Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1937, Page 7

Inside Story of Court Fight in Committee Barkley, Garner Pleas | | Have Little Weight | | on Recommittal. | BY DAVID LAWRENCE. HE inside story of what hap- | pened in the historic maeting THE EVENING What’s Back of It All Supreme Court Corpse Winks, With Possible Revival Before Session Ends. BY H. R. BAUKHA OSSUM. 1t may be hard to believe, but this observer herewith deposes that he looked upon the corpse of Supreme Court re- organization and saw it wink The issue {5 still alive and will start kicking before adjourn- ment of Congress. Tt can be, and hereby is, confidently stated that the admintstration has no agreement to quit the court fight this session. At least it rec- ognizes none Furthermore. while it i1s admissible that plans change between the of the Senate Judiciary Com- mittee on Thursday of this | week can now be toid and it reveals | that contrary to general impres- | sion of a compromise, the plan pro- | posed by | President Garn was turned down by the committee. The Senate Ju- diciary Commit- tee, it develops, was appealed to by the Vice Pres- {dent and Leader Barkley to save President Roose- velt from the ap- pearance of de- feat by postpon- ing the “motion to recommi til after such time 8s the Senate could pass a new bill taking up certain procedural reforms in the lower court. The com voted with but few dissenting to lay aside the suggestion anc atead directed Senator Logan to go be- fore the Senate and make immedia the motion to send back to commit- | tee the so-called te which bas | been for several weeks bel the St 1 | | ' ur David Lawrence. ttee voices ate. The Judiciary Committee, more- over, gave Mr. Logan a memorandum | which he was directed to lay before | the Senate so there could be a record | of what was agreed to. The con-| tents of the memorandum came out | in response to questions by other Sen- ators. X Here is a detailed account of what | happened in the Senate Judiciary | Committee | 1. In attendance were practically @ll the members, but in addition a visiting committee, consisting of Vice President Garner, Senator Barkley and Senator Wheeler, was present. Barkley Asks for Support. 2. Senator Barkley made a speech appealing to his Democratic brethren | to lay aside their disagreements and unite to help him in starting off his | career as leader of the Senate. He recognized that his position was a difficult one and he modestly re- marked that he lacked the great ex- perience in that task which his dis- tinguished predecessor had possessed. He said substantially that he repre- | sented the Senate majority, but also the White House, and that he was willing to act as go-between in any | compromise proposals that might be made. He laid emphasis on party | unity and on the importance of the | program which he said the Vice Presi- dent would outline 3. Vice President Garner advocated that the Judiciary Committee take | & bill from among those which the House had passed and put such amend- ments upon it as might be found satisfactory to the committee. He urged that the committee, if possible. bring about & unanimous agreement in its report to the Senate on these smendments to the House bill and | that if and when the new bill was | passed, then, “in decent time” the Logan substitute, which has been be- fore the Senate, should be disposed of either by being referred back to the committee, or be laid on the table or disposed of in any other way. There followed a colloquy wWhich was in | substance as follows: “Mr. Vice President” said one of the Senators, “what can the committee do with the subject now before Benate? We cannot do anything till that bill is referred back to us. Why ask an unreasonable thing?” Too Much of a Slap. That's a fair question Garner in effect, “and I'l it. It's j too much of a slap at President to recomn the bi, It will all go along smoot earry out my suggestion. We ¥ou have the votes to recommit we ask you not to do it but go a end bring in unanimously an bill—a House bill. This out the Supreme Court Judges for the lower cc tor’ for the Suprem my country first, and are necessary and you Indicated they are nece, second for my pa the way prevent sore feel might result from immediate recom- mittal of the bill. And, third I'm for my President. I don't want hurt.” 4. At this point Se Carran of Nevada 1s sald 0 have marked that if pa \armor ere | desired, it m be a good idea for the administration to call off Joe Keenan of the Att Y General office and Jim Farlev Presumably this referred to the reported activ of Messrs. Keenan Farley, wt Tecommend appointments ¢ Pre dent and who have using Federal fuence the ac &rouse polit States of sdent's sche Tey now f you or Pat Me- cussed various President's that there a with respect 10 & posed bill the lower new judges shou when needed and not of age. He suggested visions be incl peais 8. Benator Con gested to Senator agreed that what three-judge stat quire that by & three- 15 & claim of Federal statu 7. At this poin: N tee, consisting Messrs. Garner, Barkley and Wheeler, left and the Judiciary Committee went into forma session. It appeared at once that only & few were willing to accept the | compromise plan that everybody was willing to accept & proposal to work out & new bill as soon as the old bill could be sent back to the com- mittee by vo of the Senate Senator Ashurs!. who was in chair, remarke “I think we before we start child." 8. Benator Burke of Nebraska of the leaders in the fight to save Constitution, moved that the sponsor of the substitute bill before the Sern- ate. namely Mr. Logan of Kentucky be directed by the committee to mave in the Benate to recommit the hill before the Senate. He was directed | featu oposal an cou the a dead new conceiving | could ] vote | mined group of 44 votes. were added soup and the savory these days, at this writing the strategy definitely agreed upon is {. To atfempt to secure a compromise in the Senate Judiciary Committee, reintroducing changes for the Supreme Court, or, failing that- 2. To attempt an amendment on the floor. P The n of the new measure will be discussed as the President Senator Barkley watch the banks of the Potomac from their deck with Senator La Follette cocking an ear. The “cleven man” court seemed to be the favorite before Mr. Barkley packed his white ducks and the presidential yacht weighed anchor. At was the bill which Vice President Garner offered as his “last gesture before he decided to take off his coat and go after the ation barehanded. The plan. first mentioned in this column earlier in the week. provides for an associate justice for each of the 10 judicial circuits, with the Chief Justice over all But. in this revival, Mr. Garner is not cast in the role of impresario, Strong winds may biow this particular strategy overboard but it's all bluc-printed. And even if the battle plans are altered you can count on it that the war isn't over. And you can erpect an attack from some other sector of the front, if this particular joray is abandoned, or if it meets with failure * x fight, which has tried the patience of so many soul the Vice Presiaent’s, has been a Godsend to a lot of the Nation and cha chance” sit * * The court including railroads cago) P instance, has been a par- Milwaukee and St ky beneficiary s 15 the way it has worked out Senator Whceler. who has a way with his investigating commitice ilroad’s face red, has been so busy on the court fight that he has had to forget them for the present It can be definitely stated nou not be bothered by the Wheeler br leaves begin to jail Milwaukee officials were supposed to appear and remove their outer financial garments before M: Wheeler and his keen-eyed and sharp- togued questioners in June. They were aiso ordered to present their plan for reorganization to the Interstate Commerce Commission at that time. As they weren't prepared, they had to s e postponement from C. C. Fortunately, M. had become ac en- gaged elsewhere. To have to an- swer questions framed to present railroad financing the least flattering is always uncom- fortable for the roads. To have to do it right bef presenting a reorganization plan would be worse * that the Milwaukee road will d of investigation before the Twenty-eight Wheeler committee the Senator became million stockhold The stated purpose of the hearings is to secure information which will help t framing legislation similar to the public utiities act which would regulate holding company relationships and finan- cial practices. The actual effect little wonder that very tired, and will railroads were on the list for a going-over by the Many of them had their public linen washing before otherwise engaged These roads involve half a to make the roads hem are hoping that Mr. ay that way s 1 of squirm. So it is some Wheeler 1s very, P ties and exchange commissioner, who is said to present Job, is about to resign and accept an of the power administration for Mr, Ickes' near-T. V. A Bonneville Dam Mr. Ross is considered a sound and experienced power man. He has operated a ity himself. the Seattle municipal plant But his con- firmation will meet a certain amount of opposition in the Senate. And the strange part of it is that iUs his experience that's against him—not what it was where it was The question involves rates for the Bonneville power—which haven't been decided as yet, but which some parts of the interested area fear won't be arranged to suit them. Portland, for instance, has suggested that Seattle might be favored by its favored son. x ok ¥ x The job of administrator isn't what it would have been if the legisla- tion originally proposed by the President’s committee on power policy had gone through have no great appointment. as Northwest, ‘The suggested measure was revamped from stem to stern and it had a determined set of re- vam Congress itself stepped in. The My Cagileers, w never like to elinquish all control in a project ve created, did some heavy ng. The Federal Power Com- mission didn’t like the idea of a rate-maker (which the tor might have been un- v the pie des control of flood / national dejense, der the proposed law) so they had the: Of course th waters as well as Under urpose of the project inc nt of mavigation, promotion generation er the bill should h the 2 handles sa the Secr terior and improven of which ve passed House by time and operates the dam. The admin- ribution of power but must act in consulta- presentatives from the Department 1 Power Commission, I £ 10 make a lLittle more hay while the judiciary an pass the Federal crop insurance bill which accept It can be stated with certainty that ager of the board of the corporation created the pe. se House is stews in committee Senate has already present choice for 1 is Dr. Victor Valgr ns it will have an experienced ma the Department of Ag insurance work for s spent most of hi Taxes and credit (Copyright, n charge. culture for 18 vears the Farm Credit Administrat life wrestling with the farmer's two great Dr. Valgren He is now in cr He ha problems: to do this at the earliest time he the floor and to state 1o the Senate in making his motion 1 were recommitted to Committee there would ried by the committee within a new bill which had come House ission the understand- n memorandum form and nator Logan to use in order any qu ns Senate floor se Air Headliners Afternoon Programs. 30 p.m.—WJSV, Washington- . louis Base Ball Games :30 p.m —WMAL, Evening Star Flashes g Programs, WRC, El Chico WRC, Robin Dell Concert WMAL, Natir Barn Dance Prof. Quiz, WISV, Showcase 0pm. WISV, Parade WOL. Barn WMAL, Four. Eve 00 p.m. 220 pom Hood 00 p.m the lower 30 p.m Hollywood ipreme 1 questions and “Your Hit 00 p.m 15 p.m Dance Slumber Short-Wave Programs. R:00pm-—CARACAS, The Waliz Hour, YVSRC 5 58 meg 8:30 p.m —BUENOS AIRES, V ennese Orchesira, LRX, 3106 m, 966 meg LONDON, Feature Program. GSI, 196 m 1526 meg: GSF, 198 m. 1514 mez: GSD, 255 m. 1175 meg.: GSC. 313 m, 958 mes 60, RUNS FIVE MILES . Memphis Attorney Lowers Own be appointed on b Not More Than Three Opposed n the com- ission, but ried with a dissent was 1 three mem- mittee some end t 10:20 p.m. which the e t the story of what hap- o tee. When the was before the Senators who had been £ to vote for the President’s t bill felt released from obligation to the White House and joined op- ponents of the court-packing scheme in voung to refer the measure to the iary Committee. This made the 20 to 20, but ually this does sent the record of how the vote might have been if a on the Lo substitute had ever taken. Outwardly it appears the motion to recommit had the blessing of the administration, for even Senator Barkiey voted in the affirmative. But the true defeat came A few nights ago when, to a deter- to recommit 1o, several Mark to 42 Minutes 1 Second MEMPHIS, Tenn., Ju () —Tom Collier. Memphis attorney, celebrated his 60th birthday anniversary yester- day by running 5 miles feet on the Fairgrounds racing track. He ran the distance in 42 minutes, 1 second, lowering his previous record of 45 minutes, said C. H. (Doc) Hottum and Matt Allen, timekeepers. Collier had trained a month for today’s exhibition. “Best exercise I know.” he said, | panting just & bit, when the run was | over. “It keeps you in trim ac not close vote been seven Democratic Senators who had been non-committal. (Copyright, 1837.) | be sure, “never” is a long time. After the shock of discovery that a Pr | dent of the United States was willing | propose a si SN PNN B BB R BBLL RN - in his bare | STAR, WASHINGTON necessarily The Star’s. themselves and directly opposed THE opinions of the writers on this page are their own, not 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 D. C, SATURDAY to The Star’s. May Have Failed BY MARK SULLIVAN. ELL, what now? For an an- swer to part of the ques- tion, let us go back five weeks. Let us go back to the closing sentence of that damning report with which a majority of the | Senate Judiciary Committee on June | 14 disapproved the President’s court | measure, and by disapproving forecast | its doom. The report dissected the measure, ana- Iyzed it point by point, and con- cluded “It is & meas- ure which should be so emphatical- Iy rejected that its paraliel will never again be presented to the free representa- tives of the free people of Ameri- ca’ Well, the meas- ure was certainly “emphatically re- fected.” We can jected,” although the vote was not for | and against the measure directly. The | roll call was on & motion to recommit the measure to the Judiciary Com- mittee. But essentially, under the cir- cumstances, that does not differ from | a vote to reject the measure itself. | Perhaps it is desirable to be clear | about what happened. The President’s measure, in the form in which he originaily sent it to Congress, was never voted on at all. The original | measure was rejected in another way. The original measure was so clearly unpalatable to the Senate that the late Senate Leader Robinson told Mr. | Roosevelt it could never be passed Thereupon the original measure was abandoned and a so-calied compro- mise measure was introduced. It was on this compromise measure, weaker than the original one, that a vote was taken Thursday. | Few Bills So Roughly Treated. | In the vote, 70 Senators voted for recommitting. only 20 against. Of the President’s own party, 53 voted for recommitting, only 18 against Few rejections of any measures are ever so emphatic One point should be borne in mind Mark Sullivan. speak of it as “re-| | Of the 70 Senators who voted to re- | commit the measure, not all are en- titled to credit as opponents of it. The 70 includes some who had indorsed the President’s measure when he in- troduced it—Ashurst of Arizona, for example; also McAdoo of California, Barkley of Kentucky and several oth- ers. The role of these among the 70 who voted to recommit is that of sur- rendered captives. They knew the measure was doomed and they laid down their arms. They agreed to a | program of recommitting the meas The concluding words of the a verse report by a majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee in June said that the measure should be “so emphatically rejected that iis paral- lel will never again be presented.” To to propose and urge such a measure, | it would be perilous to suppose that | no future Prestdent will ever make | | the attempt But the “never” seems a safe enough word for the period immediately ahead, indeed for a pe- riod as long as the present generation lives. Certainly Mr. Roosevelt will milar measure like to. Indeed, almost certainly he would like to But he could ly find a Senator now who would burn political fingers by carrying such a measure from the White House to the Capitol never He might | his “Reasons and Purposes.” How men to such a rebuff as the President has had varies with in dividual temperaments. The Pres dent’s temperament is one which does | not like to admit he was in the wrong In his talk with newspaper men at | his press conference on the day fol- | lowing rejection of his measure, he | seemed 1o imply that the reasons and | | purposes for which he introduced the | original measure still exist. Ever | TODAY'S PROGRAM PM. WMAL—630k WRC—950k “Never” Is a Long Time Judiciary Committee’s Slap at Roosevelt *“Purposes” | lapse. | posing the court measure are still as | ploye at to Impress Him. since February 5, in his long and in- sistent, sometimes violent, advocacy of his measure, including his two radio addresses, he took the ground that he had certain objectives for America, and that these objectives could not be attained unless he was given the power he sought to change the Supreme Court. Today he re- peats that his objectives are neces- What Mr. Roosevelt is saying, whether he realizes it or not, amounts to declaring that America must have a “totalitarian” form of government 1t is seriously unfortunate if this view is held by the one man who, as Presi- dent, has the largest responsibility and greatest power to preserve the existing form of government. At the time the President’s fight for his court measure collapsed there was beginning throughout the coun- try a large amount of organization for resistance to the court measure, and for support of those Senators who would vote against it. The per- sons who were leading this work of organization may mnow be puzzled about what to do. It would be a pity if the work of organization should The Senators who were op- deserving of support as they were be- fore. They ought not to lose the or- ganized support that was getting un- der way merely because they won their victory earlier than was ex- pected. It is not possible to give an exact list of the Senators opposed to the court measure, for no roll call was ever taken directly on it. In spite of that it will be feasible to make out an approximate lisi. The list will be important in the elections next year and later. At the head of the list will be the | 10 Senators who, because they hap- | pened to be on the Judiciary Com- mittee, had an opportunity to go for- mally on record against the meas- ure and did so. They had the op- portunity to go on record, and by do- Ing 50 at the time they did they gave to the fight against the measure an indispensable momentum. These are | the Senators whose names were signed to the words quoted at the beginning | of this article. Their names are Democrats—King, Utah; Van Nuvs, | Indiana: McCarran, Nevada: Hatch, | New Mexico, Burke. Nebraska; Con- | nally, Texas. and O'Mahoney, Wyo- | mi Republicans: Bo Idaho; | Austin, Vermont, and Steiwer, Ore- gon. INFLATED SAFETY CHAIR | INVENTED FOR PLANES Two Seats, Filled With Carbon Dioxide, Sufficient to Keep Light Plane Afloat. By the Associated Press, DAYTON, Ohio, July 24 —Workers in the equipment branch of the Arm Air Corps Materiel Division inspected | F. G. Manson's new yest | and contemplated the comforts of a “sitdown.” | Manson, for 18 years a civilian em- Wright Field. perfected a plane seat which he said increases passenger safety. Constructed entirely of rubberized fabric—with no solid framework—the chair in “knock-down” form weighs only 6 pounds One and one-quarter pounds carbon dioxide, Manson said, will fill it with 600 cubic inches of gas. Two | chairs, so inflated, would provide a | total buoyancy of 1.200 pounds. or > a light airplane afloat resembles an ordi- ke hair. EXTRA 'SHOWS “QARATOGA." the last pic by Jean Harlow, broke all open ing day records yesterday at Loew's Palace Today there will be six showings of | the feature. the first starting at 10:15 am. Doors of the theater will open at 9:45 am Clark Ga low's co-star. | ture made is the late Miss Har- CAPITAL'S RADIO PROGRAM | JULY 24, 1937 | WOL—1,310k WISV—1,460k 1 12:00 Strings and Things' News—Musc [12:150 ews Bulletins 12:30 Farm & Home Hr. 45 - Wagner Festival |Dance Music | News—Music H. B. Derr [Happy Felton's Or. Buffalo Presents :00 Farm & Home Hr. 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Witching Hour News Pulleting Tom Tucker's Or. 'Sign Off v Kent's Or. 1:00|Night Watch (1 hr.) ’ A TOBREAK PROGRAN | cast | Lights Owt | JULY 24, 1937 We, the People Washington’s Heat Is No Excuse for Congress to Shirk Task It Is Paid to Handle. BY JAY FRANKLIN. USSIAN generals have often been corrupt or incompefent but there was one commander on whom the Tsars could always depend the “General January” who beat Napoleon's grand army. Thers is also one leader on whom American Presidents can rely to ma age an obstructive Congress—"General July,” the greenhouse heat Washington Summer Mr. Hugh Johnson, another former employe of the United States Gov- ernment who now also writes for the papers. has tearfully urged an im- mediate adjournment of the Congress, lest the hot weather cost the lives of other elder statesmen in addition to that of Senator Robinson. With all respect for the memory of the late Senator from Arkansas, pish, tush and pooh to Mr. Hugh Johnson's alligator sobs! A Why this pretense that politics is simply a pleasant parior game for the long Winter evenings, like spin the platter and blindman’s buff> Mr. Waiter Lippmann (who now believes that a majority of a quorum is a to con United States Steel but all wrong strange little ivory an democracy, as hout hands” or matter, head) thinks that all the great subjects for current legislation should be shelved, and adds his clarion falsetto to Mr. Johnson's husky baritone demand for adjournment. rol R By the time this column is published, it is probabie that the question will have been decided and we shall know whether Congress is going to X to its job or g0 home. So let's get the jacts straight here and now. Washington's Summer climate is not pleasant. The heat and humidity of a Southern swamp combine with a stagnant, windiess atmosphere to the inhabitants until their brams are soggy and bodies lmp. Even so it is a far better climate than that en) that 1s the right word) by Memphis, Tenn. and many midland torms where men work and women cook and children in and year out, without earning a kindly word from Me and Lippmann. President Roosevelt is trying to get the Con; that sort of people—the people who neve people who live in one and two room shac crowded into stifling tenements sten thei ved other ssrs. Johnson ss to do something Al in the steaming delta or are 12 months of the year. If Congressmen and Senators suffer as a result of their own delays in voiing on the meas- ures before them, that is too bad, b might spur the opponents of re- form to a sympathetic knowledge of how the other half lives— the half which can never adjourn ti de of the grave, P In the second place, back in the Summer of 1929 President Hoover called a special session of Congress to enact farm legislation and revise the tariff. That particular Congress sat, with only a short recess, for mere than a yea Ammering out the notorious Smont-Hawlev schedules. The same conservative newspapers which are now so fretful about the health of our legislators were then excited and exultant A tariff means—or used to mean until the Smoot-Hau uent sour—more money for big business and so one can only assume that when profits are in sight it is sweet and fitting for a Congress- man to sweat for his country but that when a real reform is in the air we should all weep for the suflerings of our legislature an hurry our politicians into cold storage One thing more—even when Congress goes home for the Summer Washington does not stop working. The Capital is full of thousands of hard-working men and women on the Government pav roll, people who have difficult and responsible dut people whose offices are not air- conditioned and whose work cannot be laid aside for months at a time, people who do not rate Gov- ernment mileage back to th homes cannot approj ley act peorle . the Con- gress, alled bureaucrats- . are our hired help. We pay them ‘=% to do certain jobs for us and have, perhaps unwisel as the site of their labors 1f the Summer climate of our National Capital is wnhealthy, that is a pity and perhaps we should establish a Summer capital to joster the health of our servants, but to argue from General July's tactics that they should not do the work we hire them to do is so silly that only a befuddled tory could advance it as a serious con- sideration in his efforts to baik reform (Cop. ht, 193 DEL MAR HANDICAP , chosen Washington schedule to contribute to the Hit Parade, a WJSV program at 9 o'clock. SCHAIKOWSKY'S phony in E Minor has been pro- grammed by Viadimir Golschmann who conducts the Robin Hood Dell Symphony Orchestra in its concert tonight—WRC, 7:30. Sym- Hollywood Showcase Fea- ture to Be Interrupted for Initial Race Tonight. NOV ’rl[E escape of a man convicted of murder and sentenced to death 11 be related by Charles Martin on / at 7:30. Edward Lashman had sentence commuted and was able to clear him- LTY the confession of the h to- wood "\ur SCHOOL BUS TRAGEDY race t of the r Mar Handicap. | one of o season, night's race, which, of cot will be run in davlight at the track, is one of the high spots of the meeting. | Joe Hernandez, racing writer for a California newspaper and experienced “caller” of turf contests over public suit for $2,000 as a test to determine address systems and in the news | if the Car and General Insurance Co., reels, will be at the microphone when | London, England, is liable for the the melodies of Lud amount awarded by a jury in Fred- hestra are int < County Court for the death of 8:30 o'clock garet Zimmerman, one of 14 vic- se, surance Company's Liability in Rockville Crash. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md. Ji 24 —A tims of the Rockville bus accident in | AD; 1935, was filed yesterday in court here by Dr. Ira M. Zimmerman, Williamsport, The insurance company is the in- surer of the bus of Howard R. Poe which was transporting the Williams- port High School children from Col- with Frederick | lege Park to their homes when it Stark's orchestra on the Ecstacy pro- | was struck by a Baltimore & Ohio gram, heard through WOL a: 8:30. | passenger train. “Serenade in the Night” will be ren- dered in tango rhythm as a fea preview of tunes from their new picture sity Show,” is to be offered by Fred Waring and his Penn- | sylvanians over WRC at 7 o'clock. 'l'l.lEl”l"FI NOVIA and Paul Keast g the sol HE Cincinnati Zoo Opera presents a radio version of “La Tosca” to- night over WMAL at 9 o'clock | "’Sold’ of YONRAD THIBAULT, voung baritone, is popular the guest HOT WEATHER STOPS at the HARRINGTON DOORS Air Conditioned Rooms Sleep in Cool Comfort— Your Nerves Need It! the economy winter. Insulation is Special WEEKLY RATES HOTEL HARRINGTON 11th and E Streets NW Augustys Gumpert Monoge: 1108 K St. N.W. Who’s Who Behind the News Copeland, a Good Vote Getter, Wins Tam- many's Backing, BY LEMUEL F. PARTON, ENATOR ROYAL § COPELAND gets a fast running start in the | New York mavoralty race, w Tammany making him its can | didate for the Democratic nomination, and with the Senator reaching out for | the Republican nomination also. On account of the wide ramifications of Tammany in national politics, the contest is by no means of parochial interest. Senator Copeland began cooling off to the w Deal early in 1934, He didn't g0 to the Phila- delphia conven tion last year, saying it was just Jim Farley’ show anyway" In February of this vear, he the court hill, one st 0f the Senate Demncrats to s bearings and chart his 3 this measure. Since then he has been quite steadily anti-administration in attitude He is a good vote-getter pe feud dropped the Senate mination in his lap. He beat W. L. Calder by 280 000 votes, running ahead of all his ticket except Alfred E. Smith, His main drift at Washington, since entering the Senate in 1923, has been conservative. He is a defender of property rights and shies away from extremist pol; in any form. His | main emphasis in Congress has been | g ime and for economy |y € nomination was Dr Copeland's first diversion from a long and successful career in medicine | He was born in Dexter, Mich., in 1868, | was graduated from the University of Michizan Medical School in 1889 and did postgraduate work in Eng- land, France, Germany, Switzerland | and Belgium. He was Mavor of Ann | Arbor, Mich., from 1901 to 1903 and | president of the board of education In 1907 and 1908. He holds four hon- | orary degrees He is a busy and genial mixer, never seen without a fresh red flower in coat lapel. He has given earnest attention to affairs touching on na- tional public health and on the regu- lation of the sale of food and drugs (Copyright, 1937.) DAMAGE REPORTED IN ALASKA QUAKE Bottled Liquor Stocks, Stores and Homes Shaken in Giant Earth Slide. By the Associated Press. The Alaska Communications Sys- tem office in Seattle reported to the War Department yesterday that the earthquake felt in many sections of | Alaska Thursday had caused consid- erable damage. Stores and homes were thaken. The | greatest damage done, the message added, was to bottled liquor stocks. The Road Commission reported the |a ake had caused a slide 2.000 feet long in the highway 32 miles south of Fairbanks, and several cracks had | opened in the earth between the slide | and Fairbanks. The cracks were from 6 inches to 2 feet wide. The communications office said the o damage to Idings was broken windows and cracks in plaster The tremors apparently were more re on the highway south of Fair- banks. the message said. The road to the 18-mile road house was closed be- cause of damage to a bridge and an | earth slide. 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