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The Washington times., 1938-02-18

.T.N.S.J FOLLOWING Is the
teTt of President RooSeDeIts
statement on business read
at his press conference today:
This Administration has
from the beginning pursued
a policy designed to promote
full employment of our human
and material resources. That
continues to be our policy.
The productive power Of our
workers and our resources, If
fully utilized, can provide and
maintain a national income
far above any levels we have
yet reached.
VITAL TO RECOVERY
An important factor that de-
termineS whether we shall
succeed or be blocked in our
endeavor to attain full employ
ment and a high level of in
come is the behavior of prices.
In this connection careful at
tention must be given to: Cd
The relations of the prices of
various groups of commodities
to each other; (2) the relations
between commodity price levels
and the levels of debt burdens
and costs; 80 the direction
and rate of movement of the
general price level. To further
its broad objective the Admin
istration has, therefore, in its
agricultural, industrial and
monetary programs necessarily
been concerned both with the
relation of the prices of groups
of specific commodities to each
other and with the movement
of the general price level.
The measures employed at
any given time to further this
policy must fit the needs of
that time. A year ago there
was ground for concern that
a too rapid rise in the prices
of some commodities was en-
couraging speculative boom.
During the past six months, on
the other hand, the general
price level and industrial &C
tivity have been declining.
Government policy must be di-
rected to reversing this defla-
tionary trend.
BALANCED PRICES NEEDED
This does not mean that all
prices should advance, nor
that the rise should be rapid.
Prices of different groups of
products must be brought into
balanced relations to one an
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Text of Roosevelt Statement
on Boosting Price Levels

other. Some prices and some
costs are still too high to pro
mote that balanced relation
ship between prices that is
necessary for sustained re-
covery. Continued high prices
of many of the commodities
not subject to highly competi-
tive market forces intensifieS
the downward pressure on all
other prices. Those industries
that have maintained prices
and curtailed output should
seek the restoration of profits
through increased rather than
through restricted output.
The prices Of some items
are still at the highest levels
reached in 1897; some are even
higher than in 1929. When
high prices sharply curtail
sales there is real danger.
This is shown by our recent
experience with housing. A
year ago there was a serious
shortage. We had unused
productive resources ample to
overcome the shortage. Yet
all the, major elements in hous-
ing costs advanced so sharply
by the spring of 1887 as to
kill a promising expansion of
activity in an industry whose
restoration is vital to con-
tinued recovery.
HIGHER FARM PRICE NEED
For industries, such as agri-
culture. that operate at q high
level Of capacity even when
business activity is at low
levels. The restoration of
profits must come primarily
through higher prices. Higher
prices in such industries and
increased output in other in
dustries will, by increasing
profits, encourage new invest
ment in replacement and ex-
pansion Of equipment. This is
necessary to full recovery.
The average family will
benefit from the business re-
covery which a balanced price
structure will foster. Increased
employment and more con-
tinuouS income should much
more than offset any increase
in the cost Of living. Recently
wholesale prices have declined
markedly, yet that decline has
been reflected in the cost Of
living only to very slight de-
gree. A moderate rise in whole
sale prices at this time should
only slightly affect living
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
SENATE TO FIGHT
ALIEN PROvISOS
IN RELIEF PLAN.
$25o,OOO,OOO Measure
To Be Up Monday

U.N.S0. Speedy approval OF
the $250,0OO,O0O emergency relief
bill by the Senate Appropriations
Committee was foreshadowed to
day, with fireworks on the meas
ure slated to begin on the floor
Monday. The bill has passed the
House.
The Senate is expected to pass
the bill substantially as recon.
mended by President Roosevelt,
despite a drive to increase the
total to $4OO, 100000. Most of the
Republicans joined Administra.
ton forces in support of $780,
900, 900 to take care of an addl-
tional 100000 needy persons.
LYNCH BILL TO YIELD
The filibustered antilynching
bill, which has been the Senate's
unfinished business" since Janu-
ary 6, will be laid aside for action
on the relief bill. Consensus was
the bill would be moved back on
the calendar to permit considera-
ton Of the Government reorgani-
zation bill Immediately after the
relief bill is passed.
A battle in committee was brew
ing over the Lanham alien amend
ment adopted by the house. Some
of the Senate committee men in
dicated they would fight that
amendment on the ground it
weakens existing law giving citi-
Zens priority over aliens in relief.
OPPOSED BY WILLIAMS
Acting WPA Administrator Will
liams opposed the Lanham amend
ment because:
1T would require us TO prove
that every applicant for relief
is an American citizen"
Senator Adams CD of Colorado,
subcommittee chairman, said that
under the Lanham amendment
aliens ineligible for citizenship in
Japanese and Chinese
would be entitled to relief as we'll
as alien anarchists.
Williams said relief would be
slowed If contracts had to be let
under the PWA's prevailing wage
regulations instead of the WPA's
security wage scale.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
s BR|CKLAYERS
HURT IN FALL

Six bricklayers, working on the
new recreation building of St. Al
bans School on the Washington
Cathedral grounds. were injured
this afternoon when a scaffold
broke, throwing them down 20
feet.
The injured men were rushed to
Georgetown University Hospital in
a police patrol and an ambulance.
1t was believed their injuries were
not serious.
The men were working inside
the building when the scaffold col
lapSed. The injured men were
David Rambler, G. Allen, F. Miller,
Paul Holiday, G. Brosna and A.
Flaherty.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Wage, Hour.
ROW UpTO
President

G.N.S) Administration leaders
Of the House. fearful wage-hour
legislation will be begged by a
bitter party quarrel, today planned
to urge President Roosevelt to In
tervene.
A conference between Demo
cratic members of the Rules and
Labor committees and the Presi.
dent to agree upon a compromise
measure was to be proposed to the
White House.
The House Labor Committee, it
was disclosed, is even more badly
split than when 1t first presented
a wage-hour bill to the House in
the special session. It was de-
feated.
Representative Ramspeck DO
Of Georgia, one Of the leaders in
the fight for the senate-approved
Black Connery bill, declared the
whole scheme for wage-hour legis-
lation must be revised to assure
passage.
The announcement of Chair.
man Mary T. Norton CD Of New
Jersey, that she would present A
new bill next Thursday similar to
the one rejected, stirred the ire
of House leaders. Representative
CT Texas, Democratic
leader, told her that her proposed
measure would not pass the Rules
Committee and suggested q con-
with members of that com
mittee.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
In Congress Today
SENATE

Not in session.
judiciary subcommittee consid-
ers D. C. judges bill.
Interstate Commerce Commit
tee continues railroad inquiry.
Special committee continues
merchant marine investigation.
HOUSE
Meets at II a. m.
Resumes consideration of State,
Justice. Commerce and Labor
bill.
District subcommittee considers
revenue bill.
Appropriations S u b committees
consider department supply bill.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Walsh to Talk
On Communism

Father Edmund A. walsh, 8. j.,
who spent several years in Russia
after the revolution, will give the
first Of his series Of ten lectures
on communism at $50, o'clock to-
night in Memorial Continental
Hall, Seventeenth Street and New
York Avenue Northwest.
Owing to the demand for seats
reservations will not be retained
after $50 o'clock. Father Walsh
is dean Of the Foreign Service
School. He was with the Amer
lean and Papal relief missions in
Russia.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Ship Costs
Irking to
President

(1N,S). President Roosevelt
expressed serious concern over the
plight Of the American merchant
marine today. and agreed with his
retiring Maritime C m m i S S o n
chairman, Joseph P. Kennedy
that current construction cost eSti-
mates Of American shipyards we're
far too high.
Mr.. Roosevelt voiced his mer-
chant marine worries simultane-
o'lsly with White House announce
ment of Kennedy's resignation to
take over the post Of United States
Ambassador to Great Britain.
This formality was accomplished
In an exchange of letters between
the President and Kennedy in
which the Maritime Commission
chairman regretfully told his
White House chief that strenuous
measures" are necessary to pre-
serve an adequate merchant ma
rine.
At his regular press conference
the President pointed out that re.
cent bids for ship building offered
the. Maritime Commission were
above wartime price figures, al
though basic costs of building were
much lower.
Mr.. Roosevelt could offer no So
luton to the shipbuilding problem
and outlined as too slow three pro-
posed methods. These included
the, financing OF new shlpyard
building. with private interests op-
Grating them on a fixed fee basis;
construction of new Government
yards to build the merchant ships,
and addition of new equipment to
existing navy yards.
Recent talks with congressional
leaders, said the President, elected
advices that construction of Amer
icsIi merchant vessels in foreign
Shfpyards offered a theoretical so
tuition OF the high prices, but these,
he said, were coupled with asser-
tions that the members did not
dare vote for such a program.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
MODERATE RISE
DESIRABLE

DESIRABLE
1t is clear that in the present
situation a moderate rise in
the general price level is de-
sirable, and that this rise need
not and should not extend to
all prices. The rise should
take place in and must be
mainly confined to all classes
of commodities whose prices
are too low. These include
most Of those raw materials
and finished products which
are produced and sold under
highly competitive conditions.
Such rise must not be so sharp
or continue so long as to lead
to a repetition of the unhealthy
speculative condition Of a year
ago. That sharp rise ip prices
encouraged speculative inven-
tory buying which, combined
with the decline in housing
construction, laid much of the
ground for the present reces-
sion. We must do everything
we can to prevent this from
happening again.
Our program seeks a bal
apced system of prices such as
will promote a balanced ex-
pansion in production. Our
goal is a constantly increasing
national income through in
creasing production and en-
ployment. This is the way to
increase the real income of /
consumers.
POLICY OF ABUNDANCE
This is not a policy Of restric-
ton: it is a policy of abun-
dance.
Our agricultural, industrial,
housing and monetary pro-
grams have been and will be
directed toward this end.
This statement was prepared
at the Presidents request by
Henry Morgenthau, jr., Secre- !
tary Of the Treasury; Henry A.
Wallace, Secretary of Agricul-
ture; Frances Perkins, Secre-
tary of Labor; Mariner Ec-
cleS, chairman of the board of
governors of the Federal Re
serve system, and economists
Of various executive depart
mentS.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Sincerely yours,
JOSEPH P. KENNEDY"

1NEC1DGNA OALH LII
The President replied: =,
My Dear Joe:
1T is with real regret that l
accept your resignation as chair
man of the United States Mari
time Commission. This is tenn
pered by the fact that you are
staying in the family and tax
ing over a new assignment.
II want to take this occasion
to express my appreciation, so
generally shared, for the fine
work you have done. In both
of your important Government
assignments you have main
tanned your justly earned repu-
tation of being a tWo-fisted,
hard-hitting executive.
1T may crafty you to know
that in going to your new post,
you carry with you our con-
fidence and high wishes.
Very sincerely,
"FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT"
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Joseph P Kennedy SWorn ..
AS New ENJOY to Britain

| u.N.S.) Joseph F. kennedy was
sworn in as American AmbasSa-
dor to Great Britain today, short
ly after his resignation as chair
man of the Federal Maritime Com
mission.
Associate Justice Stanley Reed
administered the oath to the new
ambassador in President Roose-
velt's office. Kennedy sails for
his London post on February %
from New York.
Present at the ceremony were
the President, Mrs. Reed, James
Roosevelt. eldest son and Secre-
tary of the President, and other
White House presidential aides.
LAND CHOICE LIKELY
Announcement of Kennedy's
successor as chairman of the Mari
time Commission was expected
from the White House late today,
with indications that Admiral
Emory S. Land, a member of the
commission, would get the chair
manShip.
Correspondence between Ken
nedy and the President effecting
resignation of the Maritime Com
mission chief follows:
MY Dear Mr.. President:
Il hereby tender by resigna-
tion as chairman of the United
States Maritime Commission,
effective Immediately.
Il should like to report in re-
linquishnig my post that the ills
of American shipping had been
cured and that the future is
filled with promise. Candor
compels me to say, however,
that the shipping problem is far
from solved, and that it is going
to take some exceedingly siren
uous measures on the part OF
the United States to preserve a
fleet of anything like the pres
ent proportions in either for
eign or domestic trade.
PROBLEMS TO BE MET
The present commission has
been in office about 10 months.
We have endeavored to clear
away the debris Of the mail con-
tact system, to eValuate the
merchant marine as it Is today,
and to chart a course for its
rehabilitation. There remain,
however, several vital problems
that must be solved before the
United States can hope to get
anyWhre at sea.
| "One of the most disturbing
problems with which the COM
mission has been confronted is
the situation with regard to
labor. The employer-employe re-
lationShip must be stabilized If
American shipping Is to survive.
THE other major problem of
our merchant marine is the
urgent need for replacements.
I have already discussed with
you the dilemma presented by
recent increases in shipbuilding
costs. The commission is max
ing a careful study Of this Situa-
tion and will undoubtedly evolve
solution in the very near fu-
ture.
IT want to thank you Mr..
President, for giving me an op-
portunity to work on the ship
ping question. I hope that in
my new post I may continue to
merit your confidence.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
House Extends
Mortgage Bill

The House Judiciary Committee
yesterday approved a bill extend
ing the Frazier-Lemke farm mort
gage moratorium act for two
years, but amended it to reduce
the fees of commissioners failing
to negotiate debtor-creditor agree
mentS
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Union Seeks New
Chrysler Contract

DETROIT, Feb. 18 G.N.So.
Chrysler Corporation officials will
begin negotiations with the CLOS
United Automobile Workers Union
for q new contract March IA, it
was announced today. UAW Vice
President r. ]. Thomas said the
most important change sought by
the union will be a clause to pro-
vide an arbitration method to set
tie disputes.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
SHOOT FOR MEDALS

GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Feb. 1S
0.N.SD More than $50 Nebraska
sheriffs gathered here recently to
determine the five best marks
men among them.
But the crack shots went un.
rewarded.
Someone stole the prize medals.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18

tax bill.
Republican members, called in
for the first time, planned fight
Tor outright repeal of the undis-
tr1buted profits tax as the first
step in stimulating business.
The proposal apparently was
foredoomed to failure, even though
some Democratic members were
ready to break away from the pro
gram laid down by Administration
leaders.
SPLIT EXPECTED
The Republicans also planned
to demand more severe modifica.
ton Of the capital gains tax than
contained in the tentative bill
framed by Democratic members.
A committee split was certain
on the tentative proposal to create
a third class of family-owned and
closely-held corporations, to be sub
jected to a special 20 per cent I'm.
distributed profits tax in addition
to the general 16 to 20 per cent
tax proposed for corporations
earning over $4,000.
While Democratic m e m bers
agreed to ease this tax further, a
close vote was expected in the full
committee.
In spite of the urge for speed,
it appeared doubtful whether the
tax bill can be presented to the
House before March l.
JONES URGES SPEED
Among the high Administration
advisers urging speed to reassure
business is Chairman Jesse H.
Jones, Of the RFC.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
LARGE PLANET

Ceres, largest and first discov-
cred Of the minor planets, is 485
miles in diameter.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Inventor Predicts
: New Air Warfare
!: Will Change Navy
Billion Dollar Expansion Program Must Be
"AHered," House Group Told

GNS) An entirely type of aerial warfare is in the
ong which will greatly alter the whole proposed billion
dollar naval expansion program, the House Naval Committee
was informed today witness opposes the program
The Washington times., 1938-02-18


of Stamford. Conn, who described
himself as the inventor of World
War aerial bombs. said the new
mode of attack would be equally
applicable to all marine move
ments. such as troop and supply
ships, as we'll as the Navy
COULD WIPE OUT FLEET
Barlow pictured aircraft as
wiping out an entire fleet.
Within the cost of one Of
the super-dreadnaughts now
contemplated. we could put in
the air 1,20O bombers costing
$4,000 apiece" he said.
These bombers could cruise
for Is hours at an altitude of
10000 feet each carrying two
aerial mines.
They could cruise over 500
miles off our coast. From
10000 feet altitude, such a
squadron carrying aerial mines
could-in three to five minutes
by an aerial mine blanket attack
cover every square yard of
water over an area ten miles
square. The munition attack
would cost about $4,000 900.
NEW AERIAL MINES
Construction designs are
now available of aerial mines
which will have a similar rela-
ton to the air above the water
as marine mines have below the
surface.
with planes equipped for
launching aerial mines and
operating at $4,000 to 10000
feet, only a superior air force
could prevent Americas air
forces from sweeping the seas
500 miles from our coast lines,
and on short notice.
"One battleship costing $780,
100000, that may be put out of
action by single marine
torpedo costing a few thousand
. dollars or by aerial bombs cost
ing less than $1,000, is some
thing to ponder over"
SOUNDS WARNING
DR.. Thomas Healey, Georgetown
University professor of foreign af-
fairs, warned the committee it
would be extremely unwise" for
Congress to approve the expansion
program until foreign policy lis
enunciated."
THE American people are in
a complete daze as to what our
foreign policy is" he declared.
The great danger in this con-
fusion is that it might lead us
into world war and this expan-
sion program might speed it"
He charged that in 1922 the
United States scrapped $270, ,000,-
900 worth of battleships ito
please Great Britain" and that
"now we are rebuilding because
England thinks she might need
us in 1888 to protect her in
terests.
The last crusade to make
the world safe for democracy
apparently resulted in making
the world safe for war.
"Our naval policy seems to
have been based for years on
the premise that we are heading
for a first-class war with Japan.
There is no sound reason behind
that premise and no reason has
been advanced to support it."
BOAKE CARTER TESTIFIES
Healey was followed by Boake
Carter, radio commentor and
columnist, who asked the COM
mittee "if this nation is going to
give up democracy to protect
chewing-gum money in China?"
What the American public
wants to know is what we are
going to defend with these
ships if we evec get them built
and paid for" he declared.
He estimated that our great
.great-great grandchildren" Will
still be liquidating the national
debt which is being augmented
by the armaments program.
Benjamin Marsh. representing
the peoples lobby, flayed the pro-
gram and the Vinson proposal
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
House Group Meets
To Speed Tax Bill
And Calm Business
First Secret Session Held on Measure, With
Fight Likely on Profits LeUy
By WILLIAM 8. NEAL

NS With high Administration officials urging speed to
business the full House Ways and Means Committee
The Washington times., 1938-02-18

costs. Incomes of most fani.
lies will increase while the cost
Of what the housewife buys
should show little change. The
average family will enjoy q
higher standard of living.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
JONES URGES SPEED

Among the high Administration
advisers urging speed to reassure
business is Chairman Jesse H.
Jones, Of the RFC.
The Washington times., 1938-02-18
RATES By MAIL FOR VIRGINIA, MARY.
LAND WEST VIkGINIA AND
NORTH CAROLINA

w WAn SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE
n ADVANCE
The Washington times., 1938-12-08
KFLLEYGRAMS

CIO and AFL should make
peace.
PRIZE WINNER
Division Manager Sam CALAMITY
of Columbia Pictures relays the
information that You Can't
Take 1t With You" will gross
more than 100000 for his
company.
Figures are official, adds Mr..
CALAMITY, making the Frank
Capra feature, made from the
Kaufman-Hart comedy, the
greatest hit in the history of the
Columbia company, which in
cludes Mr.. Deeds" and Grace
Moore's walloping success, "One
Night of Love-"
Play has just closed in New
Continued on Page %, Col. g.
The Washington times., 1938-12-08
"DirtyFoces'
Atthe "Met"

angels with Dirty Faces"
which just completed a success
full week at the Earle, comes to
the Metropolitan Theater today,
with James Cagney and Pat
O'Brien heading a cast that in
cludes the Dead End" kids,
Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheri-
dan and George Bancroft.
Directed by Michael Curtiz,
this Warner Bros. production
tells the story of two boys who
begin life together in the slums.
After they grow up, they return
to the scenes of their child
hood-one as a big-shot gang
Ster. the hero of the neighbor-
hoods new generation of boys;
the other as kindly priest, de-
termined to save others from the
mistakes of his friend.
The Washington times., 1938-12-08
RICHARD BARTHELMESS RETURNS =
MOVIE
CLOCK

CAPITOL-Sabu, Raymon d
Massey, Drums" 10:45 a. M,
Ills, Ais, 7:15, 1915 p. m.
Stage, 1913, 3:18, 6:18, 9:18
p. m.
PALACE-Robert Donat, Rosa
lind Russell, THE Citadel"
1870 a. m, 2, 4:30, 7:O5, 9:35
p. m.
COLUMBIA-Margaret Sullivan,
THE Shining Hour" 1875
a. m. 1875, $40. 5:45, 7:45,
$50 p. m.
EARLE-Dick Powell, Hard To
Get" II a. m, lao, 4:25,
ITO. $50 p. m. Stage, Dick
Foran, 12:45, $3.50. 6:15, 9
METROPOLITAN-Pat O'Brien,
James Cagney, Angels With
Dirty Faces" 1870 a. M, 1870,
$3.50, 5:25, 1885, 9:35 p. m.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ellis,
"A Man To Remember" 1854,
a. M, 1854. 1854, 5:54, 1854,
1854 p. m.
BELASCO Richard Barthel-
mess, Dolly Haas, Spy of
Napoleon" 4:29, 6:19, 500,
9:59 p. m.
LITTLE-Annabella, "Wings of
the Morning." 11:21 a. m,
1927, 1927, 5:34, 7:43, 9:51
p. m.
TRANS-LUX-News and Shorts,
10 a. m. to IL midnight; rs
minute shows.
The Washington times., 1938-12-08
Gle a min g S
and
Screenings
By Andrew R. Kelley

Four elapsed since Richard Barhemess had
his American theaer marques movie star Since
then much ceuoid has whrled through the projection ma
chimes with new personalities in the and gossip
Richard Barthcmess England to get back into the
glare of the Keg lights, and Spy of Napoleon his bid for
return high with cinema audiences offered at
the BeascO Theaer yesterday.
1t is story of Louis Napoleon ILL., and his Empress the
lovely Eugene with Dick Barthemess portrayng Count &C.
rard de Lanoy nobeman who unwingly forced into
the service of the crown and marriage to the daughter of