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Evening star., 1938-12-20
Judge Williams, at 20, Refuses
To Talk About Retirement
OkIohomun Is Silent
On FuIfiIIment of
Roosevelt Wish
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 90
Robert Lee Williams, fiery little
United States Circuit Court Judge.
was 10 years old today and full of
witty answers to all questions but
one-whether he would fulfill Presl-
dent Roosevelt'S expectations and
retire.
The white-haired jurist and one
time Oklahoma Governor was in
high good humor declaring he felt
fine. was In excellent health and
expected to live at least 20 years
more.
But when the question Of his re-
tlrement was popped at him, he
scowled and declared bitingly: Il
do not propose to say anything"
To Be Honored at Dinner.
Judge Williams is to be honored
at dinner here tonight, giving rise
to speculation on whether he would
choose that occasion to announce
his future plans.
When he was elevated from the
Eastern Oklahoma Federal Court to
the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
less than two years ago, Judge Will
Hams said in letter to Attorney
General Cummings he would be
willing to retire at 70.
This would be in harmony with
the Presidents judicial program and
the court plan which I indorse and
approve" he wrote.
Recently, President Roosevelt told
his press conference he expected"
Judge Williams would step down
from the bench on his birthday,
Recipe for Long Living.
But the Judge today declared his
letter had said only that retirement
would be agreeable to me-" and
dismissed further discussion.
On other subjects, he was bubbling
over with the salty comments that
made him traditional figure in
young Oklahoma political and judic-
ial life.
They have been telling me I was
about to die since 1902" he snorted
DO you know why have lived so
long? It's because l had the knack
OF making so many enemies. They
Kept my liver stirred up"
Evening star., 1938-12-20
Expafriated German
Seeks Aid for Spanish

Ernest Toller. German writer and
war veteran, who was deprived of
his citizenship by the Hitler regime,
was in Washington today seeking
official support for an international
pool of surplus food for starving
non-combatants on both sides of the
Spanish Civil War.
The plan has the support of a
large group of New York writers
and commentators. Mr.. Toller said
that the Society of Friends, already
engaged in relief work in Spain, has
agreed to carry out the distribution.
1t was pointed out that great sur
pluses of wheat exist in the United
States, and that wheat and rye sur
pluses exist in Sweden, and fish,
milk and butter surpluses in Nor
way. Nations without surpluses,
Mr.. Toller suggested, could con-
tribute toward the purchase Of
oversupplies of cheap food.
The writer, who has been living
in New York since he fled Germany,
said the idea is finding favor with
State Department officials and
others in public life here.
Commenting on the plan, spokes-
men for the Spanish Embassy said
it mot only would not object to hav-
ing this aid extended to the women
and children of the rebel zone, but
would appreciate it as much as the
aid gwen the lOyaliSt zone
Evening star., 1938-12-20
Committee 10 Defend
Minority Groups 10
Push Nazi Boycott
Embargo on Goods Is Part
Of PIon Including
Refugee Aid

The newly-organized Committee
on Defense of Minority Groups, on
which are represented so Washing
ton civil, religious, labor, racial and
quasi-political groups, today pre-
pared for initial steps in establish
ing a boycott Of and embargo on
German goods here as well as q ref
ugee information service.
The group, organized on q per-
manent basis last night at q meeting
In Foundry Methodist Episcopal
Church, authorized its pastor, Rev.
DR.. Frederick Brown Harris, chair
man OF the committee and repre-
sentative on 1t Of the Washington
Federation Of Churches, to set up
committees to organize an active
boycott Of German goods here. The
committees will be charged with re-
questing department stores not to
sell German goods, to prepare a list
OF German-made goods not to be
bought by shoppers and to organize
a publicity campaign against use of
such goods.
Another committee will be formed
to confer with the Lawyers Guild on
possibilities Of inaugurating a gov
ernmental embargo on Nazi prod
ucts.
The refugee information service
was suggested by Isador Lubin, chief
OF the Labor Departments Bureau
OF Labor Statistics. The purpose of
the service will be to provide funds
Tor refugees, aid them in obtaining
jobs and act as clearing house in
aiding them to obtain visas and
make contacts with the proper in
oiVlduals IN governmental agencies.
Among organizations whose rep
resentatives attended the meeting
are the Voteless D. c. League of
Women Voters, the Women's Inter-
national League for Peace and
Freedom, the Washington Zionist
organization, the Y. M. C. A.. the
Y. w. G. A., the Council of Jewish
Women, the United Federal Work.
ers OF America, the Washington
Boycott Committee and others.
DR.. Harris said today the COM
mittee soon would be organized on
representative basis. with Official
delegates being elected by the vari-
Gus component groups.
Evening star., 1938-12-20
Roper Confines Last Report
To Fattua| Summary
3y the Associated Press.

Gy the Associated Press.
Daniel C. Roper sent his last an
nual report as Secretary of Com
merce to Capitol Hill yesterday
minus any recommendations or
opinions about legislation or busi-
ness.
Secretary Roper, who resigned
last week, devoted his report to a
factual summary of business de-
velopments and the work of the
departments bureaus.
He described the statistical evil
dence OF the recession which began
last year and briefly cited what he
said were the general opinions as to
the cause. He listed the specula-
tive accumulation of inventories,
the decline in Federal spending and
the failure of durable goods indus
tries to share the pre-l937 recovery
with consumer goods industries.
He estimated that national income
totaled approximately s66,8OO 900 900
IN the fiscal year ended June 80,
compared with s67 300, 900 900 in the
preceding u months.
Evening star., 1938-12-20
300 Burroughs Pupils
Give YuIe Puoeont

Some 300 pupils att the John
Burroughs School staged a Christ
mas pageant this morning at the
school and will present it again
tomorrow at pm.
Every grade will take part, using
scenery painted by the pupils them
selves. They also got out their own
invitations.
Teachers and parents co-operated
IN experimenting the choir and
speaking groups.
Evening star., 1938-12-20
U.S.. Crops 4Per Cent
Lower Than 1882
Average Production
Lower Demand and Less
Feed Blamed for Show
Of Abundance
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
American farm production is ex-
pected to be about 4 per cent lower
this year than the average during
the pre-drought period Of 1923-1932.
The Agriculture Departments
final crop report of the year, issued
yesterday, blamed lowered demand
and fewer livestock to consume
grain for an appearance Of abun-
dance"
Food crop production was as
heavy this year as last. The wheat
estimate Is 30,8O1 900 bushels, COM
pared with 875, ,676 900 in 1887. Corn
production is estimated at 2,542 ,238, :
600 bushels. The 1887 crop was
2,651 ,284 900.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace,
meanwhile, said recent farm ref
erenda prove the absurdity Of
charges that the Agricultural Ad-
justment Act of 1888 imposes a
SASeeACOA oAAAp uHOl1 VIC 4dl ulCIS. Ill
only one Of five elections did farm
ers cost the necessary two-thirds
vote to impose marketing restric-
tions.
Secretary Wallace commented that
OF all the farmers voting in the ref
erenda the "preponderant" ma
jority favored production restric-
tions based on the quota system.
Cotton farmers, who overwhelming
ly favored quotas, were far more
numerous than the growers of other
crops figuring in the elections.
The final crop survey substan-
tiated earlier department indica-
tions Of higher average acreage
yields on below average acreage,
the Crop Reporting Board said.
Acreage yields were said to have
been nearly II per cent above and
the aggregate acreage Of crops har-
vested 31z per cent below the 1882
pre- drought period.
The total area of IS crops har-
vested during the year was esti-
mated at approximately 342 ,0O0, 900
acres, compared with BAL 900 900 last
year and $4,000, 900 for the decade
preceding the drought.
Evening star., 1938-12-20
Germany Disappointed.

BERLIN, Dec. 20 R.-German
ofhcialdom, while welcoming the
readiness expressed yesterday by
Prime Minister Chamberlain to
continue his policy of European ap-
peasement with Germany, todav
made no secret of its disappoint-
ment over his insistence on a fur
ther positive contribution by the
Reich.
Chamberlain had told the House
OF Commons: II am still waiting for
q sign from those who speak for
the German People that they = =
are willing to make their contri.
button for the peace which would
help them as 1t would U.S."
Commentators close to the for.
eign office cited as the latest Ger.
man contribution the peaceful set
tlement of the Czecho- -Slovak crisis
and Chancellor Hitler's voluntary
signature of the Anglo-German
anti-war declaration at Munich.
Evening star., 1938-12-20

shevik commander of the White
Russian armies in the south in 1918
as we'll as head of the unsuccessful
White Provisional government.
He opened fire on White Russians
who advocate cooperation with Hit
ler a few hours after Grand Duke
Vladimir, pretender to the non-ex-
lStent Russian throne, left Paris for
Germany, insisting he merely was
going there for a visit.
white or red, our fatherland re.
mains our fatherland," Denikine
snapped before an audience COM
posed mainly of Soviet-hating White
Russians in Pleyell Hall last night.
"NazlS are not the only ones"
Denikine said. The japanese, too.
have been successful to our shame
in buying so-called White Russians
to aid them against our fatherland."
He supported his statements with
a bricfcase full of documents and
letters of the White Russian secret
service.
Evening star., 1938-12-20
Dr.. Contine Addresses
Presbyterian Ministers

Outlining his experiences In the
held OF missionary work, DR.. James
Cantine spoke to members OF the
presbyterian Ministers Associatio
OF Washington and Vicinity yester-
day at the New York avenue Pres
byterian Church.
DR., Cantine, who spent more than
40 years in the Near East, founded
the Arabian Mission and the United
Mission in Mesopotamia. In his
review he said the fact that Chris
tianity has made few converts
among the Arabs was no criterion
OF missionary work and declared It
should be judged by the impact
which Christianity has made upon
Mohammedans as a whole.
Evening star., 1938-12-20
Chamberlain Beqins
Probe After Charqes
Of Defense Laxity
Ministers Are Under Fire
Of Critics; Lord Runcimon
Also Hit for Policies
By the Associated Press.

LONDON. Dec. 20.-Prime Min.
lister Chamberlain, his foreign pol
icy approved by new House OF
Commons vote, began an investiga-
ton today of alleged incompetence
in defense ministries.
! Almost simultaneously with yes-
terday's $40 to l43 vote for the gov
ernment, three junior ministers
raised storm over tagging rearma-
ment.
Singled out for attack were Leslie
Hore-Belisha, war minister: g.
year-old Sir Thomas Ipskip, who is
charged with the coordination of
defense, and Earl Winterton, SIS, who
until recently was undersecretary OF
Ne air ministry.
Reports were that the junior min
listers also demanded the political
head of Lord Runciman, lord presi-
dent OF the council. who sought un-
successfully last fall to mediate the
Sudeten dispute in Czecho-Slovakia
Criticisms were said to have been
made by R. S. Hudson, undersecre-
tary for overseas trade: Lord Strath-
coma and Mount Royal, undersecre-
tary OF state for war, and the Mar
guess OF Dufferin and Ava, under
secretary for colonies.
The situation was expected to re-
suit either in the resignation of
these three or in a reshuffling Of
the cabinet. Mr. Chamberlain, how
ever, may not act until he returns
from his talks with Premier Musso-
lini in January.
Hudson and the Marques of Duff
ferin and Ava were reported to have
told Chamberlain in a private audi
ence there was lamentable lack of
drive" in the rearmament program
and delay in production.
The Board of Directors of the
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
only yesterday adopted a resolution
expressing deep concern" over the
rearmament situation.
Evening star., 1938-12-20
Williams Expected
To Stay on Bench

A Department of Justice Official
SAID today the Department expected
ROBERT l.. Williams, United States
Circuit Court Judge of Oklahoma
70 continue in Office, for a time at
least, although he has reached his
1oth birthday anniversary.
Judge Williams, the official said
nad several matters he desires to
push through"
Evening star., 1938-12-20
Norris Opposes Patt
Binding U. 5. 10 Fight
For Any Of Americas
Pledge Of Aid No Matter
What the Circumstance
Is Held Unwise
9y the Associated Press,

9y the Associated Press.
Senator Norris, Independent. OF
Nebraska. an administration sup
porter. said yesterday he would op-
pose entry of the United States into
any agreement that would bind this
country irrevocably to go to war in
defense of any South American
country.
Commenting on discussion at the
Lima Conference of proposed pact
for mutual defense of Western
Hemisphere nations against outside
aggression, Senator Norris said he
favored cooperation with South
American nations "in every way
that would be beneficial both to
them and to u.s.
But" he added, II am opposed to
lending them any money to prepare
for war and I am opposed to any
agreement that would bind us to 60
to war to carry out such an agree
ment.
Il would not want to bind nv
country in advance to stand by any
other country no matter what that
other country did. There might be
occasions when we would be willing
to fight for South America and there
might be occasion when we would
not"
Senator Nye, Republican, OF North
Dakota, observing that there was
little doubt in his mind that the
United States would fight to pre-
serve the Monroe Doctrine, declared
there was "a lot of unnecessary
barking" about the possibility of a
violation of that doctrine.
If we consider Japan. Germany
and Italy as possible aggressor ma
tions." Senator Nye said. I'VE have
nothing to worry about for the next
100 years. If the prevailing leader
ship in those countries could last
that long, they would still have
their hands full with problems in
their own spheres"
Senator Nye praised the speech OF
Alfred M. Landon. member of the
United States delegation to Lima
and Republican presidential nomi-
nee In 1896, as timely and in thor
ough keeping with the spirit OF the
great bulk of the American people"
Former Gov. Landon had asserted
tnat, regardless of election results,
the United States would not toler-
ate any foreign government gain
ing foothold on the North or
ooutn American continent.
Evening star., 1938-12-20
Ambassador Daniels
Back From Mexico
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Ambassador Josephus Daniels ar
rived today from Mexico to confer
with State Department officials.
The Ambassador, who was accom-
panied by Mrs. Daniels, said he
would leave tomorrow for his home
IN Raleigh, N. c., for the Christmas
holidays
He said he would return to WASH
ington during the first week In
January.
Evening star., 1938-12-20
New Fast WorpIone
Is in Production
By the Associated Press.

DOWNEY, Calf, Dec. 2O.-A new
warplane, capable of swift attacks
and medium-range bombardment
missions. was in production today at
the Vultee plant, subsidiary OF
Aviation Manufacturing Corp.
The highly streamhned 6-ton, sim
gle seated plane, Vultee officials said
was developed originally by the
United States Army. 1t has a top
speed OF 243 miles an hour, is all
metal and 371a feet long. It has q
1,oOO-horsepoWer motor, 5O-foot wing
span and ceiling of $4,000 feet as q
bomber and 22,5OO feet as an attack
ship. Four machine guns in the
wings are fired electrically.
Evening star., 1938-12-20
Congress
Continued From First Page ,

extension Of old-age insurance to
1arm and domestic workers brought
sharp comment, however, from Rep
resentatlve Knutson, Republican. of
Minnesota.
1T looks like they want to take
everybody in from Henry Ford to
Rosie O'Grady," Representative
knutson said. There is no question
IN my mind but that the admins
tration is going to try to beat the
townsend forces to the draw,
A cautious note in early congress
elonal talk of economy was sounded
by Senator Adams, Democrat. of
Colorado, who steers most appropria-
tons measures through the Senate
He said he could see little hope of
reducing the running expenses of
government more than $500, 600 600
during the next fiscal year.
Extraordinary expenditures. such
as those for relief, may be lessened
somewhat, Senator Adams said, but
any such reductions are likely to be
OFFSET by increases in the armament
budget.
Senator Clark, Democrat, of
Missouri, declared last night that
some high Government officials"
were participating in propaganda
Tor bigger ornaments.
Speaking in the National Radio
Forum. arranged by The Evening
Star, the Senator said:
"A sedulous effort Is being made
to work the country into a state of
pre-war hysteria in which physical
facts will be utterly disregarded and
our people induced to abandon their
hard common sense and see ghosts
on every side"
The Nation should determine the
purpose for which the armaments
are intended. Senator Clark said,
before it proceeds further.
III we are to defend the shores of
America-even to assist in the de-
tense of South America-then our
armament is in nearly all respects
substantially ample and in most
cases much more than ample" he
asserted.
(Text Of Senator Clarks ad.
dress will be found on PAGE A.l2)
Evening star., 1938-12-20
Held in FotoI Stobbino

Police yesterday ordered Winslow
G. Ware, 26, of the HOO block of l.
street NV, held for action of a
coroner's inquest in the fatal stab
bing Sunday Of Abe c. Hughes, 80,
of the same address. Date for the
inquest was not set immediately.
Evening star., 1938-12-20
ulsu Club Head Dies

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 (P.-Art
Griggs, veteran baseball player and
president of the Tulsa club of the
Texas League, died yesterday of
Hodgkins' disease following an illness
of several weeks. He was SO years
old
Evening star., 1938-12-20

emerged from
retirement today
to condemn bit
terly ANY So
called Russians"
who would join
Adolf Hitler to
fight the Soviet
Union.
D e n TX inc s
S t a t e m e n t
caused a sensa-
ton not only in
the White Rus
sian colony, but
among PariSians.
They knew him
Evening star., 1938-12-20
Denikine Raps Russians
Who Sell Out 10 Nazis
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Dec. 20.-White- haired
Gen. Alexis Denikine, who led the
White Russians in their final
struggle against the Bolsheviks,
Evening star., 1938-12-20
Powder BIost Kills 13

TOXIC, Dec. 20 P-Thirteen
persons were killed yesterday in
the explosion of an army powder
factory at Maebashi.
Evening star., 1938-12-20

(Text Of Senator Clark's ad-
dress will be found on Page A-l2)
The Washington times., 1938-05-13
karin PREDICTS
FUSION TICKE ET.
in MONTGOMERY

ROCKVILLE. Md, May 13.-De-
spite rumors to the contrary, the
majority of Montgomery county
Republicans are in favor Of a coali.
ton Of some form with anti
organization Democrats as a
means of defeating the county
Democratic organization during
this years elections, said County
Commissioner Frank H. Karn,
chairman of the Republican cam.
paign committee, today.
Commissioner Karn, appointed
this week to fill a vacancy created
by the resignation of Robert L.
McKeever, said the Fusion party,
which defeated the Democratic or
ganiZation four years ago, "has
Safeguarded the interests of coun-
ty residents without fear or
favor, financially and otherwise,
and will continue to do so If re-
elected"
harn SAID Cnere was consider
able diSsension among Republicans
over the question of a coalition,
but he felt the difference of opin-
ion would be ironed out and the
Fusion movement go ahead. He
added:
There have been many ex-
pressions of opinion regarding a
Fusion ticket, but my own, for
mulated after many weeks of
discussion with men and women
who took an active part in the
Fusion campaign in the last
election, is that the Republicans
are all for a coalition of some
kind, and that the Independent,
or anti-organization Democrats
share this vieW."
The Washington times., 1938-05-13

grand local actor, will read Casey At
the Bat. s...,...,.'''' '.''''' "Ob
CONCERT
700 LUCILLE MANNERS - Sings
Gounod's Ave Maria" zone Night of
Love-" by Schertzinger, and II Fall in
Love With YOU" by Sherwin. "One
Alone" by Romberg, will be Robert Sim
in Rolling Down to Rio." DR.. Frank
Blacks orchestra has programmed the
Overture Miniature from Tscbaikowsky' s
''Nutcracker" SUITE and the Emperor
Waltz" by Strauss. ........''W 'WRC
NOVELTY
s:s0-sPELLING BEE-cne of two
teams Of smoke eaters, representing the
New York and Philadelphia fire depart
ments. is going to eat dirt In spelling
will be staged by a two-way circuit be-
tween the cities. .........''..''''" "MAL
7:OO-GHosT OF BENJAMIN SWEET
The wrath that appears each week
for some gingeTiy haunting on the air
waves will walk and talk again in to-
nights dramatization. The action will
take place in a fantastic ghostland whose
spectral inhabitants are told when they
must haunt by a board of directors.
WJSV
radio playlet costarring Barbara Luddy
and Les Tremayne. .......W WRC
DISCUSSIONS
s:3O-wILLIAM GREEN. ... wMAL
9:45-AMERICAN VIEwPOINTS-Dr
Ales Hrdlicka, assistant curator of the
National Museum in this city, speaks on
The Racial Origins and Present Com
position of the Austrian People,. .WJSV
NEWS COMMENTATORS
5:S0-BOAKE CARTER. .wJSv
5:45-LOwELL THOMAS ..... wMAL
7:OO-FULToN LEWIS, JR. VOL
ORCHESTRA DANCE TUNES
1O:O0-JIMMY DORSEY .wJSv
1O:3O-LoU BREEZE. E......... .wMAL
IL 100 - SAMMY KAYE The popular
Swing and Sway" maestro will appear
in person with his famous orchestra on
the Capitol stage. starting next Friday.
VOL
11:sO-ozZIE NELSON. wJsv
12:O0-PAUL KAHN. ..............WJSV
12:3O-LOUIs PRIMA ...........WcL
1:OO-DANCE MUSIC. C....~.......woL
The Washington times., 1938-05-13

S0O-BOXING BOUT-A blow-by-blow
description of the 10-round heavyweight
boxing contest in Madison Square Garden
between Nathan Mann and Tony Galento
will be given by Sam Taub and Bill Stern.
7.
The Washington times., 1938-05-13
TODAY'S SHORT

TOKYO, 6 P. M.-Vocal solos
JZJ, 25.4 m, .1.S0 meg.
LONDON, 6:45 P. M.-BritiSh
light music: the BIC Empire Or
chestra. GSP, 1875 m, 1881 meg:
GSD, 25.5 m, Ills meg; Csc,
31.3 m, 9.5S meg; GSB, 31.5 m.
o.51 meg.
MOSCOW, z P. M.-News and
program for English listeners.
RAN, 81 m, 9.6 meg.
ROME, 7::30 p. M.-Guest night;
Amy Bernardy: "Rome's Midnight
Voice" 2RO, BIZ M, 9.63 meg:
IRF, 30.5 m, 9.83 meg; 10Y, 1921
M, 11.90 meg.
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, 8
The Washington times., 1938-05-13

Mrs. William Kittle, chairman
of the board, said the most recent
survey shows approximately 1000
women will be affected.
DR.. Philip Marshall Brown, 3O61
Whitehaven St., N. w., former
minister to Hungary, has been
named chairman. DR.. Marshall,
with Mrs. Richard w. Hogue, 1875
Third st. N. E., president of the
washington unit of the American
Association of University Women,
and Mrs. William A. Slade, 3425
Ordway st. N. W., former presi-
dent OF the Y. w. C. A., and mem
Der of the Council of Social Agen-
cles, will represent the public.
Employer members are Urban
Roza, of Urban, Inc, 26OO Con-
necticut Ave. N. W.; Mrs. Julia F..
Crandall, 819 Eighteenth St. N. W.,
and Kenneth Bennett, 1907 G. St.
N. w. Alternates are Mrs. Flor
ence L'Hommedieu, 808 H St.
N. E.: Mrs. Jean Love Harris, 6O8
Eleventh st. N. w., and Mrs. Jean
Evans, GIT Eleventh st. N. w.
Employe members are Miss
Ethel M. Beebe, 1417 Newton st.
N. W.; Mrs. Betty Anderson, 2617
Thirty-first st. N. E., and Miss
Adell Burke. 28-B Todd Pl. N. E.
Alternates have been named as
follows: Mrs. Margaret L. Bell,
The Washington times., 1938-05-13
Archives Official
Elected Teacher

DR.. Nelson Vance Russell, chief
of the Division of Reference in the
National Archives here, has been
appointed professor of history at
Carleton College at Northfield,
Mimi, President Donald j. Cowling
announced yesterday.