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Evening star., 1934-02-25
ROBINSON SEEKS
T0SAVE OLD ROOM
Will Press for Action to Pre-
serve Historic Supreme
Court Quarters.

Action will be sought before the
present session of Congress ends by
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Demo-
cratic leader, on the resolution to pro-
vide for preservation of the historic
Supreme Court room in the Capitol
after the court moves to its own build
ing, now being erected on First street
northeast.
Under the Robinson resolution, the
room would be kept intact as one of
the many historic spots which thou
sands Of Americans come to Washing
ton every year to visit. Long before
the Supreme Court occupied the room.
1t was used as the Senate chamber
and was the scene of many important
debates in the early days of the
Nations development.
History Reviewed.
Senator Robinson a few days ago
received letter from Charles War
rem, lawyer and author of historical
writings on the Supreme Court. in
which he reviewed the history of that
portion Of the Capitol Building. Mr..
Warren's letter, which Senator Robin
son placed in the Congressional
Record, read in part as follows:
The room, as it now stands. is
structurally the same as it was when
the Senate occupied it from 1919 to
1859, with only two exceptions: CD
There Is a false flooring now in ex-
istence which covers the old flooring
OF the Senate room which was ar
ranged in tiers of seats; CD an iron
gallery which extended around the
back OF the room has been removed
since the Senate left the room in
1859. Otherwise, the room exists
practically as it was from 1919 to
1859.
Prom 1900 to 1909 the Senate oc-
cupied the room below the present
Supreme Court room, which is occu-
pied by the library of the Supreme
Court and which room then extended
up through two stories. In 1909 a
nooring was constructed at the level
OF the present concealed flooring. and
from 1909 to 1914 the Senate occu-
pied the room now occupied by the
Supreme Court. until the Capitol was
N-~~N ~ SAAF DA 1o1f. A1LcT
reconstruction it again occupied the
same room from 1919 to 1889"
Mr.. Warren also inclosed in his
letter excerpts from speeches de-
hvered by Vice President John C.
Breckenridge and Senator John J..
Crittenden. on January 4, 1859, Just
before the Senate left the old chamber
to occupy the present Senate chamber
in the north wing of the building.
In that speech, Vice President
Brechnridge recalled the names of
Calhoun, Webster and Clay as among
the statesmen who had helped make
history there.
Although delivered rs years ago,
the Breckenridge speech on that last
day the Senate met in the old cham
Der predicted that Hereafter the
American and the stranger, as thev
wander through the Capitol, will turn
with instructive reverence to view the
spot on which 50 many and great
materials have accumulated for
history
Evening star., 1934-02-25
HONOR UNIT TO HEAR
THOMAS ON MONEY
Oklahoma Democrat to Speak Ee.
fore Pi Gamma Mu Chap
ter March 4.

Senator Elmer Thomas, Democrs
of Oklahoma, will speak on Money
at the annual Washington dinner of
the National Social Science Honor
Society. Pi Gamma Mu, Sunday eve
ming March 4. DR.. John Donaldson,
governor Of the District province OF
the society, will preside.
Other speakers will be the Am
bassador from Turkey, an honorary
member of Pi Gamma Mu; DR.. S.
Howard Patterson, representing the
National Board of Trustees; Clyde 3.
Aitchison, interstate commerce COM
missioner; Frank M. Morrison, secre-
tary Of the American Federation of
Labor, and others prominent In edu-
cational and public affairs.
Those collaborating with DR.. Don
aldson in arranging the dinner a,
DR.. William F. Notz, lieutenant GO"
ernor, and committee consisting
DR.. James ]. Hayden, DR.. D. o. XII
man and DR.. Andrew j. Kress
The program will be featured
greetings from Dr. Joseph Gr7
chancellor of American Universit. o.
Bishop John Ryan, rector of Cath
lie University; Dr. Cloyd Heck Me
vim. president of George Washingt
University, and Dr. j. Coleman New
president of Georgetown Universit
The dinner will be attended by pr.
fessors and advanced students VII
are members of chapters Of the SC
ciety at the four local universitles.
by representatives Of other universi-
ties and by other Pi Gamma Mu
members who live In Washington.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

(copyrisht. 1894, by The Sunday star)
TINE medical problem Of the
large rural areas in the Ten
nessee Valley region Is ap-
L preaching test-tube solution
in a unique establishment in
the mountain village Of Banner Elk.
Together with the Lees-McCrea Col
lege and an orphanage for mountain
children, this up-to-date hospital
forms part of the Edgar Tufts Me-
mortal Foundation, originally estab-
lished by the Presbyterian Church.
1t serves nine counties within .
radius of SO miles and with a popula-
ton of $4,000. Within these nine
counties there are 81 physicians. The
youngest of them is 81 years old, the
oldest, IS A new doctor has not
entered the area for years. Some OF
the old ones antedate standardized
requirements for medical practice.
The outlook Is that within few years
there will be no practicing physicians
at all-unless they be broken men who
could not stand the competition else
where. Much the same situation is
found in other rural areas, not only
In the Tennessee Valley, but through
out the United States.
Better Than Home Treatment.
Here the unique Banner Elk Hos
pital has gone long way toward
solving a seemingly unsolvable prob
lem. It acts on the theory, says DR..
Tate, the superintendent and himself
"saddlebag doctor" Of the old days,
that any patient who can be helped
at all can be moved so miles without
detriment and that in any case the
danger of moving in we'll equipped
ambulance is less than the danger Of
home treatment under primitive
conditions.
He sees the day when thinly popu-
lated rural areas, not only in the
Tennessee Valley, but throughout the
United States, will be served by just
such hospitals-perhaps augmented
by an efficient visiting nurse service.
The size of the area served would be
determined in each case by the ma
ture of the country and the density
Of the population.
The day of the visiting general
practitioner in the country is about
over, he holds. The young medical
Evening star., 1934-02-25
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 24-An
amazing atomic mist which gives a
new idea of the contents of space left
its traces in the cosmic ray instru-
ments taken liz miles into the
stratosphere by the Settle-Fordney
flight last Summer.
The first announcement of these
records was made here today before
the American Physical Society by Dr.
Arthur H. Compton Of the University
of Chicago. His instruments were of
a new type.
They showed the presence of flying
particles, of sub-atomic size, which
may be older than the earth itself
perhaps bits of the original creation.
They added evidence for the belief
that>such particles are driving cease
leSsly throughout all space
They filled in some of the jig-saw
bits in scientific conception that
seemingly empty space is filled with
tremendous, deathless energies, each
flying particle carrying charges of
millions of volts. All of them were
cosmic rays, but they included the
discovery of some new varieties.
May Be Helium Atoms.
There were indications that these
new ones may be fragments of helium
atoms, or of the light metals hthium
and berryllium, and similar chemical
elements.
These flight records were taken by
an automatic cosmic ray meter de-
veloped by DR.. Compton and DR.. R. J.
Stephenson. 1t was made of steel,
surrounded by a 4-inch shield of
fine lead shot. This heavy shield
eliminated some uncertain factors in
previous high altitude cosmic ray rec
ords. In addition, DIR. Compton used
Evening star., 1934-02-25

graduate, DR.. Tate says, no longer can
be expected to set up practice in a
thinly populated farming section. His
education has cost him at least $l0,-
600. If he is worldly minded, he not
only revolts at the hardships of coun-
try practice but insists on an oppor-
tunity to get fair return on his in
vestment. He would rather stay In
the city and starve for a few years, or
exc out q precarious existence selling
insurance between Office hours, with
the possibility of securing eventually
lucrative practice, than cast his lot
in a region where he knows he always
will be a poor man.
Possibilities Are Limited.
If. on the other hand, he is an
idealist willing to devote his life to
the welfare Of humanity, he is pre-
vented from going into the country
for other reasons. There Is not much
he can do. His expensive education,
required by law before he can secure
license to practice. Is largely a loss
where he must practice medicine ac-
cording to the primitive ways Of his
grandfather.
''It is like training q man as q
steam shovel operator and then put
ting him on a life job Of digging
bitches with shovel" DR.. Tate says.
However fine his motives, he will not
stick it out very long"
But. says DR.. Tate, the question Of
money never is raised by the young
doctors who come to Banner Elk.
They know they will not get much
money. The staff receives no sal
aries. The hospital is largely self
supporting and the fixed policy is
never to run into debt. II there is a
Evening star., 1934-02-25
atomic Mist Suggests Ner
Idea of Contents of Space
Scientist Announces Traces We're Left on
instruments Taken on Settle-Fordney
Flight II Miles Into StratOsphere.

a different mathematical method Of
interpreting the ray meter figures.
This showed two distinct kinds of
radiation comprising the high flying
mist. The first was composed of
either protons, which are the nuclei
of hydrogen atoms, or of positrcns.
the later a particle about the weight
Of an electron.
Electrically Charged.
Both the protons and the POSITIONS
are electrically positively charged
The Chicago tests indicate that these
positive particles comprise most, if
not all, of the cosmic radiation which
reaches earth's surface. They are
the rays which penetrate many inches
of lead, nearly 1000 feet of water.
deep into the earth, and incidentally
go through man and his tallest
buildings like bullets through butter.
The other part of the rays appears
seldom or never to get completely
through the earth's atmosphere. 1t
is made of something which either
has no electrical charge, or only .
small charge compared with its mass.
These things lacking electrical charge
could be neutrons, one of the recent
ultimate particles of matter.
They might also be atomic frag-
ments heavier than the hydrogen
protons. They might include the
well known alpha particles which are
hearts of helium atoms. They might
be fragments of still heavier atoms.
Having learned something definite
regarding the nature of the cosmic
rays" said DR.. Compton, 1--WE are now
in position to find out whence they
come and to formulate intelligent
theories regarding their mode OF
origin"
Evening star., 1934-02-25
MASTER PLUMBERS
EXPECT 5000 HERE
sd Annual Convention of Ma
tional Association May 1881,
Says Barrett.

Some 5000 delegates Of the Ma
tional Association of Master Plumbers
are planning to attend the fifty-second
annual convention and exposition In
Washington, May 1881, President
Robert j. Barrett of the association
said yesterday in announcing the
dates for the convention,
Barrett also announced the follow
ing committees, which will formulate
plans In connection with the conven-
ton and exposition:
The Master Plumbers Divisional
Committee A. High, chair
man; A. r. McGonegal, j. Harry Nc
Carthy, William E. Miller, Arthur
Snowden. William E. Wolff and Fran
els c. Dorsey. Manufacturers Divi-
sional Committee-W. j. Kohler,
chairman; H. M. Reed, George E.
Hoffman, Charles B. Nash, N. j. Hig-
inbotham, w. s. Schaeffer and c. w.
Wanger. Wholesalers Divisional
Committee-C. P. L. Moran, chair
man; Charles Ferguson, James A.
Messer. w. c. Hanson, John Borton,
U. G. Cunningham and Harrison
Somerville.
Mr.. Barrett will serve as general
chairman of the committees and an
nounced that the exposition will be
held in the Washington Auditorium.
with the Mayflower Hotel designated
as convention headquarters.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
D. c. PERSONNEL
OFFICER ASKED
Second Report on Reorgani-
zation Survey Submitted
by Roberts.

Appointment Of personnel officer
In the District government to have
charge Of records Of all municipal
employees will be one Of the recon-
mendations made soon In connection
with the study Of possible reorgan-
iZations and consultations In the
District service. it was indicated yes
terday by Assistant Corporation
Counsel w. A. Roberts.
Roberts, one of the officials desig-
mated to make the survey for the
Senate District Committee, submitted
to Chairman King yesterday the sec
ond installment of the report, which
consisted Of q complete record Of all
employees Of the city government and
Of agencies supported in whole or in
part from District appropriations.
Other Reports to Come.
The first section of the report. sub
mitted a week ago. consisted merely
Of a compilation of all laws creating
or relating to. the functions of the
District government. Other reports
will follow, dealing in detail with the
WOih Va oCpdl dbC Vi Vi b1lC SlIy
government
A final report, to be presented a
month or more from now, viii con-
tain a set of recommendations, but in
submitting the list Of personnel yes
terday, Roberts advised Senator King
that under the recommendations yet
to be forwarded, provision has been
made for a personnel officer, and 1t
is believed that this volume win fur
nish the basic record for establishing
a satisfactory set of personnel files"
Data for Reorganization.
His letter also stated that the clas-
sif1cation Of the personnel list by bu-
reaus and organic sections "is in the
interest of the use Of this data In re-
organization studies"
The survey of the city government
began last Summer, under the direc-
ton of Roberts, District Auditor Dom
ovan and a representative of the
Budget Bureau.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
STUDENTS TO DANCE

The Wilson Teachers College
fourth annual prom will be held Fri
day evening, March 9, at the Willard
Hotel from until /. Lee Fields
Orchestra will furnish the music.
Members of the Board of Education
will be honorary patrons, with DR..
Martha MacLear, DR.. Clyde Huber
and DR.. Richard L. Schanck as
chaperons
According to Robert Botlin, chair
man, 800 couples are expected to cele-
brate this event. Favors, programs
and possibly grand march will be
in order during the evening.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
SUPPLY MEASURE
FIGURES BOOSTED
Senate Committee Grants
Increase for Employment
Aid and Foreign Staff.

Carrying an increase Of $2,1l0,000
for Federal cooperation with the
States in establishment of employ
ment Offices and an additional allow
ance to enable Foreign Service Officers
Of the State Department to meet liv-
ing costs abroad, the State -JAsice-
Commerce and Labor appropriation
bills will be reported to the Senate
tomorrow from the Appropriations
Committee
As approved by the committee yes
terday, the bill contains for the four
departments a total Of $87, 7,688. .047 for
the fiscal year beginning July /,
which is net increase of $3,553,425
over the House total.
$4,000, 900 for States.
The s2,1l0,000 added for the en-
ployment service brought the total
for that purpose up to $3,700, 900.
This Is the amount recommended by
the budget and is to be used In carry
ing into effect the Wagner employ
ment service bill, under which So
100000 of the total will be appor-
toned among the States to aid them
In establishing State-controlled en-
ployment offices.
The Senate committee also raised
from $135 900 to $3.50 900 the portion
Of the employment service appropria-
ticn which may be spent for personal
services in the department in Wash
ington. officials of the Labor De-
partment also explained at the Sem
ate hearings that the department op-
crates the District of Columbia En-
ployment Center and plans to allot
S25 900 for the development Of that
local Office during the coming year.
State Given Increases.
Under the heading of the State
Department the Senate committee
granted an increase of $954,00O for
rent. heat, fuel and light for the
Foreign Service and an increase Of
$500, 900 in the fund for cost of living
allowances Of Foreign Service officers.
II was explained this was done to
meet the difference In the value Of
the dollar abroad. Part of this cost
OF living fund will be available for
the remainder of the present fiscal
year. number of smaller changes
were made in the House bill.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
MERGER IS REFUSED
BY UNIVERSITIES
Chicago and Northwestern Make
Plans for Closer Coop.
Grafton.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 24.-Chicago's
two great universities, Northwestern
and Chicago, today laid aside" q
proposal for a merger, but decided to
continue working for close cooper
alton.
The merger proposal, under consid-
Grafton since last August, was re-
jected today at separate meetings OF
the committees Of the boards Of trus-
tees Of each university.
After the committees arrived at the
same conclusion, Presidents Walter
Dill Scott of Northwestern and Robert
Maynard Hutchins of the University
of Chicago met to make the formal
announcement.
Considerable opposition to the pro-
posed consolidation had been found,
the presidents said. among alumni Of
both institutions.
Neither president would say just
how far the program of close CO.
operation might be carried between
the two schools, but it was indicated
that agreements might be reached
under which students desiring work
IL certain fields might be directed to
one or the other school.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
C. ". A. W|xDROP
377,9)O ON FRIDAY
Pay Roll to Be Reduced to
2,607, 900 Persons by
Hopkins Order.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Civil Works Administration di.
rected eight administrators yesterday
TO drop 377,500 workers next Friday,
reducing the civil works forces to a.
GOT 900 men and women.
The reductions, ordered by Harry I.
Hopkins. the civil works administrator.
did not include cuts of employees on
Federal projects. These were sent to
the various States by the Federal de-
partments which are supervising Fed
eral projects. About 10000 workers
will remain on Federal projects March
2 and about 10000 will remain on
emergency educational work, In addi-
ton to those regularly employed by
civil works
Hopkins instructed State admins
traitors to follow the same rules as
were laid down for demobilization Of
$4,000 civil works employees Friday.
These rules require that ma jor reduc-
tions be made in communities where
seasonal opportunities for re-employ-
ment are greatest or in communities
where there is the least industrial un-
employment.
Those in least need Of employment
or in whose immediate family another
member Is working are to be dropped
first.
The administrators also were in
structed to discontinue least desirable
projects first and to make any new
employment for replacement or other
purposes on the basis of need. Wage
rates and hours of labor remained
unchanged.
No reduction was ordered for Okla
homa State and local projects. The
Federal Administration only yesterday
took over relief and civil works in
Oklahoma. Approximately $500 work
ers on Federal projects are being
dropped in Oklahoma, however.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
|T.V.A. Experiments on Medical Problem
Banner Hospital Nine Counties Within Radius Of 50 Miles
Physicians Staff Get No Salaries.

surplus after the running charges
have been paid, some Of 1t is set aside
for new equipment and the rest goes
to recompense the physicians.
The possible evils Of this system are
avoided through the fact that the
physicians have absolutely nothing to
do with the charges to the patient and
do not know whether anything at all
Is being paid. The business depart
ment is entirely independent. The
hospital is run on the closest possible
margin. The status Of every patient
received Is investigated and the fee
assessed Is as close to the normal
charge for the services rendered as
the financial officer considers practi-
cal without working undue hardship.
Majority Treated Free.
But the average income Of the
mountain families is so low that last
year 73 per cent Of the patients were
treated free, and this year the free
list Is running almost as high. Still
the hospital gets along and Is able TO
make available to these isolated noun
tain people just as good service as they
could get in any city. Hospital bills,
like college bills, not tnfrequently are
paid in apples, eggs or potatoes-any-
thing the institution can use or turn
into cash.
The hospital maintains q large
clinic service. It depends upon the
neighbors to transport patients to the
hospital, on the theory that they are
willing to do so If there is any real
need. Saturday, when the farmers
drive into town for supplies, Is always
a busy day, with the waiting rooms
crowded.
The mountain regions still retain
primitive medical superstitions and
magical practices which have largely
disappeared from more thickly settled
areas. The charm doctor" is losing
his hold slowly. In, isolated cabins the
remedy for shingles still is Ito en-
circle the affected part with blood
from q black cats tall and to re-
move freckles from q homely girls
lace with stump water. Often the old
"saddle-bag" doctor could offer moth
ing better to his patients. But the
substantial results achieved by this
unique hospital are resulting in a
salutary health education and an in
creasing demand for up-to-date med
ical services.
Evening star., 1934-02-25
PLAY TOURNEY DINNER
TO BE HELD MARCH d
DR.. Stephen E. Kramer Will Be
Among Speakers-Memb of
20 Groups to Attend.

Plans are nearing completion for
the one-act play tournament dinner
at o'clock Sunday night, March 4,
at the Iron Gate Inn. The commit
tee in charge is headed by DR.. Fred
erick v. Rand of the Mount Pleasant
Players.
c. Melvin Sharpe, chairman of
judges for the preliminary events of
the tournament. will preside. Men,
bers OF the 20 participating dramatic
groups will attend the dinner.
Among speakers scheduled for in
formal talks are DR.. Stephen e.
Kramer. assistant superintendent of
schools, and dramatic critics Of the
daily newspapers.
Members of the dramatic clubs
wishing to attend have been requested
to make reservations not later than
Tuesday at the Office of the Com
munity Center Department.