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Evening star., 1934-01-15
CHURCHES URGE
D|SPENSARY PLAN
La Roe Letter Makes Last.
Minute Appeal for Leg.
isIation.

In letter to every United States
Senator, the Washington Federation of
Churches today made a last-minute
appeal for the Government dispensary
plan of liquor sales.
through Wilbur La Roe, r.. chairman
OF the Committee on Civic Affairs. the
Iederation outlined its position on the
ststemeS. saaen situation ss1S! n t9e Capital The
I'VE are confident that LIQUOR can be
made conveniently available without en-
courag1ng the use of it. and without un-
nsssary n'7ost noecency. Even the vets
which hard liquor, wine and beer are
SOLO by the glass in every restaurant.
available in Government stores.
why go beyond that by pouring nllQs
proflts into the pockets Of the liquor in
schools. and saying to our soldier and
sailor lads; Congress has changed its
mind and now decides that intoxicants
are good for you"
La Roe's letters objected to the pro-
mlscuous sale Of bottled liquor as un-
desirable and argued that Tom. Dick
and Harry should not be permitted to
sell it." It also objected to the ad-
vertising of liquor, saying "the Nations
Capital should not be plastered with
liquor signs" An amendment to pro-
hlbit liquor advertising was recommend.
ed as follows:
1t shall be unlawful to advertise al
coholic liquors In the District OF Co.
iumbia, except inside the places where
1t Is lawfully sold"
Dealing with the sale of liquor or
its possession on military reservations,
,, the letter said: The committee bill
contains a disgraceful rider repeating
existing restrictions on the possession
and use Of alcoholic liquor on military
reservations and military camps. Is
Congress going to encourage our SOL
diers and sailors to use intoxicants?
Even If this were a desirable step.
which 1t certainly is rot. legislation
dealing only with the District of Co.
lumbia is no place for it,"
Evening star., 1934-01-15

What's What
&t
Behind News
in Capital
Garner Dynasty Holds
Congress Reins in
Pinches.
BY PAUL MALLON.

90 e.SS
"HE Garner dynasty in Congress
Is not dead, nor is 1t sleeping
The snores you hear from the
Vice President and his under.
cover boys merely are stage
snores.
Down underneath, he and his as
sociates are doing q strong but qule'
Job Of leadership for the administra-
ton. Through their close friendship
with Senator Pat Harrison and others
their influence In the Senate Is notice
But they actually run the House,
Their part Is largely to devise TN
political strategy Of how to get bills
through and how to keep dc down o.hd IaSur r.
writing important legislation and the
biggest hand in getting 1t through.
Amounts to Dynasty.
The best key positions of committee
chairmen are held by their crowd
Actually there are six chairmen OF
House committees from Texas-Jones
agriculture: Buchanan. appropriations
Rayburn. Interstate Commerce; sum
ners, judiciary Lanham, public build
ings; Mansfield. rivers and harbors
House members refer to 1t as the Texas
dynasty. which, of course, means Gar
ner still is king.
The best tacticidns In the House
are Gamers pdls-McDu6fe OF AID
bama, Rayburn OF Teras and Tuck
Milligan of Missouri. You neuer read
much about them in the neUs-
Evening star., 1934-01-15
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
RESULT SOON IS SEEN
Cleveland Economist Declares Sue.
cess or Failure Will Be Shown
in Few Months.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, January 15.-The
success or failure Of the Nations at
tempt to prime the business pump"
by spending public funds generously will
be apparent within the next few months.
Col. Leonard p Ayres. vice president of
the Cleveland Trust Co.. says today in
his monthly business bulletin.
II private funds begin to stream eas.
lily and normally through the business
pump the object of the priming will be
attained. the economist says.
Col Ayres notes that for the first time
in five years, new year has started
with business activity at q higher level
tnan at the beginning of the previous
year, but warns that business recovery
can be continued in the long run only
by the substitution of private expendi-
lures for public expenditures.
Production figures for December he
finds encouraging in that they indicate
an end of the decline which started in
July. Industrial production. now 80 per
cent below normal, Is at approximately
the same level it reached late in 1881.
he said.
Col. Ayres feels that imitation, devalu-
ltion. legal regulation and Federal ap-
piopriation can ultimately lift price lev
els even against the strength Of the de-
preston, but agrees with ]. M, Keynes.
British economist. who says that rising
prices are to be welcomed when they
are symptoms of increasing production
and employment, but not II they are
brought about at the expense Of greater
production.
Col Ayres points out that last March
II, ,000, 900 Of the 40 1000, 900 persons eni-
ployed in gainful occupations in 1880
were unemployed. OF these l4.o00.0oo
almost 5000, 900 were producers Of serv.
goods.
Evening star., 1934-01-15
INSURANCE FIRMS
UNDER U. S. SCRUTINY
Postal Agents Given Aid Of Local
Officials in Probe Of Alleged
Irresponsibles.

The Post ONCE Department for sew.
eral' months has been investigating
complaints of the operation here and
In the States Of what it described as
"so-called mutual insurance COM
panies." Supt. of Insurance Henry L.
Davis Of the District has been cooper
ating with the department by supply
ing information coming to his atten-
ton as to those doing business here.
Mr.. Davis recently secured convic-
tons In Police Court Of several in
surance solicitors. duly licensed here,
who were selling policies in outside
companies not licensed to do business
in the District. In none Of the cases
is an insurance company licensed to
do business here involved, and hence
the local insurance department IL pow
erless to take action by itself. The
concerns involved are mail-order houses
said not to be financially responsible
II the Post Once Departments in
vestigations warrant, those behind the
insurance companies under scrutiny will
be required to show cause why q fraud
order should not be issued against them
This would prevent their using the
mails In the sale Of their policies. 1t
was said that the investigation has not
yet gone far enough to show whether
the fraud orders are imminent.
Evening star., 1934-01-15
SENATE CONFIRMS
] NAMING OF WELLES
eorah Withdraws Request for
Postponement of Con-
sideration.

The Senate today confirmed the
ner1ina ton of Sumner Welles of Mary
iand as Assistant Secretary of State.
consideration Of the appointment
had been held up at the request of Sen
ator Borah. Republican. OF Idaho, but
he notified the Senate at the outset to-
day that he had no desire to postpone
action any longer. :.
-Borah said he had requested post
ponement for persons outside Of Con-
kress, but had no information himself
which would necessitate debating the
nomination.
Meanwhile. the nomination of Leslie
Cs Garnett to be United States district
attorney for Washington was given a
favorable report by the Senate judiciary
Committee. Chairman King OF the sub
sonmittee which considered the ap-
pointment will file the report with the
Senate later in the day Confirmation
by the Senate is expected within a
few days.
Garnett, who succeeds District Attor-
hey Leo A. Rover. is 81 years old and
was born in Virginia. He was at one
time special attorney in the Depart
n1ent Of Justice, and in 1920 became
lrl Assistant Attorney General. He left
that office to engage in law practice.
Earlier in his career he had been an
assistant Attorney General in Virginia
H'he committee today approved the
domination of Angus D. Mclean OF
North Carolina to be Assistant Solicitor
General Of the United States.
Evening star., 1934-01-15
ANTHRACITE UNION
STRIKE IS FAILURE
Survey Shows at Least Half
of CoIIieries Operating
With 10000 Men.
BY the Associated Press.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, January l5.-
Attempts of the United Anthracite
Miners Union to tie up coal production
in the northern coal field fell short OF
its mark today.
Surveys showed at least half of the
collieries were operating with about
10000 men. a..
Ptckets and police met and crossed
each others paths at colliery outposts,
but several hours after the strike began
not report Of disorder had been made.
Independent surveys showed that the
picket lines were comparatively light.
All companies reported they had at
least one colliery working. although pro-
duction in many instances was only
at so per cent of capacity.
Headquarters Of the union which
authorized the strike in defiance OF
the United Mine Workers of America
claimed that a partial report listed IL
collieries in the idle group, with the
number of men thrown out of work
estimated at 10000.
Thomas Maloney, district president
Of the new union, predicted a COM
'plete report Of conditions would show
the strike successful.
Three Lehigh Valley Coal Co. COL
lieries were shut down after workers
yesterday voted to call a holiday
Other units called meetings to con-
slider similar action in the interest OF
safety.
In keeping with their promise to pro-
tect men who desired to work. State
and county police guarded every major
colliery In the area, with the heaviest
force concentrated in the lower Lu-
zerne County section.
Evening star., 1934-01-15
81 MILLIONS SPENT
FOR FOREIGN GOLD
R.F. c. Also Announces Pur-
chase of $22,898,735
in Domestic Metal.

~ the Associated Press.
The Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion has purchased approximately $SI,-
OO0 900 of foreign gold, it became known
today. including $ls,000.00O bought since
January l.
The corporation has increased its gold
purchasing fund to $150,000.000, OF
which all except about S25,0O0,0OO al
ready has been used.
Domestic gold purchased up to today
and held by the corporation totaled
68l, ,374 ounces, for which S22.8S8. .7So
has been paid in debentures due Feb
Tuary /.
Devaluation Of the dollar will leave
the corporation with a profit on its
eoid. Chairman Jesse H. Jones said.
Asked If the corporation might have to
turn in its gold at the statutory price
Of s2O.S7, Jones said, III you Will re.
member. at the outset it was stated
that the r. F. G. can sell It's golo IN
foreign markets.
Naturally there will be no dispute.
The r. F. c. will have to synchronize
with the Treasury"
The foreign holdings Of the corpor-
alton are earmarked IN London ana
Paris, Jones indicated. although ne
could not say definitely just where all
OF it is.
He said that the corporation has au-
thorized purchase of preferred STOCK
and capital notes in 5,4l8 banks, pay
ing for it sS90,000.0o0. Authorized
loans for thawing out frozen bank de-
posits totaled s6l5 100000 today.
Evening star., 1934-01-15
ARRESTED IN $4,000
ExT0RTION ATTEMPT
Man Is Ssized as He Called to Get
Package From Captor Of
Burglar.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, January 15.-As q re-
suit, police assumed, of publicity given
his capture of burglar in his luxurious
apartment New Year eve, Gerhardus H.
Van Sender received q letter demand
ing $25,000 on the premise that "acci-
dents can happen"
AS result of that another man is in
jail.
The prisoner, who gave the name Of
Joseph Barrett, was seized last night by
police and Federal agents as he called
at Van Senden's apartment and received
b package. He will be arraigned in Fed
eral Court under the so-called Lind
bergh law.
Van sender is vice president of the
Shell Union OIL Corporation. He has
lived in New York only three months.
Barrett denied any knowledge of the
plot against Van Sender. Three men,
strangers to him, he said. picked him up
and instructed him to call for the pack
ege. After receiving it he was. accord
ing to his story, to cruise In taxicat
along Queens Boulevard until hailed by
them.
TO test his story q Federal agent
cruised in q cab with other officers fol-
lowing. Nothing happened.
Evening star., 1934-01-15
GERMANY INVITED
T0LEAGUE PARLEY
Cooperation in Preparation
for Saar PIebiscite Sug.
gested by France.
BY the Associated Press.

GENEVA, January 15.-The League
Of Nations Council moved for German
cooperation today through adoption of
a French-inspired resolution suggest
ing that Germany participate at
Geneva in the forthcoming League
preparations for the Saar Basin plebi-
scite.
The pleniscite, to be conducted next
year, will determine whether the great
coal mining district Is to be French or
German in the future
Rene Massigli of France brought the
German question squarely before the
seventy-eighth session of the council,
opening today. when he voiced regret
that Germany was not represented to
participate In preparations for ths
plebiscite.
The seventy-eighth session of the
League Council met today under the
youngest president in the history of
the League-Joseph Beck. 40-year-old
foreign minister Of Poland
Indications were that the Council
would move warily in regard to the
Saar problem, because of Germany Is
absence from the Council tables as a
result Of her withdrawal in mid
October.
Nevertheless. the Council is bound to
prepare for the plebiscite regardless of
what arrangements for settlement of
this additional Franco-G German problem
may eventually be made
Gathering today. members of the
Council found the chairs of Germany
and Japan vacant because of their res
ignations. A new member, Argentina,
was represented, however
Premier Benito Mussolini demon
strated that he is still faithful to the
League, despite his demands that 1t be
radically reformed. He sent Baron
Pompeo Aloisi, Italy's delegate, author
lied as II Duce's spokesman.
Evening star., 1934-01-15
WAR GIVES STRENGTH,
GEN. BULLARD HOLDS
Retired A. E. F. Chief Denies That
It Threatens Civilization.
Brings Out Mems Best"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January l5-Lieut.
Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, commander of
the I'd American Army in France and
a veteran of nine active campaigns
looks upon war as a natural part Of
civilization, q builder of men and of
nations.
The general, who will be, 73 tomor-
row and who was retired nine years
ago, has been warrior all Of his life,
from the early days of his campaigning
against Geronimo's Indian raiders along
the countrys Southwestern frontier.
Its great test of manhood" he said
In a birthday interview. War strength
ems characters. The hardships and trials
of a war brings out the best in men.
And once in while war regenerates a
whole people"
Nations and people are built up in
war;" he continued. They deteriorate
and grow corrupt In peace"
He said he did not believe civilization
could be wiped out in war, declaring,
Against every weapon that human in
genuity can devise for offense. human
ingenuity can devise means for de-
fense."
Evening star., 1934-01-15
29 SPY SUSPECTS
HELD IN MOSCOW
Soviet Police Believe Case
May Rival Metropolitan
Vickers Affair.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. January l5.-Nine for
eigners and 20 Russians were under
arrest today in what Soviet police be-
lieved was new case of espionage
which may rival the dramatic Metro
politan- -Vickers affair
Diplomatic representatives Of Ger
many, Austria and Denmark. who
sought information in the matter, were
refused permission to see the prisoners
and were given no details of the case
except that the men had been arrested
under section In the Soviet criminal
code covering economic espionage.
Prosecutor Studies Evidence.
Six of the foreigners and all the Rus
slams were associated with the Control
Co., branch Of Societe Des Surveil.
lances, Ltd. of Geneva The arrests
were carried on secretly over q period
of four months. beginning in Septem-
Der and ending late in December.
The case has not yet been turned
over to the public prosecutor. who is
to determine whether the evidence is
sufficient to warrant a trial.
The available facts, however. indi-
Gated that the case centers around the
Austrian brothers, Josef and Karl Wein-
zettl. for, with the single exception OF
General Manager Silvain Bernhardt OF
Belgium, all foreigners who were held
either had worked under them or under
their friends.
First Arrests In September.
This probably accounts for the fact
that three of those held have no con-
nection with the company. but were
employed in Soviet industrial enter.
prises at Nicolaey. on the Black Sea
This is in the territory covered by the
Weinzettls in their regular duties Of in
specting and certifying the Soviet ex-
port cargoes.
The first arrests were made Septem-
Der is. 1888. when Soviet officials took
into custody numerous Russian en-
ployes of the Control Co.
Emil F,eischle and Herbert Rhoden,
both of Germany. were the last to be
arrested, being taken on December a.
The others arrested were wilhelm
Larsen Of Denmark, the company's rep.
resentative at Archangel: Richard KRIS
chai of Austria. Victor Wiermann and
Heinrich Karl both of Germany. the
latter three described as friends Of the
Weinzettls.
The Control Co. is engaged In certi-
flying cargoes of exports from Russia
to all parts of the world, principally
grain, lumber and oil.
Evening star., 1934-01-15
BAND CONCERTS,

BY the United States Navy Band this
evening at o'clock. at sail loft (sym-
phony concert). Lieut.. Charles Benter,
leader; Alexander Morris, assistant
leader. Soloist. Ralph Mack, viola.
Overture, Carnival" (op. 92),
Anton Dvorak
Suite, Carmen. ....... Georges Bizet
"Marche de Contrebrandier,"
"Habanera,'
"Nocturne,"
lie Garde Montante,"
"Danse Boheme."
Solo for viola, "Siciliano-Rigandon
Francois Francoeur
CTranscribed r. Mack
Musician Ralph Mack.
Symphonic No. g.
Ludwig Won Beethoven
Allegro vivace,
Allegretto scherzando,
Tempo di menuetto,
Allegro vivace.
First act from the ballet, "Bacchus
81 ere Danse Espagnole,"
"2 eme Danse Espagnole."
"The Star Spangled Banner"
BY the United States Marine Band
tomorrow morning at 1880, In the
auditorium. Capt. Taylor BranSon,
leader; Arthur S. Witcomb. second
leader. Patriotic shut-ins' dream hour
Marines hymn, ''The Halls Of Monte
yuma"
Overture. "Poet and Peasant. .suppe
March, washington Grays". .Grafulla
Duet for cornet and trombone, Home
to our Mountains" from "Trova-
tore" ................... Verdi
Musicians Winifred Kemp and
Harold Bayes.
Mazurka Dragon Fly. ....... Strauss
Waltz. wedding of the Winds. Halls
Grand scenes from "Traviata". Verdi
Trumpet solos,
"Ah. Sweet Mystery Of Life. Herbert
"By the Waters of Minnetonka."
,Lieurance
Musician John p. White.
March, Spirit of Independence"
Holzmann
Saxophone solo, Smoke Gets In
Your Eye from Roberta. Kern
Musician Kenneth Douse.
Intermezzo, I'm. Monastery Gar
den I4svI.r3
'EVeut1Qe" .uAyWA1V
Chimes obligato by Musician
Wilbur Kieffer.
ssT",e Star spaneled Banner"
Evening star., 1934-01-15
Transfer of Gold
TOU.S. You'd Near,
Merely Title Shift
Most Of $4,000, 900, 600
Stock Is already IL,
Treasury.
Dy the Associated Press.

Government ownership Of all none
tAry gold today was analysed to mean
chiefly shift In title, since most Of
the yellow metal already is in either
the Treasury itself or its mints.
Known monetary gold stocks ex-
ceed $4,000, 100000 OF this, $3,20l, :
100000 is held in the Treasury. OF
what is outside, $810, $4,000 Is held by
Federal Reserve banks.
The change of title might be ac-
complished simply by earmarking that
1910 100000 of coin and bullion to
the Governments account Or it could
be shipped into the Treasury.
OF the gold held In the Treasury,
81. .767 $40 900 belongs to the Reserve
banks. This, plus what they have
themselves, plus $946,l33,000 In gold
certiflcates-paper demand notes on
that much gold in the TreasuYy-gives
the IL banks title to So, 500. 900 900 in
gold. This ownership is divided
among the districts as follows.
New 1oo. York. ss5s.57s 900; chicago.
Boston. s255;e76.oO0; San Francisco,
1852 ,645,000; Philadelphia, $200,74l,-
600: Richmond $l65, ,298 900; st. Louis,
Sl62, ,685, 900; Kansas City, $l52, 704, 900;
Atlanta, $113,672,000: Minneapolis.
SOS, ,062, 900: Dallas. s77.858, 900.
Evening star., 1934-01-15

Representative Milligan Is supposed
to have once made Q confidential poll
on prohibition repeal for Garner which
was wrong by only one vote. He failed
to count q man who was Ill and not
expected to appear. That is as near as
any one ever came to knowing In ad.
vance how 435 members Of the House
were going to vote.
The A. F. of L. and postal employees
lobbies are two Of the strongest in
Washington. The postal people partic-
ularly worked hard against Mr.. Roose-
velt's plan to restore only per cent
Of the is per cent pay cut.
The big fellows in business and
finance still feel optimistic about the
general improvement. The way one ex-
presses it is: Roosevelt is the luckiest
man alive, because nothing can stop
business improvement, and when II
comes nothing can stop him from get
ting all the credit for It." The admin
istration experts are slightly less opti.
mistic about the immediate extent Of
the improvement, but more positive
that Roosevelt deserves the credit. .
Evening star., 1934-01-15
LUNCH ROOM DYNAMITED
Woman Injured-Business Dispute
Is Blamed.

FORT KNOX, KY. Jan. is tP.-Dyna-
mite hurled into the cellar of q lunch
room at the edge Of the Fort Knox
military reservation yesterday caused an
explosion which injured one woman
and endangered the lives Of II other
persons.
Proprietors Of the lunch room told
Sheriff w. H. Hines they had received
threats "of q business nature" The
explosives were stolen from Fort Knox.
He found q hand-grenade device which
apparently had been used for touching
OF the blast. Mrs. Nell Thornberry,
part owner Of the lunch room, was
knocked unconscious. Her 6-year-old
daughter, sleeping upstairs. was thrown
from her bed The child was seriously
Ill with pneumonia.
Evening star., 1934-01-15
HOUSE DEMOCRATS
FORCE JOB CAUCUS
Many Are Apprehensive Over
What They Deem Yelled Ad-
ministration Threat.
Nv the Associated Press.

8y the Associated Press.
AS they prepared to foregather in a
forced caucus on patronage tonight
more than a handful of House Demo-
Gratis today were divided between sighs
Of relief and shivers of apprehension
over what some deemed veiled admin
ttration threat.
Exactly "a Democratic representa-
tives voted against President Roose-
velt's Federal pay cut plan last week
despite direct statements by House
Shortly thereafter they read TINS
paragraph in speech delivered by
Postmaster General James A. Farley,
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee and chief patronage dis
penser:
rThe people will. at the first oppor-
tlnity, take care of the cases of those
who seek to embarrass the President
and make his tasks more difficult. We
have an election of Congressman this
Fall, and 1 will miss my guess If the
names of the men to whom have been
.eferring are not missing when the roll
S called convening the Seventy-fourtn
Congress"
Farley named no names. But most
selt he had in mind, among others,
bll0 OF UlSIuDClS VI PdAty "AAo SoAS~s~
on the economy legislation.
Some of the boilers expressed relief
privately because they took that speech
% mean they would not meet immediate
,eprisals.
sAmong immediate developments was
4 telegram by Horatio Abbott, Demo-
cratic national committeeman for
Michigan, warning Democratic House
members from his State that they must
support the President.
The problem was more complicated
Tor some by tonight's patronage caucus
twenty-five of them forced the caucus.
against the wishes Of party leaders by
signing a petition.
This petition said the signers we're
not anti Roosevelt, but some leaders
had their doubts. All had expressed
dissatisfaction about administration
b-giving Several leaders called the
signers trouble makers" anyhow.
Evening star., 1934-01-15
TAMMANY is ACCUSED
Of WITHHOLDING BILLS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASS0C1ateo PreBL
NEW YORK. January 15.-City Con-
troller w. Arthur Cunningham declared
In an address last night that assess.
ments totaling $2s, 10000 fof local i'm
provements had been pigeonholed by
the late Tammany regime.
While the work has been completed
and the contractors paid BY the city,
in some cases Is far back as 1926, he
said, the property owners concerned
have not even been billed.
with elections in the ofnng," he said,
"yuu can understand the reluctance OF
former oficials to send out. these bills.
They have left them for us."
Cunningham lid he would ,1k to
collect the ~