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The Washington times., 1934-11-22
Electric Power
Output Best in
II Months
By International News Service

Electric power production in
the week ended November II was
the largest for any week since
the seven days ended December
20, 1880, the Edison Electric In
stitute report shows.
At the same time, output for
the week widened its margin of
increase over a year ago to 4.6
per cent from SO per cent the
week before.
Output for the week totaled
1891 ,O46,OOO kiloW att hours
against 1,617,241,000 in the like
1888 week. The week before out
put totaled 1,675, ,760, 900 kilowatt
hours against 1,616,s75,O00 in
1888.
In the week ended December
20, 1880, output was 1,769, 1894, 900
kilowatt hours. The previous
high this year was set on October
~ ct 1,677.22s, 900 4kilowatt hours.
The Washington times., 1934-11-22

sions, were among the firmest in
today's dealings. Consolidated Gas,
American Water Works. Columbia
Gas and North American we're in
fair demand from the opening
and all worked fractionally
higher.
A good deal of the demand for
the power and light shares was
apparently stimulated by the
stand of the New York Public
Service Commission declaring
that higher rates would be neces-
sary if taxes we're increased.
Short covering also was a factor.
American Telephone again ap-
peared on the tape at higher
prices.
B. & o. Weak Spot
Selling of the railroad shares
was not heavy but persistent.
Baltimore & Ohio was particular
ly weak, losing more than a point
before meeting with support.
New York Central, Atchison.
Lackawanna and Southern Rail-
way also we're heavy. Union Pa
cific and Pennsylvania, though,
moved counter to the trend and
worked higher.
United States Steel and other
industrial shares again displayed
a firm tone in narrow trading
with quotations virtually un-
changed from yesterdays closing.
Motors, including Chrysler and
General Motors, we're dull. Among
the specialties Celanese was in
consistent supply and continued
to work lower.
The Washington times., 1934-11-22
Chesapeake & Ohio
Net Down Slightly

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
reported for the 10 months ended
October 81 a net income of $23,-
457, 7,901 after taxes. charges and
sinking fund appropriations, equal
after 61a per cent preferred
dividends, or $3.O6 a common
snare.
This compares with $23, ,460, ,566,
or $3.06 a common share, in the
corresponding period last year.
October net income after the
above dedctions. amonted to
$2,755 400, against $3,066,709 in
Octob 1888.
The Washington times., 1934-11-22
Collections Rise
For Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Noy. 22.-City
taxes and other accounts col
lected in Baltimore during the
first 10 months Of 1884 totaled
$4o,511,153. or 1856 per cent of
the years estimated levy Of
$42.347,356, according to Herbert
Fallin, budget director. This COM
pares with $37, ,O20, ,485 in the like
period last year, or 88.08 per
cent of the estimated amount Of
$42,031,724
The Washington times., 1934-11-22

stands for econ
omy in govern
ment. It urges
that we quit
spending more
than our in
come.
Briefly it's
proposal is that
we balance the
Federal budget
by operating
on both expen-
ditures and on
income, reduc-
ing the former
and raising the
latter,
The Washington times., 1934-11-22
Motor Financing
And Sales Decline

Factory sales of automobiles and
retail financing of new cars
showed decline in october, COM
pared with September, according
to the Department of Commerce.
However, for the 10 months this
year, both sales and financing
were well above the same period
Of 1888.
The Washington times., 1934-11-22

continued t o
appear in the
railroad shares.
T r a d in 6
S ! o W e d down
appreciably to-
day with turn
over proceeding
at the rate Of
little more than
100000 shares
the session.
Utility shares,
which had been
t he markets
ou t S t a n ding
weak spots in
~~o1y;~,,e .na
The Washington times., 1934-11-22

First, says the league, let us
cut our national spending by
about one billion dollars. 1t
would reduce Federal direct re-
lief" FERA spending) to about
one billion, and also indirect
relief" (PWA program) to about
one billion. This would make
expenditures about billion dol
lars less than is now probable.
Even so, there would remain
"deficit" chat is, expenses in ex-
cess of income) amounting to
nearly billion dollars. The
League estimates the deficit, after
its proposed reduction in expendi.
lures, at 100000. So in
increased income is necessary.
Therefore, the League proposes
as the second step an increase in
taxes to bring in nearly a billion
dollars of additional revenue.
Then, it says, the budget would
be balanced. To be sure, the
League makes no provision for a
sinking fund to retire public debt,
and it counts non-recurrent re-
payments of RFC loans as in
come. But at least, it shows how
the actual receipts and expendi
lures for the next fiscal year
might be balanced.
The first objection I hear is
that we can't stand more taxes.
IL that were true, our condi-
ton would be bad indeed.
But it must be remembered
that a balanced budget would
mean no further increase in
debt. 1t would mean that gov
ernment spending would he
checked, and that further in
flatiOn could be avoided. This
would make a great difference
in the ability and willingness
of people to pay taxes.
You see, taxpayers are people
who have money, and who. there
fore do not want money to be de-
valued or otherwise deprecated. I
am sure that they would gladly
pay the additional taxes if they
were freed from the threat of in
flation, which the wasteful spend
ing by the Government keeps
hanging over their heads.
Furthermore, business would be
greatly helped if money were
stabilized and freed from present
uncertainties. This would make
taxes easier to bear.
The reason for balancing the
budget is the evil of growing debt
Excessive debts occasioned the
1929 collapse. Since then, we have
to a great extent merely shifted
private debts to the Government,
so that the public debt is at new
high record.
Now a debtor always wants
more money, with which to pay
his debt. Private debtors are apt
to be soft money advocates,
meaning that they want money
manufactured and given to them,
so they can meet their debts.
Just so, a government which is
heavily in debt is apt to be soft
money government. It is apt to
want devaluation, free silver, and
greenbacks. It issues more and
more "notes" to stall off a real
payment of it's debt. So-called
"credit money is just promises to
pay, or notes.
And the more notes issued by a
government which is sinking
deeper into debt, the more it has
to issue. 1t is much like an indi-
vidual debtor who goes on spend
ing more than his income.
But the debtor government is
worse, because it can force
banks and citizens to take its
notes, and can call them
money" 1t is easier for the
government debtor to fool itself.
It calls its debt "credit money"
and says to its citizens, the
bigger my debt, the more money
you have.
That is what France did in
John Laws day.
If we can't balance our
hudret initiation il inevitable.
The Washington times., 1934-11-22
SURE IMITATION
SEEN RESULT
Of DEBT
BY LEWIS HANEY
Professor of Economics, New York
University.

Why balance the budget OF the
Federal Government?
This question is again raised
by the recent report of the Ma
tional Economy League. A non
partisan organization, the league
The Washington times., 1934-11-22
TRADING SLOWS
AS RAILROAD
SHARES DIP
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Nov. % O.N.S).
1rregularity persisted in the stock
market today as scattered selling
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
Argentine Envoy
Dinner lost

The Ambassador Of Argentina
and Sonora de Espil will be
hosts at dinner this evening,
entertaining at the Embassy in
New Hampshire Avenue. Their
guests will number %.
The Minister Of Austria, Mr..
Edgar l.. G.. Prochnik, will en-
tertain at a mems dinner this
evening, at the Legation in
Massachusetts, Avenue, in honor
of the members of the Austrian
Trade Commission, who arrived
in this country a few days ago
for a stay of several weeks.
Among the guests, who will
number %, will be the Secre-
tary of Commerce, Mr.. Daniel
c. Roper.
The First Secretary of the
Italian Embassy, Signor Bar.
tolomeo Migone; the Secretary
of the Embassy, Signor Giu-
Seppe Tommasi; and the Secre-
tary, Signor Andrea Ferrero,
who were to have been hosts
at Costume Ball at the
Embassy on Saturday evening,
March 3, have postponed the
date of their party to April Z,
due to the period of mourning
for the death of King Albert
of Belgium,
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
Diplomat Honors
Secretary Roper

The Ambassador of Brazil and
Nine. de Lima Silva attended
the dinner given last evening by
the Minister of China and Nine.
SEE in honor Of the Secretary
Of Commerce and Mrs. Daniel
c. Roper.
The other guests included,
il Senator and Mrs. Key Pitman,
the Assistant Secretary of War
and Mrs. Harry H. Woodring,
Capt. and Mrs. William w. Gal
braith, Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley F.
Reed, Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
Charles B. Drake, Col. and Mrs.
Charles Burnett, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph C. Green and Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul E. Johnson.
The Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Henry Morgenthau,
jr., will be the guests of honor
at the dinner to be given We'd
nesday evening, March Z, by Mr..
and Mrs. w. Forbes Morgan, at
their residence in Observatory
Circle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan will
leave tomorrow night to spend
the weekend at Barney
Baruch's estate in South Caro-
lima, where they will do some
shooting.
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
At the White House

The Ambassador to the
Court Of st. James and Mrs.
Bingham who are in the
Capital for a brief visit will go
to the White House this after
noon to have tea with Mrs.
Roosevelt. Tomorrow, Mrs.
Roosevelt will entertain at a
tea, when a number of guests
will be received, among them
Mrs. Chauncey Depew and
about 20 women who are en-
gagged in the banking industry
in the Capital.
The First Lady will make a
short address on the radio to-
morrow, when John Powell, the
noted American composer, starts
his series of broadcasts of
American folk music.
The President of Columbia
University, DR.. Nicholas Murray
Butler, and Mrs. Butler will
come to Washington tomorrow,
and they will be the guests
until Thursday morning of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt at
the White House.
Mrs. Roosevelt will attend
the memorial services for the
beloved King of Belgium, Albert
I, to be held at the Catholic
University Friday morning,
Most Rev. James H. Ryan,
Bishop of Modra, officiating.
Saturday, the First Lady will
attend a Council of Welfare
probation luncheon, at which
she will speak, and Sunday, she
will make a short address dur
ing the New York Symphony
Orchestra broadcast. This
organization, which is one of
the oldest in the country, is in
need of funds to carry on, and
her remarks will no doubt be
along that line.
Sunday night, Mrs. Roosevelt
will go to ReedSville, w. Va,
returning on Monday. She will
go straight through to New
York. and will be absent from
the Capital for a short period
following that.
X i
The Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury, Mr.. Lawrence
Wood Robert, jr., will enter
tain at dinner this evening in
the Garden of the Mayflower
Hotel in honor of the sixteen
Regional Directors of the Pub
lie Works Of Art Project, who
are attending q three-day con-
ference in the Capital.
The Washington times., 1934-02-20

lily to the group in the box
with her.
"Oh my deah," said the group
almost in unison. You caWn't
really think sol" His form is
too, too terrible!"
"Oh," said Mrs. Cummings
meekly, Il thought he was
wonderful"
He was wonderful, too, be-
cause when the awards were
made, Mrs. CUMMINGS horse
got blue ribbon.
The dinner table talk turned
to the difficulty of remember
ing both names and faces"
particularly in Washington
where there are so many people
one should remember. The At.
torney General reported what a
friend of his had said on the
subject.
There are just three things"
said this amiable and vague
gentlemen, that I never can
seem somehow to remember.
The first thing is names. The
second is faces. And the third
is-doggone it, I just can't seem
to remember what the third is"
Mrs. Harry w. Woodring,
wife of the Assistant Secretary
of War, is continuing the ca
eer as a painter which she
began when she was Helen Cool
idge. A self portrait, which
she did recently, has just been
returned to her from an eXhibi-
ton at a New York gallery.
On this canvas, Mrs. Wood
ring, who is blond and very
pretty, has done herself full
face, in bright green gown.
Looking over her shoulder is a
tiger. The gold in the tiger
skin brings out the light in
her hair. The tiger, incident
ally, is the artists imaginary
conception of her own bad
temper.
Before Gen. John J. Pershing
left for Arizona the other day,
he repeated story which he
thinks illustrative of the French
attitude towards what are
vaguely known as morals"
General Pershing first told the
story on purpose to tease his
good friend Ambassador Jusse-
rand, who was then present
Here is the story:
A Frenchman visiting America
was invited to the celebration OF
a silver wedding anniversary.
The bridegroom Of the celebra-
ton introduced his lady to the
Frenchman and said, And now,
Monsieur, I want you to meet
the woman with whom I have
lived Is years"
"Ah," exclaimed the French
man, you are superb! This is
re woman with whom you have
lived Is years! And noW-my
friend-you marry re woman"
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
Dinner Tonight

The former Secretary of State,
Mr.. Henry L. Stimson, and Mrs.
Stimson will entertain at dinner
this evening at "Woodley," their
residence in Cleveland Park.
Their guests will number 18.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stimson plan to
leave tomorrow night for the
Oakland Club, in South Caro-
lima, where they will remain for
a week, before returning to the
Capital. They will keep "Wood-
ley" open through the late Win.
ter and Spring, with occasional
visits to "Highhold," their Long
Island home.
M. and Mrs. Leland Harri-
son will leave Washington
tomorrow for Nassau, where
they will spend the month Of
March, returning to the Capital
some time during Easter week.
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
Dinner Host
Luncheon TODAY

The United States Consul at
Warsaw and Mrs. jerome Klahr
Huddle entertained at luncheon
today at the Carlton. Mr.. and
Mrs. Huddle are in Washington
on leave, and are at the Roose.
Velt Hotel.
X
Mrs. Alvin T. Hert entertained
at dinner last evening in her
apartment at 1785 Massachu-
sets Ave.
X X +
Mrs. C. w. MacLean of
Montreal, Canada who has been
spending a short time with the
Attache of the British Embassy
and Mrs. Harold H. Sims at
Wardman Park Hotel, left yes
terday.
The Washington times., 1934-02-20

pital
The unit each Tuesday morning at 1730 Street.
Northwest and works from 10 o'clock until l. This is
only of many groups. The members of the Christ
Child Society carry their work of making garments for
poor infants the year around and there other organ
Zaons too to MENTION who devote their energies
to helping the poor
There are many who occupy themselves with enrching
the cultural life of the city during Lent and still others
with strong penchant for sports who concentrate upon
amassng of trophies during this time when tries to
be less worldly
Record Crowds Going South for Late Season
Record crowds going South away from the and
cold which is enveopng the North and many and varied
the gayeties planned from until the end of the
at the resorts.
Royal Hghnes Princess Alice Countess Of Athone cousin
members of the They the guests of Mr.
seph E. Widener at his Ocean Boulevard estate, I'll
Palmetto.'
The distinguished visitors arrived from Nassau in time
to witness the running of the Bahama Handicap which
held Saturday. Their host Mr. Widener is chairman
Of the Miami Jockey Club.
Princess Alice and her husband accompanied to
Miami by the Hon. Sir Bede Clifford Governor General
Of the Bahama Islands, and Lady Clifford; Capt Charles
Houston Boswell, Ado, and Capt R. NJ Wilson, ADO
round Of parties has been planned for them and their
host started the ball rolling with dinner party Saturday
night Yesterday, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury
front residence Palm Beach for the royal visitors
Mr. and Mrs Sotesbury have issued invitations an
home Monday in honor of Mr. Stotesbury's birthday.
It is hoped that the Earl Princess Alice will paw
visit to the Capital before returning their home Eng
land.
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
Secretary to Speak

The Secretary Of Labor, Miss
Frances Perkins, will leave
Washington today for Frank
fort, KY, where she will address
the State Legislature on child
labor, tomorrow.
X X
His Highness, Prince Toku-
gawa, president of the Japanese
Red Cross, will be the guest in
whose honor Judge John
Barton Payne and Miss Mabel
T. Boardman will entertain at
a reception on Thursday after
noon, March /, from 4::3O to
6 o'clock at the American
National Red Cross Building,
Seventeenth Street between E
and D Streets Northwest.
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
Hostess Tomorrow

Mrs. j. j. Mack will be "at
home" tomorrow afternoon from
4 to 6 o'clock, at her residence,
1855 Forest Lane, Spring Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack will be
hosts at dinner followed by
bridge, Thursday evening at
their home, entertaining in
honor of the Charge d'AffaireS
of Egypt, Nicolas Khalil Bey.
On Friday, Mr.. and Mrs. Mack
will go to New York to spend
the weekend; and on Thursday
evening, March l, they will give
another dinner to be followed by
a musicale, when DR.. George Ed
ward Anderson will sing.
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
Luncheon to etc
Secretary Dern

The Secretary Of War and
Mrs. George H. Dern will be
the guests in whose honor DR..
and Mrs. James Alexander
Lyon will entertain at lunch
con on Sunday, March 4, at
"Glenview" their suburban
home near Rockville.
Mrs. Harry Baxter, daughter
Of the Secretary and Mrs. Dern,
was the honor guest at a
luncheon given today by Mrs.
Lyon when the guests num-
bered sixteen. A program Of
music followed the luncheon.
DR.. and Mrs. Lyon will be
hosts at dinner on wednesday,
February %.
The Washington times., 1934-02-20

OAO VI OAASAA An SA"A SNA
Meanwhile the District of Co.
lumbia Liquor License Board
works earnestly on. The reve-
nue. that should be coming
to Washington brings down the
tax rate in Montgomery County.
Mrs. Homer S. Cummings,
wife of the Attorney General of
the United States, is the wit
tiest member of the Cabinet
group, and the most unaffected
not unaffected on purpose,
but genuinely so. She is also
a gifted raconteur. An evening
with her and the big Attorney
General, is a trip into a gay
and friendly world, that stodgy
official washington has for
gotten.
Conversation at the Cum
mings big house overlooking
Rock Creek Park is really en-
tertaining. Good stories are
told. Not stories with por-
tentiouS points. One may for
get ones public pose without a
struggle, and actually enjoy an
official dinner. And, as I said
before, no one can tell as
clever a story as Mrs. Cum
mingS, unless it is the Attorney
General, himself. This is one
of the many tales last nights
party inspired.
Not long ago Mrs. Cummings
went to a very formal dinner in
New York. The dinner was
pretty dull from the start. The
host and most of the guests
were determined New Yorkers.
Very sophisticated, very unemo-
tional and frightfully smart.
Mrs. Cummings said she did
the best she could to conform
to the atmosphere of the eve
ming. She appeared to be bored
by things she really enjoyed,
and pretended a restrained in
terest in those things which
bored her. Toward the latter
part of the dinner when her
pose was wearing a little thin,
a woman leaned across the
table and said to Mrs. Cum
mlngS in an extraordinarily
lofty voice:
"Oh, it must be perfectly
ghawstly living in Washington"
Oh no, said Mrs. Cummings
to herself, if you will "go Noel
Coward" I will go Noel Coward
too. So she remarked grandly:
"Oh, not really ghawstly, not
any more. my dean. It's really
rawther fun, now. since the
HooverS have left"
That held the party for
while, and Mrs. Cummings was
given opportunity to brood over
the evening that awaited her at
the Horse Show. She says she
likes horses, but she likes them
better without funny-looking
people bobbing up and down on
their backs. The prospect of
seeing dozen or so riding
habits leap over the bars and
the brush fences disturbed her.
Once arrived at the Horse
Show, however, she determined
to do her best for the sake of
the Administration. The first
horse out of the enclosure, she
liked. He zigzagged a little
across the tanbark, but got over
the jumps without scratching
his heels.
Isn't he wonderful" ex-
claimed Mrs. Cummings cheer
The Washington times., 1934-02-20

and million yards, more or less, OF
thread will be used in the next thirty
some odd days by the charity minded
ladies who gather at the morning sew
ing classes which are an indispensable
part of society's Lenten calendar.
Even the busiest and most fashion
able matrons and maids put aside
their social duties for at least an hour
each week to foregather at one or an
other of the sewing classes to create
garments which serve to keep the less
fortunate warm.
Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, wife of
the Secretary of the Navy, is chair
man of the Navy Unit formed for the
making of surgical dressings for the
use of the "Gray Ladies" at the
Episcopal Eye, Ear, and Throat Hos
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
Society Meets

A meeting of the Greek
America Society was held at
the residence of Miss Anne
Darlington in Massachusetts,
Avenue last evening, at which
representatives of a number Of
clubs in the Capital were
present. The guest speaker Of
the evening was DR.. william
Allen Wilbur, Provost of George
washington University. His
subject was Pallas Athena, 1.-THE
Radiant Reason" of the ancient
Greeks.
X X X
Former Senator and Mrs.
Peter Goelet Gerry have re-
turned to their home in Provi-
dence, R. l., after a weeks
stay at their Washington resi-
dence.
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
Entertain Tonight

The Undersecretary of State
and Mrs. William Phillips will
entertain the Friends of Music
this evening, at their resi-
dence in Massachusetts Avenue.
For the last dozen years this
group. which is made up of
leaders of Washington society
who are true musicians or have
a cultivated appreciation Of
music. have been meeting two
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
Fetes Cousin

Capt. and Mrs. William w.
Galbraith will be hosts at din
ner Thursday evening, at their
residence in Leroy Place, enter
tanning in honor of the latter's
cousin, Mr.. H. B. Cannon, OF
Cherry Valley, New York. Capt.
and Mrs. Galbraith entertained
at three dinner parties last
week for their house guest.
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
Postpone Dinner

The Ambassador of Brazil
and Nine. de Lima Silva have
postponed the dinner they were
to have given Thursday evening
at the Embassy to Friday,
March 8, on account of the
death of King Albert of Bel
GUM.
The Ambassador of Spain
and Sonora de CardenaS will
leave today for New York to
spend several days. Tomorrow,
the Ambassador will address a
meeting of the Instituta de Las
Espanas at Columbia Univer-
Sity, and on Thursday evening
he and Sonora de Cardenas will
attend the performance at the
Metropolitan Opera.
X y X
The Minister of Greece and
Nine. Simopoulos, who went to
New York Sunday night. will re-
turn to the Capital Thursday
morning.
The Secretary of Commerce,
Mr.. Daniel c. Roper, will leave
tomorrow for Florida, where he
will speak at Rollins College in
Winter Park, and also in Babson
Park. He plans to be away
about six dayS.
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
Luncheon Hostess

Mrs. David H. Blair enter
tained at luncheon yesterday at
Wardman Park Hotel in honor
of Mrs. ]. w. Cannon and Mrs.
Bessie Fletcher of Concord.
N. C. Her guests numbered
twelve.
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
Earl Of AthIone and Princess Alice
Are Guests Of Mr.. Joseph E.
Widener at Miami Beach
o y 8&}Y Y c'"''">

In these quiet Lenten days. when balls and dances are
virtually off the calendar members of society turning
their interests to a variety of things
Some find they have time to give to their charities
and consequence bolt upon bolt of cotton and flannel
The Washington times., 1934-02-20
In Detroit

Mrs. William M. CuShman
and her sister, Mrs. Haywood
Newbold will return tomorrow
from Detroit, where they have
been for thes past week.