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Evening star., 1934-04-08
WRIT 'WH|TEWASH' ,
CHARGE IS DENIED.
Democrats Say Quiz Will
Be Thorough Probe of
Revolution Charges.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Democrats vigorously denied yes
terday a Republican assertion that
this weeks investigation of DR..
William A. Wirt's revolution state
ments would be a "whiteWash."
Representative McGugin, Republic
can, Of Kansas, member of the spe-
cial committee which will quiz Writ
Tuesday, was the author of the
"whitewash" statement.
He told newspaper men the Demo-
cratic intention was to limit the in
vestigation and prove the administra-
tion "simon-pure so far as moves for.
real revolution are concerned"
Representative O'Connor, Democrat,
Of New York, another member Of the
committee. said yesterday. I'm afraid
McGugin is going to be horribly dis
appointed"
"Of course" O'Connor said, "he
would like for it to be wilitewssh so
he would have talking point. but it's
not going to be one.
IF DR.. Writ names a Government
official as the author of lis state
ment that Mr. Roosevelt is only the
Kerensky Of this revolution to be fol-.
lowed later by Stain. that Govern
ment official will be called before our
committee, I am sure.
And when we get through with
him, that Government official isn't
likely to be such a rabid revolutionist,
If he ever was one"
O'Connor said that in order to keep
''the investigation from running from
now until Winter, We had to limit it
at the start"
Chairman Bulwinkle of the special
committee asked. "how can it be a
whitewash already when nobody has
been named?"
Evening star., 1934-04-08
HOME HEAVILY GUARDED
AFTER KIDNAP THREAT
Builder Told to Appear With Pay
Roll or Children Would Be
Abducted.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BELMAR, N. j., April THE home
Of Stephen J. Day, 35-year-old part.
ner in the firm of Ehret-Day, build
ers. Of New York and Asbury Park
was under heavy guard today as the
result of a threat by unknown per-
sons to kidnap zone or more" of Day
four children.
The threat was made a week age
yesterday, it was learned today. but
details had been closely guarded by
police. The kidnapping was promised
if Day did not show up" yesterday
with the pay roll for Ehret-Day en-
ployes at Fort Monmouth, where the
company is constructing barracks.
On Friday a week ago Day found
a note in his car reading:
If you do not show up Friday. a
week from today. with the pay roll
we will kidnap one or more of your
children"
Evening star., 1934-04-08
MOORE, ON STAND,
CONTRADICTION
Denies Political Appoint.
ments in Internal Revenue.
Hearing Is Quiet.
BY the Associated Press. :

oy tIc hosOlLdtSu lICSSs
Charges by Senator Long of Louis
lana that political appointments had
been made in the internal revenue Of
| flee at New Orleans were denied yes
terday before the Senate Finance
Committee by D. D. Moore, whose con-
| firmation as collector is being op-
posed by Long.
Asked by Senator Long if the per-
sonnel of the Revenue Bureau had
not been increased since he took
charge, Moore said it had because the
Government was collecting additional
taxes which had resulted in increased
! business.
Moore said conditions in the office
when he took charge were best ex-
pressed by higher officials as deplor-
able" Another witness testified that
Moore's predecessor had just been in
dicted on Al counts for improper
handling of that Office
Hearing Lacks Color.
The hearing yesterday again was
without the spectacular and excited
anger of witnesses that had given a
feverish atmosphere to the opening
days
Indications had been the commit
tee would complete its investigation
yesterday, but the hearing was carried
over into this week to enable Long to
have witnesses appear from New Or
leans to testify to alleged "manipula-
ton" of Home Owners Loan Corpora
ton bonds.
Long had attempted to introduce
the evidence through kilograms, but
the committee, after an executive ses-
sion, decided witnesses should be
called. Long asked to. have summoned
j. S. Brock. State bank commissioner;
Assistant Commissioners johnson and
Finney and Paul B. Habans, manager
of the Home Owners Loan Corpora
ton for louisiana
Many Urged Appointments.
To offset Longs charges that Col.
John P. Sullivan, New Orleans sports
man-attorney, dominated the Internal
Revenue Bureau through patronage
privileges, Edward Rightor, counsel
for Moore, testified that appointments
mad been recommended by himself,
former Gov. John NJ Parker and
members of the Louisiana House del
egation as well as Sullivan
Rightor said that more than a year
ago Representative Sandlin of Louis
lana came to him and stated that it
was desired to have leaders in the
State recommend appointments be-
cause the senatorial delegation from
Louisiana was "out of harmony" with
the administration.
P. R. Lanoux had testified that he
was denoted from 50 700 to a 81, 400
year position after Moore took
charge OF the revenue office, and
Moore said Lanoux had been trans
ferred for efficiency of the service and
that his successor was doing twice
as much work" He added it was not
civil service position.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
HOPE STILL HELD
FOR MILK CONTROL
Farm Administration, How.
ever, Ready to Drop Plan
if Dairymen. Say So.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Despite Unexpectedly strong opposi-
ton from dairymen themselves, the
Farm Administration is unwilling to
predict defeat for its new milk pro-
duction control program.
The administration stands ready,
however, to drop the entire program
if the dairymen, now meeting re-
gionally throughout the country. so
vote.
officials trace the resistance now
being encountered to the conference
Of l30 representatives Of dairy CO.
operatives who met in Washington
three weeks ago.
Lobbyists Active.
The group organized lobby known
as the Cooperative Dairy Defense
Committee and left Roy M. Pike o1
Vernalis, Calf, and c. E. Humphrey
of San Francisco to carry on an &C.
tive campaign against a group of mer
in the Farm Administration they said
were misleading Secretary Wallace
and President Roosevelt.
Resolutions adopted at the confer.
ence demanded the re-establishment
OF old milk marketing agreements
which guaranteed resale prices, crit.
icized and condemned the production
control plan. demanded the discharge
of five officials within the admins.
tration, urged the removal of Fedora
market administrators in cities where
milk is being sold under A. A. A
license, and suggested adoption of ar
agricultural surplus removal plan ad
vocated by John Brandt of Mime.
apolis, MINI.
Hard Pull Seen.
The men attacked were Jerome N
Frank, general counsel; DR.. Mordeca
Ezekiel, economic adviser to Wallace
Victor A. Christgau, assistant admin.
istrator; Dr. Fred c. Howe, consumers
counsel. and R. G. Froker, dair!
economist.
Officials agree that increased pur.
chasing power in cities will partially
solve surplus difficulties in the dairy
industry, but contend that milk pro-
ducers are in for long, hard pull II
prosperity unless they make a perma'
nent readjustment in production.
They also lntimated dairy co-opera'
tive leaders opposing the production
control plan are not fulfilling prom
iseS made last August when they
agreed to support the administration
if it would undertake butter market
stabilization operations.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Doukhobor Fined as Drunk.

NELSON, British Columbia. April
Z R.-Peter Verigin, president of the
Christian Community of Universal
Brotherhood and spiritual leader OF
the Doukhobors. was fined s25 yes
terday when he appeared before
Magistrate William Brown in Police
Court charged with being intoxicated
in a public place. Verigin was ar
rested March 81 in a beer parlor here
and suffered slight injuries in a
scuff1e.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Telephone Girls
Found to Speak
Many Languages
e. e. P. Co. Checks on
Operators to Provide
Service to Foreigners.

The Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele-
phone Co. has been checking up on its
operators to learn how many of them
can speak foreign languages in event
some visiting dignitary or delegation
may want to have the telephone an
swered in their native tongue This
service, it was pointed out, might be
of great value to a hotel switchboard
1t was learned that nine girls speak
German, nine Italian, four French,
three Spanish and two Swedish.
At least one linguist was uncovered
familiar with Arabic, CZechoslovakian,
Dutch. Gaelic, Polish, Slavic. Welsh
and Bohemian tongues. or enough to
take care of the special requirements
g almost any foreign visitor.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
WELFARE DIRECTOR
SELECTION SPEEDED
Allen Asks Board to Hasten Can.
vass of Candidates for
Post.

The Board Of Public Welfare has
been urged by Commissioner George
E. Allen to hasten its canvass of
possible candidates for appointment
to the post of welfare director, so
new plans for administration of the
department may be carried forward
soon, it was stated yesterday.
A committee of the board now is
gathering information on a score of
welfare specialists whose names have
been suggested tor consideration.
George S. Wilson. veteran director,
has applied for retirement, but is
serving pending selection of his sue
ceSsor.
Under District law appointment of
a welfare director is made by the
Commissioners, but upon nomination
bv members of the Welfare Board
The matter was discussed yesterday
by Wilson and Allen.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
HECHT co. EMPLOYEES
HOLD ANNUAL DANCE
1,5OO Attend-Dramat Sketch
Depicts 80 Years of Stores
History.

More than 1900 employees of the
Hecht Co. assembled at the Wash
ington Hotel last night for the an
naul dance and entertainment Of the
Eecht Employees Benefit Association.
The feature of the evening was a
dramatic sketch, presented under di-
rection of Shannon Allen, depicting
Thirty eight Years Ago in the Hecht
Co." The sketch, handled like a
radio play. went back to the found
ing of the store at F and Seventh
streets 80 years ago by Alexander
Hecht and depicted its growth up to
the present time, when it is one of
the largest stores in the Nations
Capital
The officers of the benefit associa-
tion are Charles Clark, president; Mrs.
Margaret Schultz, vice president; Miss
Dorothy Faulkner. treasurer; Mrs.
Bessie Buck, secretary. and George
Quirk, c. L. NARROW, William Loman.
Willard Nails, Michael Shugrue. Larry
Nathan. Mrs. Milred Long, Mrs. Mar
garet Carpenter, Miss Denelia Feig-
Ter, Mrs. Virginia Sterling. Mrs. Rosa
lie Boardman and Mrs. Lucy Butler,
directors.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
HEAVY DEBT CUT
CITED BY RA|NEY
Speaker Says Three.Quar'
tiers Billion Saved During
Last 13 Months.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Replying to charges that this ad-
ministration is recklessly expending
money, that it is piling up an enor-
nous national debt" Speaker Rainey
asserted last night that the public
debt, less cash and securities" is
S77l, 100000 less than it was at the
end of the Hoover administration"
He spoke here, his address being
carried by radio to a meeting of the
National Democratic Club in New
York.
The Speaker made the opening
statement that IAN all-wise provi-
dence calls into control, when great
perils confront the republic, the party
to which we all belong"
"On the fourth day of March, 1888
he added. "the country had moved
irresistibly for year in the direction
of an economic collapse.
IF the Hoover administration had
been extended until now, the collapse
would have occurred"
Explains Conclusion.
He explained he had reached this
startling conclusion" about the pub
lie debt by including a S2,810,00o, 600
profit from the revaluation of the DOL
lar and Government advances to mu-
inequalities, intermediate credit banks,
joint stock land banks, and corpora
tions.
Securities were taken for all loans,
he said, and IF the recovery pro-
gram succeeds-and it must succeed
practically all of these amounts so
invested will come back into the
Treasury of the United States
In the 13 months from February
%. 1888, to March 81, 1884, he said
general expenditures" amounted to
$2.9ll 100000. while in l3 ''compara-
BILE" months of the Hoover admins
tration, from January 81. 1882. to
February %. 1888, expenditures were
$3.50, 100000.
Admits Different Method.
He conceded that certain expendi-
lures which were included in general
expenditures during part of the l3-
month period of the Hoover admin
istration are now carried as emerg-
ency expenditures, but We made
q considerably better showing
Turning to the Writ "Kerensky'
charges, Rainey said The leadership
of the Republican party seems to
center in DR.. William A. Writ, a
school teacher who lives in Gary, Ind
and who, it is charged, receives a
considerable part of his compensation
from the Gary steel companies"
Motives for such statements. he
said, we're mean. partisan and un-
patriotic. = If there is revolution,
there is a revolution against the
methods exercised by the Republican
party in II years preceding the pres
ent administration
The congressional investigation this
week, he said, would demonstrate
completely and quickly" the absurd
ity'' of Wirt's statements.
After denouncing the Hawley-
Smoot tariff. he termed Republicans
who opposed the House-passed re-
ciprocal tariff bill violently opposed
to a measure which might eventually
restore" American markets abroad.
They are preparing he said, Ito
carry this kind of an issue into the
elections next Fall No wonder the
rank and file of their party is de-
serting a leadership which leads in
the direction of economic ruin"
Evening star., 1934-04-08
BACKS DAIRY PROGRAM
Mississippi State College Head
Indorses Control Plan.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. April CP.@J
H. Moore, head of the Mississippi
State College at Starkville, today in
dorsed the Government proposed dairy
production control program.
Mr.. Moore was one of a number of
Mississippians speaking in behalf OF
the A. A. A. proposal at today's hear
ing here.
G. T. Grover of the Mississippi
Farmers Cooperative Milk Associ-
alton, Wesson, Miss, told the hearing
that "the marketing agreement de-
stroyed the market for the country
farmer in the New Orleans milk
she'd" and that we're through
with it,"
c. j. Humphreys, Little Rock.
representing a group of producer dis
tributors, spoke against the plan as
discriminatory and said it tended to
suppress initiative to increase sales.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
INSULL APPEAL REFUSED.
Expulsion Within . Week Now Seen
as Certain.

ISTANBUL, April 7 P-The ex-
pulsion of Samuel insult within a
week for trial in the United States on
fraud charges seemed certain tonight
because of decision forbidding his
appeal from a Turkish eXtradition
ruling.
Attorney General Kenan Bey an
nounced the former utilities executive
cannot question Turkeys stand on
the legality Of plans to relinquish
him to American officers. and simul-
taneously a Turko- American extradi-
ton treaty moved toward final ap-
proval.
Nevertheless, the one-time Chi
cagoan's attorneys were still deter
mined tonight to go before the courts
with what they called an ironclad
argument in favor Of their right to
appeal.
The lawyers prepared a document
contending insults detention violates
international law and, if the circum-
stances were reversed, the United
States would not follow the procedure
Turkey has taken with the American
fugitive.
Silent on Contention.
The attorneys refused officially to
divulge the exact contents of the
papers. For 18 months. in Greece
and Turkey, insult has waged sue
cessful fight against extradition to
the United States, where charges
await him in connection with the
failure of the far-f1ung insult uuOties.
insult has two petitions before the
courts-one requesting provisional re-
lease and the other seeking the right
of appeal against detention.
If he should be Professionally re-
leased, some informed quarters be-
mediately on some new charge.
The consensus in reliable circles
was that the fugitive has little chance
of outmaneuvering Turkish authori-
ties, who kept him under close guard
in the hospital ward of a detention
home
The United States embassy did not
outline its next steps.
The S. S. Executive. an American
boat, will sail from here Tuesday.
Another United States Export Line
ship, the Excelsior, sails April "a.
Ambassadors Return
Attaches at the embassy said they
had heard nothing new regarding
Washington's intentions as to an early
eXtradition.
American Ambassador Skinner, who
has been in Ankara, the capital, the
past three months. will return here
tomorrow. Whether this is significant
the embassy attaches refused to say.
insults attorneys have contended
that his arrest aboard Greek vessel
was illegal. BY Kenan Bey's decision,
appeals are thrown out automatically.
insult, meanwhile, is attended by a
valet who earns II cents day.
Apparently he has abandoned plans
for appealing to the British govern
ment.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
CONVENTION DATE SET

KANSAS CITY, April 7 R.-Theta
Sigma Phi, national honorary and
professional fraternity for women in
journalism, will hold its national con-
vention in Indianapolis June 21-23.
More than 5000 women are mem
bers of the organization. The con-
vention will observe the twenty fifth
anniversary Of the founding Of Theta
Sigma Phi at the University Of Wash
ington,
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Radio Engineers to Meet.

Washington Section of the Institute
of Radio Engineers will meet tomor-
row in the Potomac Electric Power
Co.'S auditorium, at Tenth and E
streets. E. w. Hero1d Of the re-
search department, r. c. A. Radiotron
Co., will deliver an illustrated lecture
on Negative Resistance Devices"
Evening star., 1934-04-08
WILL HONOR JEFFERSON
Virginia State Society to OBJ
serve Day April 13.

The Virginia State Society is COM
pleting arrangements for the annual
observance of Jefferson day, April 13.
with q reception and dance at the
Willard Hotel. John Garland Pollard.
former Governor of Virginia. now
chairman of the Board of Veterans
Appeals. will speak on Thomas Jeffer-
sons life.
Comdr. c. M. Blackwell. president
of the society, will present resume
Of the society's work during the past
year.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
LADIES' NIGHT PLANNED

The Ohio Society will hold its final
meeting Of the season tomorrow at
$3.50 pm. in the Shoreham Hotel.
when the usual custom of ladies
night" will be observed. Representa-
tive Edith Nourse Rogers of Massa-
chusetts will be the principal speaker.
Election of officers for the next year
will be held at the business session.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Cats Have Sharp Hearing

ATLANTIC CITY CR.-If your cat
pricks up its ears in dead silence
don't be alarmed. Kitty may be lis
tening to the footballs of a mouse a
block away. Proof that the lowliest
alley cats can hear and associate
sounds far beyond the range of hu-
man hearing was offered at meeting
of the American biological Society by
Prof. S. F. Dworkin. He showed that
while human beings can hear sounds
from 10000 to 10000 cycles per Sec
ond frequency, the hearing OF cats
went as high as $4,000 cycles.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
CONVENTION PLANNED
United Synagogue Meeting to Be
Held in May.

The twenty-second annual conven-
ton of the United Synagogue of
America will be held in Washington
from May 6 through May 8, It was
announced yesterday by Joseph A.
Wilmer, local member of the Ccnven-
ton Committee. Representatives of
synagogues throughout the United
States and Canada will attend.
According to Mr.. Wilmer, it will be
one Of the most important Jewish
conventions in recent years. Steps
will be taken at the session to COM
bat the spread of religious prejudice.
The convention will meet at the Will
lard Hotel.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
ACCEPTS SPEAKING BIDS
Senator Reynolds to Address XII
wanians in Toronto.

Senator Reynolds, Democrat, North
Carolina, yesterday accepted invita-
tions to address the Kiwanis Interna-
tional Convention at Toronto. Canada.
in June, and the Pennsylvania Motor
Federation at Wilkes Barre, Pa, on
May "a.
Reynolds will be the American
speaker on the Kiwanis international
program.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Body of Air Mechanic Found.

HARTFORD, Conn, April.7 R.-
The body of Harry Mcdonald, IS.
Baltimore airplane mechanic, was re-
covered from the Connecticut River
today, only few feet from the spot
where, on Thursday, he slipped from
the pontoon of a seaplane.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
POLICE SWING SABERS
Several Injured in Demonstra.
ton in Mexico City.

tion in Mexico City.
MEXICO, D. F., April 7 P-Sev-
eral persons were injured today when
so mounted policemen swinging sabers
dispersed a crowd of 200 persons,
mainly university students, demon
strating against Narcisso Bassols,
minister of education.
The students, gathering In down.
town streets, threw stones from the
roofs of buildings at the police and
later fired pistol shots.
Bassols became the center of a
heated controversy when he proposed
compulsory sexual education If chill
dren. Three thousand school children
have gone on strike in the last three
days at the instigation of parents as
Sociations.
Evening star., 1934-04-08

Continued From First Page.)
at the discretion OF Robert P. Skin
ner, the American Ambassador to
Turkey.
State Department officials expect
the vice consul and insult to leave
Istanbul for New York as quickly as
the final diplomatic and legal formal
tiles permit.
INSULL APPEAL REFUSED.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
U. S. VICE CONSUL
TO RETURN INSULL;
APPEAL is REFUSED

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1934-04-08

The Republicans are planning to
fight this measure to the best of their
ability in the Senate. They under
stand, they say, that the Democrats
have the votes to put the measure
through, but they intend that the
country shall be as fully informed as
possible regarding the bill before it
is passed. The measure will be at
tackled from a number of different
angles. One of these may be a pro-
posed amendment to exempt from the
permission given the President to
lower tariff duties by so per cent all
agricultural products. If such an
amendment is proposed, 1t may be ex-
, 1934-11-14
WHY NOT A NAVAL AIR BASE?

Brownsville Post No. 2035, Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States, as its
National Defense Program for 1885, ad-
vocates a proposal that should vitality in
terest every resident of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
The establishment of a joint maneuver
and testing and proving base for all air.
craft and anti-aircraft material is the pro-
posal, and the establishment of such a
base in or near the harbors of Port Isabel
and Brownsville.
This territory with its ports offers, says
the posts bulletin for November, the ideal
location for such an establishment.
Four main arguments are offered:
i. "A large expanse of sparsely settled
terrain.
2. A large area of sheltered water in
the Laguna Madre, from 5 to 8 miles in
width by 100 miles long, averaging in
depth from 3 to 10 feet.
3. Ample secluded space for bombing
and gunnery practice.
A. Almost complete absence from fogs,
there having been something like 5 foggy
days in the course of a year, according TO
coast guard records.
Accompanying the proposal is a map
showing the strategic location of this 'The
A~eronautical Hub of North America, a
map that is well deserving of attention.
Probably few of us realize what a geo.
graphical location for that sort OF thing
we have, and probably still fewer Of us
realize the natural advantages which the
". F. WIS have pointed out.
Certainly there is room for argument,
and certainly most of the argument seems
to favor the Valley ports for the location
of such an enterprise of the armed forces
of the United States.
Take a map and study it.
You will be surprised.
, 1934-11-14

Fully $4,000 persons felt that they had
to attend the funeral services for pretty
Boy" Floyd. They got in e~verybody's
way, jammed traffic in the little Okla
homa town beyond endurance. and made
a disgusting spectacle of themselves at
the cemetery, where they stole all the
flowers from the dead bandits coffin and
nearly got into a free-for-all fight over the
disposal of these precious souvenirs.
An outburst of this kind is not exactly
surprising, considering the rapt interest
that dim-witted folk are bound to feel in
The doings of any notorious outlaw.
But it is a little bit appalling to learn