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Evening star., 1934-04-14
FILM ACTOR TO WED

HOLLYWOOD, April IA Cp.-For-
NAL announcement of the engagement
of MonroeaOwsley. film actor. former
ly Of Atlanta. Ga, and Katherine
Toberman, Hollywood society woman,
will be made tomorrow, it was learned
today. Friends said the wedding will
be this Summer.
Owsley, formerly a stage actor,
Ann Harding in Holiday Miss
Toberman is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles E. Toberman. Her
father heads a real estate firm.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

Card party. Hiawatha Council, No.
., Degree of Pocahontas Northeast
Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets
northeast, pm
Evening star., 1934-04-14

Dance, Junior Law Glass of Colum-
bus University, west ball room, Shore
ham Hotel, pm.
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SuSNSoj s'SN pam
Card party-bingo party, Room 4l8.
Washington Loan & Trust Building,
w. B. A. girls, $3.50 pm.
Meeting, Daughters of the Barons
of Runnymede, Fairfax room, Will
lard Hotel, 2 pm.
N. R. A. conference, Automobile
Parts Equipment Manufacturers,
Room 126, Willard Hotel, all day.
illustrated lecture, Richard L. Burd-
sail, The Ascent of Minya Konka. !"
presented by Friends Peace Commit
tee. benefit National Council for Pre-
vention of War, Friends Meeting
House, 1911 I street, pm.
Play, Come Out of the Kitchen, "
Thespian Society of the Covenant
First Church, Pierce Hall. Fifteenth
and Harvard streets, 800 pm.
Meeting, Danes of the Loyal Le-
gion, Chinese room, Mayfiower Hotel,
all day
Dinner, Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority,
Chinese room, Mayfiower Hotel, 7:3O
pm.
Card party, Women's Board of
George Washington University Hos
pital, garden, Mayflower Hotel, pm.
Tea, Newcomb Alumnae. home of
Miss Josephine White, 1855 Newark
street, 4:30 pm.
Dance and card party, Washington
Esperanto Chapter, Y. w. C. A., Build
ing, 6l4 E street, $50 pm.
Cub Hobby Show, District Boy
Scouts, 1913 Vermont avenue, 10 am.
TO 5 pm.
Court of Review and Honor, District
Boy Scouts, Thomson School, Twelfth
and L streets, 7:30 pm.
Address, The Allied Youth Move
ment," Miss Nettie Alien Thomas, Sec
retary of the Allied Youth of America
1914 Sixteenth street, Sis pm.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

Bingo party-card party, Mayfiower
Club, Northeast Masonic Temple,
Eighth and F streets northeast, $50
pm.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

Bingo party-card party, benefit
Loyalty Lodge, No. 4, Order of the
Shepherds of Bethlehem, Fourth
street northeast, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

Dance, Shell Eastern Petroleum
Products, Inc, Association, Hamilton
Hotel, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1934-04-14
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Meeting. Delta Sigma National Fra
ternity, home of William E. Parry,
1900 F street, $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

Inspection, Boy Scout Troops of Di-
vision IL, Boys Club, Third and c
streets, 7:30 pm.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

Gard party-bingo party, Room 4lS.
Washington Loan & Trust Building,
w. B. A. girls, $50 pm.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

Meeting, Daughters of the Barons
OF Runnymede, Fairfax room, Will
lard Hotel, 2 pm.
The Washington times., 1934-04-28
INTERIOR WAGE
SHIFTS DUE

Salary ups and downs are in
prospect for certain employees OF
the interior Department. accord
ing to q ruling today by Comp
troller General j. R. McCarl, re-
plying to some questions on claSs1-
fication raised by Secretary H. L.
1ckes.
Executive departments have an
election, in classifying employees
paid from emergency funds, as to
whether such classification shall
be under the terms of the Presi-
dents executive order No. 644O,
last November, or under the classi-
fication act.
The Interior Department has
followed the act, and in some
cases it is found that the salaries
now paid are above the minimum
Of the grade to which the posi-
tions will be allocated under clas-
Sification.
The ruling holds, first, that an
employe may draw his present sal.
ary after ALLEGATION if it is one Of
the rates in the classification
grade to which he is assigned; it
is not necessary to cut his pay to
the minimum.
Moreover, employees being paid
at an "odd rate"-not a regular
rate fixed under classification
may be increased to the next
higher regular classified rate if
present pay is within the regular
classification range.
The Washington times., 1934-04-28

ister are of different degree. One
is a possible Fascist prime min
lister, Sir Oswald Mosley.
One is a possible Labor prime
minister, Mr.. Herbert Morrison.
And one is a possible Conserva-
tive prime minister, MIR. Walter
Elliot.
Out of all their opinions there
emergeS one common purpose.
It is not in the intention of
any one Of the three to permit
a continuation of the planleSs,
undirected, free competition of
the liberal capitalist system un-
der which we have lived for the
last hundred years.
The best brains of the two
strongest political parties in Eng
land and of the youngest party
are at one in this purpose.
Whether they reach their goal
by Black Shirt Fascism, or top-hat
FaScism, or Labor Socialism, the
result for Britain will probably
not be vastly different. For
they fight among themselves but
the one enemy they have agreed
to slay is the old state. BY
one path or another, Britain, too,
is moving toward a New Deal.
The Washington times., 1934-04-28
AAA EMP PLOYES
NUMBER 4,400

Reaching the highest peak in
the history Of the agency, en-
ployes in the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration now num-
ber over 4,4OO, personnel officials
reported today.
The figure represents an in
crease of about $50 over the last
recorded total. made about three
weeks ago.
Practically no hiring is being
done at present, officials said. in
an effort to prevent job7seekers
from being disappointed.
The Washington times., 1934-04-28
Continued from Page -

\~U"SS"NSS sSNUS - ~
words, what are the arguments
against Britain going Fascist?
Perhaps of paramount import
ance was the fact that in both
Germany and Italy there was a
national feeling of inferiority.
There was a national disgrace to
wipe out. Germany lost the war.
She felt she had to wipe that off
the record. Hitler has persuaded
Germany today that she won the
war.
Italy nominally was a victor,
but the shame of the Italian
rout at Caporetto was, until Mus
Solini came to power, in the back
Of every Italian mind.
The populace Spat upon Italian
officers. The flag was a rag.
Mussolini taught Italy to hold its
head up. Above all, Fascism in
both countries restored the ma
tional pride.
England has no disgrace to
wipe out. Her output of national
pride is the largest industry.
AT Very Worst
In both Germany and Italy,
Fascism came at a moment when
the economic depression was at
its worst, unemployment at its
greatest. Both Mussolini and
Hitler had the luck to get in at
the bottom so that the natural
cyclic improvement in world
economy was booked in their
countries to. their credit.
Mosley in England launched
his Black Shirts movement just
as world and British economy
have started to move upward.
In both Germany and Italy,
there existed a great middle-class
which had lost three-fourthS of
its savings by initiation. The
economic discomfort of these
italian and German middle-classes
has no counterpart in Britain.
In both Germany and Italy,
the fancied menace Of red revo.
luton was strong. It made no
difference that the menace was
only fancied, as proved by the
collapse Of the reds in both
countries.
No Fear Exists
It was not the fact but the
fear that counted. The fear was
strong enough to mobilize the
propertied classes to defend them.
selves. This fear does not as yet
exist in England.
Finally, in both Germany and
italy, the government had ceased
to govern. Political murders cost
hundreds of lives yearly before
Mussolini and Hitler came in. The
murders were committed, it IS
true, at least as frequently by
Fascists and Nazis as by their po-
litical opponents.
But if the liberal governments
in power had really governed they
would have suppressed the mur-
dererS on both sides.
|. The British government is still
governing. Political murder is un
known. Parliament may be dis
credited among a few critical
minds, but the average man in
Britain still accepts it.
All these five factors speak
against Britain going Black Shirt
Fascist. Britain has no emotional
need for Fascism to reinforce Its
The Washington times., 1934-04-28
GREENHOUSES
RUN 50 YEARS
BY BYRNES
Federal Institution Here Owes
Prominence to Work of
Father and Son

For the past 33 years a Byrnes
has been in charge of the green
houses Of the Department of Agri-
culture.
In 1901 the late Edward M.
Byrnes, who had entered the Fed
eral service in 1874, became super
intendent of the greenhouses. He
retired in 1924, and was sue
ceeded by his son, j. Wise ByrneS,
who still holds the post.
Father and son are famous in
the horticultural world. Both de-
veloped many new varieties OF
flowers, and contributed much to
scientific knowledge Of the breed
ing and raising of plants.
New Nuns Developed
For instance, j. Wise Byrnes
has created hundreds Of varieties
of new chrysanthemumS. about
5000 amaryllis, 100 crotons, three
carnations, one rose and one
Snapdragon.
His father was responsible for
the founding of the famous am
aryllis show, to which thousands
of spectators are attracted every
year. He also was the first to
develop a pure white amaryllis
after 10 years Of constant cross
pollination.
Dozens upon dozens of prizes
have been won by the green
houses while under the direction
of the two MesSrs. Byrnes, al
though no competition was en-
tered unless sponsors of the show
requested it.
Wins Show Prizes
AS an example, a new amaryllis
club was established in Florida
last year. For its first exhibition
it asked for plants from the De-
partment of Agriculture.
The request was granted, al
though it was necessary to send
plants which as yet had not
flowered. The blooms captured
several Of the awards, however,
when they opened.
j. Wise ByrneS was born and
reared in Washington, being grad
uated from GonZaga High School
in 1900. In 1901 he joined the
Botanic Gardens, two months
after his father became superin-
tendent of the greenhouses, which
are now located at Fourteenth
Street and Constitution Avenue
Northwest.
Five years later he Joined his
father at the greenhouses, and is
now rounding out 18 years of
service there.
The Washington times., 1934-04-28
G.. D. p. UneGrths
RiDUL Mines Plot

The Democrats, who. the records
prove, can't play baseball, are try
ing to steal a march on the Re
publicans. It was discovered yes
terday that candidates for the
House Democratic baseball team
have been secretly working out for
two weeks in the House gym. Re
publicans Immediately erie d
'Trickery!" The Republicans have
won nearly all the annual baseball
games
The Washington times., 1934-04-28

national pride; it is enjoying at
the moment the beginning Of eco
nomic recovery; its middle classes
are still too powerful economically
to feel the need of a strong-arm
movement to protect themselves;
the fear of Red revolution is as
yet latent in England, and the
British government is still gov
erning.
What could change these con-
ditions to make the chances speak
in favor of Fascism?
First, if recovery relapses into
depression.
Second, if labor majority in
the next parliament should en-
courage the hitherto lamb-like So
cialists really to attempt to dis
possess the owners of the means
Of production.
Third, if labor should win not
quite a majority and refuse to take
the government, with the result
that the government would cease
e11eCG1VeIy GO SOVeIA'
Britain's New State
But over and above all these
specific factors there does exist
in this country a very widespread
discomfort with the failures Of
capitalism. The plans Of Walter
Elliot, Minister of Agriculture, are
the best sign posts in that direc'
ton. Elliot is touted as the next
Conservative prime minister.
He has declared:
."Of course there is q revOlu-
tiOn at work in our world.
There is q revolution and we
are in it. What is more, there
is q revolution and we are
doing it. Our job in Britain
is to do the revolution and do
it better than anyone else.
"YOu ask me how the new
state will look. I say 1t will
be q state in which the people
as q whole will have . great
deal more spare time on their
hands than they have today.
The machine state, the scien-
tific state, will continue to
produce unemployment. If we
absorb them into the body
polite, production will no
longer be q fuIl.time job for
every adult citizen as It was
in Great Britain in the Nine
teenth Century.
WHAT HE LOOKS FOR
''NOw before we can make
much progress with the new
state we have to resolve the
clash between liberty and Secur-
ity at home, just as we have to
resolve the clash between peace
and Justice abroad. / think every
one would agree that liberty
and security are not similar,
they are diSsimilar, contrasting
and even conflicting ideals. 1t
may take q little more thought
to agree that justice and peace
are diSSimilar ideals, and even
at bottom conflicting ideals
yet 1t is 80.
IF you ask me where / stand,
1 say stand for organization at
home, which is to say that I am
willing to give up q certain
amount of liberty for q reason.
able amount Of security; and
stand for collective &C ctiOn
abroad, which is to say that I
am willing to give up . certain
The Washington times., 1934-04-28
Law Cases

~eaASS
Smith v. Wash. Ry. & Elec.
Co. Attys. A. L. Newmyer-E. L..
Jones.
Hurdle v. Hines. Attys. Whelan
& O'Connell-Wm. A. Gallagher.
Roberts & Co. v. Vogue Clean
ing Co. Attys. Whelan & O'Con-
nell-Simon, Koenigsberger q
Young.
Pot. sav. Blk. v. Lemley. Attys.
A. w. Mclean. r. H. Snyder
Wilbert McInerney.
Silverman v. N. Y. Life ms.
Co. Attys. L. E. Speigler, Simon,
Koenigsberger & Young-McKen-
ney, Flannery & Craighill.
Stringfellow v. Phillips. Attys.
Lester Wood-Cromelin & Laws.
Bartlett v. Allison Apt. Co.
Attys. j. C. Turco-Quinter &
Sothoron.
Whiteford v. D. C. Attys. T.
M. Baker-C. H. Gray.
Baker v. Whitmore. Attys. R.
H. McNeill, G. H. McNeiu-G.
L. Baker.
Avery v. U. S. Attys. L. @. c.
Lamar. w. Wood.
Ingram v. U. S. Attys. j. Il.
Bentley. w. Wood.
Jeffreys v. sterrett Operating
Service Co. Attys. A. L. New
myer-Whiteford, Marshall &
Hart.
Winstead v. D. c. Attys. Haw-
ken & Havell-C. H. Gray.
Hammersla v. Stewart. Attys.
R. L. Merrick-O'Shea, Burnett
& Goldstein.
Jones v. Jones. Attys. J. A,
Kaufmann-O'Shea, Burnett &
Goldstein.
Perley v. Willis. Attys. Welch,
Daily & Welch-H. I. Quinn.
Collins v. Conaway. Attys. G.
E. McNeil-Philip Austin.
Stearns v. Fine. Attys. A. L.
Newmyer-Clephane, Latimer &
Hall.
Habey v. Wash. Times Co
AttyS. A. H. Burton, A. wilson
w. j. Lambert, r. H. Yeatman.
Brown v. Garrett. Attys. H. S
Ward-R. A. Maher, L. A. Block.
Schuckers v. Fleishell. Attys
VIM. Wendell. c. McGarraghy
Hill ". Eichenlaub. Attys. A. H
Gardner-Welch, Daily & Welch.
Kelly Furn. Co. v. Cap. Trac
Co. Attys. Darr & Darr-J. Mo
ran, E. L. Jones.
Best v. D. c. Attys. O'SheG
Burnett & GoldStein-Robert E
Lynch.
U. s. Shipping Board Fleet
Corp. v. Md. Cas-. Co. ct al. AttyS
r. H. Hallett-Hinton E. Heron
H. w. Wheatley.
Hodges v. Emile, Attys. H
w. Wheatley, sr. & jr.-H. I
Quinn.
Walters v. U. 8. Attys. Warren
Miller-W. M. Shea.
Ford v. MeSsina. Attys. j. j
Carmody-A. Stearn, A.. Lyman.
Ullrich v. q. s. AttyS. Warren
Miller-W. M. Shea.
Miller v. Frank. Nat. Blk. Attys
C. T. Clayton-P. j. j. Nichol
aides.
johnson v. McKenney. AttyS
Bramhall & McCabe-CharleS
Arth.
Montgomery v. Gladman. Attys
R. F.. Downing, j. j. Malloy-
HaWken & HaveQ.
Winter V. Fleishall. Attys. VIM
WENDELL. c. McGarraghy.
Rep. Inv. Co. v. Plotnick. Attys
B. L. Tepper-Milton Strasburger
The Washington times., 1934-04-28
COURT CALENDAR
Equity Cases


Hartford Accident and 'Inden1-
nifty Co. VS.. Westinghouse Elec.
g. Mfg. Co. Attys. A. M. Heron,
r. H. wilmer. D. L. Hatch. ]. I.
Peyser, B. z. Hinton-Irving
Lichtenberg, Milton Strasburger.
A. w. jacobson, Leslt c.. Gar
nett.
Walker VS.. Coe. Attys J. A.
Stone-T. A. Hostetler.
Brode VS.. Coe. Attys. c. e.
Riordan-T. A. Hostetler.
Stab VS.. Coe. Attys. c. e.
Riordan-T. A. Hostetler.
WEIGH VS.. WEIGH. Attys. ]. M.
Boardman, Ray Neudecker-Geo.
D. Horning, jr.
Dean VS.. Ragan. Attys. Syme
g. Syme-Geo. E. Sullivan.
wilkinson ct al VS.. Van Sender.
Attys. C. H. Houston, H. I.
Brown; Douglas, Obear, Morgan
g. Campbell-Webster Ballinger,
Alfred Cerceo, A. B. Landa, D. j.
Bell.
Everett VS.. Everett. Attys. Neu-
decker & Boardman-Wm. NC
Grath.
Taylor VS.. F. H. Smith Co.
Attys. T. S. Settle, R. H. Nc
Neill-W. w. Ross.
Mcconnell VS.. Mcconnell. At
tvs. D. I. Riordan-Barrett q
Waldman.
Lipscomb VS.. Lipscomb. Attys.
Hawken g. Havell-J. M. Board
man.
Weller VS.. Weller. Attys. J. H.
Burnett -Offutt & Snyder.
Furman VS.. Furman. Attys.
Darr g. DARN. M. F1ack.
Seip & Reading VS.. Coe. At
tvs. Emory, Booth, Varney q
Holcombe-T. A. Hostetler.
Wyant vs.. Howard. Attys. "
B. Lowrey-F. B. Rhodes.
Wiley VS.. Freedlander. AttyS
C. T. Clayton-A. L. Newmyer.
Towne VS.. Coe. Attys. P. Sig
gers-T. A. Hostetler.
Hudson vs.. Hudson. Attys. 81
mon Hirshman-J. VIM. Shea.
Ray Neudecker.
Mosteller VS.. Baker. AttyS. r
L. Merrick-H. w. Wheatley.
Bruckner-M Mitchell, Inc, VS.. q,
S. Cas-. Co. Attys. Geo. Edelin,.
Fontaine Bradley. R. B. Fleharty.
Kelly & Nicolaides-C. B. Gar"
nett.
Sickle VS.. Sickle. Attys. j. B.
Stein-A. F. Garfield.
Ellis VS.. Coe. Attys. Sol Shap-
pirio-T. A. Hostetler.
Hermanns VS.. Hermanns. Attys.
H. P. GanSs-A. D. Smith.
Gray VS.. Gray. Attys j. P:
Faulconer vs.. Faulconer. AttyA
v. B. Lowrey-J. J. O'Brien.
Abendschein VS.. Abendschein.
Attys. VIM. Wendell-Ray Neu-
decker.
Brady VS.. Harper, ct al. Attys.
w. Gwynn Gardiner-L. H. VAN
doren, Chas. w. Peckham.
Caporaletti VS.. Pierro. Attys.
Alfred Cerceo-John D. Fitzger-
aid.
Brown ct al. VS.. Fraser. Attys.
Herman Miller-George C. Cert
man.
Davis VS.. Davis. Attys. c. H.
Doherty-M. G. Ehrlich.
Cover VS.. Coe. Attys. Robert
Watson-T. A. HoStetler.
Patterson VS.. Patterson. Attys.
G. L. Munter-Jos j. Malloy.
Norman VS.. Norman, AttYs.
Louis PearlStein-Ray Neudecker.
The Washington times., 1934-04-28
STERILIZATION
SEEN THROUGH
PROMISE
Deserving Democrats Likely
to Get Preference, But
Must Be Qualified
BY DUNCAN FORSYTH

Government personnel policy.
long a decidedly mixed matter, at
last shows some signs Of StabiliZa.
hon after a year Of the New
Deal" with every indication that
o sort Of compromise between the
merit system and political spoils
will be effected.
Deserving Democrats are likely
to get jobs if they are qualified
for them, but experience has
demonstrated that qualifications
are essential and that trouble al
most certainly results where De
mocracy is accepted as a sub
Stitute for fitness.
SpOils System Under Fire
The last week has witnessed
announcements against the spoilS
system from three distinct quar-.
ters. John H. Fahey, chairman
Of the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board, has declared point blank
that fitness will govern all ap-
pointments made by the board in
the future. This is significant,
not only in view of several scan.
dalS that have developed in the
Home Loan organization, but also
because that agency for a long
time was regarded as the happy
hunting ground Of spoilsmen.
e. Claude Babcock, president Of
the American Federation of Gov
ernment Employees, issued a state
ment that craftsmanship in the
past had brought a large percent
age Of criminals into the Govern
ment service. and might reason
ably be expected to do so in the
future.
DR.. Leonard D. White, Civil
Service Commissioner, in an ad.
dress in Boston, called for extern
sion of the Civil Service system to
the emergency agencies.
Definite Policy Lacking
There has been no definite per-
sonnel policy in the Government
under the New Deal" and each
agency has been pretty much a
law to itself. For policy-making
Jobs. President Roosevelt brought
many college professors into the
Government, primarily, it appears.
because they were tied up with
neither industrial interests nor
labor. For much the same sea-
son, Gen. Hugh S. Johnson has
put many Army officers in key
jobs.
NRA appointments of business
men to administrative jobs have
led to many criticisms and have
resulted in numerous designations
It has been intimated that they
found it too difficult to disregard
their private interests while SerY-
ing in a public capacity.
The Administration has ex-
pressed sympathy with the merit
system on several occasions, but,
except for the AAA and iva,
most jobs have had political lean
Angs. The only Jobs put under
@1e Civil Service under the pres.
Gnt regime have been those OF
cotton statistical agents in South
ern States, and presumably most
Of the candidates for these jobs
would be Democrats.
The Washington times., 1934-04-28

amount Of peace for q reason
able amount of Justice"
That, if you like, shows the Brit
ish character in best form. This
may after all be a difference be
tween the British and the Cont
nentalS.
Not q Disease
The calculated willingness to
take reasonable" loss for "rea
sonable" gain may once more
guide this country, as it has in the
past, through the currents Of eco
nomic revolution without tossing
her as violently as others have
been tossed. Mr.. Elliott concludes:
"LastIy, I would say that the
stresses and strains of the new
era are so terrific that an at
tempt to solve our problems
within smaller areas Of the
world is more likely to succeed
than within larger. If you say
that this is economic national
ism, 1 reply that economic ma
tiOnaliSm is denounced by many
people who have not really ap.
piled their minds to the prob
lens involved and who speak Of
economic natiOnaliSm as though
it were a disease instead of be.
ing, as it certainly is, q symp-
tom of the coming of the leisure
state.
"In gOvernment-straight gov
ment-nO doubt it would be an
advantage If all the world were
rum from one center, with one
great set of files, with indexes
and typewriters and teIegraphs
and dictaphOnes all clicketing
away and settling every five
years how all the world was to
be ordered for five years to
come.
SETTLE OWN PROBLEMS
''But we have waited too long
for that dream to be born, and,
indeed, it will never be born,
never in our time, never for
thousands Of years to come.
Furthermore, even as a dream,
It is to the average man q dream
lacking beauty. In fact, it Is .
nightmare. We have to organ.
ize our own communities and
look at our own baCkdOOrS for
the solutions to our problems.
"The world is too vast and
too diversified to get into the
strait-jacket Of q single inter-
national plan"
A good many people in thi
country call that "top-hat Fas
ciSm." A good many others poin
out how much it resembles wha
President Roosevelt has said, ant
how nearly it resembles the patti
along which America seems to b,
moving.
But Mr.. Elliot replies:
1--WE are tackling the ques-
tiOns Of today with no violent
change Of policy such as it
would seem has been necessary
in the United States. We have
tackled them with no violent
revolution such as apparently
was found necessary in Ger.
many or in Russia. Yet I think
we have got as far along the
road as any Of these three"
| In this symposium on British
Black Shirts, three possible prime
ministers of England have hat
their opinions recorded. Theil
possibilities to become prime mir