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Evening star., 1937-01-12
FOOD SHOW OPENING
ATTENDED BY 1000
Isaac Cans, A. B. c. Board Mem.
Der, Speaks-First Matinee
at PM. Today.

The sixth annual United Food Show
opened at Calvert Exhibit Hall last
night with more than 1000 persons
attending.
Isaac Cans, member Of the Alco-
holic Beverage Control Board. who
was guest of honor, spoke briefly. He
was introduced by David Hornstein.
counsel for United Food Stores. Inc.
The first matinee, scheduled for .
pm. today, was to be featured by
the first of several baby shows. The
show today was for babies under /
year.
The opening show also was marked
by the music of the 55-piece band of
Chestnut Farms Chevy Chase Dairy.
Alfred L. Stern acted as master Of
ceremonies throughout the evening.
The District Commissioners will be
guests Of honor later in the week, 1t
was said.
Tickets for the show may be cb-
tanned from au United Food Stores.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
MORE BUDGET UNIT
POWERS PROPOSED
Making Bureau Watchdog of
All U. S. Finances Asked
in Report.
By the Associated Press.


Far-reaching plans to make the
Budget Bureau watchdog OF all Gov.
ernment financial activities and to re.
distribute powers now held by the con-
troller general were projected today
in the report of the Presidents Com
mittee on Administrative Management.
II Congress approves the recon-
mendations, the Budget Bureau would
assume vast authority over Govern
ment spending generally, taking re-
sponsibility for "the execution, as we'll
as the formulation, Of the budget as a
national fiscal plan"
Bureau Now Prepares Estimates.
Through a special division, it would
take over the job of scrutinizing and
passing on departmental estimates.
The committee said it had not even
approXimated its maximum possible
usefulness"
The bureau now does little more
than prepare the annual estimates Of
income and outgo for the Chief Exec
utive.
The committee urged a practical
about-face in present methods Of
checking up on Government outlays,
proposing that duties now reposed in
the controller general be vested in
the Treasury and q new ofice Of
auditor general.
Authority to prescribe and super
wise accounting systems would be
transferred to the Treasury. while
the auditor general would operate
through field representatives to make
a practically simultaneous" check
on disbursements.
Accounts Examined.
In the past, the controller general
merely has checked outlays against
appropriation authorizations and ex-
amined expense accounts and other
items to determine whether Govern
ment funds were being wasted.
In event of differences between the
Treasury and the auditor general
over he legitimacy of expenditures.
questions would be referred to the
Attorney General for determination.
The committee described the pres
ent power of the controller general
to decide the legality of expenditures
as extraordinary in principle, clearly
contrary to our political institutions
and constitutional theory"
Evening star., 1937-01-12
Labor
tContinued From First Page.)

to return to work in General Motors
plants. Martin said that the rank
and-file majority of these craft
unions are supporting the strike ac-
ton. The Michigan and Cleveland
Federations of Labor already are on
record to that effect.
No Plans to See Roosevelt.
Martin said that no plans have
been made to seek a meeting with
President Roosevelt. Asked on what
terms peace could be brought back to
the automobile field, he concluded:
Well call of the strike when they
give us real collective bargaining"
Scheduled to meet here last night,
Brophy and Martin were delayed by
weather conditions in their planned
flight from Detroit but continued their
trip by train from Pittsburgh. In
their absence, Lewis conferred briefly
with MrCrady but declared no an
nouncement would be made until after
the main conference today.
While this tightly-guarded session
was holding the spotlight currently,
three other major developments in the
deld of labor were recorded here dur
ing the last "a hours.
First was the presentation by Will
liam Green, president Of the A. F. Of
l., to President Roosevelt of the fed
feration's plan to raise wages and
shorten hours. In brief, the plan calls
tfor establishment of Federal COM
OMISSION to promote labor-industry
agreements on minimum wages and
maximum hours. If the two groups
were unable TO agree, the commission
would be empowered to fix the stand
ards.
At the same time, Green said, the
Federation intends to continue its
drive for enactment of the Black.
'Connery 30-hour-week bill and of the
rO'Mahoney licensing measure.
Senate Hearings Planned.
A second development, disclosed to-
day, was the completion of plans by
the special Senate Committee to hold
several weeks of continuous open
Hearings on alleged violations of civil
: liberties and instances of espionage
and coercion in labor relations, start
ing Thursday.
= Third was the reopening yesterday
sand continuance today of hearings
sbefore the National Labor Relations
Board on charges that the Carnegie
. Illinois Steel Corp, a wholly owned
subsidiary of the United States Steel
Corp. has lnterfered with and domi-
mated organization of its employees.
. Directing their probe into labor rela-
.tions policies of several major indus
tries, the Senate committee will turn
its attention first to those of rubber
and steel, both of which are centers
of organizing efforts by the Commit
tee for Industrial Organization. The
automobile industry, under heavy fire
at the present time, also will be scru-
atinized at future committee sessions.
{ Flogging Is First Case.
: First specific case to be reviewed
publicly by the committee will be that
of the fogging of Joseph S. Gelders
near Birmingham, Ala. Active in
..organizational activities among work.
sers in both steel and rubber in the
southern State, Geiders was KIDNAPPED
tand badly beaten.
Evening star., 1937-01-12

the management of departmental
policy.
The duties now performed by the
office of the controller general
which have brought him frequently
into conflict with the heads of ex'
ecutive departments, will be trans
ferred to the Attorney General anc
to the Treasury Department. AL
legal questions will go to the Attorney
General and the Treasury Department
will handle the vouchers upon which
money is paid.
The President adopted as his OWL
recommendations to Congress the re-
port of the Presidents Committee or
Administrative Management. of which
Louis Brownlow Of Chicago, director
of the Public Administrative Clearing
House, is chairman. The other men,
bers are Luther Gulick of New York
director of the Institute of Public Ad-
ministration, and Charles E. Merriam
of Chicago, chairman of the Depart
ment of Political Science of the
University of Chicago. 1t is the
Presidents hope that this reorganiza-
tion program Will be enacted into Law
at the present session of Congress
He already has explained the program
to the congressional leaders at
White House conference, and yester-
day he went over the whole plan with
the members Of his Cabinet, and later
with the reporters.
Presidents Message.
In his message accompanying the
report, the President said:
II have examined this report care
fully and thoughtfully and am con-
vinced that it is great document of
permanent importance. think that
the general program presented by the
committee is adequate, reasonable and
practical and that it furnishes the
basis for immediate action. The broad
facts are known; the need is clear;
what is now required is action"
The President gave to the plan his
hearty approval, saying:
II indorse this program and ! feel
confident that it will commend itself
to you also, with your knowledge Of
government, and to the vast majority
of the citizens Of the country who
want and believe in efficient self
government"
The President in his message likened
the present-day struggle to make our
Government more efficient" to the bat
tie which the forefathers fought to
establish self-government.
"Our struggle now" he said, lis
against confusion, against Ineffective
ness, against waste, against ineffi-
cheney. This battle, too, must be won,
unless it is to be said that in our gen.
Grafton national government broke
down and was frittered away in bad
management"
The Senate and the House both
have set UP committees Of their own
to study the question of governmental
reorganization. How far the recon-
mendations of these committees will
jibe with the Presidents plan remains
to be seen.
Job of Drafting Bill.
Plans for drafting a bill to carry
out the reorganization plan have not
yet been made. It is expected, how
ever, that a Joint committee OF the
House and Senate will tackle the
drafting job, with the aid OF the
Presidents committee and such ex-
perts a they may call in.
The President sees IN his reorsan.
Evening star., 1937-01-12

Popkins; two daughters. Mrs. Mildred
Klein and Mrs. Florence e. Parks,
and a sister, Mrs. Ida Waple, all OF
this city. He also leaves 10 grand
children and one great-grandchild
Funeral services will be held at 2:30
pm. Thursday at the Chambers fu-
neral home, 1400 Chaplin street. Burial
will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-01-12

At the end of morning, she fire.
quently has used up far more pencils
than she possibly could had she stuck
to her artistic last.
4
FRIEND.
IT WAS busy moment on the late
city desk. but the assistant city
editor, nevertheless. appreciated the
spirit OF the subscriber who telephoned
to warn him against a little joke
which, he said, lot of people are
falling for just now
The subscriber said the other day
he answered his telephone and a mans
voice said:
This is the telephone company
calling. We're testing your line Will
you please leave your receiver off the
hook, step back three PAGES and
whistle eight times?"
The subscriber said he paced of the
distance, faced the telephone and
whistled until he was out Of wind
When he got back to the telephone,
he said, the operator was on the line.
She requested him to return the re-
CeiVer to the hook. When he explained
he was only helping the phone COM
pany, she told him some one must have
been kidding him.
Il just thought you ought to know"
the subscriber told the assistant city
editor.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
Continued From First Page. }

peated but not wholly successful
efforts to deal with the problem.
Committees of the Congress have also
rendered distinguished service to the
Nation through their efforts from
time to time to point the way to i'm
provement of governmental manage
ment and organization.
Opportunity for Action
Now Arrives.
The opportunity and the need for
action now comes to you and to me.
If We have faith in our republican
form Of government, and in the ideals
upon which it has rested for $50
years, we must devote ourselves ener-
getically and courageously to the
task Of making that government effi-
clent. The great stake in efficient
democracy is the stake of the common
man.
In these troubled years of world his
tory, government cannot long
survive unless that government is an
effective and efficient agency to serve
mankind and carry out the will of the
Nation. A government without good
management is house builded on
sand.
In striving together to make our
government more efficient, you and ]
are taking up in our generation the
battle to preserve that freedom of
self-government which our fore
fathers fought to establish and hand
down to us. They struggled against
tyranny, against non-representative
controls, against government by birth,
wealth or class, against sectionalism.
Our struggle now is against confusion,
against ineffectiveness, against waste,
against ineficiency. This battle. too,
must be won, unless it is to be said that
in our generation national self-govern-
ment broke down and was frittered
away In bad management.
Practical People
Fill United States.
Will 1t be said Democracy was a
great dream, but it could not do the
job?" Or shall we here and now,
without further delay. make 1t our
business to see that our American de-
mocracy is made efficient so that it will
do the job that is required of it by
the events of our time?
know your answer. and the answer
Of the Nation, because after all. We
are a practical people. We know
good management in the home, on
the farm, and in business. big and
little. II any nation can find the way
to effective government it should be
the American people through their
own democratic institutions.
Over a year ago it seemed to me
that this problem Of administrative
management of the executive branch
of the Government should be ma jor
order Of business of this session of the
Congress. Accordingly. after extended
discussions and negotiations, ! ap-
pointed a Committee on Administra-
tive Management, to examine the
whole problem broadly and to suggest
for my guidance and your consider
alton a comprehensive and balanced
program for dealing with the overhead
organization and management of the
executive branch as it is established
under the Constitution.
The committee has now completed
its work, and I transmit to you its
report, "Administr tive Management
in the Government of the United
States" I have examined this report
carefully and thoughtfully, and am
convinced that it is great document
of permanent importance. think
that the general program presented by
the committee is adequate, reasonable
Evening star., 1937-01-12
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
Of Interesting Events
and Things.
BOOK.
TOR 40 years or more, mi

TOR 40 years or more. man
- and boy. G. Freeman Pollock
has been identified with the
4 development of Skyline Camp
from a cluster Of tents reached by
COW paths and old logging roads into
a modern resort with accommoda-
tions comparable with any offered by
the modern dude ranches Of the
West.
Now Mr.. Pollock has turned author
and as opportunity offers is writing
chapter by chapter a story of the
retaining of a unique vacation land
from the primitive hinterland of the
Blue Ridge within the confines of the
Shenandoah National Park. Not only
has he told of the uphill fight to Sc
cure the site upon which the camp is
located. but he has preserved legends.
stories and local traditions of the
section taken over for park purposes.
During the Summer season just
passed. each Sunday evening when
the weather was favorable, Mr. Pol
lock held open forum on the tennis
court and entertained guests with
stories of the Skyland region. A
stenographer took down these talks
and thus the foundation was laid for
the volume. This unique entertain
ment was followed by refreshments
consisting of freSh-cooked corn drip.
ping with butter, together with the
authors famous Russian punch "a Ia
Mindeleff).
Mr.. Pollock has home in Chevy
Chase but, since the resort has be-
come a year-round place of entertain
ment, due to the Skyline Drive, he
spends most Of his time at the camp.
ECONOMY.
There is economy in Government
after all. Ouer at TUenty-Second
and M streets Uncle Sam took ouer
store and Office formerly occu-
pied By "Rauschers." The name OF
the firm ,pas in capital letters
across the front. So, Uher the Re-
settlement administration moued
in they just reversed the first tuo
pairs of letters in the former occu-
pants name and made it US RA.
METHOD.
WRITERS, you may have heard.
w so often use their creative gift
to devise ways of escaping the
the necessity Of sitting down to a
! typewriter and going to work. Each
one of them, it seems, has his own
conception of the perfect escape.
We heard of one yesterday that
bears all the earmarks of originality.
1t was thought up by woman who
lives at one of the towns swankier
hotels and writes for some of the less
swanky magazines. On her desk she
has one of the finest pencil sharpen
ers money can buy When she cannot
force herself to use the pencils for
writing, she puts nice long, fresh
one into the sharpener and grinds 1t
down to the eraser. If she still cannot
write, she takes another pencil and
repeats the process.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
Marshall Will Sneak.

Robert Marshall of the Office of
Indian Affairs will address the insti-
tuteS at the Jewish Community Cen
ter tomorrow at $50 pm. on THE
Preservation of Our Rapidly Vanish
ing American wilderness" DR.. Jack
Levin of the Open Court Club will
preside.
Evening star., 1937-01-12

business house
today in a cele-
bration marking
his 10th birth
day anniversary.
The employees
gathered on the
third floor of the
S tore at 8:45
q. m. IN d as
Hecht was ush-,
e r e d i n b y
Charles B. Dull
can, ST., vice pres
ident and gen.
e raj manager,
and George M.
nl,ieIr ariaa -ra.i
Evening star., 1937-01-12

A native Of
Washington. Mr..
Popkins began in
the patent busi-
ness when still in
his teens. He
was an associate
member of the
law firm of Ma
son & Porter.
Mr.. Popkins'
home was at II
S e a t on place
northeast. He is
survived by his
widow, Mrs. Ag-
mes c. Popkins; a
son Albert r
Evening star., 1937-01-12

dent and store manager, the group
sang Happy Birthday to YOU"
A floral tribute was presented by
Quirk on behalf of the executive
staff. and Dulcan gave him q testi-'
monial plaque bearing q photograph
of the store and the signature of
each employe.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
ALEXANDER HECHT
GIVEN TESTIMONIAL

Alexander Hecht, president of the
department store firm bearing his
name, was given q testimonial COM
munity sing by all employees of the
Evening star., 1937-01-12
ALBERT POPKINS, SO,
I'LL TWO WEEKS, DIES
Patent Attorney Here Half Cen.
tury-D. c. Native-Funeral
Rites Thursday.

Albert Popkins, SO. for about half
century registered patent attorney
here. died yesterday at Sibley Hos
pital. He had been i'll two weeks,
Evening star., 1937-01-12

better than empty bores for
chairs. Forget it,"
The nev members sense OF i'm
portnnce and his balloon OF SELF
esteens Debated racidly.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
SHOULDERS.

r j. FULTON let an operative In
on bit of a mems clothing de-
partment secret Of a recent day. 1t
is that the first guess of many sales
men when they find a customer
with a sagging shoulder is that it got
that way from being overburdened In
youth,
Evening star., 1937-01-12
y X y Il
REMINDED.


A story is going the rounds on
Capitol Hill that is causing mann
members of Congress to chuckle.
One OF the neU Representatives,
yho ,ons assigned in a suite in the
old House O1ice Building, didn't
like his rooms. He complained, first
of all, on the color scheme and de-
nldnded that the furniture and
equipment conform with some pery
definite ideas of his.
The powers that be tried to ap-
peuse the 7leD man by granting
UhateDer concessions Uere posi-
bic. But these concessions werent
enough and the new Representative
finally appealed to one of his older
colleagues, Uho has been in the
House many, many years.
my goodness" the oldster said
to the neophyte, "here you wdnt
color schemes and Dhat not. Why.
I'Ue sat In your little Office back
home Dhere you didn't hare much
Evening star., 1937-01-12

The joke Of the revelation was that
our man has just such a shoulder,
but he never got it from carrying
bundles, hampers, baskets or anything
else. 1t is his idea that lodging work
might be partially responsible for such
things.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
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it in The Night Final Sports Edition
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Evening star., 1937-01-12
Relief

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Evening star., 1937-01-12
Reorganization

Continued From First Page)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-08-05
Desperate Hand to Hand
Combat Leaves Many
Tribesmen Dead on
Teruel Front
BLOODY WARRIORS
ARE PUT TO ROUT
Field Guns Dragged Into
Place After Battle and In
surgent Positions Shelled
bv Government Forces;
Small Trawler Sunk by
Rebels in Bay

Hondave. Franco-Spanish Frontier
Auo 5-(AP)-An insurgent force
mostly white-turtaned Moors, was re-
ncrted today to have been shattered
in hand-to-hand combat on the Terue!
front
In another theatre of the Spanish
war the Bay of Biscay on the north,
tbe insurgent ship Dato was reported
70 have sunk a small trawler of I'M
identified nationality. Insurgent adj
vices said the boat tried to run the
blockade of the government port San
lander.
The Teruel battlefield, about ten
miles southwest of General Francisco
Francois lower Aragon base at Teruel,
wss strewn with the bodies of MOors,
2 government communique declared.
After the government troops swept
their foe from the heights in this
combat Yesterday, field guns were
dragged into place and heavy fire was
turned on the insurgent position near
small stream winding through that
mart of the eastern dad lands.
The Moors, still in their native
headdress. wore the khaki uniforms
of Francois legions. They are per-
haps the fiercest warriors under the
insurgent banner.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-08-05
Wage Raise of Five
Cents an Hour Is
Granted to O We r
Million Employees

Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 5.-(APO-
Threats of a strike of more than l.
600, 900 railroad employees diminished
today.
A five cents an hour wage increase
announced in Washington brought
peace between the nations carrier:
and 8,O(N incorporating employees
since ratification was held only {
formality.
Still confronting the railroads, how
ever, was the vote of 100000 members
of five operating brotherhoods author
ling a strike to enforce demands fol
20 per cent raises.
Settlement of the dispute with non
operating brotherhbods, such a:
clerks and shopmen, was announced
bv the National Mediation Board las
night These IA crafts authorized
early this week strike if their de
mands were rejected.
Otto Boyer, of the board, said tn
raise represented an increase OF be
tween 8 IL and "a per cent. Thu
,non-operating employees, like tn
operating employees, had demanded
20 per cent increase.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-08-05
JEFF HARRIS SLAIN
BY FEDERAL AGENTS
Victim of G-Men's Bullets Sought for
Violation of Motor Vehicle
Theft Act

Washington, Aug. 5.--(AP)-J. Ed
gar Hoover said today Federal agents
shot and killed Jeff Harris, 81, at Tus-
cumbia, Ala, early today. Hoover said
Harris was resisting arrest.
Hoover, Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation director, said the shooting oc-
Cured when the Federal agents, ac-
companied by the sheriff of Colbert
county, and three deputy sheriffs,
tried to arrest Harris at the residence
of Arlin Harris in Tuscumbia
Jeff Harris was being sought, Hoo
yer said, on charges of violating the
Federal motor vehicle theft act
Justice Department records showed
Jeff Harris entered Kilby prison,
Montgomery, Ala, February Is, 1895,
on charge of second degree murder,
for which he received a 2O-year sem
tence He was paroled later, but the
governor of Alabama revoked the pa
role last February "a, Hoover assert
ed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-08-05
Tobacco Tax
10 Prcnt. of
IT, s. Revenue

Washington, Aug. 5.-(AP)-Inter-
nal revenuestatistics disclosed today
tobacco tax collections of $552,254, 145
for the fiscal year ended June 80, rep
resented more than ten per cent OF all
Federal tax receipts for the year.
The tobacco collections were more
than double the $265, 755,938 paid in
social security taxes, although they
failed to exceed the $685., 3O1, 432 paid
in liquor revenue.
Total internal revenue taxes for
1862 were $4,6G2 5O4, 1O6, with in
come lewies accounting for nearly
half that amount. Corporation in
come taxes totalled $1,054, 1888, 799
while individual income taxes totalled
81, o94, 492,37O.
Tobacco tax collections represented
a gain of more than $20,o00.OOO over
1866 receipts from the golden weed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-08-05
TRUCKS RUN AGAIN
OVER PHILADELPHIA
Near Normal Service Restored After
End of Strike; Night Flare-'
Up Subsidies

Philadelphia, Aug. 5. = (AP) =
Trucks began to move normally
throughout Philadelphia today. The
flare-up last night few hours after
the city-wide strike had been an
nounced ended, except in the case OF
companies under contract to haul
goods for the Great Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Company, subsidized.
Mayor Davis Wilson, who proclaim
ed a state of emergency yesterday
said the proclamation would remain
in effect until he was reasonably GER
tain all danger had been passed.
Police conveys escorted A. & P
trucks today, giving them safe con-
duct throughout the city.