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Evening star., 1937-03-17

Mrs. Joseph Phelan entertained in
formally at luncheon yesterday 1T the
Roosevelt Hotel.
Evening star., 1937-03-17

Miss M. B. Gore entertained at q
small luncheon yesterday Ut the
Shoreham.
Evening star., 1937-03-17

man Park Hotel, at which time the
guest speaker will be Mr.. william L.
Slattery, controller Of the Post once
Department, whose subject will be
Uncle Sam, the Mailman"
THE Montana State Society will give
its annual dinner and dance to-
night at the National Press Club
There will be . reception before the
dinner, starting at 1880 O'Clock.
Mr.. Harry B. Mitchell, chairman Of
the United States Civil Service Com
mission, will act as tosstmaster for the
dinner. Many guests. including the
entire Montana congressional delega-
ton, are expected to attend. Mr..
Lansing s. Wells Is president Of the
society.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Patrick's colors. Miss Turner was
assisted by Miss Susan Ross and Miss
Eileen Wenger.

Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Keith Of Bos-
ton and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Hickman
Of Providence, R. l., who have spent
the Winter vacationing in Cuba and
Florida, have come to the Hotel Ra-
leigh for an indefinite stay.
The Washington times., 1937-11-30
Text of Presidents Note
On Highway Funds

The full teTt of President Rooseves message to Con-
gress calling for drastic reduction in hgha0ay funds
foUo1Os:
The Washington times., 1937-11-30
Building Pay
Scale at Peak

NEW YORK, Nov. 80 G.N.SD e.
The Journal-American today said
that President Roosevelt in his
message yesterday correctly
stated the case as far as residen-
tial building is concerned when
he said the sharp increases in
wages and material prices late in
1885 and early this year nipped
the budding boom"
Reporting on an index of wages
paid to workers in the building
trades, the Journal-American said
it had found that in most cases
the hourly spay rate is higher to-
day than in 1929. The increases,
late in 1886 and this year, ran as
high as 7712 per cent, the Journal
American added.
Plumbers, bricklayers, plaster
ers. Steamfitters' helpers, steel
workers, cement masons and the
common labor employed in the
building trades all received boosts
Of better than so per cent. Not
far behind were painters, riggers,
Steamfitters, bricklayers' helpers
and concrete workers.
The Washington times., 1937-11-30
Session May End Dec. p

the anti.lynching measure has
been to the Senate.
1--WE hope that before the spe-
cial session ends the farm, anti
lynching. housing and reorgani-
zation bills will be passed" said
Senator Barkley after the steer
ing committee meeting. He
added:
IT cannot go stronger than
hope, because there are factors
which make it impossible to
make definite predictions.
Christmas, falling on Saturday
this year, complicates the pro
gram. The concensus was that
the session be adjourned about
December %, which would be on
a Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1937-11-30
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Continued from Page II
as the Senate passes the farm bill,
the anti.lynching bill automatically
will be up again for consideration
and the Southern filibuster
against it will be resumed.
Efforts to reach an agreement
to lay the anti.lynching bill aside
for action on other bills have not
been successful.
While both branches of Con-
greSS were laboring on the farm
aid bill, the House machinery was
begged down by warfare over the
wage-hours bill, which. to the
House, has been as big a thorn as
The Washington times., 1937-11-30

BY the act of June 16, 1886,
the Congress authorized appro-
priationS totaling $216, 500, 900
for each of the fiscal years 1898
and 1899, for Federal-aid high
ways, secondary or feeder roads,
elimination of grade crossings,
forest highways, roads and trails,
and highways across public
lands, to be administered by the
Department of Agriculture.
This act also authorized appro-
|priations totaling $21, 10000
for each of the fiscal years 1888
and 1899, for roads and trails
within national parks, for park
ways to give access to national
parks and form connecting sec.
tions of a national parkway
plan, and for Indian reserva.
ton roads, to be administered
by the Department of the In
terror. Under the first category,
there has been appropriated to
date on account of the author.
izations for the fiscal year 1898
a total of $24,500,000 and under
the second category a total of
$13, $780, 900, or grand total of
$38, ,000, 900, leaving 5000, 900 900
still to be appropriated for that
fiscal year. To meet obligations
under this 5000, 100000 of out.
standing authorizations, I pro.
pose to include an estimate of
appropriation of approximately
500, 100000 in the budget for
the fiscal year 1899, with the
balance to be provided for 1910.
This takes care Of the authorize
tions for the fiscal year 1898
and leaves for consideration the
authorizations of $238, 900, 900
for the fiscal year 1889.
S125,OOO.OOO LIMIT
In view of the large amounts
which have been contributed by
the Federal Government, par.
ticularly during the past five
years, for the construction of
public roads, and because of the
necessity for taking definite
steps to reduce expenditures for
the purpose of securing a bal
anced budget, I recommend that
the Congress adopt the follow
ing policies:
!. Provide for the cancellation
of the 1889 authorizations prior
to January /, 1888, by which
date the Secretary Of Agricul-
ture is required to apportion to
The Washington times., 1937-11-30

the various States 214 million|
dollars of such authorizations.
2. Limit to not more than 1851
million dollars per annum all
public roads authorizations for
the fiscal year 1910 and for eachI
OF the next few succeeding
years.
Since the enactment Of the
first Federal-aid highway act in
1916 there has been appropri-l
ated for public highways, includ-
ing allotmentS from emergency
appropriations, more than 3,100l
million dollars, of which amount
1890 million dollars has been
made available during the last
five years. This annual average
for the past five years Of 298I
million dollars contrasts with anI
annual average of less than 1901
million dollars for the five-year
period preceding the depression.
TIES EXECUTIVES HANDS
There is another provision of
the existing law relating to
public roads which should re-
ceive consideration in this con-
nection. The Secretary Of Agri-
culture is required to apportion
to the States the annual amount
authorized for appropriation
and to approve projects of pro-
posed State expenditures there
under which shall constitute
contractual obligations of the
Federal Government regardless
of the availability of appropria-
tions for their payment and of
the fiscal outlook Of the Treas
ury. This mandatory provision
completely ties the hands of the
Executive as to the amount of
road funds to be included in
the budget for any fiscal year.
While I do not object to the
apportionment among the States
of such amounts as may be
authorized for appropriation, II
do most strenuously object to
the mandatory incurrence Of
obligations by the Federal Gov
ernment under such apportion-
mentS without regard to its abil-
ity to finance them from it's
revenues. I, therefore, recon-
mend that the Congress take
the necessary action perma-
nently to eliminate this provi-
sion of our public-roads law.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
The Washington times., 1937-11-30
Building-Boom Bill
Urged By President
Pushed in Congress
House Group Opens Public Hearing Today;
Senate Takes 1t Up Wednesday
By ARTHUR HACHTEN

Both Senate and House swung into action today for passage
of the Wagner building boom bill urged by Pres
dent Roosevelt in Yesterdays special message of Congress-
The Washington times., 1937-11-30
Rep. Better Leads .RevOlt
In Tax Drive In House
By WILLIAM s. NEAL

NS) revolt against the Administrations decision to
defer revision until January broke out in the House today
The Washington times., 1937-11-30

ness and combat the recession.
In spite of declarations of Ad-
ministration leaders that it is i'm
possible to frame and pass a tax
bill in the special session, the cry
for immediate revision of the
profits and capital gains taxes
continued.
HARRISON ASSURES
Senator Harrison CD of Missis-
sippi, chairman of the Senate FL
nance Committee, sought to assure
the country of tax relief in a
speech last night. Harrison
blasted hopes of some advocates
of tax revision for retroactive
bill effective for the tax year 1885.
The Washington times., 1937-11-30


(DJ of New York. led the move
ment by placing on the speakers
desk a petition to discharge the
Ways and Means Committee from
consideration of his bill to modify
the undistributed profits tax.
NEEDS 21S SIGNATURES
He called upon 21G members Of
the House to sign the petition and
thus assure a vote on the meas
ure on December 13 under House
rules.
Meantime, it was learned that
so business men from all parts OF
the nation will meet in Washing.
ton this week to frame program
of tax revision to stimulate bust
The Washington times., 1937-11-30
Suicide Report
Wakes Up Driver

A police broadcast today sent
scout cars hurrying to the first
block of o st. N. W. where a man
was said to be unconscious in an
automobile with the motor rum
ming and the doors closed"
Arriving on the scene, the po-
lice found a drowsy cab driver
wanting to know why he was
awakened from an early morning
nap.
The Washington times., 1937-11-30

While the Senate Banking and
Currency Committee was making
plans to begin public hearings
Wednesday, the House Banking
Committee launched its hearings
today. with Stewart Mcdonald of
the Federal Housing Administra-
ton. among the first witnesses.
LEADERS TO TESTIFY
Testifying on the Presidents
recommendations, which envisage
10000 million dollars spent on
new dwellings by private capital
in the next few years, will be rep.
resentatives of the Federal Reserve
Board, Treasury Department, Re
construction Finance Corporation
and other Governmental agencies.
Mariner S. Eccles, chairman of
the Federal Reserve Board; Jesse
Jones, head of the RFC, and
spokesmen for private banking
and home mortgage companies
will be invited to present their
views before both congressional
committee, Senator Wagner CD
of New York, chairman of the
Senate committee, disclosed.
SEES EARLY ACTION
In goving the legislation send
off, Senator Barkley of Kentucky,
Senate majority leader, said he
saw no reason why the measure
should be considered in committee
more than a week.
Il have heard nothing but ap-
proval for the Presidents recon-
mendations,' said Barkley. II
believe there is strong posi-
bIlity the bill will be passed
during the special session of
Congress"
Unless unexpected opposition"
arises, the Wagner-Steagall bill
should be passed by the Senate
after only one day of debate,
Barkley said. Other Senate
leaders, however, were not so
sanguine over the bills future.
WRANGLING FORECAST
That there will be considerable
wrangling over details of the
measure was forecast by some
Senators.
Proposals Of the President to
reduce the interest and service
charge of the FILA from 51a to 5
per cent, should meet with gen.
eral approval, Barkley observed.
OF great assistance in Stimulat-
ing dwelling construction will be
the provision to increase the
government sured mortgages
from 80 per cent of the value of
property to 80 per cent, thereby
enabling home builders to proceed
on smaller capital, Barkley said.
The Washington times., 1937-11-30
FIGHT TO BREAK
DEADLOCK OVER
WAGE-HOUR BILL
ImpasSe ImperiIs Farm
Measure in House
By ROBERT HUMPHREYS

U.N.S0. A threatened open,
break between representatives Of
agricultural and industrial regions
today prompted House leaders to
redouble their efforts to free the
deadlocked wage-hours bill.
With members of the House
wage-hours bloc publicly warning
they will block a vote on the farm
bill unless action on the Black
Connerv measure is assured, House
Majority Leader Rayburn opened
up a campaign of his own to break
the Solid South's opposition.
-Four Southern Democrats Joined
with the wage-hcur petitioners late
yesterday, the mos notable acqui.
sition by the Administration being
Representative Marvin Jones CD,
Of Texas, chairman of the Agri-
culture Committee, and author Of
the House version of the farm bill.
DESERVES ACTION
Jones said he signed the petition
to force the labor bill to the floor
because he thought ''it deserved
consideration" but he reserved
the right" to vote o the bill as
he pleased.
Joining with Jones were Rep
resentativeS Ramspeck CD Of
Georgia, member of the labor
committee; Mahon CD of South
Carolina and Umsbead CD Of
North Carolina. These sigma
lures, with four others, brought
the total on the petition to 1873,
still 80 short of the required 218.
The threat to block vote on
the farm bill unless there was as
surance of House. action on the
wage-hour bill, came from Repre-.
sentative Bradley CD Of Pennsyl-
vania, a wage-hour bloc leader.
He said:
There is a strong movement
to hold up vote on the farm ,
bill until vote is assured on
the Black Connery bill. 1t is
very probable there are enough
votes in the House to do this"
HIT COTTON PROGRAM
Representative Maverick D.D
one of leaders Of the liberal bloc,
said the real fight" was aimed at
"wrecking" the cotton program.
He disclaimed any part in the
fight, but said he had been in.
formed the wage-hour proponents
were ION the march"
Meanwhile, Representative Boil
and CD of Pennsylvania, House
Democratic whip, consolidated re-
ports from his 16 assistant whips
who have completed a poll Of
House sentiment on the measure.
The poll was designed to reveal
if the required 218 signatures to
the petition can be obtained, and
if SO, if enough votes exist to pass
the bill.
The Washington times., 1937-11-30
Presbytery Warns
OF Property Suits

WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. 30.
Seeding congregations of the
Presbyterian church will face court
action if they persist in retaining
possession of church property.
Members of the PreSbytery here
said suits would be filed against
any congregation which did not
return to the PreSbytery church
buildings and other properties
after the congregation had voted
to split with the PreSbytery.
The Washington times., 1937-11-30
Lovers Lane is
Scene of Shooting

MALONE, N. Y, Nov. 80 G.NSO. e.
Emerging from a car parked in
a nearby lovers lane a man
shot his fleeing girl escort to
death yesterday and then killed
himself. The girl is unidentified
while an automobile driver S
license found in the mans pocket
bore the name of Frank H. Hoyes,
25, of Buffalo.
The Washington times., 1937-11-30
TODAY I'M
CONGRESS

Senate
Meets at noon.
Resumes farm bill debate.
Postoffice Committee considers
postmaster appointment methods.
House
Meets at noon.
Continues general debate on
farm bill.
Appropriations subcommittee
considers Treasury PoStoffice sup
ply bill.
Ways and Means subcommittee
continues tax revision study.
The Washington times., 1937-11-30
BARS BLUE LAWS"

CHICAGO, Nov. 80 QNS0.
Mayor Edward ]. Kelley frowns
on a proposed ordinance to close
bakeries on Sunday, saying: I'VE
don't want any of those blue laws
around here"
The Washington times., 1937-11-30
WARDEN LAWES
BLAMES SOCIETY.
FOR CRIME CAIN
Sing Sing Chief Asks
Where FeIon Can Go

Blaming the churches, schools
and social agencies for failing in
their duties" by not preventing
juvenile delinquency before it has
a chance to become organized
crime, Lewis E. Lawes, warden of
Sing Sing Prison, who will speak
at the wardman Park Hotel to-
night on Institutions and Crime"
today said:
"Our prisons get the failures.
Men and women who could have
been saved-who are not vicious
but weak-and who, if the
schools and churches had done
their jobs correctly, would never
have gone to prison"
SOCIETY SCORED
Figrlratively shifting at impres.
sive figures showing the number
Of criminals apprehended each
year by the Department of JUS
tice, Lawes said:
what concerns me is not how
many men are sent to prison,
but how the prisons crack
down" on them once they get
there. Crack down so hard that
the prisoner becomes hardened,
embittered and imbued with the
idea that all society is against
him."
He added bitterly:
Society blameS us for this
yet let us just try a little reform
and hear them howl"
CARRIES BRAND
Every man who comes out Of
prison wears invisible stripes"
the warden continued. Stripes
that brand him just as much as
the old type uniforms. Why, in
my State, New York, and I as
sumo it could apply to most OF
the 48 States in the Union, an
ex-convict simply cannot get
job. Why? I'll tell you:
Because he can't be admitted
to the CCC camps, he can't join
the Army, Navy or Marines; he
can't become a waiter, because
the union would not have an ex-
convict: he can't, in, fact, join,
any union! .......
NO PLACE TO GO
"He can't get a chauffeur's IL
cense or do any of the menial
tasks such as a man would be
glad to do-because he's an eX-
convict"
"Ninety-five per cent of the
men who come to my prison
are eventually turned back into
society. Then why doesn't So
ciety give them a. chance?"
He insisted, did this man whose
humane methods of running one
of the greatest prisons in the
country have won him world
fame, that the average criminal,
if given a chance to rehabilitate
himself, would do so, because he's
had enough of prison and finds
it doesn't pay"
The Washington times., 1937-02-05

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The Washington times., 1937-02-05

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The Washington times., 1937-02-05

1888 Oldsmobile Coach - Clean 0N7E
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tires a smooth. ouiet motor All the
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The Washington times., 1937-02-05

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The Washington times., 1937-02-05
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The Washington times., 1937-06-19
Bulk of Crabb'S
Estate Is Left
To Orphans

CHICAGO, June 10 Q.N.S.).
Christopher Columbus Crabb, who
garnered nearly a half million dol
lars by inheriting the fortunes Of
queens of the gay '90's," left the
bulk of his estate to the Illinois
Masonic Orphans Home, Probate
Court records showed today.
Before his death. January S,
1885, at the age of SO, Crabb con-
verted into securities most Of his
real estate holdings in one-time
notorious neighborhoods. He left
an estate of $416,5s9. OF this, the
orphanage at La Grange, Ill, gets
$365,681. The rest goes to friends
and relatives and for administra-
tive expense.
Among Crabb's holdings in the
lusty days around the turn Of the
century was the notorious Ever
leigh Club. He was the heir Of
Carrie Watson and Lizzie Allen,
whose real name was Ellen VIII
liams.
The Washington times., 1937-06-19
D. {. BANKERS SEC CLARIFYING
0FFT0SCHO0L BODY PLANNED

A check-up yesterday revealed
that 10 Washington bank officials
will be on hand Tuesday when
the American Bankers Association
sponsored Graduate School Of
Banking opens its third session at
Rutgers University.
Total enrolment for the school
Is said to be well over 500, includ-
ing bankers from all sections Of
the country.
This school was established some
years ago and is in the nature of a
continuation into higher subjects
Of the educational courses of the
American Institute of Banking,
also sponsored by the American
Bankers Association.
The first class to be graduated
from the school will hold its COM
mencement exercises early in July
and will include several Washing
ton men who have completed the
full course.
The Washington times., 1937-06-19
COTTON EASIER
IN LATE TRADE

NEW YORK, June 10 UN.S0.
After earlier dizziness an easier
tone developed in the cotton mar
ket and the list sagged as much as
60 cents bale at the close today.
Small outside demand and q
forecast of fair weather for the
western section Of the belt over
the weekend and for next week
contributed to easiness in the mar
ket. A decline in cotton spindle
activity also was interpreted un.
favorably.
Southern, New Orleans and local
selling placed moderate quantity
Of contracts on the market. Prin-
cipal buyers were commission
houses and the trade.
July closed at 11.94, off IL; O.
tober 1901, off 8; December 11.99,
off 9; January t2.01, off 8; March
12.05, off IL, and May 1912. Oft IL.
The Washington times., 1937-06-19
Buffalo Livestock

EAST BUFFALO. N. Y, June 10
S.).-Hogs, 100. Steady with Fri
days average. Good and choice 17o-210
pounds, 11.9O; trucked-ins mainly, 11.65
down.
Cattle - ESQ., General trade active
throughout week, unevenly steady to
SOC and more higher. Medium to good
stees and heifers under 1900 pounds
up most; strictly good to choice
steers and yearlings, 12.50@13.25: bulk
medium to good steers and heifers. S.75
@11.5O including Canadian offerings and
grass heifers TO s,75; cutlery and plain
grassers 6.5O@s.75: fat cows, 7,S0@s;
low-cutter and cutter, 6@6.25; medium
bulls, 6.50@6s5.
Calves-None. Vealers closed strong
to soc over week ago. Good and choice,
$50 to largely 10; plain and medium,
E26 @22S.
The Washington times., 1937-06-19
50 n. Y. LISTED
STOCKSDROP

The market value Of so repre-
sentative stocks listed en- the New
York Stock Exchange at the close
of business for the week ended
June IL was $2O, $50, 1885, 75, q de-
crease of 1924, 270, ESQ, or $50 per
cent, as compared with $21, 705,-
039, 125 at the close Of the previous
week, according to Paul H. Davis
and Company.
At the close Of the corresponding
week year ago. tie same stocks
had q market value Of $19, 74S.-
874,625, indicating an increase
during the year Of $1,134, 1893, 100,
or SIS per cent.
Twenty-Five representative stocks
listed on the Chicago Stock Elk
change had a market value at the
close Of business for the week
ended June IL Of 1858, 1850, $50, =
decrease of $2S, 685, 900, or 2.92 per
cent, as compared with $685.. 04S.'
$50 at the close Of the previous
week, the firm said.
At the close Of the correspond
ing week a year ago, the IS stocks
had a market value of $946, $685.
375, indicating an increase during
the year Of $7,056,S75, or OTIS per
cent.
The Washington times., 1937-06-19
WHEAT PRICES
TURN LOWER

CHICAGO, June 10 UN.s0.
Wheat was weak in early dealings
here. Prices dropped ~ to &C
a buShel before meeting with sup
port. Other grains dropped in
sympathy.
Around mid-session wheat was
13s to 124c off, corn "a to 1c off.
and oats y to %c off.
Winnipeg wheat was ~ to &c
off at mid-seSsion and Liverpool
closed u pence down to % UP.
Rotterdam was "a to 11ac UP at
the close and Buenos Aires opened
unchanged.
Weather conditions in the North.
west were generally unfavorable
but in the Southwest continued
clear weather was noted.
Estimated CARROTS here: Wheat
81, corn 43 and oats II.