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Evening star., 1935-07-28

three of 'em left. and bring me the
one with the writin' on"
Some of my books are poison"
Jack will confide. Take the ones
on agriculture-you can't get rid of
'em. Farmers are different people
these days. And speeches are poison
and eulogies."
Among the thousands Of publica-
tions a Congressman has at his dis
posal are two best sellers"-thick,
well-bound and profusely illustrated
books, Diseases Of Cattle and Dis
eases of the Horse" A New York
Senator has but little use for them
and so he asks his Southern and
Western colleagues to take them in
exchange for something more in de-
mand in his district. A special act,
passed in 1928, because of the con-
slant demand for the book, provides
100000 for the printing, binding and
distribution of these brown volumes.
Annually revised and enlarged, the
two publications continue through the
years to head the list of books most
frequently mailed out under congress
sional frank.
Back in 1918 more than half the
accumulated stock of the warehouse
was sold for waste paper. More than
S1,000,000 worth of printed matter
went north to be chewed up in a
Michigan pulp mill.
But the place is overf1owing again.
Congress recently passed a measure
which may take care of approximately
so per cent Of the surplus, through re-
distribution to Senators and Repre-
sentatives and various Government
departments and through sale to
libraries. In the past few weeks sew
eral moves for the warehouse contents
have been contemplated, but none has
seemed feasible. As result, the SEN
ate committee in charge has been
forced to apportion funds to rent the
ramshackle old structure for another
year.
Evening star., 1935-07-28

were aggrieved. as though undue lib
consultation.
Paul grinned. I'VE had words over
the kindergarten business" he ex-
planned. HE got real tough about it,
finally, so made him stay home. Sue
Trains mother is keepin' him." He
smiled in remembrance.
They did not seem to appreciate the
humor of the situation. Rather they
eyed him with disapproval.
"You got him spoiled, Paul." de-
clared Tom Jencks. He figures he's
entitled to little relaxation after the
grind of the class room, and I don't
know but what he's right about it.
Then-it-it sorta brightens things up
t. have tn kid around-sort of a
mascot, he is
This view was ably seconded.
That's so, Paul." said Cub David
son. Helps to pass the time, watchin'
him putterin' around"
I'VE go better" contributed Whitley
earnestly.
kids are sensitive" Bud offered.
"You oughtn't to clamp down on 'em
so sudden. They remember it all
their life and they hold it against
you. I don't think you done him
right, Paul."
Pauls mouth tightened. His eyes
were derisive. "Oh, you don't?" he
inquired witheringly. "Well-Iu rush
right back and get him-in q pigs
eye!"
He shifted. "You guys let on like
you'd each raised nine sets of twins
and was figurin' on triplets. You lay
awake nights thinkin' up complaints
on the way I'm rearin' this child,
and the big laugh is that there amt
one among you could fit diaper with
a set a. blueprints. Now, stand outa
tn way and let head of a family
get through to his work.
He attempted to brush imperiously
past them, but his arm was clutched
by Trumpeter Willy Griggs, whose
face bore genuine concern.
You'll let him come, after this,
won't you, Paul?" he queried. "You
don't figure on shuttin' him of COM
pletely, do you?"
Paul paused and his eyes swept
them ironically. Alarmed, they strove
to penetrate the mask of parenthood
suddenly gone disciplinary.
"I'll announce my pitchin' selection
just before game time" he told them.
From now on the clinic is disbanded.
What do with my own offspring Is
my own business. If I decide t. have
his ears trimmed, consider his ears
trimmed, and well! Warm for this
time of year, isn't it?"
A murmuring group watched him
mount the stand and open the eve
ming routine conference with st.
George and Bunton.
There" said Tom Jencks. That's
gratitude for you. After I worked
all morning, maxim the kid q stink
bomb t. take t. kindergarten with
him."
CTo be continued.)
Car Lines to Be Widened.
Moscow. Russia, will widen all street.
car HneE. -Lsasauha61nnM
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INSTALLMENT XIV.


"HE four guests, unceremoniously
left to their own resources,
went out into the warm, Spring
Il evening. Led by Bud and Puny,
they mounted the long-Suffering road
ster and stood away from the curb
with a hideous clatter of crankshaft
bearings that bespoke another Winter
without mechanical attention.
Whitley and Jencks having been
distributed according to direction, the
pilot and co-pilot headed their al
cohol-stained radiator west on Thirty
first street and ground to a stop in
front of a small lunch room near the
VienneSe. The establishment dis
played the legend Jerry & Joe-No.
2" on its cloudy plate glass.
The wanderers entered, were greeted,
gave greeting, and subsided sprawl
ingly into the worn leather of a
booth.
Jerry came around the counter and
assumed an expectant stance before
their table. He eyed them imperson-
ally as they perused the "Today's
0pcCldS OIl LIlC IIlcIlu.
Been up t. Paul's?" he inquired.
"Heard tn kid was A. w. o. L. from
kindergarten, again" He grinned
widely.
Puny nodded abSently, his eyes
caressing a pleasing entry on the card
in his hand. "Yeh," he confirmed,
briefly. "An' we're to blame-as
usual. No. /, with chicken noodles"
Jerry's face lost some of its ami
ability. He Strengthened.
You're of on tn wrong foot, pail, "
he corrected. "Cantcha read? Noodles
goes with No. 2. See where it
says"
yeah, know-I know! But what's
tn difference? Can't guy order what
he wants in this joint?"
Sure, but-but these club dinners
are for tn convenience Of tn patrons
an"
"Oh-I guess guy can't order what
he wants in your place, then. He can't
have what he wants"
Listen, va big yoick. You can
order a-la-carte If You wanta. IS all
the same t. us. But these club dinners
Is set up ahead
mo No. / with chicken noodles-no
nick outa tn meal ticket tonight"
Delivered coldly, with a dramatic fold
ing Of arms.
Jerry considered. Business instinct
triumphed over personal feeling. "All
right" he conceded. "But it'll be
extra. Don't think you're gonna get
noodles and all-for 80 cents. 1s'pose
next you'll be wantin' your demitasSe
served in tn sun ROOM"
He took Buds order and shuf1ed
back behind the counter from where
he radiated indignation and ratified
dishes viciously.
Bud yawned. Paul sure has time
with tn kid" he said absently. Some
times think he pulled o bust In
bringin' him down here and adoptin'
him and all"
Puny tapped the talle thoughtfully.
Evening star., 1935-07-28
SHORT stony
LOVE DANCE

AS she had come
down that snow
slope, so excitingly
beautiful, her eyes
flashing their blue
ness, and her
cheeks red, Ed
ward thought It
could not have
been possible to
keep a girl like
that out Of the
way.
OF course there
wasn't so much
that he knew about
girls. He had spent
half of his 80 years
In the jungles-it
had begun while
he was a youth
with his father,
and since the &C
cident he went
alone. He knew
more about tigers
than girls.
Evening star., 1935-07-28

TO POOLING, he was really the
sort Of guy who, when his boss
" asked him to play golf with
Y him, actually played his best
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Food Drive Succeeds.

Germany's campaign to grow sufi-
cient food for its people is reported to
be success, 80 per cent Of its essen
tial food requirements now being de-
rived from domestic sources.
Evening star., 1935-07-28

Car Lines to Be Widened.
Moscow, Russia. will widen all street.
car unek, ~,.s.sshaln
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Haste Makes Waste.

In trying to get out of traffic jam
In London a motorist struck a fire
alarm post, calling out six fire engines,
which tied up traf1c for a half hour
longer.
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Ep w A r D saw

-" " A Il D saw
the girl COM
ing violently to-
ward him down
the snow slope.
Her cheeks were
flushed. her eyes
were vividly alert.
He nodded aSsur-
ingly to her. If
she swerved she
would be in for a
8 e US upset.
There were trees
to the right and to
the left.
But the girl did
not swerve and
Edward put out his
arms and caught
her. The force of
the jolt as she hit
him knocked them
both down and
they rolled over
and over in the
snow.
Edward sat up.
Evening star., 1935-02-09

Commission was asked to approve this
agreement, and also to approve the
purchase Of the remaining 375 shares
Of outstanding stock
The Utilities Commission, on Octo-
Der Is last, ordered a public hearing
on the matter Hanna then outlined
the transit company's proposal to buy
up the stock at its fair value to the
company. Peoples Counsel William
A. Roberts then moved that the petit
tion for approval of the agreement be
dismissed on the ground Hanna's state
ment showed the price in the agree
ment represented the fair value" to
the Capital Transit Co.. whereas the
fair value actually should be the value
of the stock to a prospective pur-
chaser in any market.
Agreeing with Roberts, the Utilities
Commission ruled that the evidence
which the company offered to produce
in support of its claim that the price
represented the fair value was mad
missible and dismissed the proceeding.
Decision Held "UnIawful."
In his appeal to the court, Hanna
claimed the term fair value as used
in the joint resolution of Congress
does mean the fair value to the Cap
ital Transit Co. He also asserted the
commissions ruling was arbitrary,
unreasonable and unlawful" as there
was no evidence before the commits
sion on which 1t could legally base its
order; that $4,000 is less than the
fair value Of the stock. and that its
acquisition at that price will be in
the public interest and a benefit to
the company and its patrons.
The court was asked to give the
appeal a speedy hearing, taking prece-
dence over all other civil matters Of
a different nature now pending. After
a hearing the company wants the
commissions order declared void and
asked the court to remand the case
to the commission with instructions
to hear the company's evidence, and
then, II it should find the evidence
prooves the price is fair one, that
the contract to purchase the stock be
ratified
The petition was filed through At
torneys George E. Hamilton, C.
Thomas Dunlop, S. r. Bowen and
George p. Hoover.
Evening star., 1935-02-09
Your Income Tax
Deduction for Business Expenses.

Deductions for business expenses
form a large item in the return Of
many taxpayers and must have certain
qualities to be allowed. Such deduc-
ton must be for an expenditure in
connection with the maintenance and
operation of the taxpayers business
or business properties; it must be an
ordinary expense and it must be q
necessary expense. In insisting upon
the latter qualifications, the Bureau
of Internal Revenue is upheld by the
Board of Tax Appeals and the courts.
Ordinary and necessary expenses are
only those which are usual and essen
tial in the case of similar taxpayers.
and do not include extraordinary
and noneSSential expenses"
Typical business expenses Of mer-
camille establishment are amounts
paid for advertising, hire of clerks
and other employees. rent, light. heat,
water. stationery, stamps, telephone,
property insurance, and delivery ex-
penSes.
The expenses Of a manufacturing
business include labor. supplies, re-
pairs. light and heat, power. selling
cost. administration, and other SINH
lar charges.
The farmer may deduct all amounts
paid in the production, harvesting
and marketing of crops, including
labor, cost of seed and fertilizer used,
cost of minor repairs to farm buildings
(other than his dwelling. and small
tools used up in the course Of year
or two. A taxpayer may conduct
more than one business and claim the
business deductions Of each.
Evening star., 1935-02-09
Congress in Brief

BY the Associated Press.
TODAY.
Senate lin recess).
Judicial Subcommittee hears more
protests over 30-hour week.
Finance Committee studies social
security.
House lin recess).
Interstate Commerce Committee
discusses oil legislation.
Labor Subcommittee probes Lun-
deem social security bill.
YESTERDAY.
Senate.
Amended farm credit bill.
APPROXIMATIONS Committee vetoed
new currency financing or relief bill.
Senator McKellar, Democrat, Of
Tennessee, sworn in.
Judiciary Subcommittee heard
manufacturers opposition to 30-hour
week.
House.
Passed department appropria-
ton bill.
Appropriated $4,000 to continue
Investigation of bondholders' protec-
tive committees.
Rules Committee decided radio,
telephone and telegraph legislation
should be handled by renamed Mer-
chant Marine, Communications and
Fisheries Committee.
Ways and Means Committee and
Labor Subcommittee heard expositions
of rival economic security measures.
Military Committee in secret meet
ing with Army. command hears pro-
posal for Hawaiian air base.
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tigation. The fact of the ladder be-
ing dismantled and a certain rail
taken to Hauptmann's attic by State
investigator and matched as to grain
and wood texture instead Of photo
graphic comparisons. thereby leaving
ladder intact, opens room for investi-
CATION for a combined lumberman and
human analyst.
The side rails of q wood ladder
without metal bracing would be made
from either inch and half or two
inch thickness by three or four inch
widths by even a jackleg carpenter.
Why was it necessary to use a
hand plane to further weaken the
strength Of this already frail ladder
especially since there was no evidence
of effort to create uniformity of size
or art in craftsmanship?
will Rail Fit?
will the total length Of rail in
question and floor board taken from
attic exactly fit the vacant space from
which it is alleged they were taken?
ANY practical lumber mechanic
will testify that cylinder knives from
planning mill dressing common grades
with knot defects are changed every
few days therefore how could koehleT,
the State wood expert, locate a dull
planning knife several months after
dressing.
You may telephone me at my
home il necessary"
Loney has received no reply as yet
to his wire.
Loney, a former sawmill operator,
now is chief of material cost investi-
cations in the Public Works Admin
istration.
Public Works Administrator Ickes
said yesterday that Reilly, Haupt-
mann's chief counsel, was liar"
for intimating that he had re-
fused Loney permission to appear in
the trial Ickes told newsmen he was
leaving the matter entirely to Loney.
Loney said he was told indirectly
several days ago that Secretary lckes
viewed the case as Loney's personal
affair" but that he had awaited spe-
cific authorization. Yesterday he OBJ
tained it from Mai Philip Fleming
deputy P. w. A. administrator, but
did not communicate with Reilly be-
cause the defense's case was closed.
While Ickes was talking with re-
porters Loney again asked specific
permission.
"You please tell Loney that's a
personal matter" Ickes told his
secretary.
Evening star., 1935-02-09
TAX ON MACHINERY
URGED BYCONNERY
Would Raise Funds by Levy
on labor-Saving
Devices.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A proposal to tax the use Of labor.
saving machinery was put forward in
Congress today as the House Ways and
Means Committee studied the admin
istration's social security program.
The tax was suggested by Chairman
Connery of the House Labor Commit
tee. He said the plan was designed
partially to meet the contention Of the
National Association Of Manufacturers
that the per cent pay roll tax en-
bodied in the security bill would tend
to encourage installation Of more
labor-saving devices.
Connery agreed some employers
might try to install more machinery
to reduce the size Of pay rolls on which
the tax for unemployment insurance
is to be levied.
To Cut "Stretch- Out"
In addition to discouraging this, he
said, a tax on the use of machinery
might reduce some of the stretch
out work being done by men who run
more machines now than they used
to-
Why, know a man who weighed
1870 pounds when he started to run
more machines" he exclaimed. "In
four weeks, he weighed l25. If there
had been a tax on machinery, that
'stretch-out' would not have occurred"
Connery said he will present his
idea to Ways and Means Committee
members in the hope they will insert
a machinery-u tax in the security
bill when they take it up for amend
ments Monday
Democratic members Of the COM
mittee. meanwhile. planned an IN"
formal discussion of the bill to decide
on general policy.
Il suppose there will be a lot Of
amendments. said Chairman Dough-
ton. Despite this expectation, he hoped
to get the measure through the House
week after next.
Changes Accepted.
Doughton expressed Willingness 10
incorporate in the bill the changes
recommended a few days ago by Sec
retary Morgenthau. One Of these was
to transfer administration Of old-age
annuities from the proposed social in
surance board to the Treasury; an
other was to eliminate domestics,
casuals and farmers from the tax COL
lections for old-age pensions, leaving
them free to draw SO.Called NEEDY"
pensions; the third was to step up
the tax rate so that by 1880 the Fed
eral Government would have a re-
serve he estimated at S50,000, ,000, 900,
instead of SIS ,0oo, 900, 900 as originally
proposed.
Before Doughton's committee con-
cluded hearings on the bill yesterday.
it was informed that this reserve could
be used to help finance individuals,
industries and the Federal, State and
/ local governments.
Evening star., 1935-02-09

meet with us on this occasion. Be-
cause scouting is now in active opera
ton in almost every civilized nation
of the world, this will give us a splen-
did opportunity to enlarge our basis
Of mutual respect, OF understanding
and of friendship among the people of
the world regardless Of race or creed.
In a moment DR.. West is going to
lead the Scouts in thousands of halls
and other meeting places IN every
State in the Union in repeating the
Scout oath and law hope that the
people who are listening to my voice
will give careful heed to this Scout
oath. 1t is the basis of good citizen
ship: it is the basis of good govern
ment; it is the basis of orderly prog
reSs for our country in the years to
come.
Evening star., 1935-02-09
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Cloudy. prob
ably occasional rain tonight and to-
morrow: not much change in tempera-
ture; minimum temperature tonight
about 80 degrees; gentle west winds,
shifting to east.
Maryland-Cloudy. probably fol-
lowed by rain tonight and tomorrow;
not much change in temperature.
Virginia-Probably occasional rain
tonight and tomorrow: slightly colder
in southeast portion tomorrow.
West Virginia-Cloudy. with light
rain or snow tonight and probably
tomorrow morning; slightly colder to-
night.
Outlook for February II to Feb
ruary l6:
North and Middle Atlantic States
Rain over south and snow or rain
over north portion early part Of week;
snow over north and snow or rain
over south portion again about Fri
day. Colder middle of week, other
wise temperatures near normal.
Evening star., 1935-02-09

Every one except the right man is
getting the blame or credit for that
unexpected provision of the holding
companies bill, abolishing them in
| five years, instead Of merely regulating
them. The finger has been pointed at
Representative Rayburn, the liberals
on the Securities Exchange Commits
sion. Ben Cohen, and others.
The man who appears to be solely
responsible is the President himself.
The bill was sent to him without
any such recommendation in it. In
fact, most of his liberal advisers
thought it might be unwise to take
such q big step at first. They coun-
seled regulation, and we're surprised
when they read the bill later in the
newspapers.
The fact is Mr.. Roosevelt told the
public utility people once that he was
going to abolish, not merely regulate
their holding companies, and appar-
emily he is going 20 insist on it.
1t may not be true, but some close
observers have suspected for several
days that the White House has a fairly
good idea what the Supreme Court
decision on gold might be. At least
every one around there seems to be
complacent and satisfied.
President Wilson Failed.
If so. Mr.. Roosevelt would be the
first President ever to penetrate the
sanctimonious secrecy Of the court.
Woodrow Wilson is supposed to have
tried it once, during the war. The
court was deciding a railroad case, and
as the Government was operating the
railroads, Mr.. Wilson was vitality in
terested. He tried to get hint but
failed.
There is a story around that Mr..
Wilson inUited q court Justice to
lunch and may hare receiUed an
inkling, but Mr.. Wilson's living as
SocidteS doubt it.
Some Democrats rushed to Post
master General Farley and asked if
he was feelini all right after he pro-
posed to put al postmasterships under
civil service. They thought maybe his
philatelic experiences may have made
him despondent or radical or some
thing. They know different now.
TIT S@
Evening star., 1935-02-09

Mr.. 'Farley's recommendation was
made to stop the Norris bill. which
really would take the Post Office De-
partment ont of politics. 1t would go
into effect not now, but in 1888. If
Farley cannot get all the Republican
postmasters out by 1898 and install
good Democrats into those permanent
civil service jobs by then, his friends
would have more cause for alarm.
A friend found Mrs. Einstein,
Uite OF the reldtiDist, wandering
around NeU York department
store, confused Mrs. Einstein er-
pldined that she could not shop in
these American stores. She could
1,eDer find Dh1t she tDGnted. The
friend agreed to help, until he
dscertained that Uhdt Mrs. Elm
stein ,pas looking for ,Dds a cellu-
loid collar.
The New Dealers are not missing
many tricks. The reason they sent
the new banking bill to the Senate
ahead Of time was to take the mind
of Senator Glass off the relief bill and
give him something nearer his heart
to worry about.
A few days ago Senator Glass
erupted about the phrase land Tor"
in legislation. He demanded that bills
be written in English and succeeded
in eliminating one or the other of the
conjunctions throughout the relief bill.
Imagine his surprise when he picked up
the banking bill and found it full Of
and /or's."
The first case that came before
Ferdinand Pecora in his new job as
New York Supreme Court justice was
against the firm of former Senator
Ham Kean (New Jersey, with whom
Pecora frequently clashed in the stock
market investigation.
1t was Chief Justice White of the
Supreme Court who once said: IN
my time we have relaxed constitu-
tional guarantees in fear of revolu-
ton"
tCopyright 1881
Evening star., 1935-02-09
DR.. CALVIN HOOVER
GIVEN A. A. A. POST
Friend of Tugwell Emerges From
Shake-Up as Head Of Con-
sumers' Counsel.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Out of the A. A A. shake-up DR..
Calvin Hoover, economist on Secre-
tary Wallaces personal staff and close
friend of Undersecretary Tugwell, has
emerged as head of the A. A. A. con-
sumers' counsel.
Hoover late yesterday accepted the
appointment to fill the vacancy created
when DR.. Fred c. Howe resigned to
assume an unspecified position in the
organization.
Meanwhile. aides to Attorney Gen.
eral Cummings declared Jerome
Frank, who was ousted as counsel Of
the A. A. A. in the recent shake-up,
was being thought of" for appoint
ment as a special assistant to Cum
mings.
Evening star., 1935-02-09
DRESSER WORKS BANNED

MUNICH, Germany, February 8
R.-Munich police yesterday con-
fiscated and banned Theodore
Dreiser's Genius and American
Tragedy" and D. H. Lawrence's "Sons
and Lovers" and Lady Chatterley's
Lover"
The books we're described as dan
gerouS to Nal Germany"
Evening star., 1935-02-09
Mr.. | CLAIMS RECORD

ITHACA, N. Y, February 9 R.-
Cornell University advanced last night
the claim Of having student with
the worlds shortest name He Is Mr..
I, a graduate student from Tsinan,
Shangtung, China. His first name Is
Fu and the middle name Te.
Evening star., 1935-02-09
United States Air Base Move, However.
Regarded as Reply on Pact.

TOXIC, February 9 R.-High
japanese naval officials expressed the
opinion today the Hawaiian air base
fortification project announced in
Washington apparently was the reply
Of the United States to Japanese sug-
gestions regarding a new Pacific forth
fications agreement.
Toxic newspapers were absorbed in
domestic problems and we're not
greatly concerned over the Washing
ton and Honolulu dispatches although
Chugai Shogyo headlines said What
is the purpose Of this air base, the
largest in the world?"