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Evening star., 1936-04-07
HOUSING PROGRAM
DELAYED BY ROW.
Slight Chance of Agreement
Before Adjournment
of Congress.
" The Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
The once-high hopes of administra-
ton leaders for an extensive housing
program at this session apparently
were fading rapidly today.
Authoritative sources disclosed that
President RooSevelt's housing experts
still were far from accord on a new
program and there was slight chance
for an agreement in time for congress
sional action this Spring.
Long at loggerheads over subsidy
features of projected programs, the
advisers recently have split anew over
a suggestion that the Government go
into the Second-mortgage business.
Attributed to Chairman John H.
Fahey of the Home Owners Loan
Corp, the second-mortgage proposal
is based on the idea that private lend
ing institutions would increase home
building credit if they could take first
mortgages for only so to so per cent
of property'S valuation. The Gov
ernment would supply an additional
20 to 80 per cent on a second mortgage.
Wagner's Proposal.
Opponents of the plan, however.
argue it would undo long efforts of
the Federal Housing Administration
to wipe out the dual mortgage system
and substitute long-term, amortized
single mortgages.
Senator Wagner, Democrat, OF New
York, long an advocate of Govern
ment subsidies for low-cost housing,
has introduced bill calling for ex-
penditure of more than 100000, 900
during the next four years for this
purpose.
Housing officials, however, said Mr..
Roosevelt's advisers have reached no
agreement on this bill. At press
conference yesterday, Chairman Jesse
H. Jones of the Reconstruction FL
nance Corp disclosed that he had not
been consulted about the Wagner bill.
Jones has been considered one of
Mr.. Roosevelts housing advisers. He
said the housing experts would meet
with the President soon ito see if we
can agree" on any program.
Congress already has passed meas
ure extending until April l, 1887, the
Governments authority to- insure
modernization and repair loans. 1t
was considered possible in some hous-
ing circles that this would be the
only building legislation passed at
this session.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
Mrs. Roosevelt
Joins Barn Dance
On ReedsUiIIe Visit
'OId-Time FiddIers' Play
at Event at Homestead
Settlement.

Ey the Associated Press.
REEDSVILLE, w. Va, April T.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt joined last
night in the stomping rhythm of a
barn dance with her friends In this
homestead settlement.
She danced to the strains Of music
played by "old-time fiddlers" and the
shouts of the caller to:
Swing your partners, all hands
round"
The First Lady came here on an
other Of her many informal visits to
the. homestead created to aid jobless
miners and their families.
Earlier she attended a luncheon
meeting Of the West Virginia Univer-
sity Forum.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
DEMOCRATS ARE ACTIVE
IN PITTSBURGH AREA
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, April 7.-Oficials
of the City Registration Commission
said yesterday 129,197 Republicans
and 127 300 Democrats are enrolled
as qualified voters for the primary
election late this month.
Records show the number of Demo-
Gratis enrolled is the highest in Pitts
burgh since the Civil War.
The city, normally Republican,
elected William N. McNair as Mayor
on the Democratic ticket in 1898.
Since then, Allegheny County pitts
burgh) elected the first Democratic
Board of County Commissioners in
its history.
Despite these Democratic successes,
the number of qualified Republican
voters remained higher than the DEM
OcratS.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
WISCONSIN NAMES.
COP. SLATE TODAY.
Borah Closes Drive With
Attack on Uninstructed
Delegations.

BACKGROUND
The Republican party organizd-
ton in many States, lacking "tapor-
ite son" candidates for presidential
nomination. has favored unin-
structed delegations to national
convention. This Uould permit
more feribility in arriuing at NOM
indtion.
Senator Borah, hoDeuer, seeks to
take questions directly to people.
Evening star., 1936-04-07

By the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE,, April 7.-Senator
William E. Borah's strength as a Re-
publican presidential contender un-
derwent its first Western test today.
Wisconsin voters choose between a
slate of "a national convention dele
gates pledged to Borah and an unin-
structed group backed by the State
G. o. P. organization.
At the same time, Milwaukee's
Socialist administration hung in the
balance in a mayoralty contest that
pitted Mayor Daniel w. Hoan, Social
ist, who held the Office 20 years,
against Sheriff Joseph SINNERS. a
non-partisan, supported by many
business interests. The election end
ed one of the bitterest campaigns in
the city's history.
On the Democratic side of the presi-
dental primary a slate Of delegate
candidates Endorsed by the State Con-
ference and pledge to Roosevelt faced
only scattered opposition.
Borah, defeated in New York last
week. was optimistic over his chances
in Wisconsin. In an election-eve bid
for support here last night, he declared
1t was not in the interest of democracy
to permit delegates to go uninstructed
to the national convention, where votes
are traded and bartered." He added:
THE will and desire of people at
home has very little influence on an
uninstructed delegation after the con-
vention has assembled"
Borah said he was anxious to get
the selection of the presidency as close
as possible to the people, since the
presidency is the most powerful elec-
tive office in the Nation.
IF you have no voice in the elec-
ton of delegates. you have no control
over the most powerful officer Of
Government" he said.
The Republican delegate battle clos
ed in dispute over party funds. The
National Committee disclosed in Wash
ington that on complaint of Wisconsin
Borah supporters it had ordered an
inquiry into charges that party funds
for the presidential campaign we're
used in the delegate election.
Edward J. Samp. chairman of the
Wisconsin Republican Committee, said
that although $4,000 was received from
the National Committee and used to
aid the campaign of an uninstructed
, slate of delegates in the primary, mot
a cent of it was National Committee
funds"
C. B. Godspeed of Chicago, assistant
national treasurer of the committee.
reported none of it's funds had been
used for or against any candidate in
the Wisconsin campaign.
Tied closely with the issue of Mayor
Hoan's socialism in the Milwaukee
election, was a referendum on pur-
chase Of the electric utility by the
city.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
TEXAN HELD IN DEATHS
OF MOTHER AND CHILD
Former Husband of Victim Jailed
After Bodies Are Found
in Panns River
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FORT STOCKTON. Tex, April T..
Identification of the bodies Of a
mother and child taken from the
Pecos River and arrest of the woman's
former husband led officers today to
press investigation of what they termed
q double Staying.
Within short time after Mrs. Mary
Damron. Rising Star, Tex, identified
the bodies as those of her daughter.
Mrs. Leta Bell Carton, 81, and grand
daughter, Joyce Lynn Roberts, 10, Off
GERS at Corpus Christi announced ar
rest of Wilbur Carton, former hus-
band of Mrs. Carton.
An autopsy showed the child ap-
parently was choked and the mother
beaten to death.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
R|TTER'S PARTNER
RETURNS TOSTAND.
Rankin, in Impeachment
Trial, Says S4,50O Was
Honest Debt.
BACKGROUND

BACH GhOOND-
Seven impeachment counts haze
been brought against Federal Judge
~ L. Ritter OF Florida, tDtth
House committee handling the
prosecution before the Senate
Among them are charges OF dllop-
ino erorbitant receiUerShtp fees,
nrncticino latu t0hile on the bench,
eudding part OF income tares and
corruptly receiUing money t0htie on
the bench.
Case is twelfth OF kind before
Senate in 1877 years, among Others
being Impeachment OF President
Andre1U Johnson in 1868, resulting
in acouittal. Only three conUic-
tions haue resulted in the preceding
~ cases.
Ry the Associated Press.
A. L. Rankin, West Palm Beach at
torney, whose testimony is expected 10
play an important part in the Sen
ate's weighing of House impeachment
charges against Federal Judge Hal
sted L. Ritter of Florida, was called
back to the stand today as House
prosecutors sought further eXplana-
ton of cash payments he made TO
Ritter.
First of 56 witnesses summoned,
Rankin, a former law partner OF the
defendant judge, told the Senate trial
court Yesterday he paid $4,000 to Rlt-
ter in December. 1880, in two cash IN
stallments. He said the money dis
charged IAN honest debt due Ritter
for his interest in a law partnership
which was dissolved when Ritter went
on the bench.
Admits Making Payment.
The prosecution charges Ritter, who
was appointed to the judgeship by
President Coolidge in February, 1929
"corruptly and unlawfully" received
the money after allowing Rankin q
$4,000 fee for services in the receiver
ship of the Whitehall Hotel at West
Palm Beach.
The prosecution developed that Ran
kin rose from a small-toWn city court
judgeship in Alabama to the position
of a Florida attorney commanding
large fees.
He freely acknowledged making tht
payments to Ritter Senators asked
him. in written questions, why he paie
the Judge in cash on the very day III
received a $4,000 advance on th'
$4,000 fee, while paying other attor
neys in the case with checks. Rankir
explained he did not want to bring
criticism on Ritter or himself.
Paid in Private Office.
He said he paid the first $500 in
stallment to Ritter in the latter's pri
vate Office. with no others present, anc
took no receipt. When the last pay
ment was made, he said. Ritter gave
him a receipt in full for diScharginG
the debt"
Rankin said he got only arounc
$4,000 of the receivership fee, the re-
mainder going to other lawyers. The
attorney faced further questioning by
the prosecution today before under
going cross examination.
Before recessing yesterday its twelfth
Impeachment trial in 1877 years, the
Senate agreed to sit as court daily
from II to 1870 pm. and from 2 to
$50 pm. A resolution appropriating
$4,000 for the Senate's expenses in
conducting the trial also was approved
Evening star., 1936-04-07

ment to the Judge that he was without
power over the case.
The Hearst suit asks an Injunction
requiring the committee to return any
of the publishers kilograms it may
have in its possession, to make no use
of them whatsoever, and to refrain
from further efforts to obtain such
messages.
Evening star., 1936-04-07

Choose from Fonnis Mey's Fomous
Butter creoms, coeoonut and Fruit
and Nut cenfers. Remember,
Fannie Moy Easter Eggs are made
FRESH DAILY.
Evening star., 1936-04-07
SPECIAL NOTICES.

WILL net BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts 1thel than those contracted by my
self. LUTHER C. BUSHONG, 1929 st. Sc.
DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART
loads to and from BALTIC. Phila. and New
York. Frequent trips to other Eastern
cities, "Dependable Service Since 1896"
THE DAVIDSON TRANSFER G. STORAGE
CO. nhnne Decafnr ohnn
Evening star., 1936-04-07
ONE DIES, 43 INJURED
IN SOVIET TRAIN WRECK

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. April 7-One person was
killed and 43 injured in an explosion
following the collision of two trains
loaded with gasoline near Rostov-on-
Don today.
Evening star., 1936-09-18

gist examines the origin of the rocks.
On this point there can be no COM
promise"
The conferring Of honorary degrees
by President Conant was next. The 81
scholars chosen for the honor repre-
sented the four main fields of learning
the humanitieS, the social sciences,
the physical sciences and the biological
sciences. Included were nine Nobel
Prize winners.
The sons of Harvard, 10000 strong.
gathered in ancient Harvard yard.
paid homage last night with fireworks
and q torchlight parade. Two thou
sand paraded through crowded Cam
bridge streets.
President Conant, in his address to
the alumni gathered in the Tercenten-
NAL Theater, stressed the need for
adjusting educational methods to the
advances of science.
Although the presidents report on
the contents Of a package sealed for
the tercentenary after the bi-cen-
tennial in 1896 revealed compare
lively few letters Of interest, the rais-
ing Of the flag preserved from the
century-dead festivities afforded an
impressive spectacle. Quoting the
words of the last speaker Of the 1885
alumni meeting. who said of the nag.
'our hope is that a century hence
1t will collect under its folds the
alumni of Harvard. Over what
scene will it on that day display its
blszonryl What feeling Of rela-
tionship will it establish between that
era and the present." DR.. Conant
concluded:
"Gentlemen-the hope Of 100 years
ago has been fulfilled"
DR.. Stephen Duggan, director Of
the Institute for International Edu-
cation. addressed the gathering upon
the development of British educa-
Evening star., 1936-09-18

ly distinguished. This university will
never fail to produce its due propor-
ton of those judged successful by the
common standard Of success. OF such
the world has need. But to produce
that type is not, am sure. the ulti-
mate justification that you would make
for Harvard. Rather do we here
search for the atmosphere in which
men are produced who have either
the rare quality of vision or the ability
to appreciate the significance OF vision
when it appears. Where there is vision
there Is tolerance, and where there is
tolerance there is peace. And I beg
you to think of tolerance and peace
not as Indifferent and neutral virtues,
but as active and positive principles.
II am not, you will observe, conceive
ing of the university as mere spec
tator of the great national and inter-
national drama in which all Of us, de-
spite ourselves, are involved. Here are
to be trained not lawyers and doctors
merely, not teachers and business men
merely; here Is to be trained In the
fullest Sense-man.
Harvard should train men to be
citizens in that high Athenian sense
which compels q man to live his life
increasingly aware that its civic signifi-
canoe is its most abiding, and that the
rich individual diversity Of the truly
civilized state is born only of the wis
dom to choose ways to achieve which
do not hurt ones neighbors.
II am asking the sons of Harvard
to dedicate themselves not only to the
perpetuation, but also to the enlarge
ment of that spirit. To pay ardent
reverence to the past, but to recognize
no less the direction of the future; to
understand PHILOSOPHERS We do not ac-
cept and hopes we find 1t difhcult to
share: to account the service Of man
kind the highest ambition a man can
follow, and to know that there Is no
calling so humble that 1t cannot be in
stinct with that ambition; never to be
indifferent to what may affect our
neighbors; always. as Coleridge said, to
put truth in the first place and not in
the second: these I would affirm are
the qualities by which the real is
distinguished from the nominal"
scholar.
1T is only when we have attained
this philosophy that we can above
all find a friend in truth" When
America is dedicated to that end by
the common will OF all her citizens,
then America can accomplish her
highest ideals. To the measure that
Harvard participates in that dedica-
ton, Harvard will be justified of her
effort. her purpose and her success
in the fourth century of her life"
Chimes of Southwark Cathedral,
Evening star., 1936-09-18

liners reflected today the influence of
the drastic safety-at-sea provisions of
the 1885 merchant marine act.
The Borinquen of the Puerto Rican
Line. with 223 passengers for island
ports: Pastores Of the Columbian Line.
with 78 passengers on q West Indies
cruise, and Quirigua, bound for Kings
ton and Jamaica, with l20 passengers,
all sailed from New York yesterday.
but anchored as soon as storm signals
were flashed to them.
This Is the first serious storm since
adoption of the legislation that now
throws complete responsibility on op-
Grating departments of steamship lines
for the safety OF passengers on YES
sells venturing to sea after storm
warnings have been posted. Officials
Of the three lines said the ships would
Evening star., 1936-09-18
took . position in front Of and facin
Conant.

took . position in front Of and facing
Conant.
Masefeld Recites Ode.
The rain had stopped when John
Masefield, poet laureate Of England,
recited an ode to Harvard, followed
by the singing of the Hymn of Praise"
by the chorus.
After President Conant's grafton on
"Tise University Tradition in Amer
ica-Yesterday and Tomorrow" and
the awarding of honorary degrees to
81 world-famed scholars. the chorus
and entire assembly sang % God, Our
Help in Ages Past"
The President then retired to Ap-
pleton Chapel for luncheon and to
await the start Of the afternoon cere-
monies.
President Conant. in his prepared
tercentenary grafton, called upon his
hearers to maintain and protect the
university tradition" against the
wave Of anti-intellectualism which he
said is passing around the world
today.
Freedom Of Expression.
For the development of a national
culture based on study of the past
one condition is essential" he de-
clared. This is absolute freedom of
discussion. absolutely unmolested in
quiry. We must have spirit Of
tolerance which allows expression Of
all opinions however heretical they
may appear. Since the seventeenth
century this has been achieved in the
realm Of religion.
Unfortunately there are ominous
signs that new form of bigotry may
arise. This is most serious. ..
The origin of the Constitution, for
example. the functioning of the three
branches of the Federal Government,
the forces Of modern capitalism must
be dissected as fearlessly as the geolo-
Evening star., 1936-09-18

London. which was the parish Of John
Harvard's family, were transmitted by
radio across the ocean as the cere-
monies began. Sheriff John McElroy
Of Middlesex County called the gath
ering to order at 10:40.
Throughout an address by Prof
Samuel E. Morrison, tercentenary his
torian, on the founding of Harvard
College since 1t began with scant
f400 fund in 1886, the President sat
without shelter, his hands clasped in
his lap. .....
Distinguished Group.
Mr.. Roosevelt, who took an A. B.
degree from Harvard in 1904, sat be-
tween James Bryant Conant and A.
Lawrence Lowell. present and past
presidents of the university, on plat
form sprinkled with scholars and sci
entists of world reputation. Behind
him sat Gov. James M. Curley and
the Presidents military and naval
aides in their gold braid over blue.
Admiral William H. Standley. chief
of naval operations and member OF
the Tercentenary Commission, occu-
pied sea. close by.
The rain let up a little as the ter
centenary chorus sang In Dec Sa-
lutari Meo."
"As Governor of Massachusetts,
declared Curley as he brought the
geetings of the Commonwealth. Il an
happy indeed on this felicitous occa'
sion to extend greetings and best wishes
of q grateful people to this great in
stitution for its contribution to the
enlightenment Of mankind the worlc
over"
He had recalled the visit to Har.
ward of another Chief Executive
Cover Cleveland-and started more
hand clapping when he added:
And, strange to say, both are Dem
ocrats."
President Conant followed Curley
with brief addresses to the Univer-
stiles Of Paris, oxford and Cambridge
from which, he said. I'VE are proud to
claim our descent"
As the names Of the foreign schools
were mentioned. the chief delegate tc
the tercentenary from each arose and
Evening star., 1936-09-18

tional methods Of Emmanuel COLLEGE
since the days when John Harvard
was . student there.
Fred G. S1e Of the Harvard Club
OF China presented the university
with a marble Chinese dragon, 20
feet high. and DIR. Masaharu Anesaki
OF the Harvard Club OF Japan pre-
sented . ceremonial lantern.
Aboard the presidential train which
left the Capital late last night were
James A. Farley. Democratic national
chairman. who planned to Leave it at
New York; Secretary Of Labor Per-
kins and Admiral William H. Stand
ley, chief OF naval operations.
Evening star., 1936-09-18
SEA SAFETY LAWS
DELAY 3 VESSELS

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September Is.-
Anchored in oravesend Bay riding
out the hurricane sweeping the East
coast. three southbound passenger
Evening star., 1936-09-18

stay in the bay until oficial word that
the storm had passed.
Six freighters also were anchored in
Gravesend Bay.
Evening star., 1936-09-18
Blast Damage Repaired.

Damage caused by an explosion in
a secret underground magazine at the
naval dockyards at Rosyth is being
repaired by the British government.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-28

Illinois and Missouri-climaxed by
a crushing throng at a surprise
Homecoming at the Kansas City
union station had hardly died
away before the Republican presi
Dental nominee was tentatively
planning his next campaign trip
up the Mississippi valley.
The second journey, starting pro-
badly the third week in September
will take him through Iowa, Mime
sofa, Wisconsin and possibly other
nearby states, according to present
plans which are subject to change.
He expects to make three major
speeches, at least one of them deal
ing with the farm problem. The
cities mentioned tentatively for i'm
portant stops include Des Moines,
Milwaukee and either st. Paul or
Minneapolis. 1t was not belieV-
ed that he would go as far west as
the Dakotas or as far east as In
diana
Landon was tired but happy
when he got home. His advisers
said they were particularly pleas
ed by the rapidity with which he
adjusted his informal campaign
style to the exigencies7 of a national
drive for the presidency.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-28
SCORE OF HIGH.
COVER N M EN- 7
POSTS OPEN

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. W.P)-
Death of Secretary of War George
H. Dern adds major cabinet post
to nearly one score important gov
ernmental vacancies now existing
For the most part, it was thought,
President Roosevelt has determined
to leave these positions vacant until
after the November elections a
procedure designed to eliminate
quarrels and scrambles during the
campaign over juicy appointive
plums.
Here is the list of prize vacancies,
all paying salaries of $4,000 a year
or more:
Secretary of war: ambassador to
Soviet Union undersecretaries of
state and treasury, two federal re-
serve bank chairmanShips and one
federal reserve board member;
comptroller general; budget direct
tor; assistant secretaries of navy and
labor; 5 members of federal mari
time commission, White House Sc
cretaryship; director, bureau of re-
clamation.
Assistant Secretary of War Harry
H. Woodring was regarded as the
leading possibility to succeed Dern.
Woodring took over department ad-
ministrative burdens when Dern be-
came i'll. He is a staunch new deal
supporter. A former Kansas govern
OF, Woodring is regarded as key
figure in New Deal midwest cam
paign strategy.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-28
LET TTUCEM E N
DEADLOCKED
IN LABOR WAR.

SALINAS, Aug. %. WP)-Lettuce
growers and workers, deadlocked
in negotiations for a new labor
agreement, renewed their efforts
today to avert a strike in one of
the worlds greatest lettuce produc-
ing areas before existing agree
ments expire Sept. 1.
Apparently the main obstacle
to settlement of the controversy
centered in a stipulation proposed
by the fruit and vegetable workers
union which provided that when
ever obtainable all workers employ
ed in and around packing sheds
should be members in good stand
ing of the union.
The unionists, headed by Michael
Shelvin, have declined to arbitrate
this demand, and the employers,
headed by Charles Brooks have re-
fused to grant the demand.