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The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-02-23
THE GENTLEMAN IN
TILE BACK GROUND
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cal case, typically, picks it to bits.
I take joyful exception to a few
of his statements and especially
to one in which he charges the
present investigation is engineer
ed by his perpetual opponent, F"
Sen. Thos. D. Schall. He is
quoted as SAYING
Among the persons in the
background of these political in
vestigations is none other than
Senator Thomas D. Schall.
Governor, permit me to coz
rect your error by granting a
portion of your statement-th It
in which you place the Senator
Gin the background" That's ex-
actly where he is, in the far dis
tant background. The only
time the Senator ever moves up
to a visible position is by the
Thanking route. And there's no
Thanking route on these investi-
eating maps. In brief and in
fact, governor, Schall has never
taken the slightest interest in this
or any other investigation aimed
at YOU! For reasons, perhaps,
both you and the Senator could
explain-but not without embar-
rassment to both. So we'll just
let your remarks stand for what
they're worth-a badly mutilated
confederate shin plaster.
The governor takes sharp ex-
ception to the part taken in the
|present investigations by Sen.
James Carley. The governor, if
he wishes to be fair, if his adj
ministration is the delightfully."-
white-winged cherub he claims,
can soon stamp his utterances
with the mark of sincerity by the
simple expedient of removing his
personal and party followers
from the committee and permit
ting Sen. Carley to continue he
investigations unhindered and
unhampered-guided only by the
ethics of fair play and unpreju-
diced investigation. The gov
ernor's friends on that commit
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SENATE INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE WILL NOT
LAY DOWN ON JOB
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covered to make many of the
governors most intimate friends
and appointees lose vast amounts
of sleep, but that l never believed
in shooting a gold fish with
shot gun.
The liquor paths may prove
more remunerative for the hand
picked special investigators"
who had that target bullseyed
long before the session opened,
but | hold that errant shekels
tainted with hooch are of less
Importance than bread money di-
verified to other channels. And
we're going to find out what Gov.
Olson's appointees did with
those relief dollars before we be-
gin blubbering about the hooch !!
| have pointed out in more than
one issue that Prof. Robert
w. Murchie, was taken, without
deprivation of his professorship
salary, into the State Emergency
Relief Administration and there
presented with an additional
salary of four hundred and fifty
dollars per month, or five thou
sand four hundred dollars per
year. I held and still hold, that
the appointment of Murchie at
that salary was a wanton waste of
emergency relief money-money
that should by the rules of any
fair game, have gone to provide
the necessities of life for hungry
humanity. Now let's see where
Prof. Murchie fits into this
i SERA picture: sroe
The Winnipeg, Canada, city di-
rectory of 1881, gives the address
Of Robt. w. Murchie at 355
Rosadale, and his occupation as
professor at the Manitoba agri-
cultural college. Will Mr.. Muir
chic deny my statement? Will
the governor be kind enough to
explain why it was necessary fol-
him to appoint Canadian pro-
fessor Of agriculture to profes-
sorship at the Minnesota Univer-
sity in the agricultural depart
ment and later, transfer the same
"Canuck" to the second-high sal
aried position on this states emer-
gency relief administration
bureau?
lust what did Canada ever do
. for "our beloved governor that
he should provide fat jobs for
her swivel-chair sod-busters? Ii
Prof. Murchie is worth two sal
aries to Minnesotans, he should
be worth twice as much to his
Canadian brethren. We at least
have men (if not professors
quite as capable of teaching the
intricacies of raising carrots,
navy beans and spuds, as Prof.
Murchie and we have several reg
iments of men fully as well, if
not better, qualified to supervise
the distribution of emergency re-
lief funds as the Canadian. Let
the Senate investigating commit
tee look into the Murchie matter
and forget the hooch odor until
later.
And while on the Murchie sub.
iect, let me mention for the bene'
ft of the committees Especial in
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piece or Dit or evidence uncover
ed or offered. Naturally, they
resent any and all attempts to
prove the administrations "mis-
conduct" or its wanton, disgrace
full, if not criminal mismanage-
ment of emergency relief funds.
The governor declares that if
the committee considers itself a
tribunal, then its chairman, Sen.
Farley, is the chief justice; il,
on the other hand, it is a political
body appointed to investigate
what it has reason, and the pub
lie has more reason to believe, is
a mis-administration of public
funds. then the governor suggests
that Sen. Carley is merely the
''head of an espionage body"
The governor should know his
espionagers! From the moment
he entered upon a public career.
he has been unable to step with
out "squashing" a few of them.
He has learned, if any one ever
has, that espionage begets stool
pigeons and stool pigeons beget
evidence upon which he has con-
victed many a criminal. So, if
Sen. Carley is at the head of an
espionage body he has merely
taken leaf from the governors
many books of experience.
Again. if. as the governor de-
clares. Sen. Carley IS chief JUS
tice of a tribunal, the executive
will hardly declare it the duty of
the chief justice to rush about
over the country hunting evil
dence or pouring over records
that may give off exceptionallv
nauseating odors. Does the gov
ernor recall a instance in his long
official career, when any chief
Justice shed his robes and took ur
the trail of an erring official? Car
the governor recite a single in,
stance In his own career when he
dispensed with the services OF
stool pigeons and spies, to do his
own acknowledging and wit
ness excavating? Dent be sillv
FLOYD. Be yourself. If Won
can't figure out a more biting
statement get some movie-usher
to think one up for you.
But the governor need lose no
sleep over Sen. Carley's disap-
pointment at the few results OBJ
tanned thus far. He will find that
the same Sen. Carley is much far
ther from being the states most
disappointed man than the gov
! ernor is of being the most SUR
prised.
The "Olson luck" has held for
many years. 1t may hold a few
weeks, possibly a few months,
longer. But the farther they
stretch, the harder they snap
/ back-and the snap-back is just
about due.
May l not respectfully suggest
to the governor that he pipe up in
a less-sarcastic key? And if
there's bit thicker ice on the po-
litical pond, my tip is to skate
on it. 1t isn't so thick right
around the Carley vicinity and a
pair of sharp skates, however
skillfully welded by tall blond
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also employed as an lnVeStlga-
tor" for the SERA at salary
of eighty-fve dollars per month
and expenses. The committees
best investigators will discover
that the Prof.'s daughter Helen
is stationed in Freedom County.
Governor, are there no Min
nesota daughters eligible for
these soft snaps that you must
import them? Now, don't get
excited, Governor, because the
committees special men won't be
able to look into this matter for
several months they're too busy
grabbing for the nose bag.
But the committee can subpoena
the records without further de-
lay and corroborate my state
ments.
The committees have been all
right except for the FL stum-
bling blocks put in their way de-
liberately, and for misinforma-
ton supplied by investigators
who couldn't tell the difference
between a bale of evidence and
bathing suit.
Now I don't want to embarrass
the committee. I want to assist
it in every possible way, and
that's why I'm telling the parent
body to subpoena those records
and forget those investigators!
And if any Individual investi-
gator or set of investigators for
either committee cares to take ex-
ception to my remarks, the door 5
wide open.
I'm not going to try Prof.
Murchie in these columns That's
the duty of the Senate committee
appointed to investigate the
SERA. If there are members of
that committee who protest and
object to such investigation of
records, kick them off the com
mittee.
l have charged, and those rec
ords .substantiate my charges,
that R. w. Murchie is being paid
the salary charged, that he is
drawing two salaries and that he
isn't citizen of this country let
alone state-unless he has Sc
cured his naturalization equip
ment faster than any known rec
ord.
l charge that records within
reach of the committee prove that
Prof. Murchie's daughter is be-
ing paid salary from SERA
funds and if the Prof. isn't a
citizen it stands to reason that
his daughter isn't. And again l
ask the governor aohy it was nee
essary to import men and women
to disburse emergency relief
funds, when his political profess
sions have been loud and long In
favor of 'home trade" and his
love for his fellow citizens ?"
Does the governor recall, or does
he prefer to forget, when he i'm
ported a chap from California
to fill high-salaried position that
could have been filled by any one
of ten thousand of his fellow
citizens | refer to his impor-
tation from California of Mr..
Erickson-if the governor has
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MAYOR FILES FOR
REELECTION
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of every citizen.
But | was struck, in reading
his announcement of filing, that
he had unconsciously omitted. or
the daily papers had deliberately
deleted, the two most important
acts of his entire administration:
The decentralization was one and
his reorganization of a sadly de-
moralized police department an
other.
I admit that the appointments
Of cambridge were, in more than
one instance, terrible, to use the
most gentle word possible. But
bear in mind. before YOU begin
popping off and exhibiting YOUR
ignorance of municipal affairs
that cambridge came to the NAV
orship with less experience in
public matters than any other
chief executive in the history #
the city. ! make no apology for
saying that he was the dumbest
specimen of a public official ]
ever met. He was in a strange
world. He was so "green" he
thought every man who offered
him advice, was friend and that
every bit of advice was sound
and poured from the lips of
Solomon. He's learned lot.
Another thing: He came into
office Just at time when the
communist element was ready 10
test its strength. It has been or
ganizing openly under the Farm
er-LABOR administration. 1t hal
: thrown its weight back, of An
derson - and Anderson took
gorgeous licking. The con'n''-
nists were angry. They melted
the bona fide labor organizations
to a frenzy against the Balm
bridge administration. When the
Mayor deposed the ex-trafic COP
and appointed Mike Johannes to
head of the police department.
the communists and their red al
lies. simply blew up.
The April riots were the first
demonstration" These were
followed by the May "strike"
with its huge list of casualties.
including two murders - and
forty-fve days later, by a strike
more vicious than the first. Hard
ly had the July-August strike
with its military ending) faded
away, than another was called
a Strike" of tool and die makers
consisting mainly of kitchen
mechanics, relief-line clients and
Bridge Square thugs. This was
Immediately followed by a strike
of the garage workers" -includ-
ing Local 574 truck driver "me-
chanics," gizzard inspectors and
egg Gamblers, ETC., which lasted
for almost three weeks
So taken all in all the Balm.
bridge administration has been
one round after another of merry
hell-communist inspired.
The appointment of Johannes
was a most fortunate one-view-
ed from the side of legitimate la
Dor organizations, the radical or
that of the decent law-abiding cit
izen.
Tie communists and radicals
The Washington times., 1935-03-09
PRO CON TEST
A NATURAL

What local basketball fans have
been terlning a natural" will
take place in the Heurich strong
hold tomorrow when the Heurich
Brewers play host to the Rinaldi
Tailors at $3.50.
Washington's two professional
teams will be out for blood from
the outset of the encounter. In
two games last year, each was
returned the winner once.
The Tailors took second half
honors in the Baltimore Semi-pro
League this season and are
anxious to take the Brewers into
camp. Rinaldi has met with fair
success during the season, playing
teams in Western Maryland and
Pennsylvania.
Joe Sweeney, Jake Goldblatt,
Ed Ronkin, Dick StreekS, Bill Tay.
low, Joe Miles and Benny Under
stein are expected to see action
with the Tailors. Ralph Bennie,
Moon Evans, Ev Russell. Johnny
Fenlon, Bucky BuScher, Red Rob
erts, and Croson will oppose them.
In the preliminaries, st. Mary's
CelticS and Fort Monroe tangle
at 1870 O'Clock and Heurich
Flashes and Olnsted Grill CLASH
at 2:30 o'clock.
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fifth in the number Of votes re
ceived.
The second team included
Jimmy Howell, George Washing
ton GA votes) and AL Waters,
Maryland 17 votes), at forwards:
Abe Rosenfield, Catholic Univer'
sity Q1 voteS) center, and Don
Gibeau, Georgetown (13 votes) ;
Ollie Upton, Wilson Teachers GIG
votes) and Bernie Buscher, Mary
land (11 votes), as guards.
A Problem, Indeed
A problem arose in connection
with the center and guard po-
sitions for the second team. Out
side of Lieb and Kiesel, only Bill
Noonan of George Washington
and Vic Willis of Maryland were
named for center, each receiving
three votes. AS Abe Rosenfield
of Catholic University had re-
ceived II votes and being used
as center at times, he has been
installed as center on the Sec
ond team.
AS Bernie Buscher of Maryland
also received the same number
of votes as Rosenfield, it would be
unfair to drop him and that ex-
plains the presence of three
guards on the second team.
All Coaches Voted
Coaches taking part in the
voting were Burton Shipley.
Maryland; "Fod" Cotton, Cath
olic University; Freddy Mesmer,
Georgetown; Roland Logan,
George Washington: Wally Krug,
Gallaudet; Walter Young, Amer
lean University, and "Doc" White,
Wilson Teachers College. 'Logan'S
selections were sent by air mail
from Sarasota, Fla, where he is
in the midst Of his duties as
trainer for the Boston Red Sox.
The Washington times., 1935-03-09
D, {. ATHLETES
COMPETING IN
MANY MEETS

Athletes from local institutions
were scattered on several cole
giate fronts today.
Down at Chapel Hill, N. c., the
Maryland and Georgetown track
sters were participating in the
Southern Conference indoor
games, only the former being eli
gible for the title.
Also down in the Tar Heel State
were four Maryland swimmers
competing in the Southern Con-
ference championships. They are
Gordon Wood, Dick Maurer, Bill
Mullitz and Jake Hartenstein.
G. w. Swimmers Compete
Up in Pittsburgh, Capt. Dyer
Ghormley and Beverly Carter OF
George washington were bidding
for titles in the Eastern Intercol'
legite swimming championships
at Carnegie Tech. Ghormley is
entered in the 200-yard breast
stroke and Carter in the 440-yard
free style.
The Maryland riflemen were
matching shots with Navy on the
latter's range at the Naval Acad'
emy.
Teachers Season Ended
Wilson Teachers College today
had brought to a close q highly
successful basketball season. hav'
ing defeated Newark IN. Jo
Teachers, 39-34, in the Wilson
gym. The victory was the Ill
teenth in twenty-one games for
the local quint.
The Navy quint, victor over
Duke, 44-38, in an overtime fray
at Durham, N. c., last night, was
to engage William and Mary in
Williamsburg, Va, tonight. The
Midshipmen rallied in the closing
minutes of the regulation play
and deadlocked the score at 38-all.
Duke was unable to score in the
extra period.
The Washington times., 1935-03-09
HORNSBY SEES
SLIM HOPES
FOR TEAM

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least six years ago and hasn't
been heard from since.
More than that, Hornsby him.
self is one of the listed out
fielders.
Melillo, by the way, may yet
be traded to the Red Sox and
that will solve something.
eff Oscar is traded, I'll use
Johnny Burnett, who hit .298
with Cleveland last year, at
third base and shift Cliff to
second" says HOrnsby. "Clift
apparently hasn't got the arm
for third baseman. He doesn't
knock down enough balls and
recover in time to throw the
man out"
The only other infielder, out
side of Hornsby himself who
couldn't pick a dime out Of the
dust without calling for
groundkeeper, is Aloysius F.
Bejma, who was around last
year doing odd jobs in a more
or less odd way.
West is back, apparently as
sound as ever. He's the only
man on the club, outside of
HemSley, the catcher, who hit
over 300 last year. Ray Pepper,
another outfielder, finished with
.298 and is figured to improve
with the extra year. The third
outfielder apparently is not to
be Debs Garms. The candidate
is Beau" Bell who hit 1897 for
Galveston and for whom the
Browns paid $17,5O0 in cash.
Catching All Right
The catching is all right, Hem.
sley, Frank CRUDE and a gent by
the name of Tom Heath from
San Antonio. They're sure be-
cause they can't miss. They're
the only catcherS in camp.
The pitching of course, is
everything, with Buck New
som, George Blaeholder, Paul
Andrews, Dick Coffman and
Jack Knott carrying on from
last year and Bob Weiland,
from Cleveland; Fay Thomas,
from Los Angeles, and Ashley
Hillin from San Antonio ready
to pick up the slack.
"Our pitching was so good"
adds Mr.. Hornsby, "that we lost
81 games by one run last year."
He didn't say anything about
this being a reflection on the
hitting. He didn't have to. It
is reflection on the hitting,
and, more than that. I'm not
even sure it's true. After all, I
don't think the Browns could
have lost nearly all their games
by one run last year.
In the first place, that would
have been a worlds record or
should have been. In the second,
they didn't get runs most Of
the time to lose by only one.
The Washington times., 1935-03-09
JUNIORS FINISH
PIN MATCH

The Hyattsville Juniors con-
clude their bowling match with
the Clarendon Juniors tonight at
Arcade Alleys, Hyattsville, Md.
The Clarendon team is ahead by
164 pins.
Sholl's Cafe holds undisputed
possession of the top rung in the
National Capital League today as
a result of it's two-game triumph
over Georgetown Grill and the
Heurich's Brewers two-game loss
to Fountain Hams last night.
Before yesterdays m C h S
Sholl's and Heurich's were tied
for first place.
The Defense Post team estab-
lished three season records in
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
League. H. Grant sent the old
individual set record into the
ash can by rolling 389 and the
Defense team broke the team
game and set record by bowling
5o4 and 1878.
Robert Turner was individual
star in the Chevrolet League last
night, rolling a 140 game and
1853 set.
The Washington times., 1935-03-09
GEL TICS PLAY
MANASSAS At
ARMORY

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 9.
Alexandria's unlimited basketball
season closes tonight with the st.
Mary's Celtics and Manassas A. C,
quints mixing at the Armory Hall.
In the preliminary game at 7
o'clock the Post and st. Rita out
fits clash.
Tomorrow the Celtics play Fort
Monroe in a preliminary to the
Heurich Big Five game in Wash
ington.
Alexandria and South Norfolk
High School courtmen play in the
finals for the Glass "B" basketball
championship at the University
of Virginia today.
The Twins entered the final yes
terday by defeating Vinton, 36 to
10, while South Norfolk handily
won from Fincastle and later de-
feated Harrisonburg in the semi
finals. Alexandria drew bye.
Fort Hunt CCC camp holds its
first baseball drill March 18.
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HEADS
GOLF BODY

Frank G. Erskine has been
elected president of the U. s..
Coast and Geodetic Survey Golf
Association. Rudolph M. Bush
has been chosen secretary and
Harlan c. Allan, treasurer. The
tournament committee is COM
posed of Robert Grove Dorsey, jr.,
chairman; Thomas w. Kines,
John R. Fitzgerald and Frank G..
Borden.
The association will hold three
tournaments at East Potomac
Park this year, the first scheduled
for April IL. The association will
also enter the Interdepartmental
Golf League.
An elimination tourney will also
be held for the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey trophy,
won last year by Herbert Grove
Dorsey, jr.
The Washington times., 1935-03-09
SOLDIER F|VES
PLAY MONDAY

Fort Myer and Fort Meade
clash in the fourth game OF the
Third Corps Area basketball
championship Monday night at
Heurich gymnasium.
These teams played last night
at the same gymnasium and Fort
Myer was victorious by a 37-to-3O
score. Fort Myer held a 21-to-2O
advantage at intermission. Nc
Geerer and Ryan starred for the
winners with 10 and 8 points re-
spectively, while Dotson was out
standing for the losers with 10
markers.
Col. John r. Brewer, command
ing officer of the T'hirty'tourth
Infantry and Fort Meade, spoke
before the game and was given
@ big hand.
Fort Monroe will play the win"
Rner of the Fort Myer-Fort Meade
game Wednesday. night at Heur'
ich gym for the championship.
The winner of the championship
game will be awarded a silver
loving cup.
The Washington times., 1935-03-09
GOLFERS NEAR
FINAL ROUND

MIAMI, Fla, March 9.-Today's
semifinals in the four-ball golf
tournament found Johnny Revolta
and Henry Picard opposing Victor
Ghezzi and Willie Klein and Hor-
ton Smith and Paul Runyan meet
ing Gene Sarazen and Harold
McSpaden.
Picard and Revolta turned in a
better ball of 81, eleven under par,
to crush the veteran pair of
Tommy Armour and Bobby Cruich-
shank, 6 and 4, in yesterdays
round,
The Washington times., 1935-03-09

a possible 35 George A. simpson
votes. He was outranked by
Bernie Lieb, captain-elect Of the
Catholic University quint who
drew a maximum of 35 votes, and
Hermie Schmarr, sophomore for
ward flash of the Cardinals, with
80 votes.
Kiesel Gets Center Berth
Lieb, former Eastern High lumi-
nary, played center for the Cardi'
nails this year but has been placed
at guard on the All-Coaches team
Five named him for the center
and two chose him for guard
though he hasn't played that posi-
ton this year.
The tap-off place goes to Hal
Kiesel, Of George Washington,
who received 81 votes. The other
guard is Ben Goldfaden, George
Washington, who received "a
votes. Goldfaden is a forward
but has been placed at guard on
the first team because he was
The Washington times., 1935-03-09
BREWERS MIN {
To GATHER

Heurich Brewers, Industrial
League Baseball Champions, and
weekday playoff champions, have
called a meeting at Heurich gym
at o'clock Tuesday night for the
purpose Of organizing for the 1885
season. All members of last years
team and prospective members
are requested to attend to hear
Manager Bill Flester and Capt.
Huck Stahl outline the plans for
the coming campaign.
The Brewers will be without
the services of Archie Scrivener,
left-hander, now at Biloxi and at
tracing the attention of Bucky
Harris as one of the best young
prospects ever to appear at a train"
ing camp. Practice will start in
doors at the Heurich gym and
will be continued on Heurich field
at Wisconsin Avenue and Van
Ness Street as soon as the weather
permits.