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FESTIVAL IS HELD
Foreign Born Residents
Take Part in Program
on Constitution.

CARRIED in wigs and Colonial cos
tunes, foreign citizens of the city
depicted the story Of the ratification
of the United States Constitution on
the stage Of Departmental Auditorium
last night as part of the annual spring
festival of the Americanization School
Association
Young brunettes from Southern
European countries mingled with
blends from Germany and the
Scandinavian nations, while Frederic
A. Delano, chairman of the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion and the president of the as
ISOLATION. presided and delivered the
main address. Other speakers were
the honor guest, James Houghteling,
commissioner of immigration and
naturalization, and Mrs. Alexander H.
Bell. former chairman of the Ameri-
canization Committee of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution.
The program began with a concert,
followed by a parade of the new
American citizens, led by Mrs. G. M.
S. McClintick and Miss Vera Parker.
After the salute to the flag. Mr..
Delano welcomed the new citizens.
Declaring the kind of education that
the Americanization School gives lis
not easy" Mr.. Delano said in the
first place it applies to adults of
other countries. where, in many cases,
the language Is very different, while,
furthermore, the manners, the Gus
toms and the form of government
may Be very different"
Next came Norwegian songs. sung
by Miss Sofa Holmen, accompanied
by John Herman, and greetings from
Mr.. Houghteling and Albert Blum.
Also participating in the program
were Souren H. Hanessian, vice presi-
dent of the Americanization School
Association, and Miss Maude E. Anton,
administrative principal in charge of
Americanization work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18
Rosenberg Gets Bee S,uarm,
But Only after He Gets Help

First-hand knowledge of bees came
to Maurice D. Rosenberg, Alexandria
(Va) Delegate to the Virginia Gen.
eral Assembly, when swarm Of the
insects landed on vacant lot owned
by him yesterday.
It all started when someone ran
into the Alexandria police headquar-
tiers excitedly and reported the swarm
Of bees at King and Fairfax streets.
Only last week the Police Depart
ment had been outbluffed by the
insects when another swarm was re-
ported and two employees of the city
garage were dispatched to capture
them.
So, instead OF responding to the call,
police called Mr.. Rosenberg, who
rushed to the scene and started laying
plans Immediately for the honey he
would enjoy later this summer.
Armed with a stick and cardboard
box, the legislator jumped into an
excavation where the bees were hang
ing from piece of timber, and az.
preached the seething mass.
Bystanders, in the meantime, were
suggesting all kinds of methods for
capturing the insects. Not knowing
q thing, the delegate was told he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18

once worked hard to collect will be
sewed into another persons quilt. A
book collector will add to his collection
three French books, published in 1903.
A collection Of neckties with AL
fred M. Landon's picture on them
will be sold in Mr.. Farley's post
Office. In case any one is in need
of flySwatters. he has a lot to choose
from in the SALE Mop handles. china
vases. moving machine blades and
shaving cream are also offered to
whoever wants them.
If there is anything Of great value
in the sale, the purchasers guess is
as good as that of the men In charge
of the exhibit. There are several dia-
mond rings and a miscellaneous COL
lection OF silverware. The value in
sentiment, however, that lies behind
the articles up for auction cannot be
estimated.
Who can say how the girl felt when
the yellow gold ring with her initials
carved inside did not come in the
mail?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18
CARDENAS TOURING
SEIZED OIL LANDS
Itinerary includes Stop at San
Luis Potosi, Stronghold Of
Gen, Cedillo.

By the Asso ciated Press.
MEXICO CITY, May l8-President
Cardenas started a tour of expro-
priated American and British oil
properties today, and his itinerary
included a stop at San Luis Potosi,
stronghold of the agrarian leader,
Gen. Saturnino Cedillo.
Gen. Cedillo, President Cardenas'
political opponent and central figure
Of this weeks rumors of planned re-
bellion, has resigned from the army,
thereby avoiding serving a military
commission in Michoacan, Cardenas'
home state.
A strong garrison of troops was in
San Luis to greet President Cardenas'
special train. With machine gun nests
atop public buildings, they have been
patrolling the city since Sunday, be-
cause of the unfulflled rumors that
Gen. Cedillo was ready to lead his
peasant following in an uprising. A
Strong detachment of troops also was
aboard the train.
The President is en- route to the
Huasteca region, and will visit Tam
pico and other oil cities.
Coincidental with his departure
the government petroleum admins
tration announced signing of contracts
for $2,257,556.15 in oil to be shipped
aboard in IA tankers due in Tampicc
this month. The oils destination was
not announced.
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would have to capture the queen" Of
the swarm and the rest of the bees
would follow wherever she went.
A close look at the swarm convinced
Mr. Rosenberg that seeking a needle
in haystack could certainly be no
more difficult than looking for a
queen in a swarm" He decided to
call the heroes" of last weeks bee
episode-Joseph Baum and Henry
Dixon Of the city garage.
Messrs Baum and Dixon arrived
equipped with shaving mirror, sheets
of tin with which to make noise)
and an assortment Of traps and boxes.
They drove the bees in box within
a few moments and took them to the
garage, where they will stay until Mr..
Rosenberg equips himself with hive
Alexandria police, meanwhile. were
momentarily upset when-while the
Rosenberg bees were being captured
the police radio announcer directed a
scout car to swarm Of bees The
Alexandria officers we're relieved, how
ever. when the radio added the ad-
dress as the 300 block of B street in
Washington.
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BIC MOTOR FIRMS
FACE Jury ACTION
U. S. to Ask indictment of
Three Companies Under
Antitrust Laws.

| BY the Associated Press.
Attorney General Cummings said
today that Government attorneys
would ask Federal grand jury at
South Bend. Ind, early next week to
indict. under antitrust laws, the Ma
tons three largest automobile manu-
facturers and affiliated finance firms.
The companies, Ford Motor Co.,
Chrysler Corp. and General Motors
Co., will be charged, he said at his
press conference. with coercing dealers
into requiring that automobile pur-
chases be financed by manufacturer
affiliated finance firms.
In a statement which he released
simultaneously, Mr.. Cummings said
the department would leave its doors
open at any stage of the proceeding
for representatives of the firms to pro-
pose consent DEGREES, but that such
action would have to be voluntary.
No Invitation Made.
while we do not invite the submits
sion of such proposals." the statement
said, 1T will be our policy in all cases
to examine and consider any which
may be made.
They must offer in addition to q
prohibition of the violations Of the
antitrust laws with which the pros
pective defendants are charged, sub
stantial public benefits connected with
the policy of maintaining free COM
petition in an orderly market which
could not be obtained by the criminal
prosecution.
The department will submit any
satisfactory consent decree proposal,
he added, to the court before whom
proceedings are pending.
In another prepared statement, Mr..
Cummings said that the department,
henceforth, would issue public state
ments from time to time throwing
light on the prosecution policy with
respect to antitrust laws.
Problem Differentiated.
1.-THE necessity for making such
public statements with respect to anti
trust prosecution arises from the fact
that they present problem different
from the enforcement Of other criminal
statutes
The new policy, he said, is purely
experimental and will be rescinded
if it fails to prove beneficial to the
press, industry at large, the Justice
Department and Congress.
The charges which Russell Hardy
and other department attorneys will
make against the automobile manu-
featuring and finance firms. he said,
will be similar to those made before a
Federal grand jury at Milwaukee, Wis,
last November.
The Milwaukee proceeding was
halted December II when Federal
Judge F. A. Geiger held that the de-
partment acted with "impropriety''
when it conferred with representatives
Of the companies on a proposed con-
sent decree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18

of Maryland and the District Of Co.
lumbia. All had been housed in the
Dead Letters and Dead Parcel Post
Division because they were improperly
addressed or packed or because they
were damaged in transit. In the latter
case, the Post Office pays the indem-
nifty and then sells the damaged goods
to get some return on the loss.
Dinner Bell From India.
Odd things people send through the
mails is revealed in the piles OF goods
to be sold at auction. A blow torch. a
religious scarf, dinner bell from In
dia, hack-saw blades, tooth paste and
double-edged axes are just samples OF
what is hidden in the brown paper
parcels that are handled daily.
Some small boy may profit by an
other youngsters loss when small
baseball uniform, complete with bat,
ball and glove finds a new owner.
The auctioneer will have to find a
purchaser for pair Of mems high lace
shoes. The quilt pieces that some one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18
M|NTON ASSA|LEO
|NFRANK'S REPLY
Farm Paper Nonpartisan,
Editor Declares, Denying
Senator's Charges.
BN the Associated Press.

BN the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 18.-Dr. Glenn
Frank said in prepared speech today
a reckless misuse of governmental
powers and misstatement OF fact"
marked the "attack" made recently by
Senator Shermon Minton, Democrat,
OF Indiana on Rural Progress Mag
azine.
DR.. Frank Is president and editor
of the magazine and also is chair
man of the Republican Party Program
Committee. His speech over a radio
hookup was in reply to one delivered
by Senator Minton week ago.
1.-THE Senator says that Rural Prog.
ress Magazine was created and is sup
ported by capitalists (or. in the Sen
ator's elegant phrase. fat CATS in
order to spread subtle propaganda
against New Deal policies among the
farmers OF seven Midwestern States"
DR.. Frank said.
This Is complete. absolute and
indefensible missttatement of fact"
He asserted Rural Progress was a
i1oAA- poi Ilodll lllo6dLlllC 4OuilOCO AL Vic
hope that it would be of value to
farmers and advertisers and would re-
turn profit to its owners.
Its founders, he said, were small
number of men of means" who were
convinced they had sound and
profitable publishing idea"
DR.. Frank said he associated him.
self with the enterprise for business
and professional reasons only. His
appointment as chairman of the Re.
publican Committee was made seven
months later, he added.
He asserted the speech oy Senator
Minton, who is chairman of the
Senate Lobby Committee, was "a
bitterly indicative partisan political
attack"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18
QUESTION LISTS
OF i. S. STUDIED
Move to Simplify Maze of
Papers Sent Out Is
Started.
Rs the Associsted Press.

~ the Associated fTebS.
Federal question-as seek in
formation on everything from what
you had for breakfast this morning to
how much business you did last year.
The maze Of questionnaires Is so
formidable that President Roosevelt
said yesterday he had asked Chairman
Stuart A. Rice of the Central Statisti-
cal Board to tell him how to simplify
the array for every one concerned
especially the businessman.
He said private organizations were
studying the possibilities Of the Aus
tralian system Of having citizens I'LL
out missionaries when they go to the
polls. The President added that he was
not advocating such a system.
Asking questions, Mr.. Rice pointed
out. Is serious business in Washing
ton. Any one Of scores of agencies
might get an idea that it could do or
stop doing something II only 1t had
some statistics-and out comes a ques-
tionnaire.
DR.. Rice estimated that in the last
year 800 full-fledged question lists, not
counting some routine inquiries, were
sent out by Federal agencies. Another
hundred were proposed. but withdrawn
at the boards suggestion.
Favors Simplifcation.
Although favoring simplihcation of
missionaries, DR.. Rice said the Gov
| opfNo liz, 80;
to make competent decisions on many
! problems.
Nor are American questionnaires the
most complicated. In the Philippine
Islands, for instance, a list of 1000
questions has been prepared to ask the
natives in single census.
Not all the questions that Amer
lean officials want asked are put to
the citizenry. A proposal to inter-
view former slaves was rejected So
was a fire chiefs plan to have the
w. P. A. list every door in every
building in his city for card index
to tell the firemen how to get into
burning structures.
! How many statisticians are there
in Washington? No one really knows,
but certain bureaus which are pri-
marily statistical have a pay roll of
about $4,000 persons The Oldest and
largest is the Census Bureau, started
in 1890.
What Do They Ask?
What do question-askers ask? Well,
| the breakfast question was one Of
them. Part Of w. P. A. consumers
research project, 1t started out to be
funny, but officials say now it has
aroused intense interest Of business
because of valuable marketing infor-
| nation
The Treasury, of course, tries to be
very practical about its missionaries,
asking for solid data on earnings and
such. The Agriculture Department
makes regular surveys of livestock,
planting. and other phases of farm
life
Every week, the Federal Reserve
Board takes sample survey of de-
partment store sales. and every month
the Labor Department gets reports
on industrial employment.
In 1910, however, will come the
real question and answer marathon
the decennial population census. 1t
will seek not only to list every per-
son in the country. but to gather in
formation on housing. unemployment
and other social problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18

former chairman testiles, and if not,
on the succeeding day.
The next meeting of the committee,
for which no date has been set, Will
be an executive session, when 1t is
expected an attorney and possibly
staff of investigators will be selected.
Removed by President.
DR.. Arthur Morgan was removed
several weeks ago by President Roose-
welt, who said the chairman had been
guilty of contumacy" in refusing on
three occasions to produce evidence in
support of the charges he made against
the other directors. His principal
accusation was that he thought they
had endeavored to enable Senator
Berry, Democrat, of Tennessee to COL
lect money from the Government for
alleged marble deposits flooded BY the
waters of Norris Dam. The marble
deposits recently were adjudged COM
merciaIly valueless.
Dr. Morgan, although denying that
the President had authority to remove
him. has made no effort to resume his
duties in connection with T. V. A.
The resolution setting up the joint
committee also called for an invest;-
CATION Of activities of private utilities
supposedly designed to block the 1.
v. A. program, but the committee has
given no indication when 1t intends
to begin that phase of its inquiry.
Utility Deals Pushed.
officials of the authority, apparently
unconcerned by the impending inquiry.
continued efforts to acquire private
utility properties in the vast MID
south area which they hope EVENTUAL
to serve entirely with T. V. A.-produced
power.
Mr.. Lilienthal. acting with Mayor
w. W. Mynatt of Knoxville, Tenn. ar
ranged a showdown conference today
with Clarence E. Groesbeck. chairman
of Electric Bond & Share Corp. and
Paul B. Sawyer. president OF National
Power & Light Co., on the purchase Of
Tennessee Public Service Co. prop
critics at Knoxville.
Mayor Mynatt said the city was pre-
pared, if negotiations fail. to call for
bids Friday on construction OF a
municipal system to compete with the
private company The city and T. V.
A. have offered S7,5oO,O00 for the prop
critics.
The two utilities executives were un-
derstood to be trying to raise this price
and also to get the city to take over
street railway system. 1t was reliably
reported that Mayor Mynatt and Mr..
Lilienthal were firmly set against max
ing concessions on these points.
The conflict between T. v. A. and
private interests is one of the subjects
Of the congressional investigation, but
so far none of the members has evil
denced much interest in that phase.
Their primary concern is with the T.
v. A. itself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18
AMERICANS FIGHT
JAPANESE RULES
Grew Demands Right for
Them to Return to
Captured Cities.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The State Department is seeking
permission for Americans in China to
return to cities from which they were
driven by Japan's advance. officials
said today.
United States Ambassador Joseph G.
Grew at Toxic already has made
representations to the Japanese gov
eminent demanding to know why it
refuses to let Americans go back to
places where they conducted missions,
schools or businesses
Many Wait in Shanghai.
Several hundred Americans are con-
centrated in Shanghai, unable to OBJ
tain the necessary transportation per-
mits from japanese authorities.
The japanese say they might run a
risk of being injured or wounded. The
Americans. however. believe the
Japanese are angered over eyewitness
stories of japanese atrocities told by
American missionaries.
Some businessmen would like to re-
turn to Marking. not so much to con-
tinue their businesses as to wind them
up Other Americans desire to inspect
their homes or other properties which
they have learned have been damaged.
They can not present accurate claims
for damages until they do so.
japanese Civilians Permitted.
The State Department wants to
know why 1000 japanese civilians
have been permitted to go to Marking
and other cities when Americans have
been prevented from visiting them.
Prior to the japanese occupation.
there were 253 Americans living at
Marking. SO at Soochow. 1l9 at Hang
chow, 81 at Yangchow and 80 at
Chingkiang, a total of $50.
At present there are about 80 Amer
leans in Marking and about 10 in all
the other towns mentioned. American
consuls say it is easy for Americans
still in Marking to obtain permission
to leave, but the tickets are one-way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18
BARNEY HOUSE FETE
TO OPEN TOMORROW
Annual May Festival Will Last
Three Days-Dances in Street

0AuudA Mdy CeSCAVdA Ill Ae1oL
Three Days-Dances in Street
Scheduled Saturday.
The annual May Festival of Barney
Neighborhood House, 470 N street S.W.,
will be held tomorrow, Friday and
Saturday. Maypole dances in the
street with music by the Marine Band
will be featured Saturday afternoon.
Members of the Board Of Trustees OF
the house will act as hostesses on the
three days of the festival, Miss Mar
garet Bell Merrill, head resident, an
nounced.
The Arts and Crafts Committee,
headed by Mrs. Samuel Herrick, will
display weaving and articles imported
from India.
Tomorrow and Friday afternoons at
4:30 o'clock children of Neighborhood
House will present 1.-THE Old Woman
Who Lived in Shoe" Plays and dance
numbers will be presented each night
during the festival at 7:45 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18

More than 700 groups of articles,
new and secondhand, that never
reached their destinations, were lined
up in neat piles at the City Post Office
Building today awaiting sale at public
auction tomorrow.
Hundreds of prospective buyers
filed through Room 1888 to view the
conglomeration Of clothing, jewelry,
musical instruments, auto parts. farm
implements-just about everything, in
fact, up to and including kitchen
stove.
Housewives examined the dresses,
jewelry and kitchen ware. Second
hand dealers were busy with the radio
parts, hardware, books and other mis-
cellany which will pass through their
hands to still other owners Philatel-
lists turned to the first-f1ight covers
and stamps
The articles were accumulated in a
single year, it was explained. and COW
cred region including only North
Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, part
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18
new DISPUTE INVOLVES
POLAND AND LITHUANIA
Warsaw Reported Making Protest
Against New Constitution
Claiming Wilno.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KAUNAS. Lithuania, May 1s.-1n-
dications of new friction between Po-
land and Lithuania appeared today in
q report that Poland had protested the
retention in the new Lithuania con-
stitution to clause referring to
Wilno as the lawful capital Of Lith-
uania."
The new constitution, promulgated
May II, retained the clause from the
old constitution.
. The Lithuanian foreign Office would
not confirm or deny tn report. but
there were strong indications in other
sources that the protest was lodged
with the Lithuanian government yes
terday by the Polish Minister, Fran
ciszek Charwat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18
VALENCIA HIGHWAY
ATTACK PREPARED
Heights From Teruel Eastward
Are Organized by Rebels
for Offensive.
by the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HENDAYE, France, May BIN
surgents organized a series of heights
from Teruel east to Masquerade today
as the jump-off line for a general
attack against the government
strong defenses on the Valencia high
way to the south.
Military dispatches from the East
ern front said the last preliminary
positions had been captured, and all
units of Gen. Miguel Aranda's COM
mand of the Eastern front now were
in lialson.
The slow advance of the 83d Navar-
reese Division through the Gudar
Mountains has been overtaken by the
two TANKS.
A 3-mile advance by Gen. del Gado
Serrano, operating south of Cedrillas,
brought capture of the Chaparral
Mountains.
To the east of Masquerade de-
termined assault drove government
defenders from the Hermitage of San
Antonio, a 4,800-foot peak.
Rains continued and insurgent
sources indicated they might await
good weather before ordering gen.
eral advance.
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Tax Bill Conference.

President Roosevelt scheduled q
conference late today with Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau and Un-
dersecretary Magill on the Congress-
approved 1898 tax bill.
The bill, which has been under
study by the Treasury since its pas
sage, was received by the White
House Monday afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18
WAR PLANES SHIPPED
q. s. Made Ships Go to China
on British Vessel.

SAN PEDRO, Calf. May 10 lP.-
One OF the largest consignments of
American-made war planes exported
to China since beginning of Sino-
Japanese hostilities leaves San Pedro
for Hong Kong today aboard the
British motcrship Greystoke Castle of
the Barber Lines.
The Norwegian freighter Triton,
also OF the Barber Line, took out a
number of planes Monday night. In
all. 10, single-engined attack bombers
are included in the cargoes of the two
vessels The shipments are valued at
100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-18
BOY HURT BY CAR
Driver Charged With Failing to
Give Right of WAY.

Five-year old William James Deck
ert, 1926 Burns street Sc, received
bruises and Commissions, and possibly
fractured ribs. today when he was
struck by an automobile at Ninth
street and North Carolina avenue,
while crossing the street.
The driver of the car, James Moten,
colored, As, of 1113 Sixth street NE,
was charged at the NTH precinct
with failing to give right Of way to
q pedestrian. The injured boy was
taken to Providence Hospital.