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Evening star., 1938-01-27
Assistant to the Secretary

That letter was dated December IS.
1887. On that day and for weeks
before and after, the crop control
bill was before Congress. One version
Of it had passed the House a week
before. Another version was under
debate in the Senate, and passed that
body two days later. Both versions
were pending legislation: they con-
tinue to be pending legislation to this
day, for at this writing they are before
conference committee of the two
chambers
Conflict Somewhere.
Now the Assistant to the Secretary
Of Agriculture says there is not ANY
pending legislation which would pro-
hibit you from planting anything"
Well. let us see: quote from the
House version Of the bill, H. R. 8505:
Page 1l2, line 13: "(e) The Secre-
tary shall provide, through the State,
county and local committees of farm
ers hereinafter provided, for farm
quantity of the commodity which may
be marketed from the farm. Such
farm marketing quotas shall be estab-
lished for each farm on which the
farmer whether or not co-operator)
is engaged in producing the commodity
for market ="
quote some more. The following
three passages should be read as one.
Their unity lies in the phrase unfair
agricultural practice" This phrase is
used to describe the offense Of market
ing wheat or corn (or some other
crops) in excess of the quota. This is
declared to be "a violation of law"
punishable by the Government. The
passages providing for this read:
Page 113, line Is: Sec. % ca 1t
shall be an unfair agricultural practice
for any farmer whether or not a
co-operator) to market wheat or corn
in excess Of his farm marketing
quota ="
Violation of the Law.
Page ia, line !: "(b) 1t shall be
violation OF law for any farmer to
engage in any unfair agricultural
practice that affects interstate or for
eign commerce. and for each such
violation the farmer shall be liable to
pay an excess-marketing penalty at
the following rate: IS per centum OF
the parity price as proclaimed at the
beginning Of the marketing year by
the Secretary =. Such penalties shall
accrue to the United States and shall
be payable to and collected by the
Secretary.
"(c) Whenever, after investigation.
the Secretary has reason to believe
that any farmer has engaged in any
unfair agricultural practice that affects
interstate or foreign commerce and
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of course negotiations of by
The hopping mad
tell that negotiations
until Court had acted thin
family itself.
According this which
and John Zimmerman OF Improvement
aiate joined Groesbeck
strong against immediate registration
L. Carlisle of Niagara
Whichever
extraordinary
relations n
IncD
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middle-of- -the-roaders have done 1t
because they thought it was the way
to maintain political power.
Meanwhile II wages are not cut so
that work can be spread, millions more
will have no jobs at all. Had Mr.
Roosevelt urged that work be spread
and pay cuts distributed so as to take
care of many who would otherwise be
deprived Of their entire jobs, the
reasoning would have been more ac-
ceptable to the business world, though
today with contractual obligations to
pay certain hourly rates of wages,
the usual answer Is to cut down the
amount of work, introduce lay-offs
for the unlucky workmen who have
been last to come on the pay roll and
who have suffered throughout the
depression while others have had some
form Of employment. Maybe these
unemployed will use their political
power next autumn to put into ONCE
Representatives and Senator's who will
remove the shackles from business
and give the American economic sys-
tenn chance to function once more.
(Copyright. 193SD
Evening star., 1938-01-27

Iowa farm. There was considerable
Of the whoa, haw, gee. Buck" to be
done then. and John Crockett did 1t
unstintingly. Some credit for voice
polishing should go to the show busi-
ness" that Mr.. Crockett joined after
his graduation from the University Of
Iowa. For eight years he took to the
road, appearing in such delightful
old melodramas as only q Woman's
Heart" Ten Nights in Bar Room"
Uncle Toms Cabin" etc.
When he quit the stage State hon.
ors awaited him. He became the
reading clerk Of the Iowa State Legis-
lature. clerk of the Iowa Supreme
Court. At the request of William B.
Allison. then Senator from Iowa, Mr..
Crockett came to Washington to try
out for clerk of the Senate. Another
stage was set. Judges were selected.
The galleries were packed. Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge handed him
Teddy" Roosevelt's speech to Con-
gress. That was easy. The tempo
increased. The treaty Of Guadalupe,
with its Spanish names. came next.
His strength and zest for life he at
tributes to his vegetarian diet II have
been called crank so many time;
I quite enjoy It," says Mr. Crockett.
He does not think that dyspeptics are
good-natured. So he eats no flesh.
fowl nor good red herring" He drink
no tea, coffee nor alcoholic beverage.
He does not smoke. He gets his
strength and health out of the ground
in his own garden, both in die. and
recreation.
At times the strain Of reading
hours on end in the Senate Is terrific
Once years ago Mr.. Crockett called the
Senate roll 33 times. This was when
Senator La Toilette, ST., staged his
famous 13-hour-20-minute all-night
filibuster. Mr.. Crockett's speed was
firmly established in 1913.- Senator
Phelan of Northern California intro
duced bill to supply San Francisco
with water. Unanimous consent ex-
pired at midnight. Senator Works Of
Southern California opposed the bill.
He talked hopefully until 1855. Mr..
Crockett called the Senate roll and re-
capitulated the case in just "a min
utes fiat. The bill passed.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Contract Let for Ambulances,

Awarding Of q contract for two am
balances, one for the Army Medical
Center here, and for a hearse for
Arlington National Cemetery was an
nounced today by the quartermaster
general, Maj. Gen. Henry Gibbins.
The contract, in the amount Of s7,4s4,
was awarded to A. J. Miller Co., Belle
fontaine, Ohio.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
RED MEN TO INSTALL
OFFICERS THIS EVENING
Frank A. Jacobs Will Be In
Quoted sachem Of Logan
Tribe, No. 6.

Frank A. Jacobs will be installed as
sachem Of the Logan Tribe, No. 8. I'm
proved Order Of Red Men, at cere-
monies to be held at the organiza-
tion's headquarters. 7l3 D street NV,
at O'Clock tonight.
Other officers to be installed are
Francis Starke, senior sycamore; !;
Samuel Millburn, junior sycamore;
Henry E. Koenig, prophet; Robert
Stark, guard Of the forest; Rudolph
Strickland, guard Of the wigwam;
Walter Jones, chief Of records; Thomas
Dennis, collector Of wampum; Thomas
Norvel. our great sachem keeper Of
wampum; Arthur Starke, frst sannup;
Paul Cant, second sannup, and Gar
nett Delaney, press representative.
Evening star., 1938-01-27

culture. And it bore the signature OF
one who signed himself Assistant to
the Secretary" The letter read:
Il am replying to your letter OF
December IL on behalf Of Secretary
Wallace.
You or any other farmer may plant
exactly what you like on your farm.
There is no present legislation nor
any pending legislation which would
prohibit you from planting anything.
Very truly yours,
Evening star., 1938-01-27
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

COME weeks ago lady wrote a
letter to Secretary Of Agricul-
\ ture Wallace I do not have a
copy Of the letter, but one can
infer what was In 1t. The letter was
a question and protest. The writer
had been disturbed by newspaper
Evening star., 1938-01-27

auuSlOn to the
crop control bill
and she wanted
to protest against
t he conpulsion
on farmers. So
she wrote Secre-
tary Wallace.
Presently S h e
got a reply. The
reply was not
from Secretary
Wallace in per-
son, but it was
written on the
omcial lie ter
paper of the De-
partment OF Agri-
Evening star., 1938-01-27

CHEEKY, lovable
1owan, who has
served the Senate
we'll for the last
80 years. His phi
losophy is: BE
good natured and
treat every one
right" 1t has
reaped a harvest
of friends all up
and down the
line.
The story Of Mr..
Crockett's fine,
clear, strong voice
wings back to his
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Boys Band to Give Concert.

The Holy Comforter Boys Band
Will give concerts February u and %
for the benefit of the Holy Comforter
Church. The concerts will be given
at the Holy Comforter Auditorium.
Fifteenth and East Capitol streets.
under leadership Of the Rev. Joseph
F. Denges.
Evening star., 1938-01-27

lhe feld IS mtless and such the inertia
wM oe several years before people realize that these
are no guarantee that their contents
old bitter medicine of the
M under the laws OF the State Of Delaware
racket e? The tennessee Valley Authority
harsh and arbitrary Authority American dogs that
they should submit to bureaucratic utilities
couo De panied for decade T. " A. called
more Aounoant Life and entered battle
nne M WIDOWS orphans and other
Republic. " ~ '" e'D
tcopyrsht nd Tribune syndcate).
Evening star., 1938-01-27

Institute suggests
doctor with scalpe something precise
measured leaning anesheted guinea
the sterile
Dr. Freud and magnificent dinedness Alas
institutes
were the trusts trustworthy the associations friendly
fundamental democracy
So CONTEND the time has to call the cabbage
another which little
purpose cannot too strongly recommend the
1t suggests great resources far
sighted
After all there is the Carnegie Foundation
daton and mistaken,
something rrevocaby
ephanine and immaculate title Foundation
mas unselnshly ahenaed
Tax it at peril for thereby taxing
charitable good works"
Where John not calling his C. O
the John Lewis Foundation for the
Evening star., 1938-01-27

From the right
wing the con-
Servatives-comes
the blast that the
administration Is
weakening con-
ddence at a very
time " h e n / t
ug ht to be
siren g thening
confidence. When
the President uses
the phrase Those
who believe in the
profit syst e m
must recognize,
ETC." there are
readers in the
Evening star., 1938-01-27

IN tner place arose ASSOCIATIONS"
What could be fairer than an as
sociation? All men brothers, CO.
operating willingly together for
their mutual good, etc. Uniortu-
nately the associations behaved 80
very like the old bad trusts that
with N R. A. everything had to be
changed. What came out of it
was flock Of institute-the Iron
and Steel Institute, the Edison In
stitute which replaced the N. E.
L. A. and 50 forth,
Evening star., 1938-01-27
An American
You Should
Know
John c. Crockett Has
Philosophy Of
Friendiness.
By DELLA PYNCHON.

BY DELLA PYNCHON.
TO THOUSANDS who pack the
Senate galleries year after year
John Crockett may be Just
booming voice as he calls the
Senate roll. reads the Senate calendar,
the amendments.
To the Senate at large he Is q big,
Evening star., 1938-01-27

sorts OF evidence Is adduced to
prove this. One item IS Uniteds
choice Of John J. Burns, former S.
E. c. general counsel. to represent
it in the discussions of registration.
Another is the fact that,
throughout the discussions, no word
was said to indicate that registra-
ton was to be contingent on the
Supreme Courts valuation OF the
Holding Company Act. The third
Is the S. e. C.. UNDERSTANDING that
Evening star., 1938-01-27

OF TeglSCTaCIOn WIN tne .. Z. ..
1t seemed then that the most
powerful interests in the utilities
business were preparing to end
their three -year-old fight against
Government regulation even be-
fore the Supreme Court could de-
eide the pending Electric Bond &
Share case.
X X X
The sudden apparent self
reversal of the United Corp. di-
rectors is enormously significant,
Evening star., 1938-01-27
We, the People
Down With institutes, Let Us Have "Foundations''
Is Suggestion of Observer.
BY JAY FRANKLIN,

AM TIRED Of that the public relations
men found for these peculiar suspect
/ Foundation" will be the next e
Back in the sos they called pretty
nneands casped In mutual confidence
at the helm honesty
right Tor the common man and got
laws, something had " ~
through thm the trusts had djsapnared
Evening star., 1938-01-27

ing Between Industry and Labor"
1t is not too late for others to
profit by his omission. Almost
any day now expect to hear Of
the. Frank Hague Foundation for
the Preservation OF the Right
to Work and of the Tom Girdler
Foundation for Applied Police
Methods. Perhaps in time the Re-
publican party can reorganize it.
self as the Abraham Lincoln Foun-
dation for the Protection Of Private
Enterprise and the Bill of Rights.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
The Capital Parade
Whitney Notifies SEC. United Corporation Will Not
Sign-New Dealers Are Angered


SUDDEN rather business
cooperation in the utilities field
the day when Thomas Lamont Of Morgan Co..
Of the c. White House
together o depression turkey President
Whitney, and
b of Mr. Lamonts in the % Wall Street.
shrewd William would
Holding
Court has passed its validity
Mr. Whney visit something of surprise Mr. Douglas Only
Whitney
that the utilities
Evening star., 1938-01-27

THE opinions OF the rers this page their ou
, rfce:sarAy TIE stars Such opinions are presented n
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
then1selves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1938-01-27

1tO Ia dUI6 UI CIIelI UWI Virtues dIe
dropping, business executives are fear
fu and the President of the United
States offers no solution but continues
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Contradictory
Advice Adds
toConfusion
Jobless May Remove
Business Shackles
at Polls.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

OL1T1CAL government is in a
serious fix these days. Millions
Of men are out Of work through
Evening star., 1938-01-27

Among the New Dealers
of register All
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-10
ONCE UPON MAY 10Th

ONCE UPON MAY 10th
The coming season is to bring rival
productions of Shakespeare Henry
cycle to Broadway. 1t is to be hoped
that admirers of Maurice Evans and
of Orson Welles, who will head the
two acting companies, will not allow
their feelings to run away with them
as tragically as followers of Charles
Macready and Edwin Forrest, rival
"Macbeths" in New York, 80 years
ago today.
To understand the occurrence, it is
necessary to know something of what
preceded it. Forrest, most famous
American actor of his day, travelled
to London and made the mistake of
presenting Shakespeare, there, where
anything American, good or bad, was
regarded condescendingly. The tone
of the British reviews impelled For
rest to attend performance by Mac
ready, then England's No. / tragedian,
and give him a resounding kissing,
tefore he sailed for New York.
There he publicly gloated over the
rszzing he had given Macready.
Macready had toured America, and
had gone home to echo the usual
British opinion of the United States
in such terms as LET me die in
ditch in England, rather than in the
Fifth Avenue of New York" and
were not the vulgar wretches, the
stupid unprincipled dolts, enough to
drive a man mad?" Some United
States newspapers had conceded the
possibility of Vanderhoff's Hamlet"
Eainp ornater than Mooroodx,,. o...-
ing the latter to exclaim, What ig-
norant and what conceited ounces in
literature and art these people are"
These remarks and more than them
preceded Macready when he came to
the country for another tour, and
Forrest had no difficulty in stirring
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-10
waska'qtf'$&,ay RY @a4
1eTse Commentaries on People and Places . i.
Gentle IcOnOclnsn, sUith Politics Esche,ced
BY DR.. JAMES E. POPE
Special Washington Correspondene

contestant, Representative Wilcox,
made a vigorous-and to them I'M
warranted-attacka against one of the
very few Democratic Presidents that
Florida Democrats have seen in the
White House during their lifetime Be
sides, new senator. might upset the
cart that hauls the relief money.
Those who carelessly and loudly in
sist that Senator Peppers victory was
due to his support of the wage-hour
legislation, should step and consider
that folks in Florida are not less re-
gular than others when it comes to
swallowing their political pills When
pill is difficult to swallow whole,
they chew it. Therefore, it was only
reasonable for them to decide that
they were not born expressly for bat
Ting either side of wage-hour legisla-
ton, court or government reorganiza-
tion--or what have you. So, in choos-
ing they chose what to them repre-
sented the uninterrupted flow Of
money from Washington. Things Of
lesser Importance could go hang!
Again-poor candidates! Alas, so
often they must rediscover that peo-
pie. talk publicly but vote secretly.
The tragic realization that the middle
of the political stream is never
straight line comes too late. !. and the
drowning man out there, not the man
On the bank, knows where the water
is the coldest and deepest.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-10
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Judge Curtis D. Wilbur of CAL,
Federal jurist, onetime secretary of
the navy, born at Boonesboro,' Iowa,
II years ago.
Mordecai J. B. Ezekiel economic
adviser to the secretary of agricul-
ture, born at Richmond, Va, 80 years
ago.
DR.. Samuel M. Lindsay of Columbia
University, professor of social legis-
lation, born in Pittsburgh, SO years
ago.
AG4o,Al Samuel S. Robinson, u. S.
N, re- red, born in Juanita Co., Pa,
II years ago.
Fred Astaire, dancer-actor, born 3S
years ago.
DR.: Howard J. Savage, secretary OF
the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad-
vancement Of Teaching, New York
born at AIeriden, Conn, So years ago
DR.. Karl Barth Of Switzerland, exiled
German Protestant theologian, born
50 years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-10
AMERICA AT WAR DAY-BY-DAY


20 Years Ago Today-Sant' Anna,
Italian transport, was torpedoed in
the Mediterranean with the loss of
638 lives.
Italian airmen bombed Trent, Tri-
este and Pola.
Capt. James Norman Hall was re-
ported missing after a duel with an
enemy airman over Pagny-sur-Mo-
selle. (The same James Norman Hall
who co-authored the current '"The
Dark. Riyer.") .
Lieut.. Rene Fonc!i ,~ou ght down
six German planes in one cay.
Defective ammunition was suspect
ed after a three-inch shell exploded
in practice at Forth Worth, Texas,
wiping out the 141st Infantry gun
crew and killing members of another
crew from 142nd Infantry.
Former Car Nicholas of Russia
and his family were revea.od to have
been moved to Ekaterinburg, in the
Ural mountains, by their Communist
captors, to balk monarchist coup. They
were killed at Ekaterinburg.
9th Division headquarters arrived
overseas on the heels of S2nd Division
headquarters. Next day 325th Infan-
try, 82nd, was reviewed in London by
King George.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-10
TODAY y
ronAy,S ANNIVERSARIES


177S-William Ladd, New England
shin captain, farmer pioneer in in
ternational peace activities, born at
Exeter, N. H. Died April 9, l84l.
17s9-Jared Sparks, historian, clergy
man, Harvard professor and president
born at wilmington, Conn. Died March
IA, 1856.
18O1-Paul Tulane, New Orleans
merchant and philanthropist, born
near Princeton, N. J. Died March
q, 1888.
1S23-John Sherman, Ohio's famed
LAWYER, congressman, senator, secre-
tary of the treasury, presidential can
didate, senator again, secretary OF
state, born at Lancaster, Ohio. Died
in Washington, Oct. %, 1900
1S3S-q00 years ago. James Bryce
Britain'I famed ambassador to
Washington, author of the classic
*The American Commonwealth,
born. Died Jan. %, 1922.
1841-James Gordon Bennett, who
succeeded his father as publisher OF
the N. Y. Herald, able editor in his
own right, born in New York. Died
May IA, 1918.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-10

moss was used were healthier and
had a better root system than were
tnose which came from beds not us
ing the substance.
In one field count of 400 hills, 253
ilills in which plants from beds not
using moss were set had died. In /.
like number of hills where the peat
moss was used in growing the plants,
only SO hills we're dead.
"I think the peat moss is worth its
cost and effort in spring that is ex
tremely dry Wees said. "When we
have normal seasons, doubt if it
would be worth the cost. Therefore
as 1 see it, it's value is largely as an
insurance against dry weather"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-10
TODAY IN HISTORY

1775-Fort Ticonderoga, NJ 7.
taken at dawn by Ethal Allen and his
Green Mountain Boys.
1783-Order of the Cincinnati found
ed by .the American officers of the
Revolution encampment on the Hud-
son.
1797-First warship of the U. s.
under the Constitution launched in
Philadelphia.
1838-(100 years ago. Gen. Win
field Scott, ordered to lead some 15,-
900, Cherokee Indians out of Tennes-
see and South Carolina westwards is
sued proclamation to Indians to that
effect-a remarkable and unsung he
roic work, for he led them out with
out a murmur although the Indians
were in an infuriated state of mind
due to unjust and even vile treat
ment by whites.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-10

erous, Weeks said.
Getting an early start and the vir-
tual absence of blue mold produced
vigorous plants that were ready for
setting out in the field Icefore trans
planting time. In some cases, few
farmers attempted to inoculate their
plant beds with blue mold to retard
growth until the proper date for the
transfer.
Several experiments were carried
on this year in which peat moss was
used in plant beds to produce a more
vigorous root system.
Weeks said results from the use of
the moss this year were more favor
able than were last years expert
rlents In practically every demonstra-
ton, the plants from beds where the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-10

that holding company scope must
be restricted to a single integrated
system, and to such other operations
only as are allied with the major bus
mess.
Subsection e authorizes a holding
company, beginning last January 1,
tc submit voluntarily to the SEC a
pan of compliances. The "construc-
tive purpose. of the present COM
rnittee is to work out such a plan with
the SEC under conditions of mutual
cooperation.
TIE committee will urge proper
protection for capital now invested
in the hereafter required" by the hold
ing companies and their subsidiaries
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-05-10
TCDAY'S HOROSCOPE

Todays native should be able m
execution with lowers of resources;
but there is an indication of Incidence
or an inclination to depend too much
upon others. Do not allow this to get
control IT you, for it is fatal to the
proper operation of your inherent
qualities There is also an indication
of considerable means