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A4 DEATHRATE T SEEN N TANSFER Health Officer Responsibility Cited in Issue on Hospital Control. This is the third of a series dis- eussing principles involved in the proposal for transfer to the Health Department of control over the hospitaiization and medical care of the indigent, now vested with the Board of Public Welfare. BY DON S. WARREN. “Since the health officer carries re- sponsibility over public health con- ditions, and must meet criticisms against prevailing mortality rates and the incidence of disease, he should be given direct control over municipal hospital services.” ‘This is one of the arguments most frequently offered in support of the plan to transfer to the Health De- partment the jurisdiction over Gal- linger Hospital, the Tuberculosis Sana- toria and the medical charities. Advocates of the change predict there would be greater continuity of medical services, fewer delays and more efficiency in public health and hospitalization programs if Health Officer George C. Ruhland were given command over the whole situation, acting under the Commissioners, in- stead of but part of it. Those holding this view argue that the change would eliminate oppor- tunities for “buck passing,” which they say exist under a system which leaves the health officer as the ‘“po- licing” power in places the control of operation of the hospitals in the hands of super- intendents who report to the Board of Public Welfare. Collins Upheld Charge, Chairman Collins of the House subcommittee in charge of the 1938 District supply bill, subscribed to this view during the appropriation hear- ings when he stated: “All of the Army hospitals are under the medical de- partment of the Army, and all of the naval hospitals are under the medical department of the Navy, and the Vet- erans’ Administration medical facili- ties are under the Medical Corps. All the other Government agencies have their hospitals under the medical di- visions of those agencies, except the District of Columbia. In the District they are under civilian heads, and it seems to me the medical associa- tion could more properly run the hos- pitals.” Ross Garrett, director of the Central Admitting Bureau for Hospitals, an agency set up by the Community Chest, several years ago to facllitate handling of applicants for free care or part-payment care at the hospitals, is one of the active sponsors of the change. While discussing the merits of the proposal itself, he interjected: “Dr. Ruhland probably will find him- gelf in an embarrassing situation next year or later if the situation as to in- fant mortality, the death rate for tu- berculosis and the prevalence of com- municable disease is not improved, * for he is being given larger funds for | the public nursing service, for labora- tory work and for the first of the pro- posed medical centers.” Hospitals Added. Garrett adds “When the municipal hospital set-up was placed under the jurisdiction of | the Board of Public Welfare, the now existing, augmented facilities of Gal- linger Hospital, the Disease Hospital as an extension of Gallinger, the Children’s Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Glenn Dale, and the soon-to-be-opened Adult Tuberculosis Hospital at Glenn Dale, were not in existence. “Likewise, the population of Wash- ington was not at its present level; likewise & progressive and modern Health Department did not exist. The Health Department, now equipped to do an active job, might better handle the specific problems of health and | hospitalization than the Department of Public Welfare, with its added re- sponsibility over relief, old-age as- sistance, foundlings, penal institutions, home for feeble minded and so forth.” Advocates of the change point to the 1928 report of the late Dr. Paul Preble, a surgeon in the United States Public Health Service, for support. This study proposed creation of a Department of Health and Hospitals, with a director of health in charge. There would be a Bureau of Health, which would have an advisory board, ut the current proposal does not pro- vide for this advisory agency. The Preble plan also proposed designation of a Bureau of Hospitals to operate under the director of health, and this bureau likewise would have an ad- visory board. Many of the proposals in the Preble plan, such as development of a public health nursing bureau and construc- tion of a contagious disease unit at Gallinger Hospital, have come into existence. Communicable Disease Care Vital. “Responsibility for the control of communicable diseases is logically the function of the Health Department,” the Preble report stated. “The care and treatment of those who have contracted communicable diseases be- comes equally as important as meas- ures intended to prevent the spread of infection. * * * If additional fa- cilities for the treatment of com- municable disease are provided at the municipal hospital under the ad- ministrative control of the director of public welfare, this divided responsi- bility over patients afflicted with com- municable diseases—under the health officer if treated at their homes, and under the director of welfare if given hospital treatment—should not be permitted to jeopardize municipal ef- forts to control these diseases.” Advocates of the change also point to the suggestion of Dr. Preble that some economies might be achieved in the consolidated operation of the ambulance services of the welfare agencies and the Health Department. The Preble report also stated: “This hospital division would assume re- sponsibility for all medical relief pro- vided under municipal auspices. It would provide hospital care to all per- sons entitled to the same, whether re- ferred by the Health Department proper, the Board of Public Welfare or other city agency. The proposal undoubtedly will meet with opposition on the part of those who contend that all medical charities are proper func- tions of the welfare authorities, on the ground that indigency is the de- termining factor. Under the plan, the Board of Public Welfare, of course, would continue its non-medical re- sponsibilities, referri all who re- quire medical relief the hospital authorities, and by di,;;\8 o this board would fulfill its obligations.” public health but | Communicable | THE EVENING Win in Divorce Case De Onate, actor. M’ADO0’S DAUGHTER GRANTED DIVORCE De Onate Admits Senator Pro- vided Money for Their Support. BY the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES. April 3—Ellen McAdoo de Onate, 21, daughter of United States Senator Willlam Gibbs | McAdoo and granddaughter of the |late President Woodrow Wilson, ob- | tained a divorce yesterday from Rafael | de Onate, 40, an actor, on a charge of | non-support. | She and her husband both testified |in her contested divorce action that | they were supported during their maz- | ried life by Senator McAdoo. | To Mrs. De Onate’s charge of neglect | and non-support. De Onate countered that McAdoo induced them to go to Europe after their marriage in 1934, preventing him from obtaining film | employment. | The young wife testifled her husband often left her alone at night and that when he returned he “usually was | slightly intoxicated” and “‘used abusive language.” Wilson's daughter, Mrs. William G. | McAdoo, divorced wife of the Senator jand Ellen’s mother, denied she in- fluenced the De Onates to go to Eu- rope. Asked if the Senator objected to the marriage, Mrs. McAdoo said: “The Senator told me that if she | loved him (De Onate) he would not | prevent their marriage.” “It was Ellen’s idea to go to Europe,” Mrs. McAdoo testified, “and I thought | annoying.” ‘It seems to me the defendant is an able-bodied man,” said Supreior Judge I. W. Bull in granting the decree, “who could have found work of some kind during his nearly three years of mar- riage.” Mrs. De Onate did not ask and was given no alimony, but De Onate was ordered to pay $25 a month toward old. TR Deaths Reported. Mary H. Lincoln. 90 3014 N st Jessie A. Mellis. 89, 616 Maryiand ave n.e. Joseph A. Gaston, S0, the Westmoreland Apartments. Annie E. Pritchard. Henry Lowry. 77, 4 Marion Kearns, Laura P, Weave: Ann E. Huett. 7. Willlam B _Newman. 0. 732 Whittier st. Joseph D. Bradley, 85. 5402 Kansas ave. Marga’ ® Smith, 60, National Homeo- pathic Hospital. Mary A_Cullianno, 58, 4008 Westway dr. George E. Lescure, 56. Sibley Hospital nry., 7. Tuberculosis Hos- 9. 26 Oth st. n.e. 15t st s.e 3033 P 8t 5. 1069 Jefferson st. 401 Girard st Howard A. p W. Dommitt. 46. 514 D st Bowen, 45, United States 42. 237 Sth st se. Caegialty Hospital 85, Gallinger Hospital, 13th e. ant 5 Ni Katie Seabrook. ' Luvenia M. Harris, Samuel Crawford, 6! Dr. Livingston. 51 T Fred Thomas. 46, Gallinger Hospital Willie M. Reeder. 41. 1412 Hopkins st. 28, Gallinger Hospital. Freedmen's Hospital. John Taylor Infant Elum. Births Reported. | Frank and Katherine Davis, girl. | Thomas and Mae Thomas, twin girls. | Alexander and Mary Meloy. bos. | itt, boy. Richard and Dora Brown. boy. John and Josephine Porirsky, girl. Doras and Angela Orusseau. boy. John and Kathleen Atwell. boy. Lucius and Jane Wilmerding, boy. | Oscar and Eleanor Suserud. boy. \Jm‘t‘ and Mary McCarron. girl. Edward and Margaret Kelly. girl. | Louis and Alice Dieterich. girl Conrad and Leita terweg, r., girl, Martin and Frances Ryan, girl. | Sol_and Ada Sorkin, girl James and Caroline MacKenzie, boy. | Alton” and Nell Cates. boy. | Alvin and Barbara Hanes. | Willlam and Mary Bebedict, | Elwood and Rose Zupnik.' bov. Howard and Irene Slachter, Oliver and Dorothy Holmes, boy Timothy and Sarah O'Keefe. girl, Michael and Nellie Marcopulos, girl. Douglas and Ida Long. girl Frederick and Katheryn Muivey, girl. George and Juliette Foreman. girl. daughter of M avenue, Raymond E. Ward, | it was & good idea, too, because of the | | newspaper publicity, which was very | support of their son, Robert, 2 years | Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo (right), former wife of Senator William G. McAdoo and daughter of President Wilson, pictured in Los Angeles court yesterday with her daughter, Mrs. Ellen McAdoo De Onate, at the latter’s divorce suit against Rafael Lopez Mrs. De Onate was granted an interlocutory decree on grounds of non-support.—Copyright. A. P. Wirephoto. < Sy | CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Biological Society of Wash- ington, Cosmos Club, 8 p.m. Dance and card party, Joppa Lodge | Chapter, No. 27, O. E. 8., 2400 Bix- teenth street northwest, 8:30 p.m. Dance, Socillrsecumy ‘Board Union, Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street, 8 pm. Dance, Thomas Marshall Broadmoor Hotel, 10 p.m. Dance, 8igma Kappa Carlton Hotel, 7:30 p.m. Club, Sorority, Dance, Forty and Eight Club, Ward- | man Park Hotel, 10 p.m. | Dance, Bureau of Indian Affairs, | wardman Park Hotel, 10 p.m. Dance, Credit Union, Mayflower | Hotel, 9 pm. Dinner, Society of Colonial Wars, | Mayflower Hotel, 7 p.m. Dinner, Continental Bakers' Relief | Association, Mayflower Hotel, 7 p.m. Dinner, Kappa Phi Legal Sorority, Shoreham Hotel, 7 p.m. | Dinner, Johns Hopkins University | | Cotillion Board, Shorenam Hotel, 7:30 pm. TOMORROW. Meeting, Bartenders’ Union, Old | Local No. 75, 720 Fifth street, 3 pm. Meeting, Irish History Study Club, | 1500 Newton street northeast, 8 p.m. Marriage Licenses. ossel. 29, Baltimore, and Hazel E. Jo{‘{?nc“}'ltlo! iy Fanliol Heights, Md.. Rev. J. W. Rustin. a liam Fleming 3 0 Grace st. an w‘[])‘c:ls Grayson, Corcoran st.; ev. W. Jones. Wilbur T wnsen and Frances V. William A, Stewar Keller 26 both irginius 2 pl l;:(nd Jane Avlfl‘vnodlr 18, Dumb; - Krause 1440 Newton st. n.e.; Rev. J. EDBIail 1. | Ianedl o "l‘ }ivl‘r( Kansas *J. and Jessie S R K”tll'y" 313 O st sw. T A Raynall. 21, 3 st sw. O Sernice Harris, iR 1130 Rew Jersey | Rev. Solomon_Jackson Barghauscn, 2. and ' Lovina A Tifn, 20, both of 1319 Kenyon st.; Rev. R. L. Wood Pressly L. Stevenson. 33, Chicago. and Florence M. Paimer. ‘34, Miami." Fia.; ison Rev Sl o 30_ and Ida Baltimore; Metcalfe 22. both’ of jr. 24 and Lela M Hopewell, Va.; Judge ward J. Henneberry. 32, 5435 Connec- D Norma L. Hughes 38, v. T. G. Smyt 1301 Massa- n L. Thornton. Rev. W. R. d_ 27 630 F McFarland C. C_Ras v, 47 of t. mes 1483 | Richmond. | arton. VA Rev. John T. Ida R, Indianapolis B 05 0. Rev. Poore. Evan W. Hartman Lane. 24, both of R. E. Maitinely chusetts ave e &3 3622 Norton Bl Gody, T Harry. 24 and Virginia L. Balder- Joon 15 both ‘of 2092 North Capitol st.; Rev. J_R. Mills. Young. 22. RO doste. 19. "Both of ‘1900 Maryland ave. n.e.: Rev. R. D. Bowman. Rob 56, 1611 Swann st. and L and Pauline O e t Taylor 1811 i Roland. 46. 1440 Chapman at.; Rev. C. urray. James E. Jones, 21 and Pauline Floyd. 18. both of Richmond: Judge R. E. Mattingly. 111 Rand, 26, 1741 Sth st. and Wiiaerea Tl on. 25. 1616 Covington both of Rev, Cloyd C. Peterson. Jjr. 2 .. and Janet E. Reich. 22, F. B. Hai st Rev. F. Tris. Prederick 'W. Curtis. 25. Palmyra. N. J. d _Nancy Brunner. 4. 1228 Lawrence st. n.e.: Rev, A, L. Wilis. Charles T. Andri 46. Richmond Hill, N. d Lydia Willlams. 30. Brooklyn. C. S. Biggs H st. and fmore; N Nichols. 25. 219 z 151 Carroll st. an. 3. 2235 Prout st. s.e. 22, - Capitol N. Y Rev Constantine J. Mary_Barkis. 22 _ Hofl: ev. J. V. ey, 30.'3401 22nd st. ne.. i 1612 Jackson Antonio. 5. Chevy Chase. Md.: Rev. Tet. Charles ' E. Briscoe. nd Beulah . Lee. 1R both of Alexandria. Va.; Rev. F. A. Poore. Joseph Brazitis. 33. Smithton. Pa. and Kathryn _Slavel 32, Chicago;” Rev. J. H. Dunham. When the goldfish in the second grade of the Takoma School have to be fed, they could not ask for a more charming person to do the job than this little miss. and Mrs. Louis Harrison of & Takomd Park, Md. Monday: Rene at the J. R. Keene School. —Star Staff Photo. pended. - She is Nancy Harrison, 7, Ethan Allen 'ard, son of Mr. | the courts.” STAR, WASHINGTON, HUGHES DEFENDED BY DR. WALSH G. U. Vice President Cites “Mutilation” of Text of Court Comment. A defense and explanation of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes' now- famous remark that “the Constitu- tion is what the judges say it is” was made by Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, S. J., vice president of Georgetown University last night in his weekly lecture on the Supreme Court. Dr. Walsh had declared that the Supreme Court has an “inescapable duty” of interpreting the constitu- tionality of enacted statutes and, without power to nullify, it would be no.more than a “debating society.” “The Constitution cannot talk,” the Georgetown educator said. “I wish it could at present, for I suspect we should hear much revealing commen- tary. “The voice of the Constitution has been committed to the judiciary, not to the legislative or executive depart- ments of government. Every attempt to impersonate that voice is ventrilo- quism, which is usually booked as & vaudeville act not worthy of the legiti- mate stage. Remark Often Misapplied. “Hence it follows that the law is what the judges say it is,” he added. “That remark of Chief Justice Hughes, who was only repeating John Mar- shall, has frequently been distorted and misapplied. It has recently been | invoked as a flippant expression of arbitrary power residing in opinion- | ated judges.” Dr. Walsh declares that the phrase has gone the rounds among ‘“high personages who, I hope, were unaware of the flagrant misuse of & truncated and incomplete sentence, torn bleed- ing from the body of its context and mangled into an alleged criticism of the judicial function.” ‘What the Chief Justice actually sald in a speech at Elmira, May 3, 1807, when Governor of New York, was | quoted as: | “I have the highest regard for the courts. My whole life has been spent in work conditioned upon respect for the courts. I reckon him one of the worst enemies of the community who will talk lightly of the dignity of the bench. We are under a Consti- tution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our liberty and of our property under the Consti- stution. I do not want to see any direct assault upon the courts nor do I want to see any indirect assault upon Cites Deceptive Censoring. By putting a period after the cita- tion where none was before, Dr. Walsh said, an entirely deceptive | interpretation is given of Chief Jus- | tice Hughes' argument. The frequent use made of the mutilated text, he said, “has done much to lessen public confidence n the reasons alleged in support of the present proposals to remake the | judiciary in & more recognized image | and ltkeness.” | While the Supreme Court is not at liberty to surrender or waive the | “inescapable obligation” imposed upon | it by the Constitution, Dr. Walsh said, “it has no mandate to inquire into the motives, good or bad, under- lying an act of Congress. “Both the knowledge and the good faith of legislators must be assumed | and their intentions are not open to investigation by the court,” he re- minded. “Nor can the wisdom or the expediency of congressional enact- ments be questioned by the Supreme Court * * * Remedy for unsound legis- lation lles in the Legislature, not with the court.” | Dr. Walsh will speak again next Friday evening in Memorial contl-i nental Hall. SECOND-OFFENSE SPEEDING. James B. Graham, Maryland, $10. William P. Frank, 2714 Twelfth street northeast, $10. Clarence M. Chandler, Virginia, $10. Rodney C. Shull, 4925 Conduit Road, Traffic Convictions $5. Towa Rankin, 1423 Fifth street, $10. | Andrew 8. Boarman, 367 O street | southwest, $25. FIRST-OFFENSE SPEEDING. Katherine Broening, Maryland, $5. Walter D. Brookings, Virginia, $5. Burch Smith, Virginia, $5. Otis H. Lester, Virginia, $5. Ernest R. Strempel, Maryland, $5. William R. Lockhart, 5310 Reno : road, $5. Everette D. Murphy, Maryland, $5. Norman W. Wilson, Maryland, $10. Martin 8. Myers, 3915 Kansas ave- nue, $5 Dorothy M. Agnew, 3818 Fifth street, $5. | John F. Moran, jr., 2715 Thirteenth | street northeast, $5. Earl F. Sodeman, Maryland, $5. | Coleman Johnson, 4717 Foote street | northeast, $5. Allen G Stern, 3022 Wisconsin ave- nue, $5. Prince E. Williams, 118 Florida ave- nue, $5. Joseph B. Herbert, Maryland, $5. Roger W. Curtis, Maryland, $5. Wiliiam E. Branford, 1903 Seventh street, $5. Harold E. Carter, 7100 Connecticut avenue, $5. Arthur B. Belfleld, Virginia, $5. Norman L. Davis, 4918 Albemarle | street, $5. | ’5Josep A. Micker, 1348 Oak street, Don Newberry Bent, Maryland, $5. Edmund B. Benser, Maryland, $5. Edwin W. Hill, Maryland, $5. George Jackson, 1640 Hobart street, $10. Willism J. Pruneau, 5309 Dorsett place, $10. Obrient Hill, 1312 Fourth street, $5. SUSPENDED PERMITS. - The following is a list of the oper- ators’ permits suspended or revoked by the rd as of March 31, 1937: Hermani{ E. Ford, 2413 E street northeast, revoked. James J. McQuade, 224 S street northeast, revoked. William 8. E. Pieresma, 1657 Good Hope road southeast, revoked. John T. Wilson, jr., 114 Florids nue, revoked. James B. Fox, 4817 Blagden avenue, revoked. Denis Moss, 1314 Sixth street, re- Voked. Harry R. Ober, 5718 Third street, revoked. | Garnett K. Potts, 521 F street north- | east, revoked. John Riggs, Rockville, Md., revoked. Willie Rhodes, 1526 Tenth street, revoked. Harry le, Fairlawn, Md., sus- 1937. D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, Drinkers on Relief Tagged ADDRESS TONIGHT Senator Johnson to Speak at Swedish Bociety’s Fete. Senator E. C. Johnson of Colorado will make the principal address at & meeting commemorating the 27th anniversary of the Bwedish Seciety of Washington at the Lee House at 8:30 o'clock tonight. It was erroneously announced in The Star yesterday that the meeting was scheduled for last night. Radio Meows Upset Cat. SYRACUSE, Kans. (#).—Mrs. Jo= seph Kucera’s cat, a lover of music, sat on her lap to enjoy a radio dance orchestra. When an entertainer in- terjected an imitation of s cat, the | Kucera pet went crazy, bit Mrs. Ku- | cera, scratched Mr. Kucera and tore down the living room curtains. Angered when four men working for W. P. A. appeared in Police Court on charges of drunkenness, Mayor Frank H. Wheeler of Clifton Forge, Va., who is also judge of the City Police Court, city relief administrator and president of the Virginia State Firemen’s Association, ordered that henceforth any person on relief who is convicted of using relief funds to buy liquor will wear one of these signs on his back while working out his fine. Since the Mayor made this ruling no relief workers have been brought into his court on charges of drunkenness. —Wide World Photo. WODEHOUSE DISOWNS “JEEVES” AT COLUMBIA | It's Another “‘Gentleman’s Gentle- man"” Who Goes Through For- tune Racket Experiences. 'TT'WENTIETH CENTURY-FOX s fooling the people. This is not a particularly harsh indictment, how- ever, for such tactics represent nothing more than a time-honored Hollywood | custom, do not constitute a cardinal sin, and are affable chicanery. Up at the Columbia, the men in the booth are unreeling several times each day a celluloid item entitled, “Step Lively, Jeeves.” It's about a pair of | confidence men who decide to put a | new twist on the old Sir Francis Drake fortune gag by producing a made-to- order heir, and Jeeves, English “gen- | tleman's gentleman,” is chosen as the favored one. The catch is, as some put it, that people are being led to believe that this Jeeves is Mr. Wode- WOODWARD 10™ 1I™F AxD G STREETS house’s Jeeves, which he isn't—being Jjust another valet named Jeeves. To be sure, Arthur Treacher is the perfect Jeeves—even the perfect Wode- house Jeeves—but Mr. W. had nothing to do with the story. The “con” gentry bring the masquerading ex-servant to the U. 8. A, tackle an ex-beer baron gone “society” with “shake-down” in their eyes, find ready response to their suggestion that a small outlay for establishing title to the Drake fortune would reap amazing returns. 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