Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1937, Page 9

Norris Held High Court Prospect Observer Believes Ne- braskan Would Prove Valuable. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S al- leged determination to control the judicial branch of the Gov- ernment and make its deci: sions conform to the administration’s wishes has hitherto been regarded by his supporters as a partisan charge or an unjustified , inference. Now, however, the President has embarrassed his 3 own defenders j somewhat by a frank acknowl- edgment that one of his chief pur- poses of his bill to add new jus- tices is to assure favorable deci- sions on other .y parts of the ad- i ministration pro- gram not yet passed upon by the courts. The President was asked by the newspaper correspondents if the rec- ord of the Supreme Court in the term ending was such as to justify the withdrawal of the re- organization bill. This query was prompted by the fact that the New Deal has won a series of decisions There was something severe in the R question itself, for it implied that which is not conceded, namely, that the Supreme Court has been coerced since the *packing” plan was an- nounced on February 5 last. Most of us who believe in the in- tegrity of the Supreme Court and ns‘ freedom from political bias believe that the decisions of the Court since | February justified by precedents es! ed before Febru- ary 5. App: Mr. Roosevelt be- ieves the me thing, and to his credit it should be recorded that he does not feel the decisions rendered in the present term constitute any real assurance that the court will up- hold other laws enacted by the New Deal. Keeps Bill Before Congress. In other words, the President un- compromisingly keey s bill before Congress so as to influence future de- cisions of the court by the simple process of provi or threatening to provide, the court with members who hold views on public questions similar to his o | Mr. Roosevelt has been urged to | compromise. He may do so. But it | will be on points and not on David Lawrence. THE EVENING What’s Back of It All ROUBLE in the tall timber. A firecracker tossed righ about to explode. will be heard shortly. C. C. C. camps, have been given won't quit. sive. yet. But the advance guard has al- ready reached the White House, and the brass hats in the War Department will have to meet the shock troops before they are through. * ok ok X% The thing will probably break in Congress when the C. C. C. bill is reported out of conference com- mittee and goes to the House for another vote. of the Adjutant General's office like and “Daddy” Fechner, director of th The order was a terrific wallop and the hemlocks into the cold. cold coffice, on recommendation of the tra fine: No reserve officer may serve mc be turned over every 18 month T duty, some of whom have served fou But they won't. If that be trea: Morale has been smashed to smith hinterland. Wire-pullers in Washin “Them'’s orders,” says the Army. * % The present trouble boils down t; The Army's business is to prep: g0 too far. shave-tail how to handle men an too tender for gunpowder. The C. C. C. looks at it differen men. Feeding, clothing and housing which the Army’s pick with the Government, the lady For when the girls step up to get a apply.” And why? The W. P. A. author: major roles for women. characters, had no woman's part at * The week-end maneuvers in thy act have revealed a new warfare, anc it is very offensive to t Observers stationed at strate Hopkins artillery, but there have It seems relief provided in less scientific do: doles. But Mr. Hopkins knows best. worker, he has specialized in it and There's the friction, Mr. Farley has an organization, of Congress. They do a lot of “soci: mometers or slide-rules tomers don't like this modern fol-d is now the age of apparent that matter the justices was really a minor point after all. The objection was not to the age of the | justices but to the opinions given by | some who happened to be of advanced | age. The President, therefore, can with grace waive his point on age and stick to the main principle, which is that | he be permitted to appoint some new | judges who believe as he does about constitutional interpretation. Mr. Roosevelt in effect would be waiving the age requirement should he decide to appoint Senator Robinson of Ar- kansas, who is past 60. Robinson's appointment would be popular in the | Senate, though somewhat unpopular with the so-called young liberals who | think he is a bit too conservative. Might Appoint Norris. There's a way Mr. Roosevelt can eatisfy both camps in his own party. He can appoint Senator Robinson to one vacancy and then as another va- tancy occurs—a resignation is expect- ed this week—he can appoint Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska. The merit of these two selections apart from any other is that the Senate would confirm them both without a prolonged contest or debate. It is true that Senator Norris hap- pens to be 76 years old, but as stated before, Mr. Roosevelt might be willing to compromise on the age require- ment so long as he gets the right judges. Mr. Norris is the father of the T. V. A. legislation, and this is one of the most important laws on which & number of future decisions are bound to be forthcoming. In fact, Mr. Roosevelt himself mentioned cer- tain aspects of the T. V. A. as being vital to the success of that part of his future program which must run the gantlet of the courts. Mr. Norris was originally on the bench. He is held in highest esteem by his colleagues in Congress. This correspondent has often differed with Senator Norris, but believes him, nev- ertheless, a faithful public servant and one who would make a conscientious Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Comment of Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt during the last cam- paign said of Mr. Norris that he would like to see the Nebraskan stay in the Benate for life. There is no such thing as life tenure in the Senate, but there is on the bench. Mr. Roose- velt’s wish would be gratified if he were to put Mr. Norris on the Su- preme Court. The Nebraska Sena- tor’s talents would then be transferred from the legislative branch, where he has had a long record of devotion to duty, to a place on the judicial branch, where it can be assumed he would be equally devoted to the cause of liber- alism. Senator Norris is active and vigor- ous, notwithstanding his 76 years of age, and since age is really not the important point any more in the President’s plan to reorganize the court, and since the emphasis is on whether a judge has the Rooseveltian approach to the Constitution, the ap- pointment of the Nebraska Senator is as logical as any other appointment the President could possibly make. (Copyright, 19 WALL PAPER 100 Beautiful patterns to_ select from. Enough for room s 10x12 fect 421 10th St MW, "NA. 7888 Corns Shed Off Core and All Hardest corns shed fight off when magic-like E-Z Korn Remover goes to i of | cash and let the metabolism go. facts among friends? They have, I going to like it. * % Mr. Roosevelt didn't call Mr. Ho, back in September, Monday—which worked with Mr. Hopkins before wh a little relief of its own Ever since, Mr. Hopkins has own problems over the scrambled host angry when he gets hard-bo official family. man who turned a local committee Health Association” (and that's no with a national committee? Caveat Politicus. (Copyright, 1 Interesting Revelations Having Bearing on National Affairs in Washington. BY H. R. BAUKHAGE. pet project, the C. C. C., while he was chasing the tarpon, is just Unless it has a delayed fuse, its reverberations No fewer than 5600 reserve Army officers, now stationed in the The Army started it, but the reserve officers have taken the offen- Of course, any overt act would be insubordination, so it isn't official, It all began with one of those “subject—to" memoranda that come out dated May 14, the very day the President got back from his fishing trip is to push most of them right out from under the murmuring pines son, C. C. C. camp for a reserve officer is fine as far as it goes, Too long at chaperoning young Paul Bunyans, while it teaches a 's turnover plan would interfere with. Our stalwart soldier boys aren’t the only ones who have a crow to The W. P. A’s Federal theater project is getting a lot of female boos. five Broadway productions which the project has been running had no One of them, while supporting a cast of 72 male type of offensive. House bloc house saw emdence of backfire from some of the Harry that some reliefers and their friends would like to have their | and | by | down completely in 1932, if not the combustion. Mr. Hopkins' organizers do perhaps that gave the Congress revolters a little false courage. even if they don't put their earmark on it, and what is more, they are 1933, and ask him to report in Washington the next he did—because he pretty much according to his own recipe. A leading sociological journal once said that Mr. Now that our hero has gone national, who knows what he might do by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) t into the midst of the President's their walking papers, but they just sausages out of a machine. It was e C. C. C., was taking off for Alaska. for the reserve officers, for its object world—jobless. For, said the A. G.'s ining section of the general staff, in ore than two years; 75 per cent must his means that most of the men on ur years, must go. the officers are willing to risk it. ereens. Wires are humming in the gton are leaping to their posts. And the fight is on. * x o this: are for war. Eighteen months in a if it doesn't d run a mess, may make his nose tly. Its business is handling 300.000 them. And that requires experience Thespians are on the rampage, too. part, the answer is “No more need s don’t provide parts for them. The all * * e battle to repeal the rubber-stamp It might be called welfare- he old-line political battlers. gic points during the siege of the STAR, WASHINGTON, C., MONDAY, MAY 31, 1937, HE 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 themselves and directly opposed to Th. be eontradzctory among e Star’s. Social Security Reform Reconsideration of Phases of Act Before Plunging Into Wage-Hour Legislation Advised. BY DOROTHY THOMPSON. HE fact that the Supreme Court | has declared the social security legislation of the last Congress to be constitutional does not mean that the legislation is good. It is not. It is extremely bad, and it needs serious reconsideration and amendment. I know of no competent students of so- cial insurance, of no outstanding expert, who be- lieve that the present legisla- tion is adequate. The Twentieth Century Fund has spent 15 months in hav- ing a thorough analysis made of the existing laws and will short! I understand, re- lease a compre- hensive report. In the meanwhile the basic criticisms of this organization have been made Dorothy Thompson. known through numerous statements. | One of our outstanding experts on social insurance, the executive secre- tary of the American Association for Social Security, Mr. Abraham Ep- stein, has just presented an admir- able monograph criticizing the pres- ent system and proposing amend- ments, which is published by the League for Industrial Democracy. The two reports, th Century Fund and of Mr. Ep- stein, are in complete agreement at many points. Thus, Congress has at its disposal, if it cares to use it, a large amount of expert opinion. Furthermore, there is no need for pioneering in this field and for re- peating mistakes which have been made in the past. Although social insurance on a national scale is a new thing in this country, it is not a new thing elsewhere. Germany has had social insurance since Bis- marck introduced it the principle of contributory nemployment Bismarck introduced in an era of young capitalism, when un- been no casualties so jar. ses. They don't like the disinfected He was practically raised a social his middle name is “Organization.” too. So have the various members al” work, but the§ don't carry ther- Some of the They would rather take t | they ask, are cold, scientific | written in to this effect, and e-rol, What, ately, | The ruckus | President from Hyde Park. Mr. Hopkins was out of town. True, he got on the microphone with agility, but that's part of the technique. Meanwhile, somebody spent his Memorial day week end telling the bloc-heads, as some exasperated New Dealers privately call the leaders of this movement, that they are going to get practically what they deserve didn't keep the holidaying at * % pkins on the telephone on Saturday liked his Iowa accent He had en New York State was in need of been permitted to unscrambdle his eggs at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue And it doesn’t make his iled with some of the rest of the Hopkins was “the into the New York Tuberculosis and mean organization). ROOSEVELT FARM CROPS T0 BE GOOD Spring Planting Is Successful at Pine Mountain Estate. Bs the Assocfated Press. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., May 31.— Farmer Franklin Delano Roosevelt may look forward to a “good harvest” after a successful Spring planting at | Pine Mountain. Otis Moore, tall, red-faced superin- tendent of the President’s 2,250-acre estate, made the forecast here, basing it upon years of contact with Georgia's soil and weather. “We have fine prospects for prac- tically everything,” he said. “The oats and corn are good and, from the looks of the vineyard, there’ll be plenty of grapes this Fall.” The weather, Moore said, has been conducive to good crops—with neither too much nor too little rain. While the President’s farm sprawls over 3!, square miles of Pine Moun- tain, only about 150 acres are in cultivation. Pastures and forests cover the rest, to the delight of work stock and the Hereford herds, which are the pride of Supt. Moore. Most of the crops are foodstuffs for the cattle. Cotton, the Southern staple, is not grown. The fruit of the half dozen peach trees is for home use only. éfof ‘R"x Paint your screens now to keep them from rusting. 75¢ per gt. 922 N. Y. 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World War veterans holding tempo- | have until tomorrow to convert their policies into other forms of insurance, Officials of the Veterans’ Adminis- | tration explained today that policy| holders may convert into permanent government insurance (straight life) | by submitting to physical examination and paying an increased premium. | The premium for permanent insur- | ance, they said, is higher than that | of the temporary or five-year term in- | surance. 1 President Roosevelt Friday vetoed a‘ bill which would have extended for five years the time in which veterans might | convert their term policies. Holders of | such policies had been given three previous periods of grace for conver- sion, and Mr. Roosevelt said it was | time they made permanent provisions | for the future, ! Chairman Rankin of the House Vet- | erans’ Committee asked that the veto | message be tabled until tomorrow, in- | dicating he would ask Congress to override the veto. I Fine ladies’ watch, 14-K. solid gold, ARTHUR SOAPan OINTMENT CUTI[UHA 918 F ST.NW. | partially on contrit | earners | worked, on the whole, | a great many adjus | is nothing in our ac: | basis.” 55 5.00 NA. 6254 employment was lar transitional temporary, was afterward kept the German Republic and broke whereas the was based only tions from wage s and largely taxation, has , after there British system, which and supported by But its framers were familiar with the German and British experience. At any rate, they took over the worst features of the German laws and ignored the successful British experi- | ence. “Destructive” Criticism. that of the Twen- | pay- | insurance | | &8 month when grams, and to distribute to the needy a larger share of the profits of indus- try than they are capable of getting for themselves. There are numerous objections to the present program, but the basic one is that this plan for social and eco- nomic stabilization ought to be borne by the Nation as a whole, and instead it is put upon the shoulders of the workers and employers and ultimately upon the consumers. The employed worker and productive industry must pay the cost. If it is true that there is a considerable technological unem- ployment in the country, then these laws cannot help but accelerate it, be- cause they put a premium on employ- ing men and give every advantage to the machine. The British law aims | to guarantee a modest basic income to all workers in distress, but the ben- efits in our act depend entirely on the wages previously earned by an in- sured person and are largest for those least likely to need them. The huge numbers of existing unemployed are totally ignored, and cannot begin to become beneficiaries until they are re-employed in the industrial system Security System Offers the security which the stem offers is precarious in- deed. “An insured worker"—to quote Mr. Epstein—"must average at least $100 a momh uninterruptedly for twenty years to get a pension of $32.50 he is 65 years old. With sickness, strikes and unemploy- ment * * * most workers would not get such annuities unless they worked for 25 or 30 years.” And although the act does not provide security for many years to come, it places an im- | mediate back-breaki ng burden upon in the 1880s; | to indicate that Nor has all of the criticism of the | present “ought to be put on a sound actuarial Although from an actuarial legislation been constructive. f | One hears coften the statement | old-age and unemployment ins that | ance | | vergent State plans. standpoint the present legislation can | certainly be criticized—higher paid young workers, for instance, entering the system when the 6 per cent rate goes into effect, will actually pay | much higher premiums than would be charged by a private insurance com- pany for the same annuities—it is a ake, I think, great social m to re- gard insurances primarily from an ac- | above tuarial standpoint. You cannot make social security vate insurance. The purpose of such laws is what needs to be borne in | | much of the W. mind, and the purpose is not to enforce thrift upon the poor, whose incomes are inadequate, anyhow, to the main- tenance of a decent living standard for the family. The purpose of social insurances is to stabilize the economic order, maintain purchasing power in times of depression and so halt the downward slump, prevent the accumu- lation of vast masses of charity cases, to be taken care of by made work pro- Engraved Business Stationery builds confidence Your firm deserves the prestige that Engraved Letterheads will bring— and at only a fraction of a cent more a sheet. Let us quote you. Phone DI. 4868 ‘BREO®D Engravers and Fine Printers 1217 G Street TWO TIMELY VALUES 17-jewel movement, in yellow gold or white gold exactly as pictured. See this unusual bargain. Uncondi- tionally guaranteed, specially prieed at Fine brilliant white diamond, approx. l4-carat in 6-diamond white gold mounting. MARKEL ROOM 211 Iing and criticism, | imity | laws on the actuarial principles of pri- | the workers, especfally the younger and better paid ones, precisely at the time when they ought to be founding homes for which they need their earnings. There is more than one danger inherent in the huge reserves con- templated under the old-age insurance plan, -vhich is estimated to reach 47 billions in 1980! Possibly Congress may dissipate the funds for other purposes, since they are not ear- marked, but that might conceivably be the lesser of several evils. The sum is 12 billion dollars above our present indebtedness, and it may be invested only in Government bonds. The effect on the national economy when all bonds are wghdrawn from the bank: insurance companies, trust funds and private investors can be There is a serious chance that governmental debt and securities will be in one account controlled by ‘the Government itself. Administration Feature. The administration of the unem- ployment insurances, as the act stands, is incredibly cumbersome, compli- cated and expensive. “Instead of pro- moting adequacy of uniformity, the act encourages a con- using variety of systems,” says Mr. Epstein. “Indeed, the act has already brought about a miscellany of 48 di- Actually, the tax-credit plan for unemployment in- surance was opposed from the start v every single student of the probg lem So much really constructive think- with such unan- of conclusion, has been done on the social security act by pub- lic-minded citizens and experts that there is really no excuse for not re- forming it. Certainly it might be well to reform this act before rush- * debatable | ing headlong wages and hours legislation. And all, the social security act might be reconsidered and reformed before another billion and a half is voted for W. P. A. Because really intelligent and generous unemploy- ment insurance laws would make into highly necessary. (Copyright. 1937.) governmental | imagined. | all | standards and | P. A. activity un- | This Changing World “Man on the Street” in Europe Differs With Diplo- mats on Theory War Is Not Near. BY CONSTANTINE BROW HE Spanish Loyalist government would like the world to consider the present war as a foreign invasion and treat it as such. Gen. Franco is satisfied with the present status of a civil war. If his aviators manage to make a few direct hits on embassies, consulates and foreign warships, there is every probability that the Loyalists will have their desire fulfilled. * ok K % ‘There is conflict of opinion between the professional diplomats and the ordinary man in the street regarding the situation in Europe. Foreign diplomats in the United States and American diplomats stationed in Europe profess to believe that there is no imminent danger of war. So say leading citizens who are im- portant enough to be interviewed by ship reporters as liners from Europe arrive in New York. But ordinary Americans, those who are not important enough to make a headline, think differently. Business men and professional men who have spent months in the old country associating with people of their own class come back with the gloomy tale that everywhere there is a feeling of hopelessness. That from England to Turkey, despite the official optimism of the government's spokesmen, ordinary people are convinced that they are going to be sent to a wholesale slaughter in the near future. And they all seem reconciled to that idea. Heads of business organizations are making the necessary preparations for the ¢ay when they will have to leave their business to older men or to their womenfolk. Peasants are hurrying to gather their crops and are kecping a surplus in their barns “for the family after we leave.” Leave of absence is granted to officers and privates only when there is an actual case of serious iliness. Whether the men who see Europe in a hurry from a comjortable arm chair or have talks with optimistic diplomats are right, or those hundreds of individuals who spend months on the continent talking to the “men in the street,” remains to be scen. ook % ‘The British war department is somewhat astonished at the refusal of the Australian military detachment sent for the coronation festivities to mount guard at Buckingham Palace. The “Aussies” were offered that honor which would have put them on the same level—for a day—with the food guards, but they preferred to have a good time in London rather than pace the pavement in front of the royal palace for 24 hours. * K ok K M. Bedaux, the owner of the Castle de Cande, where the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Warfield will be married, is a self-made man in the real meaning of the word The son of a day laborer on the Paris-Lyon-Mediterranean railroad, he himself started life as a member of a railroad team. He educated him- self and became an engineer. France did not offer him the opportunity of advancement he desired so he came over to the United States, where he made a fortune and married an American girl. In 1916 he organized a corps of American volunteers to fight in the World War. After the war his business expanded and he has now interests in almost every section of the world The Chateau de Cande. which he purchased in 1927 from the Spanish-British nobleman, Drake del Castillo, serves only as a place of rest between trips to India, Australia and South America. x ox o x Friends of the former King of England describe him as an already disappointed man. Not that his love for Wallis Warfleld has abated. He continues to think that she is the finest woman in the world. But he does not know what to do with his many idle hours. The Duke of Windsor was brought up to be the ruler of 500,000.000 people. From his childhood on he was busy. In his youth he had to go through a thorough naval and military train- ing. Later he was Great Britain's salesman. He had to make an ef- fort to find time for play and that made play attractive. Now he has nothing to do except play. Despite of the reports published frequently that his country will eventua en- st him with some sort of a job, there is no possibility of his ever playing role in the empire for the rest of his days. He sees before him an empty life of travel and play. And for a man who has been used to assum- ing tremendous responsibilities that is not enough. POTATO PRICE DROP | p SUSPENDS DIGGING sonct of ‘acrissaton: sgoronss | denied any prison “dumping.” “Our shipments to date,” said Rogers, “amount to less than 1 per cent of the State’'s total production. The ‘dumping’ charge is popycock." Faced with prices of 70 cents a hundred pounds for No. 1 grade and 20 cents for No. 2's, the growers ap- pealed to the Federal Government for ald, and the Surplus Commodity Corp. plans to start buying spuds the first of the week for relief purposes. T contributing factors, drop in prices. “Holiday” Spreads in Alabama Fields—Convict Crop Dump- ing Is Charged. B3 the Associated Press, ATMORE, Ala, May 31.—A “dig- | ging holiday” spread over a large acreage of South Alabama's potato- growing area, and a charge was voiced—and quickly challenged—that ‘dumping” of convict-grown potatoes | had contributed to a drop in prices. There was a virtual shutdown of digging in the Atmore section of Es- | cambia County, where hundreds of farmers annually harvest thousands of acres of potatoes. A charge came from a Loxley, Ala., | produce firm that “dumping” of pota- toes from the Atmore State prison | farm was to blame, with other major | Man Defies All Germs. Suti Chi of Canton, China, applied at the Central Field Health Station in Nanking to demonstrate by tests that he is immune to smallpox, fluenza, cholera, tuberculosis, dysentery and bubonic plague. He is ready to eat a mouthful of any of the germs or a mixture of all. He draws the line, however, at their injection into his blood stream. That would be risky, he concedes. | ity” for which the President for the sharp | | Columbia since 1924, Headline Folk and What They Do Magill Report on Tax Envasion Spurs Drive for Tighter Law. HE more fervid New Dealers took it pretty hard when Prof. Roswell Foster Magill became special assistant to the Secre~ tary of the Treasury, to explore taxe dodging and point out the dodgers. He was knc 'n as a conservative, and he is a son of the distinguished Hugh Stewart Magill of Chi- cago, who, as president of the American Feder= ation of Invest= ors, is bracketed more with the haves than the have-rots. The treat -'>m - rough crowd here want= ed {arold Groves of the University Wisc onsin for the tax job. Eco- nomic roy: s are Mr. Groves' fa= vorite clay targets. Secretary Morgenthau insisted on bringing in Prof. Magill, as an author- ity on Federal taxation, and as » man who ought to be able to uncover hide= outs and get-aways in the income tax maze. The Magill report on tax evasion spurs a drive for a general overhauling and tightening of the ine come tax law President Roosevelt, in his last press conference, made it clear that the swing on big-income tax dodgers was entirely premeditated and that a congressional investiga= tion would follow. This writer gathe ered, at the conference, that action would be immediate and overt, possibly starting with the President’s return from Hyde Park. Ammunition Acquired. Hold-cuts on the Magill appoint- ment are cheering the Columbia proe fessor today. There is no indication that he pulled his punch in his fact- finding inquiry and the President seemed to think he had enough am- munition to sink one or all of those $100,000 yachts, allegedly used for tax write-offs. Prof. Magill might be one of those slx men with a passion for anonym- vearned when he was telli ng about the Brown- 1ou repn-' Naturally, a tax expert garlanded or spotlighted like the 'np bracket politicians here, and that is all right with Prof. Magill, who has been busier than a gopher bur- Prof. Magill. of | rowing through the Treasury tax un- derground the last few months. He is surprisingly human for one of his profession, with nothing desiccated | or actuarial about him, and has mace 8 pleasant field day out of his tax- evasion study. Prof. Magill is 42 years old, a native of Auburn, Il He was graduated from Dartmouth and from the Uni versity of Chicago, as a doctor of Jjurisprudence. He was a captain in | the World War and began the practice of law in Chicago in 1920. He was on the University of Chicago faculty | from 1921 to 1923 and has been with He was adviser to the Tax Commission of Puerto Rico in 1928 and is the author of several impressive, and to the layman quite bewildering, books on Federal taxation. (Copyright, 1837.) et U Everybody Surprised. SCOTTSBLUFF, Nebr. () —George | Priggie was perplexed when he saw a crowd gathered about a ditch in which he had been working. The crowd was perplexed, too, when it saw Priggie, But the men in the ditch were the most perplexed of all. They were digging for Priggie's body. Priggie, a plumber, had walked away to get some cement just before the ditch caved in. Since nobody saw him leave, fellow workers feverishly began to remove several tons of dirt in search of his ’ body SECURITY for your BELONGINGS SILVER VAULTS Safe deposit vaults for storage of silver and valuables. $I per month for case not over $500 in value. WINE VAULTS of cool temperature for wines and spirits. 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