Congress | and his son should have appeared be- fore District Court Justice Peyton C. Gordon for commitment to prison. Retirement Pay Halted. Officials here felt that the check, which was drawn against Represent- ative Hoeppel's salary, indicated he was in Los Angeles the date it was cashed, although employes of the Los Angeles bank said it was cashed by another person. Pine verified today that Represent- ative Hoeppel's retirement pay from the Army had been stopped because of his conviction. The California Rep- resentative was retired from the Army with the rating of master sergeant after 30 years’ service. He ran for Congress and was elected in the Roosevelt iandslide of 1932. He was re-elected in 1934 and was defeated for renomination last August. Townsend (Continued From First Page.) the case turned over to prosecuting officials here for action. No Steps Until Today. Apparently in conformance with in- structions from an‘ unstated source, however, no steps were taken until today to proceed with the grand jury Presentation. A telegram was sent this morning to Representative Bell of Missouri, requesting him to furnish the present addresses of witnesses who will be needed to describe the alleged con- tempt to the grand jurors. As soon as Representative Bell fur- nishes the requested information, sub- poenas will be issued and the facts will be laid before the grand jury as speedily as possible, it was said. Bell and Sullivan Witnesses. Representative Bell and possibly James R. Sullivan, counsel for the committee investigating old-age pen- sion organizations, will be the prin- cipal witnesses. It is expected that their testimony will be supplemented only by the record of the congres- sional hearings and the verification of the record by the official stenog- Smiles of Victory and Defeat Gov. Alf M. Landon, at Topeka, bidding farewell to newspaper reporters who covered his —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. Norris Is Divided Between Congress And Legislature Senator Is W hich Opening Ses- sion to Attend. By the Associated Press. McCOOK, Nebr., November 5— | Senator George W. Norris of Nebrask: celebrating his re-election quietly at | his home here today, debated whether | to attend the opening session of Con- 1 gress or of the State Legislature. He couldn't do both, but that was | creation which changed their meeting | habits so that both will go into session‘ on January 5. He said he believed he would attend the birth of Nebraska's new one- house Legislature of 43 members, cre- amerdment he drafted and persuaded | the voters to adopt two years ago. ‘The first members were elected Tues- day on a nonpartisan ballot. one of | the major departures of the new system, Congress will meet the same day because of the lack duck amendment to the Federation Constitution which Norris wrote and sponsored. The amendment also advanced the Presi- dent’s inauguration to January 20. HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER IS SOUGHT BY POLICE Four Persons Are Injured in Series of Traffic Accidents Yesterday. Four persons were injured, one of them by a hit-and-run driver, in au- tomobile accidents yesterday, accord- ing to reports to police. ‘The driver of the car which struck Mary Hawkins, 26, of 819 North Caro- lina avenue southeast, at PFifth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, was sought by police today. She was in Providence Hospital, suffering from bruises and shock, but was not be- lieved in a serious condition. F. A. Kuhns, 75, of 39 8 street, re- ceived a shoulder injury when knocked down by & car on North Capitol street, near his home. He was taken home for treatment by a private physician. The driver, William Naecker, 19, Suit- land, Md., was not held. John J. Hurley, 5, of 10151, I street northeast, was cut and bruised when struck by a car near his home. At Casualty Hospital, his condition was reported not serious. Daniel W. Grady, 47, of 1673 Rose- dale street northeast, also was in Cas- ualty, suffering from & fractured left leg and left thumb and cuts on the head.. He was knocked down while crossing Fourth street near C street northeast. Traffic fatalities in the District con- tinued to show a downward trend with the report for October, which listed nine fatalities compared with 11 for the month a year ago. The total number of fatalities for the year was 70 through today, as compared with 93 on this date in 1935, the police traffice department an- nounced. e SMALL BRIDES URGED Cleric Tells 8choolboys They Make Best Wives. ABERDEEN (#). —Small women make the best wives, according to Right Rev. Mr. Frederic L. Deane, Protestant Bishop of Aberdeen. He advised Shetland Islands school- boys that if they wished to “live good, useful and long lives,” they should choose a bride of about 5 feet in height. F “It generally is better when a wife is ‘top dog’ in the home,” Bishop Deane declared. “Small wives can “bully’ their husbands, but big wives sre nearly always bullied, even by Undecided | PEONAGE CHARGED TOFOUR N FLORIDA Colored Workers Prevented From Quitting Jobs, G-Men Report in Making Arrests. | B3 tne Associated Press. | The Department of Justice an- | nounced last night the arrest in Flor- ida of four men charged with holding Justice agents probably will be called | his own fault. It was legislation of his two colored laborers in a state of peonage. The arrests were made at Mac- | Clenny, Fla., Federal Bureau of In- | vestigation agents said. Those ar- | rested were Will Knabb, operator of men were said to have been employed; Early Knabb, son of the operator; | Fred Jones and Edward Hall. The colored men were Arthur Smith | end Ed Baker, The department said | they sought to leave the employ of Knabb to work elsewhere. The four were arraigned yesterday | before a United States commissioner | at Jacksonville, | fixed at $1,000 for each. Jones and Hall were employed by ment statement said, then added: “On October 14, 1936, an attempt was made by Arthur Smith and Ed Baker to leave the employ of Knabb and work for another individual. Their attempt to leave was met by threatening statements made by Earl | Knabb, Will Knabb and Fred Jones, who exhibited firearms during the ensuing conversation.” On October 20, the department said, Arthur Smith, with another laborer, left the turpentine camp and went to Baldwin, Fla, to see a prospective employer. “Edward Hall, employed by Will Knabb,” the statement said, “forced these individuals to return to the tur- pentine camp, and drew a gun when one of the individuals attempted to run.” | b g PROTECTIVE GROUP SELECTS PEARSON Board Members Re-elected at Meeting of Juvenile Aid Organization. William E. Pearson was elected a director of the Juvenile Protective As- sociation for a three-year term at & meeting of the association yesterday at the Admiral. Mrs. Morris Edwards, E. A. Gerlach, Mrs. G. R. Putnam, Mrs. W. S. Ufford, G. C. Warner, H. S. Wood and Mrs. bership on the association’s board. Miss Lucille Walton, a graduate of the School of Social Service at the University of Pittsburgh, has been appointed a foster home finder, it was announced. Association members discussed methods for the prevention of juvenile delinquency, the chief activity of the association since its establishment 20 years ago. Miss Mildred Terrett, executive secretary, reported that dur- ing the past year 669 children had been given individual attention. In the foster home department, she said, 83 children were cared for in board- ing homes, an increase of almost 60 per cent over the previous 12 months. Rabbi Metz to Lecture. Rabbl Solomon Metz will give a lecture at 8 pm. Priday at the Adas Israel Synagogue. ~After religious services, Joseph Mendelson and Louis Ottenberg will lead a symposium dis- ¢ussion on “What Price Cynicism.” The Adas Lsrael Sisterhood will serve refreshments, and there will be sing- 4 Fla, and bail was p Knabb as “woods riders.” a depart- | R. T. West were re-elected to mem- | FARLEY WILL END LEAVE ON FRIDAY Non-Committal on Reports He Will Quit Cabinet Next Term. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 5.—Demo- cratic Chairman James A. Farley said yesterday he would end his leave of absence as Postmaster General and take up his official duties again Pri- day by attending a cabinet meeting in Washington. He has been on leave since early in the campaign. He declined to comment on reports he would leave the cabinet when President Roosevelt begins his second term other than to say: “I'm going back to serve out my term. I have nothing to say about what will happen after that.” Will Remain Chairman. He did say, however, he intended to continue as Democratic national chairman regardless of whether he stayed on as Postmaster General. Farley said he planned to leave on the Normandie November 11 for a short vacation in Ireland. Commenting on the election, he re- minded newspaper men of his state- ment Sunday that President Roose- velt would carry every State except Maine and Vermont. “We would have carried Maine if we had put forth the same effort as we did in the September election,” he added. Changes Old Adage. Asked if he had anything to say about the old adage that “as Maine goes, so goes the Nation,” Farley said the only thing the saying proved was that “as Maine goes, so goes Vermont.” “Do you take the heavy vote for the President as a blank check?” he was asked. “The people of this country,” he replied, “need have no fear of what will happen during the next adminis- tration of President Roosevelt.” Welcome (Continued From First Page.) |ty will be lined up on Pennsylvania avenue near Fourth and Sixth streets. and a similar arrangement will be made for Randall Junior High. Elementary schools near Pennsyl- vania avenue will also be excused for the period of the reception, Dr. Ballou announced. ‘There will not be, however, a gen- eral holiday in the schools, and all pupils attending the reception will be | expected to attend classes as soon as the reception is over. There will be no effort to turn out the cadet corps, because the units are | not yet fully organized and many of the boys do not yet have their uni- forms. The Democratic League of the Dis- trict, headed by Arthur Clarendon | Smith, expects to have about 350 mem- bers and a band to march with the | President to the White House. The group will organize at 8 a.m. in front of the Harris Hotel, adjacent to the station. Police Insp. L. I. H. Edwards, as- sistant superintendent in charge of personnel, already has caneeled all days off for the members of the force | and ordered all available men to stand ready for duty. Elaborate Radio Plans. Elaborate plans have been made by | both the National Broadcasting Co. and the Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tem to describe the ceremonies in connection with the President’s ar- |ated under a State constitutional|® turpentine still, where the colored rival. The broadcast is scheduled to start at 8:15 a.m. and continue until 9. There will be “pick-ups” at the | Union Station and various points | along the route followed by the presi- | dential party and also at the White | House. Short-wave transmitters are to be used in some cases. N. B. C. announced that its coverage of the President’s return would be as extensive as that it uses for inaugural arades. It will have microphones at the Capitol and old Post Office Build- ing, as well as at Union Station and the White House. Carlton Smith, N. B. C. presidential announcer, who will return on the President’s special train, will have charge of the broadcast for that net- work. WISV plans to use, in addition | to its regular staff announcers, several | specialists, including Arthur Godfrey | and Mabelle Jennings. Commissioner Allen will go on the |air over WJSV tonight at 6:15 with Arch McDonald to outline plans fer | the reception for the President. Many Telephone Calls. Melvin C. Hazen, president of the Board of Commissioners, and Allen decided off their plans this morning after they had received numerous telephone calls from persons who urged some sort of a reception. The Commissioners called into con- ference Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown, Traffic Director William A. Van Du- zer and Richmond B. Keech, vice chairman, and James L. Martin, sec- retary, of the Public Utilities Com- mission. These officials were asked to make sure that any necessary arrangements for the handling of the crowds, traf- | fic and public utilities service be per- fected in advance of the arrival of the President. It was said at the District Building that President Roosevelt had not been asked to decide whether the reception could be held, and the Commissioners decided to foster an informal recep- tion, since they were convinced there would be a spontaneous greeting, even | without any encouragement by offi- cials. Cardinal (Continued From Pirst Page.) pledges of loyal support. Will each of you accept this as my acknowledge- ment of my thanks for your message.” The President took a short ride over to his nearby Val-Kill cottage after witnessing the christening of the youngest daughter of Mrs. James Roosevelt, jr. Seven youths from Marblehead, Mass.,, presented the Chief Executive & model of his vacation schooner Se- wanna. It was a welcome addition to the President’s large collection. He is & member of the Model Boat Club of America. The boys constructed the model at an arts and crafts W. P. A, project. There have been reports that Harry L. Hopkins, works progress adminis- trator, might resign and that Rexford G. Tugwell, on professional leave from Columbia University, may be shifted from the Resettlement Administration. Neither of these could be confirmed here, A