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The Washington times., 1934-02-15
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60-Year-0Id Former AirWayS
Official Shaken VisibIy
g. Entering Prison
by International News Services

Col. L. H. Brittin, executive
vice president Of the North
west Air Lines, was taken
through the portals Of tbs
gloomy old District of Colum-
bia Jail today to serve his
ten-day sentence for con-
tempt of the Senate.
Colonel Brittin entered the jail
while his co-defendant, william
P. MacCracken, aeronautics chief
in the Hoover administration, was
planning a court fight to set
aside the sentence.
Both men were sentenced for
removal and destruction of cores
pondence under Senate subpoena
in connection with the Senate
probe of air mail contract awards.
VisibIy Shaken
Colonel Brittin, a bespectacled.
gray-haired man of about 50
years, was visibly shaken as he
entered the Jail, accompanied by
Chesley w. Jurney, sergeant-at-
arms of the Senate.
He was subjected to routine
procedure accorded every prisoner
when booked at the prison-being
stopped first in the corridor by
guards who "frisked him." rum
ming practiced hands lightly over
his pockets.
Later he was to be written up"
in the jail records-his name, age,
color, sex, etc.-fingerprinted and
assigned to a cell.
Because of the crowded condi-
ton at the Jail, Colonel Britten
will share his cell with a cell mate.
There was no intimation as to who
would be his companion.
May Smoke and Read
With other prisoners, he will be
given a 15-minute exercise period
daily in the Jail corridor. He will
be allowed to smoke and read in
the cell until 8 o'clock at night,
when the lights out" call Is
sounded.
With the consent of the District
Attorney, Leslie Garnett, Mr.. Mac
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The Washington times., 1934-02-15
RAPS
CONSPIRACY
CHARGES
Promises to Bare Details of
Air Mail Deals in Reply
To Farley Blast

NEW YORK, Feb. Is
(LN.S.).-A vigorous denial
Of Postmaster General Farley s
charges of conspiracy and scQla
lusion in connection with air
mail contracts obtained dur
ing his tenur4 Of office was
entered today by Walter S.
Brown, postmaster general in
the Hoover administration.
Mr.. Browns new denial of the
charges was prompted by the let
ter sent by Mr.. Farley to Senator
Black of Alabama, setting forth
the circumstances which prompted
him to cancel all private air mail
contracts and hand the task of fly
ing the mails to the United States
Army.
IlIegalitieS Charged
Mr.. Farley'S letter charged that
Mr.. Brown, while Postmaster Gen.
eral, had Illegally assisted the
large air line corporations to di-
vide the contracts among them
selves virtually without competi-
tive bidding. Mr.. Brown said:
81 am the only person in the
world who knows the story of
the air mail contracts, and / pro-
pose to tell it.
81 have been trying to tell it
for weeks, but they (the Senate
cOmmittee) haven't given me =
chance"
DEFENDS FARLEY
Asked about the meeting re-
ferred to in Mr.. Farley's letter,
Mr.. Brown said:
81 know all about every meet
ing ever held in my office. 1
know the meetings Mr.. Farley is
making reference to. They were
held for proper legal purposes
and they were not connected
with air mail contracts"
Mr.. Farley, in his letter to
Chairman Black, specifically
charged that the extension by
Second Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral w. Irving Glover of five con-
tracts for six months was illegal.
In answer to questions about this
Mr.. Brown said:
I'm going right to work ON
full statement now in answer
to these charges. / think it will
be q complete answer. ANY
point in it that doesn't seem
clear to everyone I will be glad
to ampIify."
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
JOHN D. LEAVES
FOR FLORIDA

TARRYTOWN, N. Y, Feb. Is
G.NSO John D. Rockefeller, ST.,
left his Pocantico Hills home to-
day for his winter residence at
Ormond, Fla.
The ageG multi-millionaire
boarded a train at the P hillipse
Manor Station, in North Tarry-
town. He was accompanied by his
son, John D. Rockefeller, jr., but
it was not known whether the lat
ter planned to make the journey
all the way to Florida.
Apparently in good health,
Rockefeller motored to the station
from his vast Pocantico Hills
estate without making any prior
announcement of his plans.
Twenty-four members of his
household staff accompanied
Rockefeller.
The elder Rockefeller arrived at
the station in his sons car. He
was assisted from the automobile
and placed in a chair on the sta
ton platform. PorterS carried him
into the Pullman.
Mr.. Rockefeller wore a heavy
fur cap pulled down over his ears,
a heavy dark blue overcoat and a
sweater and muffler.
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
Troops Surround Austria Frontiers
Doug, Mary May End
Suits and Make Up,
Friends Declare

Transatlantic telephone and in
ter1nediarieS were used.
The report that the two may
yet come together again was re-
vived with the return from Eu-
rope of Joseph Schenck, movie
producer, who said he had
brought back from England a
personal message for Miss Pick
ford as well as a kiss from
Doug" A friend of the couple
said: ,.
Even after their separa-
ton, the two remained very
much lin love-
"The events that LED up&N1
the filing of the divorce suit
3. were complex. But those Of us
close to the pair have always
felt that the case was not
hOpelesS-that even yet the diff
ferenceS can be bridged."
Pickfair, famous mansion atop
the Hollywood hills, where Doug
and Mary entertained the royalty
of the world, has been withdrawn
from the market after being
offered for sale when Miss Pick
ford admitted the two were
separated,
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
A Square Deal In
The NeW Deal

The Washington Times accepts advertising from all
legitimate business. It does not discriminate against
hotels restaurants wholesale or retail merchants law
fully engaged in the sale and distribution of legal
chandise. It does not with the attitude of any
newspaper that the overwhelming millions who killed
the Eighteenth Amendment can be wrong. The Times
stood behind President Roosevelt in his advocacy of
peal and stands squarely behind him today for any
structive or beneficial legislation.
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
MARKETS TONE
IS STRONGER

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-The
market was generally strong to-
day, with Bethlehem Steel, Con-
tinental Can and du Pont in
heavy demand in the industrialS.
General Motors and Chrysler
were strong in the automobile
group, while Delaware and Hud-
son and AtchiSon were leaders in
the rails.
Oils and amuSementS were gen.
orally higher, while Schenley led
a rally in the alcohols.
American Telephone was higher
and there was. a strong demand
for American Smelling.
Curb stocks were higher, with
American Gas and Electric lead
ing the utilities. Humble set a
new high in the oils. Aluminium
was strong and Bunker Hill led
the metals. Atlas was firm in
investment trusts and alcohols
were firm.
Bonds were generally higher.
Rails and domestic corporations
were moderately higher, U. S.
Governments firm and foreigns
irregular.
Call money was steady at re-
newal of / per cent. Cotton
futures rallied so cents a bale.
Liverpool cotton futures were
firm.
In foreign exchange the dollar
was easier against foreign cur
rencieS.
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
AMENDMENT 7
SEEKS FULL s
. PAY RETURN
Measure to Be Called Up for
Debate in Senate Today
or Tomorrow

Pay cut restoration advo-
Gates fired their first shots
on the Senate floor today
when Senator Pat McCarran
CD of Nevada, filed an
amendment to the independ-
ent offices appropriations
bill providing for full resto-
ration of Federal salaries.
The bill had not been called
up for consideration at the time
the amendment was offered, but
Senate leaders anticipated de-
bate on the measure will begin
either late today or tomorrow.
Under the leadership program
the Interior Department supply
measure is to be passed before
the Senate begins consideration
of the bill carrying the pay cut
provisions. Prospects were that
the Interior bill would be dis,
posed Of quickly.
Speeches Due
However, speeches by Senator
Arthur Capper CR) of Iowa, and
Senator William H. Dieterich CD
of Illinois, on Susan B. Anthony
and the st. Lawrence waterway
treaty, respectively, were expect
ed to be made before either of
these appropriation measures are
taken up. Apparently it depends
on the length of these speeches
as to whether consideration of
the pay cut bill begin today or
tomorrow.
Pay Is Issue
The full restoration issue will be
the major battle although some
Senators have announced their in
tention to seek repeal of numer-
GUS other provisions of the econ
omy law. Less sentiment for such
proposals has been evidenced, how
ever, than for full restoration.
In an eleventh hour attempt to
win additional Senate support of
further relief for Government
employees, E. Claude Babcock,
president of the American Fed
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
ThrOng Sees BuLIitt
Sail to Soviet Post

NEW YORK, Feb. Is. QN.SO.
A crowd of midsummer proper
tions thronged the United States
Line pier today to see the Wash
ington off with william C. Bullitt,
Ambassador to Russia, and nearly
two score attaches of his staff.
Peter Bogdanov, head of Amtorg,
the Soviet trade organization
here, pushed through the crowd
and was greeted by Bullitt with
an invitation to come up on deck
and pose with him for the news
reels. .-1 .---. -
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WILL ROGERS
Says:

SANTA MONICA, Cal, Feb.
15.-AuStria? Say, isn't that
down there about in shooting
distance of where the other
war broke out. England has
told Germany to "Iay off" Now
what if Germany don't choose"
to lay off.
The boys are looking around
now, kinder choosing up sides
again. Russia would like to
look down that way, but she
can't take her eyes off Japan
long enough.
MusSOIini is waiting for the
best offer. France has got
every propeller a spinning. Now
is one of the best times in the
world for us to fight among
ourselves. 1t will at least keep
us out Of some bigger devil
ment.
Copyright, Is3l, by MeNaukht z
6yndicatss Iuc.S "A u
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
Copyright. 1894. by International
News SerVice)

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Feb. IS
G.N.S0. - Although the divorce
action of Lord Ashley may compli-
cate matters, there is still reason
to believe that Mary Pickford and
Douglas Fairbanks, ST., may
smooth out their differences and
effect a reconciliation, friends of
the famous film couple revealed
today.
Miss Pickford has pending in
Los Angeles a suit for divorce
against Fairbanks on the nominal
ground of cruelty, Lord Ashley,
in petitioning for divorce in Lon
don against Lady Ashley, named
Fairbanks as correspondent.
Dough Phones Mary
Only a day or so before Lord
Ashley filed his action, Fairbanks,
from, London, telephoned Mary
Pickford, in the East on a stage
tour, asking her to delay her
divorce action, it was learned here.
Fairbanks and Miss Pickford
have been in communication with
each other ever since their Sepa-
ration last year, it was revealed.
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
Leaders in Prison
Riot Are Punished

WALLA WALLA, Wash, Feb.
Is G.N.S0.-Twelve convicts were
in solitary confinement today at
Washington State Penitentiary
where a bloody and sensational
attempted prison break claimed
the lives of eight convictS and one
guard. Completing his inveStiga-
ton, Warden j. M. McCauley
named seven felonS of the Is
who actively participated in the
riot as the surviving ringleaders.
The Washington times., 1934-02-15

in doubt from month what salary
will be.
THESE FURLoUGHs ARE IMPOSED NOT BECAUSE OF ANY
LESSENING OF WORK IN PARTICULAR OFFICE THEY
HAVE, IN FACT BEEN IMPOSED IN SOME OFFICES JUST
WHEN THE AMOUNT OF WORK WAS GREATER THAN USUAL.
been unfair increase in employees who
furoughed particular days. nothing
hardship imposed through the further ctament pay
loughed.
urOugh arises simple failure of Con-
gre appropriate enough the work the Govern
ment
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
INTERVENTION
LOOMS IN
REVOLT
Nations Study Crisis, Hinting
Strongly of Move to BaIk
0ne-PoWer interference
BY International News Service

BY International News SeFVlce
Austria neighbors wero
moving troops toward hel
borders and important diplo
matte moves were in progress
today as civil war continued
in the republic.
Reports from European capi'
tails follow:
PRAG -Czecho-S -Slovakia
answered Italian troop concen-
trationS on AuStria's border
by increasing Czecho-Slovakian
patrols on the Austrian
frontier and formally notified
the powers she was ready to
join in international interven-
ton to preserve AuStria'S 'inde-
pendence against Germany or
any other country.
Transformation of an in
ternational army to guarantee
Austrian independence will be
discussed by British, French
and Czechoslovakian represent
atives tomorrow and Premier
Doumergue warned the coun-
try to be prepared against
surprises"
LONDON - Germany nd
italy inquired as to Great
Britain's precise intentions If
Austria's sovereignty were vio-
lated by a foreign power, but
are believed to have received
a noncommittal reply.
VIENNA-Government forces
and Socialists battled in the
suburbs of the capital and else
where throughout the country
as the civil war continued, but
the government apparently has
the upper hand.
VIENNA, Feb. IS U.N.SO Aus
tria's civil war entered the mop
ping up" stage today. Socialist
spurned the truce offered b,
chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss AM
continued sporadic shooting, bu
their resistance was weakening.
Government troops were con
tinuing their campaign Of break
ing up the Socialists NESTS" ant
driving them out Of their en-
trenched positions. A high policu
official said today it was expected
at least six days would be required
to stamp out the last vestige O
resistance.
March On vienna"
It was rumored an army" o
from 5000 to 10000 members o
the Schutzbung, Socialist armeC
guard, centered at Wiener Neu
stadt, only 80 miles from Vienna
planned a march on Vienna,
but it was doubted they would b.
effective against the weli-equippeC
and superior government forces.
Another rumor said the British
and French ministers called upol
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By International News Service


The Post Office Department
has no intention of reconsidering
the cancellation of air mail con-
tracts, with one possible except
ion, Harllee Branch, Second AS
sistant Postmaster General, told
the House Post Office Committee
today.
Mr.. Branch appeared to urge
speedy action on a bill requested
by Postmaster General Farley to
set up an emergency air mail serv-
ice. He said reports that the air
mail contracts might be adjusted
and that the Army might not
carry the mail after all, were
rumorS only, and added:
$50 far as the Post Office De
partment knows or has con-
sidered, the Army will carry the
air mail and probably will
carry it for several months.
"The Postmaster General ex-
poets Congress to pass perma-
nent legislation and he expects
to let the new contracts and set
up a permanent system"
ON GROUND OF FRAUD
Answering Representative Lam
neck CD of Ohio, who expressed
a belief the Army is not qualified
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The Washington times., 1934-02-15
Exchange Bomber
DrGLUs $500 Fine

NEW YORK, Feb. IS U.N.SO e.
Eugene S. Daniel, jr., Boston
lawyer and Harvard graduate,
who was convicted February / Of
assault in the third degree in
connection with placing two tear
gas bombs in the ventilating syS-
tenn of the New York Stock Ex-
change, today was fined $500.
with alternative of serving 30
days in the TombS. He did not
pay the fine and was committed
to the prison.
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
S1ueatshop Conditions in Government Offices Must

THAT WORK IS INCREASING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS
that the properly and under work.
ing conditions Congress should appropriate enough the
employees and hire what additional employees be
sary
UNLESS CONGRESS DOES THIS 1T WILL BE PERPETUATLNG
"sWEATsHoP" CONDITIONS WHICH HAVE DEVELOPED IN
RECENT MONTHS.
Men and working in Government offices Washington
throughout under conditions which nhumane and
which would not be countenanced in a private firm
THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ALLEvIATED AT ONCE.
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
Mississippi to Get
Beer Within Week

JACKSON, Miss, Feb. Is
GN.SO .-Legalized beer and wine
for Mississippi by next week ap-
peared certain today with the pas
sage in the State senate of the
May beer bill, already approved
by the house.
The Washington times., 1934-02-15

hoped that Congress- dealing with the Is cent
Federal employees will consider the other dsad
vanags which placed those employees through pp
cations of other sections of the economy acts
Of primary Importance the direct pay ISSUE BUT
THERE ARE OTHER SECTIONS OF THE ACTS WHICH HAVE
IMPOSED UNNECESSARY HARDsHIPs UPON GROUPS OF EN-
PL0YES
Notable among hadps those caused by application Of
the administrative furlough
Because administrative furloughs empoye the Govern
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
E.. W. Sheldon Dies;
Head of Bank Board

+ NEW YORK, Feb. IS QN.S0.
Edward Wright Sheldon, rs, chair
man of the board of the United
States Trust Company, died last
night from pneumonia.
The Washington times., 1934-02-15
AIR MAIL ED|C7
WILL STAND

Former Postmaster General
Walter Brown, Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh, and air mail OPP
orators whose contracts were
cancelled, will be called before
the House Post Office Com
mittee during the consideration
of permanent air mail legiS-
IatiOn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-20
Dog-Day Politics

As constant as the night blooming Cereus, mid-July and early-August warm weather can be depended upon to bring it's usual barge of invectives in local poli- tics. Only in this instance, this year, is it that the republican party is chiefly the center of attraction. Of course all is quiet along the democratic front this year, there being nothing much of anything outside a stray congressman and few seats in the state legislature in the way of aggrandizement. So the local puff will be more or less curtailed to the repub lican party itself.
 By the way of a starter the republican town committee was taken for straw ride yesterday by Attorney J. Warren Up- son and charged with gross neglect of the party's interests. Last summer Registrar Thomas F. Dillane was the opus of the annual barrage, which more or less ran the gamut of publicity all the way from page ore to the back page of every edition of the local dissenting newspapers to everything in general political in Water bury. It held out until finally brought into court last winter, where 1t was ironed out apparently to the satisfaction of everyone with little harm being done anyone This summer the town commit tee is going to be given the limelight in- stead.
 Such a state of affairs within republi- can ranks scarcely coincides with those little peace -parleys held some months back when all the leading republicans sat down and broke bread in an effort to once more oppose the democratic party in the man. ner which they once did when such able directors as Congressman Med" Goss and the late John c. Sherwood were at the helm. Apparently Town Chairman Alt tstorney Conway does not meet with the ap- proval of the back-seat drivers in the local party and is to feel the brunt of the attack together with other members of the town committee before the fall rolls around. !, Nothing more or less than the over- throw of the present personnel of the town committee can be taken from MT Upson's letter that "the criticism and dis satisfaction seems to be largely directed towards the present leadership-that IS the present town committee, in which event, in view of the efforts the past four years of those who are slated to be busted, we can scarcely see any too rosy an out look ahead this fall or next for the local republican party. The trouble to our way of thinking with the republican politics is that the trouble is similar to the man who got the cart before the horse, namely, it's the busters who should be busted and the local republican party would get farther than it has since it has had to pander to those who have self-appointed themselves as it's mentors. In any event as we said, perhaps this annual drubbing is due to the weather, dog-days, no doubt!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-20
In To-day's Mail
YOU NEVER CAN TELL, BUT STRIKES ARE NOT THE WAY
 OUT OF THE DILEMMA
July 19. 1884.

July 19, 1894. Editor of The Democrat:
 Referring to your editorial of Thursday, especially the statement, uuotation-"Nor need it prevent us from continuing our effort to dis cover whether there isn't some way of so modifying the rule of indi- vidualism that it's benefits can be retained while it's costly drawbacks can he discarded. lend of quota tion. Would this way if accomplish ed bring about the so-called millen- nium or the very much written about state of Utopia? Is 1t not so that the great minds of the world. down through the ages, have at tempted in vain to conceive a panacea that would govern the ele- ments so ably referred to by you. I have listened to capable orators and have read articles written by eminent writers, during this period of depression, who only seem to scratch the surface and do not ap- pear potent enough to perfect a plan. Is it not true that man pro- poses and God disposes? If plan. through some miracle, should hap pen to materialize, would it not te compiled with the component parts of the other isms and would you not call it happy mediumism
 Thanking you in advance for giving this letter prudent consid- eration, I am.
 Yours respectfully,
 J. V. WALKER.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-20
New Deal vs War Cost

It is only natural that right now, almost midway through the New Deal, the people of the United States should be taking thoughtful backward glance to see how much the surprising new things they have been doing are going to cost them. The two-year budget for the first half of the Roosevelt administration runs to total of approximately 000,000,000, of which little more than half has gone or is going to recovery agencies.
 It is a sum to stagger the imagination, no matter how used you are to big figures. No wonder people are beginning to ask, "Is it worth it?" There are two ways of approaching the answer. One is to see just what we are getting for our money; the other is to compare this expenditure with other extraordinary expenditures Tn the past. Right at this moment, the sec ond way is quite illuminating.
 Seventeen years ago this spring, the United States got into the World War. That little venture cost us $23, 100000, 900. In addition, we loaned to various European nations $12,000, 100000 more - most of which we will never see again. It is pos sible, then, to make an instructive little comparison.
 For war out of which we stood to gain nothing, and did gain nothing, we sent something like 35 billions down the chute. There is no way of putting monetary value on the sorrow and suffering that went along with this money, but they are desolating even to think about. For a struggle to break loose from depression which has wrecked homes, taken lives, de- stroyed hope, and caused hunger, disillu- sionment and great despair, we have con- mitted ourselves so far to spend 16 billions s-- little less than half of what we put into the war
 Thirty-five billions for destruction r destruction of mems bodies and of prop erty: half of that for construction Is this second sum out of line? All of this, to be sure. does not prove that we are getting