Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1942, Page 5

Henderson Tries Qut New Bicycle Designed To Save Steel, Rubber Price Administrator Shows Skill by Taking Secretary for Ride The problems of war-time produc- tion had Price Administrator Leon Henderson on a bicycle this morn- ing, but not because the tire ration- ing program forced him to give up his automooile. Mr. Henderson was inspecting the new “Victory” bicycle, designed to save needed steel and other metals, at the first of two demonstrations here by manufacturers to prove how they can aid the country’s war effort. At the second, a tire manufacturer showed Secretary of Commerce Jones a tire made from rubber ob- tained from the guayule plant and it looked just like any other tire. ‘The first was the more spectacular demonstration. Mr. Henderson, cigar at a jaunty angle end his wide- brimmed gray hat waving in the breeze, rode bicycles. He rode for newspaper photographers, for news- reel men, for retakes and for close- ups. During most of his bicycle riding, which occurred on the Mall across the street from his offices, Mr. Hen- derson passed up the new “Victory’ cycle for an older model there for contrast—a delivery cycle with a wire bask in front, which turned out to be 2n excellent place for car- rying a small, blond O. P. M. secre- tary named Betty Barrett. The Bicycle Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation, represented by its secretary- treasurer, H. M. Meloney, said the new cycle, with not a spot of chrome trim and with smaller tires, was de- signed in conference between the O. P. M. and the manufacturers. It weighs 34 pounds, or less, which means a saving of approximately 25 pounds of steel and other vital metals, per cycle. The meaning of the figure is indicated by the pro- duction figure for bicycles for last year—2,000,000. Eventually wood pedals and han- dle grips or guayule rubber will re- place the current rubber ones. Secretary Jones, when he was | shown the all-guayule tire and a | guayule plant today by William O'Neil, president of the General Tire | & Rubber Co., commented that he had seen that stuff all over Texas, but never knew what it was. ‘The cost of the guayule rubber in | the tire shown Mr. Jones was 171, EVENING TAR, WASHINGTON D WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CHILD! — At least Pinky, the mother, probably thinks so as she glances fondly it her 80-pound off- spring. The baby hippopotamus came int) the world today at the Zoo and promptly began exploring his tank. Pinky weighs * 80-Pound Baby the “essence” in solving the indi- vidual transporiation problem. It was as follows: (1) Sufficient supplies of repair parts to provide for the maintenance Hippo Arrives ot e s30mam0 curs now on 'we| | At Zoo Here “proven automobile mechanics” to| The birtk of an 80-pound baby to encourage them to stay in service | Pinkey, a Zoo hippopotamus, was | stations instead of seeking employ- | announced .oday by Dr. William M. i ment in war industries; (3) appli- cation of the prospective “rationing” | Mann, Zoo director. plan for automobiles so the stocks| The youigster came 1nto the | now “frozen” will be out of the world at 6 2.m. William H. Black- cents a pound, the ceiling set by Mr. | Henderson's office. To this there is added an approximate 20 per cent | cost. for shrinkage, bringing the cost to only slightly more than that of | obtainable hevia rubber. Its wear is estimated as about 90 per cent of | that of hevia rubber. hands of dealers by July 1, and (4) | burne, heackeeper at the Zoo. and a production program of 100,000 cars | several othrrs had joined Dr. Mann | a month between April 1 and De- in an all-nght vigil. cember 31. This number, he ampli- | The father is Bongo, & three- fied, added to the 450.000 new cars |tonner. Th: mother weighs a mere held by dealers and the 205000 to|4.500 pounis. The sex of the be produced this month, would com- | youngster 1as not yet been de- T C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1942. Martin's Unity Talk |Capital Yacht Club Labeled Polifics by |Seen Probable Base Democratic Chief Flynn Raps Proposal To Give Hendersons Job to Hoover Chairman Flynn of the Demo- cratic National Committee today charged that Chairman Martin of the Republican National Commit- tee, in proposing the name of for- mer President Hoaver as price con- trol administrator in place of Leon Henderson, was playing partisan politics. Mr, Flynn said, also, that a major- ity of the Republican Senators had voted for amendments to the price control bill to take away from Mr. Henderson control over prices of foodstuffs. “I am intrigued by the ingenuous- ness and disinterestedness of the minority party in its moves toward national unity,” Mr. Flynn said. 4,500 pounds, and Bongo, the father, is a husky three-tonner. ‘The birth was attended by Dr. William M. Mann, Zoo director; William H. Blackburne, headkeeper, and several assistants. —Star Staft Photo. 4 Ships in Convoy Sunk By Sub, Nazis Report The Star notifies its readers that this dispatch was sent by permission of an enemy country and may contain propaganda. No news is permitted to be sent from Berlin, Tokio or Rome unless it serves some purpose. Read it, as it is printed, for what it is worth : By the Associated Press. BERLIN, Jan, 14 (Official Broad- cast).—The German high command reported today the sinking of four Mrs. Katharine Wylie iLeaves $600,000 Estate An estate valued at upward of $600.000 was left by Mrs. Katharine V. H. Wylie, late Washington social leader and prominent in the Toc-H religious movement, who died Octo-~ ber 15 last in Brookline, Mass., Dis- trict Court was advised today in a petition for the probate of her will. The American Security & Trust Co., executor, filed the petition. The | will, dated June 19, 1926, sets up | trusts for the benefit of the members of her family, Mr. Martin's proposal that Mr. Hoover should be named price con- trol administrator was contained in an address in the National Radio Forum Monday night. Appeal for Unity. In the address, Mr. Martin made an appeal for national unity, saying the administration and the country should avail themselves of the serv- ices of men of tried experience and proved ability. Mr. Hoover's name, was among those used by Mr. Martin, along with those of Alf Landon.‘ Wendell L. Willkie, Thomas E.| Dewey, Alfred E. Smith, John W.| Hanes and Lewis W. Douglas. The last three are Democrats who broke | away from the New Deal. | For Coast Guard Unit Slips for 15 Vessels, Quarters for Crews Would Be Provided The Coast Guard is ‘considering taking over the Capital Yacht Club, Tenth street and Maine avenue 8.W., as a base for Coast Guard ves- sels operating on the Potomac River patrol. Disclosure that the service had decided on the site as best suited for a base of operations came fol- lowing a meeting of club members last night, marking the organiza- tion’s 50th anniversary. Richard 8. Doyle, former club | commodore and chairman of a com- mittee named by the flag officers to | discuss the problem with Coast Guard officials, said that the newly- appointed captain for the port of ‘Washington, a Coast Guard officer, had requested that the club’s two- story home and a portion of its docks be turned over to the Govern- ment for the duration of the war. The service is looking for a sufficient number of berths to ac- | commodate eventually a fleet of 15| Coast Guard Reserve vessels as well as billeting quarters for their crews, Mr. Doyle said. | Coast Guard headquarters veri- fled today that officials had combed | the Washington water front for a base and had found the facilities at Capital best suited for their pur- poses. A spokesman at headquar- ters sald that negotiations wese | “My esteemed contemporary, | Chairman Martin of the Republi- | can National Committee,” Mr. Flynn | said, “has nominated Herbert | Hoover to be price control adminis- { trator. He does not state whether this is because of the ex-President’s | administrative ability, or merely as a token of the Republican desire to | signalize the adjournment of pol- | itics during the war period. Coincidences Noted. “At any rate, Mr. Hoover's name heads the list of people Mr. Mar- tin thinks should occupy major posts in the administration. Mr. Martin |is thoroughly non-partisan in his nominations, for he includes in his | list several Democrats. It is only | a coincidence that among them are conspicuous the names of Demo- | crats who opposed their party's' | nominee in the last election and | were prominent in the forces af- | fillated with the Republicans. “It is likewise coincidental that |a majority of Republican Senators | voted for amendments to the price- ( control bill, which would take away the authority of Price Control Ad- | ministrator Leon Henderson to op- erate in relation to the prices on | pretty much everything we eat and | wear—except with the countenance | now under way between club offi- cers and the senior Coast Guard officer of the Fifth Naval District | at Norfolk. In the event the transfer is made, the club will be forced to suspend operations, members agreed last night. It has a membership of 157, with approximately 100 boats of all | COMMERCIAL PRINTING novertising - BRIEFS BYRON S. ADAMS DIsT. 8203 ~ S12 11TH ST. N.W. 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Marlow Coal Co. 811 E Street N.W. NAtional 0311 In Business Over 83 Years pensate for about 50 per cent of | termined. merchant vessels totaling 21,000 tons| Mrs. Wylie left two sons and two | gnq approval of the Secretary of Business -lgontiniued}irq{n First Page) tion, however, recalling his first statement. He replied with an em- | phatic “r:o,” however, to a question by Representative Fitzgerald, Demo- crat, of Connecticut, as to whether there was any intention by O. P. M. | to commandeer private cars. “If it becomes necessary to put a | ceiling cn the price of used carg we { will do so—and the schedules are already in the ‘icebox,’” Mr. Hen- derson told Representative Bul- winkle. Democrat, of North Carolina, in response to another question. He | said this ceiling would apply to all | sales. whether by individuals or dealers. | Mr. Henderson said he saw no| prospect of automobile production being resumed after the shutdown on passenger cars and light trucks, January 31. Relief Moves Disclosed. ‘That steps are under considera- tion to relieve the situation which threatens 44.000 retail automobile establishments with 500,000 employes | was disclosed late yesterday by L. Clare Cargile of Texarkana, Tex., president of the National Dealers’ Association, who told the committee | that negotiations are in progress with “some” Federal agencies that “we are sure” will be productive of beneficial results. Mr. Cargile did not name the agencies involved, but said that Price Administrator Henderson and his staff had been “very sympathetic.” Nor did he indicate | the nature of the measures that are being considered. “Our program will very shortly resolve itself into a short-range pro- gram and a long-range program that T think will be very satisfactory to the dealers of the country,” he told the committee. “I think it will enable some dealers to stay in business who otherwise would not be able to,” he added. *The short-range program presum- ably would deal with the cars now in the hands of dealers and those to be produced this month. The ban on private sales originally was effective | only through today, but yesterday | the Office of Production Manage- nfent extended it until February 2. z that time, the prospective ra- ning program is expected to be ready. | ~Mr. Cargile was the last of a 18nhg string of witnesses from many rts of the country. »In common with some of the other -witnesses, he urged against the complete stoppage of production sfited for January 31, explaining that a schedule based on 20 per | cent of the normal output “would | enable most dealers to stay in busi- ness on a subsistence basis.” See Transportation Threat. 1 Spokesmen from areas in which war materials are being produced also emphasized the threat to ade- quate transportation for workers;| that is entailed by the new restric- tions Discussing this phase, Representa- tive Fitzgerald declared that some | defense workers in his State com- | mute 100 miles. Arthur Summer- fleld, a Flint (Mich.) dealer, said that the prospective defense em- ployment there is 50,000 and that half of the workers will be housed outside of the city in areas entirely dependent on private automobiles for transportation. James Scanlon, a dealer from Meriden, Conn., told the commit- tee that the dealers “don’t expect to make any profits” during the war emergency, “but we want to pre- tect our investment and keep trans- portation available to the people.” Benjamin Ourisman, president- elect of the Washington Automotive ‘Trade Association, proposed a four- the vehicles that will become un-| The last hippo baby at the Zoo | serviceable this year. | was born t¢ Old Mom, who died 10 | “The phrase ‘All out for victory' is | years ago sfter presenting the es- meaningless if the American Gov- tablishment with half a dozen youngsters. {Japs Deciare Hong Kong Is Nearly Back to Normal BY the Associaied Press. TOKIO, .an. 14 (Official Broad- ernment worker can't get to his place of employment,” Mr. Ourisman said. Commandeering Fear Felt. Testimony also developed that alarm had been spread among car owners by the press conference statement of Mr. Henderson on January 2 that commandering of automobiles was “one of the cast).—A Domei dispatch from Hong gloomy possibilities” of a prolonged | Kong todzy reported that con- war. While Mr. Henderson later | ditions in the Japanese-captured had sought to allay such fears,| British crown colony had returned witnesses said that his first state- | “virtually t¢ normal” both on Hong ment had halted used car sales Kong Island and in Kowloon, on and had also prompted owners| the mainla~d. to dispose of their cars. John E.| The disyatch said bus service | Raine of Baltimore, representing the | had been restored and the city Maryland automobile dealers, saic} lighting system put in operation published reports of the Henderson | again unde* supervision of a civil statement had “very seriously af- service reconstruction committee fected business.” | formed by Chinese residents and Meanwhile, modification of the | the Chinese Chamber of Commerce tire rationing program was urged | with the ail of the Japanese army. yesterday by the executive council| “A few Americans and British.” of the American Federation of | the dispatcd added, “were helping Labor to meet the needs of trans- | in these prpjects, but the rest were portation services “essential to the | interned in 31 hotel in Kowloon. health and welfare of the people.”| Banks were reported still closed. Daniel J. Tobin, head of the A. with excharge brokers carrying on F. L. Teamsters Union, estimated | the colony’s financial functions. that strict enforcement of the| Chief prodlem was said to be the rationing system would throw al-| 1,600.000 Chinese refugees who fled most 200000 truck and taxicab to Hong Kong to escape the war. drivers out of work. This situati>n, Domei reported, was | L S e ey being ea‘seA b; tsen'tl:linvg l3000 of them daily pack to their farms on Clash Over Dance Fund Marks Benning Session advice of Japanese army authori- | ties. A revolving fund of $15 was voted the entertainment committee by the | Benning Citizens' Association last | night, following & clash between | President Howard L. Wait and| Committee Chairman E. E. Grassen | at a meeting in the Odd Fellows | Hall in this ares Mr. Wait declared the by-laws| United States Attorney Edward M. | did not permit incurring indebted- | Curran sa:l each alien has the ness by undertaking free dances for | privilege of calling witnesses to young people, the first of which was | show his friendliness to the United held last month, without specific ap- } States and that while lawyers are proval of the association. Mr. Gras- | not permitied to take part at the sen declared blanket approval for | hearing. they may appear as friends this month's free dance was given | of the aliers. at the last meeting. The hesring is conducted in Mr. Grassen resigned his chair- | secret and the board will then de- manship, but remained a member | termine wlether aliens are to be of the committee and pledged full | interned for the duration of the war, co-operation. | placed on arole or allowed to go Harry Spywak, chairman of the free. Zoning Committee, reported appli- The board held its first session cation has been made to change |vesterday at Baltimore and dis- from semi-commercial to 40-A parts | Posed of four cases involving enemy of River Terrace to permit construc- | aliens at the Detention Headquar- tion of three-story apartments. ters at Gloucester City, N. J. Mr. Claude A. Wood was made chair- | Curran anc his assistant, Bgmard man of the Metropolitan Police |J. Long, astended yesterday's ses- Boys’ Club fund campaign in the | sion. area. A. M. A, Councils Oppose Alien Board Will Hear 15 Cases af Fort Howard The Alier Enemy Board for the District wi) assemble tomorrow at Fort Howa:d, Md., to consider the there. The aliens were apprehended {More EemTDiplomals | Are Sent fo Resort Additions! members of the staff Random v“amm Dosage of the Italian Embassy and of the | By the A kiocls ‘ad Exses Rumanian and Bulgarian Legations | CHICAGO, Jan. 14.—The Ameri-' «are being concentrated” at White can Medical Association’s Councils' Sulphur Sorings, W. Va. while on Food and Nutrition and Indus- |aWaiting denarture from this coun- trial Health expressed disapproval| try. the state Department an- yesterday of “the mass, indiscrim- | nounced toiay. There was no e inate administration of vitamins to|Pl2nation whether the diplomats industrial employes.” | had left Washington. In a report to the association’s an-| The Cerpian Embassy and Hun- nual Congress on Industrial Health, | 8arian Le~ation staffs already are the councils held: established at White Sulphur | “It is irrational from the thera- | SPrings, wita the Japanese Embassy peutic point of view and therefore and consuler staffs concentrated at | has no place in industrial health. | Hot Spring,, Va. | “It is unwise nutritionally, because | Negotiatiens ha'g Fgbn under way special vitamin preparations cannot | Since soon after this ™ Wntry entered take the place of valuable natural|the war foo an excggige of Axis foods in achieving the completely |diplomats 11 the Un.Td States for satisfactory nutritive state. American diplomatic and consular “Because a good diet can achieve | officials in enemy countries, all that vitamin preparations have to offer and more, * ¢ * the practice u] oin the United States Coast Guard point program which he described as uneconomical.” - J today. 1 | cast) (#).—A Copenhagen dispatch | % i LASS] cases of 15 enemy aliens interned | M in an Atlantic convoy. It said the sinkings occurred in a bitter fight by a lone submarine with the convoy which, the daily| high command communique said, | was strongly escorted. In the northern Arctic, the bul- letin added, bombers sank a 5,000- | ion merchantman. | In the air war against Britain, the | high command said an 8,000-ton ! merchantman was sunk yesterday | during the day and another vessel of | the same size was severely damaged Harbor installations and industrial plants also were bombed, it added. 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