Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1936, Page 5

SEN N CONGRESS State Dept. Preparing Series of Reports on Economic Results of Pacts. ®7 the Associated Press. Preparations for another congres- sonal battle over the New Deal’s re- ciprocal tariff-reduction treaties are Yeing made at the.State Department. A series of reports on the economic consequences of the pacts—the first of which has already been released— was described as intended not only to inform the public on this question, but also to provide congressional champions of the program with ma- terial for debate. The whole issue of whether the President shall have authority to slash the tariff rates in return for similar concessions by other nations will go to Congress for re-enactment st the coming session. The reciprocal trade agreement law, under which treaties have been nego- tiated with 14 countries, expires next June. Fortified by the huge Democratic majorities in both House and Sen- ate, administration leaders expect congressional approval by a comfort- able voting margin. But they look, too, for a bitter battle with an ex- tremely vocal minority, the make-up of which they expect will cut across party lines. Original Passed in 1934. The original reciprocal tariff bill was enacted in 1934 after weeks of debate. It authorized the President to reduce the tariff levies of the 1930 Hawley-Smoot tariff act by as much as 50 per cent, by specific arrange- . ment with other nations, they making equivalent reductions in their own tmport duties. The row which the issue raised originally in Congress was magnified by the loudspeakers of the recent presidential campaign. Gov. Landon and the Republican platform pledged its repeal. President Roosevelt spe- cifically indorsed it. ‘Thus. supporters of the program be- lieve that the .reciprocal tariff was clearly defined as a campaign issue, and that the Roosevelt landslide pro- vided an unmistakable public indorse- ment of the New Deal policy in this regard. Underlying' the program is the theory of foreign trade expounded by Secretary Hull. This, roughly, is that the vital factor of overseas com- merce is & high volume of trade in which neither imports nor exports necessarily predominate. Impeded by High Tariffs. The attainment of such a volume, those of the Hull school believed at the outset of the administration, was impeded by high tariffs, import quotas and other evidences of what THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 29, 1936—PART ONE. Winter Tests Its Grip on the Potomac season. Autoists using the Mount Vernon boulevard yesterday had an opportunity to see Winter in her first dress rehearsal of the This view, on the Virginia side of the Potomac just off Capitol Overlook, shows a heavy coating of white ice on the marshes. The dark masses above the horizon to the left of the Washington Monument are dust clouds. The continued dry spell has caused large dust clouds throughout the adjacent territory, reminiscent of Summer droughts.—Star Staff Photo. £.0.P.SWAY ENDS INPENNSYLVANIA |Legislature Meets Tuesday With Democrats in Com- plete Control. the Secretary termed “economic na- tionalism.” They frowned, too, on the old-fash- joned method of congressional tariff- making and espoused the method of arriving at import duties by arrange- ment with the other nations of the world, thereby fixing the imposts at | levels advantageous to the trade of each. Here entered what has been the pub of the entire controversy: Be-| sause of numerous pre-existent trnde] treaties, the United States could not | ) ix lower rates on specific commodi- ties from Canada, for instance, than were charged on the same commodi- ties arriving from other nations. In other words, a tariff reduction granted by arrangement with one na- tion was granted to virtually all na- | tions shipping the same commodities | %o the United States. The same was $rue of the tariff concessions granted & 34 "nited States by the nations entering Into such treaties. Gov. Landon made this angle of | tariff concession for one meaning | tariff concessions for all the target| of vigorous criticism. He approved of reciprocity, but assailed the meth- ods used by the New Deal. | “Marked Recovery” Noted. ‘The first of the State Department | analyses of the results of the treaties noted & “marked recovery” in busi- | pess with Canada since the treaty with that country became effective at the first of the year. It said that for! the first nine months of 1936 exports | to Canada increased $33,000,000, as eompared with the same period of | 1935, while imports from that coun- | bry rose $58,000,000. Analyses of the resulls of treaties with other nations are in preparation. Reciprocal trade treaties are in effect with Cuba, Brazil, Haiti, Bel-| gium, Colombia, Guatemala, Hon- duras, Nicaragua, Sweden, Switzer-| land, Canada, Finland, France and! the Netherlands. | Preliminary discussions looking to the negotiation of treaties with Great Britain and other nations have al- ready taken place. TREES ARE REMOVED Half a dozen copper beech trees are being, removed from West Potomac Park“and planted in Franklin Park, officials announced yesterday. The trees are from 20 to 25 feet high and from 8 to 12 inches in diameter at the trunk of each. They have been grow- Ing on the golf course, having been planted there many years ago and have now become too large for that locality. Three Southern magnolias of the-| grandifiora species, each from 6 to 8 inches in diameter and 15 to 20 feet high, have now been planted on the south lawn of the State, War and | lican-controlled Senate to go along. | By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., November 28. —Next Tuesday at noon in the ornate | capitol of the State Pennsylvanians will look upon a picture that they have not seen for 91 years—a Legis- | lature completely dominated by Dem- | ocrats. And when Springtime comes they will look upon still another picture— the complete control by the Democrats of every State office, elective or ap- pointive, in the commonwealth, for the first time in the memory of the older | citizens. The House of Representatives was | captured by the Democrats two years ago when Gov. George H. Earle and United States Senator Joseph F. Guf- fey were swept into office. Gov. Earle has suddenly called the General Assembly into special session to consider unemployment insurance | and to make appropriations to carry | it out. | Legisiation Fails. | This legislation, though strongly urged by the Governor, failed to pass the special session held early this year because of the refusal of the Repub- In calling the extra session the Gov- ernor said Pennsylvania must enact | the proper legislation before December | 31 in order to save the commonwealth $22,500,000 to be collected by the Fed- eral Government in the State for unemployment insurance or other- wise the money would be distributed among the other States. When the Senate Republicans, hold- ing a small majority, balked at enact- ing the Governor's social legislation, he announced he would campaign up and down the State against the elec- tion of Republican Senators. He car- ried out his promise, with the result that enough Republicans were de- feated to give the Democrats control of that body for the first time since the founding of the Republican party. The regular session of the Legisla- ture starts January 5. In May, the auditor general’s department and the State treasury will be taken over by the Democrats and the entire State government will be in the hands of what has been the minority party since before the Civil War. Former G. O. P. Rulers. These two State offices were the last to fall in the repeated assaults of the Democrats in the last few years against the tottering organization once controlled by the Camerons, Matthew Stanley Quay, Boise Penrose and the Vare brotirers—Ed and Bill. Simon Cameron, who was in Presi- dent Lincoln’s cabinet as Secretary of War, was the first to stert building up what was one of the greatest political crganizations in the country. He was succeeded by his son, J. Donald Cam- eron. In the 90s Senator Quay grad- Navy Building. They were purchased from & Virginia contractor. ually took over the power from the aging Cameron and when Quay died STEINWAY “THE INSTRUMENT OF THE NEW MODEL BABY GRAND ‘We urge you to select your Stein- way now—as we have been advised by the factory that a shortage is likely to occur due to the popu- larity of this beautiful is at its best. LIBERAL TERMS OF PAYMENT AVAILABLE. USED PIANOS ACCEPTED AS PART PAYMENT. IMMORTALS" 885 instrument. Our stock Penrose fell heir to the virtual dic- tatorship of the party in Pennsyl- vania. With the passing of Penrose a change began to come over the once powerful party. The Vare brothers then were the most powerful political force in the State, but their power centered mostly in Eastern Pennsyl- vania and there was never the unanimity among the county leaders as formerly. SPEER DIVORCE GRANTED | Wife of Socially Prominent Balti- morean Wins Decree. RENO, November 28 (#).—Mrs. Louise P. Speer won an uncontested divorce today from Talbot T. 3peer, socially prominent Baltimorean, on grounds of cruelty. The case was tried privately. The court approved an agreement, signed September 18, settling property rights and future custody of the couple’s three children, Louise Pierce, 6; Mar- garet Taylor, 5, and Eleanor Talbot Speer, 2. Mr. and Mrs. Speer were married April 6, 1928. | Executioner Rated Ineligible Under Social Security Sing Sing Employe to Rely on Fees Only in Last Years. B the Associated Press. OSSINING, N. Y., November 28.— Robert Elliott, who has been New York State’s official executioner for many years, is ineligible for a State pension or a Federal pension under the social security act, it was dis- closed by officials at Sing Sing Prison today, The gaunt, grim-visaged electrician faces his declining years with no other source of income in view than the fees he receives for pulling the switch that sends men to their doom. It was poinfed out that public departments and public offices are exempt from contributing as employers to the social security fund and Elliott never has been taken into the State pension fund. For the gangling executioner, now in his 60s, there was to be a prosper- ous New Year with 10 men sentenced to die in the chair in January. It was estimated his fees for the first month of the new year would be $1,500, the largest single month's remuneration of his unusual career. His Sing Sing income for 1936 was $3,150 for executing 21 men. In 1935 he received $2,400 for presiding at 16 executions. Elliott als is official executioner for New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massa- chusetts. Figures on his earnings in those States were not available. If You Suffer With Kidney Trouble You e UPHO | CONGRESS PROBES 10 GET STARTED Civil Liberties, Campaign Spending and Railway Fi- nancing to Be Studied. B the Associated Press. Senate investigators announced yes- ! major inquiries—involving scores of industrial and financial leaders—un- der full steam within the next few | weeks. A list of witnesses, ranging from | professional strike breakers to J. P. | Morgan, may be summoned, as the | | committees press their studies of civil | | liberties violations, campaign expendi- | tures and railway financing. | terday they planned to have three ! Two other congressional fact-har- | vesters—the House Appropriation Com- mittee and the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation — are scheduled to get down to work weeks before Congress convenes, January §. To Draft Tax Law Revisions. The jolnt committee's task is to draft a thoroughgoing revision of | | the Nation’s tax structure to eliminate | | possible inequities. | Committee experts have indicated their recommendations probably will include abandorment of some of the less lucrative “nuisance” taxes and minor changes in the levy on undis- tributed corporation profits. First of the big Senate investiga: tions to get under way will be a study |of railway financing, scheduled to | start December 7. Headed by Chair- man Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, of the Interstate Commerce Commit- | tee, this inquiry has been gathering | data for more than a year. ‘Wheeler’s committee will begin open hearings with an inquiry into the Christmas - & | > BN BRI BRI LR BR R R RN Shop ot the friend- ly store—you're al- ways greeted with o smile — with no obligation to buy. Specializing in Perfect Diamonds and all Standard American Watches Complete Line of Gifts M. Wurtzburger Co. 901 GSt. N.W. Charge Accounts Invited LB ERERNERNER NI LR RSR LSTERING THIS WEEK ONLY 2-PC. Made to Look 3-PC. SUITE Upholstered SUITE 29 '339.15 A All work delivered in time for ‘The Standard Sets * gladly call standard assure you Holidays. Call, write or phone. Our representative will with samples. This also includes new springs, if necessary, and new webbing to of & complete job. STANDARD IlI'I|0I.$l'EIlMY“ 0‘2; 913 7th St. N.W. Missouri Pacific system, controlled by the late Van Sweringen brothers, with the aid of Morgan funds. Executive Session Called. Chairman, Lonergan, Democrat of Connecticut, of the Senate commit- tee investigating campaign spending, called an executive session for ti | second week in December. 4 After scanning reports on election- eering methods in Pennsylvania and other States, the committee will de- cide whether to hold public hearings or to continue to work through its own staff, headed by Chief Investiga- | tor Louis R. Glavis. An investigation of strike breaking, labor espionage and other infringe- ments of civil liberties, is being pressed by the La Follette committee, which | will resume hearings in late Decem- ber or early January. Committee agents said they would concentrate during the next two weeks on recent complaints from the rubber, steel and auto manufacturing areas of the Middle West. NEW ‘ZEPHYR’ TRAIN WILL BE DISPLAYED 7-Car, Diesel-Powered, Stream- lined Unit to Be Shown Here. The Capital tomorrow will have an opportunity to see another advanced development in rail transportation when the Burlington places on exhi- bition one of the new seven-car “Twin Zephyrs” just turned out by the Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Co. in Philadelphia. This train, Diesel-powered, stream- lined and constructed of stainless steel, will arrive late today from Bal- timore and will be shown tomorrow at Union Station from 9 am. until 7 pm. The new twins will go in service on December 18 between Chicago and St. Paul-Minneapolis, replacing the smaller Zephyrs now traversing that route. These later will be placed on other sections of the Burlington. This seven-car unit, which is ar- ticulated to form ome continuous unit, contains the power car, housing two 900-horsepower Diesel engines; & cocktail lounge, two coaches, a diner and two parlor cars, e CUMMINGS WIRE ENDS DISPUTED PRISON STAY Agrees That Serving Second Sen- tence Clears Serving Old Parole Time. B the Associated Fress. ATLANTA, November 28.—Carl Hutchell, 41, of Shelby, N, C., cele- brated his Thanksgiving a bit tardily today but with a much lighter heart. Hutchell awoke Thanksgiving morn- ing in the Federal penitentiary, hap- pily aware he .had completed serving a second sentence for violation of the Federal liquor laws. Authorities blasted his hopes for freedom that day. They ordered him detained to serve 608 days of a previ- ous parole. Hutchell's attorney instituted habeas corpus proceedings. Attorney General Homer S. Cummings apparently agreed the sentences were concurrent, be- cause a telegram from Washington gave Hutchell his freedom today. | Call for particulars re- garding this remarkable | value. Representatives Wayne Oil Burner. J: Edw. Chapman COAL FUEL OIL 37 N St. NW. Completely Installed in 6 Rooms as Low as ‘This low price includes 18-in, Red Flash Boiler. 6 Radiators, 300 ft. Radiation. Fully in- stalled. 3 whole years to pay. Let our e Tts solve your hesting problems! £s- timates cheerfully extended without _obligation. AMERICAN AUTO-HEAT OIL BURNERS Completely installed — including tank and all necessary controls. No money down—3 years to pay. 273 LISTEN IN TONIGHT—7:30 P.M.—WRC— OPENING SOON our new larger home. Watch for our opening. KITT'S for MUSIC New Automatic Combination, $310 “Fireside Recitals”’ Consult us for American Radiator Co. Products American Heating Engineering Company 907 N. Y. Ave. NW. Nat. 8421 The new 1937 models are better than ever before . . . better de- signed and with better features . . . and best of all, they cost no more than ordina sets. We have 193 models priced from $4995 to $985— radios and radio-pho- nographs. Liberal al- lowance for your set. KITT'S 1330 G Street ) ¢l OPEN A CHARGE ACCOUNT We offer the convenience of a charge account to responsible people. Those who enjoy regular employment or o reliable source of income, and a sub- stantial reputation, will have no dif- ficulty in making the necessary ar- rangements with us for a 30-day charge account or the PELZMAN PLAN . . . equal D-|.V-I.D-E-D We've Added Hundreds of Famous DOUBLEWEAR THEY HOLD THE PRESS Y =2 2 PANTS SUITS & CALIFORNIA-WEIGHT (%) TOPCOATS & 0'COATS to this great event... greatly reduced like this— ' ONE AND , warmth GRADES %2 S47% . . . NOW 23 GRADES 1; $34-50 - GRADES 17 ~ Now NOW %s 375 ‘34375 This coming Saturday at 6 P.M. sees the end of this thrilling once-a-year event . .. once a year when you can purchase our Hollywood Drapes and Esquire styled garments for the ad- vanced dresser and Business Suits for the Conservative Man . . . at greatly reduced prices . . . So act at once! Cash in on the savings offered the last few days of this great sale! TAKE A LOAD OFF YOUR BACK ...bewarmand comfortable! « « . no more headaches: this winter! Why buy a heavy, overloaded overcoat that bears down on your spine and gives you headaches . . . and have to invest _in _Aspirin _tablets? Inspect one of our thorough- bred California-weight 0’Coats (warmth-without- weight . . . and avoid head- aches and colds. |