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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-02-21
THE GREAT
GAME OF
POLITICS .
Copyright by the Baltimore Sun and
reprinted in The Republican by
special permission.
A Question Of Nerve
By FRANK r. KENT,

changed from a union of forty-elght
States, each independent of the other
and all independent of the Federal
Government, to One Big State with
the real power concentrated in Wash
ington, is, to many, the outstanding
phase of the period. The long-cher-
ished principle of local self-govern-
ment has been tossed into the discard
There have been other departures
from so-called "historic doctrines" in
the past two years, but this one is
basic. This changes the whole concep-
ton of the country. The more thought
full appreciate that the speed of this
transformation will be greatly accel-
Grated by the yenactment of the pend
ing S5,000,000,000 work relief bill.
With this vast sum to apportion, as
the President wills, among the States,
piled upon the social security bills and
other extensions of Federal authority,
clearly the power of the Government
is overwhelming and the ability of the
separate units to resist Slapped. Very
little is left now.
1t is, as has been shown by innum-
cradle instances, a power impossible
not to exert. Its mere possession is an
irrocic+ih1a IAN, o+;or 70 50poip n + n
and direct. Examples are the use Of
Government money to force the dis
missal Of Mr.. Moses in New York; the
effort to compel Kentucky Democrats
to nominate in a primary instead of
convention; the threat of Assistant
Administrator of the FERA Lawrence
Westbrook to the State of Connecti-
cut. Others could be given, but these
are typical. They give to the States a
taste of what is coming.
Under the circumstances, the Con-
necticut incident is worth more than
passing comment. In it's General As
sembly there is exhibited the first
symptom in any of the forty-eight
States of an intent to preserve the
right of self government. Whether it
will succeed is doubtful, because the
State needs the money and the Gov
ernment's position is strong. But at
least the effort is being made. What
happened is this: A bill creating a
Connecticut Rehabilitation Corpora
ton was presented with Federal ap-
uproval. The Judiciary Committee re-
vised the bill 80 as to safeguard the
State from complete Federal ddicta-
ton. Mr.. Westbrook promptely wrote
to the State FERA director stating
that the changes made in the bill are
unacceptable" and, if adopted, Con-
necticut will receive no Federal funds
for rehabilitation purposes. Naturally,
this puts the State on the spot. Speak
ing before the committee, John T.
Robinson, former president of the
State Bar Association, pointed out
that there are now under considera-
ton plans for the celebration of the
tercentenary of the settlement Of the
State. Connecticut" he said, "has a
record of three hundredd years of self
government. If we now bow the knee
to the Federal demands, we will make
hollow mockery of that celebration.
If we refuse to bow the knee, we will
make it meaningful. If we fail, we
may as we'll write fms to our State
record"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-02-21

The fact is, of course, if the States
should all defy the Federal power, the
power disappears. An administration
might punish one State but it can't
punish forty-eight. 1t isn't likely to
punish one if the States stand is
sound and right and fair. For exam
pie, if Mayor LaGuardia in a respect
full but firm way refused, under the
Roosevelt-Ickes threat, to dismiss Mr.
Moses and publicly presented his rea-
sons, Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Ickes
might easily destroy themselves in
making good their threat. 1t is all a
question of nerve. If the States-even
few States-have the nerve, the
rights of the States may yet be saved.
If they haven't the nerve to risk los
ing the money-then they are going
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-02-21

LESSON TEXT-Acts 3:1-10; 4:S-12.
GOLDEN TEXT-Then Peter said,
Silver and gold have / none: but such
as l have give I thee: In the name of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and
walk.-Acts SO.
PRIMARY TOPIC-How Peter Helped
a Lame Man.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Peter Carrying on
Jesus Work.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
'IC-A Helping Hand.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
i1C-Gifts That Are Better Than Money.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-02-21

The situation there is of general
interest. Should Connecticut finch
and, for the sake of the money, let
Mr.. Westbrook have his way, it is
likely no further resistance will de-
velop anywhere-that the freedom of
the States henceforth will be exactly
equal to the tolerance toward them Of
the Federal authorities. On the other
hand, if Connecticut refuses to accept
Federal dictation, it will be even more
interesting to see whether the Fed
eral threat made against her will be
carried out. At least one of the for
ty-eight States should have the nerve
to make the test-to see whether this
threat to penalize a whole State and
it's people, because it declines to carry
out in full detail the orders of Fed
eral beaureucrat, is bluff or whether
it isn't.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-02-21

Law Offices of Jones & Dawson,
Oakland, Maryland
Evening star., 1935-12-17

IT am here on political matter, +"
he declared. Even if I we're not, I
couldn't say anything, because my
statements are always misquoted."
The Governor, with his secretary,
then left the hotel and walked south
on Connecticut avenue. Reaching a
haberdashery shop, the Governor went
in, leaving his secretary standing out
side. A few minutes later the Secre-
tary walked away, and it was learned
Gov. Hoffman left the haberdashery
through a rear entrance and walked
down an alley to K street.
Wilentz arrived last night, accom-
panied by Edward Patton, mayor of
Perth Amboy. N. j.; Richard Bloom,
an Atlantic City real estate man, and
Morris Goldfarb, New Jersey real es-
tate commissioner. They conferred
this morning with P. w. A. officials
concerning a proposed grant of funds
to Perth Amboy, according to Wilentz.
Wilentz said ''he might drop in" on
his good friend, ]. Edgar Hoover, chief
of the Federal Bureau of InveStiga-
ton. The attorney general, however,
said he had no intention Of discuss
ing the Hauptmann case, and declared
he didn't know Gov. Hoffman was
here until he met him as he was leav-
ing the hotel this morning.
The Supreme Court having recently
turned down his appeal, Hauptmann
has been sentenced to die in the elec-
trtc chair the week Of January 13.
Evening star., 1935-12-17
Coz. Hoffman Denies Visit
Relates to Hauptn1ann Case

Gov. Harold G. Hoffman Of New
Jersey registered secretly at the May
flower Hotel this morning and then,
after eluding reporters by slipping
through the rear door of a haber-
daShery, departed on mission which
he said had no connection with the
Hauptmann case.
David T. Wilentz, New Jerseys at
torney general, also was stopping at
the hotel, but said his visit here
has no connection with Gov. Hoff-
mans trip. Wilentz was in charge
of the prosecution which resulted in
the conviction of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann for kidnapping and muir
dering the Lindbergh baby.
Gov. Hoffman, who has authority
to commute Hauptmann'S sentence,
came to Washington after receiving a
telephone message. according to in
formation obtained at his Office in
Trenton. Recently he has interested
himself in an investigation reported to
have unearthed evidence linking some
one else with the Mndbergh case, and
has been accused of seeking personal
publicity in this connection.
When interviewed in his room he
told reporters he was here "for some
Christmas shopping" He denied his
visit had any connection with Haupt-
mann's efforts to escape the electric
chair, but complained that recent news
stories concerning his interest in the
case have been unfair.
Evening star., 1935-12-17
Santa Takes Inventory of Toys
Donated for Poor Children
Estimates $4,000 Toys Haze Been Re-
ceiped at Toy Heaven, and Helpers
Report Gifts Still Arriuing.

Toy Heaven at e3S c street has
no chimney. so when Santa Claus
called at midnight he made an un-
conventional entrance.
A red monkey with cobalt blue
feet loped over to the door to let him
in. Toys, you know, come to life late
at night when every ones gone home
and their antics can be their own
secret. The fairy books in Toy
Heaven say so.
Santa picked his way through the
heaps OF playthings and looked around
approvingly. Like the button on that
mechanical man there which sets
him to jigging, The Star-Warner
Brothers. National Broadcasting Co.
appeal for Christmas gifts for the
cityiS poorer children seems to have
touched off flood of generosity, the
old fellow mused.
He noticed, too, that despite the
fact the special toy matinees offered
by Warner Brothers were given three
Evening star., 1935-12-17
MERRILL AIRPLkNE
LANDS IN SQUALL
Ellsworth Rescue Ship Put Down
Safely on Island After
Sending S 0S.
By Radio to The Star.

BY Haulo 10 Inc Quar-.
BALBOA, Canal Zone, December II
(NANA0. The second airplane fly
ing to the rescue of Lincoln Ellsworth
ran into trouble yesterday when the
Northrop Gamma monoplane, piloted
by Dick Merrill, ace pilot for the East
ern Airlines, was forced to land in
tropical rain squall on the beach of
Salango Island, off the coast Of Ecua-
dor.
Fortunately the plane was not dam
aged, and, according to reports from
Guayaquil, Merrill will leave there at
dawn today for Lima on his 1000
mile flight to Magallanes to join the
Wyart carp, the rescue ship of the
Ellsworth expedition.
Merrill left Cristobal yesterday
morning with fuel for six hours flying,
expecting to refuel at Guayaquil at
noon. The Pan-American Grace Air
line stations at Guayaquil, Buena
Ventura and Lima picked up at 1l:20
am. an S o S fash from an un-
known plane landing on Salango Beach
saying Merrill had not arrived at noon.
Pilot Stephen Dunn, flying north
with the regular mail, was ordered
to search the Ecuadorian coast. Later
Dunn radioed he had found the plane
at Salango, 100 miles west Of Guaya-
gull. The safe landing of Merrill was
reported at $3.50 pm.
(CopyrtRht. 1885 by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1935-12-17
HO0uer Offers Plan to Turn
Relief Back to Local Control
Demands Decentralization of Aid After
LasE,ing attack Charging Politics
and waste in AIIaying Suffering.

night as an altynative to the New
Deal relief setup, which he branded
as typical of the whole gamut Of
waste. folly, ineffectiveneSs, politics
and destruction of self-government." :"
His caustic indictment of the Dem
ocratic administration generally, and
its. relief system in particular, drew
cheers and laughter from the more
than 1000 persons who heard him
address the John Marshall Republ-
can Club of st. Louis and its guests.
Wants Immediate Change.
He asserted the administration OF
relief needs reform right now ="
and demanded a setup devoid of
politics.
He advanced a plan to 'confine
public works projects to the projects
which meet the needs of the Nation;
decentralize and turn back ito the
States and local communities all
other forms of relief: cut Government
allotments to States by more than
half and relieve human distress,
(See HOOVER, Page ~
Evening star., 1935-12-17
CONVENTION SET,
c. D. P. CHIEFS CO
Next Big Task Is Selection
of Candidates and Plat
form Drafting.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Well pleased with their selection
of Cleveland for the 1886 national
convention and radiating confidence,
members of the Republican National
Committee we're leaving Washington
today AS members of the committee,
they have nothing to do with candi-
dates for the presidential nomina-
ton. But as individual leaders in
their own States, the committeeman
and committeewomen necessarily
must take the matter into considera-
tion.
The next great job of the Repub-
licans is the nomination of presiden-
tial and vice presidential candidates
and the drafting of platform. These
things will be attended to when the
convention meets June 9 on the
shores of Lake Erie.
Preliminary Plans Laid.
A committee on arrangements to-
day laid preliminary plans for the
convention at a meeting in the May
flower Hotel. The committee is made
up as follows:
Henry P Fletcher tex officiol. chair
man, Pennsylvania; Ralph E. Will
liamS, vice chairman and acting chair
man in charge, oregon; R. B. Creager.
Texas; Mrs. Grace Semple Burling-
ham, Missouri; Ezra r. Whitla, Idaho:
Charles D. Filles, New York: Mrs.
Manley L. FoSSeen, Minnesota; Walter
S. HaIlanan. West Virginia. Frank !.
Smith, Illinois; Daniel E. Pomeroy,
New Jersey; Mrs. Paul FitzSimons,
Rhode Island; Earle S. Kinsley, YER
mont; Mrs. John E. Hillman, Colorado;
j. Henry Roraback, Connecticut; John
Hamilton, Kansas.
The committee today received from
Representative Bolton of Ohio check
for S15OOO0, Cleveland's contribution
for the expenses Of the national con-
vention.
Hills was elected treasurer Of the
committee and George B. Kern was
elected secretary. Lafayette G. Gleason
of New York was elected temporary
secretary of the national convention.
This is the eighth term Col. Gleason
has held this Office at the Republican
National Convention.
The committee adjourned to meet
in Cleveland on January 81 to go
forward with the arrangements.
Definite Trends Seen.
At the conclusion of the meeting to-
day Chairman Fletcher said all mem
berS of the National Committee had
reported definite trends in'favor Of the
Republican party.
R. B. Creager, national committee
man for Texas, predicted the Demo-
cratic solid South would be broken by
the Republicans next year. He men
toned Florida, North Carolina and
Virginia as States likely to go for the
Republican nominee. He predicated
his prediction on the assumption that
the national convention would write
a sound platform anG nominate man
fitted and willing to stand on it. He
said that Senator Borah was well liked
in Texas.
II do not mean to say that I shall
Icoo n n D pooa a.
Evening star., 1935-12-17
MILNE FAMILY
ACTIVE IN HUNT
Relatives of Missing Actor
on Mystery Errands as
Search Is Pressed.
BY the Associated Press.

PS IIle hSSOCldteO EIcSSs
NEW YORK, December 17-Rela-
tiveS Of the missing Caleb j. Milne,
4th. sped on mysterious errands in
two States today while Federal. State
and municipal police hunted for him
and his supposed abductors.
An aunt, brother and a Depart
ment of Justice agent departed hastily
from Woodstock. N Y. the Catskill
mountain village where Mines mother
lives.
Miss Anita Smith, the aunt. had
said earlier, I'VE are hoping some
thing will break Immediately"
In Philadelphia. Caleb J. Milne. jr,
wealthy grandfather of the young
actor, sand a man said to be an uncle
of the missing man, left the Milne
mansion in the Germantown section
and drove toward midcity. They were
gone only an hour and then returned
to the home.
When they started out rumor had it
they were going to a bank-S50, 900
ransom is reported to have been de-
manded-but "G-men" kept every one
we'll away from the house.
Inquiries Pushed.
In New York, where Milne vanished
Saturday, special agents of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation and the
police department pushed their re-
spective inquiries.
The New York detectives are on
the outside looking in," said Rhea
Whitley, head of the Federal agents.
Evening star., 1935-12-17
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Speaking at Atlanta, Ga, on
November 29, President Roosevelt
emphasized the tollolUtng points:
the mechanics OF civilization
came to dead stop on March 3,
1888.
gross national debt under the
last administration rose from a lit
tie oUer $17 ,O0O, ,0OO, 900 to s21 ,00O,-
100000.
since March 4, 1888, the ma
tional debt has risen from s21 .00O,-
900, 900 to $29 500, 900, ,000-included
in this figure is nearly S1,500,000,-
900 of Working balances in the
Treasury and nearly S4,500, 900, 900
of recoverable assets"
Speaking at st. Louis last night,
former President Hoouer anSwered.
By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, December 17.-Herbert
Hoover's lashing attack here on New
Deal relief threw before the Natior
today a Hoover plan of decentralizec
relief based on "the voluntary service.
of American men and women"
The former Republican President
answering President Roosevelt's recent
speeches. offered his proposal last
Evening star., 1935-12-17
MISS TODD'SDEATH
PUZZLE TO POLICE
Telephone Talk on Sunday
Afternoon UpSets Theory
First Adopted.
BY the Associated Press.

Dy Lllb hSoDN4uttN iVOos
LOS ANGELES, December IA
maze of conflicting and mysterious cir
cumStanceS confronted police today in
the investigation of the death Of
Thelma Todd. blond screen beauty.
Finding definite traces of carbon
monoxide poisoning, the county
autopsy surgeon said she probably died
in her garage about 4 am, Sunday,
after she had been driven home from
a gay Hollywood party by Ernest
Peters, auto livery proprietor
Later, however, Dr. A. S. Wagner,
the autopsy surgeon said:
1T is quite possible Miss Todd may
have come to her death after pm.
Sunday. In this cold weather it is
difficult to determine how long in the
matter of hours a person has been
/ dead"
Talked on Phone Sunday.
But Mrs. Martha Ford. wife of Wal
lace Ford of the films. told police she
| talked with the actress late Sunday
afternoon over the telephone.
Il am certain it was her voice, Mrs.
Ford said she told me- III be with
you in a half hour When you see
who l am bringing with me to your
party you'll drop dead!"
Mrs. Ford said the voice added:
"Oh. and another thing-I went to
a party last night and I'm still in
evening clothes. Do you mino?"
The body of the 3O-year-old actress
was found slumped behind the wheel
of her big touring car in her garage
about 1890 am. yesterday by her
maid May Whitehead, who had been
off duty Sunday.
Police said the last person known
to have seen Miss Todd was her chauf-
! feur, Ernest Peters. who said he had
taken her to her home, miles north
of Santa Monica and arrived back at
his Hollywood rental service stand
| about APO am. He said Miss Todd
left Saturday night cafe party about
! 2 am, thus placing her arrival at
home at about am. or shortly after
Declined Escort From Car.
Peters said he customarily escorted
Miss Todd from the car to her apart
ment. but she told him Sunday morn
ing that would be unnecessary, that
she would look after herself"
The maid said she went to the ga
rage Monday morning while looking
for Miss Todd and found a door open
slightly and the screen star dead.
Miss Todd'S face was bloody. The
crown of a tooth had been diSlodged.
Her expensive mink coat, her jew
elry-three large diamond pieces-and
her handbag were untouched.
The ignition key was in the lock,
and it had been turned on.
Three questions puzzled police. How
did she get there? Why did she go
to her garage? What happened there
before she died of monoxide poisoning
despite the fact the door was open
when she was found?
The garage is about 500 yards up a
cliff from the ocean. 1t is built di-
rectly under the home of Roland West,
film director and her partner in
"Thelma Todds Sidewalk Cafe n
the Coast highway.
Vests theory, as he told police
She found she was locked out Of her
(see THELMA TODD, Page S.
Evening star., 1935-12-17
BANK GOVERNORS
WEIGH RESERVES
Problem of Peak Funds
Faces Session of IL
District Heads.
BY the Associated Press.


Federal Reserve bank governors
gathered today, perhaps to consider
anew the problem of peak bank re-
serves, which have mounted to So
100000 900 in excess of legal re-
quirements.
This idle bank capital, some econo-
miStS say, can be turned into loans at
a ratio of 10 to /. making possible a
$50 ,o0O, ,0OO,0 credit, should a run
away boom develop.
The IL Reserve heads meet as the
systems Open Market Committee,
which is charged with advising the
Reserve banks on buying or selling
Federal securities. Such transactions
are an agency of credit control. The
use of controls has been under dis
cussion for several weeks. The Re-
serve Board contends no step is
necessary now.
Bond Purchases Urged.
The sale of Government bonds to
member banks. however, has been
recommended to the Reserve banks by
the Federal Advisory Council as
means of reducing reserves. This
council is made up of business men
in the IL Reserve districts.
While some persons have contended
that the large reserves are a danger,
the Reserve Board itself has expressed
confidence that the situation can be
controlled with little difficulty by the
machinery provided in the recent
banking legislation.
The board has the authority to in
crease the amount of required reserves
thus removing some of the excess from
the credit picture 1t is said to believe
that by this move, or the imposition
of stricter margin requirements for
stock market transactions, the brakes
may be applied when necessary.
EccIes Answers Critics.
Mariner S. Eccles. governor of the
Reserve Board, recently replied to
criticism of the board. which followed
the rise in the stock market. He said
there had been no speculative use oi
bank credit and that most securities
were being bought for cash.
The all-time reserve peak was helped
along by the steady flow of gold from
Europe.
When credit regulations, the first tc
be set forth under the 1885 banking
act, recently were announced. some
observers interpreted this as an indica-
ton the board might seek either tc
check mounting reserves or even force
them down. These regulations pro-
vided the technical procedure for the
board to follow in increasing the re-
serve requirements.
Evening star., 1935-12-17

days ago, gifts from folk who were
unable to attend the shows still are
coming in. Unable to make their pur-
chases in time for the shows, these
donors are bringing their contribu-
tions to theaters and The Star in re-
sponse to the appeal.
For instance, group of employees
of the Mutual Life Insurance Co., un-
able to attend the Saturday matinees,
are preparing large baskets of gifts
to be turned over to the Council Of
Social Agencies.
Feeling a plucking at his trouser
leg, Santa gazed down to see a 2-foot
doll. all frilly in blue dress and
fluffy white cap.
If you we're going to live with
strangers you'd want to know some
thing about them, and so did this doll.
Santa, as chief distribution agent for
the Central Christmas COMMITTEES. Of
(See TOYG. Pare Pa
Evening star., 1935-12-17
(See MILNE, Page ~
500 Convicts Paroled.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, December II
P).-Bearing Christmas paroles from
Gov. Bibb Graves for meritoriouS
prison service, the first of Alabama's
500 most deserving" convicts were
heading home today to spend the holi-
days with their families.
They were sent home on man to
man" agreement with Gov. Graves to
return January 8.