Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1937, Page 3

W.P.A. LAUNCHES SAFETY CAMPAIGN Data on Accidents Being Used as Basis of Work to Cut Mishaps. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 16—The Works Progress Administration’s safe- ty organization, biggest of its kind in the world, has launched a campaign to lessen the physical risks of men and women at work. ‘The most extensive and thorough study of labor accidents and their causes, compiled from data on thou- sands of different types of W. P. A projects, is being used as a basis for the search for new accident preven- tion devices and policies. They are to be applied to Govern- ment works, but may serve as guides to private industry, W. O. Wheary, Federal director of safety for the W. P. A, pointed out. He closes a two-day study here by Northeastern State safety consultants and safety engineers of the W. P. A. today, proceeding West for similar meetings next week in Chicago and New Orleans and the following week in Salt Lake City. Two methods stressed for reducing accidents in the discussions here were: 1. The education of foremen on Jobs in safety measures. 2. More careful consideration to assignments of workers with physical handicaps or who are physically dis- qualified for manual labor. Wheary's survey disclosed that the Middle West, from Ohio to the Da- kotas, had the greatest death fre- quency from accidents, while New York and New England had least in comparison of the records of the five regions under the safety director. ‘There were 627 accidental deaths throughout the country in the 3,997,- 854,146 man hours worked on W. P. A. projects from their inception July 1, 1938, to the end of 1936, giving the Nation a record of one death to 6,400,000 man hours of “exposure.” In the entire Nation, 229, or 36.5 per cent of the accidental deaths were caused by vehicles, 104, or 16.5 per cent, by falling objects, and 69, or 11 per cent, by falls of persons. ‘There were 73,614 men and women injured seriously enough to lose work- ing time, a frequency rate of 18.4 workers to each million man hours. DESTROYER SAVES SINKING SHIP'S CREW The captain of the British four- | masted schooner Avon Queen and his crew of eight men were rescued today in the vicinity of San Salvador Island by the destroyer U. S. S. Fairfax. The vessel was in distress and in a sinking condition, her main deck flood~ ed, a marked list to starboard and her pumps broken down, the Navy Depart-~ ment was informed today by radio- | banks. Daughter of - Japanese Ambassador Is Ap- pointed by Hazen. Ten-year-old Sakiko Saito, daugh- ter of the Japanese Ambassador and Mme. Saito, was named today by Com= missioner Hazen as queen of this year's Cherry Blossom Festival. The selection has the approval of the Ambassador and Mme. Saito and assures participation in the event of representatives of the government which made the gift of the famous cherry trees to the United States. Little Sakiko will be the youngest queen in the organized Cherry Blos- som Festivals. Officials in charge of the program said they believed her selection would heighten the interest of Washington children in the pro- gram. Commissioner Hazen said, mean- while, he believed the committee would be able to raise the $5000 minimum fund necessary to assure the program. Present plans call for the pro- vision of stands seating 5,000 persons. Seats will be 25 cents each. Members of a subcommittee on pub- lic safety and traffic will include Po- lice Supt. E. W. Brown, Inspectors L. I H. Edwards and Edward J. Kelly, Sakiko Saito, 10, Of Cherry Blossom THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1937. Named Queen Festival T SAKIKO SAITO. —Hessler Photo. Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer and Park Police Capt. P. J. Carroll, Elwood H. Seal, corporation coun- sel, was placed in charge of seating arrangements for special guests and C. Marshall Finnan, director of Na- tional Capital Parks, was made chair- man of a committee on arrange- ments. Eccles (Continued From First Page.) people would not only be anti-social but uneconomic. “I do not believe that sharp price rises in certain basic commodities should be controlled at this stage of the recovery by a restrictive money policy which would tend to freeze and might bring about an actual re- duction in the total volume of em- ployment and production. “The way to control unjustifiable price advances is by increasing pro- duction. This can be done so long as there is idle labor willing to work, s0 long as there are unused natural resources and an abundance of money at reasonable rates. All three of these conditions are present at this time. With reference to the volume of money, after the full increase in re- serve requirements goes into effect on May 1, there will be more bank de- Pposits and currency in circulation by fully $2,000,000,000 than at the peak of 1928 and 1929. There will also be excess reserves upon which billions of further credit can be exterded by the banks without the need for bor- rowing from the Federal Reserve In other words, the supply of money to finance increased produc- tion at low rates is ampl-. Further- | more, with the ample reserves of the | Federal Reserve banks, additional sup- plies of money can be made available when needed to finance expanded pro- duction at reasonable rates by the purchase of Government securities in the open market. At the same time the Reserve System has instruments for controlling directly the diversion of bank credit into security specula- gram from the Fairfax. | The Fairfax said it will take the | refugees to Norfolk, Va. The American | destroyer has requested authority to | burn or sink the Avon Queen by gun- | fire, to remove her as a menace to | navigation. | The Avon Queen, which is registered at Bridgetown, Barbados, was carry- ing a cargo of some 600 tons of salt. San Salvador Island—Watling Is- land—is the one sighted by Columbus in his first glimpse of the New World. The Avon Queen was in command of | Master Mariner Robert Alexander Mc- Lean, who was also owner of the ship, | LOST. BOSTON BULL. © vears old; 1 white and 1 dark eye 1d ear; disappeared Friday. Reward. C 1a 6746, BRACELET. shioned. black and gold. Saturday afternoon on 14th st. near Pa T reward. 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So far as I am concerned, I am convinced that such a supply of funds should continue to be made availaible at rates that will encourage full recovery and help to maintain it. Under present conditions of an accelerating recovery, a continued easy money policy to be successful in achieving and maintaining a balanced recovery must be accompanied by a prompt balancing of the Federal budget and the subsequent retirement of public debt by the Government in relationship to the expansion of pri- vate credit.” President Roosevelt’s budget calls for a balanced budget in the next fiscal year if relief outlays can be held to $1,537,000,000. Typical of initial reaction in Con- gress was the comment of Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader: “Let’s go slow about increasing taxes.” Representative Treadway, Repub- lican, of Massachusetts, ranking mi- nority member of the Ways and Means Committee, which originates tax laws, said: “It would be absolute confiscation of the property of the people, in view of the extravagance of the adminis- tration, to think of balancing the d. | budget now through higher taxes.” Col. Leonard P. Ayres, economist and vice president of the Cleveland Trust Co., and Prof Seymour Harris of the Harvard economics department agreed that balancing the budget was | desirable, but Harris added: “I am not sure whether it would be a practical policy at this time.” Would Require Expense Cut. Ayres said such action would re- quire a lowering of expenditures and not merely an increase in taxation. One nationally known New York banker, who would not be quoted by name, said: “I don't see how the budget could be balanced without making money rates tighter.” A slump in Government bonds be- gan last Friday, attributed by some officials to predictions of market “dopesters” that money would become tighter. Chairman Doughton, Democrat, of North Carolina, and Representative Vinson, Democrat, of Kentucky, of the ‘Ways and Means Committee pointed out there had been no earlier indica- tion that any general tax increase would be needed at this session. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma -said the budget could be balanced “any time they raise the general price level enough for people to make some money.” 1t was the general uptrend of prices, however, that occasioned Eccles’ state- ment. He said sharp rises in basic commodity indexes should not be checked at this stage of recovery “by —_— If You Sufferfion PILES Blessed relief has been the experience of thousands who have used PILE-FOE. 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Although saying that wage in- creases and shorter hours are “wholly desirable” when they bring in(‘reased‘ per capita production and effect a | better distribution of profits, Eccles | added that when they limit or actual- | ly reduce production they are not inm | the interest of the general public or In the real interest of the workers. Favoring continuance of the board's ‘“‘easy money” policy, Eccles said prices have been bounding upward because | of “non-monetary factors” such as; “foreign armament demands, strikes | and monopolistic practices by certain | groups both in industry and organized labor.” STRESS SANITATION IN BARBER SHOPS Need for increased sanitary condi- tions in some Washington barber shops | Wwas stressed today at a public hear- | ing on a barber control bill before a | special subcommittee of the House | Charges were made by Philip Gelfo, president of the Journeymen Barbers’ | Union of America, Local 239, that & | number of shops had not been inspect- ed for years, since the Health De- partment is handicapped by a ]flck’ of personnel. Gelfo also charged that barbers who failed to meet requirements in other States that have stri-t barber- control laws had migrated to Wash- ington and as a result the barber population had increased a third in five years. The subcommittee was told there are now 3,000 barbers ii Washington. Dr. George C. Ruhland, District health office, admitted inspection of barber shops is not as thorough as it should be, but pointed out the Health Department now has ample authority to control conditions and could do so if Congress would appropriate suf- ficient revenue to increase the in- | spection staff. He objected to a pro- Vision in the bill that would relieve | the Health Department of its pres- ent duty of maintaining sanitary con- ditions in shops and place this re- sponsibility under a proposed board of barber examiners, The District, through Corporation Counsel Edward H. Seal, joined Dr. Ruhland in this protest. VANDENBUSH SENTENCED TO 45-T0-70-YEAR TERM BY the Associated Press. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., March 16.— Merle Vandenbush, Midwest bank rob- ber who failed in his try at the North- ern Westchester Bank, favorite of hold-up men, was sentenced today to & term of from 45 to 70 years in prison for first degree robbery while armed. Anthony Rera, one of two com- panions in a holdup that netted $17,- 500 but was ruined a few hours later by a rookie policeman, also received 45 to 70 years. George Rera, driver of the hold-up car, will be sentenced later. All three pleaded guilty before Judge Gerald Nolan several days ago. Not until Vandenbush serves his term in Dannemora prison will he be served with* warrants charging him with kidnaping a New Jersey State trooper and robbing three banks in ‘Wisconsin. SEE US BEFORE YOU CLOSE ANY DEAL e Soto or Plymouth MID-GiTY "AUT0 Co. Washington’s Oldest De Soto and Plymouth Dealer 1711 14th St. N.W. AMERICAN COMFORT AT AMERICAN PRICES MANHATTAN MAR. 24th WASHINGTON--Apr. Tth Pres. Harding, Mar. 31st Pres. 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He recommended segregation of prisoners after case histories have been investi- gated at a central clinic. Exist in Law Only. Ray L. Huff parole executive of the | Department of Justice, said parole | and probation systems in the District exist in law only. He discussed de- sirable elements of a parole system, asserting that parole is not a form of clemency and that preparation for parole should begin at the time sen- tence is passed Probation work in the District Court was discussed by Joseph Y. Reeves, its probation officer. He said five probation officers last year cared for. 866 probationers, although 100 is regarded as the maximum number that can be handled satisfactorily by one officer. Inadequacies Described. The development of the probation System in the Police Court and its inadequacies were described by Robert Lee Smith, who pointed out the new Police Court Building will not furnish adequate facilities for this work. The speakers were introduced by John E. Laskey, chairman of the division on a model corrective system for the District. Members of the club voted unani- mously to protest to Chairman King of the Senate District Committee and the District Commissioners against changes contemplated by the Senate in the Juvenile Court bill. FUNERAL SERVICES SET FOR W. C. BLAKESLEE, 61 Construction Superintendent of Harvester Firm to Be Buried in Mount Zion. Funeral services for Walter C. Blakeslee, 61-year-old construction superintendent for the International Harvester Co., who died Sunday, will be held tomorrow at 10:30 am. at William Reuben Pumphrey’s funeral home, 7005 Wisconsin avenue, fol- lowed by burial in Mount Zion Ceme- tery. A year resident of Washington, Mr. Blakeslee, whose former home is at 3335 Tennyson street, was born Chicago. His widow, Mrs. Caroline Blakeslee, survives, as do two sons, Newton and Lieut. H. W. Blakeslee, and two Sarah Jane Speight and Miss Caroline Blakeslee. COL. GALLAGHER DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Col. Hugh J. Gallagher, U. S. A, retired, a veteran of the Indian Wars, the Spanish War, the Boxer Rebellion and the World War, died today at Wal- ter Reed Hospital following a long ill- ness. Col. Gallagher's distinguished mili- tary career included service as pur- chasing agent for the Panama Canal and service as chief quartermaster for the American forces in Siberia during the World War. He headed the Amer- smiled and kept on sitting. .Caught in Strike Net Even the glamorous Lily Pons couldn’t get any service in Detroit’s Statler Hotel yesterday, after employes of the estab- lishment started a sit-down strike. ordered her baggage moved, but Bellboy Frank Leonetti just Miss Pons is shown as she —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. Hotels __’c"““,‘l‘ifl,“,‘lm First Page.) waitresses, no glittering china and silver in the dining rooms | From stairways trickled a thin stream of guests who had walked down stairways. ‘Carrying their own | luggage, they walked past the desks and went to the street to call their | own taxicabs. In the high-walled lobbies were groups of men and women who de- layed starting the long climb to their rooms. Occasionally an elevator was run by an assistant manager, but operators were on strike. Together, the four hotels, members of the Detroit Hotel Association, which made the announcement, have | accommodations for nearly 4,000 per- sons. Employes were notifed by hotel officials of the closing order and in most instances, a spokesman said, | took the announcement in good spirit. 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At the Fort Shelby the manage- ment informed guests: “Due to the strike condition it is among hotel men, with Mayor Frank Couzens acting as representative of Gov. Murphy. Hotel men said their decision would remain in effect until agreements with unions would prevent any serious troubles over labor issues. “Maybe I'll go on a sit-down strike myself,” announced Miss Pons, who came here to sing at a concert tomor- row night. “The sit-down strike originated in PFrance, didn't it?” an interviewer asked the French mademoiselle. “No, no, no!” she replied quickly, “I think it was Detroit.” At the Book-Cadillac, Sonja Henie, figure ice skater, found herself with- out accommodations because of the shutdown, but was invited to a private home. Tyrone Power, young screen actor erior service . - :\fi?u?t was 100% S e O as the 'hous our busme:s 70‘ rges the larg ater have M ::d are now ready pefore. Come inigs OFFICIAL necessary for us to close and you may or may not stay here.” The action followed a conference SERVICE %t . a policy of neve Stisfactory ho d inspect our @} SAVINGS %% A—3 who appeared with Miss Henle at & local theater last night, also was a guest at the hotel. The Book, with 1,200 rooms, had 700 guests when the shut-down came; the Statler, 1,000 rooms and 700 guests; the Detroit Leland, 800 rooms and 700 guests. MINE CAGE KILLS TWO JOHNSTOWN, Pa., March 16 (#)— A cage fell in the shaft of the St, Michael mine yesterday, killing two miners, Russell Ball, 32, of South Fork and Andy Skerbich, 50, of St. Michael. Several others of the 18 men on the oage were injured and were rushed to a Windber hospital. . job ¢ leaving 0 1° s es\ub\ished us 1t has increase o ccupy oné. ocesh moving n epartment work than ever modern equipment. The Living Room is the “Home” Room It is the center of family’s life and its social activi- ties—hence its furnishing importance. 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