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The Washington times., 1937-01-25
The Greatest Show On Earth
By Frank Miller Smith

take all this session Of Congress
to get around to them all.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25

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The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Building Program

Building Program
FNHE ten-year building program which President
i Roosevelt has revealed in the course of formula
ton to meet the housing needs of the Federal Govern
ment in the District should be speeded to early auth
orizaton by Congress.
As to the necessity of such program of construction
from the standpoint of efficient functoning of the Gov
ernment's agencies there can be no doubt.
SIMILARLY THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT AS TO
THE FACT THAT BY CARRYING 1T TO PROMPT
ACCOMPLISHMENT THE PROGRAM WOULD
SAVE THE GOVERNMENT MONEY.
It is somewhat ironical that President Roosevelt
should find himself under the necessity of preparing
such building program at the very start of his second
term in the White House.
It will be recalled that shortly before he took office
the Hoover Administration had completed the Depart
ment of Commerce Building and the socalled Triangle
buildings were in course of construction.
This building program brought boots Of derision from
the incoming Democrats in 1885, it being asserted that
the mammoth structures would never be filled
Within few months of the first Roosevelt inaugura-
tion the Department of Commerce Building was filled to
overflowing and many of the Triangle buildings subse
quenty placed in service have been outgrown by the
agencies for which they designed before those
agencies moved into the new quarters.
The millions of feet of floor space placed in service
under the Roosevelt Administration have proven to be
totally inadequate to meet the rapidly expanding gov
ernmental organization.
The Government has overflowed and occupies
most of the space in many privately owned office build
ngs and has been forced to every expeden in order to
f;oJo VITO for tod
It has even had to go into the cys residential
tions and lease mansions and large private homes.
Obviously such procedure is neither economical
efficient
long range program of construction is the only
to the present situation.
Many Government agencies, notably the War De-
partment and the Navy Department, are housed in
buildings that erected during the World War and
were not meant to be permanent
Other agencies are in worse plight
President Roosevelt is wise in giving thought now to
meeting the needs.
Buildings of the type and size needed by the Govern
ment cannot be built in day.
WELL-PLANNED, LONG RANGE PROGRAM IS
AN ABSOLUTE ESSENTIAL IF THE CONsTRUC-
TION IS TO BE OF THE KIND DESIRED AND IS TO
PRESERVE THE ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOP
MENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
INDIFFERENCE

A melancholy example Of the
indifference Of millions Of Amer.
leans to the rights and duties OF
citizenship is the number OF
Senators and Representatives in
Congress today who are walking
examples of that abysmal 1gnor'
ance Of the Constitution which Is
one Of its only two enemies VINO
are in the least to be feared"
This ignorance Of the Constitu'
tion-of its contents, its meaning
the great truths underlying it, the
great things done in its name and
under its protection-crops out al,
most daily in the proceedings OF
both houses.
Yet every Senator and Repre-
sentative in Congress takes an
oath to support and defend the
Constitution of the United States
against all enemies, foreign and
domestic" Instead of supporting
the Constitution against the
domestic enemies of ignorance
and indifference, a diScouragingly
large number of national leglS-
lators are driven year after year
by their passion for power and
their lust for personal publicity to
prey both upon ignorance and IN
difference regarding the ConStltu'
ton.
Take for example the sapping
expedition now organizing on
Capitol Hill to destroy the inoe-
pendence of the Judiciary and set
up within the Legislative branch
despotic power over the people.
This is in reality an attack upon
the American form of government.
of which the Supreme Court OF
the United States is 1.-The keystone
of the arch"
Speaking in the lower House Of
Congress on January 25, 1925
The Washington times., 1937-01-25

The Constitution has but ttDo
enemies, whether foreign or do
meStic, tDho are in the least to
be feared. The first of these Is
Acknowledgements OF its con-
tents, ignorance OF its meaning,
ignorance of the great truths on
tphtch it is founded and OF the
great things that haze been
done In its name.
And the second is tndtter-
ence-the sort of Indifference
1Dhich leads many people, other
,uiSe tDeH enough behaved, to t0'
more both the rights and duties
of citizenship.
JOHN W. DAVIS.
Beginning on the seventeenth OF
next September the American
people will enter upon a national
observance Of the one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary Of the
adoption Of the Constitution Of the
United States.
The main purpose Of this seSqui
centennial celebration must be to
conquer the two enemies Of the
Constitution, so clearly portrayed
by Mr.. Davis, if the great Amer
ican family is to get any benefit
out Of the forthcoming celebra
tion.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25

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Evening star., 1937-08-15
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Evening star., 1937-11-04
BUILDING CONGRESS
DINNER is TONIGHT
Business Men and Officials to
Attend-Holden to Make
Principal Address.

Washington business men and Of
ficials of the Federal and District
governments will attend the first an
nual dinner of the Washington Build
ing Congress tonight at the Cosmos
Club. The congress, formed early this
year, embraces in its membership all
branches of the building industry, in
cluding bankers who finance the
projects.
The principal address tonight will
be made by Thomas s. Holden, presi-
dent of the New York Building Con-
gress. Col. Dan I. Sultan, Engineer
Commissioner, will extend welcome
to the congress as constructive CO.
operative effort to advance the welfare
OF the building industry and related
interests in the Capital"
Among the guests will be Stewart
Mcdonald, Federal housing admins
traitor; DR.. Lyman ]. Briggs, director
Bureau of Standards; David I. Lynn,
architect of the Capitol; L. A. Simon,
supervising architect Treasury De-
partment; A. r. Clas, assistant ad-
ministrator of P. w. A.; Thomas j.
Groom, president of the District Bank
ers Association; Edward j. Harding,
managing director Associated General
Contractors of America, and Morton
j. Guchs, president Of the Washington
Real Estate Board.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
.HAzEN |NSPECTS
DC. SLUM PROJECT
16 Houses Being Built by
Alley Dwelling Authority
Are Visited.

Sixteen houses being constructed by
the Districts Alley Dwelling Authority
in its slum clearance program were
inspected today by delegation headed
by Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen.
Other members of the group we're
DR.. Arson Phelps Stokes, president of
the Washington Housing Association;
Harry S. Wender, president of the
Southwest Citizens Association; Mrs.
Helen Duey Hoffman, secretary of the
Housing Association, and John Ihlder,
executive officer of the Dwelling Au-
thority.
After the tour Commissioner Hazen
said the new unit represents a splen-
did advance in the slum clearance
movement. Members of the inspecting
party, he said, were particularly i'm
pressed by the large rooms and VIM
dows.
The new buildings, replacing a slum
area in an alley off K street between
Sixth and Seventh SW., are expected
to be ready for occupancy in January.
The houses are two-story dwellings of
four, five and six rooms Each has a
fully equipped bathroom and kitchen,
is insulated against extremes of heat
and cold and has utility room and a
service yard in the rear. After COM
pletion of construction work the CEN
trail space, opening to K street, will be
sodded and planted with shade trees.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
RODENBERG ESTATE
ISLEFT TOTWO SONS
Former Representative From Illi-
nois Had Holdings Valued
at Over S342.871.

DispoSing of an estate valued in eX-
cess OF $342 ,871, the will of William A.
Rodenberg. former Representative
from Illinois, who died September 10.
was filed for probate in District Court
today
The bulk of the estate was left in
trust for Mr.. Rodenberg's two sons.
William r. and Robert r. Rodenberg.
The former legislator, who had prac-
elced law here for many years. ex-
planned he made no provision for his
widow, Mrs. Mary G. Rodenberg, be-
cause she already had been amply pro-
vided for and had full knowledge of
the terms of the will.
The will directed that the two
sons receive Immediately all tangible
personal property and effects. Be-
quests OF $500 to Mr.. Rodenberg's
secretary, Mrs. Margaret Finch, and
$3.50 cash each to two servants, Frank
and Amelia Dixon, were provided.
Mr. Rodenberg directed that the
residue of the estate be held in trust
Tor his sons, the income to be divided
equally between them until each
reaches the age of 40, when he will
receive one-half of his share of the
principal. At the age of As each
son will receive the remaining half
of his share.
Mrs. Rodenberg, William r. Roden-
berg and the Liberty National Bank
were named co-trustees. Mrs. Roden-
berg was also suggested as executrix.
william r. Rodenberg was attorney
for the estate.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
Woman Calls
Police to Find
Foot of Rabbit

Miss Susan Rogers, 1919 Ashmead
place, stepdaughter of Representa-
tive Hamilton Fish, Republican, of
New York, asked police today to help
her find her good-luck charm-the left
hind foot of a rabbit shot at midnight
in the light Of a full moon.
The lucky piece, Miss Rogers said,
was sent to her in the mails two
months ago by an anonymous donor,
who, after describing its acquisition,
assured her that short of having the
friendship of Hecate, nothing in this
mortal world would prove better in
surance of consistent good fortune.
The foot was in Miss Rogers purse,
which she told police she lost about
7:30 O'Clock last night while walking
in the vicinity of Twelfth and H
streets NV. The purse contained
also $40 in cash and Junior League
badge, which Miss Rogers valued espe-
cially because it was given to her by
her mother, Mrs. Grace Fish.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
ANNUAL X. c. FORUM
WILL OPEN SUNDAY
DR.. John K. Cartwright to Talk.
Program to Be Broadcast Over
VOL at 5:15 O'Clock.

The sixth annual forum of the
Knights OF Columbus will be opened at
the Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, Eighth and N streets NV, Sum-
day, when the Rev. DR.. John K. Cart
wright, the pastor, will speak on THE
Portion of His Inheritance: The
Church of the Past
The forum will be'held each Sunday
in November at S pm with DR.. Cart
wright as speaker, and will be broad
cast over Station VOL starting at Sis
o'clock There will be also a special
musical program.
The forum is designed as an infor-
nation center for non-Catholics as
well as Catholics. 1t was inaugurated
under the sponsorship of the Fourth
Degree K. of C. in 1882. at the sug-
gestion Of DR.. George r. Ellis. The
chairman this year is DR.. John j.
Bowen.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
STRIKE HITS MILK
BOTTLE EXCHANGE
SUPPLYING DIARIES
Officials Say WaIkout of 16
Workers Will Not Affect
Deliveries.
$21.60 WEEKLY SCALE
is DEMANDED BY MEN
Organizer Says Terms Must Be
Met Before Men Will Re-
turn to Their Jobs.

The plant of the Washington Milk
Bottle Exchange, which daily handles
approximately $4,000 bottles for local
dairies, shut down today when l6 en-
ployes walked out in strike for higher
wages and shorter hours. Dairy Off
eials said the strike would not affect
milk deliveries.
The men were led from the exchange
at z am. by James Kimbro, colored
organizer for the American Federation
Of Labor and president of Local 80,
Building Service Employees, the union
with which the employees are affiliated.
Mr.. Kimbro said the strikers demand
4S-hour work week and a wage of As
cents per hour for all employees, or
$21.60 a week. He said the men now
work from so to 81 hours week for an
average weekly wage of SIT.
The organizer declared the men
would remain on strike until their
terms are met. Those who left the
plant this morning loitered on corners
in the vicinity of the exchange, To-
Gated at 1900 Fenwick street NE, in
readiness for a recall if their demands
are complied with.
F. Larmour Oyster, superintendent
of the exchange, was quoted by Mr..
Kimbro as having verbally agreed to
the terms of a contract calling for the
new wage and hour scales.
Mr.. Oyster, however, left the ex-
change to confer with counsel shortly
after the walk-out and was still
closeted with his attorneys at noon.
Mr.. Kimbro said l6 of the II men
comprising the force employed in the
plant walked out on the strike. The
remaining employe. who is not a men,
ber of the union, did not report for
work today.
The exchange handles the redistri-
button of milk bottles collected by local
dairies. They are sterilized when
brought in, ano returned to the
dairies which placed them in distribu-
tion.
Truckloads of empty bottles sent to
the exchange this morning by several
leading dairies to be distributed to
their proper owners were turned back
because of the walk-out.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
School Board Action Policy
On Licenses May Be Changed
Too Much Time Consumed on Individual
Cases, Members Protest-Report
Card INSTRUMENTATION 4 pprOued.

The Board of Education may change
its policy of taking official action on
all applications for liquor licenses near
school premises.
The question arose at its meeting
yesterday IN the Franklin Administra-
tion Building following lengthy dis
cussion of an application by a restau-
rant owner at 1851 Seventh street
NV, disapproved by the members
September IS and referred subse-
quently to school officers for further
study after appeal by the proprietor
The board took no action to reverse
its previous decision, but many of the
members expressed opinion that dis
cussion on the various applications
for permits is taking entirely too much
of the boards time
Il have been in conference with
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, the board
president, on this matter already.
Superintendent of Schools Frank w
Ballou told the members.
Policy Adopted in June.
The policy of considering every
license application and acting officially
as a board was adopted last June
following request by Chairman
George Offutt of the Alcoholic Bev-
erage Control Board that this be done.
Previous practice had been to have
lawyer member represent the School
Board at the hearing conducted by the
Alcohol Beverage Control Board.
School officers reported to the mem
bers yesterday that further study in
connection with the Seventh street
application in no way changed their
previous objection that the granting
of such permit would be bad influ-
ence on the pupils of the nearby
Cleveland School
Discrimination Question Raised.
Several board members, however,
raised the objection that there were
IL other liquor stores already near
by, many Of them closer than the
present applicant and that rejection
to this application would constitute
discrimination in a case involving
property rights.
Indicating possibility that repre-
sentatives of the board under the old
Evening star., 1937-11-04
u. S. COTTON INCOME
is SET AT BILLION
Production Increase Will Offset
Decline in Price, Econ
omists Predict.
By the Associated Press.

a
Cotton growers will receive a gross
income of about 100000 from
this years crop despite low prices,
Government economists predicted yes
terday.
They said a decline in prices from
nearly Is cents pound early this year
to about 8 cents recently would be off,
set somewhat by the AZ per cent in
crease in the 1887 production over
1886.
Income from the 1887 crop "is ex-
pected to equal or exceed" the 1886
figure which the economists estimated
at s987 100000
The estimates, made by the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics, included
money received from actual sale Of
cotton and cotton seed, from the loan
and subsidy program on this years
crop, and from payments under the
1897 soil conservation program.
Evening star., 1937-11-04

system may have approved the issuance
of some of the other licenses, Mrs.
Phillip Sidney Smith thought rejec-
ton in the present case might make
the board look little foolish"
Vice President Robert Maurer and
Gratz Dunkum, however, maintained
that property rights were Of no con-
Germ to the board.
Il think, however. that we are all
fundamentally agreed on the liquor
proposition as far as schools are con-
cerned," Mrs. Smith said after the
long discussion. indicating that the
trouble comes in the special cases.
The members approved experiment
tation with report cards in several
elementary schools under which less
attention will be devoted to marks
and more to detailed analysis of
the pupils response to education.
Enrolment Down Slightly.
Enrolment was reported at 93,422.
falling of of 81 over the same time
last year, and graduation dates for
the year we're also announced. Febru-
ary classes will get their diplomas
January 27-28 and the June graduates
will get theirs on the 2lst or 22nd in
the white schools and the 1923 in the
colored schools.
1t was also brought out at the
meeting that Works Program Admin
istration courses in stenography are
not considered the equivalent of public
day school work and are not accept
able as credentials to take examina-
tion for the schools clerical service
The question came up when Amy
Mahoney of 1901 @ street NV. ap-
pealed to the board by letter following
rejection by the Board of Examiners
of her w. P. A. credentials. The
matter was referred to DR.. BaIlou.
Anacostia High School will be dedi-
Gated November 9, it was also an
nounced, and naming of two new
schools, one at Fifth and Sheridan
streets NV, and the other at the
present Banneker recreation site, was
referred to naming committee. A
course in the effects of alcohol and
narcotics was approved for the senior
high schools.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
Members of Congress Must Use
French Phones and Like 1t

Those members of Congress who a
few years ago rebelled at the idea of
using a new tangled gadget" called
a French telephone will be surprised
when they return to Washington for
the special session November Is to
find one on every desk in their
Offices.
The Chesapeake e. Potomac Tele-
phone Co., on its own initiative, is
now installing the latest type hand
sets" in every room of both the old
and new House Office Buildings where
an old type "hi-boy'' phone is still
in use. These new hand phones go
one step into modernity beyond the
original type-the bell box is in the
base of the phone and not attached
to a desk or wall.
The so-called French phones have
been used in the offices of members
of the Senate for number of years.
House members, however, were re-
quired to use the old type phones
unless they were willing to pay the
special tariff of Is cents a month for
the new phones until the cost was
wiped out. Only q few members Or
dered the new phones.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
WEIGHS VALIDITY
OF RECEIPTS TAX
Three Judge Court Takes
Case Under Amusement.
Speedy Ruling Promised.

Constitutionality of the Districts
new business privilege and gross re-
ceipts tax, attacked by Howard w.
Berry, advertising man, in a suit to
invalidate the law, was being con-
sidered today by special three Judge
court.
Brief arguments by counsel were
heard late yesterday and the court,
composed of Associate Justice D.
Lawrence Groner of the United States
Court of Appeals and Chief Justice
Alfred A. Wheat and Associate Justice
Jennings Bailey of the District Court,
took the case under advisement.
Justice Groner told opposing at
torneys the courts decision would be
rendered as speedily as possible.
The case first was argued several
weeks ago before Justice Bailey, but
that jurist decided it should have been
heard by a three Judge court as pro-
vided in the recent law revising pro-
cedure in Federal courts. since it in
volved the constitutionality of Fed
eral statute.
Arguments yesterday followed much
the same line as in the prior hearing.
Mr.. Berry's attorney, Richard l..
Tedrow, contended the tax burdened
interstate commerce, and hence was
invalid. while Assistant Corporation
Counsel Jo v. Morgan relied on case
decided last July by the United States
Court of Appeals, which upheld tax
on the Potomac Electric Power Co
based on its gross earnings, including
those drawn from nearby Maryland
Mr.. Morgan contended gross receipts
we're the yardstick by which the tax
was measured and not the subject OF
the tax
Evening star., 1937-11-04

But now the telephone company
is installing them without additional
charge because they've been placed
in the category of regular equipment.
The members will have to use them
and like them.
The congressional complaints against
the modern telephone, however, were
not directed primarily at the French
phone but at the dial system that
was installed in the Capitol and the
Senate and House ONCE Buildings in
May, 1880. At that time Senator
Glass, Democrat, of Virginia objected
so strenuously the dial system was
taken out Of the Senate side but re-
stored month later by Senate reso-
luton.
Nearly all members of the Senate
thereafter became accustomed to dial
ing number, but Capitol telephone
operators admit there are still q few
"hold-outs" who refuse to give in to
the new system.
And what do they do when they
want to phone? Call the Capitol
operator and let her do the dialing
for them.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
TAX
GUIDE PREPARED
Copies of Regulations, Also
Covering D. c. Estate
levieS, Authorized.

Several thousand copies of regula-
tions governing the administration of
the Districts inheritance and estates
tax laws, which were approved yester-
day by the Commissioners, will be
ready for distribution some time next
week, it was announced today by 10 v.
Morgan, assistant corporation counsel.
The rules are embodied in 28-page
printed document and cover multi
tude of details regarding the transfer
of properties involved in settlement
of estates and the receipt of inheri-
tances. The laws cover all inheri-
tances and estates from persons who
have died since 1901 am. August 18,
last.
Heavy Penalties Provided.
Mr.. Morgan warned that heavy
penalties may be assessed against any
person who fails or refuses to file a
return or pay taxes due under the two
laws.
Any person receiving an inheritance,
not handled through an executor or
administrator. must be reported within
so days of the death of the donor, he
said. Any administrator or executor
must submit a return within IS
months. For failing to file a return
on time there is a penalty up to 25
per cent Of the tax, or so per cent in
cases where there is proof that the
return was false or fraudulent. Also
there is q fine up to 81 900 or impris-
onment up to one year for refusal to
file q return or willful refusal to pay q
tax levy.
Inheritance Tax Varies.
The tax on inheritances is l per cent
above an exemption of IS 1000 for rela-
tives such as father, mother, husband
wife or child. For collateral relatives
such as brothers, sisters, nephews ano
nieces, the tax rate is 3 per cent on
all the value of the inheritance above
an exemption of $4,000.
For such relatives as grandnephews
and grandnieces the rate is per cent
for all property above an exemption
valuation of $1,000. There is no ta2
on bequests to charitable, religious ano
education institutions nor to the Dis
trict and Federal governments.
Evening star., 1937-11-04
Alumnae Club to Meet.

+ The Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club of
Washington will meet at pm. next
Tuesday with Miss Marion Mccoy,
441o Sixteenth street NV. There will
be display and sale of hand-woven
articles from the settlement school
at Gaithersburg, Tenn. The program
will be In charge Of Mrs. Carl Smith
Dow. who has been selected A. con-
vention guido.