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Evening star., 1935-12-11

be worked out that accomplishes the
marvel of giving the sFilipinos what
they want in the way Of favored tariff
treatment and the American farm
bloc and sugar interests what they
want In the way of protection, there
seems little doubt that there will be
economic chaos and general break
down on the islands. And unless the
politicoS watch their step, they will
he in hot water, too.
But will they? If rioting and blood
shed should be the result Of the treat
ened economic collapse, there stands
patient old Uncle Sami with his
soldiers and his Navy, ready to step in
and take charge of the hungry Tao,
provided Gen. MacArthurs and Pres
ident Quezon's constabulary cannot
ride him down. And If the situation
should become serious enough, Uncle
Sam must step in, take charge and
try to work out another fine plan,
based on idealism plus tariff protec-
ton. And whose fault would it be-?
Surely not the fault of the Filipinos,
6uI Va l1lC lCopOilo1DlC OIllICQ ObdJco
which cruelty tried to cram independ-
ence down the throats of the poor
Filipinos.
Filipino Leaders Well of.
The Filipino leaders are pretty well
of and have been right smart. They
have brought a lot of Congressmen
and newspaper men out here on the
king pin of all junkets, who had to
study the map to find out where the
Philippine Islands were and whether
to spell them with two Is and one p
or one l and two p's. They have
permitted the members of Congress to
discover the Japanese menace at first
hand, with the Japanese kindly CO.
operating by shooting the works in
China. and they have shown them the
kindly, friendly, studious and likeable
Filipino happily attending cock fights,
playing symphony music, doing ex-
quisite embroidery and reading heavy
Evening star., 1935-12-11

from foreign trade and 80 per cent
of the total income of the islands.
Forty-seven per cent of loans, over
drafts and advances of 10 Philippine
banks and 3 private agricultural
financing companies are tied up in
sugar. Seventy-seven per cent of the
Government owned Philippine Ma
tional Banks loans, advances and
overdraftS are advanced on sugar, and
the Philippine Island railroads, ali of
them losing money, gain most Of their
revenue from handling sugar. Philip
pine sugar is profitable only when sold
in the free markets of the United
States.
Export Tax Provided.
The Tydings bill provides that after
five years an export tax of per cent
of the normal tariff on dutiable
products originating in the Philippines
shall be applied, the tax increasing
each year thereafter Within two years
after the export tax begins the indus
tries mentioned will be on the rocks,
according to Government experts, with
the possible exception of sugar, which
has been making so much money. ac-
cording to the same experts, that
profits and wages could be reduced
and it would still get along. But a
sad-faced sugar man told me that at
the end of two years the sugar business
would be fiat as a pancake and the
islands would be ruined
Unless the Tydings bill is amend
ed, removing the export tax provi-
sion-which was logically imposed as
method of preparing the islands for
the day when the AK would really
fall-and unless some reciprocal trade
agreement with the Philippines can
Evening star., 1935-12-11

loan of a mansion in Baguio. They
have most of the power and good old
Uncle Sam holds the bag. In addi-
ton, they have put the United States
in the position of giving Up one of
the potentially richest spots in all
the world-not to the FilipinoS but to
the busy japanese.
QueZOn Has Good Aides.
President Manuel Quezon, as like
able a fellow as anybody is apt to
meet anywhere and a smart politician
with gray matter under his hat, has
been largely responsible for getting
independence with all it may mean to
those who run the works. 1t is better
than a $3.50 chance that with Maj.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur borrowed
from the United States Army to sit
at his right hand and run his army
and High Commissioner Frank Muir
ply sitting at his left hand, his highly
emotional Irish soul all worked up
over the nobility of the thing and
doing all the worrying, he will get
along fairly smoothly for the next five
years at least.
And then, when the Tydings-Mc-
Duffie independence bill really begins
to pinch and the Philippine cigar in
dustry goes fiat, the Philippine en-
broidery industry pops out, the pearl
button industry folds up and dies. the
coconut oil crushing industry becomes
i'll and the sugar industry begins to
Wobble, there may be trouble.
Most of these industries are centered
around Manila, the political capital
Sugar alone accounts, according to ar
estimate as of the year 1882, which
generally holds good today, for So pei
cent of the income of the islands
Evening star., 1935-12-11
BY BEN McKELWAY,
staff Correspondent Of The Star.

MANILA. P. There Is a DISPOSE
ton on the part of some people in the
Philippines, as well as in the United
States, to believe that President Man
uel QueZon and his brother patriots
have put themselves on the spot.
Their reasoning, and maybe it is cor
rect, Is to the effect that all the Fill
plnos ever wanted in the way of in
dependence was something to holler
about. Now that they have the definite
promise of independence, the Filipino
leaders, according to this theory, are
scared to death and afraid it will blow
up, themselves along with it.
There is some logic behind the
theory. The only live issue the Filipino
politicians ever had was independence.
Any time politician got in trouble
he could up and shout for independ-
ence and make so much noise about
it that he had everybody else shout
ing with him. To those who knew
the ropes the fight was not unpleasant
There were trips to Washington, with
all expenses paid, and the Filipinos
could always make better speech
than most of the Congressman, and
they knew all the answers to all the
questions. Then along came the de-
preston in the United States, a loud
howl from organized labor and the
farm belt for protection against Philip
pine labor and Philippine products,
and the FilipinoS had their independ-
ence.-or all they want of it just now
Ask Helpful Cooperation.
Now, with all the grave problems of
independence ahead of them, the Fill
pinos are pictured as being up against
(which is undoubtedly where they
are. They are asking for helpful CO.
operation from the United States in
the common battle that lies before
u.s." and all that sort of thing, and
they will probably get it.
But there is another way of looking
at the poor Filipino leaders, and that
is to conclude that they are about the
smarteSt people on the face of the
earth They have been able to do
what practically everybody who ever
knew anything about the Philippines
has always warned should not be
done They have made Uncle Sam
look like a sentimental but not very
bright old gentleman in the eyes Of
large part of the world and they have
control of the government, their Pres
ident is sitting in Malacanang Palace
while the earnest young ex-governor
general, now high commissioner, has
an Office in the ElkS' Club and the
Evening star., 1935-12-11

BrolCr belt and carries the trddi-
ttondl stick iUith SilUer top of
British officers on duty.
X
His grace, Bishop Policarp MoruSca
the head of the Rumanian Church
in North and South America, has
arrived in America to take care Of
his flock.
1t is not an easy thing to become
Rumanian bisf op. First of all, the
young man, upon leaving the SEM
mary, must get married, otherwise he
cannot be ordained. Then, he has
to wait until his wife dies to become
a bishop-the canonic law provides
that all clergy of high rank must be
widowers, must have boards and long
hair.
Evening star., 1935-12-11
C. ". u. STUDENTS
TOSEAT DELEGATES
101 viii Be Installed by
Union at U. S. Chamber
Auditorium Tonight.

Installation of the 10l delegates to
the newly organized George Washing
ton University Student Union will
take place at the initial meeting of
the union, tonight at BIS o'clock, in
the auditorium of the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
DR.. Edmund A. Walsh, S. j., vice
president of Georgetown University
and regent of the School Of Foreign
Service, will be the principal speaker.
The president-elect of the union,
Ted Pierson, will be sworn into Office
and then will install the representa-
tives of the three parties, constituting
the center, right and left wings. They
were chosen in party caucus follow
ing a general union election which, by
vote of the student body, determined
on the basis of proportional repre-
sentation the number of seats each
party will hold.
List of Delegates.
Delegates are:
Center party. Walton Baker,
Frederick Barber, Isadore Black, John
P. Bracken, Ruth Brewer, Paul A.
Brogren, Fred Brooks, Edmund
Browning, Edwin Cage, John Coggins,
Austin Cunningham, Ann Dienett,
Thomas Dobson, Halbert Dodd, Rob-
ert j. Dolan, Robert Elan, Clyde
Elliott, James Faurot, Milton Freitag.
Joseph Goldman, Gerald Griffin, Anne
Hamm, George Harvey, Omer Hoe
breck, Marcus Hullabaugh, Edward
Heating, Benjamin King, Morris
Kruger, Volling Lambeth, Layton
MacNichol, Madelyn Miller, Ethel
Nelson, Martin Naiman, John Palmer
Stanley Peterson, John Pickens, NAL
vim Plunckett, Ross Pope, Dix Price
Robert Ralston, Edward Robertson
Thomas Robinson, William j. Ro-
chelle, Lloyd C. Rogers, John Sem
bower, Lily Sykes Shepard, John
Southmayd, James P. Soper, George
D. Stevens, Edward StevlingSon, Do
reteo Vite, Verna Volz and Robert
Wiley.
Left party-A. S. Barnhart, Allen
Bennett, Alison Claflin, Joseph Cooper
Charles Coltman, Reba Edelman,
Rhoda Epstein, N. S. Falkauf, Fred
Gamble. L. P. Goodman, William
Goodykoontz, Rena Gurewitz, Henry
Clifford Irion, Joseph Jaffe, Tatayana
Jasne, Joseph kaufman, Charles
Kiefer, Bertha Neff. George Powell,
D.Y. Stevens, Harvey Thirloway, San
ford Wexler, Warren Woods and Rob-
ert Williams.
Right party-Walter Bird, Frank
Brisebois, Ben Coleman, r. P. Crane.
Thomas Dowd, Earl Eisenhart, James
Fulton, William Gausman, James
Haley, Aileen Hathorn, Adolph Juhl
John Kline, Tom Larkin, Charles
Marshall, Raymond Martin, Allen
Phases, Frank Pryor, Dorothy Warken-
tin, Clarence West, jr.; John E. Will
lard, Bennett Willis and Elizabeth
Wahl.
Committee chairmen have been ap-
pointed as follows: Foreign Relations,
Fred Brooks; Judiciary, George Ste
vens; Commerce, Lloyd Rogers; La
Dor, Austin Cunningham; Natural Re
sources, Edmund Browning; Educa-
ton, Lily Lykes Shepard Finance,
Robert Doolan; Banking and Curren-
cy, Boiling Lambeth; National De-
fense, John Bracken, and Agriculture,
Jerry Griffin.
Evening star., 1935-12-11

duced largely by unskilled labor, will
come increasingly from European
countries and products of American
factories will be exported.
"It will mean," he said, "the cur
tailment and destruction Of many raw
material and agricultural industries in
the United States"
Evening star., 1935-12-11
This Changing World
Mussolni Smacks Lips in Anticipation of Having
Ethiopian Bird for Christmas-British an
Obstacle to French Aims.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

accept then q suspension OF hos
tilitieS. He might as ,Ueu turn the
rainy season in Ethiopia to his dd-
Udntdge and sign an armiStice for
sir monthS-the duration OF the
East African rains, tChen the Fascist
troops must necessarily remain in
their cdntonmeHtS.
Delaying the solution of major prob
lens is one of the chief tricks o1
diplomacy.
But whatever the League may think
or do, Mussolini is determined to con-
tinue the East African campaign anc
gain as much territory as possible
within the next three months. This
would put him IN better bargaining
position, if the present peace attempt
of Laval and Hoare fails.
X X X
The brunt of the new offensive falls
upon Gen. Graziani, the youngest and
probably the ableSt Italian commander
in East Africa.
GRAHAM is only So years old anc
spent most of his life in Eritrea anc
Cyrenaica. During the World War, IL
which he served as a captain, he was
wounded several times. In 1918 he
was already colonel. He won hi;
spurs as a tried warrior in the 1921
campaign against the Selussis ir
Lydia and has been studying the
Ethiopian campaign ever since he be-
came governor of the Somaliland, ir
1880.
X X X X
His opposite number-in the Ethi-
opian camp-is Ras Nazibu, the 6.
foot-4-inch Ethiopian general.
Ras Nozibu'S looks and bearing
remind more Of Gary Cooper in the
"Lives OF Bengal LancerS" than OF
Evening star., 1935-12-11
Sacher Jewish Forum Speaker.

DR.. Abram Leon Sacher, author and
national director of the Hillel Student
Foundations, will address the National
Forum of the Jewish Community Cen
ter at BIS pm. Sunday on 1.-The Pres
ent Crises in Jewish Life" Abe Shelf
ferman, president Of the District
Grand Lodge, Bnai Birth, will be
chairman of the forum meeting.
Evening star., 1935-12-11
RAW MATERIAL GROUPS
TO FIGHT TRADE ACT
Conference to Convene Here Soon
to Press Issue of Con-
stitutionality.

A conference of representatives of
raw material industries will be held in
Washington soon, it was announced
today by the American Manganese
Producers Association, to consider
moves to test the constitutionality of
the trade agreements act, under which
President j. Carson Adkerson claimed
tariffs are being traded away.
Continuation Of the reciprocal trade
treaties, Anderson contended, will
mean that products of the ground, pro-
Evening star., 1935-12-11

Mussolini'S acceptance or rejection
of the new peace proposals depends
largely on whether or not they con-
tain all the Ethiopian territories which
border Erytrea and the Italian Soma
liland so that the Italian East" Afri-
can colonies should extend from the
Red Sea to the Indian Ocean without
any buffer states in between.
While II DRce refuses to CON-
ment on the LaDal- -Hoare proposals
until Do1Uning Street giUes its final
o. k. he has intimGted to the
French and British Ambassadors in
Rome that they might form sat-
isfdctory basis for discussion.
1t is doubtful, however, that he will
accept the suggestion that military
operations shall be suspended during
the peace conversations. Marshal
Bodoglio is strongly opposed to it,
since he has only three more months
to fight. After March Is the rainy
season begins and forced armistice
must take place
That the League of Nations will be
compelled to postpone the oil sane
tons appears probable.
It is clear to the Geneva diplomats
that there can be no effective embargo
on American oil until the Congress
convenes. While London and Paris
believe that the sentiment in the
United States is strongly in favor of
such an embargo, the British are re-
luctant to embark upon policy which
might lead to an irreparable break
with Italy merely on the assumption
that the United States would place
oil on the prohibited list.
\ x 4 \
In diplomatic quarters such post
ponement is considered a blessing.
If an oil embargo is not ordered by
the Committee of l8 at Geneva until
the United States Congress decides
what to do, friendly conversations with
Italy can be carried on.
1t is unlikely that Congress t0ould
tackle this question before some
time in February. Then, epen 1T an
embargo Is decided br the United
States, the League nations can con-
tinae the peace conversations, be-
cause Mussolint tDiH be iDiIling to
Evening star., 1935-12-11
Man Has 2O3 Descendants.

When Sam Smy attended the golden
wedding of his 75-year-old daughter,
Mrs. Harry Smy, in Orford, England,
he counted up and said he could trace
203 descendants, but was sure there
were many more.
Evening star., 1935-12-11

4 ' L bird for his Christmas dinner.
The French are quite willing to kill
the bird and the British are not really
opposed to 1.-THE whole question is
how much of it will Mussolini be Of
fered.
X X X x
Laval is generous. France has no
particular interests in ETHIOPIA. The
British are more difficult They are
afraid too large slice might make
II Duce so strong that he will develop
his appetite and want bigger and bet
ter portions of what the Italian press
has been calling, until few days ago,
"the British carcass"
Evening star., 1935-12-11

"a USSOLINI is smacking his
M lips at the idea that he may
V still be offered the Ethiopian
Il bird for his Christmas dinner.
Evening star., 1935-12-11
Independence, Long ON Issue for Politicians,
May Proue Boomerang for Philippine Islands
QuesOnIs Reported
to Be Fearful of
Consequences.
u. S. Made Ridicls.
IOus Holding Bag
in Experiment.

Note: This is the second of q
series OF articles by Mr.. McKelUdy
on the Philippine situation.
Evening star., 1935-12-11
HARRY NJ. PACKARD,
.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of The Washington Title InSur-
for the ensuing year and for the trans
action, of such other business as may be
properly brought before the meeting will
be held at the ofice of said company at
l o'clock. pm. Monday. January 13. 1886.
The polls will be open between l and .
HARRY NJ. PACKARD.
Evening star., 1935-12-11

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders of The Lawyers Title Insurance
Company for the election of directors for
of such other business as may be properly
brought before the meeting will be held
at the Office of said company at | o'clock.
p.n Monday January II. 1886. The
polls will be open between L and
o'clock, pm,
Evening star., 1935-12-01

Copyright 1sa-hy II g. Fisher. Mark u s Pat on
Great Britain Rights Reserved
Evening star., 1935-07-31
POTOMAC SAVINGS
REVIEW PETITI0NED
Bank Receiver Asks Supreme
Court Ruling on Share
holders Liability.

The United States Supreme Court
has been asked to review the decision
of the District Court Of Appeals that
shareholders Of the Potomac Savings
Bank Of Georgetown are not subject
to double liability.
The petition for review has been
filed by Norman r. Hamilton. receiver
of the bank, against Henry w. Onutt
and George w. Onutt, who, as trustees
of an estate, were the record owners
of shares Of stock in the bank. Tne
receiver fled suit to collect the as
sessment, but the District Supreme
Court and the Court Of Appeals up
held the contention Of the sharehold-
ers.
The bank was organized under the
laws of Virginia, which, at the time
Of the levy, did not impose the assess
ment liability on shareholders. Inc
contention Of the receiver Is that,
while organized under Virginia law,
the bank made no provision for con-
Quoting It's banking business else
where than In the District, and that
by establishing its business here. Dis
trict and Federal laws became apptc-
able. The shareholders contended that
the general rule applies that the lia-
biiity Is determined By the charter and
laws af the etats q iness0nratoa.
Evening star., 1935-07-31
C0LORED ELKS' FUND
RATED EMERGENCY
House Action on Resolution to
Provide $4,000 for Policing
I. Convention.

! Emergency action must be taken by
the House to get through special
resolutions carrying total Of $39, 600
for police protection and other ex-
penses incident to the conventions
here Of the colored Elks and colored
Shriners, the first of which starts
August 16.
Acting Chairman Palmisano of the
House District Committee said today
that as soon as the two resolutions
authorizing these appropriations reach
him, he will call special meeting of
the House Legislative Committee to
report them out, and will endeavor to
bring them up promptly in the House
on. unanimous consent, because the
next District day will not be until
Monday, August IL.
fl Meanwhile President Roosevelt took
under advisement an invitation to wit
hess the Elks' parade, which will be
Eeld the last week IN August. The
Invitation was extended today by ].
FINLEY wilson Of Washington, grand
exalted ruler Of the colored Elks, who
was accompanied by q delegation. The
President assured his visitors he win
be happy to review the parade If he
" In Washington.
1.-THE two resolutions have passed the
Senate, and after the House has acted,
~ win be necessary for q special reSo-
lution to be reported and passed by
the Appropriations Committee. which
FIRST viii require budget estimate on
these two appropriations.
+ Owing to the absence Of quorum,
the House District Committee meet
ing was not held today.
Evening star., 1935-07-31

It is to do away with crowded and
unsatisfactory conditions like these
that District officials and civic leaders
have recommended construction of q
municipal center to house Trafic
Court and other branches Of the city
government. Public Works Admins
traitor Ickes recently turned down an
application for a loan for such con-
struction.
Left: A view of the crowded Trafic
Court. Photo taken from the bench
Of Judge Gus A. Schuldt, with rooms,
corridors, stairways and other parts of
the building thronged with defend
ants, witnesses and oflcials.
The room Is only % feet long and
26 feet wide, with an 8-foot ceiling,
not as large as parlor in some resi-
dences
Right: The crowded hallway outside
Traffic Court, with a crowd waiting to
enter. Note the narrow corridor,
which at times is jammed so that one
can scarcely move.
Lower: The corporation counsel's Of
fee, where police and accused confer
with officials. 1t is only 20 feet by 8
feet, with a 9-foot ceiling.
The dimensions Of the other rooms
follow: .
Witness room-exl6x9 feet.
United States attorneys room
20xex9 feet.
Star STAR Photos.
Evening star., 1935-07-31

Having run by a police station,
Nottle took another tack, which led
directly toward an excavation for the
new Acacia Life Insurance Building.
Nottle, as you must have guessed,
tumbled in without more ado.
Another Route to Station.
While police were booking Nottle
for investigation and giving the hacker
first-aid for the wound on his scalp,
Ackerman and Bach were merely on
their way to the station by another
route.
The two were taken in tow when
they hurried up to Casualty Hospital
to have Bachis eye treated for q
severe swelling
Police notified parents Of the trio
and questioned the youths to learn
If they had made other mistakes.
Evening star., 1935-07-31
.BYRNS ASSURES
LEAVE BILL VOTE
House Action by Early Next
Week Seen After Delay
Yesterday.

Speaker Byrns gave definite assur-
ance today that an opportunity will be
given, probably early next week, to
pass the two leave bills in which all
Government employees are vitality in
terested. They provide for 80 days
annual leave instead Of is as al
present. and for Is days sick leave
both cumulative up to 100 days.
Action on these two measures, under
special rules adopted by the Rules
Committee a week ago. was expected
yesterday when the bills would un-
doubtedly have passed but the alI-day
fight of Representative Hoeppel Of
California, against the Army promo
ton bill consumed an unexpected
amount of time.
Delay Continued.
Toward the close Of the day. Chair
man O'Connor of the Rules Commit.
tee endeavored to expedite procedure
so that those two measures could bs
passed. However, Representative
Blanton, Democrat. Of Texas made
q point Of no quorum forcing q rol
call vote on the Army promotion bill
which consumed more time. Wher
the effort was made to call up the
leave bills under unanimous consent
Representative Young. Democrat, oi
Ohio objected.
Representative Blanton is not op-
posed to the leave bills and declared
that he will support them.
Truck Bill Intervenes.
Speaker Byrns said today he does
not see how it will be possible to bring
up the leave bills before next week
because the motor truck and bus
transportation bill which is scheduled
for consideration today Is on the
Presidents must" program and mus
be passed before Congress adjournS
With the general demand on Congress
to close up shop as soon as possible
NO other legislation will be allowed to
interfere with or delay action on any
measure on the must" program
However, the Speaker said, he feels
very certain that the leave bills viii
have their chance early next weel
and from all information that has
come to him, they viii be passed
promptly. He gave assurance thai
opportunity will be afforded for action
on these bills before adjournment.
Chairman Ramspeck Of the Civi
Service Committee, who is sponsor
ing the leave bills, said he feels very
certain that they viii be passed early
next week. It is still possible, though
not probable, Ramspeck said, thai
they may yet be brought up under
unanimous consent this week but he
does not expect that unanimous con-
sent will be granted.