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Evening star., 1937-09-04
PROBE Of HOOVER
METHODS URGED
Discharged Captain Of In
diana State Police Asks
Congressional Inquiry.
By the Associated Press.

0y tN0 ASSOClkLcQ fTeSS.
INDIANAPOLIS, September 4
Matt Leach, discharged today as cap
tain Of State police, issued q state
ment in which he demanded a con-
gressional investigation Of the method
and motives" OF J. Edgar Hoover, head
OF the Federal Bureau Of Investiga-
ton.
Leach charged the Department OF
Justice with failure to cooperate with
the State police and said "the attitude
OF the Department OF Justice now be-
comes definite antagonism."
Donald F. Silver, superintendent OF
State police, said formal charges would
be filed against Leach later, one OF
which he said would be failure to CO.
operate with Federal agents.
Leach, In charge OF State police since
1888. during which numerous attempts
to capture John Dillinger, notorious
desperate now dead, we're made. had
refused to resign at the request OF
the State Police Board.
Leach said he would demand a
hearing As provided by the State police
law.
Willing TO Tell Story.
Leach said major part OF the
criticism directed against him by the
Department Of Justice came because
he openly criticized the department
In the hunt for the AL Brady game.
sought for several murders and bank
hold-ups.
We have been advised" he said
that the Department of Justice ad.
vised persons whom we were question:
Ing in the Brady case not to talk TO
the Indiana State police"
I am willing" Leach said, "to tell
the full story to any investigating
BODY that wants to take the time to
go into It,"
Leach's statement cited the record
OF his department. He listed the
slayings of Detective sergt. orville
Csuinnette OF Indianapolis and Harry
II. Miller OF Cincinnati as major
cases which the department has
solved. Four men were executed for
the Staying Of Miller. retired fire
captain, near his Brookville. Ind,
Summer home
Stiyer said the dismissal of Leach
dlo not mean 4 Wholesale shake-up
in the police department.
Ohicials Decline Comment.
j. Edgar Hoover, director of the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation, was
out OF the city today and in his alb
sence other ofncials Of the bureau
declined to comment on statements
OF Matt Leach, discharged State police
captain, at Indianapolis.
Hoover left Washington more than
a week ago to direct a series of white
slave raids in Atlantic City, Phila-
delphia and Wilmington, Del. 1t was
understood he would be away for
several weeks
The discharge Of Leach brings to a
elimination friction between Federal
agents and Leach that has been
smouldering since the hunt for John
Dillingcr. 1t recalls statements by
Hoover criticizing some police author
titles for failure to cooperate with
Omen In certain cases
The capture Of Dillinger In Chicago
was effected by G-naen in CO o-operation
with police Of East Chicago. Ind, but
without the knowledge OF Chicago
police. In later addresses, Hoover de-
clared his men co-operated at all times
with police who were willing to CO.
operate with his men. indicating the
Chicago police were not in this
category.
Evening star., 1937-09-04
ARRESTED HERE

Acting on word from Baltimore
police. Detective sersts z. D. Lambert
and c. z. Mansfield last night ar
rested Dominick Annelo, 50, on upper
Fourteenth street and returned him to
the Maryland city to face . charge Of
pandering.
Indicted in Baltimore on August ~.
Annelo disappeared short time later.
Underwood informers gave Baltimore
authorities information ~ to his
whereabouts and the arrest followed.
Evening star., 1937-09-04
SETS IMPORT LIMIT
Roosevelt Dedgnates Canadian
Red Cedar Shingles Quota.

President Roosevelt ordered yester-
day that imports Of Canadian red
cedar shingles In the second half Of
this year be limited to 8o2, ,373 squares.
The order, announced 1T the White
House, was in compliance with the
1896 revenue act. Ths act directs the
President to limit such imports In each
hah-calendAr year, while the trade
agreement with Canada i In effect,
to IS per cent Of the combined total Of
American producers qshipments and
the imports during the preceding half
year.
Evening star., 1937-09-04
MRS. S. A. CLEMENT RITES
ARE HELD AT ARLINGTON
Wife of Naval Officer, Native Of
Danville, Va, Formerly Re-
sided in District.

Mrs. Samuel A. Clement. wife Of
Capt. Clement, U. S. N, was buried
today in Arlington National Gem
etery. Capt. Sydney K. Evans, U. S.
NJ, Chaplain Corps, retired, ondciated.
Mrs. Clement, the former Agnes
Taliaferro Of Danville, Va, died Mon
day ut her home in Coronado, Calf.
Capt. Clement, who Is in command
Of the U. S. S. Detroit, stationed on
the West Coast, is now in Washing
ton.
Capt. and Mrs. Clement formerly
lived in this city, where he was on
duty In the ONCE Of Naval Intelligence
from June, 1894, to May, 1895.
Evening star., 1937-09-04
VISITOR FOUND DEAD
William E. Gray Apparently vi

W1I1lAm E. Gray Apparently VIC
tim Of Heart Attack.
William Z. Gray. 63, Of Ambridge,
Pa. was found dead last night in the
bath room Of his suite at the Lee
House, Fifteenth and L streets, by his
wife. Mrs. Nancy L. Gray.
Apparently the victim OF . heart
attack, Gray was said to have been
under the care Of physicians for sew
eral years. On vacation at the time
Of his death, he had just come to
Washington from Atlantic City. Mrs.
Gray told police her husband was 4
building contractor. His body will be
returned to Ambridge for burial.
Evening star., 1937-09-04
TWO CHILDREN HURT
Injured by Auto at West Vir-
ginia Avenue and 26th Street.

Two colored children-Shirley Cur
It's, 4, Of 1926 F street, and her sister,
Geraldine, 8, suffered serious injuries
yesterday when struck at West Vir-
ginia avenue and Twenty-sixth street
by an automobile operated by Maurice
L. Colburn, II, Of 43l5 River road.
The elder girl was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for cuts to the head,
possible fracture Of the skull and
multiple body bruises. Her sister
was treated for severe bruises to the
body and to the right leg and arm.
Evening star., 1937-09-04
Polar Temperature at s..

SOVIET NORTH POLE CAMP (by
wireless to London), September 4 QF9.
High clouds today floated above the
Soviet camp drifting on an Arctice ice
noe. Visibility extended for nearly IL
miles. The temperature was s de-
grees above nero. FAhrenheit, and
harometric pressure was 3s.Ss inches.
Evening star., 1937-09-04
Wildlife Crusade On.

To increase Great Britain's popula-
ton Of Wild life movement has start
ed to convert celebrated New Forest
into IN animal sanctuary. A London
organization u backing the necessary
leIiSlatfoA
Evening star., 1937-09-04
More Canned Beef Sent Here.

Uruguay has nearly doubled. In the
last ~ months. it, shipments Of can
ned beef to the United States.
Evening star., 1937-09-04
TOWERS is TREASURER
OF REALTY COMMISSION
D. G. Tax Collector Elected With
out Additional salary-Rules
to Require Weeks Of Work.

co 0Se0V41e "eSAh O1 !" O1A.
The newly created District Real Es-
tate Commission, which has as its
first major task the licensing of more
than 1000 Washington real estate
brokers and salesmen, yesterday elect
ed Chatham M. Towers, the District
collector Of taxes, IS its treasurer.
He will receive no additional salary
for the work.
November ~ is the deadline for
granting licenses to brokers and sales
man. John A. Petty. commission Sec
retary, said from four to six weeks
would be required for the preparation
Of rules and regulations and adoption
Of forms for the licenses.
Evening star., 1937-04-18

would have to incur the risk of losing
new battle Of Charleroi if its normal
scheme Of mobilization, established
without any reference to Belgium, had
to be changed on a few hours notice
at the sudden call of the Belgian cab
met and an attempt had to be made
to direct certain number of divi-
sions to jump forward and hold the
lines of the River Meuse and Albert
Canal
Blum Opposed to Plan.
II shall never agree to such risky
operation" Mr.. Blum is reported to
have exclaimed when this situation
was under discussion. Hence the al
tentative which is being put to Prime
Minter van Iceland and his COL
leagues: Either the existing general
staffs arrangement will be kept in
force and you will then be able to
expect from us fully adequate help or
those arrangements will be dropped
and we shall do for your country
whatever we can, but you ought not
to expect that it will amount TO very
much"
The above point is truly important.
Not being able to rely with certainty
upon Belgium's further cooperation,
the French and British general STATS
would have to face an entirely new
strategical situation. How can the de-
fense OF London be efnciently organ
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Courts Critics Answered

istration, all the justices par
ticipate in the decision. This applies
to the grant or refusal Of petitions for
certiorari. The work of passing
upon these applications for certiorari
is laborious, but the court is able to
perform it adequately.
"An increase in the number of
justices OF the Supreme Court, apart
from any question Of policy, which I
do not discuss, would not promote the
efficiency Of the court"
Virtually all Of the charges set out
here were made, Of course, before the
decisions in the Washington wage
and Wagner cases. However, II they
fairly stated the Presidents case when
made, it would seem that the weight
of the evidence Is on the other side.
In the light Of this new evidence Of
the courts attitude, the President
could lose nothing by re-examining
his indictment.
There remains the final charge, ex-
pressed by Majority Leader Robinson
and others that five-to-four decisions,
even though favorable to the New
Deal, represent too narrow margin
of safety. Therefore, they say, more
justices should be added to insure q
greater margin Of victory.
The answer Is obvious. Regardless
Of whether six or a dozen new justices
be added to the court, II they are
honest men there still could be no
assurance that cases would not be de-
cided by Z one-vots majority.
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Egypt to Improve
Living Conditions

To improve living conditions in VIII
lagos, the government of Egypt has
formulated vast program entailing a
cost of over 100000 900. Approx
mately IS per cent of the 100000
inha abitants of the country live in
villages, most of which are made up
of novels, where sanitation is prac-
tically unknown. The ministry Of
health has formulated plans for sani-
tary improvement to be installed as
Egypt's financial capacity may permit.
Believing that the water now used
in villages for drinking purposes is
the chief cause OF cholera, dysentery
and typhoid, the government plans to
spend s77,0O0.0o0 in the next 21 years
to remedy this condition. Other i'm
provements include the elimination of
ponds and swamps and construction Of
an extensive drainage system.
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Europe Perfects Radio Propaganda
Weapon to Undermine Foes Loyalty

lieve that their own country Is run
by perfidious bandits, and that the
sooner the British Empire decides to
be governed by statesmen appointed
by Signor Mussolini, the better it will
be for all concerned.
Tuning in on Rome the other eve
ming, heard the Italian commenta-
tor heap sarcasm on each of the Lon
don papers by name-Times, Morning
Post, Daily Telegraph, News Chron-
icle-and no adjective used was mild
,er than SNUG" or "hypocritical." An
incident in Ethiopia-the expulsion of
a British merchant-WaS the pretext.
The voice went on to deal with
events in Spain, dwelling heavily on
the ''perfidy" of the British press in
attempting to make it appear that
Italian troops had suffered severe de-
feats on the Guadalajara front, where
as, If the Italian version is to be
credited, Madrid is as good as cap
tured, and the only reason why the
Franco forces have not taken the city
is that they do not wish to subject
the million loyal" Spaniards in the
city to unnecessary sufterings, such
as would be entailed by the cutting
off of the water supply, for instance.
What tactics, then, do the British
use to overcome this insidious Italian
propaganda? Perhaps they use none
at all. simply deciding to treat it with
naughty disdain. But, on various oc-
casions recently, have noticed that
rather powerful British broadcasting
station, which happens to have wave-
length very close to that which the
Italians employ for their Engli h
language propaganda, has been un-
usually unstable. When the Italian
sarcasm at Britain's expense gets too
heavy, the British program tends to
stray over on the Italian wave length.
AS the British program, at that hour.
is usually vaudeville with plenty Of
wise-cracks and laughter, you get
something like this: "Mussolni-"
Observation-Disclosures Franco"
o-ho!")-"British double DEAL
ing" "Hee-hee-hee!"). AS you may
imagine, 1t somewhat detracts from the
forcefulness Of what the Italian lady
Is saying.
Evening star., 1937-04-18

tember, 1920, which paved the way for
the cooperation Of the French. Brit
ish and Belgian forces in the event of
the outbreak Of war.
Apart from France and England,
Belgium will prepare, in complete in
dependence, for its national defense.
Its leaders mean to be neutral, as far
as they can. between Germany on one
side and France and England on the
other-not neutral in the same way as
before 1914, as the outcome of an in
ternational obligation. but by their
own free will and as long as they
think it useful. They profess to be
convinced that they will thus enjoy,
throughout the world, a new prestige
and moral authority.
On this point, the rejoinder of the
French and British is that If no previ-
GUS military preparations have been
made in peace time, the military
assistance to be eventually lent by the
French and the British forces, should
the worst come to the worst and Bel
GUM be confronted by a German at
tack, could not have much practical
value. The military operations which
would have to be launched at the on
set of conflict between Belgium and
Germany in order to protect the east
ern part of the former country could
not be arranged in moment
The French Army, for instance,
Evening star., 1937-04-18
New Threats to Peace


lied II it cannot be taken for granted
that warning will be sent from the
Belgian outposts on the German from
tier as soon as German airplanes are
observed passing over it-if a As
minute warning. the minimum re-
quired to mobilize the aerial defense,
is not thus always available?
And, assuming that Germany at
tacks Czechoslovakia and Russia,
while leaving behind on the Alsace
Lorraine front relatively small body
of troops-how will it be possible for
France and England (should the for
mer decide to intervene in fulfill
ment of her special obligations and
the latter, Of the Leagues covenant)
to counterattack the Hitlerian Reich
in full force If no use whatever could
be made of Belgian territory?
New Problem Arises.
But new problem arises here. The
leagues covenant (Article l6) makes
it compulsory for any member-st
to give passage across its territory to
the armies of the powers engaged in
common action against an aggressor.
How, then, could Belgium find any
advantage in the suppression of her
military technical arrangements with
France and Great Britain if she were
bound, in case of German aggression,
to incur Germany's vindictiveness and
expose herself to Germany's reprisals?
For 1t is only too obvious, indeed, that
the Hitlerian Reich would not regard
Belgium's commitments under Article
Is as justification of her attitude.
The only consistent course would be
for the Belgian government to 90 a
step further and give notice that it is
quitting the League. But the Belgian
premier, Mr.. van Iceland, and his
colleagues do not appear to be ready
to go that far. They would rather
strive to secure in Geneva a REIN
depreciation of Article Is that might
harmonic with their own conception
OF neutrality.
The Belglans are in revolt against
the liabilities OF their geographical
situation in Europe. They are pleased,
OF course, with the commercial gains
due to their situation. but they re-
pudiate their counterpart, the military
liabilities. They enjoy, in some re-
spects, the privileges of major state
(the possession of large African
colony but believe they can. none the
less, secure at Wilt the privileges of a
minor power - International ire
sponsibility.
They want to eat their cake and
have it. An illogical, an absurd thesis,
but it has tremendous popular feel
ing at its back, not to speak of the
personal views of King Leopold
France and England will have to 20
through the most acrimonious con-
troversy in order to have this obstacle
taken out Of the way. But how could
they put up with the helplessness that,
for them, would ensue from Belgium S
independent neutrality? All the odds
are that the compromise recently out
lined by th| Belgian sovereign and the
British ministers in London is but a
passing phase.
Evening star., 1937-04-18
. Continued From First Page.)

forward 1t, the courts are both in
competent and unauthorized to deal"
In his message to Congress advanc-
ing his court proposal the President
implied that the court had difficulty
keeping up with its work because of
the age OF some of the justices, and
pointed out TIT Of 867 petitions for
review were rejected.
Many of the refusals were doubt
less warranted" the President stated.
But" he continued, "can it be said
that full justice is achieved when q
court is forced by the sheer necessity
Of keeping up with its business to de-
cline, without even an explanation, to
hear 81 per cent OF the cases presented
to 1t by private litigants?"
Chief Justice Hughes, in his letter
to Senator Wheeler. approved by
Justices Brandeis and Van Devanter,
had this to say in reply:
THE Supreme Court is fully abreast
of its work. There is no con-
gestion of cases upon our calendar.
Granting certiorari (petitions
for review is not a matter of favor,
but Of sound judicial discretion. It is
not the importance of the parties or
the amount Of money involved that Is
In any sense controlling. The action
of the court Is governed by its rules.
- In all matters before the court,
except In the mere routine Of admin
Evening star., 1937-04-18
Valuable Discoveries
Made by Expedition

GUATEMALA CITY.-The excava-
ton work carried out by the Carnegie
Institution at the point called xaminal
Juyu, or Valley of the Dead, has pro-
duced several valuable archaeological
discoveries, among them the four pyra-
mids forming group number 2.
The pyramid located at the southern
end has been found nearly intact, but
the most notable among these discov-
cries is the cornice crowning the trim
Gated pyramid number /.
What is considered the largest jade
piece discovered up to now in the
American continent also was found.
Almost spherical shape, 1t Is about 18
inches in diameter and weighs nearly
200 pounds.
Evening star., 1937-04-18
PAN.AMERICANISM GOALS
CONTINUE TO BE ELUSIVE
Big improvements in Last Year, How
ever, Are Reason for Rejoicing
in Observance.

common assistance, which we hear
so eloquently praised at diplomatic
functions
1t may be-although at times 1t
seems hard to believe it-that the
present pan-American tendency even-
tually will lead us to such an ambi-
tious goal. Let us hope it will. But
1t Is only fair to admit that in nearly
half q century it could have brought
us much nearer to it than we are now.
Not only it did not do that, but it per-
mitted instead many of the errors and
abuses which for so long disrupted
inter-American relationship North
American fiat" of Cleveland and Olney.
the big stick" and the transformed
Monroe doctrine of Theodore Roose-
velt, the dollar diplomacy of Taft
and Knox, the "big-brother" attitude
OF Wilson and Coolidge, etc.
1t can hardly be denied that these
things hurt the political prestige of
pan-Americanism. But it was so only
because they were improperly covered
with the pan-American label. The
only thing these unfortunate expert
ences can prove is that the fault was
In letting one country alone interpret
by itself the political scope of pan
Americanism and determine the rights
and duties supposedly inherent in it.
Under a general and permanent Or
ganization, under pan-American
system Of equal obligations and equal
rights, no such Misunderstanding and
no such abuse Of power would have
been possible. Indeed, the very errors
committed in the name of pan-Amer-
1canism should constitute the strong
est arguments to emphasize the need
for more concrete, more substantial
and genuine pan-American scheme.
Not Ready for Pan -Americanism.
OF course, any modern statesman
who imagined that the final goal Of
the pioneers Of pan-Americanism could
be reached overnight, in the present
order Of things, would be bound to
suffer the same disillusionment that
was Bolivar's tragic reward. We are
not yet prepared, either politically or
economically, or even psychologically,
for real pan-Americanism.
Many changes-changes not only Of
political conduct, but of material in
terdependence and Of popular educa-
ton, changes economic as well as
social, and then changes Of heart and
mind-will be required before the unity
Of interests and ideals of the American
republics have any qualities of perma-
nency and effectiveness. And only
when such a unity has been achieved,
especially that of their interests, the
days will have arrived for the clearing
away Of misunderstanding differ
ences and suspicious which may still
be blocking the way to the true, ulti-
mate aims of pan-Americanism
In the meantime, however, and just
because that day seems so far off, 1t
is both fair and realistic to welcome
the gains recently made in official
inter-American relations and the
progress brought about in the past
four years by the "good-neighbor" pol
icy as the first steps in the right
direction. They may be only first
steps on the road to q distant goal,
but they happen to be the vitality i'm
portant steps which lie between the
| wrong and the right tracks.
(Copyright, 1879