Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1936, Page 26

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 6, 1936—PART ONE. e ———— e e et e e e e e e ———————————————————————————————— CHEST SHORTAGE CUTS AGTIVITIES Director Willett Tells Heads of Agencies Necessity of Close Budgeting. Unable to meet demands for funds from many quarters on account of the failure of the Community Chest cam- “paign to reach its goal of $1,969,000, the Chest will depend on its 65 wel- fare agencies to plan their 1937 pro- gram on the basis of the funds in hand. ‘This was emphasized by Herbert L. ‘Willett, jr., director of the Chest, in addressing yesterday the Executives’ Council, an organization composed of the executive heads of the 65 agencies. Willett stated that present circume stances point to an amount about the same as that available last year. The agency heads will meet with the Budget Committee of the Chest next week. “With approximately the same amount of funds as were available last year we are asked to supply an addi- tional $90,000 for hospitals, an addi- tional $40,000 for increased relief needs and many other increases for ‘work that is yitally necessary,” Willett said. “I am sure that every agency will do everything possible to help those needing help. However, there is a limit to the work that a dollar will do. “Just what it will mean cannot be forecast now. It is probable that some people needing hospital care or clinic treatment cannot get it at Chest ex- pense. A large number, however, will receive care. It is probable that some orphans will be denied admittance to & Chest institution, but those accepted will be well cared for. There will be families refused aid at the family service agencies because to put them on the rolls would mean taking off some other families equally worthy. “It is probable that some boys will be refused membership in a boys’ club and there will be boys and girls, tired mothers and little children who can- not have a healthful vacation L} camp next Summer, “Everything possible will be done, but it is simply impossible to do the whole job with partial funds. Our only hope is to do the best possible Job, let the people of Washington know that the job is not complete be- cause their charitable and welfare agencies are not equipped with suffi- cient funds and hope that Washing- ton will demand an adequate job next year and supply the funds.” Clarence Phelps Dodge. president of the Chest. thanked the executives for co-operating in aiding the Budget Committee to make the best possible distribution of available funds. T. V. A. WAGE WEIGHED Advisory Council on Labor to Meet Tomorrow. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., December § {(#).—A new wage scale for 11,000 em- ployes of the Tennessee Valley Au- thority will be discussed here Monday by the T. V. A. Advisory Council on Labor Relations and representatives of international labor unions. At a rceent wage conference, labor Tepresentatives asked the T. V. A. for ‘wage increases ranging from 15 to 25 per cent, effective January 1. The schedule has been worked out by T. V. A’s committee, headed by Personnel Director Gordon Clapp, and will be presented to labor’s represen- tatives Monday for approval or revi- sion. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Cloudy and warmer, probably occasional rain to- day; tomorrow cloudy, colder in the afternoon; fresh southeast winds to- day. Maryland and Virginia—Occasional rain and warmer today: tomorrow cloudy, followed by colder tempera- tures. West Virginia—Occasional rain and warmer today; tomorrow snow flur- ries and much colder. River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear late yesterday afternoon. Report Until 10 P.M. Satu, Midnight 4113 Star’s Classified A system. two solicitors. zanine floor of the Star Building. Equipped with an automatic telephone switch system carrying 12 lines, The Star’s classified advertising department has moved into mew sound-proof quarters, pictured above, on the mez- Ten expert typists, with the aid of special telephone head- gear, take down the advertisements directly as dictated by the customer. Each ad operator is separated by sound-proofed booth walls, which are provided with a special indirect lighting Continuous service is given from Sunday to Friday inclusive from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the closing hour for The Sunday Star advertisements. Neville D. Miller is manager of the department, which in 1922 had but two telephone “ad takers” and There now are six solicitors. SECURITY BOARD DELAYS DEADLINE Applications Lagging, Work- ers Have Until Midnight Tuesday to File. on the part of wage earners in en- rolling for old-age benefits, the Social Security Board last night announced that the deadline for return of appli- night Tuesday, December 12. ‘The forms for the estimated 26. 000,000 workers eligible were due back in the hands of the local post offices handling this phase of registration at midnight last night, but it had been | evident for several days that there | was & decided lag, with the result | that the board was moved to grant the additional leeway and after con- ference with the Treasury, on which the tax colfection devolves, the new date was set. ‘There was no estimate forthcoming as to the approximate percentage of returns nationally at this time, but an indication might be had from the sit- uation locally, where the figure was put at 64 per cent, with & huge volume continuing to roll in. Postal officials were inclined to as- propensity of the public to hold off on any proposition until the last minute, comply with the law. Estimate Might Be in Error. It was recognized, too, that the number of persons to be covered might easily have been overestimated, though of course not to the extent of account- ing for the evident discrepancy in re- | turns. Concurrently, & check-up was in progress over the country as to the employers who have failed to get in | their applications, which were due No- | 6 | vember 24, but without any determina- 41, 12 Y Year RO, 45. Loweit, 31, 7:15 a.m. yesterday. Year ago, 23. 1 a.m. yesterday, ratures This Year, the: . July 10. west, 0, on January 23, TIDE TABLES. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Burvey.) Today. Tol 3 Low High Low - 9:07pm. 1 THE SUN AND. MOON. Rises. 12 Eun. today_ 36 un, tomorrow _ Moon.oday- « m Automobile lights one-hall ‘hour after sunser,” ""e¢ on PRECIPITATION. Monthly precipitation in i1 Cabital (current montn o dstey® * ‘N Ave. Record. 7.00 82 ~ Pri urday. 3 . Ashevitle, N. ¢, VEe7IEH € Atlanta. ' Ga. B4 Atlantic City, N. J. 40 Baltimore, Md. ' 38 Birmingham. Al ismarck. Dal REEREPREY \giaid) ISH 2800900590 8 Sostsswmo Dis ob @ w225 21 f S R0 S R AIDBIID R w3 3® 3 dEe N Indianapelts. Ind ana) n JFacksonville ¥l R Don: R L sSaguagengsliastesanasy l,:o=l3.ufl“lo° shsospmusstmes anl i Bk SIS DBBE 08 BAD R o $ IR T BPBLRRBPDI: BRAIRIALBETRI: Tierrre . iss. s WASHINGTON, 2z o o 2 % | tion being made as to the action to be taken against these. While the Social Security Board was willing to give employes additional time ta comply with the law, it was emphasized that no concession is be- ing made formally to employers, fut here, too, those conversant with the difficulties of registering this group, are satisfied that a certain allowance will have to be made for excusable error. \ 16,000 Forms Delivered Here. For example, in Washington 16,000 employer applications were delivered on the basis of reports by carriers as to the number on each of their routes. By noon yesterday 15,500 actually had been returned., and Postmaster Vin- cent C. Burke feels that this repre- sents mighty near a 100 per cent show- ing. Some returns, it is felt certain, undoubtedly have been made to the ) |Soclal Security Board or the Bureau of Internal Revenue, rather than to the Washington post office, as should have been done. probably mistakenly thought by. car- riers to be employers, and in other cases eligibles have not realized it was " [incumbent on them to file applica- tions, A number of instances have been brought to light where employers, be- coming confused between the Fed- eral unemployment compensation law and the old-age benefit law, have thought that they must have a mini- mum of eight employes—the requisite for the first named—before com- pliance with the latter was required. Again it was emphasized that even a single person on the pay roll must be reported for old-age benefits. ‘When postmasters get down to check- ing delinquent employers, the task will be a relatively simple one. As the employers’ applications, describing their businesses and giving the num- ber of employes, were handed out the local post offices recorded the names of the recipients. Checking this list against returns, of course, shows up those who fail to file, and this data will be turned over to the Social Se- curity Board for further action. Pensions Federal Affair. The pension system is' entirely a Federal affair under the law. Un- employment insurance is left primari- ly to the States. Within a space of 24 hours Pennsylvania had joined the 18 States with insurance laws, and Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina scheduled special legislative sessions for the same purpose. Information from Maine and New Confronted with widespread delay | cations had been extended until mid- | Some persons were | 5 Siamese Twin Survivor Dies Of Meningitis BF the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 5—Sim- at 10:20 o'clock, hospital officials said. Godino, who was surgically severed from his Filipino brother, Lucio, after the latter died of rheumatic fever No- vember 24, had been recovering rapidly until 24 hours ago, when, doctors dis- closed tonight, he took a turn for the | worse, | They declined to state the cause of | death, but his ailment had been re- | ported by doctors earlier in the eve- ning as cerebrospinal meningitis. The twins, both married vaudeville | performers, entered the hospital No- | vember 17, when Lucio was taken ill | with an ailment diagnosed as pneu- monia. His condition became critical, while | his brother, joined to him at the hips | by a segment of tissue 24 inches in cir- cumference, remained in apparently perfect health. ‘When Lucio apparently was recover- ing from his illness and Simplicio was | fretting about having to lie in bed aweiting his brother’s full recovery, Lucio died suddenly of rheumatic fever. TWINS LIVED HERE cribe the delay to the well-recognized | Godinos Spent Much of Childhood | tions of next year will exceed $3.000,- | in Capital. ! Simplicio and Lucio Godino were rather than to any unwillingness 10 widely known in Washington, where | Collections for that year might be in | | they ‘spent much of their childhood |and went to school. Since reaching manhood they had spent several vaca- | 18X is to remain at 3 per cent from | recently, tions here. Their last extended visit here was in 1924. | They had lived in several sections here. | sided in the vicinity of Capitol Hill. | Later they lived on P street, near Rock | Creek Park, andlater in Cleveland Park. After leaving this city they went into vaudeville. Alumni to Plan Activity. alumni of St. Thomas College, Scran- ton, Pa., will be made at a smoker next Saturday at the University Club. John Law, president of the District of Columbia Chapter, is in charge of ar- Edward Feeney, Eugene Butler, Daniel L. Boland and Paul F. Gibbons. Dental Hygienists to Meet. The Alumnae Association of the Georgetown University School of Den- tal Hygienists will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Rothstein Dental Labora- tories, 1616 K street. Mexico led officials to expect legis- lative calls in those States in a day or so. Early action in Florida and Tennessee, and possibly in Delaware and Kentucky, was looked for by me, With Oklahoma slated to act Tues- day, the Maryland Legislature will convene on that day to take up the subject. Other sessions on the calen- dar are: Ohio and North Carolina, December 10; Virginia and West Vir- ginia, December 14; New Jersey, De- cember 21. Messengers rushed the Pennsylvania statute to Washington shortly after its enactment in the early hours yesterday morning. Because it cov- ers all shops employing one or more, officials said this law is among the most liberal. The laws of Connecticut and Arizona also await approval by the Security Board. Once that approval is given, the employers in those States can credit against the 1 per cent Federal tax on 1936 pay rolls—up to 90 per cent of its amount—what they pay in State unemployment taxes. Revenue from States lacking the in- surance on December 31 goes into the general Treasury fund. It was estimated that 10,037,000 workers are now covered by unem- ployment insurance in these States: Alabama, Arizona, California, Connec ticut, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Louis- iana, Massachusetts, Mississippl, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Penn- sylvania, Rhode Island, South Caro- lina, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. Commissions are studying the sub- ject in a number of other States, including Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, and plicio Godino, 28-year-old “Siamese | twin,” died at York Hospital tonight For about 18 months they re- ! Plans for major activities of the | rangements. He will be assisted by | —Star Staff Photo. GUTIN JOBLESS TAX' IS POSSBLE HERE Marshall Believes Reduction | May Be Made Without Loss to Workers. Belief that the pay roll tax on em- | ployers for purposes of the unemploy- | ment compensation insurance plan ould be reduced, without endangering | benefits to be paid to eligible workers, | was voiced yesterday by John A. Mar- shall, director of the District Unem- | ployment Compensation Board. Marshall said, however, the question | ! had not been considered by the board | and that he did not propose to sug- gest such an amendment to Congress, at least until 1937. He said he be- lieved the experience of the second year of pay roll tax collections should | { be cbtained before so important a | | change is proposed. $1,500,000 Expected This Year. ‘The District board this year will | collect in exoess of $1,500,000 from | | the application of a 1 per cent tax | on the pay rolls of employers who are subject to the law. For 1937 the tax | is to be increased automatically to 2 | per cent and Marshall estimates that | on the experience of 193§ the collec- | | 000, For 1938 the tax is to be 3! per cent, which would indicate the | | excess of $4.500,000. | | Under the wording of the act the 1938 to 1941, inclusive. Thereafter the merit system will come into play, with the board having the power to | adjust the pay roll tax for individual | employers on the basis of their expe- | rience in loss of jobs to their em- | | ployes. Some may be taxed as low |as 1.5 per cent and none over 4 per cent, but the average must remain at 3 per cent. Maximum Cost $2,400,000. Marshall pointed out that if the maximum benefit payment of $240 a year were given to as many as 10,000 eligible workers who become jobless, the annual cost would be $2,400,000. He explained if there is collected in pay roll taxes for the same year as much as $3,000,000—the sum esti- mated to be collected in 1937—there would remain a reserve of $600,000. Marshall estimated there are now some 100,000 employes registered with the board. Change in Names On Pension Cards Will Be Permitted Applicants Must File Re- quests Direct With Records Division. By the Associated Press. g Actors known by stage names, mar- ried women working under their maid- en names and others have run into a poser in applying for Federal pen- sion accounts. “Must I give my real name?” many asked the Social Security Board So today the board sought again to clarify the matter in the following statement. “The employe's account number or identification card issued to an em- ploye will carry the name which has been given by the employe on line No. 1 of his application card. An employe who wishes to have his ac- count number or identification card carry & name different irom that shown on liné No. 1 should attach to his application card a spacial re- quest to thdt effect. “An employe who has already filed an application card, but who wishes to have the account number or identi- fication card carry a name different from that shown on line No. 1 of his application, should do nothing further until he receives his account num- ber or identification card, and then should make his request to that ef- fect in writing direct to the Records Division of the Social Security Board, Baltimore, Md., returning with his request the account number card which he has received and making a complete statement of the corrections desired.” IN GRAVEST TEST Spanish Neutrality Stand Backed, 350-171, by Parliament. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, December 5.—The ‘“popu- lar front” government of Socialist Premier Leon Blum tonight success- fully weathered the gravest political crisis in its history. The premier and his supporters emerged victorious in a test vote of confidence on Spanish neutrality on which the premier had pinned the fate of his regime. Despite Communist abstention, the vote was 350 to 171 in favor of the premier, who announced he was de- termined to override Communist and other opposition to his neutrality stand. Leaving the extraordinary session which gave him the first vote of con- fidence he ever asked, the premier said his cabinet ministers were unan- imous in their decision to retain their glosu because of the majority given im. After, the vote had been tabulated and announced, the premier said: “I must repeat what I said in Par- liament—that it is not only a ques- tion of surviving the stress of one hour, but it is a question of solving our difficulties in such a fashion that to- morrow a united action can be fol- lowed under conditions of confidence and loyalty. Answer in Future. “It is for the future to show how the Communist party will acL.” Informed political observers con- jectured whether Blum's supporters, angered at the latest Communist at- tack, might force extremists to fall in line or risk the formation of an anti-Communist front. The premier, in pleading for Par- liament to demonstrate its approval of his hands-off policy in Spain, said it had not “achieved all expected of it, but that is no reason to con- demn ijt.” The Communist leader, Maurice Thorez, led the opposition by charg- ing the “intervention” of Germany and Italy in Spain was tantamount to the start of a European war. Accusing them of taking an almost open side in the Spanish civil war, he asserted their operations were di- rected primarily against France, and declared Germany aspired to rule the Mediterranean. In reply, Blum declared French | was bound up indivisibly with that of all other European nations. He received a storm of applause | from Socialists and radical-Socialists | while Communist deputies sat in stony silence. Earlier his way in the Spanish sit- | uation appeared to have been cleared | with unexpected support of rightist partisans who hitherto had been aligned against the Government. Neutral Stand Reaffirmed. The premier in a speech to the Chamber of Deputies reaffirmed his| determination to stay out of Spain, and - warned that if a dictatorship| should be set up by victorious insurg- ents, it would constitute “a menace to peace” and would disturb “French! solidarity.” This would come about, he de- clared, if the Spanish dictatorship should be linked with the present regimes in Italy and Germany which | already have announced recognition of the Spanish insurgent Gen. Fran- cisco Franco. Before the voting started the cham- | ber cheered the premier after one of | his predecessors, Etienne Flandin, de- clared: “When we vote for the govern- ment, we vote against war for Spain, against an idealogical war—we vote for peace against all interference | which would lead us to war.” Jacques Dulcos, Communist leader, in explaining the Communist absten- tion from the vote, made what many | deputies considered a veiled threat!| of new occupation strikes which have | been harrassing the Blum government | | “We represent metal workers and | have been conferring with leaders of | their syndicates.” he said, “and we believe we have workers behind us in | asking the government to raise its| blockade against Spain.” | Recent occupation strikes have in- | volved thousands of metal workers in | and around Lille AMELIA EARHART FLIES ‘LABORATORY’ TO WEST Leaves Roosevelt Field -Accom- panied by Mrs. Floyd Odlum on Trip to Burbank, Calif. ES the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 5.—Amelia Earhart left Roosevelt Field today for Burbank, Calif., after denying that she had any plans for a major flight. She was flying her twin-engined plane, the Flying Laboratory, and was eccompanied by Mrs. Floyd Odlum, the former Jacqueline Cochran, avia- tor, and by a mechanic. Miss Earhart was barehead, a was clad in a flying suit. The two flyers’ husbands, George Palmer Putnam, the publisher, and Odlum, bade them good-by at the airport. Mistakes by Drivers. Authorities estimate two out of every three automobile accidents re- sult from mistakes by drivers. For the Newest in us nd d Department Enlarged BLUM VICTORIOUS || o Steady Nose Needed Here An amazing animal friendship, this gay, gray squirrel, who perches serenely upon the nose of his huge canine friend, com- pletely at ease and utterly without fear. Both are the property of Dr. Fritz Wentzel of Binghamton, N. Y. . ~—Underwood & Underwood Photo. MOVEWINSFAV FORG-YEAR TERM Congress Leaders in Both Parties Believe in Longer Presidency. BY the Associated Press, Some congressional leaders of both major parties reacted approvingly | yesterday to a proposal that the President be elected for one term of six years, but most of their colleagues | reserved judgment. The suggestion was advanced in Omaha by Senator Burke, Democrat, of Nebraska, who said he would intro- duce a constitutional amendment car- rying such a provision. Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis- sourl said he had always been in favor of a six-year term without the privilege of re-election. Time and Efficiency Lost. “I never thought it had a chance of enactment,” he said, “because I| didn't believe the sentiment of the | country was in favor. I believe, how- ever, it would promote the efficiency of the office if the President did not have to put in half of his first term running for re-election. There is great waste of time and efficiency under the present system.” Representative Tinkham, Repub- lican, of Massachusetts said he had planned to introduce a similar resolu- | tion and had prepared such an amendment as long ago as six or eight years. “I have never introduced it. but am very much in favor,” he said. Vice President Garner declined to comment, while Senator Borah, Re- publican, of Idaho said his mind was open. Arguments in Favor. Borah recalled he had opposed a similar proposal when President Theo- dore Roosevelt was being mentioned | for a third term. He added, however, | there were many arguments in its | favor. Representative Rayburn, Democrat, of Texas, who is campaigning for House majority leader, withheld com- ment until he could discuss “any such program” with the President. Burke said in Omaha he believed President Roosevelt would favor the amendment. A similar amendment was intro- duced in the last Congress by Rep= resentative Dickstein, Democrat, of New York, but was not acted upon. BANDLEADER REWEDS Theodore Kurrus Married Sept. 18 to White Plains, N. Y., Girl. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., December 5 (#).—Public records disclosed today that Theodore Kurfus, 26-year-old orchestra leader whose marriage to Doris Dudley, actress, was annulled last January, married Ellen J. Cum- mings, 21, of White Plains here Sep- tember 18. Kurrus married Miss Dudley when she was 14 and they had a son, now 2 years old. She was found suffering from a bullet wound she said was ac- cidental last April in the New York apartment of Sidney Kingsley, play- wright, her then finance. Christmas Lights ask rorR NOMA No.61S Cheer-o-Lite Tree No. 610 Cheer-o-Lite Wreath 5 "z No 105 Mickey Mouse Set n7s your home inside and out? A few are illustrated above. There are many more...all sparkling, smart and new. On sale at all leading dealers and department stores. 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He believed they could verify his contention the ashes were once bills and would give him nice new ones in exchange. onls 3244 FOR MUSICAL ITS SENATORS STUDY CAMPAIGN CURBS Law Proposed by Prof. Pol- lock Would Ban Indiscrim- inate Spending. By the Associated Press. Senate investigators announced yes- terday they were giving “careful study” to a proposed law drafted by Prof. James K. Pollock of the University of Michigan to control “irresponsible and indiscriminate” political spending. His plan was submitted to the Sen- ate Committee Investigating Cam- paign Expenditures, which will recom- mend legislation to the next Congres: for plugging gaps in the Federal cor- rupt practices act. At the request of President Roose- velt, the committee has undertaken a detailed analysis of expenditures in the last campaign, estimated at more than $13,000,000 Robert Jeffreys, committee secretary, =aid investigators were ‘“‘deeply inter- ested” in Pollock's suggestions, based on years of study of American and British election laws. 3 Cents Per Vote Limit. His scheme would forbid the na- tional committee of any party to spend more than 3 cents for each vote cast in the preceding presidentaial slection and would lay similar restrictions on congressional and senatorial commit- tees. On this basis, less than 31.500,000 could have been spent by each national committee during the last campaign, in comparison with the $7,400.000 ac- tually paid out by the Republican Na- tional Committee, and the $3,400.000 by the Democratic National Com- mittee. Candidates for the House would be limited to 4 cents for every vote cast and in no case would be permitted tc spend more than $5,000. Senatorial candidates would be al- lowed 2 cents per vote, without any lump sum limitation. Charging that regulation now ft “sporadic and casual,” Pollock urgec establishment of a permanent agency to check up on campaign expenditures He suggested either a joint congres- | sional committee, or an impartial com- mission set up under the executive branch of the Government. Clarifying Provisions. His draft law contains other pro- visions for clarifying expenditure re- ports, identifying individual contribu- tors, and placing all disbursements ir the hands of authorized politica Aagencies. An even more drastic scheme wa: presented to the committee by A. & Burleson, Postmaster General ir Wilson's cabinet. who advocated a top 1imit of $1,000,000 on expenditures by any party. and $25,000 limit on in- | dividual contributions. His suggestiont !already have been sent to the President. Jefferys said that by January 1 the | committee, headed by Senator Loner- | gan, Democrat, of Connecticut, would | have completed “one of the most com- prehensive surveys ever made of the | financial history of a presidential election.” | October Deaths. October deaths and births in Green- ville, S. C., were reported at 68 and | 48, respectively. 5 ~ {7 INSTRUMENTS Accordions .____$19.50 Up Banjos _____ Mandolins __ Saxophones Trumpets ______$19.95 Up $2.25 Violins ________$10.95 Up Ukuleles We stock the largest selec- tion of Musical Instru- ments in the city at all prices . « « Conn Band Instruments . . . Martin String Instruments . . Leedy Drums . . . Hohner, Cellini, Soprani, Lemar and Excelsior Accordions. VERY EASY TERMS 4