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The Washington times., 1937-12-20
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MADISON, Wis, Dec. 20
G.N.SO.-Dr. Glenn Frank, former
president of the University of Wis
consin, still studied today a plea
that he lead the Republican
party's new program committee.
DR.. Frank postponed making his
decision last night. as had been
scheduled, with the announce
ment:
1T will probably take several
days before 1 can answer yes
or no A number of things
must be taken into considera.
ton"
Although busy as chief editorial
writer for a nationally circulated
farm publication and in demand
as a speaker, it was believed that
DR.. Frank would eventually be per-
suaded to accept the post.
Approximately $50 prominent
persons in all walks of life were
nominated to the committee by
the party's executive committee
last week. The group will be
charged with drawing up a declar-
alton of principles for the mid,
term elections next fall
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
KELLOGG DEATH
BELIEVED NEAR

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 10
G.N.S).-Frank B. Kellogg, out
standing figure in the fight for
world peace, lay near death here
today from pneumonia.
Doctors virtually abandoned
hope of his survival and said it
was unlikely that he would live
until his eighty-first birthday on
Wednesday.
Kellogg, they said, had been in
a coma except for prief periods
since last week. In i'll health for
the past year he suffered a stroke
six weeks ago and never fully re.
covered.
Former Senator, ambassador to
the Court of st. James and a
Secretary Of State. Kellogg was
perhaps most famed for his spon.
SorShip of the Kellogg Brian peace
pact Of 1923 which won him the
Nobel peace prize a year later.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
Hospital Thefts
Require Benefit

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 G.N.SJ
If a certain burglar will buy a
couple of dozen tickets for a
dance-and not show up-all will
be forgotten.
For the last two years a mys-
terious marauder has been operat-
ing in Bellevue Hospital. The In
ternes suffering the losses will give
a dance tomorrow, the proceeds
being used to offset the thefts.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
d. C.. Trio to Get
Chicago Degrees

Chicago University will confer
degrees on three District of Colum.
bia men tomorrow, advice received
here from Robert Maynard
Hutchins, president of the institu-
ton, indicated today.
The men and their degrees are
Albert Bentin Shield, 1924 Six
teenth st. N. W., doctor of juris-
prudence; Thomas R. Fulton, 1903
New Hampshire Ave-, N. w., mas
ter of arts, and Franklin w. Ryan,
3601 Connecticut Ave. N. w.,
bachelor of arts.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
UNTERMYER HITS
DO-NOTHING U. S.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 20 G.N.SD.
Samuel Untermeyer, prominent
New York lawyer and president
of the Non.Sectarian Anti.Nazi
League, today sounded the call for
a militant boycott against the
Hitler government.
He sharply accused the United
States of adopting a "do-nothing"
policy and described its foreign
relations as weak and flabby."
In an address before the joint
brotherhood meeting of the syna-
gogues and temples of this city,
Untermeyer offered to underwrite
personally the cost of carrying out
an unofficial boycott against Ger
many, declaring:
"Our inaction is nothing short
Of a crime against civilization.
1.-THE nightmare of Naziism
must be crushed by men and
women of all religions. Ger
many can never be self-support-
ing, her people cannot be fed
on parades, fireworks and bally.
hoo"
Untermyer predicted the Panay
incident will lead US to wait fol
the slow results of diplomacy until
all has been forgotten" Mean
while, he said, the United States
loses Self-reSpect.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20

ish exchange are salable all over
the world.
Such a mechanism might be
used to stimulate trade and
travel with Great Britain, its
dominions and through the
world as a whole. Some special
inducement might well be made
so as to direct the use Of these
obligations in these channels.
Not only would the Federal
Treasury thus be replenished,
but so would world commerce.
In part, the success of a plan Of
this kind depends on it's capacity
to stimulate international busi.
ness.
TRANSFER ISLANDS?
If Great Britain Is ready to
live up to its agreement, if it
means what it says and that it
is only asking for someone to
point the way out, does not its
own sacred treaty" of 1923
show it that way?
On the other hand, a few miles
from our own coast are the
beautiful Bahamas. Also Ber-
muda, with a naval base, close
to our shore; Jamaica, Trinidad
and British Honduras, in addi-
tion to all these innumerable
islands strung along in the sea
east of the entrance to the
Panama Canal that we are obli-
gated to protect. This group of
islands could furnish a base for
negotiating with a view to a
transfer to the United States in
payment of all or part Of the
debt. England has always paid
its debt with interest whenever
possible, and here are oppor-
tunities for doing so.
If Great Britain thinks so
much of the sacredness of its
agreements and treaties that she
can spend more than a billion
dollars in a year in preparation
for another holy war to enforce
the sacredness Of treaties, what
should it not be willing to do to
make good on its promise to us?
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
More Relief
Expected
BY FREDERICK N. POLANGIN

Q.N.S.) Administration leaders
had virtually abandoned hope to,
day that unemployment .compen'
sation payments will aid materi-
ally in averting additional relief
appropriations if the business re-
cession continues or gets worse.
WPA officials were doubtful
that the benefit payments, start
ing January / in limited num-
Der Of States. will relieve the strain
on relief rolls to any appreciable
degree during the rest of the fiscal
year. ending June 30.
Only 81 States and the District
of Columbia. in addition to Wis
consin whose system has been in
operation for some time, will be
ready to begin these payments
after January !. But, said one
high government official, the law
wil be in an experimental stage
for many months.
BY July /, 1899 all States and
territories will he covered by the
program although there is a move
ment in Congress, with admin.
stration backing, to apply this
phase of the social security act
to the laggaro States sooner.
Government officials have no
idea how many workers will
benefit under the law or to what
extent the payments will be to-
ward alleviating the drain on
Federal funds for the unem-
ployed. Further, local employ
ment officers as we'll as the
insured workers must adjust
themselves to the many ramifica-
items Of the broad social expert
ment.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
CAPITOL STUFF.
By John ODOnneH and Doris FLeesOn

Those Dionne quns will radio their first English words to
the world January 80 when the fveso help their Eng
lsh tutor-wi chortle "Happy Birthday, Mr. President
Happy Birthday to Your The quns quit cold when it
to pronouncing Roosevelt. But F. d. RS ffy-sixth
birthday the famed five will join in the celebrations raise
funds for the study and cure Of infantile paralysis
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
Seckinger to Talk
On Hospital Ethics

DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger, assist
ant health officer of the District,
will talk on hospital standards
tonight at a public meeting of
the Monday Evening Club at 8
p. m. in the Y. w. C. A., Seven
teenth and K Streets Northwest.
Richard Mackenzie, Interior
Department consultant, also will
address the club. His subject will
be Coordination of Hospitals With
Aealth Departments.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
to Recall
Quaker Assembly

Sponsors of the proposed new
Doctors Hospital, Inc. decided
Today to build into the structure
a plaque to memorialize the first
Quaker meeting house in Wash
lngton. 1t is on the site of the
meeting house in the 1900 block
Of I st. N. w, that the new hos.
pital Is 70 be erected.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
Roosevelt Asked
For Day Of Prayer

DETROIT, Dec. 20 Q.N.SO
Citing the precedent set by George
Washington and followed by
Presidents Lincoln and Wilson,
the Rev. j. Frank Norris, former
Dallas, Tex, evangelist. today
sent a letter to President Roose-
velt urging a national day of
prayer to help avert the rising
threat of war over the Japanese
Chinese situation.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
HOUSING PARLEY,
CALLED TODAY
BY PRESIDENT
Bill Amending Old Act
Passes House

G.N.S.O AS the final action
for the special session, Senate
leaders today announced they
planned to launch consideration
of President Roosevelt's recon-
mended housing legislation in the
Senate tomorrow.
Designed as part of the Presi.
dents program for battling the
current business recession through
stimulation Of home building and
construction, a House-approved
measure liberalizing the present
Federal housing act was placed
before the Senate Banking Com.
mittee today.
Plans for expediting passage Of
the measure were to be made at
a White House conference during
the day. Those summoned to the
White House by the President
were Vice President Garner, Sem
ate Majority Leader Barkley,
Speaker Bankhead and House Ma
jority Leader Rayburn.
The committee, which spent
most of Saturday and Sunday
working on a companion Senate
bill, expected to complete its con-
sideration of the legislation by
nightfall and report a bill to the
upper chamber tomorrow.
The House bill, approved by the
lower chamber 326 to % in a
night session Saturday, would
amend the act by reducing down.
payment requirements from 40 to
10 per cent on FHA.insured mort.
cages on homes up to $4,000 in
value. The measure also would
provide an innovation by extend.
ing the same terms to rural hous.
ing, heretofore barred under FHA
regulations.
Similarly, on FHA-insured urban
dwellings not exceeding $4,000 in
value, down payment require.
ments would be reduced from 20
per cent to IA.
A cut in the FIA's required
6 ITO per cent interest rate to as
low as 5A per cent is also pro.
vided in the House measure, aS
well as a provision liberalizing
existing law to stimulate con.
struction of multi-family units for
persons in low-income brackets.
In asking Congress to overhaul
the act, President Roosevelt
pointed to the accumulated short.
age" in housing and estimated
that between $4,000, 100000 and
$4,000, 1000, 900 could be spent in
the next five years without
creating a surplus of housing &C.
commodations and without impair
ing the value of existing housing"
He proposed the bill to give pri-
vate capital the fullest encour.
agement" in a building revival.
INN EHEMNS
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
HOUSE MEMBERS.
RENEW EFFORTS.
FOR WAGE BILL.
Advocates May Oppose
Farm Measure
Bv WILLIAM s. NEAL

0.N.S.) House leaders in the
flight for national legislation for
minimum wages and maximum
hours today awaited word from
President Roosevelt to renew their
drive for action in the regular
session of Congress starting jan
uary 3.
Even though no word is re
ceived from the President, efforts
will be made by members to raise
the issue. But Administration
spokesmen indicated that the pro-
gram will be dropped until after
the 1888 election unless the Presi-
dent intervenes.
Embittered House advocates of
the Black-Connery bill, recommit-
ted to the labor committee for
further study. still talked Of
blocking farm relief legislation
until measures backed by delega
tions from industrial sections are
approved.
WILL FORCE ISSUE
Representative Randolph CD
of West Virginia will seek to force
the issue in the House Labor Com
mittee in January.
TT is my intention to propose
that we begin again to frame a
wage-hour bill for action" he
said. II shall put the matter
before the committee.
There won't be anything
about wages and hours for at
least a year." confidently de- 4
clared Representative Lambert
son (RD of Kansas, also a mem
ber of the committee and op-
ponent of the bill.
TEST REPRISALs
The first test on the threats of
reprisals by Northern Democrats
against Southern Democrats for
the wage-hour bill defeat will come
when a conference report on the
farm bill is presented in January,
with Representative McGranery
Cd of Pennsylvania declaring
that "the farm bill isn't passed
yet" Representative Walter CD
Of Pennsylvania said a wage-hour
bloc effort to defeat the measure
is extremely likely. This, he said,
is especially true if the Boileau
amendment, sought by Northern
dairy farmers and opposed by
Southern members, is stricken
from the farm bill.
FARM BILL THREAT
Realizing the seriousness Of the
threat to the farm bill, which
narrowly escaped recommittal in
the House, Chairman Jones of the
Agriculture Committee promised
to make every effort to effect a
compromise to placate the dairy
States members.
Representative Smell of New
York, Republican House leader,
was enthusiastic over his success
in keeping all but six party mem
bers in line against the wage-hour
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
By HENRIK sHIPSTEAD
United States Senator from Minnesota


not all that could be done, he
Granted that Great Britain
cannot meet her war obligations
to us through the export of
gold. and we would not want
her to do so if she could. But
that is not the only answer to
the dilemma.
In the funding agreement
with Great Britain of June,
1923, I find that the British
government has agreed to issue
definite engraved bonds in form
suitable for sale to the public"
in exchange for those issued
under the agreement with our
Government. These bonds are
to be in bearer form and carry
the same exemption from tax
tion as those issued under the
existing debt agreement.
NO EFFORT TO DO 1T
Why has the United States
Treasury never called this al
tentative into use? The agree
ment specifically states that
they will be issued "at any
time" or from time to time"
at the request of the Secretary
of the Treasury.
During all the default history
of this debt agreement no at
tempt, to my knowledge, has
been made to use the alterna-
tive. Yet, it is obvious that it
might we'll be used tc provide
both Great Britain and the
United States with a wey out of
the dilemma in which they now
find themselves.
1t should not be difficult to
imagine what could take place if
British bonds suitable for sale
to the public" were made avail
able in this country under this
agreement. Placed in the hands
of American tourists who spend
about Is million dollars a year
in England alone, they could be
liquidated and put in the hands
of the British people through
the normal processes of provid-
ing these services. Or given into
the hands of American tourists,
who spent over 225 million dol
lars in Canada. the Dominion
could provide the mother coun-
try with assistance in discharg-
ing its obligation.
TRADE RAMIFICATIONS
Then there are the unlimited
ramifications of triangular and
multilateral trade. Suppose Bra
zil needs British exchange to
buy goods from Britain. Brazil
could trade coffee to an Ameri-
can holder of these British bonds
and acquire the needed ex-
change, and thus the debt would
be transferred. The Brazilian
businessman would use the bond
to pay for British goods. That
would liquidate the bond and
make it unnecessary for Eng
land to buy dollars. This is only
one example of hundreds that
might be cited.
There would be no difficulty
in making a transfer of this
kind. British bonds and Brit
The Washington times., 1937-12-20


Mccarthy. as part of the Pacific
Coasts celebration of the RooSe.
Delt birthday.
Postmaster General James
Aloysius Farley, no midget him
self, proffered his condolences
to his British Majesty's tower
ing Ambassador, Sir Ronald
Lindsay, for having to buy
and wear-the tremendous
amount Of gold braid and but
tons that adorned the Lindsay
coat at the diplomatic reception.
"How much do you suppose
that regalia weighs?". asked
genial Jim.
IT put my coat on my wife's
bathroom scales this evening""
confessed aristocratic Sir Ron
aid. ''It weighs precisely four.
teen pounds"
Though 6.foot.6 Sir Ronald is
a landmark in any company,
most Of the top.ranking New
Dealers-including F. D. r. him.
self-have no trouble looking
him in the eye.
Behi d the mupeuUering
tDhtch defeated the Roosevelt
plan to reorg1nise the Supreme
Court, the New Dealers dis.
cerned the stately form of Chief
Justice Charles Evans Hughes,
playing politics for all he wGS
north. 1t neUer seemed tDiSe to
complain about it-bMt tDhen
the triumphant Chief Justice
undertook to croU oDer the New
Deal Attorney General, SuGve
Homer Stille Cummings, Mr..
Cummings didn't take it lying
doWn.
The occasion tUGS the recent
judicial CONFERENCE.-THE an.
nudl gathering of the lo1Der Fed
erGl Judiciary tDith the Supreme
Court and Department of Jus
tice heads. The jMrtStS, com.
planting of their congeSted dock.
cts, suggested minor lGtU be
passed By Congress tOhich mould
help correct their difficulties.
"Such legislation would be
helpful" agreed the bewhiSk-
cred Chief Justice. But the At.
torney General, who is expe-
r1enced and wise in the ways of
politics, can tell you, I'm sure,
that it might prove rather diff
cult and tedious to get Con-
gress to pass such a measure.
Ear be it from the Attorney
General to assert that he can
testify better than the Chief
Justice about how to induce
Congress to behave with respect
The Washington times., 1937-12-20

BY = Modern HoEarth. Amusing
Paintings by an English Girl Sat
iriEinE the Weaknesses Of Present Day
Society, lnspired BY the Great 18th
Century CaricatuFist. See Them in
The American Weekly with Sundays
WashingtOn Herald. Times.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
GETS SOCCER AWARD

TTCHACA, N. Y, Dec. 20.
Richard H. Lee, 3542 Newark St.,
Washington, D. c., has been
awarded his soccer numerals, it
was announced by Cornell Uni
verSity here today.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20

will nature destroy mankind as 1t did
the hinge dinosaurs? Scientists point out
that the human race has travelled the
same path Of evolution. has now perhaps
passed its peak and is on the way down.
hill to extinction. dOuble-paGe illus.
with Sundays Washington Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
TREASURY CONDITION

G.N.SO. Treasury balance De.
cember IT: $3,134,934, 4,136.40; in.
ternal revenue, $7,S32, 2,644.O2; Gus.
toms receipts, $18,073, ,3S4.57.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20

to legislation" instantly re-
torted Cummings.
And, speaking of Hughes, a
capital witness inquired of a
friend:
Have you been to the Su-
preme Court yet to see Chief
Justice Hughes give his justly
celebrated imitation of God?"
japanese Ambassador Hirosi
Saito has two daughters, Sakiko,
II, and Masako, 9. Here in the
capital they attend the convent
of the Sacred Heart, a school
maintained by Catholic nuns,
and 60 there because they first
went to a Catholic school of
that name in Japan. A chauffeur
takes them to school, 10 blocks
away, in a 16-cylinder car and
they have the same curriculum
as all other youngsters. The en-
bassy emphatically denies that
any police protection is being
used to escort them to their
classes.
And for choice hdrd-boiled
American humor, there are the
Christmas peace on Earth,
GoodtDtH ToUdrd Men" cards
poU GTriUing in the capital from
the officers and men of the
U. S. S. Augusta, first of this
nations warcrdtt to be bombed
With fatal results BY the Jap.
GneSe.
This nemeuto of the birth OF
the Prince of Peace includes
photograph OF the explosion OF
a Jap air bomb as it tossed a
oeyser of Shanghai tDGter and
metal against the port side of
Admiral Harry YGrnelPS flag.
ship. Facing the photograph is
a drGUing OF the Augusta against
a midnight sky tDhich is etched
Dith shell fire from the tracer
bullets of machine guns. The
final SGrdonic touch Is the
legend "ChriStntGS in China is
Just like the Fourth of July
back home"
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
Anti-Lynch Battle
Grips Senate at End
OfWash-Out Session
Reorganization Bill to Be Pressed Under
Roosevelt Order at Next Congress

GNS) Hostiles the nti-ynchng bill renewed
the today leaders described the
special session of Congress washou and made plans
for the next meeting beginning January 3.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20

January >.
President Roosevelt has spurreo
Administration leaders to expedite
passage of the Government reor'
ganization bill at the next session.
Senate Majority Leader Barkley
was hopeful the measure could be
called up early il January.
This measure would give the
President authority to merge Gov
ernment bureaus and lop off
others in the interest of efficiency.
It would also give the Chief Execu.
tive powers over bureaus he does
not now possess.
LYNCH BILL UP
But the antilynching bill was
the first problem to be solved in
the Senate. This measure would
have the Federal Government
combat lynching by imposing
heavy penalties upon local off,
cials for negligence in guarding
prisoners. 1t became the Senate's
unfinished business with passage
of the Farm bill Friday.
Racing against time, with ad
journment of Congress set for
Wednesday, the Senate Banking
Committee met this morning to
speed a report on the Wagner
Steagall housing bill. Plans had
been made by Administration
leaders to have the anti-lynching
bill laid aside until the next ses-
sion of Congress, if the housing
bill we're reported.
HOUSING ACT LIKELY
While leaders were wary about
predicting what the Senate would
do this week before quitting for
the holidays, the general con-
sensus was the housing bill had
a good chance of passing before
Wednesday,; that is, go to confer.
ence with the House, which Satur-
day passed a somewhat similar
housing bill by a humping
majority.
The House was marking time,
with only a corporars guard on
hand, waiting for the Senate to
dispose of business. No more
controversial measures will be
taken up in the House during the
present session, leaders assured.
HOME FOR HOLIDAYS
Many members of the House
have gone home for the Christ
mas holidays. Some Senators
have adjourned" and gone home,
satisfied that no more sdministra-
ton must" measures will be
taken up.
Indications were that not a
single bill to stimulate business
recovery will become law during
the emergency session. At least
a month will be required by Sen,
ate and House conferees to adjust
differences between the radically
different Senate and House farm
bills, Senators said.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
CAN PAY

viecs on the editorial kck oas published in The Times
last Friday aChich distinguished British economist
set forth the theory that Great Britain cannot pay her
Cdr debt to the United States. Senator Shpstedd is a
member of the Senate Committee Foreign Affairs and
during his in that body has gained internd
tonU reputation authority economic problems.
By HENRIK sHIPsTEAD
United States Senator from Minnesota
The distinguished economist quoted by The Times has
decided that Great Britain cannot sell 200 million dollars
worth of additional goods annually to the United States
and therefore the only way she could pay her debt
would be reduce present purchases here by that amount
and build balance of trade favorable herself! This is
not all that could be done, however.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20

MoDie fans tDill be delighted
to krpoD that like,DiSe on Jan.
Tdry 30, Shirley Temple ,Diu Gp-
pear in Calitornid's Rose BoaDl
NTH her boy friend, Charlie
Mccarthy. as part of the Pacific
Coasts celebration of the RooSe.
Delt birthday.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20

RATEN By CARRIER IN WASHINGTON D. c.
AND SUBURBS
The Washington times., 1937-12-20

FLOOD LEGENDS
Primitive peoples in nearly every
portion of the world have had
legends of a great flood.
The Washington times., 1937-12-20
0TaRR gTATEs. cANAb4 AND MEXICO

AR& NAn gUBsCRIPrIONs PAYABLE
N ADVANCE
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RATES BY NAIL FOR VIRGINIA. MARYLAND
WEgr VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA