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The Washington times., 1932-09-13
GUILD MEETS TONIGHT

Plans for an anniversary recep-
ton october IT will be discussed
by the Holy Name Guild tonight
at 1927 Thirteenth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13

Two taxicab drivers were held
up and robbed last night.
George M. Curtis, of the 800
block of Fourth st. N. E., said q
colored man hired him at Fifth
and H Streets Northwest and told
him to drive to the District line
at Benning Road. There, he said,
another colored man entered the
machine and struck him over the
head with a blackjack. The two
took 1885 from his pocket and
escaped in a sedan.
Loyal A. Orndorff, Of the 200
block of Tenth st. N. E., said
three colored men robbed him Of
his taxicab and $14 at Second
and M Streets Southwest. He
said the men engaged him at
Third street and Indiana Avenue
Northwest.
Morris zhunik, of the 400 block
Of Twelfth st. N. w., reported
that thieves forced an entrance
to his store there last night and
stole cigars and cigarettes valued
at $47E.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
SUITS RECALL
BAKER CASE

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 13
Two suits aggregating $750,00O
filed by Herbert M. Campbell, of
Alexandria, against Colonel Calvin
H. Goddard, ballisticS expert of
Northwestern University, upon
whose testimony Campbell was in
dicted for the mysterious murder
of Mary Baker in Arlington county
in April. 1880, will be heard in the
United States district court, Octo.
ber 26.
Campbell was acquitted, and he
Is suing Goddard for $500,OO0 on
the alleged ground that Goddard
made a false, untrue and mali.
ciouS report to the authorities, con-
corning his supposed part in the
case and for $250,000 additional
because an interview Goddard is
said to have granted to a Wash
ington newspaper in September,
1880, was "SlanderouS."
The Washington times., 1932-09-13

Convention-Daughters Of Amer
ica, all day, Mayflower Hotel.
Initiation-Daughters Of Amer.
lea, 8 p. m, Mayflower Hotel.
Meeting - Classification COM
mittee of the Association of
Waterline Accounting Officers,
evening, Mayflower Hotel.
Carnival Benefit of st. An,
thongs Church. evening, Seventh
and Monroe SITS. N. E.
Dinner - Federal Bar Associa-
ton, $50 p. m. University Club.
Meeting Society for Philo-
sophical Inquiry, 4:45 p. m, in
the New National Museum, Room
43.
Tournament - Duplicate Con-
tract Bridge, $3.50 p. M, Carlton
Hotel.
Convention Nor t herr Nut
Growers Association. all day,
Washington Hotel.
Meeting-Takoma Park w. C.
T. u, 8 p. m, Piney Branch
Baptist Church, Takoma Park,
Md.
Meeting Cabin John Park
Home Economics Club, 1890 p. m,
Cabin John Park School.
Meeting - Bowie Parent-Teach-
erS Association, evening, Bowie,
Md.
Meeting-The Business Women's
Council, 8 p. m, Church of the
Covenant.
Meeting - Alexandria Rotary
Club, evening, George Mason
Hotel, Alexandria, Va.
Meeting-RosSlyn Precinct Civic
League, 8 p. m, woodrow Wilson
School, RoSSlyn, Va.
Meeting-Holy Name Gull, 8
D, M, 1927 Thirteenth st. N. w.
Card Party-Bell Club, 8 p. m,
st. James Catholic Church audi
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
BY RALPH T. O'NEIL
(Past National Commander Of the
= American IegiOn)

American LeglOn)
p PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 13
UN.SO.- Until today, politics
have been kept out of the Amer
ican Legion and its national con-
ventionS.
It was indeed unfortunate that
the Secretary Of War so far for
got himself as to inject politics
into a great controversy now be-
ing considered by the American
Legion.
His effort to absolve himself
of all blame for the frightful
conditions that accompanied the
expulsion of the bonus army
from Washington has carried the
legion into politics.
His only purpose apparently
was to place the blame elsewhere
for the firing Of veterans homes
and for the cruel driving of
women and children from the
only homes they possessed.
The bonus army, perhaps,
should not have gone to Wash.
1ngton. yet the veterans we're
there. Their aims may have
been in error, but they were
former soldiers, who wore the
uniform of our country IA years
ago. Yet, our Government used
not only the Secretary of War
and the Chief Of Staff, but cav
airy, tanks, machine guns, in
fantry and gas in order to drive
these broken veterans from the
Capital.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Shenandoah County
Fair Opens TOday

WOODSTOCK, Va, Sept. 13.
meet me at the Shenandoah
County Fair" is the slogan of
Homecoming Week, which opens
with the fair here today. Thou
sands of former Shenandoah
county citizens have indicated
their intention to return to greet
their friends of other days in
the old home county.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Battle Creek to Hear
AdUentist Head Talk

The Rev. Charles H. Watson,
OF Takoma Park, head of Seventh
Day AdVentiStS activities through
out the world, will be principal
speaker at the joint United States
and Canadian youth meeting at
Battle Greek, Mich, October 16
and IT. preceding the interna-
tional conference of the church,
1t was announced today.
Henry T. Elliott, secretary of
the general conference depart
ment at church headquarters in
Takoma Park, will be chairman
o. the conference.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
BANDITS ROB 2 TAXIMEN

DR.. Ralph M. Samuel said
thieves broke into his optical es-
tablishment in the 1000 block Of
Connecticut Ave. N. W. and stole
eyeglass frames valued at $50.
A thief robbed a baby'S bank
Of SIS in the home of Mrs. Nancy
Srygley, in the 300 block of Le-
gatioh st. N. W., yesterday. The
bank belonged to Polly, her 3-yeac.
old daughter.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
THRIFT BOOKS
ON SALE HERE

In an effort to stimulate busi-
ness and combat economic condi-
tions, 80 Washington merchants
have placed before the public a
National Thrift Book.
The book contains 375 coupons
having a total value of $500. Its
cost is $1.50.
Many of the city's leading mer-
chants are included in the group
and offer outstanding values upon
receipt of coupons. There are
beauty shops. gasoline filling sta
tions, drug stores. radio shops,
restaurants, haberdaSherieS, bak-
cries, laundries, swimming pools
and other establishments.
The books may be purchased
from T. r. Longcope. president
of the National Thrift Book Com
pany. National Press Building.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
WHATS DOING

torium, Thirty-seventh Street and
Rhode Island Avenue, Mt. Rain
Ter, Md.
Lawn Party, Dinner and Enter
tainment-The District Of Co
lumbia Women'S Christian Tenn
perance Union, afternoon and
evening, at Hamline M. E.
Church
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
LEGION GOADED
To POLITICS
. BY HURLEY

Secretary of War Patrick J..
Hurley has plunged the American
Legion into politics, according to
q prominent Democrat, t0ho SerOed
for q year as national commander.
The charge is based on Hurley's
defense of President HooUer'S
action in the bonus riots at the
national commanders annual ban
0uet.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
c. s. c. BECOMES
MARITAL COURT

Since publication Saturday aft
ernoon Of the Civil Service Com
MISSIONS announcement on the
marital status Of Federal EN-.
ployes, the commission has found
it must assume the function Of
determining why married couples
separate, whether they should be-
come reconciled, whether their
rift was serious or just a passing
quarrel, and other questions
usually submitted to a newspaper
"lovelorn" column.
The commission pointed out
that it would not sanction volun-
tary separation Of couples seek
ing to avoid the married.persons
ban. Today. Secretary E. Claude
Babcock, of the commission. has
been busy in a new judicial-pater-
nal-paStoral role, assuring anxious
working wives who insist they left
their Spouses for good reasons
(often detailed volubly to Bah
cock) that If they really plan
to keep separated, the commits
sion will consider that the truth.
However, very case of real or
faxed marital trouble brought to
the commission will be settled on
it's individual value, he said. A
separation within the past six
months will be considered prima
facie evidence of trying to evade
the law,
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT

The first regular session of the
newly reorganized Alexandria
City Council will be held tonight
at 1880 o'clock. The committee
appointed to investigate the audit
Of the city is expected to report.
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TELEPHONE NUMBER NINE
LEAGUE ACTIVITIES

Americans who r~ightfully oppose the membership OF
the United States in the League of Nations are apt to
think, unless they are in touch with the situation that
sentiment in countries across the Atlantic, which are
members of the League is unanimously In favor OF the
League. Such, however, is not the case. There is consid-
cradle sentiment in most of the countries which belong to
the League for withdrawal. This sentiment is especially
strong in Germany, Italy and Great Britain, and it will be
strong in France if at any time that nation should lose
the stranglehold which it now has on the policies of the
League.
Occasionally we hear of some of the international ac-
tivities of the League, and in this line the following, from
the London Patriot, a publication which does not favor
British adherence to the League, is worthy of reproduce
ton:
"On September l we published some interesting infor-
nation, culled from the official handbook of international
organizations, showing the amazing utilities, or worse, in
which the League of Nations plays a part. The political
correspondent of the Morning Post has carried these re-
searches further, and has discovered that, among other
organizations, under the direction of the League are: The
International Associations for the Development of Linear
Cities; The International Society of Retail Grocers; The
International Bookbinders' Union; The International
Bobsleighing and Tobogganing Federation.
ITO this list must be added religious or irreligious or
CARNATIONS of which the League is patron, such as: The
International Conference of Catholic Employers; The
Baptist World Alliance; The international League for
the Defense and Futherance of Professionalism; The Inter-
national Union of Proletarian Freethinkers.
1.-THE avowed object of the last-named organization is
to spread Freethought as based on Atheism and MARKHAM
Socialism, All these various and varied bodies are APP
parently required 'on request to give the Council or the
Assembly or the Il Leagues technical organization opinions
coming within their special competence The League
seems to have collected a m~enagerie containing any insti-
tuition which calls itself International Surely, as Sir
Fl. Campbell-Bannerman once said in another connection,
it is time to end this foolery.'"
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-12-28
INTERNATIONALISTs BUSY AGAIN

The bipartisan movement for the pressing of a League
Court resolution in the United States Senate during this
short session of Congress has received added impetus by
the addressing of a letter to Republican senators and an
other letter to Democratic senators, each signed by prom
inent advocates of American adherence to the Court and
urging the passage of the resolution at this session of the
Senate. Those senators opposed to American adherence,
or who demand clear-cut reservations preserving Ameri-
can independence Of action do not seem to be disturbed
by these activities. On the other hand many of them ex-
press the belief that if the resolution is pressed for action
and comes to a vote it will be defeated.
Be that as it may, there may be some significance in the
fact that the advocates Of the immediate entry of Uncle
Sam into the League Court say that it will help to stabl-
lie world conditions. One of the letters says in part:
Sin a world now endeavoring to emerge from economic
chaos there is peculiar need for the stabnizing influence
of rational settlement of international disputes. We are
well aware that many urgent matters will be brought be-
fore this short session of Congress, arising from the diff
cult situation both at home and abroad. We are clear,
however, that this question of completing the adherence
of the United States to the World Court has a direct rela-
ton to the present state Of world affairs. In clearly en-
dorsing the principle of judicial settlement of differences,
the United States will aid in clarifying the whole con-
fused atmosphere of International relations"
We have heard about this matter of Uncle Sans exert
ing a stabilizing influence before. If our adherence to
the World Court viii be an international stabilizing influ-
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WASHINGTON
SNAPSHOTS

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1t seems generally agreed that
the battle over beer at the moment
is a sham battle. Despite passage
by the house there is small ex-
pectation it will pass the senate.
The formation of a farm bloc
makes it probable the domestic al
lotment plan, which few under
stand, will be passed in a distend-
ed shape, and killed by the Hoover
veto. Possibly the Glass banking
bill may get by, but the budget
will not be balanced by the sales
tax nor the cut in veteran COM
%pensation, which is the one real
economy proposal made. In fact,
the clearer it becomes that very
little beyond the big appropria-
ton bills will get by this short
session, the greater the interest in
the special session sure to follow
the Roosevelt inaugural.
Mr.. Henry f. Long, Massachu-
sets state commissioner of cor
porations and taxation has just
told the delegates of the Massa-
chusetts Grange what people in
every state need to get into their
heads. He showed that revenue
from income, inheritance and cor
poration taxes has shrunk pitiably.
There is no hope that an increase
in tax rates would bring any sub
stantial return. The constitu-
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weeks ago heard with gloom the
Garner announcement that the
vice presidential pair, in keeping
with their "early to bed" custom,
would accept only official" invi-
tations. Many thought a social
Sahara lay ahead, so far as events
%centering about the vice presi-
dency were concerned. But today
Mrs. Garner let it be known that
she is putting to the Washington
social scene the question of what
elements in it really have official
significance and what forms of
social expression are REALLY
worth while"
An immediate move reviewing
the war debt agreements with
Great Britain and the other ma
tons which pay their installments
is reported to be under consider
alton by President Hoover. Some
of the most irreconcilable anti
cancellationists in Congress were
urging the President to appoint,
on his own responsibility, a BIZ
partisan commission to meet sep
arately with representatives of
foreign debtors in good standing
and consider their mutual prob
lens.
While it was not certain that
President Hoover would adopt this
particular plan, which has been
developed in sufficient detail to
call for three Democrats and three
Republicans, only two of whom
would be cabinet officials, it was
clear he was determined to begin
paving the way for averting an
other crisis on June 10 when the
next installments from these ma
tions become due.
When a century ago the United
States and France had difficulties
over payment of the French debt
in relation to the spoliation claims,
diplomatic relations were broken
off, but no such consequences are
looked for in the present impasse.
This controversy of 100 years ago
was referred to by Premier Her.
riot in his speech before the Cham
Der of Deputies in Paris urging
payment of the French war debt,
but it was a passing reference.
1t has long been settled Ameri-
can policy not to employ force in
the collection of debts, but when
the fiery Andrew Jackson was
president of the United States and
Louis Philippe was king of France,
American policy was not so well
settled. However, then, as now,
the United States congress and
the French chamber of deputies
had control of the purse strings of
government.
Congress has before it, as a re-
suit of the French and Belgian de-
cisions to default on their debt
payments, a resolution f~orbidding
Importation Of securities of de-
faulting governments and their
advertisement in United States
newspapers. The resolution, in
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j tional sources of revenue are al
ready taxed and overtaxed more
than they can long bear. Real es-
tate can't stand any more.
According to Mr.. Long:
Whether they like it or noe,
and regardless Of possible insist
ence that the cost of their depart
ments cannot be lowered, our pub
lie servants and department heads
must face the facts that these
costs must be lowered regardless,
or else the structure of govern
ment itself must be endangered"
These plain words speak plain
truth. The long debauch of ex-
travagance must end for govern
ments as it has ended for individ-
uals. The superfluities, Injuries,
follies in which local governments
have initiated or exceeded the ex-
ample set at Washington must be
cut out.
Suspense-ahd it is largely Or
the part of candidates and their
friends-over the Roosevelt cabi-
net selections will be measurably
relieved in another six weeks, ac-
cording to authoritative informa-
ton now available in Washington.
For the president-elect is dis
posed to prepare a tentative cabi-
net slate before he sails on his
proposed cruise in West Indian
waters early in February, and
those selections which can be TAX
en- out of the tentative category
and made definite will be either
formally or informally announced.
After eleven years of exclusion,
deserving Democrats are looking
forward eagerly to their reward of
merit; and unemployment must
have increased nightly the al
ways abnormal thirst for federal
posts. What Jefferson called the
numerous and noisy tribe" of of
flee hunters has already sounded
to Washington its terrible APP
proach. A Washington correspond
ent of The Baltimore Sun reports
that there is such a flood of appli-
cants in person that "some legis-
lators do not dare to go to their
offices by stealth" If they are
lucky, they slip in by side doors to
avoid the hungry crowd. From
distant states applications press in
by mail, fattening postal revenues
and multiplying the sorrows of
statesmen.
There seems scant hope Mr..
Roosevelt will respond differently
to this second request of Mr..
Hoover for cooperation in dealing
with the war-debt situation than
he did before. Some idea that he
might was derived from the fact
that this time he had conferred
with Owen D. Young, who knows
more of the realities than most
other men, instead of listening TO
Democratic politicians, who told
the problem was not his baby.
A statement that the national
government was now paying near
ly half of all it's annual revenues
to the veterans administration for
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benefits or other disbursements tC
or on behalf of war veterans and
their dependents and that the
peak in this financial outlay was
still in the future, was made by
William M. Bullitt, former solicit
tor general of the United States,
before the joint committee of con-
gress Investigating veterans leg
islation. Payments to Spanish
War veterans now exceed the total
cost of that war, while payments
to or on behalf of World War vet
Grams, Mr.. Bullitt said, had
reached the point where they were
about half the cost of the war.
The house of representatives has
voted to turn over to the Red
Cross what remains of the Farm
Boards cotton, estimated at $780,
900 bales. If this is done, there
will remain in the governments
hands, last relics of the celebrated
sterilization" stocks, only a COM
paratively small amount of wheat
and about 100000 bags of coffee
acquired a year ago by barter with
Brazil.
Senator Pat Harrison of Mis-
sissippi, who was expected to tear
the hide off France in the senate
yesterday, in his place and
announced that Certain circum-
stances had arisen which he
hoped would work to the mutual
advantage of France and the Unit
ed States and preserve the cordial
relationships between the two
countries, and that he had there
fore decided that it would be a
good idea to withhold any re-
marks touching on that very inn
portant question" This unprece-
dented decision by Senator Harri-
son to withhold remarks is per-
haps the first piece of publicly
proclaimed wisdom to emerge from
congress since the fireworks start
ed, and it is to be hoped that SIM
liar restraint will be possible
among Senator Harrison's COL
leagues.
Recommending a congressional
investigation of government sub
sides to air, water, rail and high
way transportation, the inter-
state commerce commission has
expressed the belief that the out
look was more encouraging than
a year ago for the future of the
railroads. The commissions rec
concentrations to congress, con-
tanned in its annual report, were
largely renewals of suggestions
made heretofore. The one excep-
ton was a recommendation FOR
legislation reducing the time and
expense involving receiverships of
railroads and facilitating volun-
cary financial reorganizations.
o
Breaking her long silence on the
subject, Mrs. John w. Garner
gave this society-loving capital
some holiday cheer by saying she
is giving serious study to her on
coming social role as vice presiden-
tial hostess. Washington several
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troduced by Representative Knu.-
son of Minnesota, met with the APP
prevail of many senators, who said
privately that such a resolution,
even if it should not become law,
would be carried out iE spirit by
the American people to show
their resentment toward the de-
faulters.
Testifying before the house
committee on departmental ex-
penditures. j. Clawson Roop, Iii
rector of the budget, said that it
"would be wiser" to have the
recommendations of President
Hoover for bureau consultations
placed before congress by the in
coming president rather than the
outgoing administration. Mem
bers of the committee questioned
Mr.. Roop closely on the savings
which would result if the presi-
dents proposed orders went into
effect. He said that while the adj
ministration believed that mater
ial savings would result, it had
been impossible to make any esti-
mate of the savings, and he re-
fused to 'guess" the amount.
Senate Democrats, supported BY
Senators Robert M. La Toilette
and John J. Blaine, insurgent Re-
publicans of Wisconsin, and also
by Senator Henrik ~Shipstead, Far
mer Labor, of Minnesota, closed
the door on the confirmation of
Republican appointees to office.
The senate then receded from its
position long enough to permit the
confirmation of Roy D. Chaplin of
Michigan, as secretary of COM
merce. Mr.. Chaplin relinquishes
his post on March a, when the Re-
publican administration retires
from office. BY a vote of forty
four to thirty-seven the senate de-
feated a motion by Senator Charles
L. McNary, assistant Republican
leader, to go into executive session
for the purpose of having nomina-
tons made by President Hoover
referred to committees.
The vacancy occurring when Adj
miral William V. Pratt retires on
March /, 1888, as chief of naval
operations, is causing some con-
Germ to naval officials and even
some administration leaders. This
is because the retirement will
come so close to the date of in
auguration of President : elect
Roosevelt and it is feared that if
the present administration nomi-
mates n of four officers who
rank highest for the vacancy the
senate might hold up the nomina-
ton. 1t was learned that Secre-
tary Adams has not decided
whether to fill the vacancy when
it cur or to leave the position
open until Mr.. Roosevelt assumes
office. Whether Mr.. Adams has
discussed the case with President
Hoover is not known.
.
No decision has been made as to
what form of memorial will be
erected to President Roosevelt,
but it will undoubtedly be in keep
ing with the native beauty of the
isle. When the nation is in III
nancial straits, as at present, it il
difficult to give attention to ma
tional shrines. But in due course
a magnificent tribute to Theodore
Roosevelt will take form.