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Evening star., 1938-03-01
AUTO FIRMS CURB
SALES PRESSURE
Finance Companies Accept
Presidents Ideas
in Letter.
BY the Associated Press.

Senator Brown, Democrat, Of Michi-
gan said today that four Of the coun-
try's largest auto finance companies
had agreed to accept the major points
OF President Roosevelt's suggestions
toward elimination of high pressure
salesmanship" Of automobiles.
In letter delivered to the Presi-
dent by the Michigan Senator the
large finance firms said they would
not object to limitation Of lS months
on installment payments for cars, Sen
ator Brown said.
They also gave approval, Mr.. Brown
asserted, to the Presidents suggestion
that deficiency judgments be aban-
doned, where possible. and that the
practice OF obtaining wage assignments
for past due payments be dropped.
The Senator said he understood the
President would attempt to obtain An
expression from independent finance
companies before acting on the SUCCESS
tions approved by the Commercial In
vestment Trust, the Commercial Credit
Co., the Universal Credit Co. and the
General Motors Acceptance Corp.
Universal handles a large share of the
paper in sales of Ford cars, while
G. M. A. c. serves in the same capac-
ity for General Motors products.
The President, at conferences with
motor finance leaders several weeks
ago, suggested eliminating high pres
sure salesmanship." which he credited
with playing part in the business re-
ceSsion.
Senator Brown said the finance
companies which approved the Presi-
dents suggestions agreed to further
conferences to work out details. He
suggested Commerce Department on
cials might be brought into the new
conferences.
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D. c. CLUBS FEDERATION
ELECTS 4 DELEGATES
Four Other officials Also to Attend
Kansas City Sessions of Tri-
ennial Convention.

Delegates to the national triennial
convention Of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs to be held in Kan
sas City in May were elected yester-
day by the District of Columbia Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs.
They are Mrs. Horace ]. Phelps
chairman of the Suffrage Committee; !;
Mrs. Charles P. Keyser, president of
Entire Nous Club; Mrs. E. Morgan
Pryse, chairman OF the Legislative
Committee, and Mrs. Charles Langley.
Mrs Lloyd w. Biddle, Is president
of the local federation, and Mrs. How
ard L. Hodgkins, director. will attend
also.
Two others, Mrs Edgar B. Merritt
and Mrs. w. w. Husband. who are
members of the Executive Committee
Of the National Federation, will at
tend the sessions.
Evening star., 1938-03-01
VICTOR HUNT HARDING
GETS DEMOCRATIC POST

In preparation for strenuous CAM
paign to hold House seats in the COM
ing congressional election Capt. Victor
Hunt Harding of New York and Cali
fornia today took over the job of exec
utive secretary of the Democratic Ma
tional Congressional Committee, as
successor to the late Charles S. (Buck)
Hayden.
Capt. Harding, who had a notable
World War career, has been serving as
secretary to Representative McGrath
Of California.
Capt. Harding was one of the or
ganizers of the American Legion and
chairman Of the Five-County District
for the Veterans of Foreign Wars in
California.
Evening star., 1938-03-01
STRONG DEFENSES
URGED BY M'ADOO
Senator Heard on PROGRAM
Honoring Commander
of v. F. w.

Emphasizing that oceans are no
longer a defense against invasion, Sen
ator McAdoo, Democrat, Of California
urged adequate armaments last night
at the seventh annual coast-to- coast
radio rally Of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Senator McAdoo spoke from the
ballroom Of the National Press Club,
where the local members of the v. F.
w. convened to honor their COM
mander in chief, Scott P. Squyres.
National defense is the only protec-
ton against war, Senator McAdoo
maintained. pointing out that the
United States would never have been
in the World War If it had had "a
navy strong enough to take command
OF the seas"
He quoted passages from George
Washingtons farewell address in
which a plea was made for a strong
national defense and against entan-
Cling alliances. The United States
should keep up its trade with the
countries of the world, but should
maintain its neutrality, he said.
Refers to World Changes.
Referring to the extraordinary and
unpredictable changes going on in
the world. he said Let us never again
leave this Nation in a defenseless po-
sition"
The theme of Commander in Chief
Cnuvros' rodio folk uyoe tho fo,,r ,>o;pt
program Of the v. F. w. He discussed
adequate pensions for widows and
orphans of all deceased war veterans,
jobs or pensions for veterans promo
ton and protection of American free.
dom and the policy of keeping Amer
lea out OF war by a strong national
defense.
For the first time, he urged all
unemployed veterans to register at
their nearest employment center be-
fore the end of March, Every man
who served his country in wartime
deserves q job. he declared, but il
Government and industry can find no
employment for veterans, at least
they should be provided with decent
shelter and three square meals q day,
even If the cost must be met by Gov
ernment pensions"
Administers Oath to $4,000.
A bugle sounded Attention" at the
conclusion Of his speech, and he ad-
minlstered the oath of membership to
$4,000 recruits scattered throughout
the country.
Mrs. Laurie Schertle, national pres
ident of the v. F. w. Auxiliary, spoke
briefly Of the work being done by the
auxiliary at the v. F. w. Home for
Widows and Orphans at Eaton Rapids,
Mich. James E. Van Zandt acted
as master of ceremonies.
Evening star., 1938-03-01
u. S. Schools Held
Appalling Weak
By Teachers Body
Group Declares War on
De,Uey's Fancy Modes
'Cheating' Youth.
BY the Associated Press.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., March L.
Charging that American children
were being cheated out of education
by fancy new teaching methods"
group Of educators rebelled today
against the progressive" system Of
teaching fostered 20 years ago by John
Dewey. the philosopher.
Prof. William c. Bagley of Teachers
College. Columbia University, heads a
committee which declared war On Mr..
Dewey's system at the annual con-
vention Of the American Association
Of School administrators here.
"In spite Of its vast expense, the
committee said in a statement today,
public education in the United States
is in many ways appallingly weak and
ineffective. Age for age, the average
pupil in our elementary schools does
not know as much about fundamen-
tails as do pupils Of other countries"
1T is doubly true in high schools
(which yearly are more nearly ap-
preaching the primary level" Junior
and senior high school students in
creasingly are really illiterate"
Evening star., 1938-03-01
BADFA|THCHARCED
IN PHOEBUS TRIAL.
Contract Misrepresented by
State Labor Head,
Witness Says.
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, March david
Goldstrom, Baltimore shoe manufac-
turer, testified at the trial of State
Labor Commissioner Harry T. Phoebus
today that Mr. Phoebus misrepresented
labor union contract through which
the commissioner ended q strike at the
manufacturers plant.
Mr.. Goldstrom, second witness Of
the day at the hearing before Gov.
Harry w. Nice, said an agreement he
approved had been altered by Mr..
Phoebus before it was given to the
union. and that labor troubles re-
sulting from the altered agreement
might force him out of business.
State Senator Robert B. Kimble
summoned Mr.. Goldstrom in con-
nection with charges of maladmins-
tration Senator Kimble filed against
Mr.. Phoebus.
44-Hour Week Sanctioned.
Mr.. Goldstrom said he went to Mr..
Phoebus for assistance in settling q
strike and that, during a meeting
with the commissioner and union rep
resentatives, he said he would approve
a 44-hour week and . S per cent
raise for the strikers if they would
return to work.
Later, he testified, Senator Phoebus
drew up the agreement and presented
a copy to him in which a 40-hour week
was specified. The union adopted the
40-hour week as a basis for settle
ment an then the fireworks started"
he said.
Now" said Mr. Goldstrom, I'm ac-
cused by the union of failing to bar
gain collectively and I've been sum-
moned to appear before the National
Labor Relations Board. If they prove
this contract-it's for life-I'n have
to 60 out Of business"
. Quarter Million Dollar Pay Roll.
He said his annual pay roll was
s25o,oOo.
Jacob Edelman, attorney for the
shoe workers union, corroborated Mr.,
Goldstrom's statements about the 40
hour week. but said the union had as
sumed Senator Phoebus had reached
an understanding with Mr.. Goldstrom
and that the employer would be bound
by the agreement which Mr.. Phoebus
drew up.
Evening star., 1938-03-01
MARKET OPERATOR
GUILTY OF FRAUD
Others Plead With Philip H. Phil.
bin, Jr., in Violating
Securities Act.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. March Phillip H.
Philbin. jr., stock market operator and
big-game hunter, pleaded guilty before
Federal Judge John c. Knox today to
the 14-count indictment charging him
and others with using the mails to de-
fraud, conspiracy and violating the
National Securities Act.
Before Philbin pleaded, William l..
Jarvis Of Boston and Samuel L. Gaines
of New York, indicted with him, with
drew their earlier pleas of innocent
and pleaded guilty. After the Philbin
plea had been entered, McNeel's Finan-
cial Service. Inc, of Boston, William
J. Kennedy, Edward F. Barry and
Henry Barry, who are connected with
that corporation; Harold B. Hale and
Philip H. Philbin, Jr., Inc, entered
guilty pleas.
The maximum penalties which
might be imposed under the law total
81 years imprisonment and $4,000
fine for each individual defendant,
with fines only for the corporate de-
PENDANTS
Sentencing was deferred until We'd
nesday morning.
Evening star., 1938-03-01
JONES SPURNS DEMAND
HE QUIT KEYSTONE RACE
Pittsburgh Lawyer Says He Is
"1rrevocable" in His De-
cision to Run.
b the Associated Press,

~ t1Ae A0bOCABteo fIe8S.
HARRISBURG, Pa, March L.
Critics Of Charles Alvin Jones today
considered the assertion of the mild
hammered Pittsburgh lawyer that he
was "irrevocably'' q candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor
Of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Jones' statement came last night
As the latest In q series Of develop
ments over his Endorsement for the
nomination by the State committee.
Mr.. Jones said he made his state
ment in reply to an editorial demand
by the Philadelphia Record that he
follow Matthew H. McCloskey Of
Philadelphia in stepping aside.
Mr.. McCloskey, q wealthy contrac-.
tor, who supported Mr.. Jones, evaded
questions as to whether he would re-
consider his resignation as chairman
Of the STATE orsanisationis Finance
Committee,
Evening star., 1938-03-01
Creenbelt M0ues to Enforce
: Regulation Against Pets

Town Manager Roy S. Braden was
instructed by the Greenbelt Coun-
ell last night to enforce the provi-
sion in Greenbelt leases against pets.
The action was taken after Harry
Falls reported an unofhcial survey
conducted by him showed sentiment
among the towns residents to be 3 to l
against pets. Mayor Louis Bessemer
said it was known 8 or 10 dogs were
being harbored in the community in
spite of the lease provisions.
In addition to calling on the town
manager to enforce the lease, the
Evening star., 1938-03-01

A1Col " VI, ID oVA CO(AACA w apply w OAA4S
racket only under exceptional cir
cumStances.
Virginia has a stringent lottery
law. Alexandria recently amended its
own lottery ordinance by making
those carrying numbers tickets liable
to fines or Jail terms for the first
o1fense, with Jail sentences manda-
tory for the second ofense.
Operate With Less Assurance.
Hence numbers people don't operate
In Alexandria with anything like the
assurance with which they canvass
Washington. For instance, Virginia
enforcement officers point out, the
racket statesmen don't solicit ofice
buildings and hang around high
schools and stand on street corners
with pads in their hands, as they do
in Washington. They don't unless
they have thirst for jail.
The Alexandria City Council real
lied the harm that could come to the
community from allowing mobsters
full sway. And 20 the ordinance of
November Z, 1934-''an ordinance to
prohibit the conduct, promotion or
managing Of any lottery, rafne, num-
bers '"-was amended. This Sec
ton was added:
THAT the possession of any chance
ticket. certificate, writing, bill, token,
or other device purporting or intended
to assure any person Of an interest in
any lottery, rafie, numbers game or
other game Of chance shall be prima
facie evidence of operating, promot-
ing, aiding in the promotion of, or
playing such lottery, rafiie, numbers
game o.. other game of chance"
Penal Provisions.
Any violation of this section b
punishable by zine not exceeding
$500 or by imprisonment In the city
jail not exceeding 90 days, or both for
. drst ofense, and By . fns of not
Evening star., 1938-03-01

less than 500 nor more than $500
and confinement in the city Jail not
less than 10 nor more than 80 days
for any second or subsequent offenses."
Since this amendment went into
effect. April 26, 1887, the authorities
have made it pretty hot for numbers
racketeers.
OF course, the big money is to be
made in Washington. where Govern
ment departments are said to be the
most prolific source of income. But
the situation in Alexandria, where
a good many numbers men have gone
to Jail, illustrates the effect of q more
drastic law.
It's reported reliably that some OF
the big numbers bankers who have
headquarters in Virginia won't op-
crate in that State at all, but confine
their underwriting to the safer and
more lush field of Washington. The
Virginia laws are too much bother,
they explain.
d. C. Can't Pass Own Law.
II Washington had . governing
body of its own, as every other Amer
ican city has, it could pass a num-
bers ordinance with teeth. But, as
every one knows, only too well, Con-
gress governs the District.
For three years Washington law
enforcement ofDcers have been trying
to get Congress to pass q numbers
law with teeth. The Senate twice
passed the requested amendment to
the District lottery law, but each time
1t got fouled in meshes Of the House
District Committee, whose chairman,
Representative Palmisano Of Mary
land, is . staunch' foe Of the legisla-
ton.
But now, finally. the measure has
been revived, and the House commit
tee viii take 1t up ct . public hearing
March Q.
Evening star., 1938-03-01

A, disturbance of wide extent and
marked Intensity Is central this morning
over the Gulf Of St: Lawrence Harrington.
quebec s;62 inches. and another dis
turbance Of wide extent extends from the
Aleutian Islands southeastward to the
North PACING States and Nevada, Dutch
Harbor. Alaska. 2s.94 inches, and Tatoosh
relatively low and falling rapidly over
ne n1e ROCKY Mountain region. the Northern
rams and Minnesota. Prince Albert. Sas-
katcnewan. 29.74 inches These disturb
nnces have been attended by rain in the
ssacinc States. the Plateau region the
southern Rocky Mountain region and the
western portions Of Texas. Oklahoma and
KANSAS and BY light snow in New ENGLAND
aish shd New nrs,.Ys York The PRINCIPAL area Of
southern States. Nashville. Tenn. 3O.36
!Hcnes. ana pressure remains hieh over the
DiStrict OF Mackenzie. Copper Mine, 3O34
inncnes. The temperature has fallen in the
Sou!nern states and portions Of New Eng
iana. while there has been . reaction to
niener temperature from the North Pacific
states eastward to New York and West
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
y Harpers Ferry; Potomac clear at Great
Falls today.
Evening star., 1938-03-01
Alexa1,dria's Penalties Keep
Numbers Writing at Minimum,
Virginia City Recently Amended Its
La,Us to Pr0uide Fines and Jail
Terms for Offenders.

"The OF
national disgrace small crime
citiSenry
remains Indifferent, uninformed hostile"
ATTORNEY GENERAL CUMMINGS.
Evening star., 1938-03-01
Senate Unit Approves Carr,

The Senate Judiciary Committee
yesterday approved President Roose.
velt,s nomination Of James o. Carr to
be United States district attorney for
the Eastern District of North Caro-
lima.
Evening star., 1938-03-01
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.


doing
Not that can't the numbers
careful in the Virginia town than they need be section Of the District
s-more stringent
Evening star., 1938-03-01
THE WEATHER REPORT

District OF
tonlsn about 80 degrees moderate winds mostly west
Maryland and VHginia-Far cnoou
west VrsnFar and nasna ouds
and warmer rain night ~ "'A's eouono"
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Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in ths
CePltal (culrent month to datel:
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Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last - Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 20. 1T 2:20 pm. yesterday;
year aEo. 4s.
Lowest, 81. at e:15 an. today; year
aso. 10.
Evening star., 1938-03-01
Record TeADefatufo6 This Year.
Hishest. II. on February 16,
Lowest, 1s, on January 2s.

Humidity fer Last a Heurs.
prom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest SO per cent. At $40 4 m today,
Lowest. 18 per cent. at 3 pm. yesterday.
Tide Tables.
Furnished BY United States Coast and
deodetic Survey
Evening star., 1938-03-01

The Sun and Mssn
Evening star., 1938-10-31
Pickets
CONTINUED From First Page.)

the District, to display any flag,
banner, placard or device designed
or adopted to intimidate, coerce or
bring into public odium any foreign
government, party or organizatio
or to bring into public disrepute its
political, social or economic acts
or views or to intimidate, coerce,
harrass or bring into public dis
repute any diplomatic or consular
representatives, or to congregate
within 500 feet of any embassy,
legation or consulate and refuse to
disperSe after being ordered to do
SO by the District police.
The appellate court ruled that
each Of the four defendants was
guilty of violating the terms Of the
resolution.
I'VE think there is no substance
to these contentious" said the court
in its opinion today, with reference
to the claimed violation of the de-
PENDANTS constitutional rights. Nor
do we think there is any substance
in the point that the resolution
violates the constitutional provisions
in relation to free speech and free
assembly"
THE resolution, interpreted in the
light of its purpose and according
to the limitations of the Constitu-
ton, places no restriction upon
speech or assembly except to the
extent that they may constitute Of
fenSive public demonstrations cal
culated to arouse passions and re-
sentiments in those governments
with which We have official relations,
and then only when such offensive
conduct is committed upon the pub
lie streets Immediately adjacent to
embassies, legations. consulates and
other buildings used for official pur-
poses by such governments.
No Right Curtailment Seen,
These are reasonable and proper
restrictions. In them there is no
Evening star., 1938-10-31
Specialists of U.S., Europe Meet
To Discuss Human Ailments

Clinical demonstrations in Phila-
delphia hospitals and scientific and
technical exhibits will supplement
lectures by experts in various
branches OF healing.
Today's speakers included Drs.
Frank r. Ober. Henry A. Christian
and Elliott c. Cutler, all of Boston
DR.. Herman L. kretschmer, Chica-
go: DR.. Russell L. Haden, Cleveland; :;
DR.. E. Kost Shelton, Los Angeles; !;
DR.. William D. Haggard, Nashville,
Tenn; DR.. Cyrus c. Sturgis, Ann
Arbor, Mich, and DR.. Alfred A. Ad-
son, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MINI.
At a night session methods of
diagnosing rare fevers will be dis
cussed by DR.. George Blumer Of
Yale University. The treatment of
broken necks is the subject OF a
paper by Drs. William G. Turner
and William Cone of Montreal, Can
ada,
Evening star., 1938-10-31
Cabanos Mountains
Captured in Drive,
Insurgents Claim
Artillery Heavily Pounds
Mora de Ebro in Swift
Advance, They Soy

BY the Associated Press.
HENDAYE, France, Oct. .31.-In-
surgent dispatches today reported
that Mora de Ebro, key to govern
ment positions throughout the Ebro
front, was being pounded by in
surgent artillery, moved forward as
the result of swift advance begun
yesterday.
The insurgents asserted they held
the whole Caballos Mountain region
and that three insurgent columns
had advanced in driving rain to
smash the government lines on that
front, in Northeastern Spain.
The governments strongest posi-
tions were said to have been broken
through.
Claim Strategic Point.
The northernmost insurgent COL
umn was reported to have gained
control of a strategic crossroads at
Venta de Campesinos, 8 miles west
to Mora de Ebro; the center column
was, moving along the top of a
mountain range destroying govern
ment trenches, while the third colum
protected the other two on the
south.
Insurgents said the sudden drive
had cost the government 1000 men
killed and TOO prisoners and that
Is government airplanes had been
shot down.
Evening star., 1938-10-31

abridgement Of the right of speech
or OF assembly or Of any other con-
stitutional right of a citizen. 1t
has never been considered that the
right In the public to use the streets
is unlimited or that 1t may be ex-
ercised in defiance of the laws of
the United States or the States. On
the contrary. 1t has always been
considered that a municipality may
control and regulate the use of the
streets in the general good; and this
has often been held to include the
preventing OF loud noises, shooting
Of guns, assembling Of crowds and
the routing of parades. The control
or prohibition Of any Of these things
cannot be regarded as interfering
with the constitutional right of as
sembly or Of speech, nor is there
anything in the fifth amendment to
the Constitution which invalidates
this exercise Of the police power in
the respects mentioned"
The appellate court ruled. In an
sWer to the quartet's contention
that the resolution was invalid be-
cause, in permitting the police
superintendent to grant permits
"it establishes no standard or guide
to govern that official but places
on him absolute power" that the
resolution should not. be so con-
strued.
The court held that the authority
of the police superintendent in the
joint resolution is fixed and quail
fled by definite standards and "the
right to issue the permit confers
no discretion to issue it when to
do so will violate those standards" +"
The power Is to effectuate the
purposes of the resolution, not to
thwart them," declared the court.
Evening star., 1938-10-31

As soon as they fred they left as
unobtrusively as they had come.
Convinced there was no place in
society for him after half his life
time has been spent in prison, Deer
ing demanded that the State take
his life. He had served prison terms
for arson at San Quentin and for
burglary at Folsom, both in Cali
fornia.
Then he sought to make restitu-
ton by giving his body to the Uni
versity of Utah. He Willed his eyes
to the State that any blind person
might obtain the corneas for trans
planting to restore sight. No one
has asked for them.
Deering was captured in Detroit
August l following an intensive