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Evening star., 1936-12-06
DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
NEED LARGE SUM,
ASSERTS SENATOR
King Tells Teachers De.
mands Exact More Build.
| ings and Space.
TOO MUCH FREEDOM
IN EDUCATION SYSTEM
Modernistic Thought and Lack Of
Attention to Exact Sciences
Hit by Chairman.

Senator King, chairman Of the
Senate District ommittee, told the
Teachers Union Of Washington that
cit is apparent the District Of Co.
lumbia schools must have large
appropriation" to meet present de.
mands for more buildings and
Fairgrounds.
The Senator was the principal
speaker at the annual luncheon Of
the union at the Carlton Hotel.
II believe the schools of the Dis
trict," he said, "are making . very
satisfactory record. but it is apparent
they must have a large appropriation
to meet the need for more buildings
and Fairgrounds and to keep abreast
of the demands. We must take care
of the young, no matter what the
COST"
Senator King criticized what he
termed too much freedom" in the
educational system.
There is too much modernistic
thought projected in our schools. Too
little consideration, for example, Is
given the exact sciences. There is
too much freedom and too little con-
centration on the part Of the pupils
There is too much do as they please
Children should be taught to think
and 1t will react to their everlasting
advantage.
Restrictions Needed.
"At present there are not enough
restrictions, but we can go too far.
I don't believe in repression, and I
believe we can find q happy medium" !"
Senator King also suggested that
school buildings be made available to
boys and girls outside Of school hours.
and especially at nights, for COM
munity clubs. He said such q policy
would help to reduce crime among
youths and he pledged himself to
help in obtaining the funds necessary
to carry out such q program.
Mrs. Concha Romero James. direc-
tor of the ONCE of Intellectual CO.
operation Of the Pan-American Union,
described how the 81 republics in the
union are exchanging ideas on the
organization Of public education in
the several countries.
She also described efforts now being
made by South American governments
to purge text books in their schools
Of derogatofy statements about other
nations.
Three Greatest Needs.
Mrs Henry Grattan Doyle. presi-
dent of the Board of Education, asked
the union to assist the board in OBJ
tanning legislation at the next Con-
gress to meet "the three greatest
needs" of the Washington schools.
These she described as more
teachers, more school buildings, and
repeal Of the red rider. Henry I.
Quinn also urged the teachers to seek
repeal of the rider and told not to
accept any compromise, but to demand
outright repeal.
George M. Whitwell also made
brief address. Henry Gilligan, vice
president of the board: DR.. Harvey A.
Smith and DR.. Chester w. Holmes,
assistant superintendents, and Miss
May p. Bradshaw, new principal Of
Roosevelt High School, were intro
| duced
Miss Mary Dent. president Of the
union. acted as POSTMASTER. About
$50 teachers were present.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
FISCAL RELATIONS
.CONFEREES WEIGH
GENERAL PROGRAM
Roosevelt Committee and
Citizens Groups Meet
on D. c. Sum.
REPORT TO BE FINISHED
IN TIME FOR '38 BUDGET
268.Page Brief Already Submit
ted in Effort to Settle Old
Question.

The special committee appointed
by President Roosevelt to work out
a solution to the troublesome fiscal
relations problem between the Dis
trict and Federal governments held
an executive conference yesterday with
the Brief Committee Of the Citizens
Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations.
J.L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency engi-
neer and tax expert, who Is directing
the fiscal relations study. declined to
disclose the questions discussed. He
said the conference was devoted to
the general program" Of the Fiscal
Relations Committee.
Jacobs. however, said the commit
tees report containing recommenda-
tions for settling the amount Of the
Federal payment toward District ex-
penses, would be completed in time for
the President to transmit it to Con-
gress with the 1898 District budget.
Several months ago the Citizens
Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations
at a public hearing held by the Fiscal
Relations Committee, submitted a
comprehensive 26S-page brief contain
ing various arguments for fiscal equity
between the United States and the
District. The document was pre-
pared by the Brief Committee of the
organization, which yesterday met
with the Fiscal Relations Committee
Members of the brief committee are:
Theodore w. Noyes, chairman; Ed
ward F. Colladay. vice chairman: l.
A. Carruthers, chairman Of the Fiscal
Relations Committee of the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations; Robert
J. Cottrell, executive secretary of the
Washington Board Of Trade; John
Locher, president Of the Central La.
Dor Union; Thomas E. Lodge. presi-
dent of the Federation of Citizens
Associations; B. M. McKelway anc
Jesse c. Suter.
In addition to Jacobs, members oi
the Presidents committee who tool
part in the conference were George
McAneny, president of the Title Guar.
anty Trust Co. Of New York City
Clarence Dykstra, city manager ol
Cincinnati, and James Martin. chair.
man of the Kentucky State n,
Commission. '4N''-'
Evening star., 1936-12-06
TOWN HALL TO HEAR
CUMMINGS TONIGHT
Attorney General Will Discuss
U. s. Program for Crime
Control,

The Federal Governments program
for crime control will be discussed by
Attorney General Homer s. Cum
mings tonight at 8 o'clock, when he
appears as principal speaker before
the Town Hall of Washington at the
Shoreham Hotel.
The panel members for this session
will include Eugene Meyer, publisher
of the Washington Post and presi-
dent of the Washington Criminal
Justice Association; Walter Bastien,
president of the District Bar Associa-
ton; Margaret Hagan, field director
of the Red Cross at st. Elizabeth s
Hospital, and william Stanley, former
Assistant Attorney General.
Evening star., 1936-12-06

- TEPHEN STEPHENSON, 13. was
walking along his newspaper
route yesterday, thinking sadly
- about Christmas, Santa Claus
and shiny new bicycle in shop
downtown that he would like very
much to find beside his stocking on
the 25th. His folks had been most
discouraging when he mentioned the
bike"
Suddenly he stopped, reached to the
sidwalk and picked up a small green
wad. He unrolled it. His face bright
ened. Stephen had found $40 bill!
The boy stuffed the money into a
pocket and finished delivering his pa
pers on the run. All along the route
it kept running through his mind
that the bike" he wanted SO badly
cost exactly $40. Very excited, he set
out for home at 66 v street. When
almost there he stopped suddenly A
policeman was twirling his night stick
Evening star., 1936-12-06
WELFARE PROBLEMS
CONFERENCE TOPIC
Federal, State and City Officers
and Agencies Representatives
to Attend Meeting.

With Federal, State and municipal
officers, and representatives Of private
agencies in attendance. two-day
conference on public welfare problems
will open at Wardman Park Hotel
Saturday, under the auspices Of the
American Public Welfare Association.
AL aspects Of public welfare will
be treated, with special emphasis on
the administration Of social security
legislation.
Among those to take part will be
Commissioner Leonard D. White OF
the Civil Service Commission, Elwood
Street, director Of public welfare for
the District; officials Of the Social Sc
curity Board, and others.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
A NEW deal for mounted police
Y in Washington has been
\ worked out by Mai. Ernest w.

A NEW deal for mounted police
n in Washington has been
~ worked out by Maj. Ernest W..
4 a Brown. and If budget ofilcials
fall in line with his request for funds
he expects to form q horse squad to
handle traffic and crowds.
At present the Capital has only one
mounted ofncer, L. D. Mason Of the
U. 8. Park Police, who patrols the
Rock Creek bride paths.
To carry out his plan Maj. Brown
has inserted an item for $4,766.50 in
his 1887 budget estimate to provide
for the purchase Of six horses, equip
ment and maintenance.
Despite the fact the Capitals
mounted force dwindled to one rider
five years ago, after automobiles cut
short the lives Of some horses and
crippled others, Maj. Brown is
strongly in favor of reviving this
branch Of the department.
Successful in Other Cities.
I'm New York and other large cities
where horses are used extensively in
police work." he said, they are
trained extensively for their dutiei
in handling trafic and crowds before
they are placed in service. That i,
largely the reason for their success n
In addition to the toll taken by
automobiles, the mounted unit va,
found to be much less effective in out,
lying sections. where they were used
than two officers in q scout car.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
Stengle Invited to Speak.

COL Charles I. Stengle, president Of
the American Federation Of Govern
ment Employees, has been invited to
deliver the principal address at the
January 20 commencement exercises
of Goldey College, Wilmington, Del
Col. Stengle was graduated from there
in the class of 1890. The school 10
celebrating its fiftieth anniversary.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
WOMAN SHOPPERS
ROBBED Of $1,000
Cash, Jewels and Clothing in
Car: StoIen-Housebreak-
ings Reported.

Three women shoppers yesterday
were robbed of $500 and jewelry and
clothing valued at more than $700,
according to reports made to police.
Mrs. Louise s. Gardner, 1851 Vernon
street, said her pocketbook, contain
ing 500 and q Government check for
$210. was stolen while she was in q
downtown store.
Ann B. lockwood, 27l0 Cathedral
avenue. reported her purse was opened
as she mingled with crowds in q
store and a $400 diamond ring and $14
in cash stolen.
Clothing Taken From Car.
Mrs. Joseph Weller, Alexandria, Va,
told police her automobile, parked on
F street near Fourteenth, was broken
into and clothing valued at $305
taken.
Loot amounting to more than 81 900
was taken in other robberies. includ-
ing housebreakings and hold-ups,
reported in the past "a hours.
AuiOuS IAN N1CtuLS WdS MAUI r Z.
Gibbs, 1900 Sixteenth street, whose
home was broken into and a bar pin
containing 50 diamonds and valued
at $500 stolen.
Meat Store Burglarized.
Onicials of the Albert M. Briggs Co.,
meat dealers. reported their place Of
business at sos K street was entered
and supplies amounting to 1891 taken.
Other victims were Stephen A. Rob-
inson. 1851 Biltmore street. who re-
ported the theft of $173 worth Of
jewelry from his home, and Leon G.
Carter, %. colored. 81 H street north
east, . taxi driver, who said he was
held up by two colored men and
robbed Of his taxi and 80 cents.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
Meat Store Burglarized.
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Navy Band. in the sail loft
at the Navy Yard at pm. tomor-
row. Lieut.. Charles Benter. leader;
Alexander Morris, assistant.
Program.
March, "Our Director" Bigelow
Overture, Light Cavalry Won Suppe
Solo for cornet, "Inflamatus" -Rossini
Oscar Short.
Hymn, II Love to Tell the Story"
Fischer
"springtime'' ----------Dr Drumm
'The Jolly Coppersmith" "------Peters
London Suite Vail
Reflection in q Modern Mood"
Gribbell
xylophone duet, A.
"Flotsam and Jetsam" "-----gArsott
L. Goucher md s. Perrofe.
Song, "A Parting Token"
March, "Silver Jubilee" Fillmore
"Humoresque" ---Dvorak- -Cailliet
Grand march, MY Hero"
from Chocolate Soldier Afford
Chinese Magic" c"-----------Wo Woodin
q. "Tambourine Chinoise"- Kreisler
b. March, "Cheerio" Goldman
'Nola
March. "The Liberty Bell" -Sousa
The star-spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1936-12-06

tefy.
Mr.. Vigderhouse was native Of
Poland. For q number of years he
conducted grocery business at
Georgia avenue and Newton street,
until joining the Carpet Co. about II
years ago. His death followed an
illness Of six days.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
Boston Doctor Honor Guest.

DR.. Samuel A. Levine Of Boston,
will be the guest Of honor at the an
nual meeting of the Washington Heart
Association Wednesday night at the
executive Offices 1915 Nineteenth
street. A buffet supper will be served.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
.POSTMASTERS TOLD
TO SEIZE LIQUOR
Mailers of Intoxicants Also Are
Subject to Fines, Harllee
. Branch Warns.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
With an eye on the growing pile Of
Christmas mail, Harllee Branch, Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General. re-
minded postmasters in formal notice
yesterday that intoxicating liquors
found in the mails are subject to con-
fiscation and the mailers are subject
to heavy fines"
Christmas liquor also came under
the scrutiny of another Federal agency
when the Federal Alcohol Administra-
ton said the Government would
"frown" on liquor advertisements using
pictures or images of Santa Claus.
I'VE don't approve Of Santa Claus
being used to promote the sale Of
liquor" the officials said, ''and are do
ing everything possible to discourage
it.
1--WE cannot ban the advertisements
ofiicially but we are advising dealers
that the practice is inadvisable."
Evening star., 1936-12-06
Guest of Overseas Writers.

DR.. Hans Thomson, counselor OF
the German Embassy, will be guest
Of the Overseas Writer'S at luncheon
at 1 pm. tomorrow at the Carlton
Hotel.
Evening star., 1936-12-06
@. A. r. Ladies Delay Meeting.

The meeting Of the Department Of
the Potomac, Ladies Of the q. A. r.,
scheduled for tomorrow night, has
been postponed until December II.
Evening star., 1936-12-06

Co., local o1Str1p-
uttng agency for
q well = known
food pro d u c t S
concern, will be
held at l pm. to-
day at his late
residence, 1924
Fifteenth street,
where he died
Friday.
Rabbi Zemach
Green Of Ohev-
Sholon Congre-
cation will ON
ciate. Burial will
be in the Ohev-
s holom Gene
Evening star., 1936-12-06
The Attorney Generals survey deals
with prison and release records.
SAMUEL VGDERHOUSE
RITES THIS AFTERNOON
Funeral Services at l pm. at
Residence-Burial in Ohev
Sholom Cemetery,

Funeral services for Samuel Vigder-
house, As, sales manager of the Carpet
Evening star., 1936-12-06

Local liquor dealers have already
acceded to the request Of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board that they re-
frain from employing Santa Claus ad-
vertistng material.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-02-14
STATE UTILITIES ESCAPE
JUST TAXATION ByH.L Maury

In the Montana Standard of
January q, 1886, appears a fun
ny headline.
STATE UTILITIES PAY HUGE
TAXES"
An analysis quite casual of the
figures given in the article DEM
Onstrates clearly that these con-
Germs are not paying one half of
their fair share of the taxes and
the figures even are drawn from
different years as to income and
taxes, income being lagely taken
from 1884 and taxes from 1885.
However, figures thus stretched
to meet an answer required in ad-
vance of the accountants by New
York propaganda chiefs do not
bear out the flare headlines. Fig
ures on telephone and telegraph
companies are not given in the
article. Only these for power and
gas companies appear in it.
'eThe Gross Revenues Montana
Business are given at S 4,408, S45.
IN. B. Revenue for 1884 did not
equal revenue for 1886 and taxes
for 1885 were probably more than
1884. The figuers are partial both
ways, doubtless.) Total annual
payroll is given at $3,270,951. The
mining business uses a much high
er proportion of supplies cost tC
labor cost than any other except
mercantile buying for resale. II
mining the cost of supplies runs
about one half that of labor. II
selling natural water power ant
natural gas it is fair to ASSUME
that supplies for fixed plants d.
not cost one-third or even one
fifth but if they cost as high ;
proportion to labor as in quart,
mining the amount is $1,635, Ats
This sum added to labor and sub
tracted from the gross revenu
should be operating profit abov
taxes. The computation shows thi
profit to be $9,502, 419. Further o.
in the article the assessed value 0
) all their property is given at $74
( 100000. We easily see that abov
{ taxes the operating profit is abou
: thirteen percent. The total take
: paid are said in the article to b
: $2,412,281 which subtracted frol
J the operating profit above take
) of S9,502,419 leaves clear opera
/, ing profit Of $7,081,138 which
{ just 9 per cent on the investmen
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-02-14

FOREWORD

.,,o If January 10th we reproduced from .
In our '~ritter by John West titled WAR and the
pamPn1c that section treating Sanctions and prOnn
N0Rhh0 tho phamphlet in serial form at LATER date
b to ! ye begin the reproduction with every assur
TINS t overv page of tn pamphlet will supply to our
ance u"S o needed information the causes of war
readers IF war; and the prevention of war; The nam.
the ono of the most complete efforts that has ever
Pe Tosented to reading public Those who have read
been "a r. in it's entirety admit that there is nothing to
tOus h II in clarity of style and analysis This be-
"nP"S orn apparent as drums of war-wOrld warfare
e hoatpn so vigorously by capitalist drum majors
De nation of the world munitions plants are working
100 manufacturing instruments of destruction Can
st politicians everywhere are yelling for increased war
1t under the pretenSe that their country is in
ISer Billions of dollars for the purpose of destruc
& Gro bang demanded and granted with little or no OBJ
t; The League of Nations whites the time away pre-
nc TO bring about solution of peace" in the pres
f canitaIist contradictions Great Britain which con-
I e League is pressing her parliament for more than
@ hilton dollars to preserve peace" France is build
% more and more fOrtifictOns Germany is reported to
L cont 10000 men into the demiIitarized Rhineand:
nan has grabbed Manchuria and is ready to destroy
China niece meal; the fascist beast MussOn carries on
he rare Of Ethiopia and all this means nothing more or
bodies to serve stepping stones in the achievement of
the bloOdthirsty ambitions of capitalist rulers.
The pamphlet WAR and the WORKERS should be read
every one who is the least bit interested in the welfare
himself his family and his class Isolation is no long
sense of security Unless the mad beast of capitalism
destroyed there be peace for the millions Of
workers and their families Continuation of capitalism
means continued destruction and slaughter of human be-
gs When you have read the pamphlet apply it's contents
yACTION. Talking viii not to prevent or improve
any condition If you do not have the pamphlet you car
secure a copy for 10 cents at the PRODUCERS NEWS
you many you need by sending to the
New Militant IS East 18th Street, New York City Now
read on
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-02-14
BY H. L. Maury

No farmer, merchant, bank, or
business man in Montana made in
1884 or 1886, in this state, such a
tremendous, patron destroying
profit as 9 per cent on his invest
ment-net above taxes. None Of
these made 4 per cent net above
upkeep and taxes. No owners Of
city property here in Montana in
1884 gained rents equal to per
cent above upkeep and taxes.
However, the insurance COM
panies took from the state above
13 million dollars, and paid back
in losses less than s million in the
year July 1, 1884 to July 1, 1896
and had virtually no investment
Union Labor might study other
figures in the article with concern.
Total Employees" 1888. "Total
Annual Payroll $3,27O,951. The
average pay per person was less
than $845 during the year. The
article also says "more than H..
600 individuals were dependent on
the salaries and wages paid" This
! comes TO SZIZ.0U per year per per-
son, if only $4,000 were dependent
It is more likely that $4,000 were
dependent on these wages directly
or indirectly.
Tire are 14,374 trivial stock
holders in Montana. average
ownership is IL to 13 shares in the
largest company" That means av-
cage among Montana holders. It
does not embrace the huge hold
ings of the Electric Bond and
Share Company. There are 1885,.
1877 customers. If our neighbors,
Montana citizens, were the great
holders of stock we might gel
some of the profit circulating
: around. Ninety per cent of the pro-
fit goes out of the state, never tc
return. The 14,374 stockholders
here do not, on an average, gel
, back in dividends as much as they
! would gain by equable taxation
! and fair rates Of the utilities.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-02-14
ILLITERATE PERSONS IN U. S.
NUMBER MORE THAN 1000, 200

Illiteracy is commonly under
stood to mean the inability of
adults to read, write, or both. In
some countries the basis of the
calculation is the number of men
and women married who cannot
sign the register; in other the alb
ilitv of army recruits to read;
there is therefore no trustworthy
method of making comparisons
between different countries on this
question. In the United States, a
person is technically called litter
ate bv the census bureau It over
ten years Of age and unable to
read and write.
Recent figures for the United
States are those for the 1880 cen
sus. At that time the total number
of illiterates in a population OF
98. 723, O47 ten years Of age OF
over. was 4,283,753. Of the total
the native white illiterates mum
bered LOB, 134, foreign born l.
S04 .OS4 and negroes 1882.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-02-14

of finance-capital will
mean that in the approaching SER
les Of imperialist struggles civil
ization will be literally wiped out,
and human society will be thrown
back again into the most fright
full form Of barbarIsm. There is
only one other path: the utiliza-
ton Of the imperialist crisis for
the overthrow of finance-capital,
and the construction of a new or
der of society which, while releas-
ing the productive forces to serve
the needs of men, will wipe war
and the threat of war from the
face of the earth. But the over
throw of finance-capttal and the
construction of the new society
can he achieved only by the action
of the international working class
under the leadership of the revo-
lutionary party.
Thus the problem Of war is
above all the problem of the work
ing class and its party. The prob
lem of war is, indeed the supreme
test for the working class and the
party of the working class. This
test now faces us. It is for US to
meet it.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-02-14
THE NATURE AND CAUSES
OF MODERN WAR

To many persons, war seems to
come as if it were law of Fate.
In former days it used to be
thought that war was a punish
ment sent by God to punish men
for their sins. Others believe that
wars are due to the ambition or
"lust for power'' on the part OF
certain rulers or warriors. Still
others think that war results from
what they call "racial and cultur-
al antagonisms". To many OF
these people it seems that war IS
a special and peculiar and fright
full event that happens every so
often, no matter what we try TO
do about it. Some Of them, on the
other hand, conclude that we coulq
get rid Of war if only we could
pet enough people to want to get
rid of it, if we could develop q
twill to peace" among men.
All views of this kind are ab-
solutelv useless in helping us "a
understand what war is; and are
therefore equally useless IN tne
struggle against war-since we
cannot struggle effectively against
war unless we understand the true
nature Of war.