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Evening star., 1936-01-28
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Smith May Be Trying
to Curb New Deal
Before Campaign.
BY PAUL MALLON.

BY PAUL MALLON.
A LIS best pal, who lunches with
~ him regularly, wanted to bet
~ last September that President
4 \ Roosevelt would not be NOM
inated. He does not care to bet now.
This explains. In rart at least. the
undertone upon which Mr.. Smith
chose to swing his Liberty League
speech. His folks say he had an idea
that there Is an outside chance Of
frightening the New Dealers into
moderating their course. lie was
pointing his remarks for effect upon
q man who lives in the large white
house, about i've blacks away, more
than any vne else.
This explanation iD0uld clear the
mystery OF tOhy he chose to become
"the lusty failer" 30 early In the
campaign game, before the actual
pote war starts. IT he had NTH
held his fail until later, 1t tOould
haze counted more In uotes. No,0
it may count more in direct infn-
ence.
In these probable explanations you
have rather complete background Of
the inside Washington situation today.
At this time last year certain Con-
gresSmen in Mr.. Roosevelt's party
were speaking daily against his policies
in both houses. Now their tongues re
silent. They are resigned to the pros
pect that the political mechanics Of
the situation are against them, and
each is acting accordingly.
Evening star., 1936-01-28
QUICK APPROVAL
OF BOARD SEEN
Confirmation of Six Reserve
Appointees to Be Weighed
Today.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate Banking Committee
gathered today to consider confirma-
ton Of President Ronsevelt's six an.
pointments to the seven-man Federal
Reserve Board.
With Senator Glass, Democrat. CT
Virginia, calling the board pretty
safe" quick confirmation was pre-
dicted despite the Virginian's past at
tacks upon Mariner S. Eccles Of
Utah. governor of the present board
and one Of the six named.
Asked if he would oppose Eccles,
Glass said:
Il am not saying anything about
that now"
Senator Fletcher, Democrat, Of
Florida, chairman OF the Senate
Banking Committee, said the board
would be very good one as far as he
could see.
Thomas Silent.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, OF
Oklahoma, advocate Of cheaper money
and central bank 20 control credit,
would not comment until he has
studied the nominations
The President left tine seventh place
vacant for representative of agricul-
ture. While he did not specifically
name Eccles to the boards chairman
ship. It mas been indicated the Utah
man would hold the pest.
The nominations, when confirmed,
will automatically remove four Of the
present members-Charles S. Hamlin,
j. j. Thomas, George r. James and
Adolph C. Miller.
Other Members New.
Eccles and M S. Szymczak OF Chi
cago were the only members Of the
old board to be renamed. The other
nominations were
Joseph A. Broderick. New York, for
a 14-year term; Ronald Ransom.
Georgia, 6 years John Mckee. Ohio,
10 years, and Ralph w. Morrison.
Texas, 2 years. Eccles' term was set
at years and Szymczak's at IL years.
Created to replace the old board by
the bank law of the last session of
Congress the new group will have
greater power over the countrys
credit and banking structure 1t will
have authority to increase the reserve
requirements of member banks as a
means of controlling credit expan-
sion.
When the seventh position is filled,
the board will have the majority voice
in l2-man Open Market Committee
by which the credit market may be
strongly influenced.
Evening star., 1936-01-28
PACIFIC UNION LOSES
SEAMEN'S CHARTER
Fight for Control of Maritime
Labor Seen in Controversy
on Coast.

BY the Associated Press.
Revocation of the charter of the
Sailors Union Of the Pacific by the
International Seamen's Union ap-
peared today to foreshadow a finish
fight for control of maritime labor.
THE charter has been revoked as a
result of refusal to take orders from
the dictatorial Executive Board against
the wishes Of the entire Pacific Coast
membership Of l7.000." said a state
ment by Ed Coester and Al Quitten-
ton. delegates from the Pacific union.
Earl Kink Of San Francisco, a lead
er Of the Left-wing group, declared,
We've got the men. they've got the
charter" He spoke after the Inter-
Evening star., 1936-01-28
Deaths Sadden Motorman
Pedestrians Urged to Stop and Look.
Street Car Is Traffic Hazard.
lIYF PEOPLE would just stop and
look before they start across
the Street-"

look before they start across
the street"
= Daniel Hartnett, 24-year-old
Capital Transit Co. trainman, who in
two years has figured in three fatal
accidents involving pedestrians-two
this month-shook his head, leaving
the sentence unfinished.
Exonerated yesterday by a coroner S
Jury in the death Of Miss Nettie H.
Graham, rs, of 1903 Nineteenth street,
struck by a car In his charge last
week. Hartnett. visibly affected, quietly
talked on the traffic situation as
viewed from the front end of a street
car He emphasized his belief that
everybody whether pedestrian or
driver, must exercise more care If the
toll here Is to be cut.
In his two previous accidents. one
last year. and the other January 6. in
which he also was cleared. automobiles
figured. pedestrians jumping back
toward the street car to avoid motor
cars. There, in Hartnett's opinion, is
another source of danger-automobil
passing street cars at the entrance to
intersections, where pedestrians may
show up suddenly.
The corner at Eleventh and G
streets, where Hartnett's last two ac-
cidents have taken place. is, he thinks,
the worst in town. The shopping traf-
f1c is heavy, he points out-and the
people do not exercise the care condi-
tions call for. But it is bad every
wheEe, and there isn't day passes
but sees disaster averted time after
time.
People will walk out from behind
parked cars" he explains. DRIVERS
will pull out from a curb without CIV
ing any hand sign. They never think
that a street car cannot be stopped as
quickly as an automobile.
And then supposing your brakes
freeze :? That can happen in cold
weather. and when it does, you have
to use the hand brakes.
Evening star., 1936-01-28
AIRLINE DO0R.TO.DO0R
PLANS TO BE DISCUSSED
Plane Company Representatives
to Arrange New Service for
D. c. and Vicinity.

Details of the Inauguration in the
District of Columbia and vicinity Of
the new Nationwide door -to-door air
express service which is to go into
effect February will be worked out
at a joint conference this afternoon
in the office of Eastern Air Lines, 808
Fifteenth street.
Present at the meeting will be rep.
resentatives of United Air Lines, Gen.
tral Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines,
American Air Lines, Pennsylvania
Air Lines and the Railway Express
Agency. Pan-American Airways will
be represented, but will not participate.
since it has no local service
Under the new system unified
ground and air express service will go
into operation over % American air
transport lines on February /. Pack
ages will be collected from homes and
Offices by ground agencies for trans.
portation to the nearest airport and
will be delivered to the addressee at
his home or Office.
Evening star., 1936-01-28
Notes on the News.

NUVe8 Oh Tic News
The budget caused little interest
when 1t was originally submitted (Jan-
uary g., but Is arousing plenty now.
Certain prominent New Deal fiscal
authorities are privately encouraging
the hubbub, particularly the current
thought Of immediate new taxes. That
Is trial balloon.
Mr.. Roosevelt mentioned the 1922
case Of Bailey vs.. George when he
commented critically on the Supreme
Court decision In the rice millers' case.
Private lawyers here have dug up the
Wallace decision, made by the court
the very same day In 1922, contend
ing it proves Mr.. Roosevelt was wrong.
No one can decide that except the
Supreme Court, and it already has.
There is some American Legion
talk about backing Representative
Vinson Of Kentucky for the Senate
nert year, which indicates yewards
available to Legislators tolto support
the bonus.
The New Deal neutrality bill Is
worrying . number Of Congressmen
with large Italian popula-
tions In their districts. They do not
know what to do.
The theatrical trade magazine, Va
riety, lists the Republican radio skit,
Liberty at the Crossroads," as sec.
ond-rate entertainment"
(Copyright l036)
Evening star., 1936-01-28

"And you'd be surprised. There are
neighborhoods in this town where
children will play in the car tracks
until you are so close you have to
stop. Then they run away laughing.
What if something happened that you
couldn't stop?"
Hartnett recalled that in the safety
campaign recently concluded by The
Star he had signed safe-driving
pledge. He's never had an accident
with his own car, he adds-"and I'd
rather be hurt myself than hurt some
one else
If pedestrians and drivers would
pay more attention to what they are
doing, I really think We would have
less accidents
Witnesses testified Miss Graham
stepped in front Of the car.
Evening star., 1936-01-28
Congress .min Brief
TODAY,

Senate:
In recess
Agriculture Committee hears Solici-
tor General Reed on farm legislation.
Commerce Committee considers
flood control law.
Banking Committee meets on Re-
serve Board nominations.
House:
Meets for general debate on Interior
Department appropriation bill.
Agriculture Committee considers
farm legislation.
Ways and Means Committee in ex-
ecutive session on tax enforcement.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Will not be in session.
Rules Committee, executive session,
2 pm, on proposal to study reorgani-
zation of Government departments.
Evening star., 1936-01-28

Generally their opposition minds are
still working as actively as ever. They
are doing as much as they can back
stage to change certain legislation and
Government policy, but not by word
of mouth.
You can catch hint Of 1t in what
is happening on the new farm pro-
gram.
Confusion May Be Purposeful.
The farm bill confusion Of congress
sional leaders during the last ew days
may have appeared to outsiders to be
q little too confusing to be credible.
It was.
For days, Senate and House leaders
have been making contradictory an
nouncements. On the inside. they also
have been pulling energetically among
themselves over which house should
pass the bill first. Each house thinks
the other should.
Irrepressible Senator Glass is
supposed to be the chief obstacle
in the Senate. He is offered as the
CLCuSC WI(y tfIC HOuSC otCOutU UT
first. The fact is he is being secret
ly abetted by a lot of good party
men Wlo do not Wdnt to sho,D
their hands.
Congressional leaders just do not
want to bang through another farm
plan without more study and care than
they gave the first one. Although they
do not want to say so.
Views on Europe.
The confidential report which Un-
dersecretary Phillips brought back
from Europe will never leak out in
detail. The reason is that it takes
a more serious view of European war
prospects than the top diplomats here
have generally held.
It Is understood among the we'll
informed that Mr.. Phillips has told
Mr.. Roosevelt that the danger Of con-
fiict between Britain and Italy is much
greater than one would gather from
current published dispatches.
Face saving Is going to be deeply
difficult, but not impossible.
Note-Mr. Phillips also discovered
in Berlin that the Hitlerites are con-
cerned over the unfavorable press re-
action they are continuing to get in
this country.
Evening star., 1936-01-28

Barbara an c h
was seized by 200
peasant women,
who were later
ousted by the for
m er Presidnet's
employees.
Gales blamed
Communist agi-
tators for the
Outrageous a S .
.ault" on his
n q c ! e n d q, ana
said the women,
who held his
property for '36
hours, were led
nv "three we'll
Evening star., 1936-01-28
British Foot Ball.

Wherever the British are repre-
sented. even in small numbers, foot
ball USUALLY becomes popular. Even
on the Equator the Negroes enjoy 1t
thoroughly, and it is curious to see
them, often knowing not a word Of
English, yet using English terms in
the game.
Evening star., 1936-01-28
REGULATION SUBJECT
Rayburn to Discuss Wire and
Radio Control Before Committee.

Representative Sam Rayburn, Dem
ocrat, Of Texas will discuss problems Of
wire and wireless regulation at the
annual meeting Of the American Sec
tion Of the International Committee
On Radio ut the University Club at
Z, o'clock tonight.
Comdr. r. A. M. Craven, q. s. n,
retired, who was recently appointed
chief engineer Of the Federal Com.
rnunications Commission, will discuss
technical phases Of radio regulations.
Election Of officers for the coming year
viii follow the talks. Senator White
Of Maine. president Of the American
Gectton will preside, I
Evening star., 1936-01-28
Fruit Bacteria Resist Cold.

Freezing temperature fails to kill
some varieties Of bacteria found on
fruit; eight species, In fact, increased
visibly during the period Of . year
though kept ct 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
according to . report made BY Miss
Helen +. Smart Of the United States
Department ot Agriculture.
Evening star., 1936-01-28
CORRECTION

Name of Traffic Policeman Erro-
neously Used as Traffic Violator.
The Star on January "a in list
Of traffic convictions listed M. /.
Bridges, 2209' H street. as having been
fined 50 for first-offense speeding.
The defendant fined was Rush w.
Chamblain, 2209 H street. Bridges
was the arresting officer. attached to
the Traffic Division. The Star regrets
the error, resulting from transposi-
ton of names.
Evening star., 1936-01-28

ONCE 10 W III 2
President Roose-
welt, wishing him
many happy re-
turns"
But I defy you
to find any one
who won't join In
that same chorus
on his birthday
"A birthday ded-
icated by the first
citizen of tn e
land and by his
fellow citizens to
fostering about as
noble q move
ment as Y0ll Gould
Evening star., 1936-01-28
AUTHOR EDITOR DIES

Frederick Craig Mortimer Passes
Away at Age of 76.
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, January
% @.-Frederick Craig Mortimer, 78,
an author and for 30 years editor Of
q column, Topics Of the Times" in
the New York Times, died yesterday
at his home here.
He retired from the New York Times
staff in 1926.
Born in Waterville. Me-, he was q
graduate Of Coburn Classical Institute
there and of Colby College.
Evening star., 1936-01-28

A number of minor Republican
trainers from the hinterlands brought
in their dark horses" for the Liberty
League dinner Conversational heats
were run at most of the parties up
stairs. Likewise the Hobbies of Ger
tain hotels occasionally resembled
horse sales.
No buying was reported. Probably
none was expected. Trainers Of dark
horses are usually satisfied merely to
have their horses mentioned this early
in the race.
Evening star., 1936-01-28

think Of. To be given the power and
the personality to rouse popular in
terest and enlist popular support in
q plan Of saving children from most
grievous afiliction Is . blessing that
has been vouchsafed to mighty few
men.
So here's to you, Mr.. President. And
to your good health. And to your
Warm springs-may they nsver grow
cool.
eeopyrisi,t. 1o90E
Evening star., 1936-01-28
CHECKER MEET PLANNED
Seven Colored Community Center
Sponsors City Tourney.

Seven colored community centers
have Joined to sponsor a city-wide
checker tournament at 1880 o'clock
Thursday night at the Francis Com
munity Center, Twenty-fourth and H
streets.
Awards will be given in midget.
Junior and senior classes, and only
first and second prize winners in local
community centers will be eligible.
The tourney is sponsored jointly by
Birney. Burrville, Dunbar. Francis.
Garfield, Randall and Terrell Centers.
Evening star., 1936-01-28
ALART TRIBUTE TONIGHT

Program to Honor Late Commu-
nifty Center Orchestra Leader.
Tribute will be paid the late Bailey
F. Alart. founder and director of the
Community Center Civic Symphony
Orchestra. in a program of music,
drama and dance to be presented in
Central High School Auditorium at
$50 o'clock tonight.
Selections from The Little Modiste."
composed by Alart, will feature the
concert by the orchestra. under the
direction OF Samuel p. Ford.
The Schubert Singers will present
two groups Of songs and the Columbia
Players will present THE Camberley
Triangle" The Lisa Gardiner Dane
ers, with Michael Nicholoff as guest
artist, will conclude the program with
q group Of seven numbers.
Evening star., 1936-01-28
Irwin S. Cobb
Says:
Birthday Greetings to
President Inspired by
Noble Crusade.

HOUSTON, Tex, January 28.--Ap-
parently there'll be a considerable
number who, when the polls close next
November, won't rush to the telegraph
Evening star., 1936-01-28
GALES PREDICTS
STATEOF ANARCHY
Former President Makes
Statement After Women
Seize Ranch.
BY the Associated Press.

MEXICO CITY, January 28.-Gen.
Plutarco Elias Gales predicted today
the approach Of state Of complete
anarchy" In Mexico after his Santa
Evening star., 1936-01-28

Denouncers include parlor pinks, professional
liberals Socialists, Communists, administration
politicians and jobholders
The Governors threat to "take walk" gives
q violent palsy to administration forces.
The New Deal press says Mr.. Smiths address
was disappointing"
The sophisticates look superior and say.
Communism? And what is that?"
All Of this constitutes perfect tribute TO
the effectiveness Of Gov. Smiths attack upon the
New Deal These efforts to nullify the effects OF
the address emphasize its importance.
The silliest comment IS made by MI. Farley.
He says he has neither heard nor read the Smith
Evening star., 1936-01-28
The National Scene

BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH
ME effectiveness Smiths speech be measured bette
by Of pain quarters by applaus
/ from Others
Evening star., 1936-01-28

address
true looking . CHAIR
who keeps up to date and knows what Il going On.
1e3eJ
Evening star., 1936-01-28

LIS best pal. who lunches with
him regularly, wanted to bet
\ last September that President
Daorouolk u,oSlld mt hn ,a0nn
Evening star., 1936-03-01
r. Y. A. BECOMES TITANIC
ELECTRO-SOCIAL TRIAL
Far.Reaching Effect on Nation Seen al
ssNew Deal Laboratory in Housing,
Town Planning and transportation.

what they are trying to do, and some
due to fundamental disagreement with
the whole philosophical basis Of their
undertaking.
DR.. Arthur E. Morgan, who heads
the great Federal enterprise, is COM
bination of practical engineer and
idealist educator who, from the first,
has looked far beyond the purely eco
nomic aspects of the Tennessee Valley
problem.
T. A. Set-up Yardstick.
The T. v. A. set-up has been widely
publicized as "yardstick" of the cost
of producing and distributing electric
power.
After two years Of operation, it finds
that it can generate and transmit
power from Muscle Shoals through the
surrounding area for approximately
six mills per klowatt hour on the
average.
If this is a fair yardstick, the private
utility companies have made q good
showing. The Alabama Power Co. has
rates as low as five and eight-tenths
mills. The Mississippi Power Co. fur
nishes electricity for as low as seven
mills.
Utility company proponents say the
government corporation is able to offer
the six-mill rate only by q gross mark
down Of the value Of the Wilson Dam
plant below construction costs-from
$50, ,000, 900 to $4,000, 900.
The T. v. A. officials reply that Will
son Dam was built under war condi-
tions ut grossly excessive costs, as q
,lContinued on Third Page.l
Evening star., 1936-03-01

pumpkins, beans, maize, squash, mel
ons and wild game of most Indians.
occupied territory Of Edenlike fer
tility. 1t was land in which wild
fowl was so plentiful and so easy to
catch that Indian children shot birds
with slingshots. 1t was land where,
at the turn of the hoe, the fertile,
loamy soil would increase any plant
ed thing thousand times over. This
effortless agriculture was consequently
considered easy enough for the women
to handle alone.
This country Of rushing rivers,
broad valleys and hills of giant for
est was densely populated-that is.
according to primitive notions of den
sity. One town house" after the
other and one on top of the other
was found up the Clinch River. A
constant succession of tribes occu-
pied the shell mounds in the Wheeler
Basin. But they all seemed to have
vanished before the Cherokees ar
rived in Tennessee. To the Indians
Of this great, enlightened tribe, the
Clinch River. was only q wilderness
inhabited by waterfowl. Not until
the T. v. A. took shovel in hand
did the e-populous valley tell of
these ancient, completely-forgotten
inhabitants and their strange, sa-
cred town houses"
Intensified Archaeology.
In the Spring and Summer Of 1884
Maj. Webb conducted archaeological
research in the two basins at once.
This was archaeology on an in
tensified, World-War scale. Super
visors, fresh from digging shell heaps
in Algiers, pueblos in Mexico and
temples in South America, had to
learn the technique of earth mounds.
Evening star., 1936-03-01

And 1000 greenhorns Of a shifting
relief personnel had to be taught the
rudiments, at least. of scientific ex-
cavation. Forty-four sites had to be
examined in quarter Of the time
| ordinarily spent on one.
| And the two main sites were 300
miles apart! Up the Clinch Valley
was a string of workmen stretched
IS miles along the river bank over
80 square miles of land. Over in the
Wheeler Basin another 500 men were
digging on rs miles of Tennessee
River bottom, covering 100 square
miles of land. Rain and flood could
not stop the work. which must be
completed or be forever lost.
Ordinarily, you know" said the
major, I'VE select a single mound to
work on"
But the Government said Of the now
flooding valleys:
"Clean 'em out. Find out all you
can, because nobody will ever get the
chance again."
And the major did. He was able to
see the whole pre-history Of the coun-
try spread out over the entire land,
rather than learn it single page at a
time. Within six months it was pos
sible to make comparisons that ordi-
narily would have consumed years OF
time.
Mai. Webb was summoned, on a
three-day notice. After making his
plans for these wholesale excavations,
% archaeological supervisors had some
how to be snatched out of their va
rious capacities in colleges and uni
versities, and put into the field. Co.
operating Tennessee and Alabama re-
lief authorities assigned 1000 relief
workers to do the bulk of the digging