Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1937, Page 2

A—C % VICTORY FEASTERS TODINETOMORROW $100-Plate Menu for New Deal Key Men Not Yet Announced. Nearly 3,000 loyal Democrats today awaited two “victory feasts” scheduled for tomorrow night, one to cost $100 a plate and the other $10 a plate, in celebration of the re-election of President Roosevelt and the comple- tion of four years of the New Deal, which was launched March 4, 1933. Headed by the President, whose half-hour speech will be the sole en- tertainment, 1,300 men and women close to the Roosevelt administration will gather at the Mayflower, and 1,500 young Democrats will dine in a “junior victory banquet” at the Willard Hotel, where Mrs. Roosevelt will be the guest of honor. ‘The $100 plate at the Mayflower is thought to set a record for high cost in political banquets. A down pay- ment of $25 admits the diner to the dining room, and the remaining $75 is to be collected in three installments of $25 each. §10 Menu Announced. The Democratic National Commit- tee and the hotel chefs have not yet decided on the $100 menu, but the $10 plate for the young Democrats will include: Coupe of fruit au maraschino; ox- tail soup with old sherry, English style; celery hearts, ripe and green olives, salted pecans; roast queen chicken with fresh mushroom sauce forestiere; new peas;, potatoes au gratin; salad cardinale; ice cream in the shape of donkeys; fancy cakes, mints, coffee. Banqueters at both hotels will sit down at 8:30 pm. The Mayflower diners are to leave immediately after the President’s speech, due for com- pletion at 11 pm. for the Willard and join the young Democrats in a ball following their dinner. The Wil- lard office of the young Democrats is open from 8 a.m. until midnight today and tomorrow to accommodate all ticket seekers. Gate-Crasher Guard. To provide adequate service for the throng of banqueters reserve waiters are being imported from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Cumber- land, Md. A group of strong youths, headed by Ralph W. Lawrence and Perry H. Coleman, former foot ball players, will protect the Willard din- ner from gate crashers. Joseph Tumulty, secretary to Presi- dent Wilson, will be toastmaster at the $100 banquet. Sydney's orches- tra will play throughout the meal, and the President’s talk, broadcast over the three networks, Columbia, Na- bional and Mutual, commences at 10:30 p.m. Mr. Roosevelt will enter the hotel with Mrs. Roosevelt, who will leave at once for the Willard and the young Democrats. The president’s speech will come to the $10 diners through loud speakers, and when the talk begins an illuminated picture of Mr. Roosevelt will be hoisted on the wall at the south end of the tenth- floor banquet hall. Youth to Be Stressed. ‘The speeches at the “junior” ban- quet have been arranged to empha- size youth. Aubrey Williams, chairman of the National Youth Administra- tion, and Robert Fechner, head of the C. C. C, which has provided Jjobs for 600,000 young men, are among the speakers. The others in- clude Postmaster General Farley, Senator Neeley of West Virginia and Representative Maverick of Texas, who has been appointed toastmaster. Mike Wickhem, national president of the Young Democratic Clubs of America, will preside. Walter Bram- hall, in charge of arrangements for entertainment has announced that Lucy Monroe, radio artist, will sing during the $10 banquet. Slaughter’'s orchestra will play during the danc- ing to follow. WHOLESALE LIQUOR PLACE IS OPPOSED School Officials Act to Ban Per- mit to Establishment at 52 0 Street. A wholesale liquor establishment within 400 feet of a school was ruled against by school officials yesterday in the first wholesale case to come before them under the Alcoholic Bev- erage Control Board regulation pro- viding that a liquor place may be established within 400 feet of a school or church if the proper authorities consent. The case concerned the application of the District Wholesale Corp., a wholesale drug and liquor house, to occupy the premises of 52 O street. The principals of the nearby Dunbar and Armstrong High Schools and the Margaret Mary Washington Trade School for Girls, together with the Parent-Teacher group in the area, were of the opinion that permission should not be granted. ‘The recommendation, approved by Dr. G. C. Wilkinson, first assistant superintendent, in charge of divisions 10-13, has been transmitted to Supt. Frank W. Ballou, from whom it will go to the attorney of the Board of Education for presentation when the case comes up before the A. B. C. Board. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: Continues debate on neutrality bill. La Follette Committee resumes civil liberties investigation. Wheeler Committee continues rail- road financing inquiry. House: Considers minor legislation. Immigration Committee resumes hearings on bill to restrict entry of alien actors, Merchant Marine Committee con- tinues hearings on proposed repeal of seamen’s continuous discharge book law. : TOMORROW. Senate: Will probably take up unanimous consent calendar if neutrality bill passes today. House: Considers special rule to extend life of the Sabath Bond Holders Investi- gating Committee and begins general debate on Navy appropriation bill. Education Committee meets at 10:30 am. Approprigtions Subcommittee in charge of District supply bill continues he~=ng of civic leaders at 10 a.m. \ Washington . Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. MONKEY. R. JAMES FUSCO, who works up in the new House Office Building, tells us there was considerable uproar on the second floor a few days ago, (aused by a young man who went around peer- ing into offices and asking: “Are you a monkey owner?” Some of the people didn't catch that word “owner” and got mad right away. Others thought there was a gag in it somewhere and refused to answer. Each time patiently the young man demonstrated what he said was a monkey collar and insisted that somebody had telephoned his pet shop and ordered one sent to the second floor, new House Office Building. He didn't remember the room number. After nearly getting his block knocked off half a dozen times, and making his little speech, with ges- tures, many more, the fellow came to Mr. Fusco, who suggested that maybe a secretary had called up and ordered the collar as a joke. “Yeah, I never thought of that,” said the young man, “and now that I do, it ain’t a bit funny.” * x % x DECIMAL. We had a story here Monday about the cynic who analyzed the report of 80,000 visitors in a seven= hour day at Mount Vernon, and found that, reduced to hours, minutes and seconds, that would mean 33 people passing through the turnstile every second and flipping out a quarter each as they went. This morning comes a note from a reader who, like most of those who speak Dbitter and sarcastic words in letters to the editor, pre- fers to remain anonymous. The note has the 80,000 people, the seven hours, 420 minutes or 25,200 seconds, all tabulated and worked out in long division. The answer is, of course, that the average was 3.166 persons per sec- ond, not 33. Sorry to disappoint the Commit- tee on Corrections, but the figure originally read 3—only a printer didn’t see it that way. Score today: Cynicism, 100; printer, 0; writers of anonymous letters, minus 10; Mount Vernon, 3.166. ® ok kX BARGAIN. N THE short time Mrs. T. Percy Myers has been manager of the Thrift Shop, that agreeable organiza- tion, which sells odds and ends to aid sweet charity, she has learned all about people with bargain complexes. One day, for example, a large batch of gifts came in from a well-meaning friend, and when they were sorted out the clerks found a single boudoir slip- per. No mate, but lots of decorations in the way of bows, wavy feathers and what not. They put a nominal price on it and before the afternoon was over a buxom customer had bought it. “You see,” she explained, “when I have visitors I just stretch out on my chaise longue with one foot under me and the other one sticking out, and won’t this slipper make a good im- pression?” * x ¥ % BLIND. NOTHER time Mrs. Myers' organi- zation received a carload of dona- tions, and when a clerk asked what was in one package the donor said, “Oh, it’s nothing. Just a gadget.” The gadget bundle, unopened, was put on the odds and ends bargain counter, price 35 cents. Day or so later a man who couldn’t resist the markdown bought the thing, opened it up, found out he had become the owner of a stomach pump for a horse. * x x % THE COSTELLOS. Note for all the Costellos who are in the social register, the telephone book, the city directory or just in town: At Columbia Hospital a few days ago Dr. Roger Costello oper- ated to remove the appendir of Mrs. Viola Costello, who is Te- cuperating under the care of a nurse named Josephine Costello, and doing nicely, thank you. * kX % WINNER. A VISITOR to the home of the Larz Andersons, -.ho are flends on boat racing, yachting and such, was wandering around the trophy room having a gander at a few tro- phies at random the other day. She saw some small cups, medium cups, large cups, and one especially huge and impressive trophy. She hastened to examine it in detail. The inscription read: “To the most ‘wonderful husband in the world.” LR STRANGER. 8 AN east-bound Connecticut avenue bus crossed Fourteenth street the other morning & lady, apparently in distress, flagged it down. “Where are you going?” .‘1e asked the driver. He suggested that maybe if she would tell him where she wanted to go, he could help her. Personally, he was going lots of places. “Well, I don’t know exactly,” said damosel in distress. “I'm a stranger here, but I think it's one of those circles I want to go to. One down near the Treasury.” The driver told her what street car to take, where she could transfer to a bus. “Well, I don't want to go today anyway. But tomorrow, if it's a nice day, I think I will go.” The driver said O. K. and started up_again. Then after a minute he turned to the bus passengers, who were try- ing to smother giggles, and said agreeably, “Now you may laugh.” 3 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, EVACUATION HELD ONLY FLOOD CURE Army Engineers See Aban- donment of Trouble Areas as 100 Pct. Solution. By the Assoclated Press. Sixty-two years’ experience with American rivers has led Army engi- neers to the expressed conclusion that the only sure way to avoid flood dam- age is to evacuate the flood plains. They said that since river bottom lands were created by the streams themselves and have been inundated before, major floods can be expected to cover them again, perhaps every 500 or 1,000 years. Recognizing the practical barriers to abandonment of cities, railroads, highways and other valuable property in the valleys, the engineers suggest- ed cities and towns should “carefully consider” future planning with a view to “ultimate evacuation of the flood plain.” ‘Would Develop Parks. Recreation parks could be developed in the evacuated territories. The re- sult, the engineers said, would be “absolute elimination of the flood problem,” such as could not be effect- ed by means of levees and walls. A few limited movements to aban- don flood areas resulted from this year's overflows in the Ohio and Mis- sissippi Valleys. In some instances spokesmen told the Government river bottoms would be abandoned as home sites if the Government would help resettle the residents. Officials said, however, the Govern- ment could not indemnify property owners for flood losses, although some rural resettlement might be un- dertaken. The theoretical catastrophes or super-floods, which could come any time in the next few hundred years, were figured from a combination of the highest recorded stages in various sections of each great river system. A super-flood would be from 3 to 14 feet higher than any flood of record. Security to Be Delayed. Maj. Gen. Edward M. Markham, chief of engineers who is preparing a national flood-control plan for con- sideration by Congress, said maximum security probably could not be assured to residents of river valleys within the next few years because of the time required to execute such a large scale undertaking. Neither could he forecast that the recent Ohio Valley floods would not be repeated this year. Such disas- ters, he said, depend entirely upon the amount of rainfall in the water- shed. To control the rivers, engineers re- ported, four methods may be used— diversion of streams into floodways, channel improvements, storage reser- voirs and levees or protection walls. The last two, they added, constitute the only feasible means of controlling the Ohio. . DRAWS MEASURE ON SMALL CLAIMS Senator King Hopes That System May Be Set Up Without Legislation. A Dbill to establish a small claims and conciliation branch in the Dis- | trict’s Municipal Court may be intro- duced in the Senate soon by Chairman King of the Senate District Committee. Indicating his belief that the plan could be put into effect by an order of the judges of the court, Senator King said he had hoped that would develop, but if not he would favor leg- islation. He said he is having a bill prepared on the subject. The proposal has been advocated for some time by Judge Nathan Cayton of the Municipal Court. The function of the small claims branch would be to hear and settle claims involving $50 or less, without the necessity of counsel. - STRIKE PROBE SOUGHT Weaver Testifies Before House Merchant Marine Group. Joseph B. Weaver, director of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, urged today a congres- sional investigation of conditions be- hind the recent maritime strike. ‘Testifying before ithe House Mer- chant Marine Committee on proposed repeal of a law requiring seamen to carry continuous discharge books, ‘Weaver said many “disturbing things™” are “rapidly killing the merchant ma- rine.” Your Income Tax Failure to Receive Blank in Mail No Excuse for Not Making Return. I Forms for filling returns of income for 1936 have been sent to persons who filed returns last year. Failure to receive a form, however, does not relieve a taxpayer of his obligation to file a return and pay the tex on time, on or before March 15, if the return is m:de on the calendar yea basis, as is the case with most individuals. Forms may be obtained upon re- quest, written or personal, from the offices of collectors of internal revenue and deputy collectors. Persons whose net income for 1936 was derived chiefly from salary o. wages and was not in excess of $5,000 should make their re- turns on form 1040A. Persons whose net income was in excess of $5,000, or, regardless of amount, was derived from a business, profession, rents or sale of property, are required to use a larger form, 1040. Failure to use the proper form presents difficulties to both the taxpayer and the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Therefore, it is emphasized that a taxpayer en- gaged in a business or profession from which he derived a net income of less than $5,000 is required to use the larger form. ‘The return mu : be flled with the collector of internal revenue for the district in which the taxpayer has his legal residence or principal place of business on or before midnight of March 15, 1937. The tax w.ay be paid in full at the time of filing the return or in four equal installments, due on of before March 15, June 15, Septem- ber 15 and December 15. RIVER POLLUTION 10 BE DISCUSSED Conference Set Here March 19 on Potomac and Tributaries. Invitations have been issued by the Board of Trade to a group of State and city offcials to attend a conference here March 19, on the subject of pol= lution in the Potomac River and its tributaries. The conference, which will be held in the United States Chamber of Com- | merce Building, will consider the re= port of the National Resources Com= mittee’s Special Advisory Committee on Water Pollution, which has rec- ommended that the Potomac River Basin be designated as a demonstra= tion unit. The committee also has urged the Federal Government to set aside $15,~ 000,000 for experimentation in this area. The decision to use the Potomac was made because along the length of the river the number of sewerage and industrial waste treatment prob- lems are typical of practically all modern problems encountered else- where throughout the country, the committee said. The Board of Trade feels that through the conference public opinion in States adjacent to the river may be crystallized to such an extent that chances of carrying out of the rec- ommendations of the National Re- sources Committee will be greatly en- hanced. Invitations to attend the conference have been extended to the following: Senators Tydings, Radcliffe, Glass, Byrd, Neely, Holt, Davis and Guffy; Representatives Cole, Gambrill, Lewis, Bland, Roberts, Howard Smith, Ran- dolph, Focht, Haines and Snyder; Commissioners Hazen, Allen and Sul- tan; Frederick Delano, chairman of the National Capital Parks and Plan- ning Commission; Charles W. Eliot, 2d, executive officer of the National Resources Committee; Maj. W. D. Lutlow, District engineer, U. S. A.; health directors, conservation directors, sanitary engineers and game commis- sloners of the four States adjacent to the Potomac; also the Mayors and presidents of the Chambers of Com- merce of the following cities: Cum- berland, Frederick, Hagerstown and Westminster, in Maryland; Fairfax, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Alexandria and Winchester, in Virginia; Charles ‘Town, Berkeley Springs, Keyser and Martinsburg, in West Virginia, and Harrisburg, Chambersburg, Gettys- burg and Waynesboro, in Pennsyl- vania. Brady (Continued From First Page.) a Christmas saving check given to him by his mother, and when they heard D. ., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1937. Their Job Is to Entertain MEMORIAL SOUGHT T0HONORMADISON Byrd Introduces Resolution to Create Commission to Study Idea. BY J. A. O'LEARY. With plans completed for the Tidal Basin, a movement is now un- der way in Congress to honor another of the Nation's founders, James Mad- ison. A resolution calling for creation of a James Madison Memorial Commis- sion was introduced in the Senate yes- terday by Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia and referred to the Senate Library Committee. Byrd said he would seek early consideration and action. The resolution declares that the people of the United States owe a of his love for base ball, two and two were put together and Jimmy was figured to be headed for this camp of | the Nationals. At Jacksonville they | lost his trail, temporarily, but it was picked up again. Hardly had he stepped off the train when he was . grabbed by a G-man and a represent- ative of the American Legion. Jimmy Offers Explanation. “I wanted to see a big-league train- ing camp,” he said, when he was taken to the hotel headquarter of the Wash- ington club. Nobody disputed that statement. ‘The check he cashed in Washington was for $25, but Jimmy insisted he had left the Capital with only $11 and a little change. Regular train fare to Orlando is close to $35. How did he 1 do it? “I bought railroad tickets at half- fare—children's price.” he said. “I sat iIn—what do they call it—a day coach. Sleeper? No, I just sat up. A deep debt of gratitude of Madison, | the “fourth President of the United States and father of the Constitu- tion.” Public Would Contribute. ‘The memorial would be erected in Washington, but its location and de- sign are questions on which the com- mission would submit recommenda- | tions to Congress later. Although no | appropriation is called for, the com- | mission would be authorized to accept |funds from public or private sources | for the purpose of making surveys and | preparing plans. nine members, three to be named by the President, three Senators selected | by the Vice President and three House | members selected by the Speaker. Senator Byrd prepared a similar | resolution about two years ago, but no action was taken at that time. Prominent in History. sleeper costs too much.” Jimmy arrived at Orlando with $2 He took a cab at Union Station and directed the driver to the Empire | Hotel, a small downtown hostelry. ‘There he was “picked up.” Jimmy was to be whisked to Palatka as soon as he arrived in Orlando to await the arrival there of an anxious father who sped from Washington, but when a 12-year-old boys travels 955 miles on $9 to see a big-league training camp nobody can deny him his ambi- tion. So he was escorted to the Na- tionals’ headquarters. There he met Griffith. He walked into the owner’s suite just as Griffita was talking Shortstop Cecil Travis into signing a contract. There was a thrill! Peeking into a real salary con- ference! The salary conference was dropped. Griff wanted to know all the details of the $9 excursion from Washington to Orlando. Jimmy probably felt very important. Maybe he could tell 67- year-old Griffith, base ball's old fox, something he didn't know. Anyway, when it was over, Griff invited Jimmy to return to Orlando as soon as he met his father and spend, a few days watching the Nationals train. “There’ll be a brand-new ball in it, Jimmy,” said Griff. “I'll promise you that every ball player on the squad signs it. I'll promise that you see all you care to as far as big league train- ing goes. You're a great little fan.” Travis forgot he was trying to wrangle an extra $500 or $1,000 from Griffith. He wrung the kid’s hand and said he was glad to know some- body who felt the same way that he felt when he was 12 years old. Pretty soon Jimmy was mobbed by photographers. They turned on flash- lights until he began to see spots kid thrilled to it. got a chuckle out of it. “Here I've been called by the G-men to draw sketches of Hauptmann and the Mattson kidnaper,” he said. “Now, right into my laps falls the victim of a ‘kidnaping,’ and there are no ‘kidnapers.’ There is a real twist.” Finally the Justice Department agent and the American Legion friend were anxious to get started to Palatka. Jimmy looked around. “If dad will say okay,” he said, “I'll be back to see the team, Mr. Griffith. Thanks for everything.” Jimmy turned and looked at Travis on the way out. He screwed up cour- age at last and came out with it. “So long, Cece,” he said, “T'll be seeing ya.” PARENTS TRAVEL SOUTH. Father Will Permit Jimmy to Watch Training. Mr. and Mrs. James T. Brady were en route to Florida today by automo- bile to return with their son Jimmy, 12, who showed up in Orlando yes- terday afternoon with the explana- tion that he wished to collect first- hand information on the coming base ball season at the Spring training camp of the Nationals. ‘The father was so happy o learn (4 ) before his eyes. Berryman appeared on the scene and sketched him. The | Berryman, later, | Through his service in the Virginia Assembly, the Continental Congress and in the Constitutional Convention, | Madison’s name figures prominently | in the history of the founding of the | Nation. The notes which he recorded on the proceedings of the Constitu- tional Convention comprise one of his most valuable contributions to that | history. | Madison also served in thesFirst, In 1801 he became President Jeffer- son’s Secretary of State and later suc- ceeded Jefferson in the White House. ESTATE OF $8,500 LEFT BY GENNERICH Roosevelt Is Sole Heir. resident Roosevelt's former body- guard, August A (Gus) Gennerich, | who died December 1 in Argentina, | left an estate valued at approximately $8,500, it was disclosed late yesterday | in District Court in a petition for | removal of the will to the Surrogate’s Court, Dutchess County, N. Y. The request was made by Augustus Gutrie, Brooklyn, N. Y., Gennerich's nephew and sole heir. The will was filed here two months ago. According to the petition, the es- tate consists of $1,100 in cash in the possession of President Roosevelt, $797.34 in Secret Service checks, a $1,000 Secret Service death fund and real estate County, valued at $5,500. Gennerich died while accompany- ing the President on his South Ameri- can peace mission. In proof of the assertion that Gen- nerich’s residence was Rhinebeck the petitioner referred to ballot No. 261, which Gennerich cast there in the November presidential election. Dr. W. H. Wilson Dies. NEW YORK, March 3 (#).—Dr. Warren Hugh Wilson, 70, secretary for rural church work in the Southern mountains and intermountain area of the Presbyterian Board of National Missions, died yesterday at Presby- terian Hospital, where he had gone for a mastoid operation. his son had not been kidnaped that he announced he would let Jimmy spend several days watching the team in action before bringing him back to school here. eighth street Monday morning, pre- sumably on his way to St. Ann's Pa- rochial School. He telephoned his mother from Union Station, obtaining permission to “lunch with a friend,” and shortly thereafter entrained for Florida. Yesterday his parents re- ceived word of his movements from the grocer, a policewoman who talked to him at Union Station and the cone ductor in charge of the train as far as Richmond. Thomas Jefferson Memorial at the | The commission would consist of | Second, Third and Fourth Congresses. | Nephew of Late Bodyguard of‘ in Rhinebeck, Duchess | Jimmy left his home at 4210 Thirty- | La Follette (Continued From First Page.) members of the National Erectors’ Association, Garner continued, de- scribing the organization as an “open- shop” group of bridge-building com- panies. Any meeting with union rep- resentatives would be contrary to this policy, the witness said. After admitting expectations of “trouble” when Ambridge obtained the Pulaski contract in 1931, Garner told the committze the concern was paying $1.75 per hour for skilled workmen while the union scale was $2. “Did you ever meet with union rep- | resentatives in efforts to adjust these differences?”” Senator La Follette asked. “No,” Garner replied. ‘With other parts of the Pulaski con- |tract let to the McClintic-Marshall and Phoenix Bridge Cos., competitors, | tive action in seeking an injunction }wmch would restrain union picketing, Garner said, after introduction of let- {ters and memoranda between cfficers | of the three concerns. i “How do you justify this type of col- lective action when vou refuse a simi- lar privilege to your employes?” La Follette asked. Garner said the company had “good reasons” for not recognizing the union Guard System Reported. | Ambridge joined with them in collec- | STEUART NAMED SHRINE TREASURER Capital Man En Route West to Attend Funeral of Man He Succeeds. Leonard P. Steuart of this city, was en route to Denver, Colo., today ‘o attend funeral services for James C. Burger, and to succeed him as ime perial treasurer ot i the Mystic Shriv for North Ame ica. Burger, died at " Denver {during his term of office, will be succeeded diately by Steuair, who will bring to ‘Washington the financial head- quarters of the Shrine. Although the post of imperial | treasurer is ele tive, along with the in the order, it has | sidered for many vears 2 office, ard more than one ha for the term of his life. Re-election Is Seen. L. P. Steuart. other posts These three young Indian elephants, untrained when they were acquired recently by the St. Louis Zoo, are being taught to entertain visitors. By Spring they are expected to be familiar with their acts to be able to put on regular shows. —Wide World Photo. PITTMAN BILL HIT ASFUTILE POLICY Senator Johnson Speaks as Neutrality Measure | Nears Vote. Senator Johnson, Republican, of California said in the Senate today {the Pittman neutrality bill would | establish a “scuttle and run” policy | which would not keep America out | of war. As the Senate neared a vote on the Pittman bill, the veteran Californian appealed for re-enactment of the present neutrality law embargoing ex- | ports of munitions, but permitting | American ships to engage in trade. | Johnson said that in the Pittman | bill, Congress was “abdicating its last and most important function,” the right to declare war, and by granting broad discretion to the President, placing that function in his hands. He protested also that the bill ! would make America the “ally of | Great Britain in the Atlantic” and | “Japan in the Pacific.” Placing of a limitation on debate in ntate Clyde T. Webster of Detre ccd Burger as treasurer an here today, that L the next imperial conclave of the ! Shrine in Detroit, in June, Steuart | would be re-elected to continue his | services in this important post. The honor which now comes to Steuart was considered by his Masonic friends here as an even greater tribute than his election as imperial potentate of the Shrine here in June, 1935, dur- ing the great conclave of the order in the National Capital. No other Wash= ingtonian has ever reached this post. Steuart served as imperial potentate for a year, traveling throughout the United States, Canada, Panama Canal Zone and Hawali, to visit temples of the order. He presided at the session in Seattle last June, when he was suce ceeded by Judge Webster. Will Handle Huge Sum. As treasurer, Steuart not ol handle the finances of the ord for North America, but thro | hands will pass the vast fur | the Shriners of this contine: | tribute to the support of 14 large hos- | pitals for crippled children Steuart has been active in Masonry | in Washington for years and is now | in the grand line of the Grand Lodge. | He is serving this year as deputy grand master. and if the succession continues with tradition, he will be- come grand master of Masons of the | District of Columbia next year. Steuart is past master of Washing ton Centennial Lodge, No. 14, and for | years has been its treasurer. He is | 8 member of Adoniram Council, La- fayette Chapter, Orient Commandery | of Knights Templar and Albert Pike | Consistory of the Scottish Rite and | 1s a past potentate of Almas Temple | of the Shrine | Steuart has wide business entere In one of the memoranda, signed by | the Senate hastened the Pittman neu- | prises in this city, is president of L. Garner, the Ambridge official told of | trality bill toward a vote today de- P. Steuart, Inc., dealing in automoe { organizing a guard system, “some of whom are armed,” and of steps takcn | “to feel out the proper officials” about an anti-picketing injunction. The “proper officials” were identified in the | memorandum as the Mayor of Jersey | City and the police department. The company officials debated the | advisability of coming to Washington to see if the then Secretary of Labor | William N. Doak would “interest him- | self in attempting to overcome the | labor difficulties,” additional evidence showed, but this was not done. | The company contributed $350 to the New Jersey Association of Police Chiefs, it was shown, which was head- ed at the time by Philip Bell, chief of the Kearney Department, which later furnished police protection to Am- bridge workers. Denying there was any significance in the contribution, Garner said all | local groups “prey on us” when a job is under way. A contribution later was refused to a Patrolmen’s Benovo- lent Association because Garner | thought they simply wanted “a bit of the pie”. Mine Terrorism Probe. ‘Terrorism, climaxed by murder, soon will become the concern of the com- mittee, it was disclosed in an- nouncement that subpoenas had been served on several individuals and | coal companies in notorious Harlan County, Ky. where the gang kill- |ing of Bennett Musick, 19-year-old | son of a United Mine Workers organ- izer, was the latest case of violence. Those placed under subpcena are the county; the Harlan-Wallins Coal Corp., Harlan Collieries, Cornett Lewis Coal Co., Benito Coal Co. and the Cooke-Sharp Co. Coincident with this announcemeat Harlan County in an editorial con- taining the following excerpts: “Once again it has been demon- strated that there is not much chance for justice in Harlan County, when it comes to protecting the lives of mem- bers of the United Mine Workers of America. Harlan County is so com- pletely dominated by anti-union coal companies that a grand jury found it impossible to secure any evidence upon which to base indictments for the deliberate and wanton murder of Bennett Musick. Father Held Intended Victim. | home near Evarts, Harlan County. Evidently the killers were out to kill his father, but the latter happened to be away from home at the time. Evidence showed that automobiles loaded with men drove past the Mu- sick home, and the house was riddled with bullets from these cars. Ben- nett Musick was killed and his mother was wounded. “It is generally accepted as a fact that the killers were hired thugs who roam at will throughout the county to keep out the U. M. W. It is not strange that witnesses failed to iden- tify the killers before the grand jury. Any person who would furnish such information would probably be “pumped off” by the same gang of murderers. Thus there is created in | Harlan County a reign of absolute terror, by which method the anti- union coal companies maintain their | stranglehold on the county.” A date for hearings on this case be- fore the La Follette Committee has not yet been set. o Manchukuoans Slain. TSITSIHAR, Manchukuo, March 3 (#) —Thirty-seven Manchukuoan gen- darmes were killed or wounded yester- day in a clash with 200 bandits near ‘Tungpel. ] | Theodore Middleton, high sheriff of | of committee action, the United Mine | Workers” Journal released today de- | nounced the state of lawlessness in | “Bennett Musick was killed in his | | spite two attempts to amend it. ‘The measure would ban arms ship- biles, and is a partner in L. P. Steuart & Bro,, dealing in fuel. | ments to belligerents and impose dras- | | tic restrictions on shipment of other | American goods. Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of | Michigan sought to strike out of the bill discretionary power for the Presi- dent to decide whether vessels of the .Urmed States could carry goods to fighting nations. | Senator Bone, Democrat, of Wash- ington asked that American ships trading with belligerents be denied the Government's protection in recovering losses. JOB SEEKERS GIVEN ADVICE BY EXPERTS W. M. Loman of Hecht Co., and Mrs. H. Lyle Campbell Speak at Y. M. C. A, Persons seeking positions should seek to show their prospective em- ployer how they can flll his needs, William M. Loman, research director of the Hecht Co., declared last night in a lecture in the job guidance in- formation series at the Young Men's Christian Association, 1736 G street. One should try to sell himself to an employer with an idea of filling the needs of the latter in the same ! manner that a merchant tries to sell merchandise through convincing a customer that the merchandise fills a need, Loman told the audience. Mrs. H. Lyle Campbell, teacher ef “The Speech Arts” at Washington Uni- versity College, St. Louis, Mo, the other speaker at the meeting, urged young men and women to develop character as a means of obtaining positions. Those who seek jobs should develop themselves to the maximum degree of usefulness, Mrs. Campbell that the best personality from good character. Mrs. Campbell, on leave from the college, recently has been teaching “Personality Development” at the Young Women's Christian Association. Miss Marguerite Wykoff, director of Junior placement for the District Em- ployment Service, presided at last night's meeting, the third of a series of four being held under the “Planned Guidance Program for Youth,” spon- sored by the Y. M. C. A. develops ‘Man Asks $25,000 Damages for Use Of Name in Ads “Reward’® Offered for His Whereabouts Is Called Libelous. Asserting that he was libeled by the use of his name to advertise a brand of shoes, Salvatore Mancari, 3459 Fourteenth street, filed suit for $25,000 in District Court today. Mancari asserted that his right of privacy was invaded when the Frank P. Smith, Inc., local shoe distributors, circulated an advertisement a year ago that Salvatore Mancari was miss- ing and that a reward was offered for information as to his whereabouts. Mancari quoted the advertisement as stating that the purpose for his apprehension was to have him try on & pair of shoes of a particular brand s0 that his feet might be comforted. Mancari told the court the adver- tisement caused him considerable em- barrassment, L] said, and elaborated on the thought | JOB PANIC GUARD URGED BY STENGLE | National President of A. F. G. E. | Cites Blow at Morale During ! Roosevelt Reorganization. The governmental reorganization bill should be drafted by Congress in such a way as “to prevent any recurrence of the job panic and loss of morale that accompanied reor- ganization procedure a few years ago,” Col. Charles I. Stengle, national | president of the American Federation of Government Employes, declared today. “It will be recalled,” Col. Stengle | said, “that in the reorganization ef- fected early in President Roosevelt's first term, the procedure was ap- | proximately this: The agencies af- fected by reorganization plans were abolished and new agencies were created to replace them. The em- ployes of the old agencies became temporary employes of the new, with- |out civil service rights for the period of reorganization. This made it possie ble to dismiss many of them with- out much formality, and many of them were, in fact. dismissed “The most important feature of this program. however, was perhaps not the hardship wrought so far as the dismissed employes were cone- cerned. but the state of job panic and loss of morale brought about in those agencies by a very general apprehene sion among the entire group of ems- ployes. When employes have no means |of knowing whether their jobs are | secure, they can hardly be expected | to maintain the customary efficiency | of their work.” Col. Stengle proposed that “civil service employes be assured of the maintenance of their status, and that dismissals, where necessary, be based on a sound and equitable program founded on efficiency and seniority.” ‘SNOW’ PARKING BAN CASES CONTINUED Police Court Action Is Taken De- spite Announcement Charges Will Be Nolle Prossed. Cases of half a dozen alleged vio- lators of the District's “snow removal™ parking regulation were continued in Police Court today until April 15, ale though the corporation counsel's office has announced that all cases made under the regulation would be nolle prossed following Judge Edward M. Curran’s ruling that the regulation was “unnecessary and invalid.” Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal announced Saturday that all of ap- proximately 1,500 tickets and war- rants issued under the regulation would be nolle prossed. He said, how- ever, that he would apply to the Court of Appeals to test the Commissioners" authority to regulate parking as an aid to snow removal. Prior to Seal's announcement the half a dozen cases were brought be- fore Judge Walter J. Casey, who con- tinued them until today. Meanwhile, Judge John P. McMas hon had assumed the bench in Traf« fic Court, Judge McMahon continued the cases again in view of the pend- ing appeal. v