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Peanut Bars.

Shell one quart Of roasted peanuts,
remove the skins and chop the nuts
dne. Beat the white of an egg until
It is stiff, and while you beat add
gradually one cupful of brown sugar,
one-fourth teaspoonful Of salt and half
o teaspoonful Of vanilla. Fold the pea
nut meats into the mixture, spread the
whole in a square, shallow buttered tin
pan and bake it In a slow oven. When
the candy Is done, cut it into bars with
D sharp knife.
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DAHYDIETREC

GINGERBREAD CUSTARD.
Milk. 3 cups.
Eggs, 2.
Brown sugar, u cup.
Stale gingerbread cubes, ! cup
Granulated sugar, 6 tablespoons.
Vanilla, teaspoon.
SERVES 4 OR 5 PORTIONS.
Heat milk. Beat egg yolks with
the one-fourth cup brown sugar.
Add milk gradually to egg mix
ture. Put gingerbread cubes in a
buttered baking dish. Pour Gus
tard over this. Place IN pan Of
hot water and bake In o moderate
oven (350 degrees F.) until set.
Cover with mertngue made OF the
beaten egg whites and the gran
ulated sugar-flavored with va
nilla. Place on top of custard and
brown in the oven.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes protein, starch,
sugar. Lime, iron, vitamins A and
B present. Could be given ocea-
sionally to children 8 years and
over. Can be eaten by normal
adults Of average OF under weight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
Water Bottles.

Decanters and water bottles that have
narrow necks present a constant clean
ing problem. To clean them success
fully tear some brown paper into small
pieces, cut up a raw potato into small
pieces, then put all into the stained bot
tie. Now half fill the bottle with warm
soapy water. Let this mixture stand
for several hours, giving it an occasional
shake. Pour it out when you see the
stain dissolving, rinse the bottle, then
drain.
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Rhubarb Shortcake.

Two cups -four. four teaspoons bak-
ing powder, one-hah teaspoon salt, two
tablespoons sugar, four tablespoons tat,
one egg and two-thirds cup milk. Mix
the -four. baking powder, salt and sugar.
Gut In the fat and mixing with the
knife add the egg and milk. When Q
soft dough forms, place it In q creased
pan. Pat the dough until it Is inch
thick. Bake IS minutes in moderate
oven. Split and add the rhubarb.
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Quick Date Creams,

Beat two tablespoonfuls Of butter un-
til it Is creamy. Add one cupful Of
confectioner's sugar a little at q time
and beat the mixture well after every
addition. Add one scant tablespoonful
Of cream. drop by drop, and flavor the
whole with vanilla Stone q pound Of
dates, I'LL the centers with the cream
mixture and roll the candles in suaar,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30

was coming. and when in sudden terror
he started to dodge around that pole it
was too late. Sharpskin the Hawk, for
that Is who 1t was, struck him and the
last his brothers and sisters saw of him
he was held fast in Sharpskin's claws
as the latter disappeared in the woods
across the road.
(CopyriSht, 1919
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
UNIONS AFTER
NEW SUPPORT

Delegates Of the various locals
of the Federal Employees Union
of the District of Columbia, at
their joint meeting this week, ap-
pealed to the National Federation
of Federal Employees headquar-
ters to back the District organiza-
tion in several policies adopted.
In resolution the District fed
Grafton delegates expressed oppo-
sition to having members of mill
tary organizations assigned to
duties which nonmilitary per-
sonnel might do as well.
Back Pay Boosts
Pay increases at stated in
tervaIs of service were also advo-
Gated.
Insistence that the Personnel
Classification Board make public
its reason for rejecting an appeal
for different rating. was also re-
corded in resolution of the dele
gates.
At present. when the board re-
fuses TO grant a requested rating,
it merely says so and gives no
reason.
A plea that six months pay
should be given by the Govern.
ment to widows and orphans Of
civilian employees Of the Govern
ment who die from disease while
in active service, was also re.
corded.
This would place the depend.
ents of civilian employees some.
what in the same class of military
employees.
Sick Help Asked
Perhaps the most important of
the series of resolutions adopted.
for which National Federation
support is asked, was the plea for
extension of disqualification priv
lleges to civilian employees of the
Government as well as to military
personnel.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
j. 5. PLANS No
STAFF CUTS

Supplementing the recent state.
ment Of Chairman T. v. O'Con-
nor Of the Shipping Board that
no salary reductions are planned,
it was stated there this week that
reductions in personnel as the
fiscal year closes will be few and
uniInportant.
Only the usual proportion of
Federal employees who resign or
retire from time to time will be
taken from the rolls as the new
fiscal year begins. About 20 tenn
porary employees have been re-
lieved Of late.
At the Veterans Administration
it was likewise indicated that
aside from some temporary en-
ployees who we're relieved from
service July l, no material reduc-
ton iii personnel is in prospect.
The Pension Bureau is expected
to retain its personnel, as it loses
it's identity this week and be-
comes part of the now compre-
hensive Veterans Administration,
and any surplus employees in the
historic bureau will likely be
placed elsewhere in the veterans
organization.
The veterans employees who are
being dropped have been engaged
with veteran loans, and no per
manent employees are affected.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
BACK
FROM TOUR

Back in town for a few days be-
fore starting another long trip in
the interests of Government
workers over the country, Presi-
dent Luther G. Steward of the
National Federation of Federal
Employees emphasized this week
that the organization, spirit, CO.
operation. progress and strength
of the Federal group were never
better.
Receiving Reports
Mr.. Steward has been on an
official tour Of Midwestern and
Southwestern States, settling Or
ganization problem and receiving
reports Of the various unions.
Incidentally, he found weather
in Texas much more pleasant
than Washington weather. He
also said he found affairs at his
headquarters and the Federal
employee locals have in booming
shape. and was particularly i'm
pressed with the growth Of Local
No. 2, which has 5000 active
members in good standing and
fully a thousand more whose
affiliation is less up to date.
Two Major Interests
All over the country. says Presi-
dent Steward. the Federal unions
are increasing their interest in
two major coming events: The
national convention in Seattle
September 7. and the reconven-
ing of Congress. In practically
every State he visited. member
ship and active interest in the
locals are gaining. he says.
Mr.. Steward win leave the first
Of the week for Minneapolis to
look after federation affairs there
incidentally. he has acquired O
good coat Of tan during his ab-
Sence Of the past few weeks.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
WORKERS PLAN
B|GPRQGRA|M
At SEATTLE
Eleven D. c. Locals Ready
14.PIank Policy; Western
Meet Considered Greatest

With the delegates for the an
nual convention already chosen.
the II Washington locals of the
National Federation of Federal
Employees are beginning this week
to outline definitely their program
for presentation Of the assembly
at Seattle, September 2.
President Luther c. Steward, Of
the federation, Is Still in the field,
attending group conventions and
discussing aims of the organized
Government workers with them at
close hand. But back here at
home his staff and the leaders of
the individual locals are making
plans for carrying TO Seattle such
a comprehensive. definite and
solidly supported program that
the convention. and later the Con.
gress here, will cooperate with
their desires for ever improving
conditions.
14-Plank Platform
The 14-plank platform is being
emphasized in every local here, as
well as over the country.
The platform calls for 1900
minimum salary, adequate per.
sonal service appropriations with
sound classification. Civil Service
court Of appeals, optional retire
ment after 80 years, right to
designate beneficiary under re-
tirement law, abolition of average
restriction in appropriation bills,
standardized leave, one days rest
in seven, extra pay for extra work,
transportation allowances, proper
efficiency ratings. regular promo
ton, merit system extension.
Most Important Meet
Preliminary details being worked
out by The locals here preparatory
to the national gathering include
outlining Of resolutions and policies
which will be settled upon for
two years at the Seattle meeting.
This is the eleventh such con-
vention, and because it is be-
lieved the new Congress will be
in a frame of mind to continue
it's beneficial legislation for Fed
eral employees. and a good start
has been made already, this is
considered the most important
,R
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
ELEVATOR MAN
MEETS NOTED

Life is just one up and down
after another for Henry M.
Erskine, who for the past 13
years has been running the north
east corner elevator in the Treas
ury Building, but he doesn't con-
slider his job at all monotonouS
and comes nearer to wearing a
perpetual smile than most of his
friends who have uncrippled
bodies and more of this worlds
goods.
Named by McAdOO
william Gibbs McAdoo was
Secretary when Shorty" Erskine,
as his friends affectionateIy call
him, came from Newburgh, N. Y,
to join the Treasury army.
He recalls that the genial Nc
Adoo called him Shorty" always
had friendly or jesting word for
him as he rode in the elevator,
and that the others in the Treas
ury followed suit.
Many notables visiting the
Treasury have chatted in friendly
fashion with this sunny elevator
operator. and his smile that just
won't come off" has made him
tn" subject of not few articles.
John G. Herndon, chief clerk
of the Office of Comptroller of
Currency, was one of those to
write poems about his being "a
regular fellow" The poem said,
He is never cross or grouchy,
always ready for some fun"
Mellon AlOOf
shorty" as he prefers to be
called, is banker, note-passer,
arbitrator, secret-keeper. peace
maker, oracle and sunshine
bringer for most of the Treasury
folk.
He lives with his wife at 512
Kenyon ST. N. w. and has memo
ries of many Treasury officials.
Carter Glass was not as demo-
cratic as McAdoo, he muses., but
was well respected.
Andrew Mellon is even more
aloof, he says, but then, he asks:
Who wouldn't be preoccupied
with the worlds money problems
on his mind?"
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
PERSONALITIES

with autographed photographs
of the nations notables. ranging
from President Hoover down.
They bear affectionate greetings
and friendly comments.
Mrs. E. H. Wharton, Home
Economics writer, Department
of Agriculture, is kept busy
these days preparing hotrweath-
er recipes and menu articles to
keep housewives over the nation
as cool-and as idle-as posi-
BILE.
This department nominates
as the man of most varied knowl-
edge-and most ready to share
it with inquisitive reporters
around the National Museum
grounds, DR.. Austin H. Clark, a
scientist of note, who looks and
talks more like a keen young
business executive than a walk
ing encyclopedia with half the
alphabet after his name.
Miss Blanche M. Joyce, Bu-
reau Of Public Roads, is a vet
eran newspaper woman, having
held many high city posts, once
being on The Times. Inciden-
tally. she has been away from
the Bureau on vacation for sew
eral days.
The summer rush to Europe
still keeps Miss Ruth Shipley.
Passport Division, State Dept,
busy helping others to enjoy
vacation voyages. Incidentally,
probably more strange ques-
tions are asked there by pro-
spective voyagerS than any
where else in the city.
For loyalty to her job and
chief, and impatience with
near-humor by near-humorous
newspaper chaffers. we nomi-
nate Mrs. Florence Burton, sec.
retary to Colonel A. w. Wood
cock, prohibition chieftain. Her
office is no place for dry"
puns about the demon rum.
Miss Mary Bell Devaney, Fed
eral Farm Loan Board, admits
she used to be head Of the
Washington territory sales
offices for national encyclo-
pedia-publishing firm. Glib sales
men with the stock phrase,
Madam, would you let $4.98
stand between you and your
happiness?" wonder why she
smiles at il 81 nnYSteriouSlY.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Clerks Get Summer
Thrill From, kid
Ball Games

Men employed in the Navy
Department, Shipping Board
and other departments near the
Ellipse find the Junior baSeoau
games staged there by The
Washington Times League
teams and other at noon and
after 4::30 a great diversion.
The benches around home plate
can be found occupied most
every day at lunch time and
late afternoons by men Of every
age.
Bald and graying clerks who
haven't hurled q baseball in .
score Of years act as unsolicited
and conflicting coaches for the
youngsters who can play much
better ball than their mentors.
But then who listens to
baseball coach anyhow?
It is relaxation for the en-
ployes, brings back daily an
hour Of boyhOod. clears their
throats, brightens their eyes
and gives them more 1est for
their goKs .------.-----.--L.---
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
JARD|NE FITTED
FOR NEW POST

Although DR.. James T. Jardine,
newly-appointed head of the office
Of experiment stations, Depart
ment of Agriculture, is the brother
of former Secretary William M.
Jardine, who is a scientific agri-
culturist in his own right.
Born in Idaho in 1881, he spent
his early life on a farm; gradu-
ated from Utah Agricultural Col
lege in 1905: did special work at
the University of Chicago in 1905
and returned to U. A. c. as in
structor.
In 1907 he Joined the Forest
Service, became supervisor in
1908, and in charge of forest
range investigations from 1910 to
1920, when he joined the Oregon
Agricultural Experiment Station
from whose dictatorship he comes
to Washington.
He takes office September /.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
10000 Await Tests
For Clerkships
In Bureaus

Fully 10000 persons are ex-
pected to take the examination.
July 80, in many key cities scat
tered over the 48 States Of the
Union and in the Panama Canal
Zone. Alaska. District of Colum-
bia, Hawaii and Porto Rico, for
file clerk and under file clerk
for the department service OF
the Government.
The Civil Service Commission
announced this week that prob
ably 10000 announcements will
have been sent out to interested
parties by July Is.
The examination. which has
been awaited for many months
by young women over the coun-
try, is held for the purpose Of
developing a new register OF eli
gibles and will be drawn from
time to time as any department
may need new employees,
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
F. M. Feiker Named
To Commerce Post

Friends whom he has made
during his service with the De-
partment of Commerce since he
entered the service in 1921 are
this week congratulating Fred.
erick NJ. Feiker on his promotion
as director Of the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce by
President Hoover. This position
ranks next to the Secretary, and
is one Of the most important non
cabinet posts in the Federal
regime.
Mr.. Feiker has served in vari-
Gus capacities in the department.
He was chairman of the advisory
committee of the census of distri-
button. He was consultant in or
ganization problems. He was chair
man of the planning committee
of the division Of simplified prac-
tice, and served with the advisory
committee on domestic distribu-
$AVAs - - -
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
SUPPORT SEEN
!. FOR 14-PLANk
/. PLATFORM
Smell and Garner Put With
LongWorth in ImpartiaIity;
Big Seattle Meeting Likely

The outlook for favorable Con-
gressional action at the next ses-
sion on a program beneficial to
Federal employees is promising, it
was said at headquarters of the
National Federation of Federal
Employees today.
It was also asserted that, judg-
ing by present indications, the
fall convention of the Federal en-
ployes at Seattle will set an at
tendance record.
Gains Seen Continued
When the Seventy-second Con-
gress opens the first Monday in
December. the membership will be
somewhat changed from the last
one, but Government employees
will have as many and as influen-
tial friends as in the last session,
according to Luther G. Steward,
president of the federation.
: Hence, the gains registered by
the federation previously will be
continued probably during the
coming year, and the 14-plank
platform of the federation will
have as strong support as it had
a year ago. he declared.
Garner, Smell Impartial
The federation prefers an
evenly divided Congress, he said,
and the coming Congress will be
nearly balanced.
The matter Of the death of
Speaker Nicholas Longworth and
his probable successor likely will
have little effect on the fedora
tion's legislative plans, said Mr..
Steward.
Representatives Garner and
Smell, most mentioned for the
House Speakership, are, like Long
worth, impartial on employe prob
lens, Mr.. Steward said he be-
neved, and that either can be
counted on to be fair on employe
matters.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Church of Ascension
Holds Parish Dinner

The Social Club of the Church
of Ascension, Silver Spring, held
a dinner in the parish hall last
night. Mrs. Frank X. Davis was
in charge of arrangements.
Next Thursday evening q card
party will be held with Mrs.
Harry KohIer in charge. The fol
lowing Thursday evening. an old
fashioned country dance will be
given with Charles Leizear acting
as floor manager. On Thursday,
July 23. George McCallum will
superintend lawn party, and on
July 80 a free party" will be
given.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
CENSUS STAFF
= CUTS NEARING

Although the Department of
Commerce is not trying to retain
anywhere in Washington the 200
temporary employees of its Gen.
sus Bureau who were dropped this
week, it is seeking to find places
throughout the various other gov.
ern~> entail departments and with
In tie Commerce Department Of
9leeS themselves for about 600 en-
ployeeS now doing temporary work
but having permanent civil serv-
ice status.
These latter range from division
heads down to charwomen, and
1t will be the aim of the Govern
ment departments to recruit as
many employees as may be needed
within the next few months from
the ranks of these where feasible.
In all about 5,4O0 temporary en-
ployeS of the Census Bureau will
be dismissed within the coming
fiscal year. About 1,500 perma-
i1ent employees of the bureau will
remain to handle routine matters,
TO make agricultural, industrial
and other census surveys. and to
form the nucleus for the next
decennial population survey in
1910.
: AS the temporary employees are
removed they must find employ.
ment outside the Government.
But those employees with a perma-
.a1entS civil service status, even if
they have been doing temporary
work, will be placed by the person
.hel offices of the Department of
Commerce in other Government
branches wherever possible, one
by one and group by group.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
A agriculture Heads
Bound for Denmark

While their associates back in
Washington are swe1tering, three
officials of the Department of
Agriculture are on the high seas
today bound for Denmark, the
home Of good cheese, where they
will attend the International
Dairy Congress at Copenhagen,
Julyy Il to II.
They are: o. E. Reed, chief,
Bureau Of Dairy Industry; Nils
A. Olsen. chief, Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics; r. r. Graves,
chief. Division of Dairy Cattle
Breeding. Seven nongovern-
mental specialists also are with
them as official delegates.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03

Walter H. Larrimer, Entomol-
ogy, Department Of Agriculture,
got tired of nursing sore tonsils
and had 'em out this week. Pa
tient doing splendidly, expects
to eat anything he wants soon.
E. L. Swan, civil engineer.
evaluation section. Interstate
Commerce Commission, Tennes-
see boy who made good with
Uncle Sam, Is planning a va
cation some time this summer
on his hometown river in a Skiff
with plenty of fishing worms
aboard.
E. j. Skidmorc, Personnel.
Shipping Board, got a quarter
inch coat of sunburn on his voy-
age on the President Hoover.
Eugene r. Hendley, Temp.
No. 2, Interstate Commerce
Commission, q veteran railroad
man, is business manager Of
In-Com-C Co, the personnel bulle-
tin; also secretary-treasurer of
the baseball league, and a half
dozen other things. He admits
he loafs on most of the jobs
these hot days, however.
Elmer Reynolds, Rural Mails,
Postoffice Department, is kept
busy most of his spare time
serving as adjutant of the Cos
tello Post, American Legion,
which itself is a busy job.
Miss Edna Sible, secretary to
the director Of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, Is
back after a week spent in the
mountains of Pennsylvania and
New York.
Mai. Gen. Irving J. Carr,
who took office this week as
Chief of the Army Signal Corps,
is a career man, all right. He
rose from a second lieutenacy
back in the ninetieS, and has
+. lght in every war since then,
serving here and abroad. His
predecessor, Maj. Gen. George
S. Gibbs, has become q tele-
phone company vice president.
c. II. Johnston, who holds
high rank at the Interstate
Commerce Commission, still
finds time these hot days to
garner news for the employees
bulletin, In-Com-Co, newsy
and ably edited monthly publ
cation which he edits and
which makes working for the
commission a lot more sociable.
Stanley w. CrosthWaite, De-
partment of Commerce, whose
job is all-embracing. one of his
titles being Administrative AS
Sistant to the Assistant Secre-
tary Of Commerce for Aeronau-
tics" has his office walls lined
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Ship Board Golfers
ChUILenOe Boosters

Down at the Shipping Board,
there have been so many boasts
about who is the best golfer, and
so many wild stories about low
scores that somebody began call
ing bluffs right and left.
AS q. result, a formal golf
tournament has been arranged to
check up on boasters and give
real golfers q chance to show
their stuff.
C. K. Hodgson, of the Comp.
troller's section, is chairman OF
the tournament committee
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
A. S. HOyt Promoted
Ru Secretnru Hude

Avery S. Hoyt took office this
week as assistant chief of the
plant, quarantine and control ad-
ministration, Department of Ag.
riculture, under Lee A. Strong.
Mr.. Hoyt, former director of agri-
culture for California, was until
recently an associate of the quar-.
antine work here, being promoted
by Secretary Hyde, succeeding 8.
A. Rohwer, now assistant chief,
Bureau of Entomology.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
MEN
SCAN RETAIL
DELIVERY
Work in Conjunction With Dry
Goods Association in Survey
That Will Be Nationwide

At request of the National Te-
tail Dry Goods Association the
Department of Commerce will
make a survey of the chief prob
lens involved in rendering deliv-
cry service by retail stores
throughout the country.
All forms of delivery service,
1t is announced, will be studied
and urban, suburban and rural
sections will be visited by ex-
perts in field work.
All Phases Of 1t
DR.. Frank M. Surface, assist
ant director of the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
today made the announcement OF
the forthcoming inquiry and said:
"The question Of retail deIiv-
ery-its costs, benefits and
drawbacks, both to merchant
and consumer, is recognized 40
one of the vital points bearing
upon the efficient and eco
nOnic distribution of merchan-
disc in the country today.
"The delivery service survey is
designed to bring out the basic
facts ON the subject on q
broader basis than has been
done in the past, and in a form
which will aid the individual
merchant to gauge the reIa-
tive value and effectiveness of
his own delivery policies"
viii Cooperate
The National Retail Dry Goods
Association will cooperate with
the commerce group of investi-
gators.
This group includes H. C..
Dunn, chief of the merchandising
research division of the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Com
merce; E. C. Wheeler, chief of
the Special Trade Studies Sec.
ton, who will be in immediate
charge, and r. 8. Charles, busi-
ness specialist of the bureau, who
will direct the field work.