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Evening star., 1934-03-04

The Districts machine for affording
relief to the needy, burdened by an
ever-increasing load. is so intricate
that it is impossible for it to get food
to hungry children within "a hours
after it learns Of their plight.
This is frankly admitted by Com
missioner George E. Allen, who is in
direct charge Of the Districts relief
program. He calls 1t horrible" and
said he Is striving, through Q reor-
ganization Of the entire relief set-up,
to correct this and other shortcom-
ings.
A specific case, pointedly illustrat-
ing the present system, concerns .
colored family Of nine persons. living
in the Northeast section, near the
edge of the District.
This family has been on the relief
rolls since last Fall, and its needs
have evidently been recognized by the
emergency relief division, judging
from some of the past payments made.
Since January IS, for instance. there
have been "allotments" Of $18. 50,
81, 81, SO and SIS, mostly In cash.
This adds up to $66, although the
family claims the last two allotments
were not received, and though this
total may not seem to afford . great
Evening star., 1934-03-04
ASKS BAN ON SALE
OF NIP" BOTTLES
Board to Ask Commission
ers to Remove Temptation
From Children.

Sale of nip" bottles Of liquor
would be banned in the District un-
der a proposal announced last night
by members OF the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board as a move to protect
children OF school age from the temp
tation of a cheap drink.
Adoption Of a regulation to control
this type Of business will be sub
mitted to the Commissioners, the
board said. at the conclusion Of an
all-day hearing on contested liquor
license cases, during which protests
we're voiced against the 2-ounce bot
ties which appeared here this week
when retail liquor sales started.
George w. Offutt. chairman OF the
A. B. C. Board. revealed that he had
received complaints that the small
bottles of whisky were being sold to
school girls. as well as others. After
consulting with Mrs. William Bever-
ley Mason and Isaac Cans, his asso-
ciates, Offutt said the board had de-
cided the sale Of such quantities
should be discontinued. He said such
q ban had been invoked in Maryland.
The small bottles contain 2 ounces of
liquor of various grades and have
been sold for IS to 30 cents each, the
board was told.
Licenses Contested.
Other important developments dur
ing the day-long verbal battles over
licenses we're:
l. A flood Of protests were filed with
the board against the granting of
retail licenses to places in the vicinity
of school centers. attended by large
numbers Of children. A policy u,
such cases Is to be decijed by the
A. B. C. Board in day or two. Cen
trail and Roosevelt High Schools are
involved in this decision.
2. A court battle loomed over is
suance of retail licenses to properties
covered by covenants prohibiting their
use in the liquor business. after the
A. B. c. Board refused to take off,
cial consideration of covenants run
ming with title to properties III the
Columbia Heights area.
8. Nine retail licenses along Four
teenth, Eleventh and Mt. Pleasant
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WALLACE URGES
LOWERED TARIFF
Foreign Purchasing Power Must
Be- Built Up, Secretary
Says.
By the Associated Press.

ITHACA, N. Y, March S.-Ad.
dressing a Cornell University audience
here tonight Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace stressed necessity of building
foreign purchasing power by lower
ing tariff.
Referring specifically to the agri-
cultural situation, the Secretary said
the only alternative is to go on with
processing taxes to such an extreme
that we shall have to license every
plowed field"
He said the country had been
"smothered in abundance"
"Since the war we have been un-
able or unwilling to make the de-
cision to stage q planned attack for
export trade or lowered tariffs" he
asserted.
Saying the tariff always had held
out false hopes to certain groups of
producers, distorting their judgment.
he added:
1T is . most damnable thing be-
cause 1t caused producers to think
there was a demand where there
wasn't"
He called the Presidents monetary
and gold policy breathing spell"
and compared it to the situation in
1921. when . similar spell" was OBJ
tanned by loening money abroad.
IT we haven't utilized this breath.
ing spell to adjust internal economy
or lower tariffs the awakening =
going to b. even sadder than =
Ioal.31." he aid,
Evening star., 1934-03-04
D. e.. Relief Machine Is SlO,v
In Providing g Food for Hungry
Allen Terms Situation @HOrrible' and
Striues to Cut Red Tape-Police
Speed Is in Contrast.

deal Of sustenance to . family Of nine
for i've weeks, 1t compares favorably
with the general scale of relief as now
administered. The $18 check went
for rent and 81 was in clothes, leav-
ing 81, or $500 per week for food
or less than q dollar q week per
person.
There is no other income, save the
results Of the occasional odd Job done
by the husband, who Is Ill, and er-
rands run by the eldest boy. IT,
year-old high school student.
Three Of the children are In school
and therefore get their hot lunches
on school days. The other four chill
dren and the mother are at home.
It Is not difncult to imagine that
this family may well grow hungry and
desperate while waiting for the next
relief payment. When this occurs
there Is no way under the sun at pres
ent by which they could get food I'M
mediately from the relief substation
to which their case worker Is at
tached, at 625 Ninth street northeast.
The program Is for the case worker
to make out an authorization,
which II then sent to the central re-
lief headquarters at John Marshall
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Evening star., 1934-03-04
OFFERS TO WORK LIFE
TO SAVE DAUGHTER
Texas Veteran Advertises Need
Of Money for Emergency
Operation.
By the Associated Press


HOUSTON. Tex, March 3.-Des-
perste because he has no money with
which to finance an operation to
save his daughters life, j. c. Lee Of
fered today to work the rest of his
life for any one who will help him.
Lee inserted the following advertise
ment in a Houston newspaper:
For the remainder of my life I
will work for any one who will finance
an operation and hospital bill for my
sick daughter. Am so years old and
q World War veteran"
Lee said he had lost his steam
filters shop in the depression and
could not find employment. Since
November he has earned $3.50 per
week for C. w. A. work.
His daughter, Norma, has been an
invalid since 1882. A Houston ply
sician is willing to perform free the
operation he says Is necessary to pre-
vent her death-removal of kidney
but there Is no money for the
Aosnital bill.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
GREATER TASKS FACED
BY NEW DEAL STARTING
REGIMES SECOND YEAR
R00seuelt's First Year on Job
Called 5sPalace Revolution"
Editor Declares a State as absolute as
That of Fascists Is Being Built
on Democratic Structure.

Yet what he has done may still be
undone. A catastrophe event might
undo it, or a sudden revulsion OF
public sentiment.
Barring these two things, In another
year or two America and the world
may hail q revolutionist as potent as
Lenin, Mussolini or Hitler.
At the close of the first year the
Roosevelt revolution remains . palace
revolution. Most Americans regard
the sweeping changes Congress has
permitted the President to establish
as recovery measures not as recon-
struction legislation.
Yet it is as certain as anything
can be, in politics. that President
Roosevelt is building, not for the re-
turn of prosperity. but social and
economic edifice intended to survive
permanently, new temple OF justice
1t is clearly evident that he is map
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Evening star., 1934-03-04
BURTONPRES|DENT
Of FENLARGEDBANK
Succeeds Ezra Gould oi
Mechanics as New Units
Are Taken In.

Clarence F. Burton has been elected
president Of the Washington Me-
chanics Savings Bank. it was an
nounced yesterday with the compile
ton of final plans to reopen the
Mount Vernon Savings Bank tomor-
row as the new headquarters Of the
Mechanics Bank, which has four
branches.
Mr.. Burton was elevated from the
vice presidency of the Mechanics
Bank at meeting Of the board of
directors yesterday. He succeeds Ezra
Gould. who founded the institution 80
years ago. 1t was said that Mr.. Gould
decided to place responsibility for the
active management of the enlarged
bank on younger shoulders. Mr.. Bur-
ton. it was explained, has acquired a
large part Of Mr.. Gould's interests in
the bank.
When the Mount Vernon, which
has been absorbed by the Mechanics,
reopens its doors tomorrow for the
first time since the banking holiday
a year ago. it will make available to
the depositors 40 per cent of their de-
posits, or about 100000.
To Absorb Franklin.
Later on the Mechanics is to absorb
also the Franklin National Bank,
which now is selling stock and receiv-
ing waivers from its depositors to ac-
complish the merger. The enlarged
capital structure of the merger even
tually will be about $500, 900, and the
merger, when the Franklin joins Off
cially, will have deposits Of more than
IS, ,000, 900.
The bank Is a member of the Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation.
which means that every depositor's s
account Is insured up to $4,000.
The Mechanics Bank. which was
established in 1906. has never been
restricted, and by the addition of its
new downtown headquarters now has
offices at the following places: Ninth
street and Massachusetts, avenue,
Eighth and G streets southeast, 340l
Connecticut avenue. Ninth and East
Capitol streets and 1908 Georgia
avenue.
Ofhcers Of the enlarged Washington
Mechanics now are drawn from both
the Mechanics and the Mount Vernon
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column g.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
GEN. MITCHELL RAPS
AIRCRAFT COMPANIES
Says Quest for Profits Balks Ad.
vancement in Design and
Safety.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 3.-Brig. Gen.
william Mitchell, retired, said today
private aircraft companies were
sitting improvements in mechanism
and design of planes because of profit
motives. The former assistant chief
Of the Army air service spoke at q
Foreign Policy Association luncheon.
Mitchell charged aviation firms
executives "know little about aero
nautics and think most of making
money, next of furnishing service"
THAT is why" he said, "our aircraft
Of all descriptions have fallen way
behind what they should be and why
our commercial aircraft are deficient
in safety devices, navigational instru-
ments and speed"
Mitchell was court-martialed in
December, 1925, for criticizing Army
air policies, convicted Of insubordipa-
ton and resigned from the service.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
SOVIETS DENY TROOPS
ARE SENT TO MONGOLIA
Moscow Says Baseless Rumor
Confirms Report Japan Is
Ready to Seize Area.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, March 3.-The semi
ofiicial Izvestia characterized as .
shameless lie" today a declaration
by the Toxic newspaper Asahi that
$4,000 Soviet troops had been dis
patched to outer Mongolia, In which
the Soviet government exercises .
wide influence.
Not q single foreign soldier can be
found in the territory Of the Mongo-
Ian peoples" Izvestia declared, add
ing Asahi's information" confirms
that preparations are being made to
carry out plans in certain Japanese
circles not only to seize inner Mon
eolia but also outer Mongolia"
Evening star., 1934-03-04
FRANCE CONSIDERS.
DEBT SETTLEMENT.
Parliamentary Change May
Make Possible Early
Payment.
B the Associated Press.

PARIS, March 3.-For the first
time since France defaulted in De-
cember, 1882, the government today
was reported to be seriously conSid-
ering how the question OF payment Of
war debts owed to the United States
may be settled.
The government, well informed cir
cles understood, wants to end some
solution of the problem. but SO far
there has not been any discussion
of debt payment in cabinet sessions.
However. the cabinet probably will
take up the question. it vas stated.
Immediately after pressing domestic
affairs are settled.
Situation Is Changed.
Since December Is, 1882, no gov
eminent Of France has made any de-
cision on debt payments. Holding
that Parliament's opposition to pay
ment Is well known. the various cab
inets have passed up the question.
Now the parliamentary situation Is
somewhat changed. Though there is
still great opposition, Parliament is
playing a less important oart in la
tional affairs under the strong gov
ernment of Premier CASTOR Domergue,
and may be induced, some persons be-
lieve, to approve some sort of Gept
solution.
1t was learned that both the for
elgn Office and the finance ministry
are extremely eager for a settlement
of the thorny problem, either by q
symbolic payment or by payment
following general negotiations.
Herriot Expected to Lead.
The attitude Of the entire cabinet,
however, is unknown. There is also
considerable vagueness concerning the
premier's own views, no one appar-
emily knowing how far he desires to
60 on the matter. Only the fact that
ne is giving the debts serious stuoy
is admitted.
It Is expected that Vice Premier
Edouard Herriot, who had to resign
as premier December 13, 1882, when
the Chamber Of Deputies refused to
pay the regular war debt installment.
will lead the fight in the cabinet for
adoption of some sort Of amicable So
luton. He probably will be joined
by Louis Barthou, foreign minister,
and German Martin, minister of
finance.
These three leaders are particularly
anxious for an early restoration of
Franco-American friendliness, and
they indicate that they will make q
hard drive to convince the rest OF
the cabinet that now is good time
to make some sort Of arrangement.
It was also known that the govern
ment Is awaiting a message from
President Roosevelt on the debt prob
lem, and this message Is expected to
give the government some idea OF
what would be the best line to take
toward a settlement of the question.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
BY WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE,

Editor Of the Emporia (Kans) Gazette.
EMPORIA, Kans., March 3 (N.A.
NAD.-"I shall be either the best
President since Lincoln, or the worst" "
So runs an apocryphal statement from
Franklin Roosevelt to his friends on
March 4. 1888.
Looking back upon the perspective
of IL months. no one may be abso-
lutely sure whether he will be the
best or the worst.
The President has taken the greatest
gamble ever ventured in the White
House since the declaration of war
after Sumter's bombardment. And
the year Of the gamble has only made
clear his purpose; has not added
definitely to his achievement.
On the other hand he has done
more to change the traditional course
and direction of his country than any
other President, not merely from Lin
coins day but from the beginning
Evening star., 1934-03-04
LIES TO COVER up
AIR UNIT CHARGED
Texas Lawmaker Hits
Weaknesses in U. S.
Aerial Defense.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Asserting that Government OH
cials have even lied to cover up the
deplorable condition of our aerial
forces" Representative McFarlane,
Democrat. of Texas, said yesterday he
hoped the treaty Navy bill pending in
the Senate will not be passed until
We get the true facts"
McFarlane Is member OF the
House Naval kffairs Subcommittee
which has just completed an inves-
tigation of naval aviation. A few
days ago. he made public figures he
said substantiated his claim that "our
airplanes couldn't even reach the
other fellow to fight him"
Yesterday he gave newspaper men
detailed comparisons of airplane en-
gines of the major world powers, hold
ing that we are so far behind. among
other reasons, because We have no
competition in this country"
Engines Held Weak.
McFarlane said q primary reason
for our weakness in air defense Is en-
gines."
I'VE can't build them in this coun-
try under the present set-up," he con-
tinued. Every effort is made by
ofhcials to cover that up, even to the
extent of lying"
The figures which he produced on
engines showed these comparisons for
light fighters:
Comparisons Abroad.
Frances Delage has a rated $50
horsepower and develops that at l6,-
500 feet; Great Britain's Armstrong Is
rated at 400 and develops that at a.
500 feet: Japan's Mitsubishi is rated
at 400 and develops that at 14,500
feet; the United States Pratt-Whitney
Wasp and Wright Whirlwind are rated
at 420 horsepower. develop only 800 at
1000 feet and 200 at $4,000 to 10000
feet.
For larger fighters:
Great Britain's Bristol Mercury is
rated at $40 horsepower, develops $50
at 10000 feet and 600 at 10000; Ja-
pans Makajima Is rated at $40, de-
velops $40 at $4,000 feet and 525 at
1880; Frances Lorraine is rated at
500 and develops that at 1850; the
United States Pratt-Whitney Wasp,
rated at $50. develops 500 at 1000
feet and only 425 at $4,000 to 20 900
feet.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
Four POilus Slain
For DisObedience
Win VindicatiOn
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 3.-Four French
army corporals. shot to death
during the war by their own
comrades for failure to obey
orders, were vindicated today
Is years too late.
Their families were awarded
damages of one franc (6la cents)
each by a special court Of mill
tary justice which declared they
had been unjustly executed.
Efforts to vindicate them had
been in progress for several
years.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
CHARGE MEDICINE FAKE
officials Impound "Warm Springs
Crystal" Product.

OKLAHOMA CITY, March 3 R.-
Federal Judge Edgar 8. Vaught today
ordered the impounding Of 736 pack
ages of Warm Springs Crystal Com
pound" and gave salesmen until
April l to prove the product is more
than "horse salts"
The order was issued after w. Z.
Wiles, assistant United States attor-
ney. charged the compound was e.
sentially sodium sulphate. J. L. Cow
dy, attorney for Mrs. p. II. Nolan, dis
tributor Of the compound. said Atlanta
the preparation u genuine - adver.
tised.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
ALIENS PROVE BURDEN
63. 600 Mexicans on Los Angeles
Relief Rolls.

LOS ANGELES, March @-
Despite the efforts of the county to
repatriate them, Mexican aliens are
still placing a heavy burden on the
Los Angeles County Welfare Bureau,
Earl E. Jensen, superintendent Of
charities, reported today to the Board
Of Supervisors.
Jensen's report disclosed that on
January /, the bureau had on its re-
lief rolls approximately $1,000 Mexi-
cans, Of whom $4,000 are American
lied citizens. Jensen estimated the
cost Of supporting the aliens Is ap-
proximately $2,400. 1000 annually.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
Austria Protests to Czechs.

PRAHA, C1echoslovakia. March 3
R.-The Austrian Minister formally
protested to the C1echoslovakian
foreign ONCE today against the "con-
tinual and bitter attacks" Of Czech
newspapers on the Austrian govern.
ment In connection with the recent
civil war.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
RUNS INTO TOLLS

Man, Fleeing Policeman, Darts
Into Police Station.
NEW YORK, March 3 R.-Max
Elb, 81. decided to run for it when
q policeman was about to arrest him
today on q charge of peddling with
out a license
Dashing through the crowded theat-
rical district, he saw the policeman
gaining and sought to elude him by
darting into an open door. He picked
the West Forty-seventh street police
station entrance.
Evening star., 1934-03-04
HIGH SCHOOL BURNS
Three Firemen Hurt in 1885 900
Kansas City, Kans., Blaze.

KANSAS CITY, Kans., March 3 PD.
Fire destroyed the three-story
Wyandotte High School Building to-
night with . loss estimated by oficiods
at $685., 900. Three dremen were In
jured.
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WEATHER.

20. 8. weather Bureau ForecastD
Mostly cloudy with mild temperature
TODAY and tomorrow with rather infre-
ouent showers; gentle winds, mostly
southerly. Temperatures-Highest. 81,
at pm. yesterday; lowest, 38. at l am.
Yesterday. Full report on page A-s.
Evening star., 1934-03-04

CONTINUED On Pa0e :, Column ~
Evening star., 1934-10-13
DR.. RAPHAEL MILLER
WILL PREACH TWICE
National City Christian Pastor
to Give Two Sermons
Tomorrow.

DR.. Raphael Harwood Miller, min
lister of the National City Christian
Church, will preach tomorrow morn
ing on Education Toward Char
acter" and on The Fun of Good
ness" in the evening.
The Unlighted Cross" vivid
pageant, will be presented by the Bible
school. Christian education and
rally day will be observed at $50
am. This service will be featured
by the play, The Unlighted Cross" "
The play is coached by Mrs. Robert
Martin. Taking part are Miss Laney
Sadler, Robert Martin, Robert Voorus,
Mrs. F. c. Crews, Miss Dorothy Sell
lers, Zeno Kent, Ernest Matthews,
Capt. Edgar Graham, George Haven
ner, jr.; Mrs. Ruth Havenner, Miss
Marjorie Kent. Miss Margaret Rob-
ertS, Donald Vining, Volney Chase
and NJ. Wilson De Sellers.
There will be no Thursday church
night supper.
DR.. and Mrs. r. H. Miller will head
a delegation to the International
Convention Of Disciples of Christ at
Des Moines, Iowa, next week. Others
going are Mrs. E. v. Pugh. DR.. w. H.
Pinkerton, Mrs. Fannie Foster, Mrs.
w. P. Sterns and Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Withers.
Evening star., 1934-10-13
CALIFORNIA BISHOP
WILL SPEAK HERE.
Rev. A. W. Noel Porter to
Be Heard in st. Thomas
Church.

Right Rev. A. w. Noel Porter, bishop
of Sacramento, Calf, will preach to-
morrow at II am. in st. Thomas
Church. Bishop Porter preached at
the general convention here six years
ago. He is the guest of Mrs. c. Leslie
McCrea, wife of the treasurer of st.
Thomas Parish. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Crea are to give reception for the
bishop next Saturday.
There will be a meeting of the men
of the parish Tuesday, at 8 pm, to
plan for active work in the parish
during the coming months.
The rector, DR.. c. Ernest Smith,
attended the opening service of the
general convention, with his two
daughters, Mrs. H. F. TAFT and Mrs.
Giles B. Cook. Among those who
were present were Ambassador and
Mrs. Walter E. Edge, both members
of st. Thomas. The Ambassador Is
also one of the vestry.
Evening star., 1934-10-13
PASTOR TO CONDUCT
CLASS INSTRUCTION
Grace Lutheran Church Minister
Also to Continue Sermon
Series Tomorrow.

Continuing his sermon series en-
titled "Re-thinking Our Christianity, -
Rev. Gerhard E. Lenski, pastor of
Grace Lutheran Church, will preach
tomorrow at IL am. on Finding Joy
in Christian Effort" Other topics in
the series are: Moral Values in Unit
ed Effort" Revolution Versus Refor-
nation" "Lutheranism's Distinctive
Contribution"
The pastor will conduct the instruc-
ton of the confirmation class tomor-
row at pm.
The Young Peoples Society is con-
ducting "a mystery ride" the eve
ming of October IS at tbs pm.
The Women's Guild will meet the
second Monday of each month, the
next meeting being November u at
pm. On october 18, from 5 to 7
pm, the members will serve a dinner
in the church han.
Evening star., 1934-10-13
PROF. MACINTOSH
FORUM SPEAKER
Yale Instructor at First
Baptist Church Tomor-
row Night.

Prof. Douglas Clyde Macintosh Of
Yale University, who was denied citi-
zenship by the United States Supreme
Court for refusal to promise before
hand through oath to take up arms in
a war which might not be morally JUS
tif1ed," will speak tomorrow evening at
the First Baptist Church, on Religious
Liberty and National Demands" This
will open the church's Religious Lib
erty Forum" at which nationally
known speakers will discuss current,
vital religious and moral issues.
THE True Religion Of Church and
State" will be the topic at the morn
ing service by DR.. Rufus w. Weaver in
his series on National Recovery and
the Christian Faith"
Swedish services will be held at $3.50
pm, DR.. K. E. Carlson preaching
The White Cross will meet at the
church Wednesday morning. Thurs
day evening the group captains and
officers of the B. Y. P. U. will meet
after the prayer meeting. DR.. Weaver
will speak on THE Influence of Greek
Culture Upon the Christian Faith"