Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1937, Page 9

THE EVENING Deficits Pass 14 Billions in 6 Years Compares With Nearly 4 Billions Under Hoover Rule. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. T IS ALWAYS unpleasant to talk | about debts and deficits. but the | facts today have a direct bearing | on whether or not the United | States Government will be able to take | ® wide detour from “the road toward was just about four years ago — March 10, 1933, to be exact ~—that President Roosevelt stood before a joint ses- sion of both houses of Con- gress and after recounting the deficits of the preceding admin- istration, said *For three lo years the F Government has been on the road toward ban ‘With the utmost point out to the Congress pro- | found effect of this fact (the Hoover deficit) on our national economy It has contributed to t ecent | collapse of our banking It has accentuated tk ation of the economic life of our people It has added to the ranks of the unemployed. Our Government’s house is not in order and for many reasons no effective action has been taken to ore it to orde ur long years 1t made that seriousness I \ave elapsed since address to | those four years a | \ piled up ag ing | ch in amount ring load lea on the ruptey.” Added $14, Roosevelt 9,400,000, attribute to a total of $3.491,800.000 up to an March 3, 1933, the Rooses | has added an extra $1 9.400.000 | Roosevelt 1933, to June 892.600.000. 1 vear ending June 329.000,000 vear 800,000. ending J vear June 30, | | vear en June 30. | 418,000.000. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1937, News Behind the News Feeler Reported Made by Court Plan Opposition for Compromise With Roosevelt. BY PAUL MALLON HE first infinitesimal feeler toward a move which might be called a compromise in the President's court packing case has been made, very much off the record One of the opposition leaders on Capitol Hill sent word down- town to a presidential adviser suggesting that, in view of the Wagner decision, it seems rather unnecessary to add siz more justices to an already favorable Supreme Court, so how about working out some- thing to settle the argument The answer came back: *“We wouldn't take less than four.” The respondent did not assume to speak for the President, and no one is now assuming he consulted the President. President Roosevelt, in all conversations, private and public, has indicated he would not com- promise to the extent of the sixth eyelash, on the sixth new proposed Justice. At any rate, that ended that. The only principle at issue, of course, still is whether the President shall get control of the court by adding to it. This issue cannot be halved, by slicing the number of the new justices. Either the President does get control, or he does not. * koK % There is nothing tangible by which to prove it, but this court dispute may end by just going on and on until “something” happens. THE opinions of the writers on this page are their own, not necessarily The Star’s. Such opinions are presented in The Star’s effort to give all sides of questions of interest to its readers, although such opinions may be contradictory among themselves and directly opposed to The Star’s. How Many Unemployed ? Only Guesses Can Be Made in Absence of Accurate Figures of Jobless Employables. BY MARK SULLIVAN. ployed employables”? The answer is N THE argument of the President and Congress about reducing Gov- ernment expenditures, the core is a figure in the most recent report of W. P. A. The figure is 2,114,- 790—for convenience call it two mil- lion. That is the number of persons who were on W. . 3 P. A. relief rolls [ on March 27, the | date of the latest report. It is necessary to know just what category of persons those two million are. To wholly a matter of judgment, the kind of judgment that is really a guess There are no official figures. There has never been a census of the unem- ployed. Whether there ought to be a census and how it ought to be taken is a matter about which dispute exists. In the lack of exact figures, the number of “unemployed employables” is a matter of estimate, by persons in 8 position to observe. In large citles, they probably exist in considerable numbers. In rural districts and other small communities, where observation is easiest, observers say the number on relief projects is greater than it The President’s spokesmen in Con- of congressional concern. has been completely lost Opposition leaders have to this seem to be been done; (2 surprised by the decision that they stll do. * * are these days Immediately after he submitted the doo: They President’s r fully laid plans The groans of heard all dou Capitol. They ou House do not provided that it's bad friends afterward direction. ‘The n the President able moveme Mr, f course, t year, half will turn out t the estimated deficit accurate the Trea: as to taxes to be c tes were prov t is, way too T ative de $3.491,800.000 of the Hoov trat and the $14,859,400,000 of the ur Roosev vea $18.3. 0,000 for t Federal Gove! Roosevelt Cuts Deficit. seven years. he tey” with an extra $14,000.000,000 | 1t has been | to bring ly, but has p a single ye han the worst | which President t yet | succeeded in in which the de oover was in Back in 1933 the President outlined to Congress the essentials of the debt problem and their to the economic welfare of sai pon the unimpaired credit of the United States Government rests the fety of deposits, the security of in- wrance policies, the ac of in-| trial enterprises, the value of Itural prodt and the availability of employmer United States these Government definitely t. It, there- damental human value becomes our first concern to! sec the foundations. Na- | tional recovery depends upom it. Expense Curve Goes Up. however, recovery is supposed | have been achieved during the four Roosevelt years or at least to have been so substantially assured | that the American people last Autumn presumably forgave the large ex- penditures and re-elected the ad- ministration which had promised them & balanced budget. The curve of ex- penses is going up notwithstanding recovery. The number of unemployed is still very large. but by no means as large as four years ago. On the other hand, the administration is afraid to count them for fear the actual number getting relief will be revealed as a greater expense than is warranted, now that recovery in | large measure is supposed to have been attained. | If the credit of the United States Government remains good, it will be because the people become con- vinced that ultimately their wishes will be followed by Congress and the President, and that expenses will be materially reduced. When dif- ferences of opinion arise as to whether this task will be fulfilled, the prices | of Government bonds fluctuate. Just now governmental policy as to future expenses and future tax receipts is somewhat indecisive and indetermi- nate. Hence, the risks pointed out by the President in March, 1933, again become pertinent for consideration. (Copyright, 1937 ) PRESIDENT PLANS VISIT Hopes to Make Trip to Chile Some Time. Mr. Roosevelt hopes to pay a visit to Chile some time while he is Presi- dent. He expressed this hope to Senator Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal of Chile when the latter called at the White House yesterday and presented an in- vitation to the Chief Executive from Arturo Alessandri, President of Chile, to visit that republic. Senator Tocornal was accompanied | plans impaired by an arbitra: 1 be ¢ cent without A to department g powers and without nul i would solve the s R. E. A-er M. L. Rams (analyzing the Inst up and this one about a utility chieftain wt gress are in ne hurry to vote—neither is the oppositior. Off next Tuesday for his Spring vacation, which indicates his pulling force will be devoted mostly to tarpon for Even now the budget has supplanted the court as a primary matter Interest in the Judiciary Committee hearings always wondered why not claim his victory in the Wagner case and reform his program to attain his objectives in the way pointed out by the court. T (1) The whole future N. R. A. program, etc worked out on the expectation of an adverse decision, and adherence to the decision would require the scrapping of all the inside work that had 2) The Cohen-Corcoran group of advisers were so utterly will no v by tend Democrats for a curiaim ences sometimes h; in his the President’s Mr. R. is going the immediate future. President the did various answers was being doubted the genuineness of it, and * K Mr. Roosevelt is having difficulty finding out who his real friends his appeal for a hold-down budget, up jumped the independent-liberal-progressives who have generally sided with him, but have never joined him and have always kept one foot in demanded a cool increase of allotment, an increase which would And they set out to get it Roosevelt's the mile expanse of Pennsyl ©at many of the I. L. P. care what happens to the budget or t They are inflationists first @ He is their leader only when he is got dollars in the uin all his care- a billic Treasury watchdogs could be c to the friends of White ¢ Treasury, Roosevelt g in their ay st y formid- n Gove In one w eed 1g to counteract a profound effect nds is not possible. t considered very seriously time, or, a least but it ' ‘the spoiled it A flat 10 per cent slash might Their work be se v e same time, there are others which rial damage. If something can be to sw him pssional someth! Rep! dictatorial appr cong to make uation new book, “Pyramids of Power” >, somehow or ar White House during the old N. R. A. days The po companies code around. In exasperation, he cried a tremendous industry. What am Mr. Roosevelt chuckled and rey Washington and met the big bad wo! (Copsr t under the same rest er man had tried witho rictions as pri Al he was able to get from ar success to get public power posed in the N. R. A. here was a polite run- out to the President: “I represent I going to tell them? ied: “Tell them you came down PRESIDENT PLANNING '38 PHILIPPINE TRIP Unable to Arrange Cruise This Year to Islands, He Tells Manuel Quezon. President Roosevelt will be unable to arrange a cruise to the Philippine Islands this year, but probably will make the journey some time next year. The President expressed himself to this effect yesterday to Manuel Que- zon, President of the Philippine Com- monwealth, adding that he is anxious | to visit all the islands, especially JOIU‘ and Mindanao. President Quezon was guest at luncheon in Mr. Roosevelt's office, spending more than an hour discuss- ing a variety of subjects. Mr. Quezon | said he is scheduled to leave Washing- ton today to spend tomorrow with Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan, former Governor General of the Philippines. Quezon expects to sail Wednesday from New York for Denmark and Ire- land, here he will make a study of co- operatives and land tenancy. He also to attend the coronation of King George VI. Late in June he will return to the United States and ee re- study e to future re- United States and has p lations betwee President Quezon “I think the cr congressional tion of this joint committee has been a and its agenda is really ‘When the committee finishes its work, the Government of the United States will, in my opinion, | have before it a very complete picture of the situation in the Philippines as it affects relations of the United States.” BANDITS SLAY SIX Mexican Troops Hunt Gang After Hold Up of Miners. GUANAJUATOR, Mexico, April 24 () —Federal troops hunted yesterday through the rugged mountains of this section for a bandit gang that shot and killed six leaders of a local miners’ union. The men were attacked by 10 des- | peradoes as they returned here last night after attending a meeting in nearby El Cudo. They were robbed before the bandits opened fire. Young Washington Two twins at the Truesdell School go in for geography in a know that it is! ought to be. They say there are per sons on relief jobs who could readil find private jobs—if they wanted private jobs and the dis- tinction between two elasses of persons, described in two phrases that came in with the Deal. The two phrases are “the unemployables” and “the unemployed employables.” The “unemployables” are those who can't work, the old, the crippled, the physically or mentally defective, all and permanently un- | These we can dismiss | fers a W. P. A. job be from the present exposition. These |is easier. are supported wholly by States and other local units of government. These are not the Federal Govern- ment's burden; they do not figure in | 8al tendency is to encourage it. Mr. Roosevelt’s problem of balancing | COmmunities hoot in | the budget | public U. S. Cares for Employables. The class that the Federal ernment takes care of, and tk ates the administra tiscal They P. A Tent jests were no W any ther t Mark Sullivan. hat for by local communities, W. would cease to exist quietly approve. They ne money cof to the tills of local m like to see the 8,300 local ings that W. P. A 3,000 local athletic fields 5.000 recreation buildings halls, and the 21,000 bricges States Uphold U. S. Responsibilit What is is true of § States feel t employed hants, prob- | and ects, These pr 1e Federal Governme ly small { United | Ala., and Lieut. Donald McGregor, U. | s0 mar contribution. decided by W. P. Roosevelt g0 on su next fiscal am 000,000 er of cor will s ort or 11 some 400,000 States, 1,786,000 persons who are illing to work but The more d 1estion is, are there States today 2,114, ns who are able-bodied and to work but are unable to find private jobs? Some persons say there are more The persons who say there are more include some W. P. A. o and some members of Congr , most of cal bent. These persons say r of “unemployed employ- is much greater than the 2,000,000 that W. P. A. now cares se persons Mr. 1500,000,000 for The queer union pressure ation of W. P. A. employes, says int ought to be $3.000,000.000. They want more persons on W. B. A jobs, and want higher wage rates for them. | What is the true number of ‘unem- | able and jobs? and present the United THOMAS W. McGREGOR EXPIRES AT HOME HERE | Funeral Services Monday Long-time Resident of Capital. Retired 5 Years Ago. ‘Thomas W. McGregor. 63, died yes- terday at his home, 4921 Ninth street, | after a long illness A native of Wyoming, Mr. Me- Gregor had been a Washington resi- | dent since childhood. He was em-| loyed by a local wholesale heating and plumbing firm until retiring about | five years ago, due to failing health. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Eliza- A. McGregor, and a daughter, ean McGregor; two sons, Maj. C. McGregor, U. S. A, sta-| tioned at Maxwell Field, Montgomer: for S. N. Coronado, Calif.; two half-| brothers, George Y. Richmond, New York City, and Rollin E. Richmond, | this city, and /two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10| a.m. Monday/in Hines' funeral home, 2901 Fourteehth street. Burial will be | in Rock Creek Cemetery. POLICE PISTOL TARGET PRACTICE BEGINS SOON Schedules to Continue Daily Until | All Force Members Participate. Metropolitan police pistol target practice will begin May 4 at Camp Simms and continue daily until every member of the force has participated, Maj. Ernest W. Brown, police superin- tendent, announced yesterday. The range will be the National Rifle Association’s standard 25-yard pistol target. Lieut. John E. Fondahl will be in charge. Firing scores will be rated on the basis of 90, expert; 80, sharp shooter, and 65 marksman. Any member of the forc. who fails to qualify during the regular practice will be compelled to do so later at his own expense, Maj. Brown said. BAR PUPILS UNDER SIX Charles Commissioners Set New School Entry Age. LA PLATA, Md,, April 24 (#)—The Charles County Commissioners issued an order barring children under 6 from the public schools, saying they | were not able to learn to read before BREWING CO. WASNINGTON 8¢ really In some rural communities W. P. A. provides much of the material for cur- if there wouldn't be “unemployed employables.” If W. P. A. were administered and paid P. A In local com- munities, neighbors know who is able to work, who could get a private job if he really wanted one, and who pre- ause the work Yet, just because W. P. A. is admin- istered from Washington and paid for from Washington, the almost univer- Local ate, but in laugh about W. P. A—but they like to see in from Washington They | chool build- has built, and the | the and town We, the People Thomas Mann Might Contribute to U. S. Culture If He Feels Inclined. BY JAY FRANKLIN. HE self-appointed friends of German culture have written me on at least two occasions urging me to join in welcoming Herr Thomas Mann, the great German author now in voluntary exile from Hitler's Germany, in order to foster German culture outside the Reich. The men and women on this committee are distinguished liberals, rather than students of German literature. Many of them happen to be my personal friends. I share their admiration for the works (in translation) and for the character of this Nobel prize winner and lifelong liberal. But I have deferred accepting their invitation and now feel forced to decline to take part in their movement, for reasons which a de- cent respect for the opinions of my contemporaries compel me to make clear. For Herr Mann himself I feel both sympathy and respect. Were I in his shoes I should cer- tainly share his convictions. Life under a totalitarian dictatorship, in which the arts are regimented in the service of the state, must be indeed intolerable for a free spirit. Yet I do not see how German culture, which is part of Germany, can be truly fostered outside of Germany itself. A culture must have its roots in the life, the language, the virtues and the vices of a people. Foreigners can pluck and enjoy its flowers, but these flowers fade quickly on foreign soil 0 L\BERAL GERMAN CULTURE Even in America, which was settled just after the rich flowering of Elizabethan literature, we developed no literature worthy of the name for 250 years. It simply docs not seem possible that German artists, severed by political circumstances from their native land, can maintain German cul- ture on this side It is true that th can prac! e their own arts in exile, but it woul cruel to encourage them ir e false hope that by so doing they are any- thing more than emigres awaiting the restoration of an old order which is forever gone. The loss is that of Germany, but we have surely seen 100 much of the exiled Tsarist Russians, waiting for 20 years to see the walls of the Red Jericho come tumbling down, to wish a similar heart break for the German exiles What we ought to desire in the case of Thomas Mann is to have him contribute to American culture, to join his great talents to our heritage and to maturalize his art in @ new land where he will already find many German roots transplanted and producing a New World crop of culture. If Joseph Conrad, a Pole, could become one of the great masters of English prose, surely it is not too much to urge these exiled artists to forget « German culture which is perhaps dying and which is certainly changing its values, and to use us as an instrument to convey their message to the world. One thing more. It is difficult to escape the belief that this hor fanfare for Herr Thomas Mann is not so much a tribute to a real great artist as it is a veh for the vindictive anti-Hitler hatred entertained by the American intellectuals. Hatred, surely, has little place in art, and it does lttle honor to the cause of with a political demonst that he was exiled from his do not condemn confuse an ae of Euripides live ol blood and tears of conflict have rejoined the ng Thomas an exile but as a United States Mann to Ame from Nazi e his great ticians of race h 1 admirers, I say, far a chair of G 1 to feast him to 2 in this brave new world of eat art. tor or | 1896 | spent in Cz te. The Stat r re-electi W i 0 | | An American You Should Know Career of Fred D. Fagg, Jr., Parallels Progress in Aviation. BY DELIA PYNCHON. INCE the Wright b off from Haw in 1903 in a pusher biplane, fiying has emerged the realm of ters took from | : |dreams and experiments to da realities and neces ities Figures show that 500,000 people in the United States and 8,000,000 . pounds of § traveled by last year departme the Goverr are The War D ment had th R Ofice Depart- Fred D. Fage. Jr. air col | grown up York City i Most s young life was He was borr Welsh Rarebit, favorite for late suppers, is back in its glory again, because Welsh Rarebit cannot be made or eaten without the best of beer. Golden cheese, sharp mustard, tangy Worcestershire, pepper, Senate Beer . . . a symphony of flavors calling for skill and discretion in selec- tion and blending. The same care in se- lecting and harmonizing choice ingredi- ents makes Senate Beer the perfect in- gredient in Rarebit and the perfect ac- companiment for it: And with a cheese to the White House by Manuel Trucco, Chilean Ambassador. big way. They are June and Jean Statz, 9-year-old twin daugh- ters of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Statz of 5519 Fourth street. Monday: Raymond Cogswell, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Cogswell, at the Seaton School. —=Star Staff Photo. P \ they were 6. Formerly children could CHR. HEURICH BR be admitted if their sixth birthday would come before the end of the first school year. { | sandwich . . . marvelous. EWING COMPANY WASHINGTON, D.C. L §