Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1937, Page 4

A—4 THE Su..o _————\————————'——_'—_"— TERSIAUEURATON IN VNI CONTRES Long-Time Rather Than Temporary Legislation Now Is Discussed. ‘Bs the Associated Press. * The approach of the second Roose- velt inauguration, with debate cen- tered on long-time rather than tem- porary legislation, presents a sharp contrast to the call for lmmedime' wction four years ago. For the first time in history, the ‘pre-inaugural atmosphere at the Cap- ftol was one of order. Instead of a “lame duck” Congress rushing through its bills before adjournment, | an expectant quiet prevailed. | The legislators speculated about how specifically the President would re-define his program next Wednes- day—the new inauguration day. Three actions by the President in closing his first term intensified the expectancy: The warning to the courts against “narrow” construction of the Constitution, the reminder to busi- ness that budget balancing depends on re-employment, and the recom- .mendations for a sweeping reorgani- | gation of Government. The fact Mr. speak out vigorously before inaugura- tion appeared to some to indicate he may amplify his viewpoint on those | questions this week, after studying national reaction, in words as direct as four years ago. Powers Granted by Congress. At that time, with banks closing and depression rampant, he said the emergency warranted war powers for the Executive. Congress readily granted all he asked in a staccato | special session of 100 days. The Nation went off gold. and industry were placed under N.R.A. Major farm crops came under | A. A. A. control. With party lines virtually ignored, | Congress voted the first of what was to total $13,000,000,000 in funds for relief, public works and other ways to succor the needy, make jobs and “prime the business pump.” | Greater control over banks, rail-| roads and stock exchanges, authority | for the President to negotiate recip- gocal trade treaties, establishment of unemployment insurance and old-age pensions, development of the Ten- nessee Valley and other great wmer-i sheds for power and conservation, in- surance of bank deposits, guarantee of collective bargaining—so the pro- gram was translated into law by the last two Congresses. National Income Gains. National income rose from $38,000.- 000,000 in 1932 to over $60.000,000,000 in 1936. The public debt jumped to over $34,400,000.000, but the actual in- | crease is in controversy because of redeemable assets. Some 6,000,000 un- employed found jobs. Relief rolls still carry more than 2,500,000. Getting much of the program by the Supreme Court was another mat- ter. The justices ruled unanimously that N. R. A. transgressed States’| rights. Invalidation of A. A. A, the Guffey coal act and several other major enactments followed. Although Mr. Roosevelt contended no change in the “fundamental law" is needed, Senator Norris, independent, of Nebraska, and others have begun to organize a conference on constitu- tional amendment. They want either to restrict the Supreme Court or to enlarge Federal powers. N. R. A. Substitutes Sought. Still others in and out of Congress are working on plans to reinstitute the wage and hour and business prac- | tice standards sought under N. R. A. | Secretary Wallace is planning for crop control like that under A. A. A. Congressional support is widely taken for granted. So the situation stands as between the judiciary and the other two branches. Paralleling that as a pros- | pective subject of contention in the | next administration is the dispute over ekecutive and legislative powers. The President wants all independent agencies, many of which now report directly to Congress, placed under cahinet departments. Some leading Democrats intend to join Republicans in opposition. Kidnaping (Continued From First Page.) statement given out at a press con- ference. - Federal agents and police redou- bled their hunt today for the kidnap | lair in the vicinity of Everett, Wash. An Everett watchman's report that h2 heard a child’s scream the night of January 6, possibly about the time the 10-year-old victim was slain, spurred the hideout hunt. The informant, whose name was withheld, said he thought at the time the scream might have come from children at play. He attached new significance to it after Charles’ nude, frozen body was found on the other side of town Jan- uary 12. State and city police denied pub- lished reports of a “pick-up” order for a man described as having knife- throwing and animal dissecting as his hobbies. Dr. Mattson indorsed the Federal bureau’s policy of keeping behind a veil of secrecy in seeking the crim- inals. The physician thanked the public for aid and sympathy, and said he wished to forget the tragedy as soon as possible and return to his prae- tice here Monday after a week end with his family at nearby Mount Rainier. Dr. Mattson described as “without foundation,” a theory that a re- vengeful former patient might have kidnaped and slain the boy. “I have no enemies, I am sure, who would perpetrate the crime,” he said. Denied “Money” Report. The statement denied reports that the kidnaper told William Mattson, 16, Charles’ brother, that he had money in the Mattson house he want- ed to get back. 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TO '~ CH 0 I H\x w00 N i e T 7 ) [ ) () | S]] heo) as this should be good for some | | money."” | “Iam confident this man and who- | ever his colleague is are crooks who | | have never previously handled a job | of this magnitude, and when they were advanced to the stage where they were ready to receive the ran- som they found Charles knew too much and they dared not release him, 50 they destroyed him,” Dr. Matt- son's statement said. He said “there is undoubtedly = divine act of providence which de- crees what shall happen at a time like this. Otherwise, why should that rabbit have led the Morrow boy to little Charles’ hidden body?" Suspects Detained. The widespread quests for suspects resulted in the detention of men at Fort Williams, Me., and Houston, Tex. | Col. Wilson Burtt, Army comman- | | dant at Fort Williams, said he was | holding a self-styled Army deserter, | 30 years old, who tallied in some re- spects with the description of the ab- ductor. Justice Department officials in Boston said they would investigate, | but evinced little interest in the man. Houston officers detained a man who | “acted queerly” and had West Coast | | newspaper clippings, including some | | referring to the Mattson case. Police | | expressed doubt he had any connec- | tion with the crime. Men detained in Sacramento and in | Prestonburg, Ky., were ordered re- leased and absolved of all suspicion. | Chatfield, 15, one of the children who J witnessed the abduction, saw Madsen’s picture and reported it bore some re- | semblance to the abductor. The offi- | cers added, however, that his finger- | prints did not check with those on | the ransom note. Miss Chatfield also viewed a photo- graph of Leigh Haskell Fowler, 37, held at Bellingham, and said he did not resemble the abductor. He was held for a hold-up there. Seattle police cleared Pred Orrin | | Haynes, former California convict, who | surrendered when his name cropped Jut as a possible suspect. | Text of Statement. The text of Dr. Mattson's state- | ment: “Although our hearts are crushed | with grief, we feel it our duty at this time to make a statement through the press to our fellow citizens, as well as sympathizers throughout the world. “First and foremost, we want all of | you good people to know we have been deeply touched by all of your kind messages of cheer and, more re- cently, the notes of symphathy when | fate decreed our little boy was not to be returned to us alive. “Your kind and sympathetic mes- | sages have buoyed us up during these trying days and have served to strengthen and keep.alive an un- bounded faith in our fellow man. | “At a family, we desire at this time | o extend to all of you our heartfelt thanks and appreciation, not only to those of you who saw fit to put your sentiments in writing or other symbols of sympathy, but to many others | whom we very well know were with | us heart and soul through this ordeal | but who felt constrained to give ex- pression to their feelings because of | fear of intrusion. “From a sense of duty and fairness I desire personally at this time to put al rest several unfounded rumors | which have been,in existence re- cently. Spikes Possible Criticism. “Owing to the most unhappy out- | come of this most tragic affair, crit- icism may develop. I desire right here and now to most emphatically label any and all possible accusations as being entirely devoid of the slight- est element of truth. “When all of the innermost facts of the ransom notes, efforts at ran- soming, etc, are finally released for publication, the public will know that | everything humanly possible was done to ransom poor little Charles, but that owing to conditions over which neither I nor the law-enforcement ESTABLISHED 2 OFFICIAL PIANO METROPOUTAN NEW* SMALL crano $505 Only 5 feet Vinch long EASY TERMS Bench, Delivery, Service Estra. KITT'S 1330 G St. | agencies had any control, he was de- | stroyed, even before a pay-off could be satisfactorily consummated. | “True enough, I did have to beg ! the press to lay off, and it was| trying at times to carry on under an | overly avaricious news service, but | they did withdraw when I requested | them to, and continued to co-operate with me in every way, and for this I am very thankful. “As far as the Federal Bureau of | Investigation is concerned, nothing but the highest praise. They stood by me nobly and worked at all times, first and foremost, for Charles’ safe return. “I have the greatest admiration for the wonderfully thorough and skillful undercover handling of the case, and Iam confident that they will eventual- ly get their man, even though the working clues are rather meager. “I also wish at this time to ex- press my appreciation to all other law-enforcement agencies for their prompt response at the time Charles was taken and their lively interest at all times since. Every assistance was | rendered by Chief Cole of the State patrol as well as Chief Harold Bird of the local police department, not to mention the sheriffs of our local as well as adjoining counties. For all these things, I am deeply grateful. Kidnaper Not Former Patient. “As in any other case of this type, many misstatements are made and | Sacramento officers said Vlulnh; false conclusions are drawn. statement to the effect that the kid- naper was a disgruntled patient of mine who was seeking revenge is en- tirely without foundation. “I have no enemies, I am sure, who would perpetrate such a crime. “Neither did this man tell my son Billy, that he had money in my house which he wanted to get back; instead he told Billy that a ‘home such as this should be good for some money.' and when Billy replied that we did not keep our money in the house but in the bank, he immediately graubed Charles and said he was just as good as money. “I am confident this man and who- ever his colleague is are crooks who have never previously handled a job | of this magnitude, and when they had advanced to the stage where they were ready to receive the ransom they found Charles knew too mucn and they dared not release him, so they destroyed him. “As further proof of bungling, I am certain no intelligent crimi would have picked me out for a ran- som, as there are several men of wealth in Tacoma who would have been far better prospects than I. “In spite of the ‘high hat' story BUCHANAN TO ROOSEVELT THROUGH THE The late Edward F. 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I have | The | in the press, I am a man of veryI limited means at the present time.| Like most others who had a com-| fortable accumulation a few years| ago, it was all swept away by the | depression and I was heavily in debt | with a large tax burden to carry when this flend descended upon me. Home Principal Possession. “I always lived simply and had | no social aspirations. My only rea- | son for a nice home was because all | | of my interests were centered in my | home and family and I wished to| rear my children in the best surround- | ings which I could afford. “The 5-acre estate is just a little "hobby' ranch below my home where |a pensioner is given free rent and | | seeds in return for taking care of my garden and orchard and shared the crop with me. | “Here I teach my boys useful work and interest them in fish and game and other wild life. I have, through my own efforts, impounded two arti- ficial lakes which are stocked with trout and in one which Charles raised a flock of wild mallard ducks this | past Summer. | “It is my firm conviction and be- lief that a child reared in this way | will never go wrong, for I have never | yet known of a man who was a lover |of the great outdoors who did mnot always follow the straight and nar- row path through life. “Charles’ passing is a heavy cross for us to bear, especially s0 in view of the gruesome circumstances under | which he died. Yet we would not| shirk our duty and wish it on some one else, for had not this fiend stepped at our door he would surely have in- flicted himself upon some other parent who possibly could not have borne the burden as well as we. Sees Act of Providence. “There is undoubtedly a divine act of Providence which decrees what shall happen at a time like this. Otherwise, why should that rabbit have led the Morrow boy to little Charles’ hidden body? | “This is unquestionably going to mean the eventual identification of | | the culprit and that justice will be meted out as it always is in these cases. | “Is it possible that little Charles | ]wu sacrificed to further stimulate a | previous enraged public to the enact- | ment of even more drastic laws, both rln the prevention of and in the pun- | ishment for this awful crime? “If this is true, we shall feel that Charles did not die in vain. An un-| dying faith in our Maker and a firm | convicgion that Charles’ going was His | | will and desire will give us strength to | I'carry on.” . For Seventy-Nine Years FROM ADMINISTRATIONS OF THE NAME DROOP has been intimately associated with Washington’s Musical Growth— and distributionof musical products of assured quality and durability. Our stock is compreh known Sheet M: E. F. DROOP & SONS Co. 1300 G Pia Radios and Musi and Victor Record Departments are second to nome in the city. | of the St. 17 White House Lawns Cut in Preparing For Inauguration ‘The grass of the White House lawns has been mowed as part of the sprucing-up for Inauguration day! The warm weather of the last few weeks had brought the grass to a height of three or four inches. As a result the grounds superintendent hauled out of Winter quarters his power lawn mower, and Washingtonians pass- dances to bagpiping by Pipe Maj. | James Garrioch, regarded as one ol‘ the best pipers in the United States. ' ing the Executive Mansion heard the Summery sound of grass being cut. Bulbs in the ornamental borders have thrust their heads above the ground, and in the garden plots there are tips of new green leaves on the rose bushes. ST. ANDREW’S SOCIETY TO HOLD ANNUAL DINNER The eighty-second annual dinner | Andrew's Society, com- memorating the anniversary of the death of Robert Burns, Scottish poet, | will be held Monday night, January 25, at the Willard Hotel. | John H. Ferguson of Baltimore vrmi deliver the principal address, “The Immortal Memory. Rgpresenmlve] Robert Crosser of Ohio will present “Burns' Address to Haggis” and Mrs Mary O'Meyer will do Highland naeax Special Sale Household Furniture of Every Description, Chino, Glassware, Silverware, Bric-a-Brac, Pictures, Books, Radios, Machines, Beds, Springs, REGISTERED Mattresses, Pillows, etc. at Public Auction AT SLOAN'S, 715 13th St. TUESDAY January 19, 1937 at 10 a.m. TERMS: CASH. C. G. Slean & Co., Inc.. Auets. DIFFERENT PRESIDENTS with local dis- plano the among well. s of every description. Our THREE DRY STATES T0 AGT ON REPEAL Alabama, Georgia and Ten- nessee to Get Bills Al- lowing Liquor. By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA, January 16.—Prohibi- tion repeal, approved by 42 States, returned to the forefront of legisla- tive consideration today in three of the Nation’s remaining dry States.! While Alabama, Georgia and Ten- nessee studied varied repeal proposals, one State which opened the doors to liquor—Arkansas—had before it a move to shut alcoholics out again. North Carolina, where 18 counties are wet and 82 dry, had a legisla- | tive battle shaping up over sugges- tions to change its 1935 liquor act. In the three other States hold- ing out on repeal—Mississippi, Okla- homa and Kansas—the issue sim- mered quietly. Alabama Liquor Bill. Alabama Senators passed a State- store liquor bill calling for a referen- dum February 23. added a rider on the previously ap- proved House bill and the House must act again. A member of Tennessee's Lower House prepared a bill providing State- owned liquor stores with the revenue to go to free school textbooks. The bill stipulates counties could outlaw liquor individually by vote four months after the bill is effective. Georga legislators had bills drawn ealling for State-wide repeal. They plan to introduce them later in the session. North Carolina Referendum. The North Carolina fight is ex- pected to result from a plan calling for a State-wide referendum on pro- hibition. Representatives of the 18 already-wet counties announced they would oppose it. Also before the North Carolina Leg- islature is a bill asking for a State SIDNEY WESTinc 14th and G Sts. \%\J The Senate bill | board to operate distilleries, buy and sell liquor. Wet Kentucky, where repeal is a dead issue, had a minor liquor prob- lem and quickly dispensed with it. The House killed a proposal that wholesalers be prohibited from sell- ing to out-of-State liquor dealers who were not licensed in their home States. — EXTENSION URGED FOR MORTGAGE LAW Housing Administrator Tells President Need of Relieving Uncertainty. BY the Associated Press. Stewart McDonald, Federal housing administrator, has appealed to Pres- | ident Roosevelt to speed legislation extending for three years the Gov- ernment’'s guarantee of mortga in- | sured by the Housing Administration. The provision for guarantee does not expire until June 30, but Hous- ing Administration officials said yes- | terday that early legislation was de- sirable to relieve uncertainty among lending agencies. Under the housing act McDonald's agency insures home mortgages up | to $16,000 and up to 80 per cemt of the appraised value on terms up to 20 years. - Diesel 0il in Demand. Diesel oil consumption is increasing in Germany, Alglitd ver Frame or Stucce idew: Free Estimates. Enterprise Roofing Co. 2125 R POTOMAC 0200 AVE. N. E. 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