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Evening star., 1933-07-09

where conditions in the industry make
such action feasible" he explained.
We hope to be able to regulate the
price of milk in this way, for milk Is
a product whose cost and selling price
hear a definite ratio to each other. It
will be possible to fix certain price
for milk at the farm and another price
for retail sale. I am working on that
problem at the present time"
Brain Trust" Addition.
Dr. Howe is the latest addition to the
administrations brain trust" He re-
ceived his academic degrees from
Allegheny College and a PHI. D. from
Johns Hopkins University, later study
ing at oxford and in Germany and in
law schools of Maryland and New York.
He was professor of law at the Cleve-
land Law School and a lecturer on
finance and economics at Western Re
serve University and the University OF
Wisconsin.
He was appointed commissioner OF
immigration at the port OF New YORK
by President Wilson and was mem
Der of Wilson's staff of experts at the
Paris Peace Conference. For Is years
he was a member of the law firm Of
Garfield. Garfield & Howe in Cleveland
and at one time was president OF the
Finance Commission of the city OF
Cleveland. More recently he had been
engaged as an adviser to banking in
stitutions in New York City.
DR. Howe announced several years ago
his dislike of public Office, but he holds
that in an emergency such as this he
should forget his personal prejudices
and do his utmost to aid in the ma
tional movement toward rehabilitation.
This is new adventure in govern
ment." he commented, land 1 am find
ing it exceedingly interesting"
Evening star., 1933-07-09
BED TO BE PLEDGED
IN STRATFORD HALL
Special Exhibit With Toile in New
York Pending Shipment to
Virginia.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July "a special ex-
hibit of an eighteenth century Shera-
ton bedstead with a toile de jouy drap-
cry, which is designed for permanent
placement in Stratford Hall. the Lee
homestead in Westmoreland County,
Va. has been placed here by COM
mittee of the Robert E. Lee Memorial
Foundation, Inc, of which Mrs. Robert
Worth Bingham. wife of the Ambassa-
dor to Great Britain, is chairman.
After exhibit here during July and
August, the bed and toile will be
shipped in the early Fall to Stratford,
where it will be placed in the historic
birth chamber" This is the room
where Robert E. Lee was born, as we'll
as his kinsmen of two preceding gene
rations, Richard Henry Lee and Francis
Lightfoot Lee. signers of the Declara-
tion of Independence, and their brother,
Arthur Lee, diplomatic representative
of America to France in the 1770s.
The toile with which the bed is deco
rated dates back to within a few years
of the time the United States adopted
the stars and stripes and France recog-
nized the independence of the United
States through treaties negotiated by
BENJAMIN Franklin, John Adams and
Arthur Lee. AS was the custom In
France in those days, artists celebrated
events of national and international
importance by design to be printed
on linen or cotton, and such is the de-
sign on the toile executed by Jean Bap-
tiste Huet. The fact that Arthur Lee
was so intimately connected with the
negotiations commemorated in the toile
and because he was born in the room
which it will help to furnish are cir
cumstances which interested the foun-
dation in acquiring it.
Evening star., 1933-07-09

Women'S Clubs, various consumers
leagues and similar groups to assist
in mobiliz.ng the consumers for their
own defense.
This whole problem of food prices
is so big that the Government must
obtain the voluntary aid of public
opinion in waging the battle against
unfair prices" DR.. Howe said. Il eX-
pect to go on the air over national
radio hook-up before long to make an
appeal for cooperation"
Tab On Prices Planned.
Dr. Howe pointed out he will be in
a position to diferentiate fair f-cm
unfair food prices through authority
given him to keep tab on all codes and
trade agreements submitted to the
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
under the Presidents emergency con-
troll measures
He emphasized that this is not a war
against retail dealers in food products
or against any one else content with a
reasonable profit on the goods he sells.
All rising prices are not unfair
prices" DR.. Howe said. Rising prices
are desirable and to be expected under
the Presidents program. but when
prices are boosted arbitrarily without
good cause, it is time to take action.
I am interested in preventing extor-
tionate prices, above and beyond the
natural trend"
DR.. Howe indicated that prosecution
will be resorted to only after persuasion
through publicity has failed to produce
results
Through trade agreements now being
drawn up in many industries, DR.. Howe
expects to be able to hold check rein
on prices on some food staples
'Lcgalized scales Of prices will be in
cluded in some of these agreements
Evening star., 1933-07-09
MOUNTAIN MEN TO GET
VALLEY AUTHORITY JOBS
Chairman Says Return of Youths
From Cities Makes Employ
ment Situation Acute.

Explaining the Tennessee Valley Au-
thoritys plan to use local labor on the
Cove Creek project in Tennessee,
Chairman Arthur E. Morgan said yes
terday return of young men to the
mountain regions from the cities had
made the unemployment situation
acute.
Morgan returned yesterday from an
inspection trip to the Cove Creek site,
where 35,O00000 will be spent by the
Authority.
In a formal statement he said many
of the young men from this mountain
region went to the cities to obtain work,
but have now been thrown back OIL
their families.
Under the circumstances" he said,
Gin employing labor for the Cove Greek
Dam it seems fair and wise to help
care for this very heavy burden Of un-
employment which the cities have
shifted to these very poor hill COM
munities.
1T would not be fair to take away
those few labor jobs and give them to
men now living in other and more
prosperous communities"
Evening star., 1933-07-09
1860 Taxi Drivers
Warned to Renew
Licenses July Is

Operation of W. chington's huge
feet of taxicabs will cease next
Saturday unless the licenses
which expired July l are re-
newed in the meantime. the Pub
lie Utilities Commission warned
in a public statement yesterday.
There now are 1850 licenses
outstanding, which have expired
and which must be renewed II
they are to be kept operating.
July Is has been set as the
deadline.
Before new hackers licenses
will be issued. the commission
declares, each taxicab must pass
a severe inspection to see if they
comply with numerous regula-
tions.
These tests will include clean
illness. bumpers. tags. operators
licenses. upholstery, paint. in
sigma ard lettering cab owners
identity and schedule of fares,
mirror, brakes, speedometer and
other mechanical equipment.
Evening star., 1933-07-09
INCOME TAXSTUDY
GIVEN TO EXPERTS
Subcommittee Turns Task of
Closing Holes in Law Over
to L. H. Parker.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The task of closing up holes in the
income tax law was turned over to ex-
perts of the Joint Congressional Taxa
ton Committee yesterday by a Senate
Finance Subcommittee.
Chairman King of the subcommittee.
appointed to study the whole field of
taxation and recommend changes at
the next session, said L. H. Parker,
chief investigator of the Joint Com
mittee. would be entrusted with the
task but under specific orders to study
certain features, mainly the income tax.
The capital gains and loss provi-
sion, which has resulted in annual end
of-the-year stock sales to show income
losses for tax purposes, also will be
studied with view to revision.
A third angle will be efforts to SIM
plify administration and reduce the cost
OF collecting the revenue. Means of
eliminating or reducing double taxation
also will be studied.
A House Ways and Means Subcom-
mittee also is studying the tax question
and leaders expect new revenue bill
to be one of the first major tasks Of the
January session.
Evening star., 1933-07-09
.ALMAS TEMPLE BODY
LLATTEND SESSION
Officers and Members Leave Tomor-
row for Atlantic City Opening
Tuesday.

Officers and members of Almas Tenn
pie. A. A. o. N. M. S.. will leave tomor-
row for Atlantic City to attend the f1f-
ty-ninth Imperial Council session, which
convenes Tuesday to run through
Friday.
Warren w. Grimes, potentate of the
temple, will be in charge Of the party,
which will include the following uni
formed groups: Brass Band Drum
Corps. Arab Patrol, Legion of Honor,
floor team and Oriental Band. These
units will participate in parades on the
Boardwalk.
The official representatives of the
temple are Potentate Grimes. Edward
D. Anderson. junior past potentate;
James c. Hoyle, past potentate; F. Law
renee Walker, recorder, and Leonard
P. Steuart, past potentate. Mobiles P:
L. Gladman. George A. Fischer and
Thomas L. Courtney comprise the COM
mittee on arrangements.
Evening star., 1933-07-09

the presence of the officers will have on
the inmates, and the fear that some of
the prisoners might attempt to rush
the solitary confinement dormitory to
release the 108 irreconcilables who are
locked up in cells.
The squad is known to be well equip
ped with two types of gas-tear and
nauseating is prepared to cope
with any emergency.
The decision to keep the same squad
on duty until the emergency is over
instead of relieving the men at regu
lar intervals was reached after the Off
GERS themselves were given the option
of remaining on tn reservation indefl-
nitely or returning periodically for a
trick of duty"
Inspector Edwards said he asked the
men whether they were willing to re-
main at the reservation instead of re-
turning to their homes, and every
member of the squad volunteered ito
stick it out"
Evening star., 1933-07-09
'LORTON AFFAIR FOLLOWS
VAIN PLEA FOR MORE FUNDS
Congress Turned Down Barnard Re.
quest to Build Walls for Dangerous
FelOns and Hire Extra Guards.

have had their choice of putting up the
brick shell of another shop building
(the money would not have been enough
to finish it off inside) or to add tier
of cells on the top of each of the present
tiers. The latter course is probably the
one that would have been adopted. The
money would aLo have been enough
to pay for little more work on the
foundations for the wall and the gate.
Barnard has made many efforts to
have the scale of salaries paid to guards,
and the number of guards, at Lorton
and at the Occoquan workhouse, in
creased. Their pay has not been in
creased, and the number has only in
creased slightly.
Sought "a More Guards.
For the 1888 fiscal year he asked "a
more guards and was given H. For the
present fiscal year he asked for IL more
and was not given any.
The highest paid guard gets $500 a
year. The entrance salary is $3.50 a
year. To say that any guard gets ST.
500 a. year" however is not strictly
correct. That is the salary scale, but
it is subject to Is per cent deduction
under the economy act, another 3i2 per
cent for retirement contributions and
There are 1870 guards at the two in
stitutions, split approximately equally
between the Workhouse and the REFORM
atory. Sometimes. as at present, how
ever. guards are taken from one lnstl-
tuition to handle emergencies at the
other
Al! of the guards live on the premises
and take most of their meals there.
The married guards are given houses,
and the bachelors sleep in ancient
wooden barracks. formerly used by In
mates and far less comfortable than the
brick dormitories used by the prisoners.
Those who sleep in the barracks do not
have any deductions from their pay for
housing. Those given housing are de-
Quoted varying rentals, according to the
size and type of house, ranging from
SIS to $50 per month.
There are additional deductions for
each meal eaten by the guards on the
premises.
Can't Claim Day Of.
The guards do not have any claim to
day of. Under normal conditions an
effort is made to give every guard each
other Sunday eff But the number is
so inadequate that this sometimes does
not work out. Before the Is per cent
pay reduction went into effect, the
guards were on an 18-day furlough un-
der the previous economy act. Although
18 days pay was deducted, as mat
ter of fact the luckiest of the guards
only got six days off to match his loss
of pay. Some got less.
Shortage of guards was the reason
why the prisoners we're not put back
to work in their shops Thursday or
Friday. Even with the detail of armed
policemen, it took all of the Lorton
guards and many of those from Deco
guam to handle the situation that de-
veloped and there were not enough to
man the shops.
If the term guard" enkindles simply
a strong man who can hold prisoners
in line, the reader should bear in mird
that these guards double in brass" by
acting as shop foremen and instructors
showing the prisoners how to handlc
spinning machines, tag manufacturing
machines, the laundry appliances and
a hundred and one other things.
Evening star., 1933-07-09
TWO DRIVERS HELD
IN FATAL ACCIDENT
Pair Freed by Coroner's Jury in
Grain Highway Crash Face
New Probe.
" a Staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO. Md, July g.
Although exonerated by a coroner's
jury, two truck drivers who figured in
fatal accident on the Grain Highway,
July l. were held for the action of the
grand jury by order of States Attorney
Alan Bowie yesterday.
The drivers held were Israel Gray,
colored, of Prince Frederick. Md, and
Milton T. Harris of Norfolk. Harris
was required to post bond merely as
State witness.
An unidentified hitch-hiker who was
riding in a truck driven by Harris. was
killed in the collision. A third truck,
operated by E. A. Ward of Gloucester
Point. Va, also figured in the crash.
Police having failed in all efforts to
identify the dead man, he was buried
by the county.
Evening star., 1933-07-09

The recent tronubles at Lorton serve
once more to call attention to the vain
requests of Capt. M. M. Barnard, su-
rerintendent of District penal institu-
tons. for money for construction of
the walled group housing for unruly
prisoners there and for more and bet
ter paid guards.
The reformatory at Lorton, as origi-
nally conceived, was never intended as
a place for the harboring of dangerous
felons of the type who make trouble in
penitentiaries. The shift in purpose
was made by the District not because
of any wish of its own, but because the
national prohibition act caused the
Federal Government to unload on the
institution a large number of these
undesirables who would normally have
been incarcerated at LeavenWorth or
Atlanta, and thus relieve the over
crowding of it's own penitentiaries.
Seeing one side of the picture, how
ever, the Federal Government has failed
to see the other, and while dumping
the trouble-ma on Capt. Barnard's
doorstep, it has not given him the funds
or the facilities to take care OF them.
Request Made for Funds.
Seeing what was coming. Capt. Bar
nard promptly requested funds for con-
Struction of a walled group for his
harder cases. The thought was that ne
would separate about 10 acres OF the
Lorton reservation from the rest, put a
high brick wall around it. and build in
side of it enough cells to handle all OF
the prisoners who do not respond to
the freer atmosphere outside the walls.
How necessary this precaution was IS
shown by the fact that when Barnard
recently stepped into the breach and
headed off a threatened rebellion TO-
mented largely by the Atlanta and
Leavenworth type of prisoner, he picked
out 108 of the bad actors and mad loo
cells to put them in.
Had Congress not shut down on funds
for this work, he could have increased
his available cells to 200 by the close of
the present year. The Board OF Public
Welfare asked for 100000 for this pur-
pose. The Commissioners approved 1t.
Then Lewis Douglas, the director of the
budget ordered the Commissioners to
cut out every construction item in the
name of ECONOMY
No Allowance for 1894.
The result is that Congress did not
appropriate one cent for the walled
group 1t allowed Sl50,000 in 1882, an
other $3.50 ,OOo in 1888, and not penny
for 1894 Out of the two previous ap-
preparations. approximately s45 900 re-
mains unspent and available for use.
This will be enough to replace the
present temporary connections for the
steam heating system with permanent
fixtures and do a little work on the
wall foundation which has been started.
No part of the wall has yet risen above
the ground.
At present the walled group, or what
will eventually be the walled group,
consists of two cell blocks of so cells
each. a shop building containing a
knitting mill, and another containing
a broom factory and printery-four
buildings in ALL Had the 100000 been
granted. then prison authorities would
Evening star., 1933-07-09
PLEAD FOR WIVES
HOLDING j. s. Jobs
Members of Woman's Party
Bare Plea to Roosevelt at
CoIorfuI Rites.

In the presence Of crowd estimated
at about 5000 at the Sylvan Theater
last night the National Woman's Party
publicly procle lined a resolution 1t is
sending to President Roosevelt to ask
him to "end the continued discrim-
nations against married women in the
Government service"
The resolution declared that "the
situation daily grows worse. as great
numbers of highly trained women are
being dismissed by the Government al
most without notice. after years OF
faithful service, although the Govern
ment is urging private industry to re-
tain its employees"
The resolution also generally de-
manded economic equality as the next
goal in the woman's movement. and
asked the Presidents support of the
equal rights" amendment.
Past Leaders Honored.
The occasion was a picturesque and
colorful memorial service, in the form
of a dramatic pageant, in memory Of
the leaders in the Toman's movement.
The resolutions were read at conclu
sion of the pageant by Mrs. Florence
Bayard Hilles, chairman OF the Ma
tional Woman's Party.
The services opened with a process
sional of women carrying banners from
the Washington Monument down the
slope to the Sylvan Theater, while the
Marine Band played. The banners
carried the names of many leaders in
the woman's movement, and the names
of many different groups of women. The
Wilmington. One flag was ITO Un-
known Women"
Prayer was offered by DR.. Rietta M.
Emerson of Wilmington. Carmella
Ponselle sang Weep No More" written
by Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont, with
special music by DR.. T. Tertius Noble.
Miss Marion Chase and a group Of
young women symbolizing the future,
dressed in flowing yellow robes went to
the platform and raised laurel branches
to the flags, in honor of the women of
the past.
Tribute Paid Pioneers.
Gail Laughlf1, member of the Legis-
lature of Maine, paid tribute to the
pioneers, pointed to the fact that "all Of
the pioneers alike declared for the COM
plete freedom and equality of women,
civil, industrial and political"
Miss Doris Stevens of New York,
chairman Of the Inter-American Com
mission of Women, paid tribute to Mrs
Belmont.
For half an hour preceding the cere-
monies, the Marine Band played pro-
gram of specially selected music, end
ing with the chimes Lest We Forget"
Women's voices, led by the Estelle
Wentworth Chorus. then sang THE
March of the Women"
Among the banners was the one car
ried at the head of the first Washing
ton suffrage parade, when women made
their way down Pennsylvania avenue
against the attack Of group jeering
at them because of their demand for
votes for women"
The pageant was under direction Of
Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest.
Evening star., 1933-07-09
RESIDENT OF MIDDLEBURG
SUCCUMBS AT ROCHESTER
Mrs. Emma Dodd Craig Was on
Visit to Home of Grandson
at Time of Death.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MIDDLEBURG. Va. July 8-News
was received here this morning of the
death of Mrs. Emma Dodd Craig, which
occurred last night at Rochester, NY.
while she was on visit to her grand
son. Frank Craig of that place Mrs.
Craig was 88 years of age and had been
active and in good health I'LL of her
life until her recent illness which was
only of few days duration
She was the widow CT George w. Craig
and the daughter of the late William
Dodd of Middleburg and had been
lifelong resident of Loudoun County,
She had teen member of the Old
School Baptist Church for As years.
Elder H. H. Lefferts will conduct the
funeral services which will be held
from Mount Zion Church. the final
arrangements not being completed at
this time. Burial will be in Sharon
Cemetery here.
Evening star., 1933-07-09

4 aggressive champion OF the
~ too-often neglected average
~ man" has risen to defend
1 \ Americas vast army of con-
sumers from food profiteers
who seek to take advantage of the up
ward trend Of the Roosevelt recovery
program.
He is DR.. Frederic C. Howe, scholar,
banker, lawyer and friend Of the masses.
Appointed some weeks ago without
benefit of ballyhoo, it was disclosed
yesterday at the Department of Agri-
culture that his title will be "consum-
ers' counsel" and his job will be to
wage an unprecedented Nation wide
war on unfair food prices.
With sleeves rolled up and eyes fash
ing fire, the wiry Clevelander and ex-
New Yorker told in an interview yes
terday how he already has launched
crusade against unduly inflated bread
prices and how he plans, with the help
OF extraordinary emergency powers
and the cooperation of consumers gen.
orally. to fight profteers in milk meat
and other essentials of the working
mans dinner table.
The first blast in DR.. Howe's carefully
planned campaign came yesterday when,
as a direct result of data secured by
Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace issued stern warning in response
to reports that certain baking groups
were planning a go per cent boost in
bread prices.
Bakers View Recalled.
Secretary Wallace made public infor-
nation dug up by Dr.. Howe to the effect
that the bakers themselves. when flour
prices were dropping, made the claim
that the cost Of -four was but minor
factor in determining the total cost Of
a loaf of bread.
Publicity of that sort is the very
best weapon I know of in preventing
clared. Publicity will play an impor-
tant part in the movement which is
planned to protect the Nations consum-
ers Radio. newspapers, the movies and
direct bulletins to the people will be
employed.
In an undertaking so huge as the
one have tackled, the fullest co-opera-
ton Of the people is necessary to sue
cess. Secretary Wallace. Mr.. Peek and
Mr.. Brand have assured me of their
complete support in my efforts to carry
out anti-proflteering provisions of the
agricultural adjustment act. The De-
partment of Justice alreadv has an
nounced it stands ready to prosecute.
The best instrument for all general pur-
poses. however, is publicity Of the
searching type that makes profiteers run
for cover"
DR.. Howe said he is hopeful Of or
ganizing the consumers of America into
a formidable "vigilante" system that
will assist in protecting conruners in
even the smallest hamlets He will de-
pend largely on the Federation Of
Evening star., 1933-07-09
HEARING TOMORROW
ON GAS VALUATION
Extended Daily Sessions Will Take
Place Before Utilities
Commission.

Public hearing on the value of the
properties of the Washington and
Georgetown Gas Light Cos. will be
resumed before the Public Utilities
Commission tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock in the commissions quarters in
the District Building.
Because of the comprehensive data
to be presented both by the companies
and the commission experts extended
daily sessions are to be held, with the
prospect the hearing will not be con-
cluded until some time in August.
Valuation proceedings were started
about a year ago with public hearing
first scheduled for February. The hear
ing was postponed several times to
permit experts of the commission and
the company to complete joint meet
ings at which factual data was checked.
At the initial, brief session of the
hearing spokesmen for the gas COM
panies said they would claim a joint
valuation approximating $30,000,000.
The commissions experts are said to
have computed the value at between
$22, 900, 900 and $23,0o0,000. including
an allowance for intangible value
claims.
Claims as to land valuations and in
tangible values, such as going con-
cern,' are expected to produce vigorous
contests at the hearing.