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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-15
PRES|DEN 7
ASKS HUGE
RELIEF
1922 Million Appropriation
Would Pay Expenses
Through January
nv International News Service

nv AHGcEHatlOnh news SeEFICO
President Roosevelt today asked
Congress to appropriate 1922
millions for "New Dear emer-
gency and relief running ex-
penses through next January.
At the same time, the Presi-
dent asked broad powers to use
much of the money as he sees fit.
AS he put it, no one can tell
what emergencies may arise, and
he wants to be able to meet
them as they come.
Ten million dollars of the
money asked today will go to
make war on the bootlegger. The
President is determined to exter-
inmate this vicious parasite. He
plans a determined drive of eradi-
cation in coming months.
Will Garry to January
The sum asked of Congress
today rounded out the total for
emergency and relief which the
President fixed as this years
limit in his budget message to
Congress January 3-3,166 mil
lions. He believes the 1922 mil
lions will carry the New Deal
through until Congress recon-
venes next January.
A balanced budget in 1896 is
still the Presidents goal. The
appropriation asked today will
not, said the President, upset cal
culationS to that end. EXpendi-
lures are running along pretty
much as scheduled, according to
Mr.. Roosevelt, published reports
of a falling-off Notwithstanding.
Late in 1885, it will be seen, the
President said, that all of the
money scheduled to be spent will
have been expended.
Today's request went forward
in the shape of special mes
sage, outlining the expected pro-
gram of expenditures. Under this,
1862, $50, 900, or a little less than
half of the total, will be carried
as an emergency and relief fund.
Earmarkings of this money will
be general, under the two cate
gories, Public Works and Emer-
gency Relief. It was over this
fund that the President asked
wide discretionary powers of ex-
penditure.
Asks Right to Divert
Further than this, Mr.. Roose-
welt in today's message asked
authority to divert to the relief
fund unexpended monies held by
the Public Works Administration
proper and by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation. The Exec
utive does not believe such funds
will run higher than half a
billion dollars.
Except for the emergency and
relief funds, the spending program
was tentatively outlined by the
President in his message.
The Civilian Conservation Corps,
with a minimum requirement of
2S5 millions, will get the biggest
single portion of the earmarked
money out of the big appropria-
ton asked today.
Public highways, to which will
be allocoted an even 100 millions,
came in for the second biggest
portion Of the money. In this
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. y
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BANK PAY-OFF.
FOES 7 RY
NEW TRICK
House Leaders Hamper Bill
Petition BY Putting Over
Adjournment Motion
By ROGER HAWTHORNE

Administration leaders in the
House made a surprise move to-
day. caught sponsors of the Nc
Leod bank relief bill off their
guard and minimized chances OF
the bills enactment at this ses-
sion.
The unexpected turn came while
Mcleod forces were in conference
without a Waterman on the floor.
Petitioners Must Hurry
Majority Floor Leader Joseph
w. Byrns CD of Tennessee engl-
neered the trick. Obtaining recog-
milton of Speaker Rainey, he OBJ
tanned unanimous consent to adj
journ at the end of today'S SEES
sion until Thursday and from
Thursdays session until Monday.
Inasmuch as the Weideman
petition which would force vote
on the Mcleod bill May % must
be signed by 145 members of the
House seven legislative days be-
fore May %, it means that the
Mcleod group will have to secure
the remaining 20 signatures by
Thursday night.
This is regarded as unlikely.
Sprung without Notice
Neither Representative Clarence
J. Mcleod (RD of Michigan,
author of the 100 per cent bank
pay-off bill, nor those working
with him for bank relief had an
inkling of the pending trick. At
the very moment Mr.. Byrns took
the floor they were preparing
last-minute plans for putting over
the petition.
The Senate yesterday rejected
by only a tWo-vote margin pro-
posal by Senator Arthur Vanden,
berg (RO of Michigan to give the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton discretionary power to loan
to receivers of closed banks on a
100 per cent valuation Of the
assets.
However, this was not 'signifi-
cant of the strength that exists IN
the Senate for bank depositors' re-
lief legislation, it was pointed out
by sponsors of the proposal, due
to the fact that it was offered as
an amendment to the GlaSs-Bark-
ley loans-to-industries bill, and the
leadership contended that the ad-
dition of the Vandenberg amend
ment might jeopardize Executive
approval of the latter measure.
Vandenberg Confident
Senator Vandenberg said:
81 feel confident that If my
proposition had been offered as
an independent proposal it would
have had the support of a large
majority. The Senate in general
is apparently strongly in favor
of the GlaSS-Barkley measure,
and when the argument was ad-
vanced by leaders that inclu-
sion of my amendment would
give the House a chance to sub
stitute the Mcleod bank relief
proposal, and thus lead to an
executive veto, many Senators
voted against my proposition.
sit was very evident that if
we can obtain a vote on bank
relief legislation as a single pro-
pOsal the Senate will approve
it,"
On that basis Senators Vanden-
berg and Royal S. Copeland CD
of New York, who aided the
Michigan Senator in the battle
yesterday, jointly introduced in
the Senate a bill identical to that
(CorF;nuoH nm Poa~ rs Col. ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-15
Showers Postpone
Tech-WeStern Game

The scheduled interhigh base.
ball series game today between
Tech and western high schools
was postponed because Of rain.
The game will probably be played
tomorrow at $3.50 p. m. at Eastern
Stadium.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-15
GOTWALS FACES
NEW EXAM

For the second time in two
years Major j. C. Gotwals, Dis
trict Engineer Commissioner
whose term expires on July 20,
has been ordered before an Army
retiring board for a physical ex-
animation.
Army orders today instructed
him to appear before the retiring
board for examination, at the
boards convenience.
Major GotwalS was found
physically fit in 1892. He is 50.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-15
Black to RelinQuish
Reserve Board Post
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
Governor Eugene Black, of the
Federal ReS@SYe Board, plans to
resign soon after Congress ad-
journs and return to his post as
governor of the reserve board of
the Atlanta district. Governor
Black expected to keep the job of
governor of the national board
only temporarily when he stepped
into the post last year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-15

credit has a profound effect
upon the confidence so neces-
sary to permit the new re-
cOvery to develop into ma
turity.
POINTED TO BENEFITS
of we maintain the course
I have outlined, we can con-
fidently look forward to Cumu-
lative beneficial forces repre-
scented by increased volume of
business, more general profit,
greater employment, a diminu-
ton of relief expenditures,
larger Governmental receipts
Continued on Page 2, Col. 2,
Second SectiOn)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-15

ITO the Congress Of the
United States:
I'm my budget message to
the Congress Of January 3,
1884, I said to you:
ut is evident to me, as I
am sure it is evident to you,
that powerful forces for re-
cOvery exist. 1t is by laying
a foundation Of confidence in
the present and faith in the
future that the upturn which
we have so far seen will be-
come cumulative. The corner
stone of this foundation is the
good credit Of the Government.
"It is, therefore, not strange
nor is it academic that this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-15
Bill AUOIUs State
National Bank Tax

BY International News Service
The House Banking and Cur
rency Committee today reported
favorably a bill permitting States
to impose taxes on national banks.
These taxes, however, must not
exceed the amount levied against
State banks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-15
Doesn't Want
Famous COP. Post

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., May
IS U.N.SD.-"AnyOne who as
pireS to the craftsmanship Of
the Republican National Com
mittee ought to have his head
examined"
Walter E. Edge, former ambas-
Sador to France, declared this in
announcing that he was not a
candidate for the office. Edge
was mentioned among other prom
inent Republicans as the possible
successor to Everett Sanders.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-15
d. C.. Gasoline Prices
Increased 1.3 Cents

Gasoline prices in the District
jumped 1.3 cents a gallon today.
At the same time major COM
panieS announced discontinuance
of the sale of the so-called white
gas. Independent companies will
sell this product for 14.8 cents a
gallon,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-15
Deposit Insurance
Extension Ur0ed
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
Extension of the $4,000 bank de-
post insurance for another year
was urged before the House Bank
ing and Currency Committee to-
day by j. F. T. O'Connor, comp
troller of the currency. He. op-
posed raising the insurance amount
at this time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-15
Joan Crawford Has
Divorce Made Final

HOLLYW GOD, May IS
G.N.S0 The final decree sepa-
rating Joan Crawford, beautiful
screen actress and Douglas Fair
banks, jr., was signed today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-15
Full Text of President
Approximation Message

FOLLOWING is President RooseOes special
today asking appropriation of to finance
the New Deal and relief until nert January
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THE WEATHER
Showers tonight and Wednesday; cooler to-
night. "Details on Page 6, Section ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-01
Angels in Washington
Easter Brings to Mind the Beautiful
Winged Figures Tracing Their Origin
to E0ents in Sacred History.
BY ALICE HUTCHINS DRAKE

This authority, convert of st. Paul. was by
him appointed Bishop of Athens. St. Dionysius'
classification prepared during the latter half
of the first century, appeared four centuries
later under the title, de Hierarchia Celesta."
The heavenly hosts are grouped into nine
choirs in the fifth century work, Concerning
Celestial Rank" mentioned above They are
as follows: The Seraphim the Cherubim, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-01

- ASTER focuses attention upon certain
beautiful winged figures in Washington.
- Each traces its origin to the events
in sacred history which annually are re-
enacted in the closing of Lent. One OF
the most beautiful of the company of
angels in the Capital is that executed by Brenda
Putnam. 1t has for setting Rock Greek Gene
terry, that beautiful spot wherein are erected
many striking memories. For years people
have come from afar to see the work
of st. Gaudens, of James Earle Fraser. the sar-
cophagus of Levi z. Letter. Within recent
years there has grown to be another place Of
pilgrimage-the memorial to Mrs. Otto Tor
ney Simon. 1t is to the right of the main
entrance to the cemetery and easily found.
Anne Simon was a musician, richly endowed.
The triumph of her passing from life to life
Ito borrow a phrase of President Roosevelt's)
is symbolized in the Simon Memorial wrought
by Brenda Putnam. Until recently the writer
had not heard this winged figure interpreted
by one who knew the full significance Of the
angel This is what it has seemed to say:
Life given to a woman richly endowed
with gifts of mind and spirit. She cherished
and cultivated these gifts, thus rendering her
self the more worthy of the treasures of the
world to come. In the fulness of the oeauty
of her life on earth. death called and she
answered. And an angel. watching, flung wide
apart welcoming hands, and leaned for mo-
ulchs dSdlilSt S"ccpuiS WuiSS, LiIc WLAC tAciC
passed before uplifted eyes the soul Of one
worthy to find life in Paradise"
Brenda Putnam, the sculptor IS bound by
family ties to the City of Washington. The
Simon Memorial is the work of an artist who
has won for herself distinguished place among
contemporary American artists. There is
charming story to the effect that at the age of
IL Brenda Putnam announced that she was
going to be a sculptor Eight years before she
had begun the study of music. When her de-
ciSion to use another medium was made known
to her father, he Immediately provided her
with the tools of the sculptor. The art of the
musician and the sculptor were given to her
in almost equal proportions and the years spent
before the piano and in the studio have yielded
rich, reciprocal returns. Miss Putnam studied
under Mary Moore and Bella Pratt in New York
and later spent two years in Florence. Since
her return to the States the artist has lived in
New York.
CINCE last November when the angel Moroni
- was unveiled, many paSsersby have paused
before the beautiful Mormon chapel to exclaim,
"But the angel has no wings! How can this
be the figure of an angelo" ~4
Just what is an angel? Must it have wings?
Are there male and female angels? Are there
new models in angels? These some of the
queries which came to the writer following the
publication of her brief story concerning Mo-
Toni, In The Star Magazine
The word angel is . derivative Of Greek
word meaning "a messenger" This is trans
lation Of the Hebrew ,"malakh." As one COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-01

mentator says: "In both Old and New Tesla
ments an angel represents spiritual being
awaiting Gods command a messenger and a
means of manifestation of God TO man." Some
times an angel is the manifestation of God
Himself
It is to st. Dionysius the Areopagite that
the art lover turns for information concerning
the hierarchical classification of the angels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-01

Thrones the Dominations or DominionS, the
Virtues the Powers the Princpalities, the Arch
angels and the Angels as deacons. They wear
flowing robes of white and carry musical IN
StrumentS or lily.
An impressively beautiful procession Of the
angels of the passion continuously passes along
the wall back of the high altar in st. Matthews
Church, on Rhode Island avenue. Beneath this
mosaic is q second one, which occupies space
approximately 80 feet by IT feet The two are
the work of Edwin H. Blashfield.
The illusion of an apsidal recess is created
by the hand Of the mosaicist in the larger of
the two mural decorations Here sits st. Mat
thew. His hands grasp an open book on the
pages Of which are, in Latin, the words: Jesus
saw q man named Matthew sitting at the re-
ceipt of customs, and He saith unto him, fel-
low Me- and he arose and followed Him."
Behind ST. Matthew stands an angel Of
unusual beauty. The mighty wings rise even
higher than the circular nimbus against which
the head is posed. Supported in the hands
of the angel is long scroll which, in sense.
Stimulates q Byzantine stole. 1t drops to the
shoulder of the seated figure, crosses his breast
and unfolds beneath his knees.
Edwin BlaShfleld is represented not only in
the mosaicS which decorate st. Matthews
Church, but in two paintings near the high
altar. This distinguished artist is former
president of the National Academy of Design.
The wings of certain of his celebrated figures
those in the collar decoration in the rotmda
of the Library of Congress 1.-THE Angel Of the
Flaming Sword" and the angel in the mural
decoration just described are notably beautiful.
IT Is truism that American sculptors and
! painters excel in the creation of striking f1g-
ures of angels. The Charles Pratt Memorial
and the WEIGH Memorial by Herbert Adams:
the 1st Division Memorial 1.-The Angel of Death
and the Sculptor" and THE Spirit Of
Life" by Daniel Chester French; the Angel
of Victory" in the Sherman Memorial, by st.
Gaudens are unforgettable. ---
The gift of the Gelatly collection to the
United States Government made possible
placing on permanent exhibition in Washing
ton one of the most beautiful angels painted
by Abbott Thayer. This pensive youthful
figure Is probably the youngest-appearing angel
in the National Capital.
Three as beautiful angels as one will find
in Washington are in the painting, The
knight of the Grail" by Frederick ]. Waugh.
The canvas like that of Thayer, hangs in the
New National Museum. Here is the Mediter.
ranean Sea, deep and glorious blue. From
its shoreline rise tall mountains. Pine trees
grow to the waterline. In the distance, through
q gap in the wall of rock, is q lofty peak
covered by snow and crossed by lazily floating
clouds In the foreground, close to the beauti-
full frame. rides Solomon's vessel built centuries
before. Flying low over the surface Of what
one knows that Tennyson would term "the
mere" are two attendant angels.
In the Waugh canvas tall cand1ostick
Continued on Sepenth Page eyEEY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-01

/ ASTER focuses attention upon certain
beautiful winged figures in Washington.
Each one traces its origin to the events
in sacred history which annually are re-
enacted in the closing of Lent. One Of
the most heautiful of the comnauv of
, 1934-12-30

That this gas service will grow and expand in keep
ing with the growth and expansion of the Port Of
Brownsville we we'll know; we are prepared for it
and our constant aim will be to render the very best
service possible under any and all conditions. To-
day. this company anticipates an even greater
Brownsville a city with an even greater fu-
ture and prosperity than ever known in the past.
, 1934-12-30

And now, with the coming Of the great Port OF
Brownsville, we are confident that we will continue
to do our full part in the upbuilding of this section.
Natural gas, one of the greatest boons to industry,
will be found ready and waiting for the many new
industrial institutions which will undoubtedly come
with the opening of the port, with its many great
advantages.
, 1934-12-30

HE present service enjoyed by natural gas
users throughout the Rio Grande Valley to-
day is possible only because of continuous
progress made year by year by this company,
and because of the splendid personnel which
the Rio Grande Valley Gas company has de-
veloped, through the years, to render a real
service to Valley homes and business insti-
tutiOns.
Evening star., 1934-09-10
LOAN PROTECTION
!. PLAN APPROVED
Regulations for Government
Insurance on Building
Accounts Adopted.

! Regulation for Government insur-
ence of approximately 100000 ac-
counts in building and loan associa-
tions were approved yesterday, 1t was
announced by the Federal Savings and
Loan Insurance Corporation, which
promised that red tape and expense
would be held to minimum to pro-
vide maximum protection at the least
possible cost.
The objective, it said, is to supply a
hbroad program Of insurance imnne-
riately effective" among such insti-
tutions as care to avail themselves
of 1t. Ultimately, officials expect 1000
associations to come into the inSur-
ance plan, which will guard holders
of insured accounts against losses up
to IS 900.
The corporations rules provide that
Tor the first year the minimum insured
premium permitted by law will be
charged. This, paid by the institution
getting insurance, is one-quarter of
! per cent of the total of its accounts
and its creditor obligations.
The regulations, the corporation
said, will be sent to all eligible insti-
buttons in the next few days. They
we're described as sufficiently liberal
to give insurance to every solvent
savings and loan association applying
for it.
s No time limit was set on applica-
tions, since insurance is entirely op-
tional but it was suggested that insti-
.tutions be prompt.
Evening star., 1934-09-10
BY THOMAS r.. HENRY.

One of the strangest battlefields in
history is being preserved by the
Government as a national monu-
ment.
1t is the desolate area of 20 or 80
square miles of desert where in 1872
less than $50 Modoc Indians held
their own for more than six months
with a regiment of veteran United
States troops, killing or wounding 1872
of the soldiers, while suffering prac-
tically no losses themselves.
The Modoc lava beds in Northern
California where this weird war was
fought nave been transferred from
the Forest Service to the National
Park Service and will be cared for
both for their historical and scien-
tific interest. The war" was fought
in appropriately wierd surroundings,
according to Dr. H. c. Bryant, as
sistant director of the National Park
Service, who has just returned from
the scene.
The site was covered with the lava
flow of some ancient volcano, creating
an almost barren waste in the noun
Evening star., 1934-09-10
Laua-C0uered Battlefield
Of Indians Preserved BY u. S.
MOdOc WdrriOrs Held Out for Si1
Months Against Troops on Barren
waste in Northern California.

famous land. The flowing and cooling
of the lava brought about the forma-
ton of lava tubes" with which the
sight is honeycombed. They are caves,
sometimes as much as mile long and
with considerable ramifications. Some
of them contain perpetual ice. In the
hottest weather one can walk for hum
dreds of feet over solid ice centuries
old. Although ice caves are known
elsewhere, these are among the finest
examples. The persistence of the ice
is believed due to the fine insulating
properties of the porous lava walls.
Great Gas Vents.
Then there are the great gas vents,
chimney-like openings in the rock
with smooth sides which go down for
80 or 40 feet and the giant cinder
cones. Overlooking all, but not in
the reservation proper, is great
mountain of black glass, or obsidian.
The character of the country, with its
subterranean avenues of hiding, es-
cape and approach, was largely re-
sponsible for the successful resistance
made by the little band of Indians so
years ago.
Aomng the sites to be marked are
Evening star., 1934-09-10

the spot where the Modocs murdered
United States General Candy with two
peace commissioners at pre-ar-
ranged signal Another is the head
quarters of Capt. Jack, leader of the
Modocs, and the stronghold where
the Indians kept the cattle which en-
abled them to survive the long siege.
The war ended with a capture of the
defenders. Capt. Jack. or Chief Kint-
puash, as he was known to his follow
ers. and three others implicated in the
murder of the peace commissioners
we're hanged, while the other Indians
were removed from the scene. The
Modocs were among the fiercest abo-
riginals the Government encountered
in its efforts to conquer the Far West.
Peculiar Plant Life.
Aside from its geological and his
torical interest, the site is of especial
Importance because Of its fauna and
flora. These vary from that char
acteristic of the arid great basin area
to the yellow pine forests which
cover the slopes of the Cascades
to the weSterward. The plant life in
some respects is peculiar to that par
ticular locality.
The prehistory of the region also
promises some rich possibilities. Scat
tered over the ground are numerous
Indian arrowheads, mortars, frag-
ments of pots, ETC., which indicate
there were great gatherings there long
before the white and red men came in
contact with each other. The reason,
it is believed, was the presence of
Tule Lake, for some years used by
the Government as migratory bird
refuge. The probability is that the
Indians flocked there at certain sea-
sons of the year because of the splen-
did hunting and fishing, which en-
abled them to store up a food supply