Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1937, Page 2

THE EVEN U.S-CIYSTATE | [ W ashington | 3-YEAR SCHOOL EFFRENCY RGED State Government Council Hears New Era of Co- operation Proclaimed. A new era of co-operation between Pederal, State and local governments, designed to raise efficiency and elimi- nate waste in administration of public affairs, was proclaimed last night at the third general assembly of the Council of State Governments. President Roosevelt contributed a brief message to the banquet gathering of several hundred public servants, in- eluding Governors, State legislators and other representatives of State, national and mypicipal governments. A balanced picture of intergovern- mental management, the problems of American cities and the functions of the council was presented by Louis Brownlow, director of the Public Ad- ministration Clearing House and chairman of the President’s Commit- tee on Administrative Reorganization; City Manager Clarence A. Dykstra of Cincinnati, whose message was read by City Manager Andrew Joyner, ir., of Greensboro, N. C., president of the American Municipal Association; Henry W. Toll, former State Senator of Colorado, executive director of the Council of State Governments, and former Gov. Paul V. McNutt of In- diana, council president. In his message to the council, read by McNutt, President Roosevelt said “the need in government everywhere, whether Federal, State or local, is efficiency, Only through good man- agement—a practical demonstration that, degocracy is the most efficient form of government—can we hope to perpetuate the institutions to which we owe all of our greatness.” Urges Co-operative Jurisdictian. Brownlow said that “for all too long, whenever a problem has arisen, we have discussed it not only in its re- lationship to the will of the people, but also as ‘to whether or not its legislative and administrative aspects _should be undertaken by the Federal Government or the State government or the local government. We still continue, in my opinion all too often, to discuss this problem in these terms: Federal or State or local. “I believe that & these discussions that what we need most to do Is strike out the word ‘or’ and insert | the word ‘and’ so that we will think of our entire democratic governmental structure always in terms of Federal and State and local.” Dykstra, unable to attend the coun- cil in session at the Mayflower Hotel on account of the Ohio River flood, #said in his address, read by Joyner, that the Nation stands today “on the brink of .new public relationships— local, State and national.” Cites Lack of Data. “The American city asks tonight to be admitted into a new partner- ship—it asks to be understood,” Dyk- stra said. “It wants recognition of | its problems as it shares its wealth with the State and the Nation. It has come of age and it recognizes its maturity. “Half the Nation’s population lives | either in or in the shadow of cities of 100,000 or over. In 1870 52.8 per | cent of American workers were gain- fully employed in agriculture; by 1930 this percentage had dropped to 213. “Broadly speaking, the city as city and its people as people, until the 1930's, have been the forgotten item in the Nation's inventory. Govern- ment is pretty thorough in its report- ing on rural life, on the numbers and the problems of farm animals, on business conditions and foreign trade, on mines, forests, oil and a host of other things, but for those who wish reliable information and guidance on urbanism there is nowhere to turn | for adequate data upon which to base | & serious study. “To mention all but one item,” Dykstra continued, “and that the most important problem which our cities face, we have as yet, with all the facilities for reporting which the Fed- eral Government has, no sound sta- tistics on unemployment anywhere available.” Dykstra, member of the Jacobs | commission that recently reported to Congress on fiscal relations between District and Federal governments, atresséd the need for “a national housing policy” and relief from “an | srchaic and impossible taxing sys- tem.” Interdependence Stressed. Toll read to the council “The Dec- | laration of Interdependence of the Governments within the United States of America.” This was a council declaration modeled in wording after the Pederal Constitution that pro- claimed the need for intergovern- mental co-operation, simplification of governmental functions and abolish- ment of the “no man’s land” of juris- diction. McNutt praised Toll for his work in founding and furthering the widen- Ing scope of the council. The main speakers at today's ses- sion were to be Secretary of Agricul- | HAZEL GRACE McFARLAND, typ- | ing six-shooters, scooped up all the | nice,” he observed when she told him. | wants to buy & hog. Not just any Wayside Random Observations and Things. BAIT. APARTMENT hunter ran into A an amusing situation the other . He answered an ad stating a two-room furnished apartment was for rent. It turned out to be an apartment ladies. “We'd like to sell our furniture,” said the spokesman, or spokeswoman. “The ad didn't say anything about furniture for sale,” replied the aston- “Well, we didn't say anything about furniture,” was the frank reply. “We just wanted them to look at the apart- ment and while they were at it we The apartment was just & bait.” “Then you don't want to rent the apartment?” “Oh, ves,” said the young woman, have to sell the furniture first.” X % % SHOPPER. Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt isn't ily who appears in unerpected places at unerpected times in un- ostentatiously democratic fashion. Her 82-year-old mother-in-law, the White House during inaugura= tion week, was seen to get out of a tazi, in company with one of her contemporaries, enter a drug store, away. “She was sweet as she could be, but I didn’t recognize her.” said a Mrs. Mazfield, counter clerk. Many ant than the President’s mother would have sent the chauffeur on such an errand. ® x ¥ ¥ of Interesting Events day. occupied by two young ished apartment hunter. thought we could sell our furniture. “we’ll rent the apartment, but we the only member of the first fam- Mrs. James Roosevelt, visiting at buy a bottle of tonic and walk women less elderly and less import= EXPERIENCE. ist in the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation, can boast of more active service in warring against crime than many of the G-men who outrank her. One bright June day in 1930, before she came to Washington, Miss Mc- Farland tied her saddle horse to 1 hitching post in front of her father's bank in Logan, N. Mex., About two minutes after she entered, the bank | was held up by two armed bank | robbers. Helpless, Miss McFarland, her brother Real, and a patron of the bank looked on wirile the robbers brandish- | cash in sight; then they were pushed | into the vault. | For two weeks a determined posse, | with Miss McFarland riding at the | head. scoured the countryside. They | finally captured the bandits, who sub- | sequently pleaded guilty and were jailed at Santa Fe, to serve long sen- | tences. Even Miss McFarland's in- | timates will read here about her ex- ploit for the first time. o % PUZZLED. PHYLLIS BITZING, who lives lt’ Strong Hall, G. W. U, guesses | she found the most puszled of all | plump elderly men who witnessed the | inaugural parade. | “What parade is this?” he wanted to know. It struck Miss Bitzing as 80 odd she could not answer for a minute so the man repeated: PLAN INDORSED Anacostia Citizens to Send Delegation to D. C. Appro- priations Hearing. Support of the Board of Education's five-year building program was voted in & resolution passed at a meeting of the Anacostia Citizens’ Association last night in the eleventh police pre- cinct. - ‘The resolution particularly cited the third-floor addition to the Anacostia Junior-Senior High School and an eight-room addition to the Ketcham Elementary School, both of which have the approval of the board. Since the Jacobs fiscal report has been released, however, the association feels that certain items proposed in the building program affecting Anacostia might be eliminated. With this thought in mind, & joint committee representing the citizens’ association and the Home and School Association will appear before the House and Senate Appro- priations Committee in the near fu- ture in an effort to have the items retained. In an effort to promote an inter- acholastic competitive feeling among the schools across the Anacostia River and at the same time stimulate a community spirit, the association has decided to hold a puppet show in the high school, Sixteenth and R streets southeast, March 19. All pa- rochial and public schools across the river are to be invited to participate in the event, with prizes to be awarded for first, second and third places. The entire performance will be open to the public free. Action of the Southeast Council in appointing & special committee last week to appear before congressional leaders in an effort to restore an item of $15,000 for the purchase of land for & branch lbrary in Anacostia was approved. The secretary was Instructed to write the park police calling atten- tion to the lack of proper bridal paths in Anacostia Park and the careless- ness of riders, who frequently ride on the golf courses, causing considerable damage to the greens. | Spain (Continued From Pirst Page.) heavy resistance all along the line yesterday and then stood off a fierce counter-offensive which lasted until after nightfall. Flank Attacks Victorious. Farther to the west, flank attacks won for the defense forces several houses near the Toledo Bridge over the Manzanares River, a section of rail- road on the northwestern edge of the city, and outposts at El Pardo. The front line of the insurgents in University City was hurled back sev- eral hundred yards by the failure of their counteroffensive under relentless barrages of government machine gun and rifle fire, hand grenades and mor- tar shells. ‘The ministry of air and navy, direct- ing the government air attacks, re- ported Socialist planes loosed more than 70 high explosive bombe in nve’ raids on siege line entrenchments south and west of the capital. Advices from Valencia, Mediterra- nean seaport and capital of the So- cialist government since it fled Ma- drid, said 100 tons of foodstuffs for civilians and soldiers in besieged Ma- | drid had been landed safely. REBELS BOMBARD CAPITAL. Artillery Batteries Pour Shells Into Central Madrid. MADRID. January 23 (#).—Pascist artillery batteries poured shells into central Madrid today in one of the most intense bombardments of the civil war. Crowds in the main thoroughfares of the capital were sent scurrying for cover as the rain of projectiles con- “What parade is this; a Masonic | parade?” | 8he told him it was the inaugural | parade. “Oh,” ohed the man. being inaugurated?” “Oh, yes, the President. “Who is | That's “Are they going to inaugurate him in the parade?” was the next question. | Miss Bitzing said they were not, that | the President already had been in- sugurated and that he was going to watch the parade. “Well, I'm not” said the man. “I'm going home.” And s0 he went home, * x % % HOG AGAIN. Bn.L GILLIAM, who reads every- thing to make sure that the pub- lic prints will not misinform the public in connection with meats, hog, let it be understood, but the one mentioned in yesterday's column under the heading “Hog.” By a process of simple mathematics, he proved that hog weighed more ture Wallace, Chairman Frederic A. Delanc of the Advisory Board of the National Resources Committee; Chair- man Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee and Gov. George H. Earle of Pennsylvania. Doughton was to address the ses- wion on taxation at 2:15 p.m. He was slated to discuss Federal-State oco-operation in tax matters. Gov. Earle will speak at an informal dinner at 6 pm. on “Progressive Govern- ment.” Japan ‘(Continued From First Page.) dead than alive. If any one else who read the column sat down and added up the figures, don't call us about the result. Hogs and addition are the two greatest mysteries of life to us and we want to keep them that way. * % & & 'NO REPORT. when a violen! earthquake, inter- preted by some as an unfavorable omen, shook Japan. Saionji Powerful Figure. ‘Well-informed circles said the army ‘was concentrating on forming a new cobinet entirely militaristic in its out- look, with success depending largely on the support of the only surviving elder statesman, Prince Saionji, who, next to the Emperor, is still the most Helen M. Moore reports to the subject of what most homest little girl The little girl in question “Has any ome reported a penny lost?” The clerk ran through her re- powerful figure in the empire. ‘The new government, however, must, under Japanese law, include a war minister selected from & small group of about 30 lieutenant generals and full generals on the army active list, ports and said no. ‘Weather Prophet Right. which gives the militarists veto power | Reed over any government, Extreme rights elements throughout the country have organizing & tinued for more than an hour. Casualties were not immediately known. MRS. ANNA SANDMEYER DIES OF LONG ILLNESS Funeral Monday for Resident of Capital Since 1900—Had Been Wed 54 Years. Mrs. Anna Matilda Sandmeyer, 73, wife of Henry W. Sandmeyer, died to- day after a long iliness at her home, 15 Fourteenth street southeast. A native of Nashville, Il., Mrs. Sandmeyer had lived here since 1900. Besides her husband, to whom she had been married 54 years, she leaves & s0on, Melvin W. Sandmeyer; a daugh- ter, Mrs. Elda 8. Johnston, and two grandchildren, Mary Anns Sandmeyer and Melvin W, S8andmeyer, jr. services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Mon- day in Hysong's funeral parlors, 1300 N street. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, MRS. IDA TOXEL HARVEY DIES HERE AT AGE OF 85 Widow of Building Contractor Had Been D. €. Resident More Than 75 Years.' Mrs. Ida Toxel Harvey, 85, widow of Willlam Harvey, s building con- tractor, died Thursday night, after a long illness, at har home, 410 Eleventh street northeast. Mrs. Harvey, a native of Hagers- town, Md., had been a Washington William L. and Walter B. Harvey, all of this city; 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Funeral services are being held at the residence this afternoon. Burial will be in Congressional Cemetery. R Teachers’ Pay Boost Urged. GLENMONT, Md., January 23 (Spe- cial).—Salary increases for county school teachers were recommended in AIRLINE SUPPLANTS GROUNDED PLANES Pennsylvania-Central Re- vises Maintenance System After U. S: Order. Revision of the maintenance system of Pennsylvania-Central Alrlines was reported in progress today follow= ing an announcement late yester- day by the Commerce Department that it had suspended passenger-car- rying authority for six airliners of the fleet operated by the airline be- tween Washington and Milwaukee. It was indicated by the Commercs Department that it believes the six grounded airliners will be restored to service soon after the results of alleged maintenance deficiencies are overcome. Roper’s Statement. “Recent consolidation and transfers of the sirline maintenance bases of the company,” Secretary of Commerce Roper said in announcing grounding of the ships, “haye resulted in certain aircraft maintenance deficiencies in some of their airplanes considered un- safe for acheduled airline- passenger operation in interstate commerce.” It was made clear by Secretary Roper that the order does mot affect other airplanes operated by the line. All six grounded planes are multi- motored all-metal monoplanes. Indicating & belief that the grounded airplanes may be restored to service, Secretary Roper said: “Application for reinstatement in passenger service of these particular planes may be made to the Department of Commerce upon satisfactory inspection of the aircraft by & Department of Commerce air- line inspector.” Praises Record of Airline. In announcing the action against the company, Secretary Roper took occasion to pralse the record of the airline, formed by the recent merger of Pennsylvania Airlines and Central Airlines. “The Department of Commerce”™ Roper said, “directs attention to the fact that this airline has never had & passenger fatality in its 10 years of operation, and has been advised by the company that steps Lave already been taken to acquire a new fleet of 10 transport planes, to be put in serv- ice this month.” MORGENTHAU HITS CRITICISMBY 1. C. C. | Protests to President in Defense, of Tax on Unsplit Profits. | B the Ausociated Press. Secretary Morgenthau has protested to President Roosevelt against the In- terstate Commerce Commission’s pub- | lic eriticism of the tax on undistrib- uted profits, it was reported ycsterday. Disagreement over application of the tax to railroads came to light last week. At that time Morgenthau and | Chairman Carroll Miller of the com- mission discussed the matter with | Mr. Roosevelt. Miiler, in line with policy expressed in the commission’s annual report, contended the law should be amended to exempt certain financially weak railroads. Morgenthau did not agree. Well-informed persons said Mor- genthau’s protest to the President, written prior to the conference last week, questioned the propriety of the commission attacking an administra- tion tax measure. The Treasury chiet was said to have argued that any rec- ommendations for changes should be made by executive departments. In its annual report the commission suggested amendments to permit the weak railroads to retire debt, reduce fixed charges and bulld improvements without having funds so spent taxed a8 excess profits, VIRGINIA BATTLEFIELD VISITORS INCREASE 11,561 See Fredericksburg and | Spotsylvania National Park in 8 Months. Pitty per cent more visitors to the battlefields of Yredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park were recorded today by the National Park Service in making public figures for the last three months of 1936, showing 11,561, against 7,507 for the same period in 193S. The park, located near Fredericks- burg, Va., now has 31 miles of recently improved road, thanks to two come panies of Civilian Conservation Corps, which are engaged now in large-scale landscape planting. More than 8,000 trees and shrubs were set out last month, and 70,000 others will be pianted during the current season. Last year some 80,000 plants were set out at the park. National Park Service authorities attributed the increased attendance to improved facilities for guiding visi- tors, the addition of new explanatory signs and maps, as well as markers. The park was the scene of some of the most bloody battles of the Civil War between the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia. Card Party Tonight. A card party will be given by Re- beeccah Naomi Lodge, I. O. O. P, tonight at 8 o'clock In the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts ave- nue. N - On Sunday, EF. e “‘chm locted for MAILED IN the best NG_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1937. Cole Blease and His P Former South Carolina Governor and United Staies Senator Cole L. Blease and his bride, the former Mrs. Carolina Floyd Knott. They are shown at home in Columbia, S. C., after a honeymoonless wedding at Newberry, home of the bride’s parents. Mrs. Blease, a widow, was employed by the Federal Land Bank’s Columbia office. years ago. He is 68. She is 40. iy Bride Blease’s first wife died three —A. P. Photo. R.F.C.BILL SENT 10 WHITE HOUSE Amendments Pushed Aside as House Approves Ex- tension Measure. BY the Associated Press. Congress passed along to the White House yesterday a bill prolonging the lives of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. and three allied agencies. 8houldering aside Republican and Democratic amendments, the House approved the measure in the identical form in which it passed the Senate re- cently. The bill, passed without a record vote, would extend R. F. C. lending powers until June 30, 1939. Existing powers of the corporation, which has lent billions to help business and financisl institutions in the depres- sion, expire February 1. The measure approved yesterday grants a similar extension to the Commodity Credit Corp., the Electric Farm and Home Authority and the Export-Import Bank. Amendments Defeated. After more than three hours’ de- bate, the Democratic majority quickly defeated an amendment which would | have limited R. F. C. loans to indi- vidual borrowers to $1,000,000. Other | amendments beaten would have per- mitted loans to hospitals and achool districts or refused altogether to ex- tend the corporation’s activities be- yond February 1. Echoes of the so-called “Dawes loan” of $90,000,000 to the Central Republic Trust Co. of Chicago were heard when Representative Withrow, Progressive, of Wisconsin, declared it was “an sc- cepted fact” that $50,000000 of the foan would never be recovered. Former Vice President Charles G. Dawes formerly was R. F. C. chatrman and, Withrow said, was a director of the bank. Loan Termed “Racketeering.” Withrow termed the loan a piece of “racketeering” and sought to re- ;;rob‘ future R. P. C. loans to $1,000,- Representative Wolcott, Republican, of Michigan, ranking minority mem- ber of the Banking Committee, quoted R. F. C. Chairman Jesse Jones as stating all but about $10,000,000 of the Dawes loan would be recovered. Representative Cochrane, Democrat, of Missouri, who advocated R. F. C. loans to hospitals, sought to send the measure back to the Banking Commit- tee, but his motion was defeated by | & standing vote of 176 to 9. blican opposition to the meas- ure was centered chiefly on a provi- sion which would allow President Roosevelt to suspend R. F. C. lending activities in any one field if private credit were availfhle. Wolcott said this would replace the present R. F. C. administration with “a political dic- tatorship.” NEW DUTCH SUBMARINE WILL VISIT WASHINGTON Undersea Boat to Be at Navy Yard Feb. 6 to 15—First of Type to Come to Capital. Believed to be the first foreign un- derwater craft to visit Wi 5 the new submarine 0-16 of the Royal Netherlands Navy will be at the Wash- ington Navy Yard from February 6 to 1§, it was announced today by the Navy Department. ‘The 0-16 left Holland January 11 for a preliminary cruise in the At- lantic. Her achedule also calls for visits to Horta, in the Azores; Ham- ilton, Bermuds, and Lisbon, Portugal, and she will return to her home port in March. Commanding ' the 0-16 is Lieut. Comdr. van Waning and her. comple- ment includes ¢ additional officers and 3¢ enlisted men. Also traveling on the ship is Prof. Vening Meinesz, distinguished Dutch sclentist. —_— Woman Collects Specimens. Miss L. E. Cheesman is back in London after spending 10 months in the wilds of New Guinea, where she collected for the British Museum 300 fish, 500 reptiles and 26,000 insects. naugural E-W-S in pictures 24, The Star's ::rl:: Janvary section of 8 pages retogravure 3 b devoted ll‘rl:.y to telling the story in ol Inauguration ceremonies. ing event will be covered staff of news ers, anh will be se- Pproseatation in this section. ‘THE UNITED STATES, cANADA—rOsTAGE 15 ¢ Guest BRITON ARRIVES FOR VISIT AT WHITE HOUSE. WALTER RUNCIMAN, President of the British Board of Trade, as he arrived last night from New York. He was greeted at the station by Sir Ronald Lindsay, and after a night’s stay at the British Embassy will be a guest at the White House. —A. P. Photo. | IO TOWN CUTOFF BYFLODD. |State and Federal Agencies’ Rush Relief to Lawrence- burg Residents. By the Associated Press. AURORA, Ind.. January 23 —State and Federal relief agencies hastened today to set up communication with | flood-isolated Lawrenceburg, about four miles up swollen Ohio River from this Southeastern Indiana town, fol- lowing reports that “several had drowned and are missing there.” State Policeman Harold Joliff said he had received a report that “five men had been drowned when their truck plunged into a washout,” and that “we have other reports of women and children being drowned.” Joliff said verification of the re- ports had been impossible “because Lawrenceburg is surrounded by water and we can't get over there.” From Cincinnati, Ohio, came a re- | port that a refugee who gave nis name as “Samuel Teague of Lawrenceburg” had declared “at least eight persons ! drowned and 50 were missing.” Coast Guard Boat on Way. Charles W. Carf, Red Cross relief director at Evansville, said s Coast Guard boat was en route to Lawrence-’| burg and that he “might have word a little later on.” He discounted first Lawrenceburg reports, but later con- ceded “the reports may be true.” Carr announced approximately 33,000 persons were homeless in the Southera Indiana flood areas and predicted 60,000 would be homeless. when che crests had arrived. He said 19 counties have been affected by the high waters. At Indianapolis Gov. M. Clifford ‘Townsend ordered all available State resources placed at the disposal of re- lief agencies. Adjt. Gen. Elmer F. Straub said more than 5,000 relief workers were on duty in the flooded zones. ¥ ‘The raging Ohio River eclimbed toward 50 feet at Evansville, and the waters neared the street level along Evansville'’s water front, an important business section. Street car service ‘was suspended, and all rail routes ex- cept those geing north were cut off. Relief organizations prepared to move 1,000 families to safety. Weather Bureau officials sald the expected crest of 51 feet would inundate a fifth of the city. Relief Call Sounded. Up the river New Albany and Jef- fersonville' were hard hit. New Al- bany police made a plea for boats to aid in relief work, for the crest there ‘was expected today. More than 500 families were homeless in New Al- bany, and only limited supplies of gas, electricity and water were available. Approximately 600 families were homeless at JeiTersonville, and the business district was under 10 feet of water, At Madison, several miles up the river, a shortage of gas and drinking water was threatened. Mayor M. R. Sulzer said he had prepared for “a ex- | bargoes. | when a war existed abroad and to | | stop shipment of American goods to | | both sides. He said it was not an | | ident to say what commodities were | by Americans on belligerent ships | | ship any commodities to belligerents CITIZENSHIP BAN STUDIED IN HOUSE Enlistees in Outside Wars| May Pay Big Price for “Violating” Neutrality. BY the Associated Press. A House committee, spurred by en- | listments in the Spnish civil war, be- gan a study today of proposals to take away the citizenship of Americans fighting for any foreign power. ‘The State Department already has invoked a 1909 law subjecting such volunteers to fines and prison sen- | tences. Chairman Dickstein said his Immi- gration Committee would hoid & hear- | ing Tuesday. It also is considering a bill to take away citizenship from Americans voting in foreign elections or plebiscites. The measures formed only one phase of widespread congressional en- deavors to keep the United States out of foreign wars. In the Senate lawmakers were form- ing opposing camps on the issue of mandatory or discretionary arms em- Executive’s Power Upheld. | Chairman Pittman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee offered | a permanent neutrality plan continu- | ing the President’s power to decide | administration measure. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Utah advocated broad powers for the Pres- contraband of war. A Munitions Committee group, on | the other hand, wanted to name in | advance a list of goods considered war materials. and require the President | to stop their shipment whenever he found a state of war existing. This group, including Senators Nye, Republican, of North Dakota: Clark, Democrat, of Missouri, and Vanden- berg, Republican, of Michigan, agreed | with Pittman in urging general policy of ‘“cash-and-carry.” Any, warring power that wished to buy embargoed goods would have to “lay it on the line” and send their own | ships to carry off the cargo. At the same time, Senator Borah declared opposition to any proposal to| take American ships off the seas be- | cause of a foreign war. Bill Would Add Barriers, ‘The Pittman bill would make perm- anent the present neutrality act which | expires May 1. But it would also strengthen that law by adding maul features: | 1. A flat prohibition against travel | (The present law merely provides that | they shall travel at their “own" risk.) 2. Authority to apply the law to civil wars as well as wars between na- | tions. | 3. Broad discretionary authority for the President to make it unlawful to on American ships. 4. A prohibition against American | shipe, engaged in commerce with Bel- | ligerents, being armed. Under the third provision, the Presi- dent could forbid the export on Amer- ican ships of cotton, copper, wheat, | steel, or any other commodities if he | felt the shipments might endanger American peace. ‘Together with existing credit con- trols, this would set up the so-called “cash and carry” system. Belligerents could get materials on which the Presi- dent had placed export restrictions, only by providing the ships in which to carry them, and by paying cash. Sturdy Derby HAT FIRST WORN IN '93 INAUGURAL PARADE. STEPHEN R. WILLIAMS, Lifelong Democrat of Wal Oonditions at Aurors were lace, N. C., photographed ALLEN HEADS UNIT ON VOTE HEARINGS Commissioner and Others Chosen by District Repre- sentation Committee. The Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Representation yesterday named Commissioner George E. Allen to lead a campaign to obtain congres- sional hearings on the proposed amendment which would grant the District representation in Congress. To demonstrate the non-partisan spirit of the battle for District en= -| franchisement, Malcolm' 8. McConihe, Democratic national committeeman for the District, and Edward F. Colla- day, Republican national committee~ man, were chosen vice chairmen of the Congressional Hearings Subcom« mittee at a meeting in the rooms of the Board of Trade. Theodore W. Noyes, chairman of the Citizens’ Joint Committee, was named an ex-officio officer of the group which hopes to obtain hearings before the Senate and House Judiciary Commit= tees. Suter Chosen Secretary, Jesse C. Suter was chosen secretary. Other members of the committee are Walter M. Bastian, Miss Selma Borche ardt, William McK. Clayton, Prank J, Coleman, John B. Colpoys, Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Henry H. Glassie, Mrs, William Kittle, Paul E. Lesh, Thomas E. Lodge, John H. Small, Miss Etta Taggart, Evan H. Tucker, Mrs. Hare vey W. Wiley and Guilford 8 Jameson. Members of the joint committes were instructed at the meeting to ree port to their chairman the names of all Representatives and Senators wills ing to support the proposed constitu« tional amendment. Introduced by Capper. ‘The amendment resolution haz been introduced into the Senate by Senae tor Capper, Republican, of Kansas, it was pointed out, but Representative Norton, Democrat, of New Jersey, has not yet introduced it in the House She was said to be seeking a parlia« mentary method by which such a res« olution could be brought before the District Committee, which she heads, instead of the Judiciary Committee, Leo N. Maguire of the Junior Board of Commerce, reported that a pro- posal for a public school speaking con« test on the question of District repre- sentation had the approval of the board’s Representation Committee and board of directors and was being brought before the school authorities. Other reports were submitted by | Lesh, Lodge and Mrs. Wiley. Mes« sages were received from Commis- sioner Allen, Coleman, McConihe Dorsey Hyde, Mrs. Doyle, Mrs. Alva A. Patten, Arthur Clarendon Smith, Glassie and others who were neces- sarily absent. U. S. RELIEF BURDEN DECLINES 30 PCT, Drop Revealed in Survey Con ducted by W. P. A. Statis- tical Experts. By the Associated Press. The Nation's relief load has dropped neariy 30 per cent from the peak of more than 5,300,000 families and sine gle persons in January, 1935. This was disciosed in a new Federa survey compiled by Emerson Ross an¢ T. E. Whiting, statistical experts is the Works Progress Administration. Simuiltaneously, Treasury figures ins | of 1daho, ranking Republican member | dicated that since 1932 about $10.. | of the Foreign Relations Committee, | 000.000.000 of Federal funds has been spent under the heading “recovery and relief.” The Ross survey showed that the “net number of relief persons” in the peak month of January two years age was about 16 per cent of the total population. His latest adjustments carried the statistics to September of last year, when close to 3,800,004 families and single persons were re- ceiving Federal relief money. Thi as about 11 per cent of the popula. tion. Isolated figures compiled by the Works Progress Administration reflect a further downward trend since then and indicate that perhaps less than 3,000,000 family heads and individue als now are drawing checks from | Federal relief pay windows. G-MEN LOSE INTEREST IN “MATTSON SUSPECT” Find Man Arrested by Sheriff af Luray Bears Little Resem- blance to Kidnaper. Officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation today evidenced little interest in & man held in Luray as o “suspect” in the Mattson kidnaping following interrogation of the prizoner there by agents of the bureau. ‘The “suspect,” who gave his name as Mike Camara, was arrested yester- day by Sheriff Ruffner at a railroad , station near Luray because he “re. sembied” the swarthy kidnaper of the Mattson boy. G-men, summoned by the sheriff, are reportéd to have lost interest in Camara after interviewing him and checking his description against that given by witnesses of the abduction. As & matter of routine, however, the agents took Camara’s and forwarded them here to check againsi fingerprints in the bureau’s files Camara told fellow prisoners in the jail at Luray that his name was Barnie Denmore, —_— MRS. BESSIE R. TAYLOR DEAD AT KENSINGTON Montgomery Resident, 63, Sur vived by Daughter, Four Sons and Sister. Special Dispateh to The Star. = KENSINGTON, Md,, January 23+ Mrs. Bessie Rebecca Taylor, 63, died Thursday after a short illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Albert. B. Buehler, West avenue. Born-in Rockville, Md., Mrs. Taylos moved to Washington with her family with the 44-year-old black derby which he bought to march in Cleveland’s inau- gural parade in ’93. Williams wore it again Wednesday to see President Roosevell in- ducted into office, and it weathered the drenching rain 30 well that he has resolved to bring it to the nexi Demo- when & young child. At the age of 14 she returned to the county, where she spent most of the rest of her life For the past five years she has made her home with her daughter. He: husband was the late George Conrad ‘Taylor. Besides her daughter, she is survived by four sons, C. R. Taylor, J. H. Tays wt e evell’s. [} —Star Staff Photo. lor, N. C. Taylor and C. E. Taylor, S