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The Washington times., 1935-12-12
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PLEADS STAY

One Of the hottest court con-
tests involving Raw Deal meas
ure in the District Supreme
Court got under way when At
torney General Homer S. Cum
mings appeared in person to
argue a Government motion in
the seven holding company
suits recently filed.
Seven of the largest public
utility holding companies in the
country have asked the court
for an injunction to restrain
the application of the Wheeler
Rayburn act to their affairs.
A total of 48 such suits have
been filed in the various Fed
eral courts of the country.
Last week the Government filed
a motion requesting the local
court to stay further proceedings
in the cases on file, stating that a
test case in which the Govern
ment is a plaintiff is now pending
in the Federal courts of New York
and its determination in the
United States Supreme Court will
decide effectually the principles
involved in all the others. A stay,
the Government says, will relieve
it of answering a multiplicity of
suits involving the same prin-
cipleS.
Counsel for the holding COM
panies claim that the Electric
Bond and Share suit does not in
volve the same principles and
stoutly maintain their right to
their own day in court"
The holding companies involved
in the action today are North
American Company, American
Waterworks and Electric Com
pany, United Light and Power,
United Light and Railways, Con-
tinental Gas and Electric Corpora
ton, American Light and Trac-
tion, and the Tennessee Electric
Power Company.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
SECRET
PACT TO SPLIT
ETHIOPIA
1915 Agreement Be-
tween Powers Is
Recalled
BY KINGSBURY SMITH
international News Service

A revival of the old secret dipIo-
matte agreement between Great
Britain, France and Italy for
carving up Ethiopia among them.
selves was seen in authoritative
quarters here today as the virtual
basis of the new Anglo-French
peace plan for settlement of the
ltaloEthiopian conflict.
Terms of the new peace plan,
ceding virtually half of what is
left of the black African kingdom
to Italy, were viewed as directly
in line with the 1905 and 1915
Anglo oFrench-Italian agreements
providing for division of Ethiopia
into three spheres of influence"
The 1906 treaty formed the
basis of the understanding between
the three powers for slicing up
Ethiopia among themselves.
The 1915 Pact
The 1915 agreement, known as
the treaty of London, was a spe-
cial Anglo-French inducement to
get Italy to join the allied cause in
the World War. Article XIII of
that treaty read:
In the event Of France and
Great Britain increasing their CO.
lonial possession in Africa at the
expense of Germany, these two
powers agree in the principle that
Italy may claim some adequate
compensation, particularly regard
ing settlement in her favor Of
questions relative to the frontiers
of the Italian colonies of Eritrea
and Somaliland,"
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Troops Take City

PEIPING, Dec. IL GNSO.
Manchukuan troops today occu.
pied Paochang in the fighting
along the Chahar-Jehol border.
but retired from Kuyuan, which
they had entered yesterday, &C.
cording to reports received here.
Chinese troops are again in pos.
session of Kuyuan, with orders to
hold it at all COSTS"
Two thousand Mongol troops
are said to be advancing on the
Paochang area from Jehol to help
the Manchu forces clean out the
Chinese around Paochang.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Radio Spe aker

Mrs. William Wolff Smith. cur,
rent events lecturer and book re,
viewer, will be the speaker on the
District of Columbia Federation
of Women'S Clubs program over
station WRC tomorrow at 11:15
a. m. Mrs. Smith, who has chosen
for her topic one appropriate to
the coming Christmas season
Mary, the Woman of Nazareth y
will be interviewed on the subject
by Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt. chair
man of radio of the federation, OF
which Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle is
president,
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
HOPE FOR AAA
SUBSTITUTE
GROWS
Wallace Plan Ready
If Supreme Court
Voids Act
International News Service

A wave Of optimism spread
through the AAA today as officials
speculated on the content of Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace's
substitute plan for the AAA if the
Supreme Court holds it unconsti-
tutional.
Mr.. Wallace said the AAA was
prepared to offer Congress sub
stitute for the processing tax, the
backbone of the crop control pro
gram, if the high court hulds it
invalid. He declined to divulge its
nature, but said it had been
drawn by a mysterious" COM
mittee.
Waits Congress Call
Mr.. Wallace made it plain that
the substitute program was not
based on suggestions recently out
lined in his Chicago speech, which
included a general sales tax.
II was merely telling my audi
CIAICD l1C Od4dI "LIdH OAHU AL LILY
book two years ago regarding what
could be done if anything happens
to the present program.
Mr.. Wallace said he would not
present the substitute plan unless
Congress called for it and he ex-
poets such a call if the AAA meets
the same fate as the NRA.
He disclosed the mysterious
committee was composed of ex-
perts from the AAA and the At
torney Generals office. He would
not reveal their names.
Effectiveness Reduced
The Secretary said the cotton
control program could operate
without the Bankhead Act but lit
would not be quite so effective" "
He estimated the number of cot
ton growers cooperating would
drop from 90 per cent to 80 per
cent without the Bankhead Act.
The Bankhead Act places a tax
on all cotton ginned above the
! AAA production quota.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Treasury Condition
International News Sc

InteFnAtlOnaI NeWB Service
Treasury balance as Of Decem-
ber 10, 81, ,346, ,075, ,484.53; Internal
revenue, $14,613,662.10; customs
receipts, $11,058,016.65.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
SeIdssie Rejects
Proposal on Peace

LONDON. Dec. II G.N.SO I'm
an interview with the Havas
(FrenchD correspondent at DeSsye,
Emperor Halle Selassie rejected
the Paris peace plan, according
to Reuters.
The Ethiopian government re-
calls its earlier declarations that
Ethiopia never desired war" the
interview quoted the Emperor as
saying, but now we must de,
fend the soil that Italy has VIC
lated.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Boondoggling
SMITHY

Just when the American people
got the idea that blackSmiths
were artisans who had been rele-
gated to the bleak pages of
medieval history along comes the
Roosevelt Administration with an
ALLEGATION for their renaissance.
Still extant in the town of Sil-
yer City, New Mexico, are many
varieties of horses. They need
shoes. But. it developed. there
is a dearth of blacksmiths and
shops. Through the works
Progress Administration the sum
of $3,122 was allocated to the
town for the construction Of "a
city blacksmith shop"
The Washington times., 1935-12-12

PRAYS DAILY at the
tomb in Barcelona, Spain, of
Prince Alexis Mdivani, first
husband of Barbara Hutton.
The German noblewoman was
seriously injured in the auto
mobile accident which caused
Mdivani's death. Interna-
tional News Photo.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
NANKINGB0WS
TO NORTHERN
AUTONOMY
Chinese Save Face
As Hopei, Charar
Get New Rule

NANKING, Dec. IL Q.N.SO.
Two provinces of North China
Hopei and Chahar-With a popu-
lation of more than 32,000,000, to-
day formally became autonomous,
with only a nominal link to the
central government of Marking.
Under Japanese pressure, the
government executive committee
put autonomy into effect by ap-
pointing Gen. Sung Chen-Yuan as
head of the Hopei ei-Chahar political
council.
This council, similar to the one
long operating in Mongolia, will
be formally part of China proper,
but will collect its own customs
and salt revenues.
It's formation is expected to end,
at least temporarily, the Sino-
Japanese tension over "anti-Japa-
neSe" activities in North China,
which resulted recently in military
action there.
General Sung, former com.
mander Of the Peiping-Tientsin
Chinese military garriSonS, was
also appointed governor of Hopei
Province, a job formerly belong
ing to Gen. Shang Chen.
General Shang was removed to
the governorShip of H o n a n
Province.
In point Of fact. autonomy has
existed in North China in all but
name since June.
These developments indicate no
change but make formal the status
quo and save the face of Nanking
through defeating the Separatist
intrigues sponsored by Japan.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12

eloped with Walter because they
heard that Walter had also dis
appeared.
Asked whether he objected to
Gladys seeing Walter, Davis as
serted he was not opposed even
though he found that Gladys had
been receiving notes secretly from
the young man.
CAS- far as I know" Davis said
"they weren't doing any spark.
ing"
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
Wedding Party
Is Named

Miss Marjorie Talman, daugh.
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. C. Fitzhugh
Talman, whose wedding to the
First Secretary of the Chilean
Embassy, Senor Don Mario
Rodriguez, will take place No
vember 8 at 4:30 o'clock at st.
Matthew's Church, will have as
her matron of honor Mrs.
Charles Burke Elbrick.
The bridesmaids will be
Senorita Graciela rucc o,
daughter of the Ambassador of
Chile, Senor Don M a nue. l
Trucco: Senorita Zoe Patterson,
daughter of the Ambassador of
Cuba. Senor DR.. Guillermo Pat
terSon y de Jauregui; Miss Alice
Graeme, Miss Janet Ball, Mrs.
Alexander G. Stone, who before
her marriage this summer was
Miss Mary Hewitt Myers, and
Mrs. Harry Temple.
Envoy to be Best Man
The Chilean n Ambassador,
Senor Trucco, will act as best
man for Senor Rodriguez. The
uShers will include Mr.. William
K. Ryan; the Counselor of the
Chilean Embassy, Senor Don
BENJAMIN Cohen; the Chilean
Consul in New York, Senor
Patricio Smart; Mr.. Laurence
Bungardeanu, Attache of the
Rumanian Legation: Mr.. Ernest
Schlatter, Attache Of the Swiss
Legation, and the Second Secre-
tary Of the Chilean Embassy,
Senor Don Fernando Illanes
BeniteZ.
Following t h e ceremony,
which will be performed by
Msgr. Edward L. Buckley, there
will be a reception at the home
Of the brides parents on Hill
yer Place.
The day following the we'd
ding the young couple will sail
aboard the Santa Lucia for
Chile, where they will remain
for four months. before return
ing to this city to make their
home.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
Secretary Will
Attend Game

The Secretary and Mrs. Swan
son plan to attend the Navy
Notre Dame football game in
Baltimore on Saturday, Octo-
ber 26, and they will also be
present at the Arrny-Navy game
on November 80 in Philadel-
phia.
Mr.. Robert Woods Bliss, for
mer United States ambassador
to the Argentine, is expected
to join Mrs. Bliss in their
Georgetown home in a few
days. Mrs. Bliss came to Wash
ington last week from Cali
fornia, where she spent the
late summer and early fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh D.
Auchincloss, of Mclean, Va,
are at the Hotel Weylin in New
York. Mrs. AuchincloSS is the
former Mrs. Eugene Vidal.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
State Society
ToHave Dance

The social season of the New
York State Society Of Washing
ton will open with its annual
Halloween dance in the west
ballroom of the Shoreham
Hotel, Thursday evening, Octo-
ber 81.
The society will sponsor
dances and programs of enter
tainment on December 7, Jan
uary IS, February 81 and
March 81.
The officers of the society
this year are DR.. Lamar Harris,
president; Mr.. C. M. Little,
treasurer; Mr.. muel j.
GomperS, Mr.. Walter Sutcliffe
and Miss Leona Decker, vice
presidents; DR.. w. j. Davis,
historian; Miss Pauline Paro,
secretary; and the trustees are
Representative John j. Boylan,
Representative John Taber,
Representative James P. B.
Duffy, Mr.. William F. Richard,
Mr.. Herbert G. Barrett and Mr..
Henry H. Wright.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
Return to Town

Col. Robert N. Harper has
returned to the city for the
winter and has opened his
apartment in the Monterey,
1902 Porter st.
Colonel Harper has been at
his country home, near Lees
burg, Va, since the early part
of June. He had with him
during the entire summer his
son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. William J. Harper,
and their two children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harper will be
in their residence on West
Bradley Lane, Chevy Chase,
Md, for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Wood
Robert. jr., sailed yesterday on
the Majestic from Europe, and
are expected to return imme-
diately to washington.
Before their marriage on Fri
day, october II, in London, Mrs.
Robert was Mrs. Evelyn walker,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Walker of washington
and Mcdaniel, Md.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
S'GA Gown"
Turkish Envoy
Will Be Host

The Ambassador of Turkey
and Nine. Munir Ertegun have
issued invitations for a recep-
ton to be given Tuesday after
noon, October 20, from S until
z o'clock at the Embassy in
celebration of the anniversary
of the proclamation of the Turk
ish Republic.
A law has recently been
passed in Turkey requiring all
citizens to adopt family names.
So, the Turkish envoy, formerly
known as Mr.. Munir. will now
be known as Mr.. Mehmet Munir
Ertegun.
Mrs. Alexander Coale Colum-
bus entertained at tea yester-
day afternoon in her new apart
ment in the Methodist Building.
Presiding at the tea table were
Baroness Won Below, Mrs.
George s. CARL, jr., Mrs. Harris
Shepiro and Mrs. w. Clark
Noble.
Miss Margaret Wilson. daugh-
ter of the late President Wood
row Wilson, was the guest of
Mr.. George Creel at luncheon
yesterday at the Carlton.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
Wed Yesterday

DR.. and Mrs. j. Taliaferro
Taylor. Of Adams Run, South
Carolina, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss
Theodore H. Taylor, to Mr..
Harry A. Westcott. The cere.
mony took place yesterday at
$50 a. m. at st. Marks EpiS-
copal Church, with the Rev.
william r. Moody officiating.
Mrs. Olive C. Westcott,
mother of the bridegroom, at
tended the bride and Mr..
Charles C. Gilman acted as
best man.
Following the ceremony Mr..
Westcott and his bride left
for a motor trip through the
South. They will be at home
after November /. at It'll H
st. N. w.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Harvey,
who make their home at the
Kennedy-Warren, have gone to
White Sulphur Springs, w.
Va, and are at the Green
brier for their autumn visit.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
Dolly Cameron Says:
REPRESENTATIVES DAUGHTER WEDS
Miss Dorothy Fuller Is Bride Of Mr. Patrick
Mathews, Jr, at Brilliant Wedding in West
TheyWI Make Home in Bethesda

-6y6U UdugHC5T n6PI5s6nCaCIVG
de A. Fuller, was married today to Mr. Patrick Fl.
Mr. and Mrs Patrick H Mathews of Humphrey Ark The wedding
took place high in the Penn Memorial Baptist Church
Eureka Springs Ark
The aisle of white lilies Woodwarda FERNS
altar which banked fluffy chryanthemum
and daha against background of ferns and palms.
candeabra arranged either side On the floor huge
baskets of white gladoi and lilies
The H. Coffman Baptist
Fort Smith, Ark, performed the ceremony
Gown of Satin Made on Simple Lines
The BRIDE who entered the church the father
picture in her of white sa slightly faring nes
the skirt sweeping long full the bodice finished
gracefully draped cow neckn and buttong down the back
the waist The long fitted sleeves ended moderate points
the hands Her veil illusion fell from cap atcd illusion
with pleated held place BIOS
She carried shower bouquet of white orchids and lilies
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
For Bride-EIect

Miss Florence Dunnington
and Miss Vera Thummel will
give a luncheon at the Shore
ham Saturday in honor of
Miss Jane Parker, whose mar
riage to Mr.. William Ryder will
take place october IS, at
Crawford, Ind.
Herr Rudolf Leitner, counselor
of the German Embassy, and
Mr.. Kurt G. Sell have gone to
White Sulphur Springs for a
weeks stay.
Miss Helen Lee Doherty, who
has been in New York since
returning from Central America,
sailed on the Queen of Bermuda
for Bermuda.
Mrs. John F. wilkins and
Mrs. Henry B. Spencer, of this
city, are at the st. Regis Hotel
in New York.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
Return Today
From Europe

The Attorney General and
Mrs. Homer S. Cummings will
return tomorrow afternoon to
"Ruthven," their home in Tilden
Street, after a sojourn of two
months in Europe. They will
arrive in New York this evening
aboard the Washington. Accom-
panying them on the trip were
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Bruce Kremer,
who also will come to their home
in Spring Valley tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17

X
The Minister of the Irish
Free State, Mr.. Michael Mac
White, entertained at luncheon
today in honor of the Secretary
to the American Legation at
Dublin, Mr.. James Orr DENLY,
who is on leave in this country.
Mrs. Edgar Ruthven NC
PherSon, who has been visiting
her nephew, Lieut.. Col. Philip
Hayes, U. S. A., at Fort Ben
jamin Harrison, has returned
to washington and joined Mr..
Mcpherson in their apartment
at the Burlington Hotel.
X X
The Naval Attache Of the
French Embassy, Capt. Louis
Sable, is spending a few days
in New York city,
The Washington times., 1935-10-17

Juliet" this week at the Ma
tional.
+
Caught a fleeting glimpse
Of Ned" Pickford and his
bride, the former Marian 0s-
termayer, as they were leav-
ing a neighborhood movie
and she was wearing a most
becoming dark green velvet
dress. he was all "diked" out
in derby, spats, etc.
The Washington times., 1935-10-17

SONS. She carried a shO1
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
1 00e)n z0biCS
Copyright 1880

Ralph Worthington Sd is
recovering nicely from an ac-
cident he had down at the
University of North Carolina
when he stepped out of his
car, slipped and received a
nasty cut on the head. Mrs.
Worthington, who recently
moved into Mrs. Stanley
Rinehart's home on Massa-
chusetts Avenue, had in
tended attending the dedica-
ton at Stratford, but was
called to her sons bedside, so
today she is going to
motor South, planning to
stop two days at Lees birth
place and then on to Chapel
Hill to spend the weekend
with her son.
Associate Justice and Mrs.
Harlan Fiske Stone make
it a daily habit in the late
afternoon to walk out Mas
sachusetts Avenue, and only
when the days are very rainy
do they miss their constitu-
tional.
Saw them yesterday, and
Mrs. Stone was wearing a
black crepe dress, the bodice
trimmed with wide revers
Of white and she wore q
brimmed black felt hat.
Their two sons, Marshall
Stone, professor Of mathe-
matics at Harvard, and Lau-
son Stone, prscticing attor-
ney in New York, with their
families, visit their parents
at their home in Wyoming
Avenue whenever their re-
spectivs duties permit.
Tail, blond Edes TGlmdn,
Who Is on duty aboard the
U. S. S. Maryland, on the
West Coast, had quite an
eyeful at the huge review
gtven for the President, be-
cause has duties, instead of
taking him beIoaO decks,
put him 'VGy up topside,
and he Sa1U it all.
There is something vGst-
ly thrilling about a naval
revieaO, the massive men,
o'-war Swinging into posi-
ton, filing past in perfect
line, the booming blast of
the guns foUoVed By the
sGluting dip of each ship
the neat little destroyers
scatrryimg by, the planes
soaring Gloft, and then
zooming along laying a
smoke screen. Yes, its a
sight to remember GIaUGys.
Too bad that Edes 1UiU
not be here for Sister Mar
jorie's Weddiug to Mario
Rodriguez, which takes
place November 8.
The First Secretary of the
French Embassy, Mr.. Roger
Gaucheron, and his sister,
Mile. Simons Gaucheron; DR..
Kemper Simpson, the First
Secretary of the Peruvian
Embassy and Sonora de
Mendoza, Mary and Eliza
beth Howry, MIR. and Mrs.
Addison Foster and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sterling Ely were a
few Of the many guests at
the supper party last eve
ming at Toby Tavern in
honor of Florence Reed
and Maurice Evans, who
are playing with Katharine
Cornell in Romeo and
-
The Washington times., 1935-10-17

Mrs. John S. Cross, of Wash
ington, was her sisters matron
of honor. She wore q gown of
dark green crepe cut on prin-
cess lines. With this she wore a
hat Of green velvet and match
ing accessories. She carried an
old-fashioned osegay of Jo-
hanna Hill and Talisman roses,
and tiny copper chrySanthe-
NUNS tied with silver ribbons.
Bridesmaids in Nile Green
The bridesmaids were Miss
Betty Rose, of this city: Miss
Mary Alice Arnold, Of Robin
son, Ill, Miss Halle Mathews,
sister Of the bridegroom; Miss
Charlotte Juer, of Hopewell,
Va: Miss Natalie Bolton, Of
Portland, Me-, and Miss Joada
John, of Eureka Springs.
They wore period gowns Of
Nile green taffeta, fashioned
with full gored skirts and
basque waists with puffed
sleeves. Their girdles Of silver
metal cloth tied in large bows
in the back. Their large picture
hats were of the taffeta and
trimmed with the silver. They
carried old-fashioned nosegays
of roses and button chrySanthe-
NUNS in the autumn shades.
Little Miss Dixie Ann Walker,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Digby
Walker, o. Eureka Springs. was
the flower girl. She wore a frock
Of white taffeta and carried
silver basket Of rose petals.
Mr.. Royce Lee Smith was the
best man, and the ushers in
cluded Mr.. John Clendenin, Of
Atlanta, Ga; Mr.. Orvan Beard,
Of Humphrey, Ark: Mr.. Robert
Allison. Mr.. Leland o. Ritchie
and Mr.. William Whelan, Of
this city; Mr.. B. c. Gray and
Mr.. Richard Pence, Of Conway,
Ark, and Mr.. E. C. GathingS,
of West Memphis, Ark.
Mrs. Fuller received with her
daughter and new Son-in-law at
the reception which was given
at the Crescent Hetel. She wore
a gown Of violet crystel velvet.
Her turban was of the same
material and shade. Her cor
sage was of orchids and lilies
Of the valley.
To Make Home in Bethesda
Later in the afternoon Mr..
Mathews and his bride left on
their wedding trip. Young Mrs.
Mathews chose for her travelling
outfit a dark green suit trimmed
with cross fox, a green hat and
brown accessories. After the
first of November Mr.. and Mrs.
Mathews will be at home at
4714 Chestnut St., Bethesda, Md.
The bride is a graduate of
Dana Hall and of Wellesley.
She is a member of the Pi Beta
Phi Sorority and for the past
two years has been studying at
George Washington University.
Mr.. Mathews attended the
University Of Arkansas and
later was graduated from the
University of Wisconsin.
~
The Washington times., 1935-10-17
Diplomatic and Official Notes
MRS. HULL LUNCHEON HOSTESS
Secretary of State and Wife
Have Cards Out for Party
Tomorrow for Delegates

Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the Secretary of
State, entertained at luncheon yesterday in
her apartment at the Carlton when her guests were Col
and Mrs. Jeffry Warde of England; Mrs. Samuel Mccain
of Mrs Hull.
The Secretary and Mrs. Hull have cards for re-
cepon tomorrow in honor of the delegates the Second
General Assembly of the Pan American Institute of Geog
anhv nd Ietorv
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-19
BAR SIDETRACKS
REPORT RAPPINC.
NEW DEAL AIMS
Sizzling Attack Is Buried in
Committee as Final
Session Opens.
b. Tinted Presr

~ 2 Nf'fN fffFf
LOS ANGELES, July 19.-With
the gunpowder removed from two
controversial questions. a diagnosis
Of the New Deal and an investiga-
ton Of the Hauptmann murder trial.
predicted fireworks at the fifty
eighth annual convention Of the
American Bar Association fzzled out
today as delegates opened their
final session.
The New Deal critique-a legal
analysis Of constitutional phases of
the recovery programmes expected
10 arouse a Juror at the convention.
but the analysis died aborning when
the executive committee declined to
report it out to the convention floor.
Criticism Of the Administration
was confined to speeches in section
meetings hitting at various aspects
OF New Deal legislation, but avoid
ing direct comment on the validity
Of recovery laws, expected to be the
substance Of the committee report.
A toned down version Of an ex-
pected arraignment of court and
legal counsel IN the trial of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann, convicted
slayer Of the Lindbergh baby, CEN
sured state and defense attorneys.
Counsel who take advantage of
criminal trials to assume the role
Of press agents and make the cases
spectacles TO attract the public" dis
regard the ethics Of the profession,
the report said
Newspapers were absolved from
censUre, the committee finding that
the blame was on the courts.
rather than on the press"