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Evening star., 1936-03-16
Book Exposes Crime
Farewell, Mr.. Gangster" Explains Prob
lem AS Seen By G-Men.

Also motion pictures showing snatches
Of the careers of this gallant and
glamorous crew of young fellows who
shoot it out with the hoodlums and
the harum-scarums of America; but
1t remained for q soldier Of fortune
himself to do the real pob of putting
in print a picture that is anything
but complimentary to the United
States. Herbert Corey was q war cor
respondent and he knows war when
he sees it.
America is at war, has been for
some time, with its criminal element
and that army is q standing army
Of 100000 persons-men and women.
Standing army? Not quite. This
is an army always on the move. And
every time one of the enlisted men in
that mans army makes a move the
Department of Justice goes into action.
just how these G-men go about
the business at hand makes a read
able yarn-and Mr.. Corey in Fare
well, Mr.. Gangster" tells it all. In
fact, many state secrets are spread
on the pages Of this book; but all in
the public interest. It seems to be
time that America got onto itself, as
the saying goes. AS the facts show,
Evening star., 1936-03-16

employees. The Democratic pay roll
at the end Of February, with the elec.
ton approaching. had passed $4,000 .
week. The Republicans were laying
out more than 81 500 here, more than
$4,000 In Chicago and several hun.
dred additional In New York.
Leagues Figures Are High.
No total of the Liberty Leagues
weekly pay roll was given, but 1t had
more high salaried employees than
either of the others. Shouse and five
others were drawing $4,000 a year
or more and four others were getting
more than $4,000.
In addition to Hamilton's and
Huntley's salaries, the Republican
National Committee was paying j.
Bennett Gordon, its research chief,
$13,40O. The Joint Senatorial Con-
gressional Republican Campaign Com
mittee was paying Warren w.
Wheaton, publicity chief, $4,000. The
Republican National Committee also
reported payments Of STATS a month
to Malcolm Baldridge in New York.
Next to Michelson's. the biggest
salary at Democratic headquarters
went to Emil Hurja, the statistical ex-
pert and aide to Farley. He received
$4,000 a year. Edward Roddan. aide
to Nicholson, received salary
amounting to $5,720 a year.
Evening star., 1936-03-16

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star., 1936-03-16

this Is the most lawless country on
the face Of the globe.
For two decades America ran wild.
The gangsters had the Nation by the
throat. The bad men of the old West,
which MIR. Corey knows 80 well. were
like lot Of little children In kinder
garten compared to the Dillingers,
the Baby-Face Nelson's and their molls.
When the Lindbergh baby was kid
naped the Nation finally aroused 1t"
self. Under the leadership Of Attor.
rey General Cummings some new laws
were put on the statute books, laws
destined 70 give the G-men the right
Of way over State lines. So that now
the gangsters are on the run-and
that is why Herbert Corey has the
temerity to place such a grandiloquent
title on his book, Farewell, Mr.. Gang
Ster"
Evening star., 1936-03-16
Check Coughs!
Here's How

Promptly, pleasantly, Halls
Expectorant soothes and heals ir-
ritated membranes of the throat.
Coughs, due to colds, are checked
amazingly quick. Users say
Nothing better for coughs when
one has a cold" Right they are!
Halls Expectorant has been re-
lieving cold coughs more than 25
years and is in great demand.
Remember the name. Ask any
druggist for Halls Expectorant.
Three sizes: 35c-60c-S1.
Evening star., 1936-03-16
A.A.A. OPERATIONS
. BEGIN THURSDAY
DeadIine Set for Field Work
/ in. Soil Conservation
Program.
Sy the Associated Press.

@oy tno ASSOClalCu EACses
A. A. A. officials, emerging from
long week end conferences, today set
Thursday as the deadline for start
ing field operations of the $500, 100000
soil conservation program.
Announcement of general details
may be expected late Wednesday or
early Thursday, an oficial said. and
work in the field will begin immedi-
ately thereafter.
This first announcement is expect
ed to define generally the conditions
farmers must meet to obtain Federal
subsidies for soil conservation; the
rates of subsidy payments. and gen.
eral definitions Of "soil-conserving"
and "soil-depleting' crops.
The payments will be made for
maintaining present acreages of soil
conserving crops as well as for di-
verting land from soil-depleting to
soil-conserving growths.
Oficials indicated final decisions
had not been reached on any of the
major questions, but said the work
els taking shape rapidly" and that
agreement might be expected with
45 hours.
In the week end conferences, the
officials went over data obtained at
four regional meetings in the last
two weeks.
This information will be used by
the A. A. A. in mapping the ma
tional conservation program, with
specific application to regions which
produce the major commercial crops.
George E. Farrell, director Of the
A. A. A. division of grains. returning
from the regional conference at Sail
Lake City, said cattle producers ex'
pressed a desire to participate in thu
soil conservation program. They were
not included in activities of the ole
Adjustment Administration.
Evening star., 1936-03-16
BY JOHN J. DAILY.

ERBERT COREY, once a cow
boy and always a writer, was
walking down Pennsylvania
Il i avenue not long ago when a
bevy Of G-men dashed out of the De-
partment Of Justice Building in a
hurry to get some place.
His curiosity aroused. MIR. Corey
strolled over to the Department of
Justice, sent his card to Attorney
General Homer Cummings and got
an interview.
The result of that interview was
a magazine article on Crime and
Criminals"
So thoroughly did Mr.. Corey dip
his pen in the inkwell Of statistics at
the Department of Justice that he was
asked to write a book-and this book.
Farewell, Mr.. Gangster," is just of
the presses Of the D. Appleton Century
Co., New York and London. It has
q foreword by ]. Edgar Hoover, chief
of the Bureau of Investigation, De-
partment Of Justice.
There have, in the course Of events,
been many books written around the
activities Of the Department Of Justice
and the intrepidity Of its Omen.
Evening star., 1936-03-16
WORK KFORPART|ES
PR0VESLUCRATVE
Dozen Men of Three Groups
Paid at Rate of $4,000
or More Yearly.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Reports filed with the House indi-
Gated today that working for political
organizations has become one of the
Capitals most lucrative professions.
A dozen men, according to reports
filed by the Republican and Demo-
cratic committees and the American
Liberty League, were receiving salaries
during the first two months Of the
year at the rate of $4,000 year or
more. The top income was $4,000 a
year to Jouett Shouse, head Of the
league, with $4,000 for expenses in
addition.
Chairman James A. Farley of the
Democratic National Committee and
Henry p. Fletcher Of the Republican
National Committee receive no salaries.
Publicity Men Well Paid.
Aside from Shouse. most of the
other big salaries went to publicity
men, research experts and organizers.
Charles Nicholson Of the Democratic
National Committee was the highest
paid press agent. working at the rate
of $40, 800 a year. William c. Murphy
of the Liberty League was paid at the
rate of $4,000 a year. and Theodore
Huntley, new Republican publicity
chief, at the rate of $4,000.
The highest salary in Republican
headquarters went to John Hamilton,
who recently resigned as assistant
chairman to direct the presidential
drive for Gov. ALI Landon OF Kansas.
Hamilton was paid at the rate of
SIS, 900 a year, with $4,000 for ex-
penses.
In addition to these higher paid
workers. EACH organization maintained
a sizable staff of clerical and other
Evening star., 1936-03-16
Train Schedule Cut 10 Hours.

In June the fastest long distance
train schedule in America will be run.
1t will travel 1,048 miles, from Dem
yer to Chicago, in Is hours. the previ-
Gus time being 26 hours. This new
Union Pacific streamliner, the City Of
Denver, has two Diesel-electric power
engines, housed in separate cars and
can be operated together or either
moter separately from the front cab.
Evening star., 1936-03-16
Alleged Forger Held.

Detectives Richard H. Cox and
Joseph Sinkavitz early today arrested
L. N. Gilda. %, in the 1900 block Of
T street and held him for Henderson,
N. c.. police, who had been seeking
him on forgery charge.
Evening star., 1936-03-16
PIT, A. Group to Meet.

The Parent Teacher Association Of
the EdmondS, Kingsman and Maury
Schools will hold luncheon at the
Edmonds School at 1890 pm. to-
morrow. Mrs Laura Costenbader,
association president, will preside.
Evening star., 1936-03-16

Bicycle Imports Restricted.
Netherland India has placed import
restrictions on bicycles.
The Washington times., 1936-12-01
FIGURES SHOW
US. EMPLOYEES
ON INCREASE

Civilian employees Of the Govern
ment service totaled 841,017 at
the end of October, official figures
compiled by the Civil Service Com
mission revealed today, compriS-
ing a net gain of 5,313 over Sep
TENDER totals.
WaShington'S Federal popula-
ton, however, showed a slight
drop, the total standing at 114,510
after a decrease of 101 during the
30-day period.
Labor Force Up
The gain throughout the Serv-
ice, which included numerous tenn
porary appointments granted in
the field, was attributed by Off
Gals mainly to expansion Of activ-
ity within the U. S. Employment
Service of the Labor Department,
approximately $500 emergency en-
ployes being hired under the works
program during october.
Another gain was revealed by
inclusion of the Inland Water
ways Corporation within "regu-
lar" establishments of the serv-
ice, adding more than 1000 tenn
porary workers to the regularly
listed employees Of the Govern
ment.
Within the District Of Colum-
bia, old-line departments showed
a technical drop of 704, more
than 400 employees listed with
the Shipping Board and Mer-
chant Fleet Corporation being
transferred to rolls Of the Mari
time Commission, newest agency
to be set up.
Security Adds 232
Among other new agencies, the
Social Security Board revealed a
gain of 232 workers within the
District, while the Rural Electrifi-
cation Administration. with 392
employees, was transferred from
the status Of an emergency
agency to that of a new" unit,
the Civil Service Commission
now being occupied in classifying
all REA positions.
The Washington times., 1936-12-01
PENDERGAST
DROPS RE|NS

KANSAS CITY, Dec. I G.NSO.
T. j. PendergaSt announced today
that he was turning full charge"
OF the powerful Jackson county
Democratic organization over to
his nephew, James M. Pendergast.
The elderly politician, who left
a hospital here week ago after
undergoing three operations for an
intestinal ailment, said he himself
would drop down to the clubs
headquarters two or three days
a week for an hour or So and
would "advise" his nephew, but
that full responsibility" for con-
Quoting the organization would be-
long to "young jim"
This does not mean that he is
out Of the picture entirely, the
elder Pendergast said on visiting
his office for the first time since
his five-month illness, but he made
1t clear that he intended to take
his doctors advice and let his
nephew carry on the strenuous
work OF passing out patronage, in
terV1eWing job-holderS, etc.
The Washington times., 1936-12-01
COnfesses Crime
But May Not Be
Prosecuted

CHICAGO, Dec. Q.N.S0.-A
conscience-stricken old man will
be returned today to the scene
Of a murder he confessed com.
hitting IS years ago but authori-
ties are uncertain whether he
will be prosecuted.
Charles Kohr, 64.year-old filing
clerk, driven by his conscience,
walked into a police station here
and confessed clubbing his Is
year-old brother, Henry, on May
q, 1901, in Belleville, Ill. He
then threw the body into a els
tern, he said. He was incenSed,
he said, because his brother had
taken a job in a saloon.
A coroner'S jury returned a
verdict of accidental drowning
when the boys body was found
10 months later, records show.
A warrant charging murder
was issued in Belleville yesterday
and Kohr was to be returned
there today, but States Attorney
Louis P. Zerweck of st. Clair
county indicated Kohr may never
be brought to trial. declaring:
I'm this State it takes more
than a confession of murder to
convict. We will have to prove
the cause of death, or deter
mine if it was by other than
natural MEANS"
The Washington times., 1936-12-01
TALK ON PEACE
POSTPONED

The opening peace lecture at
First Congregational Church will
be given by a substitute speaker,
following a heated protest by the
National Patriotic Council.
A scheduled appearance by DR..
Frederick j. Libby, executive Sec
rotary of the National Council for
the Prevention of War, on Can
We Stay Out of War;" has been
Indefinitely postponed. Instead,
Senator William H. King will de-
liver the opening address in the
Paths To Peace" series on De-
cember 10.
DR.. Howard Stone Anderson,
pastor of the First Congregational
Church replied to a letter Of pro-
test by R. L. Holmes, of the Pa
triotic Council, saying:
Perhaps the fates are on your
side; at least the dates are"
Senator King had been sched-
uled to speak December 6, but had
announced he would be unable to
appear on that date. He was then
persuaded to accept the later date.
The Washington times., 1936-12-01
NAVY TO SEEK
rs MILLIONS

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. l G,N.S)
The Navy Department will spon-
sor legislation authorizing a 175-
million-dollar, 10-year building pro-
gram to rehabilitate the battle
fleets auxiliary craft at the next
session of Congress, Admiral Will
liam H. Standby disclosed last
night.
In an address before the St.
Andrews Society here, the retir-
ing Chief of Naval Operations
also announced plans for addi-
ton to and improvement of the
three Pacific Coast naval bases,
only one of which, he said, could
berth a battleship.
Calling on the society to mobil-
lie public support of these and
other Navy projects, STANDBY bit
terly denounced Communist forces
whom he charged with seeking
the destruction of the Navy land
the foundations on which this ma
ton was built" He said:
"This country can be purged
Of these pernicious parasites
only by the concerted action of
every citizen.
"If the dogma initiated by
our fOrefatherS is to be perpet-
uated, every person leaving this
room must do so with a reaIiza-
ton that instruments of de.
structiOn are abroad in the land.
1t is the solemn duty of each
Of us to strip them of their de-
ceptive clOakS and expose them
rs their heinOuS Selves"
Earlier at New York, Admiral
STANDBY had presided at the
launching from the Brooklyn
Navy Yard of the 10000 ton, light
armored cruiser, Brooklyn, first to
be completed of a new class which
he said would round out a well
balanced, treaty Navy" by 1889.
The Washington times., 1936-12-01
BREACH.
ISW|DENEDBY
ALL. MOVES
By EDWARD b. LOCKETT
International News Service

Three moves made by the
American Federation Of Labor at
its annual convention were cal
culated today to affect vitality
the civil war now raging in the
ranks of union workers.
Officials of the 10 suspended
unions said the breach between
the old guard, craft union forces
Of the Federation, and the CLIO
industrial union rebellion, has
been greatly Widened.
The first of these moves was
the indefinite suspension OF
Lewis unions.
The second came when the
Federation ject e d proposals
that it actively participate in
formation of Farmer-Labor
political party, and, lastly, the
convention withdrew from Fed
eral unions and affiliated locals
the privilege of directly introduc-
ing resolutions in the Federation
annual conventions.
AS a result of continued SuS-
pension, hope for reuniting the
old guard forces and the indus
trial group headed by Lewis has
dimmed almost to the vanishing
point.
The withdrawal of resolutions
privileges from Federal and affil-
lated locals may in the end cause
as much trouble as any one other
factor involved in the breach.
CIO leaders here today said
privately they intended to carry
their industrial organization Into
any fields which seem suitable"
Thus it appeared not unlikely
that the CLIO may conduct organ
izing raids on the 100000 mem
bership of these unions.
While the convention left the
door open to peace negotiations
with the CLIO, and continued in
active existence the special peace
committee headed by George M.
Harrison, of the Railway Car
men, there appeared today small
hope that it could accomplish
anything in the immediate fu.
ture.
At the initial meeting of the
A. F.. of L. Executive Council
after the convention closed, mem.
bers of the old guard forces stood
adamant against any peace over
lures that would include lifting
suspension of the CLIO forces.
And here, CIO leaders said, as
they have so many times before,
that they are not interested in
peace talk until that suspension
is lifted.
The Washington times., 1936-12-01
CIVIL SERVICE
B|LLPR0P0SED

Extension Of the Civil Service
to cover thousands of Federal en-
ployes now unprotected by the
classification system will be de-
manded of the next Congress by
Representative Robert RamSpeck,
chairman of the House Civil Ser
vice Committee.
In line with the Presidents
avowed policy Of Civil Service ex-
tension, RamSpeck said he planned
legislation to strengthen the en-
tire Civil Service network.
Logan to Press Bill
Reintroduction of his bill to
blanket first, second and third
class postmasters into the Civil
Service will be his first move,
Ramspeck said.
Meantime, Senator M. M. 10
gan CD, of Kentucky. said he
would reintroduce his bill to place
all employees of the executive
branch Of the Government under
Civil Service.
Although his ontrovers ial
measure failed to pass the last
Congress, Ramspeck said he be-
lieved it would be favored in the
next session.
Additional power for the Presi-
dent to increase the number of
Civil Service employees will also
be asked, Ramspeck declared.
The President recently declared
in favor of extending Civil Serv-
ice to certain emergency agencies
which have been and will be made
a permanent part of the Federal
structure.
841,O17 on Pay Roll
Meanwhile the Civil Service
Commission reported that 841, OFT
employees were on the Federal rolls
in October. This was a gain of
5,313 over September. The pay
roll for october was $131 ,O26, 372.
Latest reports on the number
Of persons under civil service were
as of June 80, when 498,725 EN-.
ployes of total of 824,259 were
on the roster. The commission re-
port was exclusive of employees in
the judicial, legislative and mill
tary branches of Government.
Evening star., 1936-11-09
PETTY CRIME WAR
LAUNCHED BY D. c.
Series of Housebreakings Report
ed During Week End-Sea-
sonal Influence Seen.

Police Chief Ernest w. Brown said
today special precautions are being
taken to put down seasonal increase
in petty crime blamed largely on an
influx of transients from other cities.
Meanwhile patrolmen and detectives
were busy investigating a series of
housebreakings, robberies and minor
thefts reported from a score of
sources over the week end.
Maj. Brown said thievery of all
types increases here with the advent
OF cold weather and the arrival of
transientS drifting south or coming
to Washington to look for work or
an easy BERTH
Chief of Detectives B. w. Thomp-
son has ordered his men to keep sus-
picious characters under observat ton
in an effort to break up petty theft.
Jewelry valued at s640 was stolen
from the apartment of Marion E.
Martin, 1870 M street, last night
by an intruder. who let himself in
with a duplicate key.
A purse containing $3.50 was stolen
from a hallway at 542l Thirteenth
street last night, according to COM
plant by Harry hoffman.
Evening star., 1936-11-09
MADRID AID PLEA
OF BLUM ASSA|LED
Opponents Would Try Pre-.
mier for Suggesting End
to Neutrality.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, November 9.-Premier Leon
Blum's proposal to rush eleventh-hour
assistance to Spanish Socialists drew
a storm of Rightist criticism today.
Henri Dekerillis. Rightist deputy.
called the suggestion "unpardonable"
and asserted the French premier
should be tried by a high court"
Blum advanced his idea at q session
Of the Socialist National Council, say
ing: IF concerted action with Eng
land is possible, am ready to under
take it."
He did not indicate whether British
officials had been approached directly.
Blum accepted Socialist party
resolution which called on the gov
ernment to use all its efforts, in CO.
operation with Great Britain, to apply
policy previously outlined by the
Communist International Federation
Of Unions and the Socialist Workers
Internationale.
(The policy, drawn up October 26,
established q co-ordinated effort by
the labor organizations to supply arms
and munitions to Spanish Socialists.
cts principal point was a request
to affiliated labor unions to attempt
TO prevent supplies from reaching
Spanish insurgents. This would be
accomplished through transportation
and dock workers strikes tying up
shipping facilities.)
British cooperation was necessary
before the movement could be definitely
established, Blum insisted
I'VE could not allow the working
class to walk into a blind adventure.
he said. If a general war had come
along We would have found ourselves
alone with Russia with whom France
has military treaty."
Leftist newspapers asserted the
Spanish government was far from
defeated, despite the removal Of the
seat of government from Madrid to
Valencia.
Another Rightist, former Premier
Pierre Etienne Flandin, charged
Blum's administration with mot con-
forming to the electoral program"
through which the Socialist govern.
ment came to power.
Flandin demanded dissolution Of
Parliament and the calling OF new
elections.
The Rightist newspaper, Ami du
Peuple (friend of the people,, de-
clared financial circles were apprehen-
sive over methods to be used by the
government to raise money to meet
its 1896 deficit. estimated to total
1880, ,000. 900 francs (sS05 900 .00o).
The Bourse (stock market) fears
new devaluation," the paper said.
"POLITICS," SAYS LONDON.
Evening star., 1936-11-09
Labor
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and South Carolina, in accordance
with recommendations OF previous con-
ferences, as evidences of progress dur
ing the past year and what could be
expected in the future.
Two Governors, Bibb Graves of Ala
bama, and Olin D. Johnston of South
Carolina, will address the conference
delegates tomorrow.
The election of Democratic major
ity in both houses of the Pennsyl-
vania Legislature has insured enact
ment of the Pennsylvania State Feder-
alton of Labor's program at the next
session. John Phillips, president Of the
federation. announced at the morning
session. The program includes unem-
ployment insurance, which was de-
feated in the State Senate last session;
shortening the work week for women
from 81 to A hours, and laws insuring
exercise Of civil liberties. which have
been Curtailed. especially in some of
the coal mining districts, Phillips
said.
A law creating a State department
of labor to coordinate and direct
labor legislation and enforcement will
be sought by the Indiana Federation
Of Labor, while the Massachusetts,
Federation will seek legislation extend
ing the provision Of the Wagner labor
act to intra- state commerce and in
dustry, delegates reported.
The Mississippi Legislature Is
pledged to creation of q state labor
department and enactment of pro-
gressive legislation, reports indicated