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The Washington times., 1937-11-23
By THEODORE HUNTLEY

do we know what Japan is
doing?" he was asked.
IT think we know pretty well.
We learn everything we can, Of
course"
do you think she will limit
herself to q treaty navy?"
II think she lived up to the
treaty while it was in force"
what is there to the reports
that she is secretly building a
huge submarine fleet?"
There is no limit on subma-
rines. She can build whatever
she wants."
"You don't think she is build.
ing a fleet comparable to Ger.
many's undersea force at the end
Of the WARP"
"Oh, no; nothing like that"
What lessons have we learned
from the war in the Far East?"
Eve have learned that Japan
is ambitious for a large slice Of
China!"
Has the Navy learned any.
thing from operations there?"
Nothing that it didn't know!"
Anything new in the dispute
as to the vulnerability of battle
ships to air attack?"
"This war hasn't shown that
battleships are any more vulner.
able than we thought they were
before"
Secretary Swanson may haV
been thinking of the Japanes
flagship Idzumo, lying in tn
Whangpoo River, opposite Shanl
hal, undamaged by successive q
temptS of the Chinese to sink
from the air or by torpedo attacl
The Washington times., 1937-11-23

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. -Comely
Ruth Hilliard has announced the
end of her trial engagement to
Jimmie Ritz.
But the ending is happy one
in the popular storybook formula
because Ruth is to become "juSt
Mrs. Jimmie Ritz"
Jimmie is the only unmarried
member of the Ritz brother
comedy team.
Ruth Hilliard came to Holly
wood from the New York "Vani-
ties" While the date for the
forthcoming nuptials has not been
divulged, it was indicated by the
cheerful termination Of the trial
engagement that it will not be
long delayed.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
Governor Warns
OF Fascist Peril

LANSIN Mich, Nov. %
U.N.SO.-G ov ernor Frank
Murphy thus warns that wildcat
sit-down strikes will plunge this
country into Fascism unless
halted:
"If an endless series Of small
sit-down strikes continues, we
are headed straight for Fascism
or some other situation alien to
what the laboring man and busi-
ness man in this country
wants."
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
Kidnap Tipsters
Share $4,000 Prize

G.N.s) Ivan Whitford, jani-
tor, and Casper Mira, parking
lot attendant, both OF Syracuse,
today were awarded the $4,000
and $4,000 rewards, respectively,
for giving information leading to
the capture of the three escaped
abductors of John J. O'Conneu, jr.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
Service Pay Raise
Proposed in House

A bill increasing the pay Of pri.
Yates and noncommissioned Off
GERS in the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard by SO a
month was introduced yesterday
by Representative ]. Hardin Peter
son CD. of Florida.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
Neu Tax Bill
on by
Group
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leaders found organized labor split
a dozen ways over provisions OF
a bill to regulate wages and hours.
Bipartisan opposition. with a
Republican spearhead, assured
lengthy debate on the farm bill.
The william Green letter an
nouncing American Federation of
Labor opposition to the pending
wage and hour bill jeopardized
wage-hour action at the special
session.
LEADERS FIGHT TAX BILL
Behind this tangle, pressure con-
tinued to build up for special ses-
sion action to relieve business Of
too burdensome taxation. The
powerful Democratic leadership
has stood firmly against this cur.
rent, but its position has not i'm
proved.
The action Of the ways and
means subcommittee today further
handicaps the leadership.
The fact that real action was
on the agenda today, at both ends
of the Capitol, may come to the
aid Of leaders seeking to postpone
tax legislation until the regular
session in January. Up to now
Congress has had nothing to do
and tax revision has dominated
minds of legislators.
With the farm bill up in the
Senate, and House leaders moving
to break the deadlock over the
wage-hour bill with a petition tc
discharge the Rules Committee
and bring the bill to the floor fol
action, some of the tension was
relieved.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
DANCE FOR GRlDDERs

Members of the South Carolina
National Democratic Club of
Washington will give a dance at
the Lee House tomorrow evening
at 8 o'clock in honor Of the Uni
versity Of South Carolina football
team which plays Catholic Uni
versity here the next day.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
King Anthony
Gives Auto Rule

LONDON, Nov. % dN.s0.
Anthony Hall, who has put for
ward frequent claims to the Brit
ish throne in recent years, today
issued a proclamation" forbid
ding traffic in London's Hyde
Park without his special permis-
sion. ..
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
RELY { COURT

Judging from present indica,
tions, about the only thing the
Southern bloc could hope for was
considerable delay when the anti.
lynching bill is again brought up
so far as Congress is concerned.
Most of them fervently believed
the Supreme Court would hold
the measure, making lynching q
Federal crime, contrary to the
Constitution. 9
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
China Drives Deals.
Stalling at Brussels
By KENNETH T. DOWNS

BRUSSELS, Nov % (INS) ).-Movng toward a frutless
conclusion the Brussels nnepower treaty conference
state of temporary suspension today China adopted
stang tactics to enable her to drive Of private deals
with individual powers for aid against Japan.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
HOPE OF PEACE
IN AUTO TRADE
GAINS GROUND
Gov. Murphy Scores
Wildcat Sit-DoWn

DETROIT, Nov. % UN.SJ
Hopes for a winter of industrial
peace in the motor car industry
were enhanced today after the
CLOS United Automobile Worker,
Union put down a five-day wild
cat Sit-down strike in a Genera
Motors Corporation plant at Pom
tiac and Governor Frank Murphy
condemned sit-downS.
Despite evacuation of the Pom
tiac sit-downers, the two plants
affected-the Fisher Body plant
and Pontiac Motor assembly plant
will not be able to reopen be,
fore next Monday, G. M. officials
said. The intervening Thanksgiv.
ing holiday and necessity to stock
up on materials was responsible
for the delay.
44,IE1 OUT OF WORK
This meant the 14,721 men
thrown into idleness would be out
of work Thanksgiving week. The
workers have lost more than
$550,000 in pay.
Evacuation of the Fisher body
plant came Monday after a per
sonal appeal from President
Homer Martin. Earlier. the strik.
ers defied efforts of the UAW
executive board, international un.
ion officials and their own leaders
to get them to leave.
STRIKERS WARNED
Martin told the strikers:
Your defiance Of your leaders
is a terrible mistake. The UAW
is bigger than any group or in.
dividual. Put unionism before
personal grievances. I appeal to
your loyalty to the labor move.
ment. Leave this plant now and
let the union committee take up
your grievances in an orderly
fashion"
The sit-downers, who first heck.
led Martin. finally voted unani-
mously to leave.
HOTCHKISS UMPIRE
Grievances, including firing Of
six workers last summer and dis
missal of four other workers for a
short-lived wildcat strike last Mon
day, will be submitted to arbitra-
ton with Willard Hotchkiss, of
49,
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
y. S. Knows Japan's
Plans, Says Swanson
major European powers.

This is the second instGent of ercIusiVe interview
aUitk Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson.
By THEODORE HUNTLEY
By treaty navy" Secretary Swanson navy ap-
proxmatey equal in strength Engands and substantially
superior to Japans both baeshps and auxaries based
on the provisions of the London naval treaty of 1880 which
expired last December but which still marks the limits of
Americas naval construction program.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
Wage Bill Fight
Pressed in House
Despite AFL Stand
Green Is Critical of
BLGCk-COnnery
Measure
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL

BY WILLIAM S. NEAL
U.N.SO.-Defying Pre- side MT
William Green, of the American
Federation Of Labor, House lead
ers pushed toward the Zero hour
on the wage-hour bill today in an
effort to force vote in this
special session of Congress.
The bitter criticism of Green
was severe blow to hackers of
the measure, engaged in a drive tc
blast the bill from the rules COM
mittee by obtaining 21S members
signatures to a discharge petition.
OPPOSES BUREAU
Branding the Black-C Connery
bill as unsatisfactory to labor,
Green urged Congress to write
minimum wages and maximum
hours into a bill instead of giving
a Government bureau control over
labor and industry.
Asserting that the business re-
cession already is serious to labor,
he urged a shorter work day and
shorter work week to create jobs,
thus perhaps reviving the 30.hour
week battle.
Green's attitude thrust the ALL
CIO quarrel into Congress. At the
same time Green denounced the
wage-hour bill, John L. Lewis, CIO
chieftain, through labor's Non
Partisan League, called upon every
member of the House to sign the
petition to force a vote.
While refusing to comment upon
Green's criticism, Chairman Mary
T. Norton CD Of New Jersey, Of
the House Labor Committee, said
his request that the bill be recalled
by the committee for rewriting
could not be granted.
ALREADY DECIDED
"The committee has already
decided" she said. "The bill
cannot be called back"
Chairman O'Connor Cd of New
York, of the Rules Committee,
said:
From a parliamentary stand
point, it would be unfortunate to
take it back to the committee.
I think the effort to obtain q
vote will go ahead"
The big push to complete the
petition was scheduled in the
House today, with Representative
Rayburn of Texas, Democratic
leader, adding his signature. More
than 40 members were said to be
ready to follow Rayburn. To date
153 members have signed.
Green's letter to Representative
Norton contained a bitter attack
upon the National Labor Rela-
tions Board. He declared labor be-
lieves "it is no longer safe to
permit a government board of
that kind to make the many de-
terminations necessary in the ad-
ministration of the fair labor
standards bill as now written
SEES DEPRESSION
Indicating that standards of
the Black -Connery bill-which
would permit a board to cut the
work week to 40 hours md to fix
minimum hourly wages at 40
cents, are insufficient, Green said:
elaboration need not be made
of the serious recession of busi-
ness since the Presidents mes
sage of May "a, 1887, and the
formulation of the fair labor
standards bill now being con-
sidered. For labor this reces.
sion already has assumed the
proportions of a serious depres-
The Washington times., 1937-11-23

OnaIN NewsP
SHOWN AS they were driven through cheering crowds
in London King Leopold III Of Belgium a left in
rage) and King George vi Of England The former paid
visit of state to Great Britain visit considered signifi
because of Belgums need for friendship with the
major European powers.
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
hackers CONFIDENT

Senator Connally CD Of Texas
served notice that he and his CO.
horts will fight automatic consid.
Grafton of antilynching after the
farm bill, but they were ap-
parently doomed to failure. He
said there were ut least is sena-
tors ready to try to talk the bill
to DEATH" but its sponsors, WaR.
ner and Senator Van Nuys DO
of Indiana, did not appear worried.
why, we have at least 10
votes in this Senate in favor Of
the antilynching BILL" said Wag.
ner. "The Southern bloc can
fight, yes, brt it cannot talk
against this bill forever. And
when it comes to a vote, it will
be passed."
The Washington times., 1937-11-23
LYNCHING FIGHT
IN SENATE WAITS
ON FARM BILL
Battle to Be Renewed
Later in Session

U.N.sJ Jubilant Southern
Senators wrote down another vic.
troy in their long fight against
antilynching legislation today, but
were compelled to prepare for
further warfare.
The pending motion of Senator
Wagner CD Of New York to con.
slider his antilynching bill was to-
be displaced Immediately after the
Senate convened by the farm bill.
formally ending six days Of fight.
ing over the measure in the
Senate. However, ne and Senate
leaders interpreted an existing
Senate agreement as permitting
automatic consideration of the
measure when the farm bill Is
disposed Of.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
ChiIdren's Menu

For the little children'S party,
which will be Monday after
noon, there will be marionettes
for entertainment, and the re-
freshmentS will consist of cream
of wheat, creamed chicken, ice
cream, cake and milk. Young
Bill Roosevelt, son of Mrs. Cur
tin Winsor, will be one of the
hosts at this gathering.
Eddie Duchin will bring his
orchestra from New York to
play for the dance being given
Thursday night by Ethel and
Franklin, Anne and John, to
which their friends, many from
out of town, have been invited.
When queried as to what be-
came of the Christmas cards
they received, Mrs. Roosevelt
said that the PreSident-in ad-
dition to his numerous other
hobbies-also collects the ones
he considers the most interest
ing. The remainder are sent to
the children's hospitals.
At the press conference yes
terday were two foreign news
paper representatives, Mis- S
Mary Pos, of Amsterdam, and
Nine. Vuorio, a political journal
ist of Finland, each of whom
expressed the admiration of the
women of their countries for
our First Lady,
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
Middle Ball
Committee

Miss Elinor Gudger will be
the Chairman of the Navy Girls
Committee of the Tenth Annual
MidShipman and Cadet Ball at
the Mayflower Christmas night.
Her Vice Chairmen will be Miss
Ann Buchanan and Miss Bren.
dan Hatch.
The committee consists of the
following girls: Miss Hope
Blandy, Miss Florence Cauthen,
Miss Betty Chandler, Miss Caro-
lyn Chantry, Miss Achsah Dor
sey, Miss Jane Ducey, Miss
Louisa Horton, Miss Jacquelin
Jones, Miss Mary Jane Kelly,
Miss Ruth Kelly, Miss Carol
Lathrop, Miss Margaret Laven-
der, Miss Mary Norris, Miss
Betty Read, Miss Charlotte Rid
dick, Miss Alex Rowan, Miss
Ruth Ruddock, Miss Suzanne
Slingluff, Miss Margaret Taffin-
der, Miss Agnes TawreSey, Miss
Hope Toulon and Miss Anne
Turner.
Rehearsal will be held on Fri
day afternoon, December "a, in
the main Ballroom of the May
flower, and we hope that all
members of the committee will
be present.
X X y
Miss F.. A. Risley, of Wellesley,
Mass, is spending a brief time
at the Dodge.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
Guests for
M'Lean Party

With virtually a floor taken
over at the Shoreham for her
out-of-town guests, Mrs. Evalyn
Walsh Mclean is making elab-
crate plans for her now-famous
New Year Eve ball at Friend
ship.
Such celebrities as Elsa Max
well, party-thrower par excel
lance; Lucius Beebe, the man
about town of New York; the
Goodhue Livingstons, both senior
and and junior, and Eleanor
Young, No. 2 glamour girl OF
Gotham, will no doubt add
zest to Mrs. McLean'S party.
Other well-known personageS
and social lights arriving to
take part in the gala festivities
are Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Taylor
of New York, Mrs. Mollie Potter
of Philadelphia, Mr.. P. A. B.
Widener, Miss Joan Peabody,
Miss Kay Barker, Mr.. Richard
Aldrich, Mr.. Harry Hooker, Mr..
Samuel Piza, Miss Elio Sears OF
Boston, Miss Jean Baldridge,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fletcher,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Laurens
van Allen, Mr.. Atwater Kent. jr.,
of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Har-
riet Blaine Beale, the hostess
aunt.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

as to stems and crossed and
fastened with a jeweled pin
and worn right on the top Of
her head.
Miss Eleene Register, of Savan-
nah, Ca, who is a house guest
of debbie Regina McKeever, de-
serves the palm for having the
most devoted escort Of the en-
tire evening. The escort, one
Jock Briggs, lives in Texas, but
he was determined to take
Eleene to this Black and White
Ball, so-he hoped an airplane,
reached here a few minutes be-
fore the ball, dressed and-took
the young lady to the ball.
And-before the subject Of
this Black and White Ball is
closed, all the guests did the
Big Apple and how they did it!
Wizard Paris, a good-looking
youngSter who told us he
learned how 70 call the num-
bers for the Big Apple while
studying at George Washing
ton University, called all the in
tricate numbers with great skill,
and Sidney and his orchestra,
in the language Of the moderns,
"really got in a groove and
swung out plenty of music" togo
with this Big Appling.
X X
THE International Children's
i Party, in which the children
of the Diplomatic Corps broad
cast their Christmas greetings
on a international hookup, was
a great success. Held yesterday
afternoon in the Carlton Room
at The Carlton, these youngsters
went through their speeches
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Nash Girls to Boo

This afternoon will be a veri-
table field day for "debutante
partygoers-not to mention the
exuberance of the caterers. For
not one ingenue is bursting
forth into society, in the ap-
proved manner, but three.
Mrs. Allen Nash is presenting
two bonnie daughters-Eliza-
beth and Henrietta-better
known as Betty and Rita-at
the Sulgrave Club tonight.
Some 80 out-of-town guests
have arrived for the gala debut
of the Nashes. The guests are
stopping at the Sulgrave Club
the overflow spilling over into
the Fairfax Hotel. Mrs. Nash
will entertain aC a dinner party
for 10 guests preceding the
dance, to which 225 have been
invited.
Red candles and holly will
add the necessary "Christmasy"
air to the club. Betty will wear
a frock of Silver-pink lame,
while Rita will be gowned in
rose tulle made over satin. Both
girls will carry armfulS of pink
roses.
Mrs. McCeney Werlich enter
tanned at a cocktail party yes
terday afternoon at her home
on Sixteenth Street in honor
of the Misses Nash, who are her
cousins.
Coincidentally with the Nash
The Washington times., 1937-12-23


ANNE PEGGY" MAHONEY,
"A pretty daughter of Merchant
Mahoney, First Secretary OF the
Canadian Legation, was, as
everyone knows, the ranking de-
butante and first in the receiv-
ing line with Mrs. William
Laird Dunlop, at The Black
and White Ball. Now, we won
der, if before the year 1888 is
past, Anne will be the first
bride of the 1887 debs.
Always, this has happened.
Mary Senate Howes, daughter
Of the First Assistant Post
master General and Mrs. Bill
HoWes, who headed the receiv'
ing line, last year, is now Mrs.
John Stewart; before that ANA
lita AIfaro, daughter of the then
Minister from Panama and
Nine. Ricardo Alfaro, was the
ranking deb of her season and
was married later to Frank
Weller, jr., then there was Va.
lerie Prochnik, daughter Of the
Minister from Austria and Nine.
Prochnik, who is now married to
John de Sibour-but why go on?
X
MRS. GEORGE PLUMMER
U1 SMITH. who was the for
mer Ruth Bryant, Of Alexandria,
before she married and deserted
us for New York, was certainly
Tuesday night one Of the smart
est and loveliest persons present
at the Black and White Ball.
Her coloring is exquisite, with
honey gold hair and creamy
skin, and her black gown was
cut to a perfection of line and
in her hair she wore the most
original flower arrangement
two Gala lilies, cut very short
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
Navy Girl
Makes Bow

Sharing honors with Mary
Alice Sturdevant, who is being
presented this afternoon by her
parents, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
Edward Sturdevant, is Agnes
Tawresey, daughter of Com
mander and Mrs. Alfred Taw.
resey.
The Tawreseys are presenting
their daughter this afternoon at
the Washington Club.
Agnes will wear a frock of
white moire with a deep v de-
colletage and very full skirt. A
short bolero jacket of silver
lame will add a festive note to
her costume. She will carry a
bouquet of roses. Mrs. Tawresey
has chosen a black crepe frock
with gold threads running
through it, made on simple
lines, and girdled with a wide
gold kid belt.
Mrs. Tawresey's mother, Mrs.
Carvel Hall, of Baltimore, will
receive with her daughter and
granddaughter.
Assisting the debutante will
Miss Aileen Harris, Miss Bar
bara Bradley, Miss Letitia Knox,
Miss Margaret Paine, Miss Mar
jorie Wellington. the debutante's
sister, Miss Marie Tawresey,
Miss Florence Cauthen, and
Miss Carol Lathrop.
Alternating at the tea table
will be Miss Lulie Williamson
and Miss Ann Williamson both
Mrs. Tawresey'S aunts and her
sister, Mrs. Roswell Blair. Others
assisting will be Mrs. Harold
Bowen, Mrs. Roy Furlong, Mrs.
David Hedrick, Mrs. Charles
Morrison, Mrs. Alfred thinner
man, Mrs. Blandy, Mrs. Hamil-
ton Bryan and Mrs. Wallace
Gearing.
Mrs. j. S. Laurence, who
makes her home at The White
hall" in Chicago has just ar
rived from Georgia and is at
the Hay.AdanS House.
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Returns From Japan

Mr.. and Mrs. William Reynolds
Beal Acker have arrived in Wash
ington from San Francisco,
where they landed a few Gays
ago from Japan. Since their
marriage several years ago they
have made their home in Kyoto.
Mrs. Acker is the former Miss
Mignon Sherley, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Swager Sherley.
They plan to remain In Wash
tngton indefinitely.
DR.. and Mrs. M. o. Davis have
taken an apartment at Ward
man Park Hotel for the winter
season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Wood
Robert, jr., are spending the
holidays in the South, dividing
their tim e between Atlanta.
Palm Beach, Nassau and Puerto
Rico and in Favana for New
Year. They will return to the
Mayflower early in January.
y
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lit
tauer, of Paris, have arrived in
Washington for their annual
winter visit at the Mayflower.
Their daughter, MES. William
Eldon Doeller, lives at Prospect
Hill" in Orlean, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Mathis, ac-
companied by their daughter,
Miss Marywin Mathis, of Sagi-
nav, Mich, are stopping at
the Dodge for a few days.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
Dinner Menu

Here is the menu for the
White House Christmas dinner:
Blue Points Saltines
Calls Head Soup Fairy Toast
Curled Celery Stuffed Olives
Roast Turkey
Deerfoot Sausage
Chestnut Dressing
Cranberry Sauce
Beans
Sweet Potatoes and Apples
Grapefruit Salad
Plum Pudding Hard Sauce
Ice Cream Cake Coffee
At 5 o'clock tomorrow, with
other members of the family, the
President will officiate at the
lighting of the Christmas tree in
Lafayette Square.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
Sail Today

Senator and Mrs. Warren R.
Austin, of Vermont, are sailing
today from New York to spend
the holidays with Governor
Blanton Winship, of Puerto Rico,
and will return to their apart
ment at the Mayflower the first
of January,
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party will be the debut of Miss
Letitia Knox, whose mother,
Mrs. Forney Moore Knox, will
entertain for her tonight at a
dinner-dance at the Chevy
Chase Club.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23

Mrs. j. S. Laurence, who
makes her home at The White
hall" in Chicago has just ar
rived from Georgia and is at
the Hay.AdanlA House.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
Hang Stockings in Presidents Room

AS has been their custom since living at the Executive
Mansion the entire family hang their stockings in the Pres
open their gifts first Saras companion will be little Diana
Hopkins who White House guest for the holidays while
her father Harry Hopkins is patient at Mayo Brothers
Clinic.
John Roosevelt arrived today from Harvard and his
fancee, Anne Clark is expected on Sunday Franklin
Roosevelt and his BRIDE the former Ethel du Pon Will
from Charlottesville tomorrow leaving Christmas after
for Wilmington spend part of the holidays with her
parents the Eugene du Points Mrs j. Roosevelt came from
New York with Mrs James Roosevelt Hall Roosevelt the
First Ladys brother and Harry Hooker will be other men,
bers Of the house party.
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
PETER CARTER
ALrc RooconoH EEoc t Uoct Cooct+ Xxx PETE]
Says

"Mr: and Mrs. Theodore Nicholas iSh as C Gill,
,or+ f their sister Miss Mona Gill; to Christian Stanger
Heritage of Washington" announcement from Wash
ington paper with date line of December %, 1879
Is what persistent rumor would have one believe,
that the handsome Mona Gill thinking of saying Yes
certain wellknown man about town." Paragraph from
Peter Carter SAYS with date line of December a. 1879