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The Washington times., 1934-04-13
RELIEF ROLLS
At NEW PEAK
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
An all time peak in the number
Of unemployed on relief rolls was
reached on April /. despite EN-.
ployment gain of the past year,
Relief Administrator Harry l..
Hopkins said today.
Families on relief April / mum.
bered 4,7OO,000, compared with
100000 at the peak of last
year, Mr.. Hopkins stated. He at.
tributed the unprecedented mum.
Der to the exhaustion of family
reserves, throwing on relief ad.
ditional families who have never
before applied for aid.
Mr.. Hopkins emphasized that
this increase was in the face Of
1ndisputable gains in employment.
He issued preliminary reports for
40 cities, showing that the trend
OF relief from February, 1884, to
March, 1884, was upward 13 per
cent and that expenditures for
relief from all public funds in
creased 20 per cent in this time.
The principal cause of the rise
In relief rolls in March, he said,
was the continuous reduction in
the number of employees on Civil
Works projects, many of whom
transferred to relief rolls after
wards. @
The Washington times., 1934-04-13
Armed Pals of Slain Thug
Sought by D. C.. Police

the weapon jammed and Phillips
gun also jammed and the patrol
man sent two bullets crashing
into Phillips chest.
The shooting occurred at Adams
Mill Road and Ontario Place
Northwest, where police had been
watching an automobile bearing
licenses used on an automobile in
a $50, 900 cigarette robbery re-
Gently in North Carolina.
Davis got away by running up
an alley while Pstrolman Cation
was putting the finishing touches
to Phillips career.
Phillips first was identified by
police as Jerry w. Reid" Of
Crescent Park, Anne Arundel
county, Md, but fingerprints
taken at the Morgue soon dis
closed his true identity-that Of
an ex- convict.
Police and Department Of
Justice agents located an apart
ment in the 2700 block OF Adams
Mill Rd. which they said had
been occupied by Phillips and
Davis and q third man, the one
who kept on walking yesterday
while Davis and Phillips got into
the car.
The Washington times., 1934-04-13
SAFETY LACK
SEEN IN AIR
MAIL PLAN
Austin Charges New Bids Let
Operators Neglect Old
Precautionary Rules
BY International News Service

The Post Office Depart
ment has stripped the nation s
air mail and passenger service
of safety features, built up
over years, in it's specifica-
tions for temporary mail con-
tract bids, Senator Austin
(R.) of Vermont charged to-
day. The bids are scheduled
to be opened next week.
Senator Austin made his allega-
tions at today's session of the Sen.
ate air mail investigation COM
mittee, where Republican commit
tee members are pushing their
probe of the cancellations.
Denning on Stand
With william I. Denning, Wash
ington attorney employed by indie
pendent carriers, on the stand,
Senator Austin charged the Post
Office Department revised its
original specifications at behest #
the Independents.
Delving into correspondence Of
Mr.. Denning and T. E. Braniff,
head of the independent carriers,
Senator Austin brought out that
single-motor planes will replace
multimotored craft on much of
the service.
He asked:
"ThiS new program means NO
cOpilOts are required, no twO-way
radio is required, and no radio
beam flying devices are required,
doesn't it?"
Mr.. Denning replied:
TN accordance with the ad-
vertisements for bids, yes"
Mr.. Denning refused to concede
Senator Austin's suggestion that
Mr.. Braniff and others had
brought about abandonment of
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The Washington times., 1934-04-13
PARKING BAN
DOWNTOWN
ORDERED
3 Streets in Heart of Trade
Area Affected BY 30-Day
Test of Scheme

The District Commissioners
today approved a 30-day trial
ban on daytime parking on
a number of downtown streets.
The regulation goes into ef-
feet tomorrow morning.
Their action was taken at the
suggestion Of william A. Van
Duzer, Director of Traffic, and
over the protests of downtown
merchants.
Three Streets Affected
The trial regulation prohibits
parking from 8 o'clock in the
morning to 6 o'clock in the even
ing on Seventh Street from Penn
sylvania Avenue to New York Ave
nue.; on F. Street from Fifth to
Seventh and Ninth to Fourteenth
Streets; and on G Street from
Fifth to Fifteenth Streets.
At the end Of the 30-day trial
period the Commissioners will
hold public hearing for discus
sion of the problem.
Checks Double Parking
Mr.. Van Duzer said in his recon-
mendation:
MANY of the stores on these
streets have shipping entrances
and other entrance signs which
prohibit customers from parking
in front Of their stores. These
merchants are perfectly willing
to prohibit parking in front of
their stores but some Of them
oppose having the same type Of
restriction in front of other
stores.
"The result of the situation is
that when a customer Of one Of
the smaller merchants desires to
transact business he must double
park"
Opposition to bans on all-day
parking in the central business
district was voiced today by
downtown merchants, who
claimed that such regulations
would drive business away from
their establishments.
The ban drew fire from all
the trade organizations of the city
at a recent meeting called by
Traffic Director Van Duzer.
The Washington times., 1934-04-13
TON.
A 7 7 RAIN
A UNIQUE
AFFAIR
Chief Executive Gives Witty
Reply to Greeting; "I'm a
Tough Guy" He Declares
By GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service

The same Congress that sent
President Roosevelt away from
Washington two weeks ago
with smacking over his veto
and which since he has been
away has been rebelliously
kicking over Administration
traces-gave him a whooping
reception upon his return today
that was utterly without prece- ,
dent.
Approximately 100 members Of
the House marched from the
Capitol Plaza behind the red.
coated Marine Band to the Union
Station to join there a group Of
Senators, Cabinet officers, and
members of the Roosevelt family
to greet the President upon his
return from Florida.
Veto Foes on Hand
Amusingly enough, the most
prominent paraders were those
who helped to override the veto.
The blaSe Capital, which has
seen all sorts of parades, never
saw anything just like the one
that was staged this morning.
Certainly. no President ever was
greeted upon arriving in Wash
ington by a parade Of Congress
men through the streets, headed
by the resplendent United States
Marine Band footing popular
music.
Pedestrians on their way to
work stopped and stared at the
unusual spectacle.
Democrats, of course, predomi-
mated in the parade. although
there were several Republicans and
Farmer-Labor members. Noted in
the ranks were Representative
Welch of California and RepreSen-
tative Lambertson of Kansas, both
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The Washington times., 1934-04-13
ROGERS
Says:

BEVERLEY HILLS, Cal, April
13.-Well, Mr.. Roosevelt gets
back today and I suppose his
fishing trip will be followed by
an investigation; for the Demo
Gratis claim he caught some fish
and the Republicans are equally
inSiStent that he didn't.
It's like all the inveStiga-
tiOns-it's absolutely necessary;
it's going to have a big bearing
on the future Of this country.
If there are men in this country
who claim they caught q fish
when they didn't catch one, it
should be known by the people
Of the country, no matter how
high up the investigation has to
reach.
So appoint your committee
three Democrats and two Re-
pubIicanS-in order that we may
have q fair investigation and
see whether this country iS
going Russian and catching fish
for caviar purposes.
Copyright. 1884 by Mcknight
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-13
S3,250 7 HEF 7
JA|LS GRAY

Pleading guilty to embezzle-
ment of $3.50 from the willard
Hotel, Clarence Gray, former Will
lard paymaster. was sentenced to
serve two to three years in the
penitentiary by Justice Peyton
Gordon today in District Supreme
Court.
Gray admitted he took the
money from the hotel to change
into bills of larger denominations.
but instead Of going to a bank,
he visited a gambling house where
he lost it all.
Maurice Jaillet, former book
keeper at S. Kann Sons Company,
who was convicted of forging and
uttering $4,000 worth Of checks,
drew a to-three-year sentence.
Participation with three other
men in a $65 hold-up Of Childs
Restaurant, 600 block North Cap.
itol st., last December Is. netted
Charles p. Hayes. a sentence Of
/ year to IA months.
The Washington times., 1934-04-13

fingers companion was a tall, thin
man.
The raid in its execution was
typical of the foray made on the
police station arsenal at Peru.
Ind, u Dillinger mobsters after
The .ang leader rejoined his fol-
lowers last fall upon their escape
from the State penitentiary at
Michigan City.
A second automobile, carrying
two or three men. had been
parked near Dillinger's black
sedan, and when the raid was
completed roared out of the town
behind the Car bearing the gang
leader.
When Officer Pettinger was
able to tell a calm storJ ~f his
experience, it developed that Dill
linger was in search Of machine
guns.
The Washington times., 1934-04-13

friendly to the bill not notified that meet
ing was to be held.
Then the committee went into a panic and instead
of making report made two reports on half way
bank relief measures
Now the bills which the committee reported will be
dropped down to the end of the calendar and there will
die with the death of the current Congress.
Prior to this demonstration of parliamentary agility
by heretofore moribund committee certain members
of the House had flown into tantrum because news
papers printing the of courageous Members
The Washington times., 1934-04-13
RULE TO RUSH
MEASURE
SOUGHT
Author Asks Debate Limit As
Ally Seeks Pledge of Vote
Before Adjournment

Rushing to the aid of the
Mcleod bank relief bill, four
nore Representatives within
five minutes after the, House
convened today signed the
Weideman petition which
would force a vote ON the bill
April %. ssa ~ - s'''*4 ''s
The four whose signatures were
necessary make total of las
were Representatives James j.
Connolly .R.) of Pennsylvania, j.
Banks Kurtz (RO of Pennsylva-
mia, Harry c. Ransley (RO Of
Pennsylvania, and William I. Siro-
vich Cd of New York.
yOte Pledge Sought
On another front, Representa-
tive John D. Dingell (DD of Michi-
gan moved to block any attempt
to adjourn Congress prematurely
by circulating a second petition
pledging members to vote against
adjournment until passage of the
Mcleod bill.
Such a petition is unofficial, but
many times in the past has proved
effective in forcing action on slug
giSh legislation.
A third and extremely impor-
tant move was made by Represen-
tative Clarence j. Mcleod (R.0 OF
Michigan, author of the bill, when
he introduced a resolution asking
for a rule from the rules commit
tee on his bill.
Allows One Hour Debate
The rule, if adopted by the COM
mittee, would result in a vote on
the floor after one hours debate
It would apply to a last-minute
bill reported out late yesterday by
the House Banking and Currency
Committee which Mcleod hackers
believe was drawn up in an at
tempt to kill any chance of action
on the original bill this session
The Washington times., 1934-04-13

Articles in The Times
Stir District Hope
Congress Will Act
By DUNCAN FORSYTH

During the last three weeks five prominent members Of
Congress have advanced through the columns of The Wash
ngon Times weconsdered proposals. tempered the light
of experience for bringing the of the District of
Columbia into closer touch with the people and for relieving
the District committees Of Senate and House Of of the
routine and detail that much of their time
The authors of these articles have included Senator Mard
Tydngs of Maryland member of the District of Columbia
Committee of the Senator whose constituency
includes thousands of persons whose vehoods and social
activities closely bound up with the welfare Of the Dis
rct Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas for many years
chairman of the District Committee Senator William H. King
Of Utah. the present chairman Representative Fred A. Brit
Of Illinois, long acquainted with Chicago municipal af
fairs before he to Congress- and Representative Virginia
Jenckes of Indiana member of the House District Com
mee who brought to her task there the fresh viewpoint
of member and the practical viewpoint of capable
and conscientious woman eager do her best in the
mittee ASST gnments that have to her lot
The Washington times., 1934-04-13

Search continued in Washing
ton today for the two companions
of William B. Phillips, %, who
was shot to death yesterday by
Patrolman John A. Cation, Tenth
precinct, when Phillips drew a
gun and attempted to kill the
policeman.
One of the companions, since
identified as william Davis, 36,
ex-convict, is loose in the city
with a sub-machine gun which
jammed at the crucial moment
yesterday.
Davis tried to use the rapid
fire gun on Patrolman Cation but
The Washington times., 1934-04-13
$500 Damage Done
BU Southwest Fire

Damage estimated at $500 was
caused by a two-alarm fire that
swept an unoccupied home in the
1000 block D st. s. w. early to-
day The alarm was turned in
by George Rawlett, mechanic
in a garage adjacent to the build
ing The blaze was confined to
the home. Mr.. Rawlett said
homeless wanderers occasionally
slept in the house, which has
been unoccupied for more than a
year,
The Washington times., 1934-04-13

be provided for the District, in
order that Senate members. who
have many committee assign"
ments, might have more time to
devote to national legislation.
He pointed out that the District
Committee devotes, through neceS-
sity, under the present Set-up, q
great deal of time to relatively
unimportant matters which might
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The Washington times., 1934-04-13
Auto Plant Strike
Settlement Seen

MILWAUKEE,, April 13 Q.N.
s.. An early end was seen to-
day for the six-weeks'-old strike
of 4,7OO employees of the Nash
Motors Company and its affili-
ate, the Seaman Body Corpora
tion, with resumption Of opera
tions at the plants here, in Keno
sha, and in Racine likely next
Monday. The 1900 strikers at
the Seaman Company here were
scheduled to vote late today on
q peace proposal evolved by the
bargaining committee.
The Washington times., 1934-04-13
Parliamentary Agility Used to Defeat VIII of the HOus

Parliamentary tricks unworthy of schoolboy debat
ing society resorted to yesterday by supposedly
dignfed statesmen in frantic effort to prevent the
House of Representatives from voting the Mcleod
bill
hastily called meeting of the Committee on Bank
ing and Currency-which had already pigeonhoed the
Mcleod bill for two months-was held after the House
had convened.
This meeting under the rules of the House. prob
ably illegal Members of the committee who were
The Washington times., 1934-04-13

of the body who wanted to vote on the Mcleod bill
They seemed to think that on matter affecting 10-
100000 of citizens the public not entitled to
know what Members stood for making good the Gov
ernment's promises.
The criticism of newspapers for printing these
is of piece with the tactics of the Banking and Cur
rency Committee.
NEITHER THE CRITICISM NOR THE TACTICS
CAN PREVENT THE EVENTUAL ACCEPTANCE
OF THE JUST AND WORTHY PRINCIPLES EN-
BODIED IN REPRESENTATIVE McLEODS BILL
The Washington times., 1934-04-13
BLlGn1enthGL Mansion
Burns: S2OO,OOO Loss

NEW YORK, April 13.-Only
the outer walls Of the Georgian
mansion Of A. c. Blumenthal.
theatrical producer, on Ocean
Avenue, Larchmont, were stand
ing today, after fire which swept
through the building and gave
firemen a long battle. The loss
was estimated at upwards of
$4,000
The Washington times., 1934-04-13

views OF IydlngS
This symposium has been of
great interest to District residents,
and will be of great value to the
District if the proposals advanced
in the articles are given the con-
sideration by Congress that they
deserve.
Senator Tydings, who has been
interested for a long time in Dis
trict affairs, urged strongly that a
greater measure of local autonomy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-19
FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1884
Russian Recognition

When American recognition ot SoVleC Russia first was announced, the country blinked a couple of times, looked some what nervously at the beaming figure or MT Litvinoff, meditated with comfort cA those big industrial orders Russia mlgnS be placing, and allowed that 1t probably would be all right. Since then, 1t grad ually has become apparent that a pro foundly important maneuver Tn world politics has been taking place. To send an ambassador to Moscow because your relations with Tokio are somewhat dell cate may look like a roundabout way ot doing business. But it is perfectly obvi- ous that the Japanese situation was sizeable factor in our recognition of Rus sia, and bit by bit we are beginning to get glimpse of the real background of the move
 One angle of it is touched on by an editorial in the current issue of Womans World; and whether or not this maga- zine has the facts absolutely straight, it at least gives sample of the kind of thing that was taken into account in Washing ton when recognition first was discussed. During and after the war, says the 3Woman's World editorial, Japan and France reached secret understanding. Clemenceau feared that the end of the war would find the United States over- whelmingly more powerful than any other nation on earth, and he believed Japan could be useful as a check. So, says the editorial, he devised an agreement where by Japan would be permitted unlimited expansion in Asia. Japan would be allowed to seize Manchuria and control China; it also would be allowed to con- trol the Pacific all the way to the Cali fornia coast.
 It was for this reason, continues the editorial, that Clemenceau insisted on giv- ing Japan mandates over so many islands in the Pacific at the Versailles conference. Now all this is somewhat shocking, to one brought up on the theory that America and France always have been good friends. Just how far the facts are straight may be open to question. The story may be entirely true, partly true, or entirely false.
 { The point that it does illustrate is that Japan has been emerging in the Far East as potential enemy of both America and Russia, and that certain European pow CTS have been very happy to see that happen. By resuming relations with Russia, this country has taken an effec- tive step to meet the situation. Recogni- tion was move for national security. By sending af ambassador to Russia, the ad- ministration sought to lessen growing tension on the other side of the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-19

command in the postoffice to transact daily business without the necessary transfer of actual cash. The postal notes issued would only be in denominations of $1, $2, $5, and $10. For larger amounts the ordinary money order would still be employed.
 This is direct competition with our banks, so far as we can see. It might be that the federal authorities, somewhat annoyed to think that when they had the opportunity to control all the banks last March they neglected to do so, are now more than determined to get into the bus iness Deposit insurance is with us, probably for good, too. The next step is an expansion of the present form of government banking through the post offices of the nation. It's an encroach- ment perhaps on private enterprise, but so many excuses are handy that Uncle Sam may get away with it. It's ques- tion whether we want too much govern ment control of private enterprise no matter how badly the latter may behave or may have conducted it's affairs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-19
The Jingling Dollar

Resumption of silver purchase and coinage by our government gives silver lining to the depression, at least for the silver states and industries. With a jump of about 20 cents an ounce in price, and market assured silver mining becomes really profitable again. Many abandoned silver mines will be reopened. Other mining industries, copper and nickel, for instance, which produce silver as a by product, will get lift. Gold, too, because of it's frequent association with silver ores, should come into larger production. The general effects of this moderate re- monetization of silver, on terms agreed to last summer in the London conference, are hard to estimate. Most of them are ln- tangible The biggest effect, very likely, is psychological. Here is 'hard money in practical form.
 A sudden, friendly turning toward sl- yer again by the richest nation in the world will probably stimulate the use and value of silver everywhere. We shall see silver dollars circulating in this country more than for decades. The West has never ceased liking silver; we shall now hear it's pleasant jingle even in the East. There will be echoes abroad, especally Tn Asia, which is almost entirely on silver basis. Our export trade should benefit. The policy adopted by the President is a compromise avoiding either extreme silver imitation or the linking of silver to gold Tn a fixed ratio.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-19

Ruths. In fact the King of Swat, himself, has been giving away these weapons of the dia- mond in connection with a broadcast he puts on the air for the oil company.
 Mir MargOld, who once fought valiantly foH tSe lives of SaccO and Vanzetti NAd was "drOpped' from the Harvard Law faculty for his pains, now claims that Babe Ruth's gifts to the klddies are in
 violation of the fair trade prac. tfce provisions of the Oil Code.
 Margold has brough federal court action to prevent further giving away of bats, gloves or baseballs.
 MONETARY MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Most of the 4,OO0, 900, ,O00 in gold--which now becomes nearly $8,000,O00,000 - is located in the New York and Philadelphia Federal Reserve banks. .. The Treasury has been working for months on installing vast subterranean vaults below it's floors to house the gold supply u tHG IlOWeNCEg IL develops that not much of the gold will be moved to Washing ton-at least for the time being Now that devaluation is a fact, the foreign nations which once yearned for it, are singing another song France, es- pecially, is worried by the pros- pect o. American funds going back home to take advantage of the stabilized monetary situa- tion In preparation for the return of the dollar, some of Morgenthau's men have been working on changes in the securi- ties act. They want to permit a freer Notation of bonds when money loosens up Some of those who oppose them, such as fearless Jim Landis, Federal Trade commissioner, think that with an easy money market the safeguards of the Securities Act become all the more necessary. MORE MERRY-GO.ROUND
 Word from the west is that the higher price of silver may bring disaster to the lead mines. This is because silver is pro- duced as a by-product of lead. And if silver is produced in large quantities, lead may be- come glut on the market, suf- fer price slump No matter what the future effects of dol lar devaluation, one political ef- feet is definite. Roosevelt's dollar juggling has absolutely pulled the punch of the print ing press money crowd. They can get no one to listen to them now The most violent disagreements in the entire Roosevelt administration oc- cured over monetary policy, and yet advocates of the two extremes actuall, came close to agreeing in principle. Agreement on ex- ecution was their trouble. Both sides agreed that the national and individual debt burden was too high. But where the con- servatives wanted to cut debts in half, the radicals wanted to dou- ble the nations money supply. The effect was exactly the same The president stood with the latter HE REASONED THAT IN PLAYING POKER IT WAS A LOT EASIER TO IN CREASE THE VALUE OF THE CHIPS, THAN TO WRITE DOWN THEIR VALUE.
 Copyright, 1884, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Incl