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The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Glass Bill
On Banks
Delayed
BY ROBERT A. McGnL

G.N.S0 President Roosevelt'S
anti-monopoly program ran against
unexpected opposition today when
a Senate Banking and Currency
subcommittee deferred indefinitely
consideration of the Glass bank
holding company bill.
BY unanimous consent, the COM
mittee, headed by Senator Glass
Cd, Virginia, "pigeon.holed" the
measure, which included proposals
recommended by the President in
his monopoly message to Congress.
ACTION DEFERRED
Senator Townsend (RO, Della
ware, said the committee has
agreed to indefinitely defer &C
ton" on the bill. Asked II that
meant that no further action is
expected on the bill this session,
he replied:
e THAT may be interpreted rs
no further action this session Of
Congress at least"
The committees action repre-
sented a complete and unexpected
reversal of that section Of the
Presidents anti-monopoly pro-
gram. The bill was introduced sew
eral weeks in advance of the Presi-
dents message after Glass had
conferred at the White House.
TOO CONTROVERSIAL
Townsend said it was the con-
Sensus of the committee that the
measure, calling for Federal limi-
tation Of bank holding companies.
contained so many controversial
sections that it would be "prac-
tically impossible" to shove it
through this session of Congress
if adjournment plans for June /
are to be carried out:
Meanwhile, sharp disagreement
developed over other phases Of the
Presidents anti-monopoly program.
Most of the difference centered
around the method Of carrying
out the proposed $500, 900 investi-
CATION of monopolistic practices.
While Senator OMahoney CD
of Wyoming drafted a Senate reso-
luton which would authorize an
investigation of monopolies, opin-
ion was divided whether it should
be carried out by the Senate and
House Judiciary committees, by a
special congressional committee, or
by the three Federal agencies rec
commended by the President.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Highway Bill
Wins o. X.

(IN.s.) Acting on information
that President Roosevelt had re-
ceded in his opposition, the House
Rules Committee today approved
a $4S6, 00O, 600 highway authorize
ton bill for the fiscal years 1910
and 1941, and cleared the path
for consideration on the House
floor Thursday.
In an economy move, Mr.. Roose-
welt last January asked that
authorizations for each of the
two years be held to 500, 000. 900
and that appropriations for the
current year be confined to Ike
sum.
Chairman Cartwright, of the
House Roads Committee, declared
the measure must be passed by
this Congress so that A State leg
islatures which will meet next
year can map their highway bud
gets with definite assurances OF
the amount of Federal aid they
could EXPECT.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Bigger Navy Foes
Continue Drive to
Strangle Measure
Senator Bennett Clark Leads Fight to Send
Bill Back to Committee
Bv ARTHUR HACHTEN

1NS) In a last-ditch battle to prevent passage of the
Administrators $1156546000 naval expansion BILL its Senate
fought today the sent back to the Naval
Affairs Committee for further consideration which ana
mount to killing it.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Susan B. Anthony
Lauded by Capper

Susan B. Anthony ranks with
George Washington and Abraham
Lincoln as a leader in the nations
fight for freedom, Senator Arthur
Capper (R.) of Kansas, stated in
a speech at Woodrow Wilson High
School yesterday. dedicating a
portrait of the noted woman.
The portrait was presented by
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, preSi'
dent of the Board of Education, to
Norman Nelson, principal. She
received it from Mrs. Anna E.
Hendley, former president of the
Susan B. Anthony League.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Gen. Adams Sworn
As Army Adiutant

Maj. Gen. Emory S. Adams
today took over his new duties as
adjutant general of the Army.
General Adams took the oath of
office yesterday, succeeding Maj.
Gen. Edgar T. Conley, who re-
tired on reaching the age of "a.
Brig. Gen. Russell B. Putnam also
took the oath yesterday as pay
master general of the Marine
Corps, succeeding Gen. Harold C.
Reisinger, ordered retired for
physical disability,
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
M'ADOO BACKS
SHIP PROGRAM

Q.N.S) Senator McAdoo Cd
of California said today he will
confer Immediately with the
United States Maritime Commits
sion to discuss in detail the pro-
posed 500, 100000 shipbuilding
program to rehabilitate water
commerce on the west coast.
Describing the five-point pro
gram outlined by Admiral Emory
S, Land, chairman of the commits
sion, as lone of the greatest pieces
of good fortune to come to the
west coast" McAdoo will urge the
program be started soon as posi-
BILE.
Announced by Land in a letter
to McAdoo following several
months of conferences with the
Californian, the program calls for;
/. Construction of three mod
ern passenger vessels of the i'm
proved Coolidge design for opera
ton in tranSpacific Service.
2. Seven or eight fast cargo
vessels capable of minimum
of 1914 knots for round-the-
world service.
3. Five or six vessels of Spe-
cial design to be operated be-
tween the Pacific Coast and the
east coast of South America.
4. Five or more fast cargo or
combination vessels for fort
nightly operation from the Pa
cific Northwest to the Orient
capable of at least 1872 knots.
S. Five or more vessels Of a
CO design of at least 1917 knots
for new fast service between the
Pacific Coast and Europe, to be
onerated on a fortnightly basis.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Land Urges
Fast Ships
rus.

G.N.S.) While the United
States has been drifting, foreign
nations have been building fast
modern ships that can be operated
cheaply and more efficiently
Chairman Emory S. Land, OF the
Maritime Commission, told thu
foreign commerce round-table con
ference at the U. S. Chamber Of
Commerce convention today.
"Our slow and ageing vessels
must compete with these ships
In the international trade and
it is a losing struggle" he de-
clared. The handicap can only
be overcome by building new
ships capable of coping with
this competition.
EXTENUATING REASONS
while our failure to provide
for an adequate and regulated
replacement program for the
merchant fleet is lamentable,
there have been some extenuat-
ing reasons.
Investigations, financial, and
labor troubles, the depression,
mismanagement, and extraVa-
gance, and the vacillating poll
cieS of which the American ship
ping industry has been the vic
tim in the past decade, have not
been conducive to either normal
or healthy development.
NEED 500 SHIPS
From the standpoint of ma
tional defense, which is the Gov
ernments primary interest in
creating a strong merchant ma
rine, our minimum needs, &C.
cording to the Nays experts,
require 500 ships within the
next 10 years. These vessels, it
has been estimated, will cost
$1,250,0O0, 1000. This is a pro-
gram that should b. within our
capabilities"
Admiral Land said that amont
the commissions immediate plan
is the program for the rehabilita
ton Of the American flag service!
operating from the Pacific Coast
These include the construction
of "a new vessels at an estimated
cost of $50, 900 900 to 500, 900 900
Three of these vessels will b.
m odern, luxurious. passenger
ships for operation in the trans
pacific service. Seven are to b.
fast cargo ships for operation II
the round-the-world service.
Five will be cargo vessels TO
operation to the east coast o
South America, five to be carg'
ships for use in new fortnight!
service between the coast ant
Europe and four to be cargo o
combination passenger and cargC
ships for fortnightly operation
from Pacific Northwest ports II
the Orient.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Long Service Wins
Dog a Glass E. We

ESTACADA, Ore, May 3
U.NSO Years of hard work
brought their reward to Rover in
the form of a shiny new glass eye.
Rover, a female shepherd dog
despite the name, worked faith.
fully for years rounding up the
cows at night for her owner, j. w.
Saunders.
Neither bad weather nor illness
kept her from her duties until she
stuck her head into a nest Of
newly-born kittens, and the
mother cat scratched out one Of
Rover'S eyes. Because of her years
Of labor, Rover was rushed to a
veterinary instead of being shot.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Judith Allen Drops
GOdde Balm Suit

HOLLYWOOD, May 3 Q.N.S0
There will be no battle in court
over whether Mrs. Delphine Dodge
Godde, automobile heiress, stole
the love of Jack Doyle, the Irish
fighter, from Actress Judith Allen.
his wife. Miss Allen, who sued
the heiress several months ago for
81, 1000, 900, has dropped the suit.
She recently secured her final
divorce from DOYLE.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
BLANK CHECK"
RELIEF BAN HIT
BY WHITE HOUSE
Plan to Curb Powers
of President Raped
By ROBERT HUMPHREYS

G.N.S). The White House pro-
tested today against a congress
sional move to curtail broad dis
cretionary powers for President
Roosevelt over SASH ,000,000 in
recovery funds.
A spokesman informed the
House Appropriations Committee.
now drafting the omnibus recov.
cry bill, that any attempt to place
restrictions on executive authority
would be against the express wish
of Mr.. Roosevelt.
CAUSE OF MOVE
The protest was prompted by
efforts within the committee to
route the huge funds directly to
agencies charged with their eX.
penditure instead of appropriating
them to the Chief Executive for
re-allocation as in the past.
The proposal, calculated to call
a halt to blank check" appropria,
tions which have distinguished the
legislative practices of the New
Deal, would prevent the President
from exercising coordinating pow.
ers necessary for swift action
against the depression, the com.
mittee was told.
PASSAGE PREDICTED
Representative Woodrum CD
OF Virginia, a ranking committee.
man in charge of the measure, pre-.
dicted the drafters would follow
the practice of former years and
grant the president the authority
requested, but he reiterated that
the committee planned to keep
control over the funds in Con,
greSS as much as possible.
While the White House protest
was an admitted blow to commit
tee plans to avoid lumpSum ap
preparations in the recovery bill
the Administration still faced 9
determined Senate drive to EN-
ploy another form of legislative
restriction-earmarking.
Several leading members, in
Guiding Senator Glass CD Of Vir
GINA, Senate Appropriations Com
mittee chairman, have expressed
dissatisfaction with failure Of
Congress to control Administra
ton spending programs by Speci
flying how the money should b.
expended.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
HILL TO HEAD
FCA, is REPORT

G.N.SO DR.. William I. Myers,
governor Of the Farm Credit >Ad-
ministration and ardent New
Dealer who last night announced
he would resign his government
position later in the year, will be
succeeded by his deputy governor
DR.. F. F. Hill, according to Capt.
tai sources today.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
New Deal Gets Test
AS 4 States Ballot
In Primaries TODAY
Chief Interest Is Conferred in Democratic
Senatorial Nomination in Florida
By GEORGE R. HOLMES

1NS) Some indication Of the way the political wind is
for against the redea of the
New Deamay be given today four States hold primary
elections designate candidates Of both parties for the
The Washington times., 1938-05-03

Senator Bennett Champ Clark
CD of Missouri made a motion
to recommit the bill, contending
the construction authorized would
be "squandered" on warships that
will be obsolete by the time they
are built.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03

to reC0mmlt the bill, contendlng
the construction authorized would
be "squandered" on warships that
will be obsolete by the time they
are built.
WALSH LEADS ALLIES
A plea for passage as insurance
against war" was being prepared
by Chairman Walsh, of the Naval
Committee. First to be voted upon
before the final showdown was an
amendment by Senator Bone Cd
of Washington, to have the gov
eminent build all Of it's warshipS
and all of its naval ordnance as
we'll as manufacture powder and
other war material.
II want a record vote on this
amendment, so that can come
back here later on and show
the Senate how the munitions
makers have made a Roman
holiday out of this Navy-build-
ing program" said Bone.
The fact is that during the
last five years we have set the
world a bad example in arma-
ment expansion" Clark said.
In 1888 we took $243, 000, 900
out of the funds for relief and
unemployment and gave it to
the Navy for warShips. In 1895
we added $250,000, 900 and in
1886, $4,000, 900.
Our annual Navy appropria-
ton bill this year was the largest
in the peacetime history OF the
nation-$500, 900 ,000."
An appeal for diversion Of ma
tional preparedness funds to feed.
ing and clothing of the needy, to
flood control, prevention of soil
erosion and Slum-clearance was
made by the Missourian, himself
a veteran of the World War and
one of the first members Of the
American Legion.
DAVIS BACKS BILL
Senator Davis (RD Of PennSyl
vania had just concluded an ap.
peal for passage of the bill when
Clark made his move to recon-
NIT it.
IF we are to maintain ma
tional Defense" Davis said, the
time to make authorization is
now, so that the psychological
effect of our ability and will to
defense may make itself felt at
this hour, when all the major
powers of the world seem to
understand no other language.
Nothing would do so much
to feed the flames of war lust
and greed than the discovery by
foreign powers that the rich
prize of the United States, is so
honeycombed with pacifism that
our nation has lost the ability
and the will to stand guard a.
our own doors. If that time ever
comes, then the danger of at
tack will be very real indeed"
Davis drew upon his experience
as a member of the Harding
Coolidge and Hoover Cabinets il
contending "treaty-breaking ha'
become an international epidemic.
The Washington times., 1938-05-03
Farm Plans
DefendedbV
Wallace

G.N.S). Protests against acre
age allotments to Midwest farm.
ers today prompted Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace to declare the
Department of Agriculture had
mo doubt sighted educational
work of acquainting the farmer
with the real aims and purposes
of the 1888 farm act"
In letter to Representative
Nelson Cd of Missouri, member
of the House Agriculture Commit,
tee, Wallace vigorously defended
the program and declared confu
sion has resulted from much mis-
understanding in the minds Of
some people"
NO RESTRICTIONS
1.-The program is voluntary,
based on mutual understanding
and voluntary cooperation of
farmers with the assistance of
the vernmen At" Wallace
wrote. There are no restric-
tions or penalties connected
with the acreage of soil-deplet-
ing crops or corn that any
farmer may plant.
"A farmer may buy or sell
corn or feed it to livestock with.
out any restrictions whatsoever.
I'm fact, any farmer may
plant any crops he may desire.
Furthermore, except in years of
a very large corn crop, he may
sell or feed all the corn he
chooses"
UP TO FARMERS
Wallace declared the new &C
placed administrative responsi
bility in the hands of the farmer
themselves through township ant
county committeeman of thei
own selection.
1.-THE success or failure of the
program will depend upon the
extent to which these COM
mitteemen not only do care
full, accurate conscientious
work, but to the extent that
they are able to carry the back
ground and reason for the farm
program to the farmer" he
said,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-17
SCHOOL SYSTEM
REVISION HERE.
TO Be STUDIED.
Liquor License Problem.
Also Is Up Again

Plans for revision and coordi.
nation OF the Districts public
school system were being outlined
by special committees of the
Board of Education today while
the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board weighed the adviSability
of granting liquor license to a
restaurant in the vicinity Of q
city school.
With DIR. Charles w. Holmes,
assistant superintendent of schools
as chairman, a committee Of
school officials and citizens named
by the Board yesterday under
took a survey of the needs and
relationships of elementary, jun
ior high, senior high and vacat-
ional school curricula.
Actual revision of the course
is in the hands Of second COM
mittee of teachers and board mem
berS which is to cooperate with
the Holmes group.
EXPLAINS PURPOSE
DR.. Holmes explained his pur-
pose was to determine the aims
and methods of each educational
category and that the preliminary
survey probably would require q
year or more.
The liquor problem came to the
boards attention when George
Horning, an attorney, asked the
school directors to withdraw their
objections to the granting of a
Glass C license to Leo j. Rossiter,
a restaurateur, of 4132 Georgia
Ave. N. w. The boards opposi-
ton was based on the proximity
of the RoSSiter establishment to
the Petworth School and Macfar-
land Junior High School.
When Horning submitted photos
Of liquor establishments near other
schools, Robert Maurer, board
member, observed:
Il was not aware so many
liquor licenses have been creep
ing up on the schools"
500 SIGN PETITION
Horning commended RoSSiter
likewise is entitled to a license
and exhibited a petition of 500
residents of the neighborhood re-
questing its issue. Horning and
Rossiter are scheduled for a hear
ing before the A. B. c. board late
today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-17
WALLACE ASKS
AID OF. SOUTH

MACON, Ca, Nov. II U.N.S)
In a militant address, Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace today ad-
monished Southern farmers to sup
port the Administrations crop con-
troll program or suffer the eco
nomic consequences of flooded
markets, domestic and foreign.
Striking back at critics who
would remove production reStric-
lions, wallace challenged them to
devise a more workable farm pro-
gram than the 1898 act.
Wallace said that the cotton and
tobacco control programs ARE
like ships in a sheltered haven
away from the winds Of the world
economic storm"
These winds are rising to a
hurricane gale. the force Of
which most of us in the United
States do not yet appreciate"
he added.
Don't give up your ship. II
you want to save your economic
life"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-17
RO1I, 80 Miles
With Body
of Captain

NEW BEDFORD, Mass,
Nov. II U.N.SD.-T hres
survivors who rOwed 80
hours through mountainous
seas with their captain lying
lifeleSs in an open dOry were
too exhausted today to relate
details Of the sinking Of their
48.fOOt fishing vessel Va
lencia.
A Coast Guard cutter Is en-
route to Nantucket hghtship
to pick up the men and
bring them back to this port
from which they sailed last
week.
The Valencia foundered
during a northwest gale Tues
day. Placing the captain in
q dOry. the crew, Jack Knut.
sen, George Jacobson and
Nels AdIand, rowed 80 miles
to the lightShip. Although
the dead captains name was
not given in radio messages
from the lightShip, the Va
lencia was owned and skip
pered by Capt. Sigvart Telef-
sen, 20, Of New Bedford.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-17
TRANSMISSION Aids
POIice1nsCU1O'S Kin

Seriously i'll with pneumonia,
a woman lying in Providence Hos
pital was reported as feeling a
little better" today because Of the
kindness of a policeman.
She is Mrs. Lena English, sister
of Private George r. Douglas, of
the Eight precinct, who was given
a TRANSMISSION yesterday from
blood supplied by Lieut.. Horace
w. Lineburg, of the Public Rela-
tions Squad.
Lfneburg, World War veteran
and former District departmental
commander of the American
Legion, was chosen from %
prospective donors among police
men who volunteered to give
their blood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-17
Tiger Contest Will End Tonight

will keep you posted ON how the
Judging is going from time to time
until the ultimate grand prize win
ner is announced, and the Chris.
tening" party is held at the Zoo.
DR.. William M. Mann reports
the contest has created more in.
terest in the Zoo than ever, and
that thousands Of new visitors
were attracted to the park in the
course of the competition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-17
Grange TO Demand
New Farm Laws

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. II
1.N.S0.-In militant mood, Amer
lean farmers today plunged into
the formulation of resolutions to
state their opinions on national
affairs.
Business sessions of the seventy
second National Grange conven-
ton drew delegates from SO States
and Alaska. Resolutions commit
tees were busy with 146 resolu-
lions, most Of them dealing with
demands for reformation Of farm
laws.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-17
cox GROUP ASKS
TRAFFIC CURBS
ON PEDESTRIANS
25-MiIe Speed, Less
Horn Blowing Urged

The Advisory Committee on
Traffic Safety today recommended
to the District Commissioners pc.
destrian control, an increase from
% TO IS miles an hour in the
speed limit, further restriction of
horn blowing and creation of a
permanent Traffic Safety Com
mission to coordinate all traffic
activities.
The recommendations were out
lined in a report signed by Gen.
Albert Cox, committee chairman.
It was patterned closely on recon-
mendationS formulated by the
Washington Board Of Trade.
HAZEN AGAINST TT
The pedestrian control feature
is expected to be opposed by Com
missioner Hazen. When the trade
group made this recommendation,
Hazen asserted it was "impracti-
cable" because it could not be en-
forced.
Lieut.. Col. David McCoach, En-
gineer Commissioner, has placed
himself personally on record as
approving the suggestion. He
would have fragrant violators"
arrested to put teeth into the regu-
lation.
Today's report on pedestrian
control recommended "promulga-
ton Of traffic regulations that
would make it a violation for pc
deStrians to cross streets except at
controlled intersections, or to cross
at controlled intersections except
in conformity with the lights or
other signals"
HIT HORN BLOWERS
In recommending the speed
boost, the Cox committee stipu-
lated ALI speed laws within the
District Of Columbia shall be
strictly enforced" in the belief
such enforcement will go a long
way toward reducing the number
of traffic accidents in the Dis
trict."
The Cox report stated that in
Rome, Italy. the use of horns has
been abolished. Here, however,
the committee would add a regu-
lation to the traffic laws making
it . violation to sound a horn al
any time when the vehicle is not
in motion.
The Cox report recommended
an initial budget Of $4,000 for
the proposed permanent traffic
safety commission,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-17
Bridge Tourney
Resumes ToniQhI

The regular weekly game in the
bridge tournament for the Wash
ington Herald Times trophy will
be held tonight at the Roosevelt
Hotel at $40 o'clock. The play
will be under direction Of William
CheekA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-17

With entries running into the
thousands, the Tiger Naming Con-
test conducted by the Patterson
Newspapers to find names for the
two new Bengal tiger cubs at the
Zoo ends tonight.
Tomorrow three judges, OF the
contest-Melvin Hildreth. presi-
dent Of the Circus Fans ASSocia-
ton; Mrs. r. Golden Donaldson,
known to theatergoers as Frances
Starr, and 14-year-old Jimmy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-17

.Smith-will begin reading through
the letters sent by the grade school
children Of Washington.
1t won't be an easy task for the
judges to select the winners Of the
major prizes of $40, $40 and IS,
or to name the so winners Of free
theater tickets. They have to give
every letter submitted the same
consideration.
The Tiger-Naming Contest Editor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-17
Visitors Are Invited
To See Stamps Made

Stamp collectors and the public
are invited to visit the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing tonight,
when the stamp-printing section
will be open in honor of National
Philatelic Week, md the work
of making stamps explained to
visitors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-17
Lutes Again Heads
Welfare Board

Reelection of Fred L. Lutes to
the craftsmanship Of the Mont
golnery county welfare board was
announced yesterday by Dorothy
M. Kurtz, executive secretary.
Others named again are Mrs. B.
PAyton Whalen, vice chairman,
and Robert Miller, secretary
treasurer.