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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

and had passed 1t on to the States for
ratification, their work was not over.
For upon these great statesmen, and
others who had not been present at the
Constitutional Convention, rested the
responsibility Of launching the new ship
of state.
1.-TWO of these pioneer statesmen.
trail breakers of eternal liberty, were
Jefferson and Hamilton Both OF them
had been bitterly opposed to many of
the measures adopted in the Constitu-
ton. But when this document was &C.
cepted by the great convention, they
plunged into the task of securing its
ratification. For they were both true
patriots.
Faith of Jefferson.
Thomas jefferson had not been
present at the Constitutional ConVen-
ton, and the common people accord
ingly awaited his return from Paris to
see if their great leaders would favor
the ratification of the Constitution.
For Jefferson was the champion of the
masses. His faith in the common peo-
pie is said to have equaled almost that
OF the great Abraham Lincoln.
ON the other hand, Alexander Ham
ilton was an aristocrat. He mistrusted
end feared the people. 1t was his be-
lief that the Government should be in
the hands of q few-the trained and
wealthy
These differences, however. re-
manned dormant during the period of
ratification, and both statesmen worked
fervently for the adoption of the Con-
stitution. For they were both agreed
that this last noble gesture must be
crowned with success, or America
would be forced to return to the rule
of monarch.
Then when the Constitution had
been duly ratified by the required num-
Der of States, and upon George Wash
ington rested the responsibility of
launching the new Government, he in
stinctively turned to these two men to
take high positions at his side
Thomas Jefferson as first Secretary of
State and Alexander Hamilton as first
Secretary of the Treasury.
Beginning Of Real Conflict.
'It was then that the real conflict
between Jefferson and Hamilton began.
For Jefferson believed in strict con-
struction of the Constitution, or that
theory which gave the Government
only those powers directly expressed
in the Constitution. Alexander Ham
ilton believed in liberal or loose con-
struction of the Constitution. 1t was
upon this theory that he based the
great Federalist party, Americas first
political group. 1t was also upon his
Interpretation Of the Constitution that
he formulated all his great financial
policy. 1t has been said that Hamil-
ten was a financial genius, a mental
wizard-that everything that Hamilton
touched lived. Ia touched the corpse
of the national credit. 1t sprang into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
Mellon Highlights
Holds Depression Has Made
Governments Financial
Position Difficult.

Here are some of the highlights OF
Secretary MELONS radio speech last
night over the National Radio Forum
arranged by The Star;
THE Governments financial position
has changed from one of great ease TO
one of increasing difficulty, due to the
widespread business depression which
has afflicted the world
1--WE shall close the current fiscal
year with large deficit We face the
prospect of a deficit again next year,
although we do not yet know just how
great that deficit may be-
1.-THE financial position in which the
Government now finds itself is not un-
favorable for dealing with the present
emergency"
THE situation in which we find our
selves raises the question as to
whether we have yet developed suft-
cietnly well balanced system to provide
the revenues on which the Govern
ment must be able to count from year
to year"
1.-THE SURPRISES which have arisen in
the past and the deficit, which we face
today are due in large measure to the
fact that we rely for two-thirds OF our
tax revenue en- the income tax, which
is subject to sweeping variations and
depends on a variety of circumstances.
but principally on the upward and
downward swings of business"
1.-THE Treasury has for some time been
aware of the defects in our tax Struc-
ture; and while, in my opinion. we
could not possibly have anticipated the
extent to which revenues have fallen
off, the Treasury has not failed to call
to the attention Of Congress and the
country the ACCESSIBILITY of providing
safeguards against the very conditions
which have overtaken us"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
TOWN Is WIPED OUT
BY WIND TANNED FIRE.
Ludlow, Calf, Destroyed as Hot
Breeze From Desert Sweeps
Flames On.
BY the Associated press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May 23.-The entire
town of Ludlow, Calf, with the excep-
ton of two railway stations and a
round house, was reported destroyed to-
day by fire famed by hot desert
wind
Ludlow. with population of $40, Is
without a water system. Water for all
uses is hauled to the city.
First word of the fire was received
from o. w Coyle. pilot of a Transconti-
mental and Western airmail plane, who
sighted the column of smoke.
He reported by radio telephone to the
Office of his company at ths Grand Gen.
trail Air Terminal that tI4s town was
doomed
The pilot continued to circle over the
town and 20 minutes later reported the
business district a mass of flames and
the fire roaring through garages ana
gas stations.
Attempts TO communicate with Lud-
low, Barstown and other towns of the
desert district by long distance tele-
phone brought report Of wire trout
BILE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

word in world events as recorded in
history.
without words" the contest-director
general declared, mo institution has
ever been created, and with a sufikient-
ly intelligent use of words, there is no
institution which cannot be DESTROYED.
Words are things of charm; words are
things Of beauty; WORDS are things of
power.
We hear much in these later wears
OF the strength of silent men. This
worship of the inarticulate. this doctrine
OF the dumb, has reached such propor-
tons that we are almost ready to be-
Neve that the dumb are the ultimate
masters OF the world But when the
DUMP are world masters, it is a static
ana almost dead world over which they
hold sway. And, therefore, the world
has most persistent habit of refusing
to remain static. Again and again the
Sprngtime of the renaissance goes
linking through the human spirit, re-
KlnoEng heart and mind. These
reklnollngs are brought on and con-
trolled by men who are vocal"
concluding. Mr.. Leigh declared that
words as the vehicles of ideas, words
as the white-hot outpouring of powerful
personality, have compelled and con-
IiohCu dCGlOn. For he who truly
masters words can also master men!"
Speakers Introduced.
Mr.. Leigh then presented Senator
Bingham and after him, the first of the
championship contending orators.
The judges of last nights Oratorical
Contest were: Senator Thomas j. Walsh
OF Montana, DIR. Leo S. Rowe, director
general OF the Pan-American Union:
Or. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president Of
the George Washington University: DR..
Lucius Charles Clark, chancellor of
American University, and DR.. w. Cole
man Nevis, S. j., president of George
town University DR.. william Allen
Wilbur, provost of George Washington
University, gas official scrutator who
checked the orations to insure the
proper crediting by contestants of the
authors of all four-word, or longer.
quotations in the speeches. Rear Admiral
William d. Leahy, U. S. NJ, and Maj.
Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. S. A., retired,
were the timing officials.
Cadets OF Western High School served
as ushers and aides In the great
auditorium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
STRIKE CLOSES PAPERS
Three Morning Papers in Mexico
City Suspend Publication.

MEXICO CITY, May % (P).-Three
OF Mexico City's morning newspapers,
FL Universal, Fl Universal Grafico and
La Prensa, were closed by strikers to-
night.
Red and black flags the strike en-
blenls, were hung over entrances and
no one was allowed to enter.
The strike arose from differences in
regard TO renewal Of collective labor
contracts. Editorial and mechanical
STATS walked out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

life. Here again, however he was Bit
terly opposed by Thomas jefferson, for
Jefferson could find no provision in the
Constitution for national bank. And
Jefferson did not believe in theory of
implied power. However. when he later
became President Of the United States
and had the opportunity CT annexing
the great Louisiana Territory, he
changed his policy for the benefit Of
the country"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
Victor E1tempOraneousIy Tells
OF differentiation Conflict

The extemporaneous speech by young
Rayburn follows:
I'm the efforts a a small body of men
gathered together in Philadelphia 144
years ago was the Capitalization of the
dreams of centuries. In these men were
vested the hopes, the prayers and the
ambitions of the sturdy Colonists. Their
ideas were brought together and were
clothed In effective language.
But those ideas had come from the
mills Of human experience. After the
trainers had originated the document
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
SNATCHING $500 BILL
CHARGED TO SUSPECT
Accuser Holds Torn Note Corner,
He Tells Police, Who Arrest
Man With Currency.

John Brown, colored, Of 325 Missouri
avenue, had a $500 bill last night before
William Foster, also colored, paid a
visit 70 his home, but now Brown has
only a small corner of the bill, he told
police in accusing Foster Of slatching
1t from his hand.
Poster. who lives at 1929 Ninth street.
IS being held at the sixth precinct on
q robbery charge. When arrested at
john Marshall place and Pennsylvania
avenue, police said. he had $500 bill
with the corner torn OF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
TAX REVISION VITAL,
MELLON DECLARES,
AS DEFICIT GROWS

Continued From First Pase.)
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p. S. Look for me in Mondays star
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-11-07
MARK DWlRE
FIRE vCTM

Mark Dwire, owner Of the
Northern Montana Abstract COM
pany at Cut Bank, Sunday night
suffered q complete loss OF his
records and office fixtures due
70 fire Of unknown origin. On.
y q desk was saved.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-11-07
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-11-07
BAKER COMPANY
m DE- DSS0L we'd

Baker -Barnhlll OH company
win disband. aceording to plans
announced last week. with share
owners to receive one SHARE Of
Dakota Montana on Company
stock for each eleven shares held
in the Baker company.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-11-07

Resolutions favoring tariffs on
Imports Of copper and on we're
passed during the week IN Salt
Lake where . union labor con
gress IL IN session
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-11-07


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Evening star., 1931-12-20

prints for late Winter. In the mean.
time word comes from Paris that no
less an arbiter Of fashion than Patou
is making printed silk crepe dresses
with short wool jackets for resort
wear. Possibly this type Of costume
will be popularized for the coming
Spring.
Word also comes from Paris that ir
the very newest dresses sleeves are
less pretentious than they were In the
earlier offerings. This, may mean that
the largely puffed sleeves that ap-
peared as novelties only q few months
ago were after an only flash in the
pan. II that proves to be the case,
well and good. It Is 20 much easier TO
have a large sleeve remodeled to make
small sleeve than to have o small
sleeve turned into one Of smplsr
s1o0xr4ns,&. lea
Evening star., 1931-12-20

In the meantime ostrich is used in
other ways by the French dressmakers.
Some Of the new negligees and break
fast jackets are lavishly collared and
cuf1ed with borders of willowy plumage
and clipped ostrich Is used IN bands to
trim evening dresses, giving the effect
Of fur.
Prints are predicted now as they
usually are at this time of the year,
and many Of the stores are already
showing interesting printed silk dresses
OF the sort that many women like to
wear under their fur or fur-trimped
cloth coats during January and Feb
ruary. These new prints attract spe-
cial attention for the reason that
within the past few months solid tones
have been 20 much more generally
favored. There is much to be said
for. as well Is against, the revival q
Evening star., 1931-12-20

EUR-covERED buttons are unusual
but very definitely smart. Short
haired fur, Of course, and usually the
same fur Is used in trimming bands on
the dress on which the buttons appear.
Some fascinating new dresses are
made with blouses of brightly colored
striped crepe with wide, triangular
revers. These revers fold back over
a jacket of dark, plain fabric to match
the skirt, in most jaunty way.
Pancake berets-that's what they
call those tiny little berets that are
worn plastered to one side.
The high Empire waistline Is evi-
dent in many of the new evening
dresses. One black crepe dress is built
and fitted about q snug waist to a very
high line, above which the material
changes to sheer white georgette, which
fashions the tiny bodice and the httle
pufied sleeves.
Evening star., 1931-12-20

appeared among the smart clothes for
Southern resort wear, for bicycling.
They flare, reach a little below the
knee, and are made of silk or wool
fabrics.
Thick piled white plush gives the
effect of a fine fur lining IN some OF
the new tailored bath robes and neg:1-
gees. A model that would be sure to
please the girl of college age is made
of pastel pink or blue MORE silk in
strictly tailored fashion lined through
cut with soft snowy white plush. 49,.
Hip-length bed sacques of quilted
satin are wisely chosen for the girl who
likes to take break1ast IN PEG !heIe
which may also be used for dressing
jackets. Satin jackets Of this sort are
generously trimmed with matching
ostrich at neck AID wrists.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
Black and White Make
Popular Evening Gowns

Smart women on our Pacific Coast
have gone in strongly for black and
white. Some of the loveliest evening
dresses worn there are Of this combina-
ton.
Velvet ribbon-it has a quaint sound,
somehow, but it is manipulated into the
least quaint and most up-to-date fash
ion details imaginable One is the sort
Of turban roll holding lace wedding
vol in place, another is sort Of girdle,
Evening star., 1931-12-20

made Of loosely rolled velvet, 50 that
the si"dle around the slender waist of
new evening gown looks like a huge
giants ring. And sashes, too, are maSe
OF velvet ribbon-sometimes two-toned
mauVe on one side and turquoise on the
other, or black and silver gray.
X X
A NEW ensemble is handbag, belt
and beret Of felt, finely stitched
The beret Is deftly folded and cut to
assume q most interesting and becom-
ing line. The buckle Of the belt, the
mounting Of the handbag and the clip
on the hat are Of the same metal.
Divided skirtsI Actually. They have
Evening star., 1931-12-20
Wear Print Skirt
And Plain Coat

THERE were predictions last Autumn
that ostrich feathers would be used
extensively for hat trimming this Win
ter, and so long as the vogue for the
Empress Eugene hat lasted ostrich
boom might have been longer If the
fashion for Eugene hats had not been
cut short by overpopularity Still some
of the milliners are using ostrich trim
ming in other ways, and the fact that
it hasn't continued in large way is no
reason to feel that eventually ostrich
trimming will not win out. Possibly
u months hence this type Of feather
trimming VII be firmly established.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
BY MARY MARSHALL.

N some parts of the country specia,
fashion shows are conducted fol-
rural women. Which is certainly
4 as it should be. For rural women
the country over are becoming
clothes conscious. There is a special
technique needed in adapting the new,
smart things to their needs and taste,
and the clever merchants in biz
metropolitan cities realize this,
Evening star., 1931-12-20

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Jacket preferred is II dress uto fhecoue uesesuL
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
Average Member Age
On WickerSham'S
Board Is 81

1t was no jury of youngsters
that compiled the Wickersham
report.
The average age of the II
members of the commission is
81 years, a statistician COM
puted today. The Oldest mem
ber is Frank j. Loesch, Chicago
lawyer, 78; the youngest, Judge
Paul j. Mccormick, of Cali
fornia, 81.
The commission lines up
three Democrats, seven Re
publicans, and one independent,
the latter, Ada L. Comstock,
president of Radcliffe College.
The Democrats were Newton
D. Baker and Monte H. Le-
mann, who recommended out
right repeal of the amendment.
The third one, Judge William I.
Grubb, of Alabama, presented
the dryest report of all.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
RECEIVER ASKED
FOR HOTEL

Asserting that all three of the
trusts on the Clifton Terrace
apartments, totalling $1,600,O00,
are in default and that $4,000
in taxes has not been paid, the
Blue Ridge Investment Company,
of Frederick, Md, has filed suit
in the District Supreme Court
asking for the appointment of a
receiver.
The American Realty and I'm
provement Company, Maurice
Baskin, Algernon S. Gardiner and
Moses j. Wright are named de-
PENDANTS in the action which in
forms the court that the first
two defendants are in possession
of the property and the other de-
PENDANTS are trustees under a
third deed of trust, the notes
secured by which are held for
the most part by the plaintiff.
The defendants have allowed
the property to fall into disrepair
and have not applied the
revenues derived from its opera
tion to the payment of the debts.
it is alleged, and the interests of
all trustees will be protected
and foreclosure and forced sale
avoided by the appointment of a
trustee. Attorneys Wright and
Ershler filed the bill.
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
P D v { R BOARD
To REDUCE
FORCES
Would Slash Force Blamed
for Exposure Of Fraudulent
Claims Which 0uSted Aides

The new Federal Power Com
mission plans to start its active
career with a cut in the force of
accountants, whose exposure of
fraudulent investment claims led
to the recent custer fight, it was
disclosed yesterday.
Eight accountants have been
taken over from the old commits
sion, and one may be dropped. In
the last fiscal year the old COM
mission had an average of nine,
and at one time II.
Set Forth by Smith
The new plan was set forth
by Chairman George Otis Smith
in testimony given at closed hear
ings of a House Appropriations
subcommittee and just made pub
lie. Smith proposed an increase
of 5000 a year each for five pri-
vate secretaries for the commits.
sioners.
He echoed the assertion Of for,
mer Executive Secretary F. E,
Bonner, in the old commissions
recent annual report, that the
status of accounting has been
very much improved. He put
into evidence sections Of Bonner's
report listing the big cases involv'
ing padding" as audited in
whole or in part" and audited
or investigated
Senate records show some Of
these have been tied up for years
by refusal of power companies
to show their books, and other
obstructive tactics.
Leasing of the countrys power
sites, which Smith termed "the
primary work of the commission, "
was declared sin highly salts
factory state"
Aligned With Old
Smiths testimony was con-
sidered to align the new com
mission with the old one, and
with the Hoover administration
on restriction of Federal control.
He sought authority to> use
commission funds in keeping
touch with the national associa,
ton of railroad and utilities
commissioners, made up of the
State regulating authorities, de-
claring:
= 81 am especially interested in
the matter of having our COM
mission in close contact with
that association"
The Washington times., 1931-01-22
NEW ROAD PLAN
IS PROPOSED

MARTINSBURG. w. Va, Jan.
ga bill requiring the West Vir-
ginia State road commission J
take over, reconstruct and main
tain State highways within mu-
inequalities, was approved at a
meeting> of representatives Of "a
cities and towns at Clarksburg,
and will be presented to the
State legislature: 1t was drafted
by Charles B. Johnson, city at
torney, of Clarksburkg. The pres
ent State law requires the COM
mission to establish, maintain
and reconstruct highways only
through towns of less than $500
population.
Mayor C. H. Daley, who rep
resented this city, stated that the
commission receives approximately
$500,O00 from Berkeley county in
automobile and gasoline taxes,
while the county gets back about
$1,000 in construction and
maintenance of 38 miles Of State
road.