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Evening star., 1932-12-02
MUST BORROW $144, 500, 900.
City May Be Unable to Meet December
Obligations, Berry Says.

NEW YORK, December 2 (P.-Con-
troller Charles w. Berry today issued
a statement in which he said that his
figures show that unless $151 900, 900 in
revenue bills due between December S
and December 13 can be renewed or
extended the city cannot meet all its
obligations
His statement listed the present cash
balance of the city as S100,500.000 and
estimated receipts for December as
$25, 500 900, total of $4,000, 600. The
city must pay in December, he said,
$270,600,000, including salaries, making
the amount needed by borrowing to
meet December payments $144, 900.
Berry said that of the cash on hand,
S52,000,000 lies in the sinking fund for
redemption of four-year subway bonds,
which mature December is. The re-
mainder, he said, plus cash receivable in
the next 10 days, less estimated ex-
penditures to December 10 on con-
tracts, weekly pay rolls. unemployment
relief and interest falling due, will be
$50, 900 900.
IF the $5O,000,O00 be applied to pay
ment Of the maturing revenue bills"
Berry said, mo money will be in hand
for the pay rolls of December Is
Moreover, past due revenue bills will
represent temporary debt aggregating
$1O1 600 600"
Evening star., 1932-12-02
Labor Leaders From Every State to
Attend A. +. L. Session.

The decision of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor today to hold its next
convention in this city will bring to the
Capital approximately 1000 delegates
from every State in the Union for a
fortnight's sojourn, said Curtis Hodges,
director of the Greater National Capital
Committee of the Washington Board Of
Trade, which organization was re-
sponsible for labor's decision.
A. Gunpert of the convention staff
of the local organization was in Gin
cinnati during the present convention
and aided in extending the invitation
for the 1888 conclave to meet here.
Mr.. Hodges said a feature CT next
October's session would be the unveil-
ing of the monument of Samuel Com
pers.
Robert Aitken, New York sculptor, is
now at work on the monument. 1t
will be unveiled by federation officials
on the Eleventh street side of the tri-
angle on Massachusetts, avenue.
Evening star., 1932-12-02
BUILDING TRADES OPPOSE
new SCHOOL CONTRACT

The Building Trades Employers Asso-
citation has protested the award of the
contract for construction of an eight
room addition to the Bancroft School
on the ground that the bid for the work
exceeded BY several thousand dollars
the sum appropriated for erection of the
building.
The District Commissioners awarded
the contract to the Mas Construction
Co. of Baltimore on Wednesday, who
agreed to construct the building, at
Eighteenth and Euclid streets, for
$4,000.
In making the award 1t was neces-
sary to allot $4,000 of the unobligated
balance of an appropriation for the
Keene School.
Evening star., 1932-12-02
BREWERS PRONOUNCE
SITUATION "GOOD"
Beer Industry Could Be Thrown
Into High Gear in
Few Months.
BY the Associated Press.

Dy bDC AcSUIldtS0 EACocs
Trustees of the United States Brewers
Association have looked over "the situa-
ton of the industry" and pronounced
1t good.
In session here to prepare a report
at the request of the House Ways and
Means Committee, the trustees will
make recommendation on alcoholic
contents of beer If 1t should be legalized
and indications are they will suggest a
beverage containing 3.2 per cent.
A general survey convinced the
brewers they could throw their industry
into high gear production in matter
of months.
So many details were found necessary
in considering the status of the trade
that it was decided to confine the forth
coming report mainly to beer. and omit
such studies as coal consumption, power
demands, freight haulage and others.
Evening star., 1932-12-02
GREEN REELECTED
A. F. |. PRESIDENT
Cheered in Answering Criti.
cism of Threat to Use
Economic Force.

Washington has been selected as
the site of the 1888 convention Of
the American Federation Of Labor.
the Greater National Capital Com
mittee was advised today In tele-
gram from Cincinnati. Clyde M.
Mills, president Of the Washington
local of the International Typo
graphical Union, presented the Cap
itals invitation. The convention
decision was Influenced by plans to
dedicate a memorial to Samuel
Gompers here.
BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, December a
William Green today unanimously was
chosen president of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor for the ninth consecu-
tive year.
Mr.. Green in his acknowledging
speech again reiterated his intention tc
use vigorous methods to gain accept
ance of the federations program Of
unemployment insurance and the 80
hour week.
I'VE must translate the militant spirit
Of this convention into action" he said
I'VE will plead for cooperation, but
where we cannot get it we will use every
legitimate power at our command"
Green took Office in 1924 after the
death of Samuel Gompers.
Other officers reelected were:
Frank Morrison, Washington. secre-
tary; Martin F. Rryan, Kansas City
treasurer; Frank Duffy, Indianapolis,
first vice president; T. A. Rickert, Chi
cago, second vice president: Matthew
Woll, Washington, third vice president;
James Wilson, Cincinnati, fourth vice
president; John Corf1eld, Washington,
fifth vice president Arthur o. Whar-
ton, Washington, sixth vice president;
Joseph N. Weber, New York, seventh
vice president; G.. M. Bugniazet. Wash
ington, eighth vice president.
I'VE will draw up the line OF battle
and carry the struggle to the doors
Jobs" Green shouted yesterday, and the
delegates burst into q wild demonstra-
ton of assent.
Green was answering what he termed
criticism Tin the New York Times) OF
his threatened use of economic force
strikes and boycotts-should other
methods fail to establish unemploy-
ment insurance and the 30-hour week.
Labor, Green declared, has pleaded
to no avail with industry and Gov
ernment for aid TO the jobless. Now, y
he demanded, what do they expect
us to do Sit still?"
The convention defeated a proposal
to enlarge the Federations Executive
Council by increasing the vice presi-
dents from to 25. The suggestion
was made by John l.. Lewis, president
of the United Mine Workers.
1000 DELEGATES EXPECTED.
Evening star., 1932-12-02
FARLEY TO BE HON0RED

MONTGOMERY, Ala. December 2
R.-Alabama Democracy will gather
at the banquet board here tonight to
honor James A. Farley, chairman Of the
Democratic National Committee.
Mr.. Farley was to motor here during
the day from Warm Springs, Ga, where
he has been visiting President-elect
Roosevelt. and will be the guest of Judge
Leon McCord, Democratic national
committeeman for Alabama.
Evening star., 1932-12-02
DEATH PENALTY ENDED

MADRID, December 2 (P.-Spain's
new penal code, eradicating the death
penalty and greatly increasing SEN
tences for usury. went into effect yes
terday.
The code establishes imprisonment
from 20 years and one day to 80
years" in place of the death penalty,
and stipulate, sentences of l TO 10
years, with large fines, for usury
Evening star., 1932-12-02

Economy Committee from the Federal
Power Commission, Tariff Commission,
Shipping Board, Smithsonian Institu-
ton and the State Department Division
of Foreign Service Administration
These agencies told the committee Of
the steps they have taken to stay within
appropriations and to comply with the
provisions of the economy law. They
also outlined. In most cases, how par
ticular phases of the economy program
have affected their respective fields of
work
Evening star., 1932-12-02
ESTATE WORTH $488,497
Executors Place Value on Property
of Mrs. Martina Carr.

Mrs. Martina Carr, who, died No
vember 2, left an estate valued at
s488,497, according to a petition of her
executors, DR.. w. l.. Robins and the
National Metropolitan Bank, for the
probate Of her will. She owned real
personal property valued at sl86, 100.
The terms Of the will were published
several days ago. The principal bene-
Lambert White and Mrs. Mildred Lam
bert Cannon, and a nephew, Wilton j.
Lambert. Attorney r. P Hollings-
worth appears for the executors.
Evening star., 1932-12-02
MECHANISM OF REPEAL
SUBJECT AT LAW SCHOOL

Judge Finis J. Garrett Of the United
States Court of Patent and Customs
Appeals will lecture at the Catholic
University Law School tomorrow morn
ing on the mechanism Of repeal of a
constitutional amendment.
Because of the popular interest In
the subject, Dean John McDill Fox Of
the school has opened the lecture to the
public.
Judge Garrett formerly was Rep
xesentative from Tennessee and was
minority leader Of the House for la
pearA
Evening star., 1932-12-02
GRAPE MEN COMING HERE.

SAN FRANCISCO, December 2 Lp.-
Three representatives Of the Grape
Growers League of California left here
last night for Washington, D. c., to urge
legalization Of light wines by the De-
cember session Of Congress, 1t was an
nounced by Sophus Federspel. president
of the league.
The representatives are E. M. Shee-
han, president Of the California Grape
Growers Exchange; Edmund A. Rossi,
vice president Of the league, and w. l..
ST. Amant, vice president and general
Napa County. -.
Evening star., 1932-12-02
Exchange Club to Banquet.

COLLEGE PARK, Md, December 2
(SpeciaD THE Exchange Club of
Prince Georges County Of which B.
w. Anspon Is president viii hold q
banquet and entertainment at the Lord
Calvert Inn, here next Tuesday even
ing for members and their friends.
Robert w. Mccullough heads the COM
ulittee on arrangements.
Evening star., 1932-12-02
Trotsky Starts Back Home.

COPENHAGEN, December (P.-
Leon Trotsky, the exiled Russian Boil
shevik who came here to lecture on
the Russian revolution. left today on
the way back to his exile home on the
Island Of Prinkipo in Turkey.
Evening star., 1932-12-02

Mckee, who has been urging the neces-
Sity of pay cuts for some time, was told
yesterday by the emergency work relief
and administration that unless funds
are made available at once all city re-
lief work in New York City must halt
in 10 days.
MUST BORROW s144, 600. 900.
Evening star., 1932-12-02
WAY PAVED TO CUT
PAY IN NEW YORK
IN ALBANY PARLEY

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CULBERTS0N SPONSORS
NEW BID TO GAIN GRAND
SLAMS HIGH SCORES

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More than "a per cent Of the build
ings earned less than 5 per cent in
terest on the assessed value; more
than 80 per cent earned less than 3
per cent"
Sixty-six and f1ve-tenths per cent Of
the total rents collected in 1881 went
for operating cost, the Senators were
told. Though operating costs were re-
duced in 1882. rents were cut so much
the operating cost was 66.7 per cent of
the total collections, the board con-
tended.
Another section of the realtor survey
stated:
Between January and october l
(thiS year, rent schedules have been
reduced Sc per cent. 1t Is true this Is
less than the Government pay cut OF
83 per cent, but rents were reduced at
least AS per cent prior to the Govern
ment pay cut Indeed, rents were de-
clining a long time before other COM
modities began to fall in price. Rents
started to come down In Washington
In June, 1928. and have been dropping
continuously since that date"
The board turned to figures issued In
June by the United States Bureau of
Labor Statistics to support the conten-
ton that rents here are not as much
above the 1914 level as other items and
that rents did not increase to the ex-
tent that other commodities did since
pre-war days.
The realtors quoted the June, 1882.
Government figures to show that. while
the average cost Of all items of living
u the District was 29.5 per cent greater
Evening star., 1932-12-02

StINICe.
%. Mandatory retirement without ex-
ception for those employees, the filling of
whose positions does not require Senate
confirmation, on reaching the retire.
ment age prescribed for automatic sepa-
ration from the service.
In effect these recommendation will
retain the compulsory retirement for
age for all employees not subject to Sem
ate confirmation, for whom there would
be no compulsory retirement, and will
permit voluntary retirement after 80
years service. These recommendations
do not provide for any exceptions to the
compulsory retirement by act of the
President or the commission or by any
other agency.
The majority of the commission
recommends that no person receiving
retired pay because of service, either
In the military establishments or in
the civil establishments, be eligible to
appointment in the civil establishment
while receiving such retired pay. The
majority of the commission believes that
no person should receive retirement
from one position and be actively en-
ployed by the Government in another >
Regarding the much discussed mar
ried persons clause in the existing law
the commission had this to say:
"The commission is unalterably OPP
posed to the theory that marital status
should be a factor in Federal employ
ment. There are cases which have
arisen in which it has become ap-
parent that the marital union has beer
broken in order for the marital partners
to remain in the public service. The
provision placing marital status as one
of the qualifications for public service
is regarded as being bad public policy"
Sick Leave Recommendation.
Section ais of the economy law made
permanent reduction in annual leave
from 80 to is days, but another Sec
ton of the act suspended all leave with
pay for the current fiscal year. The
law made no change In sick leave. ex.
cept a proviso in section 2l5 directing
that sick leave be administered under
regulations that would bring about uni.
formity of practice throughout the serv.
Evening star., 1932-12-11

manner, whose name had been linked with
some scandals"
Wives of Mr.. Eaton's colleagues IN the cabi-
net refused to recognize Mrs Eaton socially.
Threatening trouble soon broke into the open
and real administrative problem put IN its
appearance President Jackson took sides with
the Eatons.
little later the cabinet broke up and the
Secretary of War topped the incident by send
ing a challenge to the Secretary of the Treas
ury.
A brighter but more complicated story comes
numbering through official records from the
distant year Of 1905 to tell how Robert Smith
served as Secretary Of the Navy during four
years without having been formally appointed
TO that post and in complete absence OF any
confirmation by the Senate
MFR. Smith had been nominated and con-
firmed as Attorney General gentleman by
the name Of Crovninshield had been appointed
and approved to occupy the position of Secre-
tary Of the Navy. but MIR. Crowninshield did
Evening star., 1932-12-11

the Jeffersonian threshold. the first cabinet
meeting went quietly to its place in history.
In 1892. the next year, washington began
quite frequently to meet with the thee Secre-
taries mentioned in his precedent-setting letter.
At least 46 sessions of the nlodestly proper
toned cabinet were held IN 1893. And so the
practice grew.
CABINET annals reveal many evidences of
~ the ability Of intimate contacts in the
council chamber to produce semi-violent re
suits. Strangest, and least likely ever to be
duplicated, is the story of the epidemic of
ruction which beset the cabinets precincts 100
years ago.
John Henry Eaton, having risen to member
ship in the Senate after gaining distinction as
a lawyer, was appointed to place in Jacksons
cabinet as Secretary of War. A few months
before he took this position he had married
a lady whose first husband had committed sui
eide and whos IN the words of one observer,
was "a woman Of great beauty and vivacity Of
Evening star., 1932-12-11

n new cabinet Is to be formed, are
stridng through the land in this
post-election season. Their current
a vivacities show the time has come
to add one more chapter to The
story of councils from which Presidents nave
drawn advice during IA decades
The narrative of these councils. rich in
strange and narrowly known facts. reveals
the cabinet as an establishment which is thc
product of an afterthought and has been the
toy of long succession Of customs 1t IS
chronicle, also, of unique precedents beyond
which the future probably never will reach
The long and advancing series of cabinet
sessions, in which more than 300 men have
participated, opened casually and without au-
thority of the Constitution. travellers mid
journey idea now is seen to have been re-
sponsible for Inauguration Of the existing sys-
TEN under which few men meet regularly
at the White House to deal with vital policies.
George Washington left Philadelphia for
tour of the South after Congress ad ourned
in March, 1891 The first President was rest
ing en- route at Mount Vernon when par
Hcular consideration Of affairs at the National
Capital overlook him The following letter,
addressed to heads of the Federal departments,
was the result:
'I have to express my wish, If any serious
and important cases (of which the probability
Is but too strong) should arise during my ab-
sence, that the Secretaries for the Departments
OF State Treasury and War may hold con-
sultations thereon, to determine whether they
are of such a nature as to demand my per-
sonal attention at the seat of government.
"Presumng that the Vice President will have
left the seat of government for Boston, I
have not requested his opinion to be taken
ON the supposed emergency; should it be other
WIS.,. I wish him also to be consulted"
The three officials, acting upon the sugges-
ton, met, records indicate, at the home of
Thomas Jefferson, then Secretary Of State.
They dined talked, and reached the conclusion
that emergency existed. When, in the
early evening the Secretary of the Treasury
and the Secretary of War bespoke fareweils over
Evening star., 1932-12-11

not want to be Secretary Of the Navy. 50 Mr.
Smith, who previously had held the place Mr.;
Crowninshieid did not want set himself IN
formally about the task Of heading the Nays
activities, all in an informal manner. In the
meanwhile, Robert Breckinridge was nominated
the post
The net result was that official positions
were well scrambled, but each department., in
one way or another managed to have its ad-
ministrative affairs attended TO during the
four-year period, and everything was fairly
smooth by the time a new administration came
over the horizon.
If ever cabinet members should want to
hold session without having the President in
the room to hear their discussions, they may
easily get pointers by scanning records which
set forth events of November, 1926. In that
time President Adams advisors calmly told
him they wanted to talk among themselves.
This they desired, so the President was told
that the discussion might be more free than
would be respectful in the presence of the
Chief Executive" President Adams told them
he saw no material objection to this and so
he stayed outside the door
Revenge of an unpremeditated sort put In its
appearance within few months however
A meeting of the cabinet at the White
House was scheduled for O'Clock on the after
noon Of certain Saturday. President Adams
learned that an exhibition Of the deaf and
dumb pupils of school in the National Cap
ital' was to be held in the chamber of the
House of Representatives at the Capitol. This
attracted the Presidents interest, and he de-
cided to See the demonstration of the pupils
cleverress Departing from the White House
to walk to the Capitol he left word that the
cabinet members should wait for his return.
The President stayed at the Capitol until late
In the afternoon. When he finally returned
f~ fh0 AYx.
somewhat irked by long and fruitless wait,
had departed. One Of them, however, returned
after supper, 50 there was some little official
discussion that day after aH
If a Pre3idcns-elect in our era were to with
hold announcement of his cabinet selections
until they were confirmed by the Senate, the
discomnaotion would be great, and the protests
would be loud. But there have been men who
were targets of criticism as they entered the
White House because they made public their
potential cabinet lists before the Senate had
chance to act
Criticism of this type mounted particularly
high in 1929, when the list of Jaekson's noni-
nees was printed in a Washington newspaper
ON February 26, few days before the inaugu-
ration "Diseourtesy to the Senate chanted
those who attacked practice which now Is
common and accepted as necessary
In at least one instance cabinet-and a
President, as well-feIt the required amount of
guidance in time of national tension could
not be developed within the councils circle
An appeal for help was sent to the whole list
of Federal judges. Questions, % in number
and ponderous in content, were submitted to
the judges in connection with legal problems
rising out Of treaties concluded with France
late in the eighteenth century. The judges
did not answer the questions.
VzrA
Continued ON Ei0tth P0Ne
Evening star., 1932-12-11

Sessions, Held Without
Auth ority of the Con-
stitution, Were Begun
by H a pPen tance.
Strange Set of Prece-
dents Extends Through
Fourteen Decades.
More Than Three Hun
dred Appoin TIM ents
Issued Since Washing
tons Administration. A
Evening star., 1932-12-11
BY IRA L. SMITH.

OlTJECTURES, active whenever a
new cabinet is to be formed, are
striding through the land in this
election season. Their current
vivacities show the time has come
to add one more chapter to The
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-18
FIGHTS co MB|NE|
 WITH FROL|CS IN c!4|!p'1T0L'S ]! !! P SHOW
Roar of Dragon with Dix and Our Gang Com
 edy on Good Bill

Roar of the Dragon" romantic drama of turbulent Manchuria, with Richard Dix and Gwili Andre in the leading roles, and "Spanky," burlesque comedy played by Our Gang" headline the new Sunday program at the Capitol Theatre.
 In, Roar of the Dragon" the plight of Russia's aristocratic wom- en who were flung alone and url- protected in all corners of the world following the Red revolution is spectacularly portrayed by Miss Andre.
 She plays dramatic role sim liar to that in which hundreds of these wealthy, cultured patricians found themselves in Shanghai, Harbin and other Oriental cities.
 Wealth Was Confiscated
 Their lnenfolk were dead, they were caught in the fatal revolu- tion against aristocrats, their money and property had been confiscated, and they were forced to save their lives in flight.
 Some of them escaped through Siberia to settle in Chinese frontier cities where their social decline was cruelty rapid.
 Some Had Jewelry
 Although a few of these patric- ians left their country with enough jewelry to sustain them, the ma jority were destitute and forced to make a living, and not always with happy results.
 Thrilling scenes of bandit fight ing abound in this vigorous story of modern Manchuria. Dix is cast as the hard-boiled captain of a river steamboat.
 Edward Everett Horton, zaSu Pitts, Airline Judge and Dudley Digges are in the supporting cast
 Wesley Ruggles directed. "Spanky" is an uproarious bur- lesque on Uncle Toms Cabin"
 a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-12-18
VEAL I'll LOSES IN ITS BATTLE
 AGAINST LOVE
Rich Man s Folly Heads Sunday Program i.
 at Coliseum

"Rich Mans Folly" starrin g George Bancroft, features the new program for Sunday at the Coli cum Theatre. .0
 Bancroft's passion for explosive action, sizzling dialogue and rough neck disregard for love until he is up to his neck in one of it's devious pitfalls are portrayed in his virile role. a M a,l-
 The theme of the play was sug- gested by Charles Dickens novel "Dombey and Son" giaq Ns
 Briefly, the narrative may be summed up as a bold and intimate analysis of cause and effect in the life of an industrial despot whose passion for power brings unhappi- ness to feminine sensibilities.
 Iron Fisted, Iron Hearted
 building and the grooming of son to succeed him. are the prime pursuits in life for the iron- listed and iron hearted "Trunlbull,' until a death in the family, . scheming adventures, courageous competitor and patient daughter conspire to topple the callous old Colossus to sublime state of cir cumspect happiness.
 Directed by Cromwell
 John Cromwell directed. The supporting cast includes Frances Dee as Anne" Robert Ames as Warren" Juliette Compton as Paula" little David Durand as the ideslistic younger "Trumbull,D and Gilbert Emery as "Kincaid." 1T
 George McFarane, Dorothy Pet erson, Harry Allen, Guy Oliver Dawn ODay and William Arnold also have name roles