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The Washington times., 1935-05-07
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STILL ALIVE
Believes Emergency Explains
Few Determinations;
Praise For FERA

Mrs. Roosevelt believes feni-
nism is still alive and kicking.
At her press conference today,
she declared that, although there
have been certain setbacks in the
cause of feminism, it is still
pretty much alive in this country,
as we'll as in others.
She said she was not very
familiar with recent developments
and did not want to enter into
any controversy with people who
knew more about it than she did.
She did say, however, that dis
ordinations against women re-
Gently have been the result Of a
temporary emergency.
Defines Feminism
Asked to define feminism, she
said:
"The fundamental purpose Of
feminiSm is that women should
have equal opportunity and
equal rights with every other
citizen"
Women in this country, she
said, have the same desire for
equality of opportunity as they
had 10 years afo when the femin-
list movement was the strongest.
Mrs. Roosevelt praised the Fed
eral Emergency Relief Admins
tration for its distribution Of skim
milk in pallagra and drought
areas in this country. She said:
"The Relief Administration
is trying to do a far-reaching
job in Connection with other
Government bureaus in better
ing a condition which has long
existed
DIR. STANLEY SPEAKS
Mrs. Roosevelt made this state
ment after DR. Louise Stanley,
head of the Bureau of Home
Economics, had spoken at her
press conference on the distribu-
ton of the skim milk in con-
centrated form to relief families.
She also announced that last
week she received a total of
,157 persons at the White House.
This number included dinner
guests.
The number will be increased
by several hundred today when
Mrs. Roosevelt receives approx
mately $500 members Of the
Music Teachers Federation and
the League of Women Voters.
Cards have been issued to some
1000 music teachers.
Mrs. Roosevelt will leave Wash
ington tomorrow and be loft the
record" until next Wednesday,.
The Washington times., 1935-05-07
SPEEDY ACTION
PROMISED ON
JOB RELIEF
Ickes Says Work Projects
Will Be Approved as
Rapidly as Possible

Speedy action on allotments un-
der the 1000 million-dollar work
relief bill was promised today by
Secretary of the Interior Ickes,
chairman of the allotment board,
A number of projects will be
submitted to the first meeting Of
the board late today, he said ard
decisions reached. He said:
"What action the board will
take 1 do not know. But, as
fast as projects are approved,
we will undertake them.
Gas to PWA, it will play the
part it always has played. 1t is
a Government agency to handle
projects and funds.
MUS TFINISH IN YEAR
"The aim is to finish all
projects begun by July l, 1886.
It is anticipated that applica-
tiOns will have to show projects
can be finished by that time. On
projects that would take more
than one year to complete, money
could be allotted for the first
years work. On such projects
as the Fort Peck, Grand COulee
and Bonneville Dams, we allO-
Gated money from year to year."
He expressed the opinion that
Congress would not let such
projects go unfinished"
The PWA Administrator said
that Wisconsin had submitted a
well coordinated plan for the en-
tire State.
President Roosevelt formally
started his gigantic works-relief
program today by holding the first
full meeting of his round table"
advisers at the White House.
Summoning the executives of
the new works allotment board
and other Administration agen-
cies for the meeting, President
Roosevelt also completed the final
executive orders setting up the
three principal divisions to admin
lister the 1000 million dollar en-
ployment fund. The divisions Of
ficially created include:
The division of applications and
information, headed by Frank c..
Walker, who is executive director
of the National Emergency Coun-
Gil.
The advisory committee of allot-
mentS, headed by Secretary of In
terror Ickes, who is administrator
of public works.
The works progress administra-
ton, of which Harry L. Hopkins,
FERA chief, is the director.
Action On Projects
Todays meeting, held behind
closed doors, it was expected was
more of a huddle before the vari-
Gus groups go into action and try
to place all the 100000 persons
on the relief rolls in work-relief
jobs. Some action on general
projects is expected to follow.
The procedure is for applica-
lions to be passed through the
committee headed by Mr.. Ickes,
after Mr.. Walkers organization
has received and classified them.
Mr.. Ickes' committee makes final
recommendations as to allotments,
which are approved and ordered
by the President, with advice of
his round table" consisting of
the active heads of all the agencies
involved.
The Washington times., 1935-05-07
BEARD GUILTY,
FREEON BOND

Sam Beard, for many years a
prominent figure in the Capitals
sporting world, was free on $4,000
bond today after jury in District
Supreme Court last night found
him and IL co-defendants guilty
of violation of the gaming laws.
Despite rumors and betting that
the Is men would be acquitted,
the jury, which received the case
at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
returned a verdict of guilty on all
three counts of the indictment
after celebrating AZ hours.
AS group of deputy marshals
prepared to take the men into
custody, the defense attorneys
asked the court to release them
on bond pending an appeal. JUS
tice Joseph w. Cox allowed the
bond of Beard to stand at $4,000,
and raised the bond on the other
defendants from $1,000 each to
$4,000.
In his closing argument to the
jury, Assistant United States At
torney John Fihelly declared that
"racketeering in all forms must
be destroyed"
The defense attorneys directed
their argument at the action of
police in tapping wires to secure
evidence which led to the raid
last October which netted the Is
defendants in what the authori-
ties claim was the headquarters
of a gigantic gambling ring.
The Washington times., 1935-05-07

bow tubes and one of the two
stern tubes made ready to fire.
"BreathlesS tension seized the
entire crew. With full speed
we chased ahead and came
nearer.
"The men at the wheels of the
lowering rudder did their best
to keep the submarine at the
ordered depth of IL meters. The
boat must not emerge under
any circumstances.
"Deathlike silence prevailed.
Shortly after 3 p. m. Captain
Schwieger, after he and a mer-
chant marine captain on duty
aboard had ascertained that the
fIagless liner could only be an
Englishman, gave the order to
all stations: We will try to at
tack
Finally, at $3.50 p. M, came
the snappy orders:
"'First bow tube, attention!
First bow tube, fire!
"The torpedo left the tube
with terrific speed and IS Sec
OndS later a terrific defamation
shook all parts of the U-2O, fol-
lowed by another equally VIC
lent defamation within a frac-
ton of a second.
"The liner was hit on the star
board, close under her bridge.
The result was beyond all ex-
pectatiOns. The ship quickly
stopped. Like a deer MORALLY
wounded, it lay still.
IDENTITY NOT KNOWN
"Yet we did not know what
ship We were facing until, on
looking through our periscope,
I first saw the name 'Lusitania'
in big golden letters along the
bow. At this moment we real
lied for the first time that Eng
lands largest and most daring
commercial liner was preparing
to die.
"What a spectacular, tragic
event! Deeply moved, the COM
mandant leaned against the
periscope. He had done his duty
unflinchingly.
There was no possibility Of
the U-2O emerging after the
disastrous shot. We had to leave
to their fate the poor victims
dragged into disaster. We went
down to some 20 meters and
turned away from the LuSi-
tania.
"When we looked around
again about an hour later the
sea was empty and abandoned.
Here and there lifebOats strug-
gled toward shore far away.
con May Is, the U-2O entered
Wilhelmshaven for an immedi-
ate report to Admiral Won POhl,
naval chief"
Scherb insisted, among other
things, that despite British
charges to the contrary, only one
took part in the attack
on the LuSitania and only one
torpedo was fired. He said:
"AlsO 1 am able 10 report that
the U-2O had no special orders
whatever to lie in ambush just
for the LuSitania. This would
have been impossible, as the
least deviation from its course
would have put the ship out Of
range of any spot we might
choose for attack"
The Washington times., 1935-05-07
Attorneys Draft
New Pension Bill

CLEVELAND, May 7 GN.SO.
Attorneys for the Railway Labor
Executives Association today be-
gan remodeling the railway retire
ment bill, in an attempt to over
come objections raised by the
United States Supreme Court
when it invalidated the law, en-
acted last June.
Alexander F. Whitney, president
of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen and former chairman
of the Railway Labor Executives
Association, said the new bill will
be introduced in Congress as soon
as it can be drawn up.
The Washington times., 1935-05-07
Repair Shop Burns
Near Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, Va, May IA
large milk can repair shop at
Gum Springs, three miles south
of Alexandria, was destroyed by
fire early today. A colored man
who lives nearby said lightning
struck the building.
The structure was a large one
story frame building. Fire Chief
J. M. Duncan, jr., of the Alex
andria fire company, went to the
scene, but did not summon the
apparatus as no water was avail
able.
The Washington times., 1935-05-07
President to Fight
For TW0-Year NRA
International News Service

The Administration has decided
to go down the line for a two-year
extension of the Nra, with intra-
state business and price-fixing pro-
visions eliminated from the legis-
lation, it developed today.
Donald r. Richberg, NRA Ad-
ministrator, and Charles West,
White House liaison agent with
Congress, had a long conference
with Democratic leaders of the
House, at which the decision was
made.
The pending bill in the Senate
calls only for an extension of the
NRA until next April.
The Washington times., 1935-05-07
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New Deal Score
Lou in Court
Decisions

The New Deals score in the
Supreme Court today was:
Won, /; lost, 3; percentage,
$50.
In four cases affecting laws
passed in the Roosevelt Admin
istration, the high court has
held three unconstitutional.
They were the oil production
section of MIRA, a section of
the Economy Act and the rail
pension case, decided yesterday.
The Government, however,
won the gold cases, perhaps
more important than all the
others combined.
The Washington times., 1935-05-07
PASTOR TO SPEAK

The Rev. K. w. Roy, pastor Of
Mt. Bethel Baptist Church, will
speak tonight at $50 o'clock at
exercises that will mark the sew
enteenth anniversary of the found
ing of Mount Pleasant Baptist
Church.
The Washington times., 1935-05-07
Do You Remember?

One month ago the tollotU-
ing names Dere in the head
lines. Can you recall Them?
COlleta Mulvihill.
Maria RaSputin.
Steve MacaIuSO.
Ben Sawbridge.
Rebecca White.
(AnStDerS on Page ~
The Washington times., 1935-05-07
MAHAFFEY is MAYOR

BRENTWOOD, Md, May 7.
Councilman William N. Mahaffey
was named mayor by the town
council last night to fill the unex-
pired term of the late Mayor
Lloyd v MoXley.
The Washington times., 1935-11-22
Winter OVercoats
Fall Topeoats

Raglans, plain models, half-belted
Mixtures tweeds, checks, greys, oxfords.
browns, tans. In sizes for regulars and
longs.
The Hecht Co. Basement Store
The Washington times., 1935-11-22
, Pants Su
Winter OVerCOatS
and Fall TOPcoats
2-Pants Suits

With the extra pair to double the
wear! In fabrics - cassimeres OF
cheviots. Single or double breasted
with sport or conservative backs. Blue
brown, oxford, checks, stripes or mix
lures. For regulars, longs, shorts, stouts
Winter Overcoats
Fine fleeces warm, but not cumbersome.
Half or full belts-with raglan or set
in sleeves. Checks, mixtures, greys,
oxfords, browns, blues and tans. For
regulars, shorts, stouts, longs.
Evening star., 1935-02-20
Ethiopian Emperor
Gives Greer, Bull to
american EnUOy
SnOrting Christmas Gift
Attests King of Kings
Esteem for u. S.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A green bull, very much alive and
snorting, was the gift Halle Selassie I
conferred upon an American diplomat
on Ethiopia's Christmas day.
The story of how the Emperor of
Ethiopia, King of Kings and Con-
quering Lion of Judah, played the
role of Santa Claus has just reached
here from Adds Ababa though the
Ethiopian yuletide is January 8.
w. Perry George. American charge
d'affairs-who never saw green bull
in Gadsden. Ala. his home town
was the happy recipient As is custo-
mary. the emperor and foreign ENJOYS
exchanged presents at yuletide. George
selected for his offering gigantic
raf1ia basket woven in the Ethiopian
national colors and filled with lus-
ciolIs figs.
Halle Selassie usually sends the
ENJOYS baskets of fresh sea fish from
Djibouti. This Christmas, however,
he desired to show his esteem for the
American by an especially magnificent
gift.
George was photographed with the
bull at the doorway of the legation in
Adds Ababa and then had 1t Slaugh-
tered and distributed among the lega-
ton staff.
Since there are no known green
bulls-even in Abyssinia-it is as
sumed here that Halle Selassie had
his court painter decorate the animal
tastefully.
Evening star., 1935-02-20
BY REX COLLIER.

There Is ample proof In oflcial
files at the Capitol and in the Gov
ernment departments that Commun-
lists are plotting to gain control of
the military arms of the Government
and through them to exert force and
violence" in an attempt to establish
q Soviet America.
The plan, as outlined In numerous
communiStic papers and documents,
Is to breed dissension among the troops
by means Of planted agitators, who
endeavor to magnify grievances-real
or fancied-and to create general dis
loyalty.
Twofold Revolt Objective.
Communist leaders explain to their
followers that this campaign among
military personnel has q twofold OBJ
jective:
/. To arouse such sympathy among
enlisted men for civilian unemployed
that the troops will refuse to take up
arms against strikers or Red Demon
strators.
2. To win the workers in uniform"
over to the Red banner instead of the
Star Spangled Banner so that when
the Zero hour" for the much -heralded
revolution arrives, the Army and Navy
will rnutiny and join the revolutionists.
While military authorities refuse to
admit that the Communists have sue
ceeded in making an inroad in the
enlisted forces, communistic spapers
claim otherwise, especially with re-
spect to the National Guard.
Agitators Busy During Strike.
During the strike of longshoremen
on the West Coast the Red agitators
sought desperately to cause Guards
men to disobey their orders to patrol
the strike area.
Refuse this dirty detail" the
Guardsmen were advised. Refuse to
serve as strikebreakers. Don't fire on
your own people"
A Communist paper said that one
Guardsman was dishonorably dis
charged for urging men of his outfit
to lay down their arms and that two
others made speeches in the armory
against use of the Guard for strike
duty.
4N. u. Vigil, lCdOCI dIl4
writer, in why Communism" text
book, on Communism recognized as
official, says:
This overthrow OF the existing
Government and setting up of the
Soviet cannot be accomplished peace
fully. The exploiters won't give up
their loot even after their State power
is crushed. They will have to be
routed . This means that the
Soviet state must be ruthless: 1t must
destroy the counter-revolutionar
forces-the quicker the better.
1t openly declares itself to be a class
government directed against the
former ruling class. 1t uses force and
violence against that class"
The skeptic will say Let 'em rave
There are not enough Communists in
America to worry about yet"
100000 Communists in U. s.
This prompts the inquiry How
many Communists are there in the
United States?"
An official, who Is in a position to
be well informed on the subject, told
The Star there are no accurate figures
available. but he gave an estimate,
based on reliable reports, Of ,000, 900
actual Communists and 2.500, 900 per-
Evening star., 1935-02-20

by at Naples for possible troop trans.
port service to Africa tomorrow.
At Messina the "Peloritana' division
Of regular troops was prepared to
embark at q moments notice. A re-
port current in well-informed circles
that their embarkation was scheduled
for today could not officially be con-
hrmed. "
News Of the new troop movements
followed closely on the government
spokesman's denial yesterday that O
full accord for settlement of their con-
troversy had been reached between
Italy and Ethiopia.
The spokesman said Italy's precau-
donary measures involving the dis.
patch Of three battalions Of militia
men to Eritrea and Somaliland ap-
parently have not affected the Ethi-
opian attitude and that, therefore, It
might become necessary to take meas
ures Of stronger nature"
Council Meets Today.
Premier Mussolini, it was announced,
will preside over a fifth meeting Of
the nations Supreme Council Of De-
fense this afternoon.
An Italian government spokesman
said no reports had been received here
concerning new incidents rumored in
London to have taken place along the
Ethiopian-S -Somaliland border. He>also
said there had been no developments
in negotiations at Adds Ababa for
creation of frontier neutral zone.
Evening star., 1935-02-20
KENNAMER TRIAL
IN FINAL CHAPTER
Closing Arguments Begun,
With Jury Likely to Get
Case Tonight.
gy the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
PAWNEE, Okla, February 90
Tom Wallace, assistant county attor-
ney, at 9 am. began the first attor-
neys' closing arguments in the Phil
Kennamer murder trial. Each Of the
seven attorneys for the prosecution
and defense will speak, and the jury
Is not expected to receive the case
until night.
Defense counsel for the 19-year-old
Federal judges son pleaded tempo
rary insanity and self f-defense in the
staying last Thanksgiving night in
Tulsa Of John Gorrell, %. Young
Kennamer said Gorrell, dental stu
dent, was slain in struggle after
Kennamer told him he would not go
through with an extortion plot
against the family of Homer F. Will
cox, wealthy oil man.
The plot involved the abduction Of
Virginia Wilcox, l9, whom Kennamer
said he loved.
Kennamer, calm as ever, leaned on
the counsel table and stared at the
jury.
Called ''Wayward Son."
Wallace, in his opening sentences,
said he was charitable toward Judge
Franklin E. Kennamer, father of the
young defendant, for trying to save
O "wayward son."
There was boy killed"
"There was murder"
"This defendant said he was going
to do it and after it was done he
said he did it."
THAT Is the States case"
1.-The defense said he did not know
right from wrong and that he shot
in self-defense.
These are the issues in this case"
Wallace attacked the insanity plea
and Kennamer's queer" actions as a
child.
Queer Acts Held Common.
"When I was boy back on the
farm in Kentucky I did as many
things as Phil Kennamer, only I
never did threaten to kill a man.
There's nothing crazy about Phil
Kennamer jumping out Of a window
into a sand pile"
Wallace brought laugh from
crowd of 400 when he ridiculed
the stories of Kennamer's buying
candy and flowers for Miss Wilcox.
II did the same thing, but bought
peppermint candy" he said.
Phil Kennamer is one of the best
actors I have ever seen in court
house." Wallace declared. HE thinks
he can outSmart this jury"
Wallace scored Judge Kennamer for
his failure to follow up the receipt
by his son of letter from Gorrell
in October speaking Of ways to make
"easy money"
Defense Takes Floor.
Moss, chief Kennamer attorney. was
first Of the defense staff to take the
floor.
He referred to the Staying as "this
fatal difficulty, this engagement"
Remember that Kennamer got in
this car unarmed and had a right to
protect himself even to the extent
of taking human life" Moss said.
"And Gorren was the aggressor"
The Nervousness of kidnapping, with
the Lindbergh case as an example, re-
ceived several minutes attention from
Moss, as he branded Gorrell a po-
tential "snatcher."
And Gorrell wrote that kidnap
note" Moss said.
He moved into what he termed the
fantastic love Of Kennamer for Vir-
ginia Wilcox.
Kennamer's eyes were glued to the
floor. He didn't seek out her eyes as
he did yesterday when Otto Kramer
told Of his threat to get even some
day"
Miss Wilcox listened, resting her
chin on her fingers. her eyes following
Moss closely.
Evening star., 1935-02-20

sons who may be catalogued as
'sympathizers."
From the same source came an
estimate that $500, 900 was expended
last year in furtherance Of the cam
paign to set up q Soviet form Of gov
ernment in this country. This in
cludes money spent for publishing
Communistic papers, magazines and
other literature; for organizing and
staging marches, strikes and demon
strations" and for sundry other means
Of propagandizing Red doctrines.
How the money is obtained Is q dis
puted question. The Communists claim
their funds come from membership
dues and contributions by friends"
Critics Of communism assert that the
rank and file of FED organizations are
unable to pay dues and charge that
most Of the money comes from Rus
sia. Apparently there Is no public
record of the organizations finances.
There Is no doubt, however, that
the Communists are conducting a
widespread campaign Of propaganda
and agitation at considerable expense.
In the military sphere, with which
these articles will concern themselves,
the Communists SO far have been con-
tent to devote their efforts to carry
ing on an intensive propaganda
among the troops"
This campaign Is entrusted to
nuclei" and fractions" These are
small groups which "bore from
within"
Communists Must Be Active.
Every Communist Is obliged to be
active In the organization to which he
belongs and In the place where he
works." explains Olgin. Wherever
there are three or more Communists,
whether In a factory or in q mine,
in a union or fraternal organization.
they have to get together and form a
group. or Communist nucleus.
This nucleus discusses the problems
OF the shop or the organization and
instructs its members to act in the
Thus the Communist nucleus
will establish itself as the fighting
organization recognized by the work.
ers. 1t will lead. 1t will put fear in
the heart OF the boss"
Unemployed Communists, Olgin says.
are charged with organizing street
nuclei" whose duty it Is to stage
demonstrations In front Of shops, re-
lief stations and elsewhere.
A fraction" he points out, Is q
group Of Communists within an
organization or shop. The fraction, !"
he states, advocates militancy and
strives to transform the whole organ
ization into a real fighting unit.
The fraction" Is unit of section, -
which, in turn. Is part Of a district.
There are 20 districts, directed by q
central committee under the Com
munist party of America, which is
afnliated with the Communist Inter-
rationale at Moscow.
How these nuclei and fractions"
have carried their activities to a point
where responsible officials of the Gov
eminent have become agreed that
something must be done about it will
be detailed in succeeding articles.