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Evening star., 1924-02-26

them and rents based upon the prin-
ciple. charge all that the traffic will
bear" said the statement. THE gov
eminent worker must find a dwelling
place of some kind. else accommoda-
workhouse. Few federal employees
here are home owners, SO that the
discontinuance Of the Rent Commits
sion, Judging from the experience OF
the past. would mean increases in
rent from $40 a month to $50. or
even more. AS 1t is, rents for apart
ments have about doubled in the last
ten years, thus more than absorbing
the temporary salary bonus the fed
eral employees. or some Of them. now
receive-their only general increase in
pay In half century.
1.-The federal employees do not ask
charity in this matter. They are will
ing and expect to pay rents which
will represent q fair. return upon ac-
tual capital invested; and, although
even a just rent is to them vigil
nigh crushing burden, they realize
that the business Of renting houses
and apartments is not a charity. and
that In the payment of fair salaries
by the government lies the ultimate
remedy for their economic plight.
Cites War Conditions.
The federal employees ask you to
bear in mind and give due significance
TO the fact that the very organiza-
tions and individuals who today
stoutly declare that no emergency
now exists justifying continuance Of
the Rent Commission, are virtually
the same groups. that. at the time of
the nations entrance into the world
war. when federal employees were
packed in Washington dwellings like
sardines in boxes, and rents almost
fabulous were charged, failed to dis
cover rent emergency. and protested
against the institution of IL rent cons
mission.
Because the great proportion of
the renters of Washington have not
appealed to the Rent Commission. 1t
has been repeatedly urged. at the
hearings held by you, that the Re mt
Commission is supertluous. By like
reasoning our Police Court could be
held superfluous, since not one person
in many hundreds in Washington re-
sorts to it during the course of any
year, although not one of us knows
whe ther he may not have desperate
need of it in the next twenty-four
hours.
THE federal employees are not con-
Evening star., 1924-02-26
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
Get at the Cause and
Remove 1t

Dir. Edwards Olive Tablets, the
substitute for calomel, act gently
OH the bowels and positively do the
work.
People afflicted with bad breath
find quick relief through DR.. Ed
wards Olive Tablets. The pleasant
sugar-coated tablets are taken for
bad breath by all who know them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act
gently Eut firmly on the bowels and
liver, stimulating them to natural
action, clearing the blood and gently
purifying the entire system. They
do that which dangerous calomel
does without any of the bad after
effects
All the benefits Of nasty, sickening. gripping
cathartcs are derived from DIR. Edwards
Olive Tablets without gripping, pain or any
disagreeabe effects
Or. F. VI. Edwards discovered the formula
after seventeen years of PRACTICE among pa
fients afflicted with bowel and liver COM
plant, with the attendant bad breath
Olive Tablets are purely vegetable COM
pound mixed with olive oil; you will know
them by their olive color Take one or two
every night for a week and note the effect.
15c and 3Oc.
Evening star., 1924-02-26
REALT0R OPPOSES
KEEPING RENT ACT.
Saul Declares Boards Work
Fine, But Need Has
Now Passed.

L. r. Saul, one of the leading
realtors of Washington. was the
principal witness today before the
Lampert subcommittee of the House
District committee, which is con-
sidering the bill to extend indefinitely
the life of the Rent Commission.
Mr.. Saul stated that in past years
rental conditions would have been de-
plorable without the Rent Commits
sion. and that the organization had
tried to be fair to both tenants and
landlords. He considered it's services
should be dispensed with now, how
ever. as the work has been accom-
pliShed which 1t was brought into
existence to perform
Mr.. Saul assured tile committee that
if Congress decides that the Rent
Commission should not cease to exist,
more teeth should be put into the
Ball rent act and that landlords
should be protected from undesira BILE
tenants in various questions entirely
aside from the matter of rent adjust
lnent. He advised tnat a 4at rate on
pre-war basis be established, as is
the law in New York state, and that
the Rent Commission should adjust
rents up or down from such Il level.
Representative William c. Hammer,
democrat, of North Caru3ind men-
Der OF the subcommittee. called at
tention that landlords in the District
can diSposSeSS tenants for one month $
non-payment of rent whereas. as in
early times, it required six months to
dispoSseSs or to recoSer goods and
chattel
Speaking from fifteen years expert
ence in the real estate business in
Washington. Mr.. Saul replied that his
firm never resorts to such methods.
Mr.. Hammer declared in his opinion
that the only thing that stands be-
tween the tenants and the landlords,
as far as he can see, is the Rent Com
mission.
The Federal Employees Union filed
with the House District committee to-
day a brief urging the retention of
the Rent Commission and setting
forth its Importance TO them.
ITO the vast majority OF federal
employees in Washington the Rent
Evening star., 1924-02-26
RESOLUTION REPORTED.
Ball Proposal for Rent Survey
Placed on Calendar.

The Bali resolution providing for
an investigation of rental and hous-
ing conditions in the District of Co
lumbia. SO as to enable Congress to
determine whether the rent commits
sion of the District should be made
permanent, was reported favorably to
the Senate today by Senator Keyes,
chairman of the committee on con-
tingent expenses of the Senate.
Senator Ball asked for immedia tc
consideration of the resolution. Sena-
tor Moses of New Hampshire object
ed. sending the resolution to the cal
endar Senator Ball hopes to call up
the resolution at an early date.
Single pearls worth $4,000 have
been produced naturally and taken
from the streams of this country
Evening star., 1924-02-26
PUPILS WALK on FLAG;
PRINCIPAL ASKED TO QUIT

BY the Associated PresS.
wATERTOwN, N. T., February -.
Il. B. Harris. principal Of Pierre
pont Manor School. who recently at
tempted to teach his pupils respect
for the American flag by laying II on
the floor and having each walk on 1t,
has resigned upon request OF a trus-
tee.
A complaint was made after the
flag had been Oh the floor for several
DAYS, and the county American Le-
eion organization demanded an apo1-
Evening star., 1924-02-26

When constipated, bilious, irritable, list
less, or full of cold, your little one needs a
teaspoonful of california Fig Syrup" to
quickly start liver and bowel action. IN a
few hours you can see for yourself how thor
ousf,iy it works the sour bile and undigested
food right out ard yop have a well, playful
eilld again. -
Evening star., 1924-02-26

ing birth rate In Chicago. according
to a report of State Health Commits
sioner Isaac d. Rawlings. The report.
shows 1914 births for each thousand
OF population, as against 20.6 births
for last year, and Ill deaths, against
11.3 for 1922. The rest of the state
has a birth rate of 1875 and q death
rate of 1913 per thousand.
Evening star., 1924-02-26
Even Cross Feverish, Sick Children Love its Taste and
" Never Fails to Empty Little Bowels

Millions of mothers keep "California Fig
Syrup" handy. They know teaspoonful
today saves a sick child tomorrow. 1t never
cramps or overacts. Ask your druggist for
genuine "Califorria Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children of all ages
printed on bottle. You must say "California"
or you may get an imitation fig syrup.
Evening star., 1924-02-26

ogy. which was given by Harris. The
principal raid he left the nag on the
foor until one of the children COM
planned.
Evening star., 1924-02-26

Iceland ID using refrigeration for
the first time this year in the expor-
tatfon of meats, it Is said.
Evening star., 1924-02-26
HIGH RENTS BLAMED
FOR DECLINE IN BIRTHS

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. February 26.-High rents
are partly responsible for a decreas-
The Washington times., 1924-06-11
RET|RES.
E:R0|NHARD
WORK
Refused All Convention Posts,
He saJsDsnies Any Rift
Ii sWith Coolidge
BY KENNETH CLARK,
InternAAlanAl MolH service.


CLEVELAND, Ohio, June IL
They mpst eli 80 over the hill
sooner orslater.
Senator Henry. Cabot Lodge, Re-
publican d Massachusetts, whose
name b Tor more than two score
years has been SYNONYMOUS with
lesdAEship sG the Republican party.
haA decided to retire voluntarily
from the high councils Of the party
TO which he has devoted 90 much
q his life.
II am an old man. I am tired.
! want rest"
. Thus spoke Lodge today, explain.
ing his refusal to accept any post,
other than as a delegate, in this
years Republican national conven-
ton.
president Coolidge is by far tho
finest man that the Republican
party can nominate for the Presi.
0ency. There Is no question about
that. I shall be happy to do any.
thing that he, or any Of his man.
ayers desire, but for myself, well,
am IN old man, / have been
honored with every position that
the party could bestow since 1900
and now" he paused and gazed
silently over the boundless blue Of
Lake Erie-'Now. l want to get
away from It all-not from the re.
sponsibtlty. that would be coward
ly--but from the work, the terrific
physical strain Of the work in
convention"
Declined An Posts.
Some OF those who profess to be
on tho inside Of the happenings In
Cleveland claim that Lodge was
forced to retire because the marty
chiefs and the Massachusetts dele.
CATION w1elfed Il 80.
why. they."-he did not trouble
60 explain to whom he referred az
'they-"why, they knew for
months, before the party 0rgariSa.
ton was begun, that wouldn't
accept any official position" Lodge
said. t''I want to be left out of the
consideration and they know it. I
merely reafffrmed that wish when
] arrived in Cleveland"
And when Lodge SAYS he n
happy because he is only one Of
more than q thousand delegates,
not permanent chairman, or tenn.
porafy chairman, or member Of the
resolutions committee, one of which
posts he has held, except in 1912,
Tor nearly q. quarter Of a century,
his appearance, his countenance,
his smile; his jollity in greeting old
friends who had helped him "put
over party nominees, bore strong.
est proof.
Denies ANY nl.FeeIlng. =.
). There is no ill-feeling between
the members of the Massachusetts
delegation, President Coolidge or
myself" hes unused. Everything il
harmonioua!s, II H. :
but, Senator. they say that you
were forced out because Of your
votes against President Coolidge On
the Burs1m bill and the bonus, and
your stand on japanese excIusion?"
His eyes flared up. THAT 10
another question:, he said, at am
not one who can change his vote,
. vote, believe to be right. Just
because somebody else does not
agree with, me. voted for the
bonus at the start, and l voted to
override President .Harding's veto.
That, with me, is a question Of
personal integrity, of honor IL you
please. realize the other per.
sons position. do not criticize
II, but, also, there is my position.
We must respect each others
opinions" js,s
The Washington times., 1924-06-11
URGES WOMEN
TO co INTO
POLITICS
Mrs. Martin, Head Of Inpor-
tant G. o. p. Committee,
Takes Honor Lightly
BY HELEN FOX.
International News Service.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June IL. -
Women have triumphed again.
Forsthee first time in the history
OF the Republican party a woman
has been elected chairman of a COM
mittee. But this great honor and
distinction rests lightly on the
shoulders of Mrs. Elizabeth p. Mar
tin, newly-elected chairman OF the
committee on permanent organiza.
ton.
Mrs. Martin. an alert and charm.
ing woman of fifty.five, who pre.
terred to stand when interviewed
and disdained the comfort of a
ioooy lounge, was only mildly
pleased when elected to her new
post. But. she does believe that il
IS important for women to become
executives and hold office. Therein
lies the secret of the calm with
which She accepted her new and
distinguished POST. ~
1 oeiieve women should go into
politics." Mrs. Martins blue ewes
flashed with fire that was reslectcd
IN each. of the blue heads that she
wore on a long string around her
throat. Mrs. Martins eyes and
beads We'd with each other in blue.
ness and trahslucency. And rbe
white peony on her navy straw hat
was no whittier and less dazzling
than her frequent flashing smile,
Her smile was rarely lovely, trans.
tiguring her face, a strong and In.
teresting one, with great kindliness
ana soft beauty. Her smile with
It's flash Of white teeth and kind
ling of the blue eyes was a revela.
tion-almost startling.
Women should be interested in
polttics--if they are interested in
welfare work" Mrs. Martin said.
They cannot possibly accomplish
anything with prison reform, for
instance, unless they are ready to
elect man who will carry out
their ideas and wishes. I saw man
because / do not oelieve that
women must necessarily hold Of.
fice." =.
The Washington times., 1924-06-11
EXPLAINS.
POLICY ON
LABOR
Secretary Makes Definite An
nouncement of cooIidge'sS
Views Also on Aliens
BY international News service.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. June IL
While the resolutions committee
was hammering away at a platform,
Secretary of Labor Davis was leA
ting the people have a glimpse OF
some of the policies which the
President will uphold in his cam
paign. H.
Perhaps it Is significant that the
Secretary made the following very
definite announcement OF the Prssi.
dents immigration policy:
He stands for selective restric-
tive immigration policy, enforced by
examinations abroad, based upon
American principles. tempered with
justice and humanity--with a strong
preference for the admission OF
wives, children, fathers and mothers
of those who are already here-and
founded upon the proposition that
this country should welcome only
aliens who will fill the political, eco
nonic and social needs Of the
United States, and when properly
distributed can take their places
in American industry, agriculture
and business"
The Secretary declared that the
Presidents policy with regard to
labor is most favorable for the
laborer and declared that he stands
for the right and justice Of collec.
tive bargaining" favors abolition
of the present railway labor board
and the substitution of more prac-
ticable means of adjusting trans.
portation disputes, and favors
stricter legislation against child
labor.
The Washington times., 1924-06-11
FINELY GOWNED
WOMEN At
MEET
Women and Pretty
~ les Add to Color Of
G. o. P. Convention.
BY HELEN FOX,
international News Service.


CLEVELAND, June 1.-THE con.
vention hall" is gay-and so are the
women. Red and purple flame in
300 panes of the glass-roofed audito-
RUM Majestic red and purple
CLEAN frequently in the sea Of faces,
reflected thousand times in veneer
able and dignified bald heads.
Unlike any other convention 1t is!
The women are here. On the floor
among the delegates, in the balcony
among the audience, in the side
lines among the press. fair and
pretty faces are turned toward the
short runway and the speaker. Fair
and pretty faces with wrapt and in.
telligent expressions.
Brains and beauty are here to.
gether-combined in single individ-
uals. The women conventioners
have brains-or they would not be
here. And they have pretty eyes
and smiles and carefully powdered
noses.
Their clothes? Ravishing! These
women subscribe to Harper's Bazaar
as well as the New Republic.
Many a charming gown saw the
light of day in a French salon.
Frocks were svelt and straight and
chung to slim and slender forms.
Small gay cloches Rugged smartly
shingled heads. Hose spun by spi.
ders with colors caught from the
dawn glistened on well.turned an
kles. Slender feet were trim In two
inch heels and satin.
The dignified, full fedged asso'
ciate committee woman Is no dowdy
creature. She knows how to dress
as we'll as think. She knows how
to walk as well as talk. And
peeking in at a rendezvous for
dancers last night proved that she
is no mean dancer.
Nails that CLEAN and noses that
don't are the order Of the day.
Milady delegate spends as much
time at her manicurist and hair
dresser as she does at committee
meeting.
The day of stocks and square.toed
shoes for the woman in politics il
gone. Collar and ties and slim.
straight tailored suits were very
much in evidence, but the collar
and tie is the caprice of spring,
l924-and not of rabid feminists.
Seated in a row on the stage are
Mrs. Medill Mccormick, daughter
of the late Mark Hanna who used
to be the boss Of these parts, Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton and Mrs.
Leonard J.. Wood. Mrs. Mccormick
Is wearing a trim red sailor, a
simple black dress and a black and
white scarf. With animation and
interest that would do her Senator.
husband credit, she is listening
with one ear to the talk from
the runway and with the other to
the comments Of Bascom Slemp.
Mrs. Upton Is her usual anus
ing and charming self. She is chat.
ting with a reporteress in a green
and white creation--the reporter---
not Mrs. Upton. The latter Is
dressed very simply in black, with
bit Of white fresh lace at the
throat
Mrs. Wood is seated near Mr..
Slemp. She Is watching with great
riousness--perhaps thinking of an
other convention--four years ago at
Chicago. when General MCDOWELL
but that is his story now
Anne Alice Robertson. the second
woman sent to Congress, Is down.
stairs, wandering around in the
lunch room, wearing great bou.
uuet Of red roses. She's not a
delegate. but she is here with all
the pep" that gave her a seat In
Congress-when mice women" were
in the home.
The Washington times., 1924-06-11
TAXATION COMMITTEE
SOUGHT BY CITIZENS

A committee to establish an
equitable and scientific basis for
taxation In the District, to be ap.
pointed by President Coolidge, wa1
urged last night in a. resolution
adopted by the lincoln Park Citi.
sens Association. The committee
would investigate and report, before
the next session Of Congress.
II. L. Bushong, H. e Weaver,
and w. d. Beatty were elected q
committee to seek a military in.
structor for Eastern High School.
The entertainment committee, head.
Cd by Mrs. ]. p. Kern, presented a
program. Among those appearing
were Virginia Hutchins, Anna Nc.
Alwee, Florence EmDry, Beulah
Waller and Mrs. T. w. Davis. =. &;
The Washington times., 1924-06-11

These gentlemen belong to that
strange class Of Americans set
aside peculiarly and inacrutably as
vice Presidential possibilities. In
order to be Vice Presidential
possibility you must have the two
following characteristics:
First. you must be Presidential
impossibility.
Second, you must be able to sue.
ceed In getting votes for the man
whom nobody wants you 20 sue
coed.
Naturally these Vice Presidential
animals are q scary and skittish
species. They are expected to lead
the voter up to drink while it Is
simultaneously hoped that they will
never get their feet into the trough
themselves.
Almost any one Of them could
get the nomination instantly IL he
would only promise faithfully not
to outlive the man whom he is
elected to succeed.
Alphabetically Listed.
No such hero Of self-sacrifice has
yet appeared among them. Conse-
quently all Of them are in peril.
Alphabetically considered. they are
as follows:
BEVERiDGE Of Indiana: He is
needed to help carry Indiana
against the Democrats. particularly
IL Ralston Of Indiana should be the
Democratic Presidential nominee.
Also he hates high taxes almost as
much as Calvin Coolidge hates
them. Also he represents the old
Roosevelt outfit which in this con-
vention has had no other recogni-
ton. He accordingly would be a
logical candidate.
BORAH Of Idaho: He also is
against taxes. Also he comes from
farther west than Beveridge. The
farther west you go in this Vice
Presidential business this year, the
more Logical you become. Borah is
q low-taxaflon far-westerner. He
shrinks from the blow, but many
experts on the Vice Presidency want
to hand it to him. Some of them
do not like him. So they are all
the more in favor Of handing 1t to
him.
Looks the Part.
CAPPER OF Kansas: Owns a lot
of farm papers. Has got rich
through knowing what farmers want
to read. Is mild. gentle. unassert.
i've, unassuming. modest. Looks like
a Vice President. Farm specialist,
westerner, retiring. Pretty nearly
the apex OF logic as a Vice Presi-
dental candidate.
CURTIS os Kansas: As western as
Capper. More conservative. Less
logical but, as a companion to Cal
win Coolidge, more consistent. AS
Republican whip of the Senate, has
never whipped anybody or hurt his
feelings. Would be loved by the
whole Senate as presiding officer
of the Senate, which is the one
thing that a Vice President really
has to do.
DAWES of Illinois: Would have
the nomination at once il people
were only true to their convictions.
Is more conservative than Coolidge.
The convention is more conserva-
tive than Coolidge. IS The convention
and Dawes, General Dawes, Hell
and Maria Dawes, are bed.mates lin
conservatism. Convictions, however,
are one thing. Logic is another.
From the standpoint of logic in
Vice Presidents Mr.. Dawes, as some
thing with which to get western
progressive votes for Coolidge, is
nothing.
DICKINSON Of Iowa: Head of
the farm bloc in the House of
The Washington times., 1924-06-11

where it led, to vast subterranean
cellar, wherefrom arose the frag-
rance of ,"hot dogs" and frying
doughnuts and aromatic coffee y
Yea, and there upon a virginia.
white counter /, beheid the true in.
sigma of the Republican party
even the good. old New England
apple pie. whose soliditary and con-
servatism have never been ques-
toned.
Yet, not until l read about the
counter, in letters of silver and
gold, the magic signs. "Cherro Cola"
and "Buttermilk." and "Near-Beer.
did l say in my heart: q
Surely, surely. this is good, old
Republicanism-eve though it
seemeth more like a Sunday school
picnic"