Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1940, Page 2

States Urged fo Adopt District’s Setup on Tax Appeals Jo V. Morgan Sees Move as Reducing Collection Expense Jo V. Morgan, sole member of the Board of Tax Appeals for the Dis- trict, suggested yesterday that its plan and procedure might well be adopted by the States in relation to local taxation “to the great advan- tage of both the taxpayer and the taxing authority.” Mr. Morgan was one of several officials who took part in the tenth tax clinic conducted under auspices of the section of taxation, American Bar Association. More than 300 at- torneys attended the luncheon meeting at the Mayflower Hotel at which the functionings of various governmental bodies dealing with taxes were discussed. Mr. Morgan, who explained the procedure of the District's one-man board, said its adoption by States could be made with only slight al- terations and with practically none in such small States as Rhode Island and Delaware. “We can so arrange,” he said, “that the taxpayer be afforded an inexpensive, prompt and efficient method by which there can be de- termined the validity and propriety of the taxes assessed against him. At least, he is entitled to know and feel that, according to law, he is not being illegally assessed and is not bearing an uneven burden. I believe the ‘Board of Tax Appeals for the District of Columbia, more than any other, comes nearer that ideal” Less Collection Expense. Adoption of its procedure, he claimed, also would insure for State, county or city authorities the col- lection of large amounts of taxes which would not be collected other- wise without considerable expense. Experience here, he claimed, has shown that the board has more than paid its own expenses in this way, and at the same time the procedure has served to create in the mind of the taxpayer “a sense of justice and fairness. George M. Morris, chairman of | the Bar Association section, pre-| sided. Addresses also were made by | Assistant Attorney General Samuel O. Clark, jr.; Representative Wes- ley E. Disney, Democrat, of Okla- homa, member of the House Ways and Means Committee; Thomas Tarleau legislative counsel to the Treasury Department; Farwell ; Knapp of Bridgeport, Conn., chair- | man of the National Tax Associa- tion's Committee on Double Domicle, and Francis C. Nash, professor of law at Georgetown University. There seemed to be a general opin- fon that the already heavy tax bur- den has little chance of being eased | until expenditures and revenues are | brought into more proper balance through reduction of the former. | Mr. Clark, who opened the clinic, | discussed “Tax Compromises in the | Department of Justice,” its pro-| cedure and policy. Discussing civil procedure in detail, he admonished the attorneys that “the door has never been closed to anyone ap- proaching the tax division with a‘ legitimate and timely compromise proposal.” He added: “There may be those among you | who feel that the ‘square corners’) the late Justice Holmes said a citi-| gen must turn in dealing with the | Government, are stretched into city blocks when it comes to com- promising tax cases. Nevertheless, it s believed that the present pro- cedure is best suited to situations in which the judgment of those handling cases for the Government 1s substituted for that of the courts.” Mr. Clark sought to correct some popular impressions about the com- promising of criminal cases involv- ing taxes. “Crirhinal proceedings are not regarded as implementing the ordinary civil remedies avails-} ble for enforcing tax collections,” he said. “Indictments are not used | as clubs to compel payment of taxes | by the individuals indicted.” He declared that when settlement is made it is the policy to require the payment of the full civil liabili- ties, including penalties and interest, or as much thereof as the taxpayer is able to pay. “It is hardly necessary to point eut that no agreement is ever made | with the defendant as to the degree of the criminal punishment that will be imposed,” he explained. “That is a matter which obviously lies ex- clusively within the discretion of the court. Moreover, it is the stand- ing policy of the department to make no recommendations to the court as to either leniency or sever- ity of punishment where the civil liabilities are settled concurrently with the entry of the plea.” Hopes to Avoid Tax Bill. Representative Disney said there will not be a 1940 tax bill “if we can avoid it.” He criticized the growth of multiple taxation and op- posed suggestions that the Federal income tax exemptions for married and single persons be reduced. “Peo- ple fail to appreciate the heavy bur- den of the low-income taxpayers,” he said. He fook issue with certain complaints that the reductions should be made in order to produce “tax consciousness” among those groups. Mr. Disney urged the creation of some central authority to consider the levying of taxes and raising of revenues. consideration in Congress of the appropriations as & whole,” he said. “Couple this situation with the fact that the 16th amendment provided no ceiling of limits to the congres- | sional power to levy taxes.” Earlier procedure, he pointed out, placed in the Ways and Means Com- mittee the dual function of a rev- enue and an appropriating commit- tee. “In other words,” he said, “the same committee which had charge of the purse strings also had the burden of raising money to provide for the appropriations.” Now the appropriating power is held by a number of other committees. “So I repeat,” Mr. Disney added, *“4t is imperative that some central authority in Congress should be c. :- ated with a power to survey the needs and the wants of the Nation, then to compare them with what the Nation can afford.” To Show Plastic Film A motion picture, depicting prog- ress in plastics—one of America’s youngest and fastest-growing indus- tries—will be shown Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 p.m. in the Commerce Department Auditorium. Y ] i battle. “There is not now any| TAX EXPERTS MEET—S8hown at the tenth tax clinic of the American Bar Association at the May- flower Hotel yesterday are, front row, left to right, Jo V. Morgan, sole member of the District Board of Tax Appeals; Chairman George M. Morris of the clinic and Thomas Tarleau, legislative counsel to the Treasury Department. professor at Georgetown University; S8amuel O. Clark, jr., assistant to the Attorney General; Farwell Knapp of Bridgeport, Conn., chairman of thes National Tax Association Committee on Double Domicile, and Representative Disney of the Tax Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee. Mental Hazard Seen in New Ga Maj. Gen. Reckford In the back row, left to to Soldier rand Rifle Contends Improvement Or Substitute Infantry Arm Needed This is the second of a series of three articles discussing the new Garand rifle. In the series The Star endeavors to cover both the criticisms and defense of the new rifle in order to present a fair picture of the controversy. By WALTER McCALLUM. “From my experience in the World War I am of the opinion we cannot lose sight of the individual soldier's psychology. - The mar must know his rifle and know that when he needs it he can depend upon it to function. In battle the rifle is the infantry soldier’s best friend; in fact, it is his only friend. Unless the rifle and the ammunition has demon- strated to the individual in practice that it can be definitely depended upon, there is a distinct psycholog- ical hazard. | “I believe in the present stage of its development the Garand rifle will produce a distinct mental haz- ard.” In these words, Maj. Gen. M. A. Reckford, executive vice president of | the National Rifle Association and an experienced combat officer, de- scribes what may happen unless (1) the Garand rifle, present standard infantry arm of the United States Army, is improved, or (2) another rifle substituted. or (3) the ammuni- | qualifying standards of marksmen | tion is improved. “The soldier in battle is an indi- vidual unit. If he cannot depend on his rifle his morale suffers.” ‘Wants “Finest Rifle.” Gen. Reckord hopes that out of | the present discussion over the Garand rifle will come an infantry arm that will not function badly in Along with other Army offi- cers he is interested only in sup- plying the foot soldier with an arm | on which he can depend, and fn his i’ Called Best Procedure. : own words, “the finest rifle, firing | the finest ammunition obtainable anywhere in the world.” > 2 “We are not interested fn any | police last night were still investi- | make or name of rifle,” says Gen. Reckord, who is a member of the National Board for the Promotion of | injury of Thomas L. Pearson, 59- | Rifle Practice. “But we are vitally interested in securing for United | fingers and received powder burns | States troops the finest rifie ob- tainable.” Pointing to a recent article in the Cavalry Journal, Gen. Reckord out- lined some of the shortcomings of the Garand. The article said: “In an effort to reduce the number of malfunctions of the M-1 rifle, the Cavalry Board is studying various means of lubrication and the prac- tibility of providing a cover for a breech to prevent the collection of sand and dirt in the working parts.” Gen. Reckord personally has care- fully gone over the rifle issued to Maryland National Guard troops, and has found several instances of malfunction. He made the tests with a gunnery sergeant who was present at official War Department tests of the Garand. Out of his own tests and the testimony of experienced sol- diers who have used the rifle have come his conclusions that the Garand, in its present state of de- velopment, is not the ideal infantry arm, “How many rounds of fire are possible per minute with the gas- operated semi-automatic Garand? This question was asked the Na- tional Rifle Association. The answer was the Garand is capable of firing about 16 shots each 50 seconds, against about 10 aimed shots with the Springfield. “How many rounds can a dough- boy carry?” was another question. “Theoretically he can carry 220 rounds,” was the answer. “Actually he-will carry about 136 in clips and bandoleers.” “Read this,” said Gen. Reckord, tossing over a copy of the Infantry Journal. In it was an article writ- ten by Maj. Gen. George A. Lynch, chief of Infantry, United States Army. Gen. Lynch sald: further is that the individual sol- dier’s ‘fire power’ in attack is a function of the amount of am- munition he can carry rather than of the rate of fire of his weapon. The soldier armed with the M-1 (Garand) rifle has a ‘fire power’ represented by 136 rounds, which He will get no more.” to him in battle,” said Gen. Reckord. l“He has to pack his own. If he | expends it uselessly his gun is out |of action. All he has left is a club.” Possible significance attaches to the lowering of qualification scores by the Marine Corps battalion us- ing the Garand rifle. In the late | summer of 1939, says the Leather- | neck, a Marine Corps publication, using the Garand rifle were lowered | from scores of 396 out of 440 to 378 out of 440. This, according to the ! publication, had the effect of cost- | ing marines who had equaled the qualifying standards loss of marks- manship pay. Qualifying standards - for the Springfield rifle were not changed. Blast ;f‘Pocket Ii;nb. \ Hurting Worker, Probed | | gating the mysterious “pocket bomb” | year-old lathe worker, who lost two | on his left leg in an explosion early | yesterday on a union building reno- | vation job at 703 H street N.E. | At Casualty Hospital attaches said Mr. Pearson’s condition was “fair " | had agreed to join the C. I. O. union asked to join an A. F. of L. building workers picketing the project for some time. Officers quoted Mr. Pearson as say- ing he knew of no one who might wish to “plant” a bomb on his per- son, but that the implement ap- parently had been placed in his overcoat pocket, which had been left at the project overnight. He was waiting for his pay envelope when the mishap occurred, Mr. Pearson said. Mr. Pearson lives at 105 Eighth street N.E. Correction In The Sunday Star of March 10, there appeared a story telling of a gambling raid on a “barber shop at 600 D street N.W.” This statement was incorrect. Actually, the raid was on & poolroom, located at 607 D street NW. No barber shop was involved in the raid. The Star re- grets the error. HURT IN “POCKET BOMB” EXPLOSION—Thomas o L. Pearson, lathe worker on a union construction project, is shown at Casualty Hospital after an explosion in his overcoat pocket blew off two fingers yesterday. ~S8tar Staft Photo. “The * fact | he can expend in five minutes’ firing | “The soldier cannot have an end- less supply of ammunition delivered | | Mr. Pearson told police that he | that had the contract to do the| renovation job, and that he had been | union which had been| right, are Francis C. Nash, law ~—Star Staff Photo. New Patent Office Exhibit Has Preview Showing ATpreview showing of a United States Patent Office exhibit which is to be part'of a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the signing of the first patent legislation by Presi- dent Washington April 10, 1790, was opened yesterday by Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce J. Monroe Johnson in the lobby of the Com- merce Building. Special guests of Col. Johnson in- cluded Representative Charles Kra- mer of California, chairman of the House Patent Committee, and Helen Mack, Mary Healy and Edith Fel- lows, young Hollywood actresses &p= pearing at a local theater. Readers’ Guide and News Summary The Sunday Star, March 24, 1940, PART ONE. Main News Section. | Foreign. 1 | Big sub drive within two weeks seen | by British. Page A-1| 1. R. A. foiled in break from Dart- | | moor prison. Page A-1 { Japan’s report on islands omits for- { tifications data. Page A-4 { Berlin expecting Molotoff visit to | _ forge Italian tie. Page A-5 | Ineptitude with press declared blow to Finns. Page A-7 Europe celebrates Easter against war background. Page A-12 ! Reynaud mapping program to step | up war tempo. Page A-14 | | Eliot sees first major air operations | under way. Page A-16 | Liberal leadership in war Canada's | . vote issue, Page B-2 i i National. . Veto hinted if ratification of trade | pacts is required. Page A-1 /| Fighting planes built for U. 8. to go | to allies. Page A-1 Filibuster on sales tax in House is predicted. Page A-1 Labor Board curb test due in appro- priations motion. Page A-15 Whelchel posts bond for appearance | in court. Page A-18 | Washington and Vicinity. Coldest Easter in 17 years expected here. Page A-1 | Maj. Donovan seen possible successor | to Allen. Page A-1 Man suffocates, woman hurt, baby saved in fire. Page A-1 | Civil service bill not aimed at nearby areas, Tarver says. Page A-2 D. C. supply bill to come up in House Thursday. Page B-1 Allen urges Small Loan Act passage | at present session. Page B-1 | Montgomery tax base up $28,000,000; rate unchanged. Page B-8 Sports Hazel Franklin, Maddy Horn thrill at ice carnival. Page B-3 | Laura Sprague wins Middleburg bowl with Portnos. Page B-3 | Brookland, Lucky Strike list new pin tourneys. Page B-6 Capital golf pros set record for major changes. Page B-4 Bull Whip beats Technician nose in ‘Tropical upset. Page B-7 Miscellaneous. Obituary. Vital statistics. Service orders. Travel. Page A-14 Page E-4 Page E-4 Page D-9 PART TWO. Editorial. Editorial articles. Editorial and comment. News featuns. John Clagett Proctor. Civic news. Military and veterans’ news, Cross-word puzzle. Fraternal and civic news. Educational. Automobiles. PART THREE. Pages C-1-3 Page C-2 Pages C-4-5 Page C-4 C-6 C-1 C-8 C-8 C-9 C-9 Society. Society news. Well-known folk, In service society. Future debutantes. Barbara Bell pattern. ‘Women's clubs. PART FOUR. Finance, Classified. Easter volumes best since 1937. Page Air line stocks and specialties gain. Page Weekly stock summary. Page Farmers’ cash income Jumps. P Morgan heads progressive association. Metropolitan building up sharply. Classified advertising. Pages PART FIVE. Pages D-1-8 Page D-2 Page D-7 Page D-2 Page D-10 Page D-8 E-1 age E-1 E-1 Page E-1 E-4-14 Features. Amusements. Stamps. In bridge circles. Dick Mansfield. Music. The Junior Star, 8 PEE s e rR Sponsor Says Proppsdl Is Designed to Give : Greater Job Distribution The provision'for reapportionment Stay in U. S. for Best Study;v [Viennese Violinist Advises of non-civil service positions in an | | appropriation bill now before the House .is not intended to prevent District, Maryland and Virginia ap- plicants from getting .jobs, Repre- sentative giwm C. Tarver of Georgia, in"cimrge of the bill, de- clared” yesterday. “The - principal .purpose of - the committee,” aaid Mr. Tarver, “was to prevent two or three States from securing the lion’s share of non- civil service positions included under the six titles of this bill. New York and Massachusetts particularly have got much more than their propor- tionate share of these positions. New York State has approximately 23 per cent of all non-civil service jobs under the appropriations in this bill, whereas under the civil service apportionment they would be en- titled to only slightly in excess of 10 per cent.” Opponents Disagree. Opponents; however, declared that actually the provision would most adversely affect residents in the District, Maryland and Virginia who are employed in a large proportion of minor unclassified jobs. Marylanders, in particular, would lose several positions with the Na- tional Labor Relations Board. Vir- ginians would be entitled to one or two more jobs with N. L. R. B, but the opponents asserted that they ! would probably lose many more in | other departments. ‘The controversial provision in the bill is as follows: | “No funds appropriated in this act | shall be available for the appoint- | ment of persons to non-civil service | positions in the departmental service in the District of Columbia unless | | such appointment is not in excess of the quota of apportionment estab- | lished in the manner provided by | the civil service law for appointment | in the classified civil service, for positions (compensated by the funds | tered on a concert tour the boy |to make recordings and has not | Ossy Renardy, 18-year-old v folinist, who will play with the National S8ymphony Orchestra this afternoon.—Star Staff Photo. The wife of a National Broadcast- ing Co. official, visiting Switzerland, sat idly listening to a radio. Through the air from Vienna came stirring music by a 13-year-old violinist. “Wonderful,” * thought the American woman, “I must tell | my husband about that.” That was five years ago. She did impetus, the opportunities here have been increased by the influx of many of Europe’s best musicians and teachers of music as a result of po- litical upheavals in the Old World, he points out. Radio has been a big factor in spreading knowledge and apprecia- tion of good music in this country, Roosevelt Delegates Really for Farley, Loser Charges New Hampshire Man Defeated in Primary Assails “Machine’ By the Associated Press, ROCHESTER, N. H, March 23.— Former State Representative Rus. dolph G. Cartier, defeated in the March 12 primary for Democratic National Convention delegate pledged to the President, charged tonight - that New Hampshire's delegates pledged to Mr. Roosevelt were, in reality, for Postmaster General Farley. Mr. Cartier, who asserted he was defeated by the Democratic “ma- chine” whose leaders “are and have been for many years under the con- trol of Mr. James A. Farley,” said ° the eight delegates at large and four district delegates would do every- - thing possible to discourage Presie - dent Roosevelt from seeking a third term. . Three candidates pledged to Mr. Farley ran well behind the Roosevelt slate in the primary.- “Every Farley man in this State knew my position,” Mr. Cartier said in a statement. “They knew I would stay by Roosevelt to the end, and that I would do everything possible in my power to have him seek an- other term. They knew that should ~ Roosevelt decline * * * I would be for Hull as second choice.” Mr. Cartier said he was against * Mr. Farley because the latter’s re- ligion would mean “a repetition of the election of 1928 and for the Democrats to nominate him would * mean that they are tossing in the sponge and electing a Republican President.” | Mr. Cartier also charged that the | religious issue caused the defeat of Gov. Francis P. Murphy, a Catholic, | as a delegate to the Republican cone | vention. tell her husband about the boy | Renardy believes, and it 1s where | Taft Sees U. S. in War wonder Vienese violinist when she came home. Two years passed. The | boy traveled over Europe, winning acclaim in concert after concert. Then the N. B. C. official went to Europe. good music is appreciated that good musicians develop and thrive. His concert here this afternoon concludes Renardy’s third concert | tour across this country and Canada. | In Belgium, he encoun- | He will go from here to New York | in the respective title of this act) | Violinist his wife had told him about, | completed plans for the summer. of a non-civil service character.” l Proponents of the provision say | its intent is to set up a separate | apportionment law for non-civil| service people alone and under each | of the titles in the bill under con- | sideration. In other words, they say the non- | civil service positions under each title are to be taken care of as a | separate agency. Title one covers the Department of Labor; title two, the Federal Security Agency; title three, the Employes Compensation | Commission (which will not be af- | fected by the provision); title four, National Labor Relations Board; title five, National Mediation Board, and title six, Railroad Retirement Board. Under the National Labor Rela- tions Board title, as an example, it is shown that there are 428 persons not subject to civil service law. These would come under a separa setup for the National Labor Re- lations Board without regard to any other agency. It would set up a sep- arate system of apportionment for | future employes coming into the non-civil service positions in this board based upon the apportion- ment of non-civil service positions already in the board. That means that if one State is over-obligated as far as that one unit is concerned, it must wait for further appoint- ments until other States, have caught up with their respective quotas. Cariwright May Ask $238,000,000 for Roads The Cartwright bill to authorize continuance of Federal aid for high- ways for the fiscal years 1942 and 1943 will probably suggest expendi- tures at least equal to Federal aid | appropriations in 1938-9 or about $238,000,000 each year. This was predicted by Represent- ative Cartwright, sponsor of the bill and chairman of the House Roads Committee now considering it, in a radio broadcast Friday night from Station WRC. In the broadcast Charles M. Up- ham, engineer-director of the Amer- ican Road Builders’ Association, in- terviewed Representative Cartwright and Representative Wolcott, Re- publican, of Michigan and ranking minority member of the Roads Com- mittee. Representative Cartwright, in re- sponse to & question by Mr. Upham as to whether the current “economy drive” would affect Federal road aid appropriations, said he thought not. Continuing, Mr. Cartwright said that amounts authorized in his bill “will probably be about the same as' those' authorized for the fiscal| sais years 1938 and 19: For each of these years, Mr. Cartwright said, authorizations totaled $238,000,000. Vandenberg Forum Speaker Republican Senator to Talk on Controlling Issues “The Controlling Issues in the 1940 Election” will be defined by Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Re- publican, of Michigan in the Na- tional Radio Fgrum tomorrow:night. ‘The National Radio Forum is ranged by The Star and is broad- cgst over:a coast<to-coast network of the National Broadcasting Co. It can be heard locally at 10:30 o'clock through Station WMAL. Benator Vandenberg frequently has been mentioned as a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. In a recent speech he predicted that next November the American people will demonstrate they are “tired of life on a flying tra) B ‘The people, according to the Sen- ator, have had enough of “experi- ments that never end and patent medicines that mever cure,” and they have had their fill of “bureau- crats, boondogglers, barnacles, brain trusts, ballyhoo and: bankruptcy.” He has suggested a “quarantine of third-termites” .as 'part of the program of national recavery. In his forum speech Senator Van- elaborate on den haps will Bls rescemendation st the Re- By Cromwell heard him play and immediately signed him to a contract to play in the United States. And that is how Ossy Renardy happened to come to this country in 1937 and to be in Washington to | appear as soloist with the National | Symphony Orchestra in Constitution | Hall at 4 o'clock this afternoon. | Glad to Be in U. S. | He is glad to be here. Even before | Hitler took ower his native Austria | this 18-year-old youth who is rated among the best violinists of his time had decided to make the United | States his home. He has taken nutj his first papers to become an Amer- ican citizen and is looking forward | to having his mother and father join him here this spring. Renardy's advice to young Amer- | icans ambitious to study the best| in music is to stay right at home | and forget what they have heard | about better European training. | “There is & much better fleld talented child in Vienna before | here,” he says. “The knowledge and | appreciation of good music is going | up here, going down in Europe.” | While American music develop- | ment has been .going up of its own | No Stranger to Capital. He is not a stranger to Washing- ton music lovers, having appeared | last summer as a soloist at one of the National Symphony Orchestra’s | Water Gate concerts. He was such a success then that he immediately was engaged for today’s appearance. For his solo number this after- noon, he has chosen Tchaikovsky's violin concerto in D major. Ossy Renardy Reiss, but adopted the former name when he made his musical debut in Italy and was informed that an Italian name would “go over” better with his audiences there. His genius for the violin has been developed by only one teacher — Theodore Pashkus, who had a studio next door to the Reiss home when Ossy was 4 years old. r. Pashkus now is in this country, too, and by a coincidence is in, Washington. For eight years, Mr. Pashkus taught the putting him before the public. His debut in Itdly in 1933 was the prelude to a continuous round of concerts throughout Europe before he came to the United Etates. Story President Saw His Speech Is Denied | Report ‘Wholly Untrue,’ Earlier White House Statement Says Both the White House and James H. R. Cromwell, Minister to Carada, denied emphatically yesterday that President Roosevelt had foreknowl- edge of the pro-Ally speech Mr. Cromwell delivered in Toronto Tues- day. At the White House a formal statement was issued saying that published reports that Mr. Roosevelt received a copy of the address be- fore Mr. Cromwell spoke were “wholly untrue.” (The report was not printed in The Star.) In New York Mr. Cromwell said in & statement that such reports were “made out of whole cloth” and that the views he expressed “were made entirely on my own responsi- bility,” the Associated Press reported. Secretary of State Hull tele- graphed Mr. Cromwell Thursday that the hature of the Minister's speech “contravened standing in- structions” to American diplomatic representatives. Mr. Cromwell, in the first. state- ment he has made since a contro- versy developed over his speech, d: “Published reports that President Roosevelt saw an advance copy of my Toronto speech or had any in Election knowledge of its contents before- hand, are made out of whole cloth. | Such stories are absolutely untrue. “The views which I expressed on the contrast between the principles of totalitarian and democratic forms of government and their results were made entirely on my own re- sponsibility. “Since that address, no one has at any time been given any reason or authority to express any views for[ me.” Mr. Cromwell distributed the statement through his Fifth avenue office in New York. Efforts to reach him for amplification were unavail- ing. At his office it was said he was “away for the week end.” Scholarships Available Seventeen of 44 scholarships to Worcester Polytechnic Institute next September are available to the Washington area. The closing date for applications is April 1. was born Oskar | {If Democrats Win By the Associated Press. DANVILLE, Ky., March 23.—Sen- " | ator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, avowed . candidate for-the Republican pres- | idential. nomination, declared to- night voters faced a choice of re- turning the Republican party to | power or risking the chance that’ | “the next great New Deal experi-" ment may be entrance into the | European war.” Concluding a two-day speaking and sightseeing tour in Kentucky, Taft made clear in a speech his | belief in a policy of military isola- | ton “The sentiment of our people is | for peace,” he said, “that was proved * |in the case of the arms embargo issue last fall. The Senate has many peculiarities, I have found," | but its long-windedness has one | great advantage—the people get a- chance to let their wishes be felt.” Designers Pick || 13 Best-Dressed Women in U. S. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, March 23—The | Fashion Academy announced today its list of the 13 best-dressed women in America, chosen by more than 100 leading designers. The list: Stage, Katharine Hep- burn; opera, Lucy Monroe; radio,- Helen Menken; sports, Sara Palfrey Fabyan; public life, Mrs. Myron C. Taylor; debutante, Josephine Johne son; supper clubs, Hildegarde; screen, Anna Neagle; comedy, Molly McGee; ballet, Catherine Littlefield;- all-American, Gladys Swarthout; society, Mrs. James H. R. Cromwell;- business, Mme. Helena Rubinstein. | _The Fashion Academy, headed by | Emil Alvan Hartman, is a school for- | designing and allied subjects. It. | not only trains designers of clothes, | but gives instruction to men and women desirous of becoming execu- tives in the clothing industry. One of. its aims is to make the public conscious of the merits of American-made clothes. District motor accidents during January and February of 1940 fell oft 467 from the 2,286 accidents dur- ing October and November in 1939. Weather Report (Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia—Increasing cloudiness and continued cold today, tomorrow, fair and continued cold with gentle to moderate northwest and north winds. Maryland—Ipcreasing cloudiness and slightly colder today, followed hyl ;lght. snow in extreme southeast portion, tomorrow fair and continued cold. Virginia—Increasing cloudiness and slightly colder today, followed by snow or rain on the coast and snow in the Interior; tomorrow, fair" and colder. - West Virginia—Mostly cloudy, south portion today, Weather Conditions Last 24 Hours. A disturbance of moderate intensity ex- tends from New Mexico eastward to Louisi- . El Paso, Tex., 1005.]1 millibars (29.68 inches), and pressure is still low but rising rapidly’ from New England eastward over {28.28 inches). Pressure is low and fall- gaitward to Wash aion, Retohiban. Als ‘Pressure is tively Brecitiationy hortly ekt {3002, inche stly the " Plains Biates. the. Ohio and. Lo in t Missouri Valleys. the Lake chi and Lower n, the Ap- and portions of the Mg Baltimore. lon North “Atlantic _and e weather has e colder northern SENATOR VANDENBERG. publicans “scrap the bad, improve a!mmnnnm:m- ? over most middle and sections east of the Rock Rocky River Report. nd_Shenandoah Riv rrylate yesterday " T Potomac &t Harpers - 45 p.m. a.m. Au light e BEPRU ML imed” Precipitation. Mbnthi; i CcapRaibly, precipitation in inches in the th, Gut and quite gen “ it Kenerally west of ‘he | Chicago. followed by light snow in extreme tomorrow generally fair, continued cold. Record Until 10 P.M. Saturday. “;mggu, 35, 4:30 p.m. Yesterday year Lowest, , m. . e "5.5 22, 6 am. Yesterdsy yoar Record Temperatures This Year, Highest, 65. on M . Weather in Various Cities. ‘Tempera Max. Min. Baf Ashevil le, N, Atlanta. 'Ga. 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