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The Washington times., 1934-05-24
By John Snure, yr.

Can it be true that John
Dickinson, Assistant Secretary
of Commerce and loquacious
lad from the college campus,
has changed his mind about
resigning in a huff?
Surely, Mr.. Dickinson, who,
it is reported, is merely becom-
ing acquainted with practical
administration of government
before aspiring for the presi"
Dental candidacy in 1910,
would not retract those threats
Of resignation that he is cred
tied with making.
Around the town floated
numerous reports that John
would resign IL the Senate
Commerce Committee refused
to confirm his prOtege, DR..
Willard I. ThOrp, as Director
Of the Bureau Of Foreign. and
Domestic Commerce. BY the
definite vote Of IL to S the
committee declined cOnfirma-
ton of DIR. ThOrp, Of Amherst,
o college where MIR. Dickinson
received a portion of his ex-
tensive training in admipistra-
ton of government.
From all reports, Mr.. Dickin-
son was irked. He made state
ments castigating the members
of the Senate who were op-
posed to Thorpe in a very vio-
lent manner for an Under Secre'
tary. He would not affirm or
deny reports that he intended
to resign.
His resignation has not been
seen, however.
It is missing. Like the votes
Mr.. Dickinson needed for DR..
Thorp's confirmation, it can
not be found.
When the Senate refused
confirmation of Mr.. Thorp and
the President withdrew that
gentleman's name, it is re-
ported that another rah-rah
boy, Rexford G. Tugwell, AS
sistant Secretary of Agricul-
ture, rushed to the White
House.
He persuaded the President,
the report continues, to issue an
executive order authorizing Mr..
Dickinson to perform the duties
of the Director of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce until a new director mad
been appointed.
Mr.. Dickinson took the job
gleefully and launched on a
campaign of intensive work.
One of his first jobs, they say
was to appoint a committee to
investigate the activities of some
people in the Department. of
Commerce, who had net favored
Dr. Thorp'S appointment.
One of his other great
achievements was to have a
couch removed from thc office
of Eugene wilbur, assistant to
the director CT the bureau. But
Gene asked TO he released from
the responsibility Of that piece
of furniture which had been
assigned to him and then taken
away. The next morning the
couch was returned.
Like the mace Of ancient
rulers, that couch swayed the
workers in the bureau and they
followed it's lead from Mr.. Will
bur to Mr.. Dickinson and back
again.
Such has been the activity
Of one Of the Presidents campus
cut-ups.
His remarks about the Senate
have been most impolitic.
There are certain members on
Capitol Hill who believe he
should be persuaded to tender
his resignation if he, himself, j.,
is reluctant.
They cannot understand why
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President Roosevelt granted him
permission at Mr.. T1lgwell's re.
ported insistence, to take over
the duties of the Director of
the Bureau of Foreign and Do.
mestic Commerce.
Among the gray-beards at the
Capitol there are others, how
ever, who nod their heads wisely
when the subject is mentioned
and attribute certain wisdom to
the President.
They say, and it is as good o
guess as any, that the Chief
Executive knows that there 10
growing sentiment throughout
the country against his cheer
leading group of theorizing
brain trusters.
He, however, appointed his
men and cannot repudiate them
now.
It would be another thing,
these gray-beards say, If Mr..
Dickinson, Mr.. Tugwell and
others crawled too far out en-
the limb of a tree already bur-
dened with the fruits of their
endeavors.
The President is not a tree
surgeon and could not be ex.
pected to restore the limb If it
Splintered to have it once more
bear the fruits grown at so
great an expenditure.
Repercussions from the ap-
pointment of DR.. Thorp and the
subsequent withdrawal of his
name still reverberate but the
eminent doctor is out of the
field.
Before long another director
will be appointed and probably
confirmed.
From all indications he will be
C. T. MurchiSon, a North Caro-
linian, having the endorsement
of Senator Josiah w. Bailey, Of
that State.
Secretary of Commerce Daniel
Roper apparently has confidence
in Mr.. Murchison.
Postmaster General Farley
the patronage passer, will &C.
cept Secretary Roper's recon-.
mendation.
Unlike DR.. Thorp, Mr.. Muir.
Gibson will not meet the oppo-
sition from the Senate Com
merce Committee on a large
scale and probably will be con-
firmed before Congress packs
it's luggage and heads home for
the summer.
In those bygone days of pro-
hibition when the bootleggerS
bootlegged and the wet-drinking
members of Congress voted dry
there was gentleman around
this town known as the Man in
the Green Hat"
Capitol Hill knew him and
well it might for the green-hatted
salesman of super-special spirits
visited that territory regularly.
He was known in every corridor
and his telephone number was
on many lists.
Prohibition has ended. The
bootlegger has gone, or is going.
The Man in the Green Hat"
traverseS the corridors on the
Hill no more.
A substitute is making the
rounds of the offices Of thirsty
congressman.
The other day a blue delivery
truck rolled up to the entrance
Of the new House Office Build
ing. On the side of the truck
were the words:
''Wine and Liquor Shop"
A liveried chauffeur emerged.
And into the building he took a
package. Thus passes the dry
era!
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The Washington times., 1934-12-31
POLICE PAYL LAST FONORS TO SINCLAIR Mrs.
By MARY PADGETT

Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle, first
vice president Of the District OF
Columbia Federation Of Wom'
ems Clubs, will tell Of the work
of the clothes conservation COM
mittee next Friday over Sta
ton WRC, at lis p. m, on the
weekly Among Women" broad
cast sponsored by the fedora
ton.
Mrs. Biddle is chairman OF
this work for the federation.
The work accomplished by
this group, in the rooms at 1923
U st. N. w., was begun about
two years ago by Mrs. Bidd!e
and a small committee of club
women in connection with the
District Employment Commit
tee. At present they are an in
tegral part of the District Emer.
gency Relief organization.
In charge Of the work and
production at the rooms is Mrs.
Helen Morrison Hunter, who is
also chairman of the fedora
tion's broadcasts. Old clothing
of all descriptions IS collected,
made over if necessary, reno
vated, and distributed through
the Emergency Relief.
At present work is being done
on 68 policemen'S coats for the
Civilian n conservation camps.
Anything clean and usable is
acceptable. Garments are cut
over and made into children'S
clothing if the supply OF chill
dren's clothes is short.
BOYS pants are made out OF
pieces of this and that; old
fashioned shirtwaitS are made
into guimpes for girls jumper
dresses.
The women who do this work
find employment for maintain
ing their dependent families,
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Mission Reception

The annual New Year recep-
tion Of the board Of directors,
the ministerial council, and the
women's guild of the Central
Union Mission, and Mr.. and
Mrs. John S. Bennett, directors
of the Mission, will be held to-
morrow afternoon from 2 to 5
o'clock at the Children's Emer-
gency Home, 624 Indiana Ave.
N. w.
Assisting Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
nett to receive guests will be
Mrs. William H. Ramsey. presi-
dent of the Women's Guild, and
the wives of the members of the
board of directors, including
Mrs. E. H. de Groot, jr.; Mrs.
Merritt o. Chance, Mrs. w. w.
Everett, Mrs. j. A. Winner,
Mrs. Harry Hoskinson. Mrs. Will
bur La Roe, and Mrs. A. M.
Cooper.
This reception has been an
annual custom at the Mission
for the past 20 years. It will
be open to the public and will
afford an opportunity for the
people to go through the build
ing and see both the Mission
and the Children's Emergency
Home.
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WOMAN BURNED

Miss Bertha Williams, colored,
SO, of the first block of Fenton
Pl., N. W., died early today in
Hospital of burns suf-
fered yesterday when an oil lamp
upset in her home. Miss Williams
told police the lamp toppled over
while she was trying to adjust it,
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HUNDREDS PAY
TR|BUTE To
y SINCLAIR

a few wisps Of smoke, rifle fire
splitting the silence in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery, and Traffic Policeman
Raymond v. Sinclair lay at rest
this noon after unique hero's
funeral.
He was buried following services
marked not only by the biggest
police funeral in years but by the
fact that a policeman was being
honored for falling while in the
line of duty, which in his case was
not facing gunman'S bullets but
halting Speeders.
More than 500 persons attended
the requiem mass at st. GabrielS
Church and those gathering to
pay tribute to WaShington'S ma
tionally known nemesis Of law
breaking motorists ranked from
Major Ernest w. Brown, superin-
tendent Of police, down to a taxi
driver, arrested once by Mr.. Sin
clair.
Offered His Cab
He had come to offer use of his
cab for transporting mourners to
the cemetery but learned that
more than enough cars were avail
able. Harry Dodson. of the 1900
block of Monroe ST., said in his
own eulogy;
"SincIair was q mighty fine
boy. 1 was his friend, but he
arrested me for speeding few
years ago, my only arrest to
date. 1 was in the wrong and
forfeited $5 bond. He kept
on being my friend after that"
Fitting in pomp a funeral for
statesman was that the Police
Department gave its member who
died Friday morning, a few hours
after the motorcycle with which
he was cruising for speeders on
the Bladensburg Road crashed
into the side of an automobile
making a left turn.
Sergt. William Cunningham led
the special detail of SO motor
cycle police which escorted the
body from services at the home,
5000 block Illinois Ave. N. w., to
St. Gabriel's and from there to
the cemetery
Few of the merely curious were
at the church, the crowd repre-
Senting friends. in uniform and
out. The gray casket, covered
with roses, was carried into the
church between rows of saluting
fellow officer by Inspector Lamb,
Lieut.. w. T. Storm, Sergt. Joseph
Harrington and Pvts. Bruce
Storm, Ray Aggleson and A. S.
Griffin.
High police officials attending
with Major Brown, who came to
the funeral from his sick bed,
included Inspectors L. I. H. Ed.
wards, Frank S. w. Burke, Albert
Headley, Thaddeus r. Bean, and
w. G. Stott. A party of Is Park
Police also was present. Capt.
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Milton Smith had full charge Of
police arrangements.
The firing squad at the grave
came from Fort Myer under au-
spices of Washington Police Post
No. 20, American Legion, of
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which George H. Christman is
commander, and of which Mr.,
Sinclair was a member. Police
from the Ninth Precinct acted as
guard of honor during the
ceremonies. Taps were sounded
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by Private Daniel Moetler.
Mr.. Sinclair's arrests for speed
ing and traffic violations aver
aged more than 5000 a year, yet
he was often commended for
courtesy.
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HEARING DELAYED

BY International News Service
Public hearing on a proposed
marketing agreement and license
for the Southern rice milling in
dustry, set for January II, has
been postponed to January 81.
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Whenever you wish to know the
correct time of day or night tele-
phone District 1000, the office of
THE WASHINGTON TIMES.
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If you wish to know the correct
time of day or night telephone
THE WASHINGTON TIME s,
District 1000.
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Mrs. Lloyd BiddIe to Go on Air
To- Tell Of Work of Clothes
Conservation Committee

and thus a double good is &C.
complshed,
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NNss. LraaEz Q Mxns TaAAOoo Ca,
Evening star., 1934-01-14

I'LL out the application blanks on the
basis Of their own need for Job rather
than their fitness to I'LL the job.
Only n Jobs Available.
"They hear about these relief Jobs
and they come In here and apply and
immediately build up all kinds Of false
hopes that they'll get jobs" Mr.. Kramer
explained. Already the number Of ap-
plications so far outdistances the num-
ber Of jobs we'll have that it's pitiful.
AS q matter of fact, we're going to hire
only eight white and eight colored
people to teach the vocational subjects
and we're planning to take on only six
teachers for the adult literacy classes
three in the white schools and three in
the colored schools. So that's why we
feel 1t is kinder at the outset to warn
the applicants just what kind OF per-
sons will be hired for the particular
jobs"
Robert L. Haycock. assistant SUPER
intendent. who Is chairman OF the
School Ofiicials' Hot Lunch Committee,
announced yesterday that the free
lunch program for needy children would
be extended to five more school build
ings, beginning tomorrow. This exten-
sion. he said, contemplates the service
Of lunch for total Of 8 465 pupils.
The lunch program still Is without
the supply Of milk which has been
promised by Commissioner George E.
Allen for a week. The Commissioner
last week visited the schools to observe
the lunch service and announced that
he would see to it that the milk Is
added to the daily menu "immediately.
Evening star., 1934-01-14
POST REQUISITES
. FOR TEACHING Jobs
School Officials Declare Only
Specially Qualified for
Emergency Positions.

In the hope Of avoiding false hopes"
and resultant bitter disappointment"
In applicants who could not possibly
perform the work, eligibility require
ments for emergency vocational train
ing and adult iteracy class teachers
have been posted In the Franklin School
Administration Building.
Persons who seek Federal relief jobs
as teachers in the vocational field must
be equipped with training and consid-
erable experience in teaching" one or
more of the following subjects: Gregg
shorthand, touch tipping. bookkeeping,
architectural drawing, commercial art
and automobile mechanics.
Patience Is Required.
Applicants for literacy class teaching
positions are warned that a few posi-
tions" will be available to persons "who
have good training and considerable ex-
perience in elementary teaching below
the fifth grade level" Reference to the
literacy classes warns further that
"only those can be successful who pos
sess patience, skill and sympathy with
persons of very limited education"
Such teachers, the notice continues,
must be able to gain the confidence OF
their students and be able ito give in
struction slowly and carefully and with
out offense to those who may be sensi-
tive about their lack Of education"
DR.. Stephen E. Kramer. first assistant
superintendent, said the eligibility list
had been reduced to printed form and
posted "out OF kindness to the persons
who apply" DR.. Kramer said persons
Evening star., 1934-01-14

ington Board Of Trade, Merchants d
Manufacturers Association and numer-
GUS groups representing the various
Government departments.
O'Connor on Committee.
Serving on the committee are J. ?.
T. O'Connor controller Of the currency,
who is chairman of tickets for the bali;
w. Forbes Morgan, George A. Garrett
and Joseph E. Davies, on the Ticket
Committee. The treasurer Is Robert v.
Fleming. The Executive Committee,
headed by Wilton j. Lambert, COM
prises Commissioner Melvin G. Hazen,
Joseph Tumulty and Julius Garfinckel.
DR.. Hans Kinder is chairman of
music, assisted by group of music pa
irons, including Mrs. Lawrence Town
send, Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Mrs.
Tracy Dows and Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe. 1t is planned to have q half
hour concert at the Shoreham by the
National Symphony Orchestra during
the progress Of the ball.
Tickets for the ball are IS and table
tickets 81. The table tickets are merely
reserved seat" for the ball and do
not include service or supper.
Evening star., 1934-01-14
WORKERSFOR BLIND
TO DISCUSS LAWS
Two Sight|ess Attorneys Will
Address Association
Thursday Night.

Legislation to promote the economic
-sufficiency of the blind will be dis
cussed at the next business meeting OF
the District of Columbia Association of
Workers for the Blind, to be held at 8
o'clock Thursday night at the Henry
and Annie Hurt Home for the Blind,
$3.50 r street.
Speakers will include Wade Hampton
Mitchell, sightless attorney: Benjamin
Franklin Parker, another blind attor-
ney, and Harry P. Jones, a sightless
member of the association, who recently
was appointed to manage an entertain
ment. bridge party and dance at the
Kennedy Warren Apartments on Lin
coins birthday for the benefit Of the
associations relief fund.
Mr.. Mitchell will discuss bill intro
duced by Representative Matthew Dunn
of Pennsylvania for creation Of bu
reau for the blind in the Post Office
Department to provide for the issuing
of licenses to blind persons to operate
concession stands in various public
buildings throughout the country.
Mr.. Parker will discuss q bill intro
duced at the last session of Congress
and designed. emong other things, to
provide adequate relief for needy blind
residents of the District.
Evening star., 1934-01-14
PILOT SEEKING DANCER
FORCED DOWN BY FOG
Fay Baker, in Another Plane, Be-
lieved to Have Landed in
Isolated Village.

By the Associated Press
WINNIPEGOSIS, Manitoba, January
13.-Fog forced Pilot Jack Crosby down
40 miles from here today shortly after
he took off from Winnipeg to search
for Fay Baker. an American dancer,
and Pilot Bill May.
Crosby reported he was down at
Ochre River, but expected to proceed
to Winnipegosis as soon as the fog
here
Miss Baker of Waterton, Wis, and
May have been missing since Monday,
when they took off from The Pas, Man
itoba. for Winnipeg. Airmen in the
Manitoba capital expressed belief they
had been forced to land at some isolat.
ed north country village.
Evening star., 1934-01-14
SPEAKERS T0.TALK
ON BIRTH CONTROL
Nationally Known Specialists
to Discuss Problems at
Conference.

Nationally known specialists will
speak on birth control problems and
related questions in the national emer-
gency program at the American Con-
ference on Birth Control and National
Recovery, which opens at the Maylower
Hotel tomorrow afternoon.
Organized by the National Committee
on Federal Legislation for Birth Con-
troll, of which Mrs. Margaret Sanger
Is president, 1t is the first birth control
conference to be called here. All ses-
sions with the exception of a special
meeting for physicians Tuesday after
noon, are open to the public.
The close Of the conference Wednes-
day will be followed the next day with
q hearing on the Pierce birth-control
bill before the House Judiciary Com
Several hundred delegates are ex-
pected to attend the sessions. Fifty
Washington women, headed by Mrs.
John F. Dryden, form the local Recep-
ton Committee.
Conference Opens Tomorrow.
The conference will be opened to-
morrow at pm. by Mrs. Sanger. Ad-
uTcSocS Will NC iuduc Wy Ilol. w iSh ~
Thompson, University of Miami; DR..
William F. Ogburn, University of Chi
cago and Joseph j. Spengler, sociologist
of the University of Arizona.
At tomorrow nights session to con-
slider Religious, Ethical and Moral
Aspects Of Birth Control" the speakers
are: Bishop Francis j. Mcconnell Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. New
York City: Rabbi Stephen S. Wise OF
the New York Free Synagogue. and Rev.
Russell j. Clinchy. Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church.
DR.. Ira S. Vile, associate in pedia-
tries. Mount Sinai Hospital. New York
City. will be toaStmaster at a dinner
Wednesday evening. Scheduled speak
ers include Amelia Earhart, Represent
ative Walter Pierce of Oregon, Mrs.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Norwich
town. Conn, feminist and writer: DR..
T. Wingate Todd, Cleveland, member
of the board of the Brush Foundation;
DR.. William McDougall, Duke Univer-
sity. and Mrs. Thomas NJ Hepburn,
Hartford, Conn, national legislative
chairman.
London Doctors to Speak.
Two birth control authorities Of Lon
don, DR.. Norman Haire and DR.. Cecil I.
Voge, are arriving in this country to-
day. They will address the conference.
Wednesday morning addresses will be
made by Dr. Alice Hamilton. Harvard
Medical School: Edgar Sydenstricker,
Milbank Foundation Of New York City;
Leroy S. Bowman, Child Development
Institute Columbia University; DR..
James H. S. Bossard, University of
Pennsylvania, and DR.. Ray E. Faber,
New York University.
DIR. Prentiss Wilson. president Of the
Evening star., 1934-01-14
VOCATION COUNCIL
T0ADv!SE YOUTHS
Y. w. c. A. and KiWanis Club
to Cooperate With Pub
lie Schools.

To cooperate with the public schools
IN aiding high school students to
choose careers for which they are best
fitted, the Young Mems Christian As
sociation and the Kiwanis Club have
orcanized the Washington Vocational
Guidance Council, under auspices OF
which approximately rs local business
and professional leaders are lending
their advice to students.
DR.. j. Orin Powers, chairman of the
Vocational Guidance Committee of the
Y. M. C. A. and professor of education
at George Washington University, has
been made chairman of the council.
The new movement is an outgrowth Of
q series of "occupational adjustment"
lectures and interviews for students
and others begun last year by the Y. M.
C.. A., with the cooperation OF the
Kiwanis Club.
Vocational Talks Made.
A number Of talks on vocational top
ics already have been made before
various high school classes by men
prominent in trade and professional
circles of Washington. The program
has the support of public school au-
thorities. DIR. Stephen E. Kramer. as
sistant superintendent OF schools, Is su-
pervisig the program in the schools.
Students desiring individual voca-
tional advice are required to fill out a
QUESTIONABLE, stating the professions
they hope to follow and problems which
may confront them in attaining their
goals. Interviews then are arranged
with one or more business or profess
sional men experienced in the line of
endeavor specified. The appointments
are made by E. A. Drumm. employment
secretary of the Central Y M c. A.
Volunteer for Advice.
The following persons have offered
their services to the council as advisers
to the students: William M. Aitchison.
DR.. Norman Bruce AmeS, P. N. Ar
mand, Bruce Baird, Carter Barron,
Peter Becker, DR.. James A.. Bell, DR..
Daniel L. Borden, DR.. William D. Bout
well, L. T. Breuninger. H. A. Brooks,
William Gordon Buchanan, Dwight N,
Burnham. Vincent F. Callahan. Clar-
ence c. Cappel Maj. r. B. Cotton, E.
H. De Groot. Charles H. Doing. Clyde
Douthat, Carl Smith Dow. DR.. Mitchell
Dreese, DR.. E. M. Ellison, Edwin H.
sIL, Mdh T lSCllcI, W. WulldlIl y. TldtllCl, /,
jr.; William N. Freeman. H. c. Fuller,
w. Herbert Gill. C. C. Glover, jr.:: DR..
Walter Greenleaf, Pinckney Harmon,
Fred ]. Hartman, J. E. Heberle Lieut..
Walter Hinton, A. F. E. Horn, Charles
v. INLAY, A. L. johnson. Campbell C.
johnson, T. E. johnson, Claude D.
Jones, M. A. JUL, Harry M. Keyser, C.
T. Kingsbury, George E. Keneipp, E. S.
LaFetra, David r. Lehman, Mrs. Mary
F. C. Leute, William NJ Loman, John
Madigan, DR.. T. D. Martin, DR.. Fred
A. Moss, R. j. Murphy, DR.. L. j.
ORourke, Chauncey G. Parker, jr.;
Frank L. Peckham, James E. Pixlee, O..
E. Reed. John G.. Scharf, James P.
Schick, c. Melvin Sharpe. Archie K.
Shipe. J. N. Singleton. Maj. L. M.
Smith, Ernest j. Splitter, M. w. Ster-
ling. Rev. DR.. Allan A. Stockdale. Dr.
Harold G. Sutton, DR.. J. D. Stout, John
L. Vandergrift. Roger J. Whiteford. DR..
Dudley w. Willard and Dewey zirkin.