Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1940, Page 7

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CARR AND DON ORC:IESTRA No Cover Charge, No Minimum Served 11:30 10 3 Chain Store Bill Held "Stepping Stone fo Tofalifarian Rule’ Women’s Club Witness Tells House Unit Farmers, Consumers Would Suffer ‘The Patman bill providing for the practical extermination of the inter- state chain store systems in this country was denounced today as “a stepping stone toward a totalitarian form of government” which would injure consumers, labor and agri- culture, by Mrs. Ernest W. Howard |of the District Federation of ‘Women’s Clubs. | _Mrs. Howard, chairman of the | Federation’s department of legisla- ;‘ tion, appeared before a House Ways iand Means Subcommittee holding hearings on the Patman bill to speak for the Federation, which has a membership of 6,100 “The chain store industry,” Mrs. Howard said, “has been built by the voluntary patronage of millions of American families, and we believe that we must give consideration to their interest in this matter. Women, today, know how acute is the present problem of providing food, clothing and shelter for themselves, their husbands and their children out of their present income. . Buy Less, Pay Doctor More. “When food prices rise, it is not a question of paying more for the same food, but simply this, they do not have the money with which to and eat less, and pay the doctor more.” Chain stores market 30 per cent of the American farmers’ products, Mrs. Howard said. She observed: “If the public cannot consume a | given crop of apples, potatoes or | any other product, at the prices at ! which they are offered, these goods {do not move from the grocers’ | shelves; a surplus accumulates and | the farmer cannot sell the balance | of his crop, or he must sell at a | loss. | “The farmer's problem is to sell his products at the cost of produc- tion plus a fair profit—and to get them to the consuming public with | as few intermediate costs and profits | as possible. Therefore the Federa- tion of Women's Clubs believes it is | obviously unfair to the farmer to propose legislation which would, at | | a single blow, wipe out 30 per cent = | of his distributing machinery. “Destruction of Business.” Mrs. Howard said that the women |for whom she spoke “seemed to hear the voices of thousands of un- employed, both young and old, it this un-American bill should be giv- en consideration.” She added: “When labor’s purchasing power is curtailed, all business suffers, and the American standard of living is impaired. “It indeed seems strange to us that at a time when lands across the sea have been devastated, human beings and when this great country of ours own, that it should now be proposed to destroy a group of businesses for the cruel and admitted reason that they furnish the necessities of life to the wage earner and his family at low prices.” ers. Howard was among a group of women who spoke in o] tion to the bill today. PR Court (Continued Prom First Page.) holding that the city had thwarted “the plain purpose of a valid law.” Justice McReynolds dissented. The majority decision reversed a | ruling by the Ninth Federal Circuit | violate the 1913 Raker Act regulat- ing disposition of the power. The Justice Department said the congressional legislation grantéd land and rights of way to San Fran- cisco for a power project but pro- | hibited the “selling or letting” to any private corporation of “the right to sell or sublet” the electric energy “sold or given to it” by the city. No Competition Exists. Secretary Ickes concluded in 1935 that a 1925 contract between the Co. violated the statute. Suit for an injunction then was filed. It was contended by the Justice Department that Congress intended by the Raker Act “to provide for sale exclusively by the city directly to consumers and to bring the energy | from Hetch Hetchy into direct com- petition with the power supplied by pay. Therefore, they must buy less, | | the State from insuring persons or | slaughtered or reduced to serfdom | stands alone as the lighthouse of opportunity, with problems of her | | Retired Druggist, Dies Court that the transfer did not | city and the Pacific Gas & Electric | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1940. ARROWHEAD SPRINGS, CALIF.—SONJA’'S NEW FIG- URE—Sonja Henie, Norwe- gian film star, is recuperating from an illness she suffered while returning from a Ha- waliian vacation recently. —Wide World Photo. privately owned utility companies.” “The city,” Justice Black asserted, “does not itself distribute and sell| power directly to consumers; it has| not provided competition with the | private power company, and it has| transferred the right to sell and distribute the power to a private| power company in violation of the} express prohibition of section 6 or‘ the act.” | “Congress,” Justice Black added, “may constitutionally limit the | disposition ot the public domain to & manner consistent with its views of public policy. * * * “The city is availing itself of | valuable rights and privileges grant- | ed by the Government and yet per- | sists in violating the very conditions upon which those benefits were granted.” Virginia Insurance Law. The court held constitutional the 1938 Virginia legislation which pro- hibited out-of-State insurance com- panies licensed to do business in| property located in Virginia unless | the transaction were through a resi- | dent agent who received “the usual| and customary” commission. | Life, title and ocean marine in- surance companies were excepted. Justice Frankfurter said that “the | mere fact that State action may have repercussions beyond State lines is of no judici#l significance so long as the action is not within that domain which the Constitution forbids.”. “Virginia,” he continued, “has not sought to prohibit the making of contracts beyond her borders * * *.” A 1932 New Jersey statute provid- ing for delay in the withdrawal of shares from biilding and loan asso- ciations was held constitutional as applied to shares purchased before the act became effective. James Henry Harrison, James Henry Harrison, 84, retired druggist and a resident of Wash- ington for nearly a quarter of a century, died yesterday at the home of his son, James Walton Harrison, at Allentown, Md. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm. tomorrow at the Deal funeral home, 4812 Georgia avenue N.W., with burial in Washington Na- tional Cemetery. Mr. Harrison was a native of Sus- sex County, Va. He was married in 1883 to Sallie Emma Walton of Aspen Grove, Va., who died in 1906. For many years Mr. Harrison made his home with a daughter, Mrs. L. P. Haw, 1506 Crittenden street N.W. Five children, besides James Har- rison and Mrs. Haw, survive. They are Benjamin F. Harrison and Mrs. Eleanor M. Hood, both of Atlanta, Ga.; Louis F. Harrison of Peru, Ind.; Mrs. Martha T. Deen of Wash- | ington and Mrs. Leila V. James of | Cincinnati, Ohio. | Silver Spring Paint & Hdwe. Co., 8211 Georgia Ave. SHep. 2284 Chevy Chase Paint & Hdwe. 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Appropriation Seen At This Session Little If Any Savings Under Roosevelt's Figures Forecast By the Associated Press. Influential lawmakers predicted today that Congress would appro- priate about $7,870,000,000 at this session, resulting in little, if any, savings under President Roosevelt's budget estimates. Although the President told re- porters last week that it seemed likely Congress might cut about $200,000,000 off the 1941 expenditures which he proposed last January, some Senators said this now ap- peared impossible. As an illustration, they pointed to the likelihood that the Army and Navy would ask supplemental funds of $100,000,000 or more for defense needs which were not considered in the original budget. An expenditure of this nature virtually would wipe out the tentative reductions of $118,- 051,33¢ which have been made in appropriation bills considered so far. Chairman Harison of the Senate Finance Committee commented: “If we get through with this ses- | sion and stay within the President’s original budget estimates, Congress | will have done a fine job.” Revenue Reports Hailed. Senator Harrison and others were | understood to have been cheered by | | ist Church. recent reports that revenues were running far ahead of expectations. Mr. Roosevelt said it seemed likely that Treasury estimates used in making up the budget forecasts in January, would be exceeded by $200,0000,000, but some congressional leaders have been predicting that this figure would be increased to $350,000,000 when the returns are complete. The President’s budget estimates| were so drawn that if Congress stayed within them and raised $460,- 000,000 in new taxes, the Treasury | could remain within the $45,000,000,- 000 statutory debt limit in the fiscal year ending July 1, 1941, tax bill in this pre-election session. Congressional leaders pointed out that if a $50,000.000 cut were made | in the President’s budget, a $350,- 000,000 increase in revenues would | clear the slate without additional | ATPassador imposts. Still to be considered are the $975,000,000 relief bill and last-min- ute appropriations which may be put into a final deficiency bill. Increase Voted in Three Bills. Congress thus far has voted in- creases in only three monetary bills —8$133,981,964 for agriculture, $55,- 651,058 for the Civilian Conserva- tion Corps and the National Youth Administration, and $2,343917 for civil funetions of the War Depart- | ment. Final action has not been taken | on any of these measures, but most observers agreed the increases likely would stand without sbstantial changes. These increases of $191,976,669 have been outweighed, however, by decreases of $310,028,003 made in 11 other appropriations bills, four of which have been acted on finally, The tallest man in the French Army is Corpl. Andre Devalland, aged 31 and towering 6 feet 11 inches. | Gardens Cemetery. Developments since then, however, | have indicated that there will be no | Mrs. J. B. Cunningham Dies of Pneumonia Mrs. Pearl Baker Cunningham, 60, wife of James B. Cunningham and a leader in affairs of the National City Christian Church, died yesterday in Garfield Hospital. She had been i1l a week with pneumonia. Mrs. Cunningham was active as a member of the Woman’s Council of- the National City Church and had served as its president in 1938-39. She was also a member of the Church Board and was identified with numerous committees for social welfare in the city. Born in Rochester, Ind, Mrs, Cunningham was a graduate of De Pauw University. She married Mr. Cunningham in 1909 and they had made their home in Washington since 1922. The residence is at 927 Shepherd street N.W. Besides her husband, Mrs. Cun- ningham leaves a son, James Baker Cunningham of Lima, Ohio. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the National City Church, Burial will be in Roches- ter. Elmer E. Porter Dies After Brief lliness Elmer E. Porter, 78, of 801 North | Jackson street, Arlington, Va., died yesterday in Georgetown University Hospital after a brief illness. A native of Indian Lake, N. Y., | Mr. Porter was a contractor and | builder. In 1918 he came to Ar- lington, where he was an active member of the Clarendon Method- Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Charlotte Kelso Porter; three daughters, Mrs. John J. White of Arlington, Mrs. Harrison H. Van Cott of Schenectady, N. Y. and Miss Ruth Porter of Arlington; four brothers, Carlos A. Hutchins of In- dian Lake, Arthur J. Porter of Arlington, Asa E. Porter of North Creek, N. Y., and James A. Porter of Thomson, N. Y., and five grand- children. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Ives funeral home, 2847 Wilson boulevard, Ar-| lington, with burial in Columbhi S | 1 | Italians Here Observe Founding of Rome Prince don Asconio de Colonna, of [taly, yesterday urged some 500 Washington Italians to support their mother country in | an address at ceremonies honoring the 2,693d anniversary of the found- b ing of Rome. Dr. Vittorio Bifulco, | vice counsellor for immigration at the Emba discussed the history | of the an Empire and the | Catholic Church. Ceremonies were | held at the Embassy. i i T ANY WATCH | Cleaned o Al Wors ncaane $9 Ay wen, Watch Crystals, 35¢ "WADE’S crenir JEWELERS Now—choose from four convenient de- parture times for your next trip across the country! You’ll find everything to Information - Reservations Your Travel Agent or National 1451 707 15th Street NW run by T0 LOS ANGELES ... CHICAGO ST. 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