New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1930, Page 5

- EDITORIAL UPHOLDS DEDICATION DELAY Ohio Newspaper Approves Post- “ponement of Memoria) Services Marion, O., Oct. 8 (UP) — The Harding Memorial association's ac- tion in postponing plans for dedica- tion of the magnificient memorial here of the late. President Warren G. Harding was upheld today in an editorial of the Ohio State Journal. This paper. said that “To beg speaker to make the memorial ad- drezs would be to humiliate itself and the memory of President Hard- ing a little too much.” 1t likewise held that it was not difficult for the disinterested ob- server “to understand why men in high station in the nation have ked at going to Marion to par- ticipate in a dedieatory ceremony.” The postponement action was ac- companied by association charges that the republican state committee wanted to use a dedication service as a “political meeting.” There have been intimations that President Hoover did not care to participate in . the ceremony, but so far no positive clarifying word on this point has: come from either the White House or from men who sup- pesedly approached him with an in- vitation to attend. 1t was generally believed here to- day that the incident is closed since the principals are maintaining silence on the points at issuc. The charges were made by Hoke Donithen, secretary of the associa- | tion, in an exchange of corres- pondence with Miss Gertrude Jones, vice chairman of =the republican coramittee who wrote announcing the committee had appointed delegates to participate in the dedication. Denies Politics In subsequent letters Miss Jones denied there was any political in- tent on the part of the committee and asserted that she, as republican committeewoman from President Harding's home district, was mere- ly oftering her cooperation. The letters were revealed at the ennual meeting of the Memorial as- rociation at which it was agrecd to suspend indefinitely the dedication | which already has been delayed two years, because the association “will not beg” a speaker of national prominence to conduct the dedica- | tion. The meeting adopted 2 resolution presented by Harry M. Daugherty, former attorney general in Presi- dent Harding's cabinet and a mem- ber of the association, in which he assailed “the timid or ambitious” who have found it inconvenient to par- | ticipate in the dedicatio: The inference was drawn from Donithen’s letters to Miss Jones that the republican committec was plan- ning to use the dedication as a means of bringing President Hoover to Ohio. Both Donithen and Miss Jones were silent today. So far as can be learned the Memorial association never has for- mally requested President Hoover to make the dedication. Former Presi- den Calvin Coolidge was asked but his schedule was such that he could not come here, it was said. The Ohio State Journal, at Co- lumbus, commenting editoriafly Monday on the association’s action, said in part: “It is not difficult to understand the position of the Harding Me- morial association in postponing ac- tion upon the dedication of the beautiful marble monument at Marion. To beg a speaker to make the dedicatory address would be to humiliate itself and the memory of President Harding a little too much. Admits Failure “Neither is it difficult for the dis- interested observer to understand why men in high station in the na- tion have balked at going to Marion to participate in a dedicatory cere- mony. As a man and legislator, many fine things can be said of Mr. Harding. For his administration as president there is little of a lauda- tory nature which can be related. His last great job in life was a failure, probably through no fault of his own, but because it was last and biggest, the failure is still too well- { | | | | NEW PiErRcE-ARROWS remembered by the world. To speak of him as president, as anyone who accepted the assignment of dedica- tion speaken must, would be a Job laden with impediments. “The most pitiable part of the sit- uation is that Warren Harding, the most friendly of men, was ruined by his friends. He is almost the classi- cal example of what a man's friends can do. They impose upon him in life and many of them de- serted him in death. likely that Harding, were he |alive, would endorse the action of |the Memorial association in refus- ing to importune a eulogy for him.” ECONOMIC SURVEY SHOWS PROGRESS |Continued World Tmprovement Seen by Department Washington, Oct. 8 (A—A trend “toward economic improvéement in {many countries of Europe and the | Far East” was declared by the com- merce department today to be shown in special advices from its | representatives there. Conditions in |South America were reported un- | changed. “Steady slow progress continues in the Irish Free State; there has been'a reduction in the unfavorable |trade balance, but agriculture is, re- ported affected by excessive rains,” |the summary said. Italian Business Better “Italian business showed some- what greater optimism, based on ithe belief that depression has paws: led; unemployment is greater than |at this time last year, but increaged {war on government manned im- |provement schemes is expected in |the fall. | “Conditions in Czechoslovakia are |steady, but car loadings have in- creased and losses from failures di- | minished; crop yields were generally satisfactory. ‘< | “A surplus fn Norwegian govern- {ment accounts for the past fiscal |year reflects improved economic { conditions. | “Mo amelioration has occurred in | British trade conditions and the |lack of business confidence has been |extenuatgd by the unfavorable gov- |ernment outlook: unemployment {has increased farther. | “Greater optimism has developed {in South African mercantile circles | but basic conditions are unchanged. Fish Catches Small | “The industrial situation in New- {foundland remains firm but the cod- |fish catch and market have failed to improve, causing a decrease in | purchasing power. “Conditions in Burope are in- creasingly difficult. Good crops have |failed to improve general economic conditions in Turkey. “Heavy rains in Argentina have affected further improvement in the cereal and livestock output “Cotton spinning and weaving activity in Japan has increased slightly in response to better condi- tions in China. Shanghai's trade situation improved last week and the situation in north China and Manchuria is also stronger.” Boys Set Grass Fires To Clear Skating Pond Several boys were caught last night by Officers Musczynski, Mec- Carthy and Coffey, who discovered them lighting grass and brush fires on the Newington side of the New- ington avenue dump. The boys stated to the ofticers that they were attempting to clear the swamp in preparation for win- ter's skating. The names of the boys were turn- ed into the police station. TWO LOSE LICENSES Driving licenses of the following New Britain drivers were suspended according to a list received at police headquarters from the commissioner of motor vehicles: Julius Lewento- vicz, 11 West street; Frank Blumm, 80 Elm street. Licenses under suspension were | reinstated in the cases of the follow- | ing: Willlam C. Skoneche, 89 Lyman street and Alfrdd C. Anderson of 14 | Express Appreciation Pearl street. An Unusual Offering of NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER & 1930. DRY LEADERS ASK ARID GONVENTION Want Sales of Liquor-on Street Stopped - Boston, Oct. 8 (UP) Local dry | leaders have cafled on police to sup- | press open sales of liquor on Boston | streets during the American Legion convention. Conditions during the convention have been a disgrace “to our state, our city, our officials,” Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, prominent dry worker | here, declared in an address before | 3000 church women last night. A disturbance early yesterday in | which mounted police charged a | group of drunken men in the streets, Mrs. Peabody termed a ‘“shocking spectacle.” “It was a disgrace,” she said, “not to our Legionnalres as a body, for very few were involved, but tq every man from the general down who de- | fles our supreme law. A disgrace to | every church and minister who will not work against the temptation and evil against which they publicly pray. And, above all, a disgrace to | meén and women who are by false | words, backed by Judas money. seeking to - betray this state and | break down its righteous laws.” Police Commissioner KEugene C. Hultman, to whom Mrs. Peabody carried her protests over sales of liquor in the streets, told her it was | being sold by a bootlegger but that when police arrived at the scene he had disappeared. ) | | 1 i Of Policemen’s Work At a short meeting of the police board, which was held last night, bills of the department were ap- proved and ordered paid. Several letters were read from individuals and organizations in appreciation of the work of policemen and the de- partment. One of these was from the statc nurses’ association which recently held a convention in the city and this was accompanied with a check for the police pension fund. The other letter was from C. B. Parsons and his missive was also accompa- nied by a check for the fund. Another communication from residents in the vicinity of the Os- good avenue and Farmington sec- | tion was read and was in the form | of a request for police traffic pro- tection for the school children at this dangerous corner. Chief Hart informed the board that this situ- ation had already been taken care of. Friendly Indian Clubs Have Y. M. C. A. Meeting The second meeting of the Friend- ly Indian clubs of the Y. M. C. A. was held in the boys' department yesterday afternoon. All of the tribesmen with the exception of Gerrish Smith are at present work- ing on the “‘buck tests.” Smith pass- ed his test last year and will begin now on the “warrior test.”” The fol- lowing boys passed parts of their tests at the meeting: Robert Rack- liffe, Emil Heppell, Foster Rack- liffe, George Heckman, Hugh Cross, Richard Czerwinski, Wesley Yorgen- so», Curtiss Hartman and Harold Wolf. New members attended the meet- ing for the first time. They were Gerrish Smith, Emile Heppell, Cur- tiss. Hartman, Bob Rackliffe, Foster Rackliffe, George Heckman, Eric Larson and Harold Wolf. The annual membership contest is in progress in the boys’ department. 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