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Evening star., 1931-12-24
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D. {. INCOME TAX
Senator Declares He Will
Oppose Bill as Unneces-
Sary at This Time.

Questioning the necessity for Dis
trict income tax at this time, Senator
Tyding of Maryland, one of the Demo-
cratic members of the Senate District
Committee today announced his oPPo-
sition to the Mapes income tax meas
ure as it came from the House
In addition to calling attention to
the possibility that the bill would re-
quire Virginians working In Washing
ton to pay a Virginia income tax, a
similar tax in the District and a Fed
eral income tax, Senator Tydings point
ed out that Federal income taxes may
be increased.
King Wants Survey.
Senator King, Democrat of Utah, also
District Committee member said last
night he would want some other agency,
as well as the Bureau Of Efficiency, to
study the various taxation bills. Sena-
tor King favors local income and es-
tate taxes for the District, but Is not
so enthusiastic over the other two bills
to raise the gasoline tax from 2 to 4
cents and to tax automobiles by weight.
Chairman Capper of the District Com
mittee plans to suggest to the commit
tee after the Christmas holidays that
the Efficiency Bureau be asked to an
alyze the tax bill before they are acted
on.
Senator Tdyings made known his
views with regard to the income tax
measure in the following statement
After examining very casually the
bill for levying income taxes for the
District of Columbia, l am inclined to
oppose it, for the following reasons
a. Because have not yet reached
the conclusion that such taxes arc
necessary. =
Sees National Need.
"2 1t may be necessary to save the
income tax revenues for the national
instead of the local governments III
order to take care of the imminent
two-billion dollar deficit in the National
Treasury Already there is a presi
Dental recommendation for an increase
of income taxes to take care of Federal
needs. This increase, coupled with the
additional one for local purposes in the
District of Columbia, would make a
double increase for this class of citizens.
"3. In Virginia, for example, there is
a State income tax law. Thus, man
living in Virginia and working in WASH
ington would pay income taxes upon
his income in Virginia, an income tax
on the same income in Washington,
where he works, and, in addition, would
have to pay Federal income tax, or
three income taxes in all on the same
income.
Such a burden is so heavy that it
should condemn itself to every fair
minded person as being inequitable and
unsound, and am, therefore, opposed
to the measure as 1t has come to the
Senate"
Evening star., 1931-12-24
REALTY TAX CUT
URGED FOR CITY
Collins Would Make New
Levies Replace Burden
on Home Ownership.
BY WILL P. KENNEDY.

Increased revenue for the District of
Columbia which might be collected
through new or substitute tax measures
not yet enacted but which were put
through the House last week on recon-
mendation of the MapeS Special Com
mittee on Fiscal Relations, should be
applied toward a reduction of real
estate taxes, according to Representa-
tive Ross A. Collins of Mississippi, a
member of the MapeS committee and
formerly member of the Subcom-
mittee on TIE District Budget.
This proposal, he explains, is not ad-
vanced to give special relief to property
owners in the District of Columbia,
taxation, toward model tax system in
the Capital that would be copied
throughout the States and in local
communities.
Holds Levies Too High.
Mr.. Collins is emphatic in his dec
laration that real estate taxes in Wash
ington and throughout the country are
getting too high, and that one of the
most wholesome provinces of legisla-
ton will be to SO reduce real estate
taxes as to promote home ownership
and encourage all tSe people to own a
bit of their national soil.
In explaining his lire of thought on
his PROPOSAL for reduction of real estate
taxes, representative Collins said to-
day
Practically all the taxes collected in
the district of Columbia have been
levied on real estate. Even the intangi-
BILE taxes largely come from mortgages
on real estate Real estate, therefore,
has borne practically the entire burden
of taxation in the District The same
situation exists in practically all Of the
States, but not to as large an extent as
prevails in the District of Columbia.
think real estate taxes in the District
are too high. They are still higher in
other cities of comparable size through
out the United States and are very
much higher in the rural sections and
the small towns.
Favored New Bills.
1.-The time has come, think, when
a person should be taxed according to
his income Progressive thought
throughout the country is demanding
a distribution of tax burdens according
to ability to pay AS member of the
Mapes Committee I was very heartily
in favor of the proposed income tax
law, an estate tax law and the other
different new forms of taxation recon-
mended in that report 1t was. how
ever my personal opinion that the taxes
to be raised from these new progressive
ways should be used to reduce the tax
burdens on real estate within the Dis
trict of Columbia, especially on resi-
dental properly I have always felt
that our tan laws should not be SO
onerous as te prevent an individual
from owning his home. I have always
felt that home owning should be en-
couraged. I know of no more success
full way to accomplish this than by
making the tax burden of home owner
ship reasonable.
''Tte District Of Columbia, as is
well Known, is governed by the Con-
gress Of the United States The Con-
gress should certainly provide the Dis
trict an example in taxation to be fol-
lowed by legislative bodies and munich
pal authorities throughout the country"
Evening star., 1931-12-24
POPE SENDS YULE
PEACE MESSAGE
Refuses to Discuss Arms
Problems Because Advice
Has Been Rejected.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY, December "a
Pope Plus received a score of cardinals
at noon today and through them sent
a Christmas message to the Catholic
world.
He refused to discuss or advise on
disarmament and peace because he
said Very often it (advice) has been
given by us and by our predecessors
but it has never been needed As a
matter of fact, it has very often been
transformed so as to become a cause
of discord. Therefore, it is much bet
ter to speak to God and to ask from
Him true peace among men
Plans Encyclical Soon.
He announced he would issue soon an
encyclical on the fifteenth centenary
Council of Ephesus and told of his
sorrows and joys in reviewing the work
of the church for the past year.
He spoke particularly OF the partial
collapse of the Vatican Library on Tues
day and asked the cardinals 10 remcm-
| Der the five victims in their masses to-
morrow.
Books can be replaced, but they can
not" he said. He expressed sorrow for
the bereaved families and remarked
that "the buildings were old and were
built in hurry"
Among the sorrows of the church. the
Pontif mentioned the Church's diff
culties in Russia, Mexico and Spain, and
said he was pleased to see present Car
dinal Segura y Saenz. who was expelled
from the latter country.
In Mexico, he said "the struggle
against the Church is still grave and
sharp. However. recently the situation
has been relieved by the smile of many
in the Guadalupe celebration"
Spain, he remarked, has torn out the
most beautiful pages OF its history desc
Grated the family and desecrated the
schools in a manner which IS truly
painful" He praised Cardinal Segura
for his heroic and spontaneous re-
nunciation, not because of the real diff
flculties, but to obviate protests"
Russia, Mexico, Spain he added.
This is a sort Of triangle over which
hoVers the greatest menace"
Cites Fascist Trouble.
The move against Catholic action by
the Fascist state last Summer; he said,
"o' olie VI liiooe sAeoV oo.Ao"o 0A4o'
bring great pleasures, for the princi-
piles CT justice, equity and peace were
established and all is now right with
the organization.
The Pontif said the world economic
crises had brought pain and misery to
many and caused much unemployment.
He had done what he could to help
the jobless, he said, and had found
work for more than 5000 in the Vati-
can. although all were not needed.
He regretted that statesmen do not
think of the hand Of God and do not
turn to God" He referred to Thanks
giving. however, and said, 1T is true
that in America it has been remem-
bered to thank God for past benefits
and also TO thank Him that in America
troubles are not so grave as in other
countries"
Evening star., 1931-12-24

the incest and most gracious lady in
the land" Santa Claus said
Mrs. Hoover and her daughter -in-law
assisted Mrs. John S. Bennett pass out
the first bags to the 1900 boys and
girls Santa had carefully checked on his
lists. Little Betty Henderson, years
old, was the first youngster to receive
her bag from Mrs. Hoover and then
had the honor of being hugged tight by
Santa himself
1t was a scene in which the First
Lady was happy to participate and she
stopped in the midst of everything when
one frightened tow-headed little boy,
with tears running down his face, ran
to the comfort of her arms. He had
SHE'D at Santa'S Whiskers.
Mr.. ROdeheaVer entertained the chill
dren with magic tricks and then led
them in the singing of Christmas carols
and Jingle Bells" just before Santa
made his appearance. Capt. Taylor
Branson conducted the Marine Band in
numbers throughout the party and
Manager Harry W. Crull of the Fox
Theater delighted the youngsters with
never-to-be-forgotten Mickey Mouse"
film
Evening star., 1931-12-24

amount involved, No part of the debt
owing to us has been cancelled or
reduced; the postponed amounts are
repayable over a period of 10 years
with interest at per cent.
In saving the collapse of Germany
by the years postponement the Ameri-
can people nave done something greater
than the dollars and cents gained from
the maintenance of our agricultural mar
ketS the prevention of panic and un-
limited losses. They have contributed
to maintain courage and hope in the
German nation, to give opportunity for
the other European countries to work
out their problems"
Senator Johnson's Comment.
In the light of the Basel report, SEN
ator Hiram Johnson of California, chief
OF the moratorium opponents, comment
ed that ratification of the latter was
"pyrrhic victory"
"The fight on the moratorium was
one of those losing fights that is won,"
he said. go The American
people, having now been saddled with
$250,000,000, they will not tolerate any
endeavor to pay the whole cost of the
horrible World War"
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, sup
porter Of the administration on every
thing but debt revision greeted the re-
port with the assertion that the Ma
tons debtors are amply able to pay
WITHOUT reference TO reparationS.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
UNCERTAINTY Wells
WAR DEBTS FUTURE;
DEFAULTS FORECAST
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the President issued the following state
ment:
II have signed the act authorizing
the foreign debt postponement for one
year. I am gratified at the support it
received in the Congress as indicated
by the approval (including those alb
sent, yet who expressed their views) Of
10 Senator'S as against is opposed, and
the approval Of BIT members of the
House Of Representatives as against 100
opposed. 1t is further gratifying that
both political parties strongly support
ed this proposal.
"The suggestion Of our Government
for ths years postponement of inter-
governmental debts among all principal
nations Of which ours Is only a part,
averted a catastrophe. the effects of
which would have reached to the United
States and would have caused the Amer
lcan people Q loss many times the
Evening star., 1931-12-24
CORRECTION

Erroneous reports printed in The
Washington Star that the shotgun
death trap" reported to the Prince
Georges County sheriff's Office had
been set in the caretaker's house at
Cedar Hill Cemetery were based on in
formation obtained from an apparently
reliable official source.
The death trap" was actually set in
house on the grounds of another
cemetery nearby.
The Star regrets the error, and, al
though, 1t has previously published a
correction explaining how the error was
made, it again wishes to note that the
mysterious death trap was not on the
Cedar Hill Cemetery property.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
Ienin Lighthouse Planned.

LENINGRAD, U. S. S. r. P).-A
light house as a monument to Lerin
is TO be erected here to guard the corr
mercial port, translating into practical
form the Communist doctrine that
"Leninism is the light house for the
proletariat of the world" The structure
will be 12o meters in height and
coincident with its completion the
channel Of the port is to be named
"Lenins channel"
Evening star., 1931-12-24

the Vice President and Speaker, Sena-
tor Borah declined to accept the in
crease, taking the view that he had been
elected to $7,500-a-year job There
were a few other members of Congress
who took the same view After the
people Of Idaho had reelected him for
another term IN 1880, Senator Borah
considered the office $4,000 one and
accepted the increase.
Evening star., 1931-12-24

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received a lusty welcome at
the annual Christmas party of the
Central Union Mission. which filled the
Fox Thcater to capacity.
Mrs. Hoover accompanied by her
daughter-in-law. Mrs. Herbert Hoover,
jr, arrived just in time for Santa Claus
to announce her to the 5000 or more
children, many Of whom she knows
from previous visits to the missions
Christmas parties. Two big Christmas
trees, ablaze with a myriad of lights,
stood on each side of the stage and the
center was piled with hundreds of
gaily colored bags
The United States Marine Band and
Homer Rodeheaver, famous song leader,
had been giving the youngsters a lively
entertainment while they were waiting
for Santa Claus. That robust person,
who turned out to be Supt John S.
Bennett. spied Mrs. Hoover in the wings
and led her out onto the stage, where
she smiled and waived to the happy
children. Il want to introduce to you
Evening star., 1931-12-24
Divorce Beaten to Death.

TULSA, Okla, December "a (P.-Mrs.
Hattie Dowse, 30, divorce and beauty
shop operator, was beaten to death in
her shop with an electric iron late
Tuesday.
Joe King, 40, trucking contractor,
against whom the woman recently had
filed breach of promise suit, sur
rendered to police. He was held without
bail.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
ATTORNEY TO SPEAK

Herman Felter, attorney Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission, will be
the guest speaker at the Friday evening
services Of the congregation B'nai Is
rael, Fourteenth and Emerson streets.
His subject will be What. Every Jew
Ought TO Know About the Talmud."
Evening star., 1931-12-24
University Is Burned.

JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal, De-
cember "a (P).-Fire destroyed the
main block of buildings of the univer-
sity here today, including the library.
which contained 10000 books and many
priceless historical docunentA
Evening star., 1931-12-24
FEDERAL RELIEF
DRIVE GOES OVER
QUOTA OF MILLION

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departments and independent Offices,
with the percentage that the total con-
stitutes of the full three days pay from
each emPloye, SO far as this estimate is
nnssihla
Evening star., 1931-12-24
Severe Earthquake
Causes Eruption of
Volcano in Hawaii
Tremor and kilauea's S
Activity Described as
Worst in Years.

BY the Associated Press.
HILO, Hawaii, December PA huge
volume of lava flowing into Halemau-
mau Crater, Kilauea, in a new erup-
ton started late yesterday by an
earthquake, had covered the 48 acres
of the floor of the gigantic pit early
today
approximately SO lava fountains sent
up a glow visible from half the Island
of Hawaii
Sulphur fumes kept hundreds of
would-be spectators away from the rim
of the crater. the usual vantage point
for the thousands of tourists who visit
the volcano annually
The trail across the lava desert
stretching the three miles from the
volcano house to Halemaumau was
safe, however, and hundreds of persons
TO the crAer as possible. Il Was as.
serted here that every automobile on
the island was either at the volcano
or headed that way.
Preceded by Severe Tremor.
Halemaumau Crater when last meas
ured was $500 feet long, 5000 feet wide
and 1850 feet deep. Its last previous
eruption started November 49, 1880.
and continued until December of
that year.
The tremor which shook the island
yesterday was the most severe in many
years and the eruption was described by
observers as the most violent since 1924
Sulphur fumes hung over the crater
like a huge blood-red cloak.
Braves Possible Asphyxiation.
Braving possible asphyAiation, J. N.
Candy, manager of the Volcano House,
struggled through the surface wind, to
gaze into the pit of fire, more than
thousand feet deep He held a wet
handkerchief over his nostrils so he
could breathe through the fumes, but
warned others not to follow him.
Candy reported four of the many
fountains were $50 feet high and others
rose as high as 80 feet from the seeth-
ing floor of the fire pit.
The quake, which preceded the erup-
ton by nearly four and half hours,
toppled over sign posts around the
crater and was felt throughout the
island.
Evening star., 1931-12-24
JONES TO OPPOSE
CUT IN SALARIES
OF FEDERAL WORKERS

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Evening star., 1931-12-24
HOOVER TO BE HOST
AT OED-FASHIONED
YULE PARTY TONIGHT

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only remaining challenger from the
British isles.
wood Is Just - anxious 10 keep his
title as Don Is to wrest 1t from him for
the glory Of England. Many millions Of
dollars have been spent by the English
to create new speed records and that
the expenditure has met with success Is
attested BY the fact that they hold the
air record at three hundred and nifty
seven miles an hour. the automobile rec
ord at two hundred and tilirty-one miles
an hour and the speedboat record at
slightly more than one hundred and
ten miles an hour.
The Harmsworth race Is not .
straightaway event and It is for this
reason that Don. even with faster
boat, will have TO call on all his skill TO
outmaneuver Wood. who Is . master Of
plotting. To see Wood taking q turn
at high speed with motors whining is
to watch the most perfect driving In the
world and Don, brilliant as he is. may
find himself losing distance around
buoys. But ut any event 1t will be o
great race and one that should give
the hundred or more thousand spec
tators plenty Of thrills.
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ON TAKING ADVICE
By THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, IL. D.
Bishop Of WcshiEgton.

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that viii effect the healing processes.
It Is one thing to understand and
sympathize with the misfortunes Of an
other. it Is different thing to be so
tactful In our address and so wise in
our counsel as to be able to apply the
restorative that shall bring health and
renewal. Practically every one Of US is
more Of less gifted in the matter Of
giving advice, and some Of US give It
without any adequate background of
experience. Bachelors and childless
fathers have o genius for giving counsel
to those whose homes are blessed with
children. People who have never
known sorrow or misfortune adorn our
welfare agencies and with uniformed
counsel seek to correct the ills IN our
social and industrial order. The pulpit
itself frequently errs through an excess
Of admonitions and dogmatic counsels.
Just now our country Is full Of states
cures for eli our economic Ills and they
are voluble ana prolific In giving exc
tended advice. It often happens that
the more silent ones are really our most
competent and effective problem solvers.
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and specific, are rareiy stern or dog
matte. He was not an advice giver.
He was q comfort-giver. II at times He
must speak with directness to one who
had fallen upon misfortune or who had
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coiragement that viii make US believe
that we are moving on TO better days.
We need more Of the ministry Of Him
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