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Evening star., 1936-10-08
.3,7S2 RED CROSS
MEMBERS NEEDED
Campaign in Home Stretch,
With Workers Confident
of Victory.

! Close to the halfway mark In the
drive for $4,000 members. Red Cross
workers entered the home stretch to-
day in their annual enrolment cam
paign.
An increase Of 3,067 yesterday placed
the enrolment at 30.319. approximately
A per cent OF the membership sought.
and brought expressions Of confidence
from campaign leaders that the OBJ
jective would be reached by midnight
October l6, the closing hour Of the
drive.
Roll call headquarters had received
reports of $50 additional memberships
by noon today, raising the total to
3l,218.
Leaders of the roll call. holding
their first meeting last night since
the drive started September ~. pre-
dicted membership returns during the
last half of the campaign will be
greater than they have been in the
last week and a half.
Chairman Wilson Gratiied.
Lloyd B. Wilson. Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. president and
chairman of the drive, expressed
qualification with the way in which
the roll call Is being carried on. He
congratulated the committee and said
he believed the campaign would 60
over the top.
Brig. Gen. Fred w. Boschen, chief
Of Army finance and chairman of the
Government unit. reported that, ac-
cording to returns to date from %
Federal departments, the enrolment
is 46 per cent of the personnel in the
divisions reporting. The percentage
of all Government workers joining
must be "a per cent Of the $4,000
employees in Washington in order for
this committee to reach its quota, he
said.
In praising the enthusiasm and
interest Government workers have
shown in the drive, Gen. Boschen
said volunteer solicitors in Soldiers
Home have called for additional en-
rollment cards and buttons twice DUR
ing the last two days.
Reporting for Robert " Fleming,
chairman OF the Financial Commit
tee, I. Roberts said his group ex-
pected to complete its work within
the next few days. Many solicitors
in the banking. real estate and in
surance unit are waiting to complete
their canvass before reporting, he
said.
Other Reports Encouraging.
Encouraging reports also were
made by D. A. Skinner, head of the
Utilities Committee; John Saul.
chairman of the General Business
unit; DR.. A. C. Christie, head of the
Professional Committee, and others.
Red Cross booths in downtown
stores and banks will open today. Miss
Mabel T. Boardman. chairman OF the
booths committee. announced.
Following is list Of booth locations
Evening star., 1936-10-08

administration for what he called its
colossal dishonesty"
Reed. who spoke at q dinner Of the
Pennsylvania Society and Society of
Pennsylvania Women last night, de-
clared "the President broadly inti-
mated that he would pack the Su-
preme Court by increasing its men,
bership."
Il assert that Franklin d. Roose-
welt in substance and effect" Reed
said. made that threat to Paul Block,
the publisher OF . number OF impor-
tant newspapers, and I challenge
Candidate Roosevelt to make q cate
gorical denial"
The monetary policies and acts OF
the administration under the Ma
tional recovery act drew Reeds fire.
He asserted the Constitution had been
fiouted and the United States Supreme
Court derogated.
He CHARGED the administration with
Evening star., 1936-10-08
$4,000 ALLOTTED
FOR DISTRICT AID

Three grants totaling about $85, 900
were made to the District today by
the Social Security Board, the funds
to be used for three programs during
the Anal quarter of this year.
For aid to dependent children the
board allotted s45.s31s5. For aid to
needy aged the sum was $39, 9,3l7.50
and for the needy blind there was a
grant Of $590.15. These sums match
in different ratios planned expendi-
lures for these purposes by the Dis
trict.
The District allotments we're among
similar grants to II States, with the
total for all being S8,323,195.
Evening star., 1936-10-08

tened by s2.soo. 100000 because OF it.
Reed asserted that confidence has
not been restored. It has been COM
pletely shattered. The questions upon
the lips of all men are: Where are we
going? What is to happen next: to
what new experiment shall we be SUBJ
Evening star., 1936-10-08

compelling the people "to accept cer-
tificates or dollars worth 50 per cent
OF the money surrendered" when they
were forced to give up their gold and
gold certificates. He called 1t rob
berry Of the American people" and said
the Federal Treasury had been fat
Evening star., 1936-10-08
5ected7 What wild and destructive
theories are yet to be forced upon us?"

Owing to boarding only about 10 Der
cent OF Austria's silver coinage Is in
circulation.
Evening star., 1936-10-08
ROOSEVELT HIT
FOR DISHONESTY
Former Senator Reed
Launches Bitter Attack
on Administration.
II the Associated Press.

~ the ASSoclated FreSs.
NEW YORK. October s.-James A.
Reed. former Democratic Senator from
Missouri, looked to further speaking
engagements under auspices of the
Jeffersonian Democrats today after
criticizing President Roosevelt and the
Evening star., 1936-10-08

He charged the administration with
Evening star., 1936-04-08
Rev. Beery Speaks Tonight.

BALLSTON. Va. April (SpeciaD 4.
Rev. Dr. E. c. Beery, presiding elder,
will speak at the midweek services of
the Central Methodist Episcopal
Church South tonight in observance
of holy week. Rev. P. c. Helmintoller,
jr.. will assist.
Evening star., 1936-04-08
FUNDS APPROVED
FOR GIRLS SCHOOL
Commissioners Back Request to
Budget Bureau for
100000.

The District Commissioners today
approved request to thes Budget Bu-
reau for 100000 for repairing and
undermining the National Training
School for Girls. Efforts will be made
to have Congress include an appro-
priation in the 1887 supply bill.
The preliminary report, made by
Capt. j. S. Bishop, jr, assistant En-
gineer Commissioner, and the mu-
nicipal architects Office, called for
the expenditure Of $128,000 to reno
vate the institution, now housing 70
young inmates.
This figure includes $4,000 for
construction, which would entail re-
modelling of the present farm resi-
dence and barn. the Colonial cottage.
and construction of two new small
brick dormitories. New equipment was
estimated to cost $1,000.
The plans call for new plumbing
throughout the home and individual
heating plants for the several build
ingS.
Modernization Of the National
Training School was suggested by
Senators King and Copeland after
an inspection of the place two weeks
ago. DR.. Carrie Weaver Smith, super
intendent, Immediately applied to the
Board of Public Welfare for the re-
pairs, and Elwood Street, director,
presented the estimates yesterday.
Evening star., 1936-04-08
BOARD STUDYING
ALLIGOOD VERDICT
Detective Given Hearing on
Charge He Drew Pistol on
Thompson.

Members of the Police Trial Board
today were considering their verdict ir
the case of Detective Sergt. Frank M
Alligood, veteran member of the auto.
mobile squad, who had a hearing yes
terday in connection with charges that
he drew his service pistol on Inspector
Bernard w. Thompson, chief of de-
tectiveS.
Thompson told the board yesterday
that he was forced to diSarm and
subdue Alligood on the F street side
walk near the Willard Hotel on the
night of March z, shortly before
President Roosevelt arrived at the ho-
tel to attend a banquet of White
House correspondents.
Alligood had been assigned to duty
with a special detail guarding the
President. Thompson said Alligood
appeared in a police automobile with
o woman and when he was ques-
toned as to the presence of the woman
In the official car, drew a gun.
Physicians testified that the detec-
tive apparently suffered from a tumor
on the brain as the result of a head
injury sustained in a crash seven
years ago while pursuing a stolen car.
:. The doctors said his behavior prob
ably was the result of his injuries.
Character witnesses who testified to
Alligood's efficiency. punctuality, So
briefly and devotion to duty included
former Inspectors Frank S. w. Burke
and William S. Shelby, retired, and
Inspector Edward j. Kelly.
Alligood told the board he could re-
call nothing of what happened on the
night of March z.
Evening star., 1936-04-08
AIRPORT CONFEREES
TO MEET TOMORROW
Palmisano Expected to Seek Cut
of 100000 Outlay to Only
$4,000.

Conferees on District airport legis-
lation will meet at II am. tomorrow
in an effort to work out a new agree
ment acceptable to the Senate and
House. The House recently rejected a
conference report to which the Senate
had agreed unanimously.
1t is understood that Representative
Palmisano Of Maryland, chairman of
the House conference managers, will
propose that the authorization Of
100000 in the Senate bill be reduced
to $4,000, to be used merely for the
employment of expert advisers to aid
the proposed commission in selecting
a site. The $4,000, it is expected, will
be charged wholly to the District. The
Senate proposed $3.50 division OF
cost between Federal and District gov
ernments.
1t is believed the conferees will
leave unchanged sections of the bill
providing for creation of commission
of nine members to select an airport
site in the District or nearby Virginia
or Maryland. The commission would
be composed of three Senators, three
Representatives and three members to
be named by the President.
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SiSson Measure to Go on
Calendar for Likely
Action April 27.
PRINTING OF RECORD
OF HEARINGS PLANNED
Vote Not Disclosed, but Reported
Every Favorable" by Chair
man Norton.
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

The House District Committee to-
day put its stamp of approval on
the Sisson bill providing for out
right repeal of the widely-discussed
red rider" banning the teaching Of
communism in the public schools.
The committee acted in executive
session after a brief discussion de-
voted chiefly to plans for printing
the record Of the recent hearings on
the bill before the Subcommittee on
Education.
Full committee approval, which was
anticipated, removed the last obstacle
in the path of the bill toward the
House calendar. 1t will be there in
time for consideration Monday, the
next So-called District day" Chair
man Norton, however, said it was not
her intention to call it up until April
27, the last District day" Of the
month, for two reasons:
First, she believes the entire time Of
the House Monday will be taken up
with final disposition of the con-
troversial Ellenbogen bill to revive the
she wants every member of the House
to have a copy Of the report of the
hearings at least a week before the
bill is called up for consideration.
Order Hearings Printed.
The committee ordered printing Of
the hearings with the unrevised testi-
Yo0rv of Papracaptati,,a To-aixzz
Democrat, of Indiana, who has vigor-
ously opposed every move to repeal the
red rider" Mrs. Jenckes, a member
of the Education Subcommittee. was
given the official stenographic tran
script Of the hearings to revise and
! correct her own remarks. She left
Washington, however, and took the
transcript with her. Despite a tele-
/ graphic plea from Chairman Kennedy
Of the subcommittee, she failed to re-
| turn it.
The vote by which the full commit
tee reported the bill was not disclosed.
Mrs. Norton said it was very favor
able" but indicated one or two mem
bers voted against the bills approval.
The committee also ordered favor
able reports on two other District
bills. One, which passed the Senate
in February, authorizes the Commits
sioners or their designated agent" to
suspend or revoke the right of a non-
resident automobile owner to operate
vehicle in the District for failing
to comply with certain traffic regula-
tions.
G. A. r. Funds Authorized.
The other authorizes the Commits
sioners to spend in their wisdom a
$4,000 appropriation for the G. A. r.
Encampment in Washington in Sep
tember A group of G. A. R. veterans
and Miss Catherine Flood, national
secretary of the G. A. R., urged the
Commissioners be given the respon-
sibility for handling the funds through
a citizens committee.
Representative Carpenter, Democrat
of Kansas, chairman Of a special
subcommittee which recently COM
pleted a comprehensive study Of traf-
fic conditions, failed in an effort to
get full committee approval of a bill
to increase the penalty for reckless
driving. He withheld the measure for
future consideration.
Evening star., 1936-04-08

that, 1t was with the advice and con-
sent of Lindbergh himself. I asked
him: Shall I go ahead with Means?'
and he asked me please to do it.
knew Means was crook, and warned
him that was playing fair, that the
money I advanced him was not
marked, but that if he double-crossed
me, I'd put him behind the bars. That's
where he is.
THE agony of that trial should have
been enough for me, I suppose, but I
knew I could do more. did not want
the guilty ones to get away with it,
as I believe some of them have.
Admire's Hoffman's Courage.
Gov. Hoffman sat with me in this
room-he sat in that blue chair over
there-and told me he knew that #
he interfered with the electrocution
his political career would go smash.
He might, for all knew, have been
offering excuses at the time for not
doing anything. He did not tell me he
was going to stay the execution. But
he did say this: He said he had small
children of his own, and political ca
reer or none. he would not consider he
had done his duty as father, let alone
as Governor, if he allowed the case to
be brought to dead stop before he be-
lieved it had been solved. I think he
showed superlative courage. I said
to him before he left: Governor, YOU
say you know that if you follow your
conscience your political career is
Wrecked'-and he said, yes, he knew
it would be. That was before anybody
knew he had visited Hauptmann in
his cell. Hoffman went into this with
his eyes open, and I admire him for it. >
Mrs. Mclean said she mad inter-
viewed several underworld characters
in her home to obtain the information
on which she based her belief the
Lindbergh case would not be closed by
Hauptmann's execution. For at least
one valuable informant, a man she
identified as a narcotic peddler named
Farrell, she obtained a ''hands-off
promise from j. Edgar Hoover, chief
Of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
so the man could visit her without
danger of arrest, although ne was on
the wanted" list.
Mrs. Mclean gave the interview in
her Wisconsin avenue home, Friend
ship. 1t was at dinner attended by
eight "of the most prominent men in
the country. Democrats and Repub-
licanS both" at the house that Mrs
Mclean said discussion Of the Lind
bergh case first decided her to make
her own investigation. In the course
of that personal inquiry, she said, she
consulted "the ablest lawyers anc
judges" available, and although the
advice she received was sometimes con-
f1icting. every one seemed agreed that
Hoffman would not intervene because
they all said he was shrewd poll
tician" who had gone far in mis- career
and had ambitions to go farther, and
would not follow any course but the
popular one.
Evening star., 1936-04-08
GRAND Jury PANEL
SWORN WITH BAN
ON j. s. WORKERS
Petit Tribunal Also Closed to
Employees as Matter
of Policy.
TWO IMPORTANT CASES
WILL BE OPENED AGAIN
Silverman and Nolan Actions to
Be Submitted to Avoid Clash
With Ruling.

Otto J. De Moll, So, District man.
ager of Seagram's Distillers Corp, was
named foreman of the grand jury by
Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue Of Dis
trict Supreme Court, who swore in the
new panel early this afternoon.
Government employees, whose service
on criminal juries was declared illegal
recently by the United States Court OF
Appeals, were kept off all juries, both
grand and petit, selected today.
United States Attorney Leslie c.
Garnett said he thought this was q
wise policy, although the ruling of the
Court of Appeals applies specifically
to trial juries.
Indictments Due Again.
It was learned that two important
indictments returned by a grand jury
which included Government workers
will be represented. One of these in
wolves former Brig. Gen. Alexander E
Williams, former Representative Thom-
as ]. Ryan of New York and the Sill
verman brother, Nathan and Joseph
jr., whose indictment followed a two
year War Department investigation.
The other is a bribery indictment
against William ]. Nolan, Washington
automobile dealer, and Francis M
Kearney, growing out of alleged efforts
to keep two witnesses away from a
divorce suit brought by Nolan's wife.
Former District Commissioner Proc
tor Daugherty was among those Sc
lected to serve as petit juror.
Others on Jury.
Besides De Moll, who lives at 2400
Sixteenth street, the grand jury in
ciudes:
Howard S. Abel, "a, Is Sixth street
southeast; Mrs. IZora S. Allan, So,
1918 Farragut street; Harry r. Alte-
mus, 81, 1412 Decatur street: Edward
Z. Applebaum, 40, 3726 Ninth street;
Mrs. Rosamond F. Ashby, 54, 2504
Tenth street northeast; Carl W. Born
mann, "a, 523 Sheridan street; Daniel
A. Burke, 40, 5211 Kansas avenue;
William J. Cahill, %, 1917 Taylor
street; Edgar T. Goodman, 81, 1918
Allison street; Wilton L. Green, SIS,
ia Eighteenth street southeast; Ron
aid P. Grimes, 26, 1904 Van Buren,
street; William M. Harris, 63, 1919
Thirtieth street; Joseph o. Harrison,
rs, 636 D street northeast; Raymond
L. Kemp, 81, COS Emerson street; Mrs.
Emma L. Lindblom, 46, 2618 Rhode
Island avenue northeast; Edward P.
O'Connell, %, 5307 Connecticut ave-
nue.; Frank L. M. Placer, %, 1000
jackson street northeast; Julian j.
Sanders, So, 1921 Otis place; Louis E.
Seibold, 33, 756 Rock Greek Church
road; Mrs. Edith E. Wilson, 81, 294O
Albemarle street; Mrs. Sarah NJ Fogle,
IS, 241 Fifteenth street southeast, and
Rudolph S. Porter, 33, 1920 Abbey
place northeast.
Evening star., 1936-04-08
PRESIDENT AND WIFE
TO ATTEND SERVICES

President and Mrs. Roosevelt will OBJ
serve their annual custom of attending
Easter services at st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church at II am. Sunday, Mrs.
Roosevelt announced at her press
conference today.
Mrs Roosevelt also announced she
will attend sunrise services at the
Unknown Soldiers Tomb in Arlington
National Cemetery Sunday morning.
The visit of an American Boy Scout
to the President of France last year
will be returned by French Boy Scouts
Tuesday, when Bernard Maine de
Boissiere spends the night at the
white House, Mrs. Roosevelt said. n
Evening star., 1936-04-08
STUDENT SEARCH
BALKEDBY WATER
Choppy Condition Off HainS
Point Where MaCCarthy
Auto Was Found.

An abandoned roadster and foot
prints leading from it to the waters
edge at Hains Point were the only
clues police had today in the disap-
pearance of Donald F. MacCarthy,
"a. senior student at Georgetown Uni
versity Medical School.
In the belief MacCarthy, a resident
of North Bangor, N. Y, may have
drowned, police dragged the river late
yesterday and were to have continued
today but choppy water prevented.
The significance of the lack of foot
prints returning to the abandoned car
was lessened by the fact there is a
concrete sidewalk which extends to
the waters edge and MacCarthy could
have walked away on this without
leaving any trace.
Thomas Zborowsh, fellow student
with whom the missing youth had
been living at l419 Thirty-third
street, said his roommate had been
disturbed over approaching examina-
tions. However, instructors said they
saw no reason for the students sup
posed worry, as he ranked well in
classes.
Puzzled at MacCarthy's failure to
return home Monday night, zbor-
owski began looking for him yester-
day, visiting parks in which he said
his roommate liked to drive. He
found MacCarthy's car and the foot
prints on the west side Of Hains
Point and notified police, who began
dragging the river.
While Detective Sergts. George
Darnall and Aubrey Tolson Of the
homicide squad investigated the dis
appearance, police broadcast the fol-
lowing description of the medical
student: feet / inch tall. ITS
pounds, wearing blue overcoat, brown
felt hat and pair of brown oxfords
when last seen.
Evening star., 1936-04-08
WORKERS MARCH
ON WHITE HOUSE
Alliance Then Pickets W.P.A.
After FruitIess Effort
to Obtain Food.

Approximately 450 representatives OF
the Workers Alliance of America
marched to the White House and the
Works Progress Administration head
quarters today in a fruitless effort to
obtain food, shelter and transporta-
tion for about 200 members of the or
ganization.
Failing to get what he considered
satisfaction" David E. LASER, ma
tional secretary of the alliance and
leader of the procession, escorted his
followers back to the Labor Depart
ment auditorium, where the organiza-
ton began its convention yesterday
He declared he would telegraph re-
quest for presidential aid to Marvin
H. Mcintyre, one of President Roose-
velt's secretaries, in Florida.
At the w. P. A., the delegates were
informed by Aubrey Williams, deputy
administrator, that the law prohibits
expenditure of appropriations for food
shelter and transportation for con-
vention visitors. williams promised
however, to take up with Administrator
Harry L. Hopkins the question OF
whether w. P. A. workers in the grour
would lose their pay for the time spent
at the parley.
Marchers Sing "InternatiOnale."
Capt. C. A. Dalrymple of the White
House police, on the other hand
merely told the delegates there was nc
one in the executive offices with au-
thority to confer with them.
Later, LASER assigned group tc
picket the w. P. A. offices. in the
Walker Johnson building on New Yorl
avenue.
Although LASER denied the alliance
is radical organization, claiming il
is non-partisan group of w. P. A
workers and unemployed men and
women, the marchers sang the Inter
rationale" Communist anthem, under
police surveillance, as they moved
along.
Herbert Benjamin is attending the
conference as executive secretary OF
the National Unemployment Council
one of the groups it is proposed to
unite with the alliance. He has nc
connection with the alliance now, how
ever.
Meanwhile officials Of the National
Capital Parks signed permit author
izing the alliance to parade through
part of the parks system Saturday
Starting at 10:30 am. from the Com
merce Department Building, the pro-
cession will move to the Capitol.
The principal regular business of
the convention today was the question
of unity" between the Alliance and
about half a dozen other organiZa-
tions. Controversy was believed to be
pending over the unity section of the
report of the National Executive Board
of the alliance. especially with regard
to representation of the various groups
on the new board. The board report
was presented by w. K. Patrick of
Oregon, national vice chairman of the
conference.
Unity Is Theme.
This afternoon Mother" Ella Reeve
Bloor Of Pennsylvania, well-known Ia
Dor leader, was scheduled to speak.
At tonight's session Senator Lynn
Frazier of North Dakota, Senator FL
mer A. Benson of Minnesota and Rep
resentative Ernest Lundeen of Min
nesota are expected to speak.
Evening star., 1936-04-08
TWO CENTS is OBTAINED
IN SPECTACULAR THEFT

A 2-cent purse-snatching, as spec
tacular in execution as it was petty
in results, occurred last night on q
Kenilworth street car.
AS the car was slowing to stop at
Fifty-fourth street northeast, col
ored man walked toward the front
exit. Passing Miss Christine Beatley
3607 Benning road northeast, he
snatched her pocketbook and escaped
through the door, which the motor
man had opened in anticipation of de-
posting the colored passenger. The
thief ran up Fifty-fourth street.
Miss Beatley said her purse con-
t5ined 2 cents. L.