Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1940, Page 6

A—6 *% D. A. R. Delegates Start Home After Banquet Ends Session | Mrs. Roosevelt’s Greeting And Installation of Officers High Light Day The Daughters of the American Revolution started for home today after relaxing from the chores of their 49th Continental Congress at a banquet last night in the May- flower Hotel. Earlier yesterday, 1,74¢ Daughters had been received cordially by Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House. After hearing reports and ad- firesses all week, the delegates last night were ready to enjoy themselves at the farewell banquet which was punctuated with group singing. State banners were draped from the boxes in the ballroom and the long speakers’ table was decorated with red, white and blue candles On the tables were souvenir acorn hulls tied with ribbons prepared by the youngsters at the Pine Moun- tain Settlement Schooi. Mrs. Henry M. Robert, jr. president general. whose strict adherence to parlia- mentary procedure all week kept dissension at a minimum, unbent sufficiently to tell the Daughters she had been asked to be funny at the banquet. Tells of Demands on Time. “‘Could you be funny after a stren- uous week like I've had?” she de- manded. Then. after telling some of the demands made on her time by delegates and the super-human efforts they expected of her. she added, “I've decided that some of you are a little bit funny.” In introducing Clifford Berryman, cartoonist for The Star and speaker at the banquet, she described a car- toon he had drawn 30 years ago showing a dove of peace perched atop Memorial Continental Hall. Hat pins, shoes and all manner of things were flying out of the win- dows in the cartoon, she said, and the bird was saying “This is no place for me.” “That bird is & homing pigeon because the dove of peace has come back to rest,” she declared. “We have just finished a congress marked by a very fine spirit.” After telling the delegates he had joined the Sons of the American Revolution because he wasn't al- lowed to join the D. A. R., Mr. Berryman proceeded to sketch George Washington and some of the Presidents of the Upited States whose wives were active in the patriotic society. Troubled by Daughters’ Hats. One of his first assignments, he #aid, was to picture the Daughters at their convention. He ran into all kinds of trouble, he told the Daughters, because the women's hats completely hid their faces and were mammoth in diameter. | The songs with which the ban-| quet was interspersed were led by Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig of the District. Capt. William F. H. San- telmann, who directed the United States Marine Band Orchestra at several of the congress sessions this week, contributed his voice, too, to the songs. The White House reception at-| tracted the largest D. A. R. delega- tion in years. The guests appar- ently had forgiven and forgotten the resentment openly expressed at the White House reception last year, which Mrs. Roosevelt, who had just resigned from the D. A. R. in pro- test against the ban which kept Marian Anderson from singing in Constitution Hall, failed to attend. | Pressed By Train Time. | Despite the fact that Mrs. Roose- velt, with a 5 o'clock train to catch, | sped the guests through the line in | double quick time without pasing once for a rest, the crowd was backed | up almost to the east entrance of | the White House. After their long | stand, they consumed large quan- | tities of the water thay awaited them in the state dining room. The final official acts of the 48th | Continental Congress were the con- firmation and installation of newly | elected honorary vice presidents general, vice presidents general and State regents and vice regents. The | society's traditional pagentry and color marked the ceremonies in Constitution Hall before the White House reception. The District of Columbia new Gtate regent and vice regent to re- ceive their ribbons were Mrs. Harry | C. Oberholser of 2805 Eighteenth street N.W. and Mrs. Geoffrey Creyke of 3525 R street N.W. Mary- land’s newly installed officers were Mrs. George Hamilton Stapp, regent, and Mrs. Adelbert Warren Mears. vice regent, both of Baltimore. The honorary vice presidents gen- eral were Mrs. Gerald Livingston Schuyler of Colorado and Mrs. Wil- liam Henderson Vaught of West | Virginia. | Vice presidents general installed | were Mrs. Reuben Edward Knight of Nebraska, Mrs. William Harrison Hightower of Georgia, Mrs. Jacob F. Zimmerman of Illinois, Mrs. | Eugene N. Davis of North Carolina, | Mrs. B. H. Geagley of Michigan, Miss | Marion Seelye of Kansas, Mrs. FPred C. Morgan of Maine and Mrs. Wilbur B. Blakeslee of 3aryland. Other Regents-Installed. * Other State regents and vice re- gents, respectively, installed at the | ceremony included: Alabama—Mrs. A. S. Mitchell, Mobile, and Mrs. Robert Thornton Comer, Birmingham. Arizona—Mrs. William J. Oliver, Prescott, and Mrs. Carl Otto Lamp- land, Flagstaff. Arkansas — Mrs. Philip Fall Crutcher, Pine Bluff, and Mrs. Davis M. Biggs, Proctor. California—Mrs. Perry Wallace MacDonald, Piedmont, and Mrs. Frank Edgar Lee, Santa Monica. Connecticut—Miss Katharine Mat- thies, vice regent, New Haven. Florida—Mrs. T. C. Maguire (re- elected), Plant City, and Mrs. Rob- ert Sidney Abernethy, Winter Haven. Georgia—Mrs. Thomas C. Mell, Atlanta, and Mrs. Stewart Colley, Grantville. Hawaii—Mrs. Carl Bowers An- drews, Honolulu, and Mrs. Thomas Jones Davis, Wailuku, Maui. Tllinois—Mrs. Earl Shriver Grigs- by, vice regent, Pittsfield. Indiana—Mrs. La Fayette Le Van Porter, Greencastle, and Mrs. Joy | Harold Grimes, Danville, Towa—Mrs. Otto 8. Von Krog (re- gent), Eldora. Kansas—Mrs. A. J. Berger, Ar- kansas City, and Mrs. Roy Valentine Shrewder, Ashland. Maine—Miss Margaret Emily Mc- Tiroy, Lewiston, and Mrs. Arthur N. | Gosline, Gardiner. Michigan—Mrs. Osmond Dore | | Washington, D. C., and Mrs. George | velt's personal representative at the was guest speaker. | | dent, is at right. AS D. A. R. CONGRESS ENDED—The 49th Contine: ican Revolution was brought to a close with a farewell banquet at the Mayflower Hotel last night. | Pictured at the affair are (left to right) Mrs. G. L. H. Brosseau, honorary president general; Mrs. | Henry M. Robert, jr., president general, and Clifford K. Berryman, cartoonist for The Star, who THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1940, Gk ntal Congress of the Daughters of the Amer- —Star Staff Photo. * S. A. R. GAVEL CHANGES HANDS—Dr. Clifton P. Clark (left), new president of the Sons of the American Revolution, pictured as he was usher2d into office by Chalmers Seymour McConnell, retiring president, at the 50th anniversary meeting last night. Selden M. Ely, senior past presi- —Star Staft Photo. | Heavenrich, Jackson, and Miss Laura | | Clark Cook, Hillsdale. | _Minnesota—Miss Nellie L. Sloan, Chicago City, and Miss Louise Bur- well, Minneapolis. Mississippi—Mrs. Hanun Gardner, | Gulfport, and Mrs. Clive Metcalfe, | Greenville. | Montana—Mrs. Charles E. Dobson (re-elected), Missouli, and | Lewis D. Smith (re-elected), ingston. i New Mexico—Mrs. Rolla Roberts | Hinkle, Roswell, and Mrs. Ralph| | Stafford Martin, Belen. ‘ North Carolina — Mrs. Joseph | Simpson Silversteen, Brevard, and Miss Gertrude Sprague Carraway, New Bern. North Dakota—Mrs. Raymond W. Shinners (re-elected), Mandan, and Mrs. Joe Cutting (re-elected), Wil- liston. Oklahoma—Mrs. James J. McNeill (re-elected), Norman, and Mrs. Richard R. Owens, Oklahoma City. Oregon—Mrs. Howard P. Arnest, Portland, and Mrs. William Horsfall, Marshfield. South Dakota—Mrs. John Hen- dricks Cumbow, Sioux Falls, and Mrs. Dean Wade Loucks (re- elected), Pierre. Tennessee—Mrs. Walter M. Berry (re-elected), Memphis, and Mrs. Clarence G. King Bristol. Texas—Mrs. E. S. Lammers, Ala- mo, and Mrs. Gus Lee Ford, Dallas. Utah—Mrs. Walter John Hilla- brant, Wattis, and Mrs. Percy Her- bert Mulcahy, Ogden. West Virginia—Mrs. Wilson H. 8. White, Shepherdstown, and State Regent Mrs. Millard T. Sisler, Mor- gantown, China—Mrs. Hollis A. Wilbur (re- elected), Shanghai, and Mrs. Roy P. Roberts, Montrose. Colo. | Cuba—Mrs. Edward G. Harris (re- elected), 1629 Columbia road N.W., Liv- A. Curry, Havana. England—Mrs. Theodore W. Lul- ing. London, and Mrs. Nathaniel Penistone Davis, 4715 Blagden ave- nue N.W,, Washington, D. C. France—Mrs. Tryphosa Duncan Bates-Batcheller. St. Cloud, and Mrs. Charles Claire Perrin, San Mateo, Calif. (In instances where no regent or vice regent was listed, the present officers are holdovers.) Myron Taylor’s Brother Dies of Heart Ailment By the Associated Press. GARDEN CITY, N. Y., April 20— Willard Underhill Taylor, 70, lawyer and yachtsman and brother of My- ron C. Taylor, now President Roose- Vatican, died of a heart ailment at his Long Island home Thursday night. News of Full reports of the D. A. R Convention, April 14 to 21, inclusive— Mail—Postage Prepaid Canada Leave orders with Star representative at Constitu- tion Hall or The Evening Star office, 11th St. and Pa. Ave. N.W. (re-elected), | Legion Auxiliary's Child Welfare Aims | Explained at Session Mrs. McCrahon Stresses Three Major Points at First Annual Forum The child welfare program of the | American Legion Auxiliary has| | three special objectives, Mrs. Betty McCrahon, department chairman of | the program, last night stressed at | the first annual Child Welfare | Forum, sponsored jointly by Dis!rict‘ ‘!Departmen: Auxiliary” to the Legion | |and by the District Salon, No. 14, | Eight and Forty, honorary society to | | the auxiliary. ! | These objectives, Mrs. McCrahon | said, are the locating of children of | veterans eligible to benefit under | new legislation; the establishment | of a health record for every child, with a birth record including data | of physical handicaps. and the study | of the booklet, “Qur Children’s Fu-| ture,” through which the Legion is| | carrying on a campaign for develop- ing community concern and respon- sibility for the care and protection of children. Three guest speakers attended the | forum, held in the United States Chamber of Commerce Building. | J. B. Irvine, chief of the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the District Health Department, emphasized the need of children having birth cer- tificates. The new school setup in the Dis- trict, which recognizes the need for attention to the individual and at the same time stresses the necessity of pupils working together as a group, was explained by Dr. C. W. Holmes, assistant superintendent of District schools. Tuberculosis Prevention Discussed. Dr. E. Raymond Fenton of the speakers’ bureau, District Medical Society, discussed the prevention of tuberculosis in children. He told the forum that children were more susceptible to the disease than adults because immature persons have not the resistance of adults. Other speakers on the program were Mrs. Mary B. McMillin, depart- ment president and member of the National Committee on the Educa- tion of Orphans of Veterans; Miss Ethel Hodges, department chair- man of education of orphans; Miss Mary Catherine Ware, president of the Girls’ Nation of the Auxiliary; Mrs. Helen M. McCabe, chairman of the Eight and Forty Child Wel- fare Committee, and Mrs. Edith P. Landvoigt of the Chapeau Depart- mental, Eight and Forty. D. A.R. U. S., Mexico and SRR L e —aue$1.00 'Preparafions Indicae Significant Speech By Roosevelt Tonight Young Democratic Clubs To Hear ‘Short, Sweet And to the Point’ Talk By JOHN C. HENRY. Btar Staft Correspondent. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., April 20.— Scheduled to make a Nation-wide radio address tonight to the Young Democratic Clubs of America. Presi- dent Roosevelt today was applyving the finishing touches to what may turn out to be a highly significant political declaration. In his own words, the speech is to be “short, sweet and to the point.” a description which does not con- flict with the example set in two previous messages to this younger faction of the Democratic party. In fact. Mr. Roosevelt's earlier words to the clubs have been re- | called frequently as the platform on | which the New Dealers and third- termers in the party have since| fought their quiet battle against any compromise with conservatism. Opposed “Straddlebug” Platform. ! “If we nominate conservative can- | didates,” the Chief Executive told | the clubs last August 8, “or lip- service candidates on a straddle- bug platform, I personally, for my own self-respect and because of my long service to and belief in liberal democracy, will find it impossible to have any active part in such an un- fortunate suicide of the old Demo- cratic party. “The Democratic party will fail if it goes conservative next year, or if it is led by people who can offer naught but fine phrases.” And even earlier, last April 19, he wrote to the organization presi- dent: “It (the Democratic party) can commit suicide by abandonment of the policies that brought it to power ‘There is no use fooling ourselves. If we are to have a reactionary regime—or if that term is too Hor- rific—call it a conservative regime, you may depend on it that it will be the other fellow's regime.” Gives Time to Speech. Against the background of these remarks, it was not surprising that Mr. Roosevelt spent much of yes- terday's long train trip southward in careful drafting of tonight's speech —and was spending additional time on it today. At the same time, deeply con- cerned with what may be happening in war-plagued Europe, the Presi- dent was maintaining frequent tele- phonic contact with his foreign affairs “reporters” in Washington. Three times during the trip tele- phone connections were made with the southbound train and at At- lanta a mail pouch flown from the Capital was put aboard. Aside fsom tonight's speech and whatever unforeseen action may re- sult from European developments the President's -schedule here was being left for him to rest, to swim in the foundation pool and to com- plete his recuperation from recent illness. . Centenarian Asks Divorce ADA, Okla., April 20 (#).—Amos Charles, 100 years old, has filed suit for divorce and says he plans to marry' again. His petition charkes his wife Charity, 80, abandoned him three years ago. 4l Attendants of the congress joined yesterday in singing “God Bless America,” which ha s become a popular semi-official national anthem. Shown directing the singing from the band platform are (left to right) Miss Thelma Le Bar Brown, Capt. Willlam F. H. Santelmann, leader of the Marine Band, and Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, vi leader of the congress. ce president general and song —Star Staff Photo. C. A. R. Is Warned 'To Keep Level Heads InPropaganda Deluge Mrs. J. M. Kerr, National President, Is Speaker At Convention Session Warning Children of the Ameri- | can Revolution that “our countrv |is being deluged with propaganda | from all sides,” Mrs. John Morrison Kerr, national president of the C. A. R, today declared “We must keep | our heads in times like these.” | “Don't be carried away by falsely | created emotions,” she told the | group of 400 children and 100 adults | gathered from many States and the Canal Zone, at Memorial Con- | tinental Hall. “But think quietly and clearly on questions that be- front every man, woman and child today. On you, the generations who are to rule in the not far-off future | rests this responsibility.” jacts in the stunt night entertain- ment. First prize in the first group was won by Jane and William Gard- ner of New Rochelle, N. Y.. for a Tyrolean folk song: second prize went t@ Nancy Glendenning, 9. of | New Jersey for xylophone solos. and third prize was won by Margaret Forbes of Washington, for reading | of an original poem. In the older group contest, a play, “The Fatal Quest,” with five players, | won first prize; Virginia Summer- } man of Massachusetts, a baton twirl- {er, took second prize. and Elaine Murray-Jacoby of New Jersey, was third with presentation of a sonata, which she composed and played Master of ceremonies was Graham | Smallwood, junior State president of | | the District, who was introduced by | the senior State president of the | District, Mrs. Carl H. Giroux. Taft (fl;es Federal Move fo ‘Strangle’ Insurance Firms | “As a descendant of a patriot of | | the American Revolution,” she saia, | “vou have much of which to be | proud. Your heritage is that of the founders of our country, and on your shoulders rests our future. Keep the United States your coun- try, as your forefathers so ably laid the foundations; be informed, learn the principles upon which your country was established and know the answers.” Convention Closes Monday. The C. A. R, which opened its 45th annual convention yesterday continued with a program lasting throughout the week end, planning to close Monday at noon. The morning session opened with a concert by the United States Marine Band Orchestra, and color- ful entrance march by national officers. Invocation was pronounced by the Rev. Noble C. Powell, dean of Washington Cathedral. Arthur | Harry Northrup, junior national vice president, led in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. William Tyler Page, author of the American’s | Creed, led the group in reciting it. | _Greetings were extended by Mrs. | Henry M. Robert, jr., president gen- eral, National Society, D. A. tinental Congress. Lyons Mills Howland of Highland | Park, Mich., junior national presi- dent of the C. A. R., extended wel- come ta the delegatzs, and the re- | Sponse was by Mary" Louise Traylor |of Florida. Guests pr8sented in- {cluded Mrs. Harry C. Oberholser, State regent, D. A. R. District of Columbia, and Dr. Clifton P. Clark, | president 8. A. R., of'the District. Mrs. avilliam H Pouch, honorary national president o the C. A. R., spoke briefly. * Bmmners Presented. Traveling banners were presented by Frank B. Steele, secretary and registrar geneé¥al of the 8. A. R. and by Mrs. George D. Schermer: horn, organizing secretary gen- eral of junior groups, D. A. R. They were accepted by Mrs. George Vosburgh of New York and Mrs. Cuthbert Parrish of Pennsylvania. State flags were presented by Mrs. Carl H. Giroux, State president of the District, with Robert Huey, color bearer, and by Miss Susan W. Handy, State president for Rhode Island, with Mary Corbin Arnold, color bearer. The program continued with re- ports of national officers and chair- men of committees, with plans for reports of junior State presidents this afternoon. Tonight there will be a dinner dance at the Mayflower Hotel. To- morrow afternoon there will be an annual pilgrimage with memorial services at the Old Presbyterian Meeting House at Alexandria, to be followed by a trip to Mount Vernon, where wreaths will be placed on the Washington tomb. Prizes Awarded. The convention opened yesterday with & visit to thesWhite House, dedication service at Washington Cathedral, with the Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, officiating. Last nigth there was & stunt night at Epiphany Parish Hall, followed by a reception at the Lafayette Hotel. 3 Prizes were awarded for winning & which yesterday closed its 49th Con- | Sees Bill to Regulate Investment Trusts as ‘Excellent Precedent’ By the Associated Press CHARLESTON. W. Va., April 20.— Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio said last night “there is a clear indica- tion” the Federal Government pro- poses “sooner or later to strangle” life insurance companies “with bu- reaucratic regulations.” | The Republican presidential as- pirant told the State Association of Life Underwriters, in a prepared address the pending bill to regu- Jate investment trusts was “an ex- |cellent precedent for Federal regu- lation of insurance companies.” Stating the “New Deal philosophy which dominates the Government |at Washington is hostile to life insurance,” the Senator continued: | “It has started a so-called in- | surance plan of its own in the old- |age weension title of the Social Security Act. | that it doesn't perform any of the best functions of life insurance.” | Compulsory saving, through the | pay roll tax, he said discourages | thrift, which “must be voluntary |or it is not thrift.” The social security plan, he went on, does not perform the invest- |ent functidn of life insurance. “The reserve is invested only in | Government bonds.” he said. “That |is, the Government loans itself the | money collected and spends the money to pay current deficits.” \Denmark Maintains Ships | Are Not Prizes of War | By the Associated Press. doggedly maintained today that its 700-ship - merchant fleet is entitled to sail the seas unmolested by the allies and cited international law to back its stand. ‘The Danish Shipping Committee, which has studied the problem since Germany’'s invasion of the little Scandinavian country on April 9, declared it could not recognize the validity, “under international law,” of the British contention that Dan- ish vessels are prizes of war and subject to seizure. The committee contended that the invasion gave Germany* no right or power over Danish vessels outside thé invaded territory and these ships therefore were free of any &b(lllgerent status. Since the war spread to Scandi- navia, Danish ships have been ordered to neutral harbors and it appeared that they would remain in them pending further study of the | problem. Reception for Jackson World War veterans employed by the Justice Department and the de- partment post of the American Le- gion will hold a reception for At- torney General Jackson at the Shoreham Hotel at 7:30 p.m. Mon- day. Officials of the department will attend. L) The only trouble is! \Wagner Act Changes May Be Put Over. Unfil Next Session Pressure for June 10 Adjournment May Pigeonhole Measure By the Associated Press. Uncertainty, heightened hy pres- sure for an .early adjournment, clouded the outlook tod? for final action at this session of Congress on proposed changes in the Wagner Labor Act. 1 The House resigned itself to a knock-down, drag-out on the long- smoldering revision controversy, but many friends and foes of the present act agreed that, regardless of what the House did, the Senate was not likely to complete congressional ac- tion on this subject before the ten- tative June 10 adjournment date. | In the Senate wing signs multi- plied that campaign-minded legisla- Madison Memorial Is Urged for Capital - At S. A, R. Session Dies Committee Praised For Publicizing Dangers; Officers Installed Erection of a James Madison Me- morfal in Washington in recognie tion of the fourth Président’s oute standing service to America was urged at the 50th anniversary meet= ing of the District of Coluribia Society, Sons of the American Revo- lution, last night at the Mayflower Hotel In tracing his organization’s early history and that of allled patriotic * groups, Selden M. Ely, senior past president, said the society should make a major effort to bring about tors were in a mood to pigeonhole major measures, if necessary, in or- der to wind up the session by early June It was reported authoritatively that President Roosevelt had re-| fterated to congressional leaders this | week his hope that Congress would | adjourn as quickly as possible. He was represented as believing that | virtually all pending legislation ex- | cept appropriations bills could be de- | ferred until next session. Legislators Also Anxious. The reported White House sugges- tion fell in with known desires of | both Republican and Democratic | leaders to get away from Washing- ton at least two weeks in advance of the June 24 Republican national convention. Senate Majority Leader Barkley predicted that hope would be realizea. The Wagner Act revision dis- |pute was started toward a House | showdown yesterday by the action |of a Rules Committee dominated | by a coalition of Republicans and | Southern Democrats. The commit- |tee approved procedure for un- limited debate on the whole ques- construction of a lasting tribute to i Madison. During his speech, Mr. Ely praised he Dies Committee Investigating un-American activities. He said the society already had been aware of the “insidious purposes” of groups “working from within and without " but that the Dies Committee had made the public conscious of these dangers. Quotes Noted Americans. Mr. Ely read statements from Americans who played an important part in the Nation's history. These quotations, he said, clearly show “that the Societies of the Sons of the American Revolution are com- posed of men representative of all parties and from every section of the Union. They are, we are, brought together in sympathic and friendly association for purely patriotic pur- poses.” “We must not exercise ourselves too much,” he continued, “about more or less temporary partisan differences, but we must seek deeply to understand and promote such | movements as will extend individual opportunity, growth and initiative, tion of amending the National Labor Relations Act. Agreement by a House-Senate committee made possible yesterday early final action on legislation to bring water carriers under Inter- state Commerce Commission regu- lation. The legislation, which includes |numerous minor amendments to existing railroad and motor carrier Jaws, was passed by ! House in differing forms last year. The joint commitiee has been seek- ing to compose differences since the first of February. To Be Made Public Soon. The conferees did not announce | complete details of their agreement, | but said these would be made public next week. | Under the compromise bill, Mari- time Commission jurisdiction over |most intercoastal, coastwise and Great Lakes shipping would be trans- feired to the 1. C. C. Inland water carriers would be brought under regulation as to rates and other matters for the first time. Legislation to extend the Federal crop insurance program to cotton, | starting with next year's crop, passed the House yesterday despite con- | tentions of some members that it was an unwise venture into experi- | mental flelds. With Republicans voting almost solidly against it, the measure went through by a roll-call vote of 199 to 113 As finally approved. the bill would permit the Government to insure |cotton farmers against crop fail- ures—up to 75 per cent of their crop. "rhp House substituted its bill for a | slightly different one already passed by the Senate. thus requiring Sen- ate approval of the revision before the legislation can go to the White ! House. Ford (Continued FProm First Page.) | ! | | | behind the Ford labor | emanated from Dearborn “Because of this.” he added. “it is essential that if the policicg and | purposes of the (Wagner) Act are| to be effectuated any order of the board to be issued in this c#e be directed, not to the 8ocal conditions in Dallas, Tex., alone, but to the fountain head and to the condi- tions that exist thfoughout the sy tem of manufacturing plants and assembly branches that is the Ford Motor Co. . Extend to All Employes. “The effects of the unfair labor practiees depicted in this report, | which have emanated from the senior executive officers of the Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn, inevitably | extend to all employes of the com- p#ny wheresoever situated, and it is apparent that the elimination of these effects can only be ac- complished and the recurrence of such outrageous and violent acts can only be prevented by treating | the problem, not in piecemeal, but as one which applies to the entire system.” | The notice which Mr. Denham would have Ford send each em- ploye, as well as post on bulletin boards, would express an intention not to discourage union member- ship by discharges or the use of espionage. telephone wire-tapping, assaults or “strong-arm” squads. policies Thorough Delivery. | . The notice, he said. should be de- livered with the “same thorough- ness” that pamphlets entitled “Ford gives viewpoint of labor” were dis- tributed to workers in 1937. Em- ployes in such operations as those at Ford plants had scant oppor- tunity, he added, to read compre- hensive notices posted on bulletin boars. Mr. Denham’s proposal would also require the company to forbid super- visory employes from violating the terms of the notice., on pain of discharge. The examiner's report gives the company 20 days in which to comply with the recommendatjons, or file exceptions and seek oral argument before the board. If the 20 days were to lapse without compliance or the filing of exceptions, a board order would be expected to follow. Perry’s Testimony Recited. Mr. Denham'’s report at one point recited the testimony of S. C. (Fats) Perry, in which he described how men suspected of union inclinations were taken “for a ride.” Perry was one of five alleged members of the strong-arm squad to testify at the board hearing. The examiner quoted Perry’s tes- timony as follows, in describing the Senate and | and enable us progressively to live better as we may be associated politi- cally as an all inclusive mass under a representative government.” In outlining the society’s history, Mr. Ely listed the early presidents of the patriotic organization as David D. Porter, the naval office: and diplomat; Gen. Adolphus | Greely, the noted Arctic explorer, who served two terms; Gen. Joseph C. Breckinridge, and G. Brown | Goode, the scientist, both of whom also served twice. Mr. Ely recalled, too, that the Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution have worked in close harmony for the past half centur; New Officers Installed. The program also included the instailation of new officers. headed by Dr. Clifton P. Clark, president, who was ushered into office by the re- tiring- president, Chalmers Seymour McConnell, who rounded out his second term. Others installed were Dr. W. Harvey Wise, jr.. senior vice president; Wade H. Ellis, second vice president; C. Leonard Brown, third vice president; Benjamin D. Hill. jr,, | secretary; McDonald Miller, assist- ant secretary: Harvey B. Gram, jr., treasurer; William W. Badgley. re- elected registrar; Craig L. Reddish, | assistant registrar, and Dr. John D. Wolcott, John F. Little and the Rev. Samuel M. Croft, who were re-elected historian, librarian and chaplain, respectively. Maj. Harry A. Davis was re- elected as trustee for the term end- ing April 19. 1943. Installed as mem- bers of the Board of Management | for the term ending the same date were Mr. McConnell. Thomas C. Washington, jr. Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, Clark B. Cumings and | Laurence V. Benet. Francis M. Hoffheins was installed for the term ending in 1942 Announcement was made of a | special exhibit by the Library of | Congress of a collection of docu- ments and data of the Revolutionary | period in honor of the S. A. R.s | golden anniversary. The exhibit will remain open through May, making it available to members of the S. A. R. National Congress meet- ing here next gonth. W beating of men picked up by the strong-arm squad: “Well, the first thing we would do, we would search them and find out if they had any identification belonging to a union of any kind, or where thev were from, or what they belonged to. and gave them a good talk, and worked over some of them, ones that we had under suspicion of being a union man, or if they had cards on them.” Q. “What do you mean ‘give them a working over?'” A. “We would whip them, beat them up Q. “With what?” A. “Put the fear of God in them as they put it.” Q. “"What would you whip them with?” A. “Some with fists, blackjacks.” Q. “Anything else?” A. “One or two of them we whipped with a regular whip we had made out of rubber wind cord, and some of them—one of them was whipped, according to whether we thought he could take it or not. was whipped with brushes off of trees, limbs.” Another Beating Described. The Examiner said this was the general procedure followed by the squad in an attack on Richard Sow< ers, a Kansas City Ford plant work- er, in October, 1937. Sowers applied at the Dallas plant for a job, Mr. Denham said, and while he was making out an appli- cation, one of the alleged squad members put the point of a gun in Sowers’ ribs and asked him if he was & member of the C. 1. O. The testimony, according to the Examiner, showed that Sowers de- nied being a member of the C. 1. 0., but that he was taken out anyway to a place near White Rock Lake and beaten into “a semi-conscious state.” Mr. Denham'’s report of the Dallas hearing also included testimeny -of an attack on George Baer of Haver- hill, Mass., an organizer for the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery ‘Workers’ Union. Baer was in Dallas organizing millinery workers. The examiner said there had been testi= mony that “Inspector Welch” of the Dallas police called the Ford squad’s attention to Baer as a man who had been “making considerable trouble” by attempting to organize the millinery industry. Welch denied this, but the examiner said it was probably true, some with