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Evening star., 1936-02-26

a political issue of the matter were
merely raising smoke SCREEN
Cites Deleted Testimony.
Representative Blanton, Democrat,
of Texas, asserted so pages of the
record of hearings in which Hagood s
testimony appeared had been deleted
before publication.
This evidence ought to come out
of that hearing" Blanton said, land
If had anything to do about it it
would come out"
Congressional friends of Hagood
urged that a military court of inquiry
be set up to delve into the whole in
cident
Blanton prepared to lead a delega-
tion to the White House to protest the
order sending Hagood home from his
command at Fort Sam Houston, Tex,
to await orders"
Hagood had called w. p. A. funds
stage money" saying. You can pass
1t around but you cannot get anything
out Of it."
In another sector, it was indicated
the War Department would launch an
immediate inquiry as a result of
criticism hurled by Senator Robinson,
Democrat, of Arkansas against Mai.
Gen. Bolles, commander of the 7th
Corps Area at Omaha.
Tangling with Senator Hastings. Re-
publican. of Delaware yesterday in q
hot dispute over Hagood, Majority
Leader Robinson had said Bolles was
actively engaged in politics, with q
candidate for the presidency"
Bolles Denies Charges.
Quick denial came from Bolles. He
said he was mot in politics" and had
voted only once in his life.
Representative McSwain, Democrat,
of South Carolina chairman of the
Military Affairs Committee, advanced
the court Of inquiry idea, which at
once was taken up by some other
members of the committee regardless
of their attitude toward the generals
treatment.
Blanton produced photostatic copies
Of letter he said was written by Gen.
Malin Craig, Army chief Of staff, Civ
ing Hagood and other officers permis-
sion to speak freely, fully and frank
ly" before the House subcommittee.
Blanton charged the War Department
is now making an ass of itself" in
going back on its agreement"
Evening star., 1936-02-26
D. POWER RATES
TERMED TOO HIGH
Winnipeg Municipal System
Head Sees Half to Third
Slash Possible.

Rates Tor electric light and power
for home consumption in Washington
could be reduced from one-hAlf to
two-thirds on q basis of true valuation
of the Potomac Electric Power Co.
and establishment of fair return
on true value, in the opinion of James
Gardner Rossman, first general man
ager of the municipal electric system
at Winnipeg, Canada, and former ex-
pert with the New York State Public
Service Commission, now visiting here.
Rossman believes Washington
should own its own electric power and
lighting system. Even without hydro
electric development Of the Potomac,
he said, it should be possible to pro-
duce electric current here at rates
rivaling T. v. A. rates or those Of
Winnipeg, which he said now has an
average domestic rate of 1929 of a
cent per kilowatt hour net, as con-
trasted with the local rate which he
quoted as 33 cents per kilowatt hour.
DOuDIe Consumption seen.
IT believe that if local rates were
reduced to level based upon sound
valuation and proper return" Ross
man said, average domestic current
consumption would be more than dou-
BILE. Average annual domestic use Of
electricity in the District of Columbia
for the calendar year ending last De-
cember 81 Is reported as being l,008
kilowatt hours. In Winnipeg, where
the average family income is far less
than in Washington. the average an
nual domestic consumption Is 4.51s
kilowatt hours, more than four times
the Washington consumption"
Rates for electricity in Winnipeg
! are SO low that current Is used in
about half the homes of the city fol
heating water and the city has estab-
lished q special rate for this purpose
Rossman said. The Winnipeg home
has three electric meters and three
rates. The rate for domestic lighting
is 1898 cents per kilowatt hour; for
heating and cooking, .939 of a cent;
and for water heating, only .389 Of a
cent.
Praises Pepco Plant.
Rossman said the plant of the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co. ranks high
in efficiency among those of the
United States. praising 1t as q model
installation Of the kind. It's valua-
ton for rate-making purposes, he
said. should be based only on the cost
| of building today a comparable plant
and return on investment limited to
per cent.
ut is only fair to say that rate.
for electricity in Washington. particu.
/ larly for domestic consumption. ere
substantially lower than rates charged
in many larger and smaller cities by
privately owned electric ompanies,
Rossman said. "The quality of the
local electric service justif1es no rea.
sonable complaint by the citizens.
washington, how ver," he said
SHOULD serve as a yardstick for tn,
Nation, and this is true of its utili.
ties"
Evening star., 1936-02-26

or by having the Government store
them after making loans on them to
their producers, as was done under
the A. A. A. to cotton and corn
farmers.
Would Create big Sticks"
To insure cooperation, which
Ezekiel feels would not be 100 per
cent voluntary, and, indeed, thinks
would be better if not voluntary, he
proposes establishment of several
big sticks" among them yard
stick corporations" to compete against
industries which refuse to reduce
prices and the withholding of tariff
benefits.
Ezekiel holds up to the reader the
record of General Motors as "a good
Illustration of the way increased vol
ume Of production can reduce costs
per unit and permit lower prices. yet
increase pay rolls and profits at the
same time"
The Ezekiel plan, which its author
insists is not regimentation, would de-
pend on the picture shown by the
blueprints, of which the economist
writes
Behind the national blueprints
would be subsidiary blueprints for
each major industry and each city or
industrial region. These would show,
within limits, how much each indus
try was to expand: what raw mate
rials it would need: how many workers
it would employ, and what changes it
would make in wages, hours and
prices"
Evening star., 1936-02-26


radio the other day that he Is $780,
600 in the red.
You can appreciate how Congress-
men feel about the Townsend menace
If you will consider the predicament
OF q prominent house leader. Some
weeks ago he was dismayed to find two
Townsend candidates opposing him
in the primaries. What dismayed him
doubly later was the fact that one
Of them withdrew.
Had ex-Vice President Curtis lived
a few weeks longer he would have
made his first speech OF the 1896
campaign. He was slated to get $3.50
for debate in an Eastern city.
The Townsend Investigating Com.
mittee, on the whole, Is stronger than
the House average. At least three Of
the investigators rank as first-class
lawyers. Incidentally, Speaker Bryns
had difficulty getting a committee.
Several Congressman refused to
serve.
Congressional leaders were privately
warned a few days ago to prepare
themselves for an economy crack
down by the White House at any time.
The lack Of inner New Deal CO.
ordination is limited by the fact that
while s. e. c. Commissioner Lands
was telling Princetonians that people
were buying too many stocks, Post
master General Farley was telling
Kansar,s that prosperity Is here.
(copyright. .s19363
Evening star., 1936-02-26
S|DETRACK FACES
D. c. VOTE APPEAL
Opposition of Virginia
Speaker Expected to Kill
Suffrage Resolution.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP.
BY LESTER N. INsKEEP
Stan Correspondent of The Star

RICHMOND, February 26.-The
power welded by Speaker Aston C.
Dovell of Williamsburg appeared today
to have doomed again the resolution
memorializing Congress to submit to
the States for ratification the proposed
amendment to the United States Con-
stitution granting the right of repre-
sentation and franchise to the District
of Columbia.
An open opponent of national rep
resentation for the District, the
Speaker at the last session succeeded
in having a similar resolution referred
to the Privileges and Elections Com
mittee. of which he was then chair
man.
This year he ordered the resolution
referred to the House Rules Commit
tee, the only committee of which the
Speaker is either a member or chair
man.
The resolution was offered by Dele
gates Ralph H. Daughton of Norfolk
and William D. Medley Of Arlington
County. The former claims it should
have been referred at both sessions
to the Committee on Federal Relations
and Resolutions.
While he agreed that proponents of
the measure should be heard by his
committee, Speaker Dovell said: II
am personally opposed to it. am
sure, however. that the proponents
will be given every opportunity to
present their views
Opponents frankly admit their op-
position is based upon a supposition
that the District would generally vote
Republican If given the right to elect
members Of the House and Senate.
Daughton, native of the District,
expects to make an effort to have the
committee discharged and get the
measure on the floor.
Evening star., 1936-02-26
SCARLET ATTACKS
DIVORCE PROCESS
Court Asked to Quash Service on
Ground He Lacked Time to
Leave City.

Complaining he was not afforded
a reasonable time to leave this juris-
diction following the dismissal Of the
annulment suit brought against him
by his socially prominent bride, the
former Jane De Walden Cooke. George
Stanton Scarlet, Sd, asked the Dis
trict Supreme Court today to Quash
service Of process on him In her SUBJ
sequent divorce action.
Notice that the divorce suit had
been filed was served On Scarlet while
he was walking through q court house
corridor last week. after Chief Justice
Alfred Wheat had refused to grant
Mrs. Scarlett an annulment.
Attorneys M. Manning Marcus and
Claude A. Thompson, representing the
husband, contended the courts In the
past have held that nonresident in
attendance at court In one case can.
not be served with civil process in an.
other until he has had a reasonable
time to leave the Jurisdiction.
Scarlet Is resident of Winston
Salem, N. G.
Evening star., 1936-02-26
GEORGE N. WRIGHT
ACCIDENT VICTIM
Body of Wild Life Bureau
Chief in Park Service
to Arrive Friday.

The body Of George NJ. Wright, 81,
chief of the Bureau of Wild Life, Ma
tional Parks Service, who was one of
three men killed yesterday in an auto
mobile collision near Deming, N Mex,
will be brought here Friday, according
to word received at the National Parks
Office.
Later. the body will be cremated
and returned to Mr.. Wright's former
home in California.
Roger w. Toll, superintendent of
Yellowstone Park, also was killed in
stantly when the automobile in which
he and Wright were riding was struck
head-on by machine which, the
sheriff's office said, was thrown into
it's path by blowout. The third VIC
tim was Thomas Henry Omar, II, New
Milford, Conn.,, an occupant of the
second machine
Wright. who lived at 1924 o street,
had been a resident of Washington
for the last two years. He is survived
by his widow and two daughters, Char
maine, 3, and Pamela. g. Friends of
the family said no funeral services
would be held here and requested
that no flowers be sent.
Mr.. Toll was we'll known here, nav
ing attended many conferences of
park superintendents.
Wright and Toll were members Of
the International Game Commission
and were en- route, with representa-
tives of the Mexican government, from
Alpine, Tex, to Deming.
Born in San Francisco. Mr.. Wright
attended the University of California,
receiving his degree in forestry in
1927 He had been with the Park Serv-
ice about nine years, starting as a
temporary ranger in Yosemite Ma
tional Park. He became interested in
wild life conservation, and obtained
permission from the Government to
make wild-life survey at his own ex-
pense. Until recently, he Was in
charge Of the wild-life preservation ac-
tivities of the Civilian Conservation
Corps and had been in charge of the
! wild-life work of the Park Service for
the last two years.
Evening star., 1936-02-26
What's What
Behind News
ii, Capital &
Philippine Gold Gives
Senate $23, 100000
Worth of Fun.
nv PAIL MALLON,

BY PAUL MALLON.
THOSE mysterious men who have
been crowding the dark cor
ners of the Capitol for con.
i ferences the last few days are
engaged on minor matter.
1t is not supposed to be mentioned
aloud. but Congress voted last year
to pay the Philippines for q gold
standard loss on dollar devaluation
and lately discovered that the Philip
pines may not have been exactly on
the gold standard.
At least an eminent congressional
banking authority, Senator Adams,
has discovered that the so-called
Philippine gold reserve was apparently
in the form of silver and other dollar
certificates deposited with American
banks. He has quietly introduced q
bill to withdraw the $23, ,000, 900 pay
ment authorization.
This has caused CONSERVATION.
Government officials made reports to
q Senate committee last year recon-
mending the payment. Unless those
reports are returned or the Adams
viewpoint is rejected by Congress, they
will look bad and feel worse.
At any rate, Senators are having
$23, 100000 worth of fun watching
the corner negotiations.
Evening star., 1936-02-26
.D|RKSEN RUM BILL
GIVEN ATTENTION
Answer to Prohibition Law
Goes to House Judiciary
Subcommittee.

The House District Committee to-
day referred to its Judiciary Sub
committee for consideration Rep
resentative Dirksen's answer to the
Guyer bill to return prohibition tc
the District-a bill to liberalize the
liquor law to permit the sale OF
alcoholic beverages by the drink on
Sunday.
Dirksen. a Republican. who repre-
sents the most famous liquor dis
tilling district of Illinois, introduced
the measure February IA. but since
then it has languished in the District
Committee. AS member Of that
committee, Dirksen hopes the present
wet" Congress will have an opportu.
nifty to pass on it before adjournment
Specifically the Dirksen bill would
permit the sale of liquor in restaurants.
lunch rooms, hotels, night clubs and
other places having on-sale license.
after pm. on Sunday. 1t also would
abolish the present deadline on the
sale in such establishments at II
O'Clock midnight Saturday and allow
drinks to be served until 2 am. Sun.
day.
Dirksen also described as "utter
foolishness" existing regulations which
close up the bars in night clubs,
hotels and restaurants and other places
having on-sale licenses at IL O'Clock
midnight Saturday and at the same
time permit the sale of beer and light
wine on Sunday, but prohibit so-called
hard" liquor from being served.
Unless some change Is made in the
law to permit the sale of liquor by
the drink in washington on Sunday"
Dirksen said, "the same condition will
exist here that prevailed during tne
prohibition era. Bootleggers will get
q monopoly on the liquor business"
Evening star., 1936-02-26
Your Income Tax
Deduction FOR Contributions.

Deduction for Contributions.
Charitable contributions and gifts
made by an individual are deductible
within limitations provided by the rev.
enue act. The organization to which
the gift is made must meet several
tests.
The corporation. trust. community
chest, fund or foundation must be
operated exclusively for religious.
charitable. scientific, literary or educa-
tional purposes or for the prevention
Of cruelty to children or animals, and
If a substantial part of its activities is
carrying on propaganda or otherwise
attempting to influence legislation it
fails to pass the tests. No part of the
organizations income may inure to the
benefit of any private stockholder or
individual.
Contributions made to q missionary
fund, church building fund and for
the benef1t Of other activities of the
church are deductible. Pew rents, as
sessments and dues paid to churches
are regarded as contributions. Gifts
to corporation or association organ
lied or devoted to the advancement
Of learning are deductible.
Gifts to an individual are not de-
ductible. but II made to a charitable
organization. as defined by the revenue
act. may be deducted, even though the
organization distributes funds among
the individual beneficiaries.
Contributions made to the United
States, any State or Territory. or po-
htical subdivision thereof, such as q
city or town. or the District Of Colum-
bia, for exclusively public purposes,
are deductible. For example. q gift Of
real estate to . city to be used per-
petually as . public park is deductihle.
Also allowable are contributions 70
the special fund for vocational reha-
bilitation, to posts or organizations Of
war veterans and their auxiliaries In
the United States and to lodges. If used
for religious. scientific, educational.
literary or charitable purposes.
In general, the deduction is limited
TO Is per cent Of the net income, ex.
elusive Of the contributions.
Evening star., 1936-02-26
$500 for All, Says Ezekiel
Wallace's Adviser Writes Book Outlining
& Control of Toll.
N INDUSTRIAL millennium to

A N INDUSTRIAL millennium 70
~ bring orderly and co-ordi-
~ mated expansion Of produc.
a ton and incomes" with the
abolition of poverty in the midst Of
plenty by setting as the national goal
minimum annual income Of $2.500
for all, Is projected in new plan
for prosperity developed by Mordecai
Ezekiel, economic adviser to the Sec
retary of Agriculture, in a 328-page
book. "$2,500 a Year." to be published
tomorrow.
This progress from scarcity to
abundance" with its accompanying
life OF plenty, though not Of ease,
would be accomplished by industrial
adiustment.-plan built around a
national blueprint of industry, to CO.
ordinate all business under the manag-
ing aegis of the Federal Govern
ment.
All Must Toll.
Ezekiel. once assistant chief econo-
mist to the Hoover-launched Federal
Farm Board and a governmental stat
istician since 1922, Acknowledges his
debt to DR.. Rexford Guy Tugwell and
other collectivistic economic theorists,
but where Tugwell supposes workless
society, Ezekiel insists that the popu-
lace toll for the $4,000 sought in his
scheme, which the author calls an
American plan retaining democracy,
while leaving scope for individual in
itiative and enterprise.
Shadowed by Court.
The workings OF the system resemble
greatly the outlawed Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration. and DR.,
Ezekiel admits in the preface that the
Supreme Courts decision throws
doubt on one of my proposals.
probably the production tax to raise
a fund for benefit payments with
which to reward the industrialists
cooperating in the system.
Ezekiel's thesis is that the profit
motive must be eliminated, for Its
existence mot only causes business
men to adopt policies which hold
down production, but also cause.
workers. in thousands of cases, tc
hold their output far below the levels
they could easily and healthfully
maintain" as he farps on the need
for an end to restricted production.
I'VE are quite capable" he writes,
"of doubling our production, with our
present population, our present re-
sources and the methods and TECH
niques already in use"
The 37-year-old Virginian, vice
president of the American Statistical
Association. would solve the problem
of surpluses through governmental
absorption "at an agreed discount,
Evening star., 1936-02-26
BAN TO BE LIFTED

WARSAW. February as Op-Mem-
bers Of society of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South said today they
had received assurances from Polish
oficials that 4uspensipn Of the society
would be lifted by the end Of the
week.
They said no Ill will prevailed over
the suspension and that Che matter
merely involved noncompliance with
esrtain bookkeeping regulatons
Evening star., 1936-02-26
Prints on Exhibit.

Forty prints chosen from more than
800 submitted are on exhibit in the
first annual Washington Photographic
show at the gallery Of the Junior
League Of Washington, 200l Massa-
chusetts avenue. The exhibit Is open
daily from 10 an. to S pm. and will
close March 8.
Evening star., 1936-02-26
WENTWORTH FUNERAL
TOBE HELD TOMORROW
Civil War Veteran to Be Buried
in Arlington-Coast Guard
Officers Pallbearers,

Burial services for Capt. H. G. Whit
worth, 80, veteran of the Civil and
Spanish American Wars, will be held
tomorrow in Arlington National Gem
etery. with the funeral procession
starting at 2 pm. at the Fort Myer
gate. Lieut.. Comdr. Joseph H. Brooks,
Chaplain Corps, U. 8. NJ, will officiate.
Burial will be with full military honors.
Capt. Whitworth died yesterday In
Naval Hospital. He had served both
with the Navy and Coast Guard and
was the last survivor of the Confed-
crate mine explosion which destroyed
the u. s. s. Jacob Jones on the James
River during the Civil War. He was
blown clear of the vessel and into the
river.
The following Coast Guard officers
have been named pallbearers:
Comdrs. H. F. johnson, g. r. O'Con-
nor, II. N. Perham, N. B. Hall, Ellis
Reed-Hill and Robert Donohue.
Evening star., 1936-02-26
The National Scene
BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LoNGWoRTH
UST STORMS again sweeping large portion o
the that produces food supply The elements
again help cura production they did last Spring

If the New Deal continues to act the part Of q
benevolent plague Of Egypt in curtailing pro-
duction by paying farmers not to produce. is it
not possible that we may have few too many
bureaucratic locusts in our midst?
That is what happened . year ago. After the
New Deal had killed the little pigs and lessened
the production OF food crops winds blew over the
land and the food Of millions Of people was wiped
out bs drought and dust storms,
It begins to look sas,>n our planners were
reckoning sadly without their host" or rather.
hostess. Dame Nature.
toopyr,eht 1867
Evening star., 1936-02-26

Note-The corner controversy also
has been pushed less conspicuously
into the White House itself. There.
President Roosevelt is supposed to
have looked at the quandary and OBJ
served: well, we'll" From that and
other subsequent expressions, the ad'
vocates of the Adams repeater argue
the President favored repeal.
Confusion on Housing Bill.
Confusing announcements which
have been made about new housing
bill accurately reflect the complete
Misunderstanding underneath.
For instance. several interested off,
cials poured out Of recent confer
ence with the President. They an
nounced the President agreed to back
bill carrying $3.50, 100000 to s400.-
100000 annually Next day the Presi-
dent said no decision had been reached
The third day one of the officials
amended the announcement by say
ing the appropriation for the first year
would be no more than 500 ,000, ,000
for slums clearance.
The second and third day an
nouncements appear to haDe been
the correct ones. For seperal good
and sufficient reasons the President
apparently is against any such
extensive housing program as Send
tor Wagner has been talking about.
HoWeper, no announcement tUiu be
issued to that effect.
1t may not be true, and probably
is not, but the diplomats here have
been getting considerable enjoyment
out of their inside story about Ed
ward Wits first message to Parlia.
ment.
AS you know. the Kings speech
comes from the throne, but the prime
minister always reads it. In fact
he edits it beforehand. Mr.. Baldwin
was playing editor with the speech,
which, in accordance with custom. is
always literally sprinkled with refer
ences to the problems and destiny OF
the empire and the supreme power
controlling the lives Of kings and
men.
At one point. Baldwin scribbled in
pencil: Refer to A. g." When the
Kings secretary received the speech
back from Baldwin he noted the ref
erence and sent the particular pas
sage to the attorney general. The
latter spent several hours going
through the passage, but failed to
find anything wrong. Next day he
took 1t to Baldwin and asked specific
ally what legal point he had in mind.
"Oh," Baldwin is reported to
haze replied, 'T did not mean you.
meant the King should make an
other reference at that point to
Almighty God"
Maj. Gen. Hagood comes from an
old South Carolina family, accus-
toned to speaking out in meetin'. His
being relieved of command after call
ing w. P. A. funds stage money" is
said by Army men to have had a
profound effect among those accus-
toned to speak more or less freely in
the Army, If there are any left.
Evening star., 1936-02-26
DEBATE POSTPONED

cation Bill Consideration.
Faced with opposition that threat
ened prolonged debate. Senator Norris,
Republican, of Nebraska agreed today
to majority leadership suggestion to
a weeks postponement of further de-
bate on the $1,000, ,o00,o 900 rural elec-
trification bill
"The President is anxious to limit
the authorization in so far as 1t can
be done to an amount necessary to
carry out the purposes Of the bill" !"
Majority Leader Robinson, Democrat,
Of Arkansas, told Norris.