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Evening star., 1933-02-17
RF.C. LOAN POWER FORD.
IS NDORSED BY LITTLEPAGE
Washington C. of C. Head
Sees Danger of Great
Privation Here. =
Gives District Means of
Emergency Relief, He
Points Out.

Thomas P. Littlepage, prominent To-
cal attorney and president of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce, to-
day urged enactment of pending legis-
lation which would authorize the Dis
trict to borrow funds from the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation to meet
emergency relief needs when public
and private finances are lacking.
I'VE are compelled at this time to
take necessary steps to avert starva-
ton and suffering among our people" !"
Mr.. Littlepage declared, in advocating
enactment of the bill, which now is
pending in House and Senate. ITO
ask the Community Chest or any other
relief agency to shoulder alone the burden
of unprecedented emergencies such as
those which face us now and are likely
to continue for some months to come,
is out of the question"
THE Chamber of Commerce has
deeply interested itself in the problem
gency unemployment relief is a prob
lem over and above the customary pub
lie relief work Of the properly organ
lied social agencies. Already our Com
munity Chest is bearing, it is said, a
larger percentage of the relief load
than any other city of comparable size
in the United States.
Demands Increasing.
"Unless Congress appropriates direct
ly sufficient funds to take care of
emergency relief, the Nation will be
shocked and shamed to learn that un-
told starving and privation faces the
people Of its National Capital The
Community Chest will not be able to
meet the needs of 1888. 1t is function
ing on budget far below that of 1882,
and demands on its resources are
greatly in excess of last years total
II am confident that Congress will do
its full duty to the people of the Dis
trict by appropriating sufficient funds
for emergency relief. But there is the
additional protection that should be
given by permitting the District to bor-
row, in case of need, from the r. F. c.
Under Washington's unique system
of government the hands of the city
heads are tied. They cannot borrow
Evening star., 1933-02-17
TWO STUDENTS TACKLE
ARCHITECTURE PROBLEM
Catholic University Graduates Lock
Themselves in for "A Hours
in Prize Competition.

TWO architecture students were look
ed in their rooms at Catholic Uni
versity today and will remain for "a
hours at work on a problem handed
them In sealed form as the second
preliminary to the Paris prize compe-
tition.
The coveted prize carries a two and
a half year scholarship in architecture
at European Universities.
The students competing here are
Robert A. Weppner, jr, of Cleveland,
Ohio, and Paul A. Goettleman of
Washington, both graduates of the
University in the class of '29, taking
post graduate work in architecture.
They are among 35 students taking the
test throughout the country.
The final elimination gives the win
ners OF the second preliminary from
Easter until June to work out a special
problem using all available facilities
and references to aid in the task. The
final decision will be made by the Prize
Committee Of the Beaux Arts Insti-
tute.
Evening star., 1933-02-17

in the name of the municipality with
out congressional authorization, and
they cannot draw upon the tax reve-
nues of the District without the per-
mission of that legislative body.
Loan a Last Resort.
This bill now pending before both
Houses of Congress would not, of
course, obligate the District of Column
bia to any program of borrowing. What
the bill does do is to give to the citi-
zens of the District the fat guarantee
that should both private and public
funds prove inadequate to meet an
emergency in relief work the District
would have the privilege of applying to
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton and borrowing enough money to
tide them over the emergency until our
legislators can take the necessary steps
that would make our own revenues
available.
IT am not sure that I would concur
in a fiat proposal that the District bor-
row money to furnish relief. Such a
proposal would have to be examined
On its merits and the various consid-
erations taken under careful study.
But am absolutely sure that the Dis
trict should at least have the privilege
of borrowing should an occasion arise
when 1t is only by borrowing that great
suffering, distress and even actual
starvation can be prevented. That is
why favor the passage of this bill and
sincerely hope that Congress will give
it immediate and favorable considera-
ton. In making this statement feel
that express the views Of the WASH
ington Chamber of Commerce in the
matter"
Evening star., 1933-02-17
POLICE PREPARED
FOR RED MEETING
Supt. Brown Says No AppIi-
cation Has Been Made for
Permit to Hold Rally.

The Police Department is fully pre-
pared for any situation that may de-
velop in connection with the threatened
Communist demonstration at the Dis
trict Building tomorrow, Maj. Ernest
w. Brown, superintendent of police,
said today.
THUS far" the police chief said,
I'VE have received no application for
permit to stage such demonstration.
Consequently, we have made no par
tlcular plans, but we are ready for any
emergency"
Indicating it was doubtful whether
an application for a permit would be
granted, Maj. Brown pointed out that,
under the District regulations, no pa
radeS or speeches are permissible in
the absence of a permit.
Will Support Brown.
AS for the District Commissioners,
their attitude, as expressed this morn
ing by Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby,
was that anything Maj. Brown de-
cides to do will have our support"
The proposed demonstration, planned
as a prelude to a larger mass meeting
on March 4, Is sponsored, according to
announcements, by the Unemployed
Councils, in cooperation with the
Young Communist League.
The announcements, issued yesterday,
dfied the police to prevent the gather
ing, intimating that plans were being
made for forcible resistance to police
interference"
More than 10000 workers" will par
ticipate in the demonstration, the an
ncuncements stated, and the gathering
Will be addressed by Earl Browder,
Communist candidate for Senator from
New York in the last election, and
James w. Ford, colored, who ran for
the vice presidency.
Five-Point Relief Plan.
The object of the meeting, it was
said, is to demand a f1ve-point relief
plan. The plan. according to the an
nouncements, call for: Q Direct re-
lief of $40 and 81 for each dependent
per week; CD no evictions of unem-
ployed for year; 90 free lunches for
all school children whose parents are
iobless; (4) no discrimination" against
the colored race, and (5) ST week to
every unemployed single person.
Plans for the demonstration are be-
ing investigated by the crime preven-
tion division of the Police Department,
under Lieut.. Horace w. Iineburg 1t is
expected a large detail of policemen
and detectives will be stationed at the
District Building whether a permit Is
granted or not, although nothing Of
ficial along this line was forthcoming
from either the District Building or
police headquarters.
Evening star., 1933-02-17
ARLINGTON RITES
SET FOR SUICIDE
Claude W. Hamilton, Navy
Warrant Officer, to Be
Buried Monday Morning.

Claude w. Hamilton, 38-year- old
Navy warrant officer, who shot himself
to death while parked on the Speedway
yesterday, will be buried with military
honors Monday morning in Arlington
National Cemetery. The interment will
follow services at 10 o'clock in the S.
H. Hine Co. chapel 2901 Fourteenth
street.
Hamilton, who lived at 4725 Fourth
street, shot himself in the head with a
.25-caliber automatic after writing five
suicide notes-three to his wife, Mrs.
Christine Hamilton, one to the police
and the other to the press.
The messages to his wife were not
made public, but the one to the police,
according to Acting Coroner A. Magru-
der Macdonald, requested that his BODY
be turned over to an undertaken with
out delay. The note to the press. DR..
Macdonald said, consisted of only one
sentence:
just good-by to my wife, and finan-
c1al conditions are the reasons"
Hamilton was found sitting in his
automobile, parked about a mile east
OF Railroad Bridge, by other motorists,
VINO summoned the fire rescue SQUAD
He died while being rushed to Emer-
gency Hospital
According to Detective sergt. John
Wise, who investigated the case, Ham
1lton left home about noon Wednesday.
after telling his wife he was going to
Annapolis, where he was stationed in
the Office of the Navy paymaster.
Instead Of going to Annapolis, how
ever. Hamilton spent the night at a
MOTEL, where he wrote the notes, wise
Hamilton, who had been married
ABOUT II years, was a member of the
Manor Country Club, the American I,e-
glon, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and
Atlantic Lodge, No. 2, Masons, He had
no children.
A certificate Of suicide was issued by
DR.. Macdonald.
Evening star., 1933-02-17
MAN HELD IN SHOOTING
ENTERS NOT GUILTY PLEA

Accused of shooting Gus Mason. 80,
and beating him over the head during
fight in his apartment at 903 New
York avenue Tuesday morning, Louis I.
Scharff, 81, Of the 300 block of Third
street northeast pleaded not guilty to
charge Of assault with intent to kill in
Police Court today. The case was con-
tinued for hearing March after As
sistant United States Attorney Michael
F.. Kcogh told Judge John P. Mcmahon
Emergency Hospital.
Scharf was ordered held on $4,000
bond.
The shooting is said to have followed
a fight which began when Mason re-
fused to loan Scharff money. 1t is be-
lieved the latter will plead self defense
Evening star., 1933-02-17
M'CARL ASKS DATA
FOR AUDIT REPORT
Requests Department Heads
to Explain Systems and
Their Costs.
Controller General McCarl today took

Controller General McCarl today took
steps to recommend to the Senate
changes in the governmental systems of
audit and accounting throughout the
various Federal organizations, for plir-
poses of economy. L..
McCarl called on the heads of de-
partments, independent establishments,
Government-owned corporations, Com
missioners of the District of Columbia
and others concerned, for comprehen-
s1ve reports on their own systems, to
be forwarded to McCarl not later than
March Is.
Acting under authority of the Wheeler
resolution, the controller general asked
the department. heads for "a statement
OF all costs entering into the keeping
OF accounting records, the making of
an administrative examination of fiscal
transactions, the maintenance of dis
bursting and collecting Offices and the
personnel engaged therein and the oper-
alton and maintenance of purchasing
and warehousing facilities, in operation
during the current fiscal year, such cost
to be stated upon the basis of cost for
the fiscal year 1882"
Inquiry of Broad Scope.
The extent of the inquiry will be of
bread scope, and is designed to place
IN the hands Of the controller general
great mass of data on the basis of
which he can make recommendations
for economy to the Senate.
Under the Wheeler resolution, Nc
Carl must report to the Senate his
recommendations on or before April is.
The resolution asks from McCarl "a
detailed report of the savings that may
be effected through the reorganization,
centra allzation, consolidation, and /or
elimination of accounting records, ac-
counting and audit procedures, diSburs-
ing end collecting Offices, and purchas-
ing and warehouSing activities of the
Governments of the United States and
the District Of Columbia"
With his letter to the heads of de-
partmentS, McCarl sent a series of
blank forms to be filled out by the
several departments and establishments.
Audit May Be Eliminated.
Among the things which it is known
some Senators had In mind in asking
for the report was a possible elimina-
ton OF the administrative audit"
which some departments use in connec-
ton with accounts before they go to
the General Accounting ONCE to be
audited by McCarls experts. 1t is
known that some Senators felt the ad-
ministrative audit could be dispensed
with, in view of the fact that McCarl's
men had to audit the accounts finally.
Whether this will be among the recon-
mendations sent to the Senate by Nc
Carl depends on his findings, as a result
OF the inquiries to Departments and
establishments.
The controller general In taking the
step today did SO in his capacity as a
continuing officer of the Government,
who will not change with the switch
from Republican to Democratic on
March 4. McCarl was appointed for a
15-year term, which continues through
out the Roosevelt term of four years.
The controller general is not eligible for
reappointment.
Evening star., 1933-02-17
STUDY OF WELFARE
LOAN PLAN CALLED.
Business Men Will Examine
Proposal to Take Care
of Emergencies.

Investigation of the public relief
needs of the District and of the bill
which would authorize the District to
borrow up to $2,50o0oo from the Re-
construction Finance Corporation in the
event Washingtons public relief funds
were exhausted while Congress was not
in session, were decided upon by the
Federation of Business Mems Associa-
tions, meeting at 1640 Rhode Island
avenue last night.
The relief needs Of the District were
brought before the gathering by Arthur
Clarendon Smith, president OF the or
ganiZation aad representative of the
Central Business Mems Association, in
statement, in which he said:
This legislation is not as some have
interpreted it, a direct effort to borrow
money to be expended for emergency
relief at this time. The bill, foetered
by the District Commissioners, would
merely give the District permission to
borrow from the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation up to $2,500,000, to
be used for emergency relief purposes
only If and when other sources Of
funds fail.
Wants Emergency Plan.
what would be the plight Of our
needy and unemployed if the demand
for relief exceeds appropriations Of
funds from both public and private
sources? The current $625000 relief
appropriation will soon be exhausted.
The Community Chest, with its greatly
reduced budget, in spite of the fact
that the need is many times as great,
cannot bear the burden of relief work.
I'm the absence Of both public and
private funds, a loan from the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation, to be
used specifically when all other sources
of relief aid fail, is the only logical solu-
ton. Every thinking Washingtonian
should get behind this bill and sup
port its noble purpose"
The Public Welfare Committee. head
ed by F. w. Leach, was instructed to
+, investigate the proposal further and
report at the next meeting.
The business men went on record as
| favoring the proposal to allow taXpay-
ers of the District to pay their taxes
in four quarterly instalments, now be-
fore Congress.
Oppose Outside Police.
The association also went on record
as opposed to the employment Of po-
! licemen from other cities during the in
augural period. and letter calling for
, the use of Washingtons unemployed
/ for inaugural police work will be sent
| to the District Commissioners.
| Edward Thomas, assistant corporation
counsel, who attended the meeting
promised the organization that he would
make a complete investigation Of re-
ports that 5-and-10-cent stores are
selling produce, meats and vegetables
without the proper licenses to do SO.
Members of the business mems asso-
Citations from various sections of the
city complained that the chain stores
are handling these goods as leaders
to draw customers into their stores
and selling them at cost, hurting the
business Of produce dealers and butch
! ers who are in business for a nrnfit
Evening star., 1933-02-17
MISSING PENNSYL VANIA u.
STUDENT BELIEVED SEEN
Search Is Being Pressed With New
Vigor in Florida on Receipt
of Letter.

Search for Henry Huntington Gibbs. 90
year-old University of Pennsylvania
student, who disappeared January 6. Is
being pressed with new vigor in Florida,
following receipt of letter by the par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry C. Gibbs,
1921 Newton street, saying the boy was
believed to have been seen in Jackson
vile.
Mrs. Gibbs said today the letter, re-
ceived from relative, said the boy
was thought to have been seen hitch
hiking at the Florida city Attention
was directed to the hitch hiker, it was
said, because of his extreme height and
the fact that in other ways he an
swered a description of the missing
student. Young Gibbs is 6 feet inches
tall.
The youth disappeared from the uni
versity after leaving two suicide notes
His father is an administrative assistant
In a division of the Department of Ag-
riculture.
Evening star., 1933-02-17
TOBLESS MAN FINDS HIMSELF
IN CONGRESS MEMBERS SHOES
Delivery to "Old Woman Made Just in Time for
Applicant Whose Feet Were on Ground.

Penniless and his feet literally on
the ground. one of Washington's unem-
ployed walked right into a Congress-
mans shoes this morning.
It happened at the Office Of the
"Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe, "
ON Seventeenth street, near H. The
man, neatly but shabbily dressed bear
ing a letter from a member of the
Senate. requesting that he be provided
with shoes, had taken of his gaping,
soleless footgfar when George Emer-
Son, who manages the old woman's
Evening star., 1933-02-17
GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION
HOLDS ELECTION MONDAY
Delegates From 25 Groups Will
Gather in Baltimore for
Annual Meeting.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, February 17-Offlcers
will be elected Monday when delegates
from Is clubs gather at the Belvedere
Hotel for the annual meeting of the
Federation of Garden Clubs of Mary
land
Following the election Of officers the
delegates plan to discuss billboard elm
ination and further Identification Of
the Washington Boulevard and other
State highways.
Due to the illness of Mrs. Duncan
Brent, president, Mrs. w. Bladen
Lowndes, first vice president, will pre-
side,
Evening star., 1933-02-17

supply of shoes, discovered there wasn't
serviceable mans shoe in the shop.
The man was just about to put back
the miserable shoes he had been wear
ing when there was handed in the
door a discarded but still serviceable
pair Of shoes, the donation of Repre-
sentative j. Walter Lambeth of North
Carolina.
They fitted and the jobless man,
breathing . word of thanks, departed
to wear out more shoe leather In search
Of q Job.
Evening star., 1933-02-17
Present Play at Herndon.

HERNDON, Va, February II (Spe-
ciaD THE Boy Who Went to Seek
His Fortune" was presented by the fifth
grade at the Herndon High School yes
terday, under the direction of Mrs
Ernest Gibson. The following pupils
took part in the play Arthur Buell.
James White, Eugene Moffett. Frances
Sue Robinson. Wrenn wyatt, Ralph
Chambelin. Jack DeButts, Howard
Hunt, Smith and Mildred 1acohA
Evening star., 1933-02-17
REPORTS LIQUOR FIND
a Staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY a Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md, February IL
Policeman Ralph Brown of the Prince
Georges County force halted a speeder
here yesterday afternoon and then un-
covered about 80 pints of choice liquors
in his car, he reported.
Alfredo Mori. 1400 block Of Forty
fourth street northeast, was booked on
charges of transportation and possession
of liquor in addition to speeding.
Evening star., 1933-02-17
ANDERSON FUNERAL SET
Rites for College Park Man Are
Tomorrow at Q PM.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
COLLEGE PARK, Md, February IL
Funeral services for Hugh Anderson, IS,
who died Wednesday in the home of his
son, Claude o. Anderson, here, will be
held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
at Beallsville Chapel, Montgomery
County. Burial will be in Monocacy
Cemetery.
Mr.. Anderson had been in failing
health for several years. Cerebral
hemorrhage was the direct cause of
death. He had a varied career as a
Government employe, railroad worker
and merchant. As boy he worked for
the old Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. He
was an orphan and was reared by Gen.
Anthony Kimble of the Winchester, Va,
neighborhood Mr. Anderson married
Miss Elizabeth E. Walter of Monocacy,
who died 81 years ago, and for many
years the family lived in Montgomery
County.
Surviving Mr. Anderson, besides his
son, Claude, Is another son, Walter
Barron Anderson of Washington, d. c.
Evening star., 1933-02-17
CURTISS AWARD VOTED
House Passes Bill to Honor Dead
Aviation Pioneer.

Awarding Of the Distinguished Flying
Cross to the late Glenn H. Curtiss for
pioneering work in the development of
aviation was voted by the House of
Representatives last night and the bill
was sent to the Senate. The cross
would be presented to Mrs. Lua Curtiss,
mother of the man who developed the
predecessor of the modern seaplane and
flying boat.
Evening star., 1933-02-17
o. E. S. to Hold Country Dance.

SILVER SPRING, Md, February IT
Especially Members of the local chap
ter of the Eastern Star will hold a
country dance at the Masonic Temple
here tomorrow night at $3.50 O'Clock.
Evening star., 1933-02-17
Plan Dance at Hyattsville.

HYATTSVILLE, Md, February II
night in the National Guard Armory
here under the auspices of the Hyatts-
vile High School Athletic Association,
Evening star., 1933-02-17
MERGER ACT AMENDED
Hoover Signs Resolution Correct
ing Error in Wording.

President Hoover today signed the
Senate joint resolution amending the
act authorizing the merger of street
railway corporations operating in this
city, which was approved by Congress
January IA and signed a few days later
by the President. This amendment was
made necessary to correct an error in
wording and in no wise changes the
meaning OF the original merger resolu-
tion.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-17
Young People Of
W.C.T.U. to Meet
Friday Evening

The young peoples branch of
the w. C. T. U. will meet Friday
night at s o'clock in the Baptist
church auditorium. 1t had been
announced to meet in the Lewis
house, but young people from
all over the county are expected
to come in for this meeting-so
it was thought better to use q
larger place. Mrs. w. X. Ship
said today referring to the meet
ing:
"All young people from IA to
25 years are invited to meet
with US. This is a great oppor-
tunity for you to enlist your
services in a cause which will
especially benefit the youth Of
our state and nation.
'Mrs. w. 3. Lindsey, state
president, will be present and
will give US som einteresting
plans with which to work. She
has just returned from the ma
tional convention in Milwaukee.
eff you come once-youII
want to come again-Others
have. Slogan is a good time
with a purpose"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-17
Tells 'Kiwanians
All Values Have
Personal Element

Speaking" on the subject of
'Nalues", Dr.. J. C. Williamson,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
of Athens. Ca, told the KiWaniS
club here today that all values, all
problems and all achievements are
personal, and that America is suf-
fe,ing because it broke all eco
nomic, physical and moral laws
and expected to prosper.
"Our greatest mistake" said
the speaker, "was our failure to
recognize that nothing has value
when it is disconnected from folks,
and our greatest need now is a
feeling of fellowship for lie other
man who is battling odds as great
as ours.
"All he wants is a fair chance
and a fellow feeling, and there
never was Il better time for Us to
play the man. Any service club
that cultivates fellowship is emf
ncntly worth while"
Among the visitors today was
Buck Merriman, former kiwanis
governor. and Mrs. Merriman of
Greensboro. Others were present
from Fl. Myers, Miami, Eustis,
Dade City and other cities in
Florida. .....
Kiwanians and their wives will
be guests from 8 to II o'clock to-
night of Col. J. c. Woodward at
Highland Lake.