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The Washington times., 1931-09-26
FEDERAL LOCALS
AFTER MORE
MEMBERS
Comprehensive Campaign Is
Engineered by Employees;
No. 2 Largest in Country

A comprehensive campaign by
District locals Of the Federal EN-.
ployes Unions to increase their
membership this fall got under
way this week. Increased men,
bership, greater financial strength
and more whole-hearted co-opera-
tion were keynotes discussed at
local meetings within the past
several days.
Among the locals meeting this
week were the Veterans Admin
iStration Branch of No. 2, on
Monday; Adjutant General Of.
flee, Local No. 372, on Tuesday;
Agricultural Branch of No. 2, on
Wednesday: Local 80, District of
Columbia employees, on Thursday.
and the board of representatives
of Local No. 2. last night. Louis
A. Rosafy, delegate to the Sc
attle convention, made a report
to Local 372 at it's meeting, and
Henry G. Nolda, secretary of
Local No. 2, and also a delegate
to Seattle, reported at the other
sessions.
Local, No. 2, the largest in the
country, now boasts 6,1SO mem.
berS, a gain of 1,193 since Jan.
uary l, this year. 1t set its mid.
summer goal at 5000 and won it
easily. Its goal is now 1000, and
the present concerted member.
ship effort is expected to surpass
that figure.
The various branches of Local,
No. 2, with their present mem.
berShip, are: Veterans Admins
tration, 1890; General Account
ing Office, ITO; Navy, 73O; Agri-
culture, sos; Interior, $50; Post.
office Department, 518; Com.
merce, 440; Pensions, 317; Inter-
state Commerce Commission, 3O4:
State, 178; Labor, 1T; Civil Ser
vice Commission, 76; Tariff Com.
mission, SO; Library of Congress,
So: Smithsonian Institution, 81:
Justice, 76; miscellaneous small
branches, 1876.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
Here And There

Miss Martha Davies has re-
turned to her duties in charge
of the file room, Board of Tax
Appeals, after a vacation in
Staunton, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mont
gomery, of Chevy Chase, Md,
have a new daughter, Margaret
Anne. Mrs. Montgomery was
formerly an auditor in the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue, and
Mr.. Montgomery is with the
Bureau of Public Roads.
DR.. Webster P. True, editor Of
Smithsonian Institution publica.
tions, is back from five weeks in
Maine. Fishing, boating and
admitted loafing were his relaxa-
tions, and he brought back a
good coat of tan.
Miss Lillian Wiloughby, press
section, Agriculture, leaves this
weekend for a visit in her ma
tive South Carolina.
Miss Katherine Smith, in
charge of photographs. Agricul-
ture, has been on her farm near
Buffalo this week.
Miss Aurelia Debrowolski, In
ternal Revenue Bureau, is back
after a two-weeks' motor tour
through New York, New Eng
land and Canada.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
NEW DRUGCR|EF
To CARRY ON

DR.. Frederick J. Cullen, who
has just taken over his new duties
as Chief OF Drug Control, of the
Food and Drug Administration,
plans a strenuous fight to keep
medicines pure and properly Ia
beled. He will continue the policy
in this respect of DR.. j. j. Dur.
rett, resigned, with particular
reference to patent medicines
and advertised remedies.
Although few of his friends
know it DR.. Cullen had brilliant
record in the World War. He
Joined the Medical Corps in Dec
ember, 1915, and became a Ma
jor. He. was the Regimental sur
geon of the Tenth Field Artil-
lery, was severely wounded at
Chateau-Thierry, and cited for
distinguished bravery by brigade
and also division commanding
officers.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
WORKERS FACE
WAGE FIGHT

Four things we're outstanding
at the recent Seattle convention
of the National Federation Of
Federal Employees, according to
e. C. Hooper, treasurer of Local
No. 262, a delegate, who is pre-
pairing his report to submit to
the local.
They were:
The smOothness, efficiency and
harmony with which the cOnven-
tiOn'S business was transacted.
The clarity and uniformity Of
principles and policies and aims
of the various Federal emplOye
units scattered all over the ma
ton and representing varie d
classes of work.
The charm of the rugge d
Northwest territory for those ac-
custOmed to the lOwlands of this
section.
The certainty that the organ
iZed employees face a stiff fight
In Congress and with the per.
sOnnel agencies here to achieve
their reforms.
Congress will be the arena for
a hard fight to attain the i'm
provementS desired, he said. add
ing:
I'VE are facing a movement
to reduce wages, as well as pro.
posing to StandardiZe and raise
them. We must oppose those
who wish to cut the salaries"
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
HOOVER KNOWN
To SUPPORT
WORKERS
National Federation All Set
For Contest in Congress
to Bring About Increases

Developments during the week
indicate that the question Of re-
ducing wages Of Federal en-
ployes on one hand, as well as
the question of raising them from
their present average on the
other, will be warmly discussed
in the forthcoming session OF
Congress.
The reduction idea was brought
to a head in the proposal Of
Representative Will r. Wood
(R.), Indiana. that salaries of all
persons paid by the Federal Gov
ernment, including congressman,
over a minimum of $4,000, be
cut from 5 to 10 per cent.
Seek Higher Wages
The delegates to the Seattle
convention of the National Fed
Grafton Of Federal Employees have
returned with plans for a battle
In Congress over reclaSsificatiOn,
periodic salary increases, uni
form yradatiOn, and other fac
tors which would insure higher
wages.
One certainty stands out in
all the pre-CongreSs discussion;
namely, that neither President
Hoover, nor any high official
close to him, will openly favor
any reduction of Federal salaries.
The President has too often urged
upon industry that present sal
aries be maintained for any doubt
to exist on this point.
Besides few members of Con.
gress will be found who care to
risk the wratl. of their constit-
uency. or State residents or Fed
eral employees here, by advocating
q Federal wage reduction.
(. Limited to ZealOts
Hence, the fight for wage re-
dnction will probably be limited
to . few ZealOtS for national
economy" like Representative
Wood, while the campaign for
even higher salaries will be waged
by the full strength Of the or.
ganiZed Federal workers with the
announced maintenance policies
Of the Administration as support
of this program.
President Hoover has been rep
resented as shocked" at the
sweeping reductions being made
ire private industry an there is
nd indication that he is any more
favorable to a reduction for Fed
erhl employees than he has been.
Government workers this week
were not much alarmed over pros
poets for a wage slice, but it was
admitted that the Congressman
fayoring it may recruit more ad.
herents before the December ses-
sion, whether they decide to in
clude. their own salaries in the re-
duction or not.
At any rate, if the plan Is
pressed in earnest. Uncle Sans
employees will fight it to the
finish.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
Times staff Pbcto

is the most noteworthy here ex'
cept, possibly, the washington
shaft, in Colonel Grants opinion
He estimates that, because Of the
continued visitation of tourists
to the Lincoln shrine, the me
mortal has cost, thus far, only
about IS cents a visitor. This,
he points out, is cheap, and JUS
titles the cost of the cenotaph.
Colonel Grant reminded that
Washington's beautiful monu'
ments should be studied more by
the citizens; they are a stand
ing inspiration and have untold
cultural value-but only if they
are made use offs his conten'
ton.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
Chevy Chase Club
Names NeU Officers

New officers for the Chevy
Chase branch Of the Montgomery
Government Club have been an
nounced as follows: Curtis Walker,
chairman; Thomas w. Perry,
James w. Cummings, sr., Freder-
lex Stohlman, Marvin harrington
and Ralph Chase, vice chairmen;
John w. Smith, treasurer, and
Marc Phillips, secretary.
Committee chairmen appointed
by Mr.. Walker were: Paul Davis,
membership committee: E. ], Muir.
ply, public financing and budget;
Charles w. Pimper, education:
Walter Johnston. bylaws and con-
stitution. and Edward H. Jones,
public highways, streets and
bridges.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
Essay Prize Winner
Is Rhodes Scholar

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Sept.
26.-Professor of a signal scholas-
tic record, Dudley Lee Harley, of
this city, has departed for
England where he will become a
student at oxford University as
a Rhodes Scholar. He will enroll
in Merton College and expects to
be abroad three years, spending
alternately, six months in travel
and six months in study.
The young student has won a
long succession Of scholarships
in this county and has studied at
Lehigh and Harvard Universities.
Recently he was the winner of a
$4,000 prize essay contest. Fol
lowing his college career he plans
to teach.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
Alexandria Church
Asks Same Pastor

DR.. D. L. Snyder, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
South, of Alexandria, will be re.
tanned at that church, if j. E. w.
Timberman and j. Frank Myers,
delegates to the annual church
conference at Roanoke, next week,
have their way.
DR.. Snyder, who will finish the
second year of his term at that
church tomorrow, has reported a
successful church year, with an in
crease Of 100 members. DR.. Sny.
der will report to the conference
that nearly $4,000 was raised for
church purposes last year.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
La Plata to Produce
I6O8-I8I4 PAGEANT

The Charles county (Md.)
schools will produce a pageant
of the county's history from 1908
to 1914 at the fair, October 2 and
3, at La Plata, Md.
Eight episodes will be shown,
including Capt. John Smiths
journey up the "Powtowmack;;"
Washington having his carriage
repaired at Port Tobacco, and the
founding of Charlotte Hall.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
AirpOOL Pool Faced
By Action in VirgiNiu

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 26.
The State corporation commission
has ordered the Airport Swim.
ming Pool. Incorporated, of South
Washington, Va, to appear here
October to show cause why it
should not be fined for failure
to file with the commission
notice of it's organization and
financial plan. The corporation
was chartered in May last.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
COlOred Applicants
For u. s. Jobs Asked

The Civil Service Commission
announces competitive examina-
tions, ending October 13, for the
post of senior medical technician
in bacteriology at $4,000 for the
Veterans Administration Hospital,
Tuskegee, Ala, with colored ap,
plicants desired.
Applications for the post OF
associate industrial economist,
ending October 20, for Depart
ment of Labor service at $4,000,
are also announced.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
French Medal GiUen
Frederic A. GurUeS

Frederic A. Garges, q special
attorney in the Bureau Of Inter
nal Revenue, has just received a
Medaille Verdun, awarded by the
French government, to mark his
participation in the defense of
Verdun in 1918.
Mr.. GargeS, who lives at 3414
Quesada ST., Chevy Chase. rose
to a captaincy in the war, serving
part of the time as an observer
with the French and part time
with the American Coast Artillery.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
County Candidates
COnaDLicnte Ballot

In an effort to simplify the
ballot which contains the names
of 78 persons, Claude o. Thomas,
secretary of the Arlington county
Electrical Board, announced today
that the names of 81 candidates
will appear on the ballot in alpha
betical order.
Names of candidates for all
other offices at the election on
November 3, will appear on the
ballot as filed and certified to
by the county clerk.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
Taxi DriUer Killed
Truinq to Pass Bus

MARTINsBURG, W. Va, Sept
26.-An inquest into the death
yesterday of Randolph Wagner
40, of Lansing, N. c., killed near
Marlowe, when his taxi struck a
bus as he attempted to pass it,
was held unnecessary today.
The other occupants OF Wag
ner's car, three women, a man
and child, we're uninjured. He
had driven them to Washington,
boro, Pa, to visit friends and
they were returning to the south
when the accident occurred.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
Employees Union
To Elect Officers

Nominations of officers for
local 1862, Federal Employees
Union, will be made at the locaPS
meeting October IL. Election
will be in November.
Officers of this local are: Presi.
dent, j. o. Burnham; vice presi-
dents, Mrs. Sophie Weber, Mrs.
Kate Wade; Secretary-treasurer,
E. C. Hooper: corresponding sec
retary, r. o. Hundley.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
B|LLER PRAISES
AIMS Of j. 8.
WORKERS
Has Worked for 4 Decades in
Government; Retirement Is,
Still His Principal Interest

Increasing efficiency in Govern
ment departments will be largely
up to the employees themselves,
and that is both q duty and a
privilege, according to Ulrey J.
Biller, newly elected vice presi-
dent of the National Federation
of Federal Employees, in discus
sing today the tremendous prog
ress Government workers have
made in their own behalf and
that of the Government since
organizing over a decade ago.
Mr.. Biller, who on Sunday will
end ~ years in Government ser
vice, started in the Adjutant
Generals Office, and four years
later went to the Bureau Of Pen
sions where he has been ever
since.
Retirement Expert
He is the recognized authority
on legislation and retirement mat
ters for Government workers
everywhere, and his election as
vice president was in recogni-
ton of his work for his fellow
employees in these matters.
Mr.. BilIer has several strong
and interesting opinions on Fed
eral work and the army of men
and women who perform it.
He insists that organized Fed
eral employees are not seeking
favOrS but rights-nOt special privi-
legeS, but opposing them.
They are asking equalization,
consistency and fairness rather
than high salaries, he maintains.
They have clear-cut platform,
know exactly what they want, and
are going about things in a quiet
businesSlike manner without IA
naticism.
A Belated Effort
This veteran of four decades
with Uncle Sam declares loyalty
has kept the workers more intent
on improving office methods than
on their own conditions until re-
Gently, and that the present or
ganized campaign to equalize work
ing conditions and classifications
is just a belated effort which
most workers would have stressed
at the beginning.
Optional retirement, Mr.. Bill
ler'S hobby, is bound to come, he
contends, and he also has hopes
that. the Federal employees plans
for better annuity arrangements
will mature shortly.
Classifying the entire field SER
vice, so warmly advocated by the
employees, the Personnel ClasSifica.
ton Board and other agencies
here, will also be effected in the
very near future, he feels.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
Hyde's Order Frees
ReetLe-Aren Foods

Secretary Of Agriculture Hyde
today removed all restrictions on
the interstate movement Of farm
products in the area quarantined
against the Japanese beetle. The
order becomes effective Septem-
her %.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
LOCAL Dimes OCT. s

The collectors and officers of
local 262, Federal Employees
Union, will hold their annual
dinner October 6 at the Dodge,
Hotel. About so are expected
to attend.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26

Photos by International
WILLIAM J. GREENLER
THIS 14-YEAR-OLD boy is
the youngest student ever to be
enrolled at Boston College. He
completed his primary and
grammar school work in two
and-one- half years.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-11
SCIENTISTS ANTICIPATE COLLECT HAL|BUT EGGS
 IN SHEL|K0F STRAITS

Members of the International Fisheries Commission satff, head ed by Richard Van Cleve, who have been studying the drift and de- yelopment of halibut eggs and larvae in Alaskan waters during the summer, will leave Seward Saturday in their auxiliary schoon- CT Dorothy for the waters from Lower Shelikof traits to the Westward in quest of the last stage of halibut larvae, that stage of the metamorphosis of the fish before it becomes an adult.
 If they are successful in their search they will be the first to provide complete knowledge of the halibut's development. While berthed at the local wharf to overhaul her engine, the vessel has taken aboard a fine mesh beach seine, especially designed to catch the larvae in this stage.
 MT. Van Cleve said the Dorothy would return to Seattle August 3
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-11
HEAVY DEATH TOLL IN
 J. s. REPORTED FROM
 4TH JULY CASUALTIES

NEW YORK, July II. (P)-Heavy toll from casualties from fireworks accident, automobile accidents and drowning was reported through out the United States as result of the celebration of Independence Day.
 Rough estimates placed the num- Der of deaths at nearly 200 and thousands of others sustained in- juries. In New York alone 14 persons were killed and thous- and hurt principally in automobile accidents incidental to the rush to get out of the city over the holiday
 Nearly 100000 persons fled hot pavements and railroads as well as main highways were overbur- dened with traffic.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-11

F. s. Hunting of Springfield. o., executive of the General Electric Company, is southbound on the SS Yukon, returning from the Yu- kon River trip. He is accompanied by his son, who is a student in Stanford University, PalO Alto, Calf.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-11
SWALLOWED HIS LOOT

FARRELL, Pa, July 10 (INS)- Lawrence Simms, negro, robbed workman of s65 in paper money. When police appeared on the scene unexpectedly, Simms tried to swallow the money. An officer choked s10 from his mouth, but he swallowed the other S55
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-11

w. s. Ballinger, an executive of of the Chevrolet Motor Company of Flint, Mich, was a through pas- senger returning from the Yukon River trip. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ballinger
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-11

M. E. Bartram, prominent real estate dealer of Philadelphia, Pa., was a through passenger after an enjoyable trip on the Yukon River.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-11

SEWARD LEATHER WORKS Drop in and let us save your sole and heal your boot.
 Expert Shoe Repairs.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-11

The best ice cream yet! HOR- LUCK'S Danish Ice Cream Candy Cottage, sole Seward agent.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-11

Don't miss the "Ta1kies!"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-11

BASEBALL SCORES
 NATIONAL Cincinnati l, St. Louis 2. Brooklyn 3, Boston 4. Other games rained out.
 AMERICAN Philadelphia 8, New YorK D. fourteen innings. Only American games scheduled. Seattle 6, Missions 5. Portland II, Los Angeles 4. San Francisco 4, Sacramento 3' Hollywood 6, Oakland IA.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-11
TWENTY GRAND WINS AGAIN

NEW YORK, July TO- (P)-Mrs. Payne Whitney's horse Twenty Grand" ran his winnings to $175,- 575 by galloping away with the Dwyer stakes in the fourth and feature ace at Aqueduct. Of two other entries Blenheim finished second and Barometer third but neither was in Twenty Grand'S class.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-11

Don't miss the "1alkies!"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-07-11

T LIN B lN- TheLxcky Styike Dance Orches. erd, every Tues day. Tharsday and Saturday evening over N.R.C.netsuovks>
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19

breads may be omitted and a little
cooked veal substituted, or the nuts
and olives may be left out.
Chicken Chow.
Cook chicken until tender, adding
salt and one or two small dried pep
pers. When tender pick the meat from
the bones as for cream chicken. Pre-
pare noodles, using one egg, salt, a
tablespoonful of cream and flour to
roll as thin as paper. Cut and dry for
an hour or two. In baking pan put
layer of the noodles, then layer Of
chicken, layer Of sliced hard cooked
egg, add little broth and finish the
top with noodles; cover with buttered
crumbs. Bake for half an hour.
Ginger Ale and Pear Salad.
Boil the strip from can of pears,
add two and one-half tablespoonful
Of gelatin softened in one-fourth of a
cupful of water, add one-fourth cupful
of sugar. Cool and add one cupful of
ginger ale and the pears cut into small
pieces. Pour into mold and when
firm serve with whipped cream and
a tablespoonful of salad dressing.
This is nice for dessert.
(6. 1891 Western Newspaper Union.l
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19

I knew perfectly well that he had gone
to hide somewhere along the way ]
would have to get home.
81 kept trying and trying to think
Of some way to get here, for knew
how worried you would be, my dear.
but I couldn't think Of single plan
until Bowser the Hound came nosing
along this morning and found me there
in the bramble-tangle. Then all in q
flash 1t came to me how could get
home. hoped right out in front OF
Bowser and pretended that something
was the matter for me and ran, keep
ing just out Of his reach, and all the
time pretending that / couldn't run
any faster. Right on the edge Of the
Green Forest, hiding behind a pile Of
brush, was Old Man Coyote, just as
had suspected he would be. / wish
you could have seen him when went
past almost under his nose. You see,
he didn't dare jump out because Bow.
ser was right at my heels. When It
was safe to do SO showed Bowser
how l can run when want to, and
here am. I'd give another bunch OF
hair out of my tail to know what Old
Man Coyote said when I skipped past.
Ia, ha, ha There's nothing like a
little wit, my dear, to get you out of
trouble"
Little Mrs. Peter drew a long breath
and her eyes were shining with pride
and admiration. "My, how smart you
are, Peter!" she cried. "Still l do
wish that you would stay at home and
not take such dreadful risks" she
added.
20 by J. g. Lloyd. >-WNu Service.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19
How l Garry On
BY DOUGLAS MALLocH

IF am part of ali the past,
l If dead mems souls still live
in me,
II rocks are only rocks re-cast,
Each oak the acorn of some tree,
If I am part of what Is gone,
wonder how | carry on?
This boulder travelled from the north
Upon some glaciers icy blast,
That they who journeyed back and
forth
Along this road might pause and
rest.
And yet how many men in me
VIII find little charity?
This oak tree, when an oak tree fell,
Rose from it's roots and spread its
shade;
And, when the sun beat down as well,
How much of shadow have l made
To cool some other fellows brow
AS this old oak tree cools me now?
And, If some mortal loved the right,
And died, who had SO bravely
fought.
How we'll did take up the fight,
Or was his struggle all for naught?
took his gifts, but now he's gone,
I wonder how carry on?
TO- 1891. Douglas Malloch.,-wNu Service
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19
Jewish Surname.

The American Hebrew says that
Jewish surnames date only from 1912,
when Hardenburg, the Austrian, de
vised a specious and ingenious form
of tyranny by which to afflict the
Jews. Since they had never had sur.
names and had preferred to remain
without them In the thousands OF
years Of their existence, Hardenburg
saw new means whereby to inf1ict
discomfort upon the Jews. In this
wholesale naming the two most com.
mon sources Of names were the Bible
and the occupation Of the person.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-11-19
Cookbook
GOOD THINGS TO EAT

\ dainty food especially good for
\ an invalid and simple to pre-
pare is:
Chicken Custard.
Take three tablespoonfuls of finely
chopped and pounded chicken, one.
half cupful of bread crumbs, two well
beaten eggs, pinch of salt and one of
celery salt, cupful of milk. Mix
thoroughly, pour into well creased
custard cups and place in pan OF
water. Bake in moderate oven until
the custard Is set. Serve hot.
Turkey Stuffino.
Crumb good sized loaf Of bread,
chop two medium sized onions an, fry
until soft in one cupful of butter;
when tender but not brown, pour over
the bread crumbs, mix lightly, add one
cupful of finely cut celery, two hard
cooked eggs chopped, one cupful OF
broken walnut meats, pair OF
cooked sweetbreads, salt, pepper and
minced parsley. Mix WELL fill The tur.
key, adding a few nice elves at In.
tervals. Do not pack too tightly. II
palmer dressing Is desired sweet.