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The Washington times., 1938-02-14

Charles A. Beard, 1DttreSS of the
Council for the Prevention OF
War, modestly observed for the
Record that he had contributed
neD chapters to American his
torv in his published 1DorkS.
The payoff came when the
impaSSioned plea of that old sea
dog, Representative Henry Carl
Luckey CD0 of Nebraska, whose
knowledge of warcraft is pretty
much restricted to his Nebraska
farm, turned out to be a plug
for a forthcoming volume by a
radio news crooner who wants
lust a few minutes of the free
limelight, if the committee
doesn't mind, please.
If Admiral Leahy had been
back at Annapolis last week in
stead of teStifying before the
Naval Affairs Committee, he'd
have received a hard look and
one demerit. The powerful
Chief of Naval Operations had
a long and conspicuous run in
one of his black socks. Punish
ment for such untidiness at both
Leahy's alma mater and West
Point: One demerit. Inciden-
tally, Navy and Army plebeS
must buy mending kits as part
of their outfits and mend their
own socks.
And, in case it has any Signif-
icance, Leahy's socks were nsle
not japanese silk.
"I understand your problems
Pm a little business man N.Y.
SELF" crooned RFC Chairman
Jesse Jones to the turbulent
little business men, tDho prefer
to be knoWn as the "SmGH bust
ness men," TEXAN Jones' tetLo10
TEXANS here in the Capital eStt-
mate that Jones couldn't close
out his bG3lking, real estate,
lumber and il11umerGble other
interests fora penny more than
thirty million dollars. Mr.. Jones
is, incidentally, a candidate for
President.
"By direction of the President
Of the United States of Amer
ica," read two District Police
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Uith Aneri-
C q n Fedora
ton of La.
boriteS, h e
old timers are
double cross
ing her and
slipping tips
and q. t. in
formation to
old Dealer
DR.. Royal S.
Copeland, of
the reaction
nru SPnntR
CO m m eT ce
CO m m ittee.
And Senator
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Testifying in secret sessions of
the House appropriations defic-
iency subcommittee considering
the emergency $250,0O0,OOO relief
fund, Deputy WPA AdminiStrato
Aubrey williams warned Congress
that such proposals are impossible.
THREE REASONS GIVEN
williams gave two reasons: In
ability of many cities either to
raise more taxes or sell warrants,
and the Constitutional limitation
on debt in many States, which
the voters will not alter.
and" an Administration
leader added in the secret
hearings, you can add q third
reason. Every member of Con-
gress who voted to turn relief
back to the States and cities
would be defeated"
Few Federal officials or Ad-
ministration leaders in Congress
are yet ready to accept the oft
repeated assertion of WPA Ad-
ministrator Harry L. Hopkins
that Congress must prepare for a
permanent relief program.
Under the Hopkins plan, unem-
ployables would be cared for by
States and cities and those able TO
work but unemployed, would be
given Federal jobs.
CHAIRMAN GIVES VIEWS
Chairman Taylor Cd Of Colo
RADIO, of the appropriations COM
mittee, who will attempt to pilot
the $3.50, ,OOO, 900 emergency fund
through the House on Tuesday,
said:
Congress can forget ideas Of -
turning relief back to the States
and cities for a long time. Many
States and cities can't provide
the money. And they won't take
the job.
''They all have become accus-
toned to look to the Federal
Government, and they are going
to continue to do so. There are
some officials who believe that .
local administration would be
more inefficient, more political
and more costly" T. -
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PARTIAL TO ID"

PEORIA, ILL.,, Feb. 14.-There
are IS children in the W. G. Prince
family of Peoria. all of whom have
names beginning with ID" They
are Darrell, Delmar. Donald, Dal-
las, David, Dale, Delbert, Doris,
Darline. Dorothy. Duwayne. Dora
and Dena. They range in age
from "a years to /.
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And Senator
COPELAND is abetting his friend,
PreSidentiGl-hopefnl VGndenoer9
of the committee. tDho is trying
to make a cause celebre OF the
Bridges case to the greater 0tofy
of VGndenberg.
In still another camp are Joe
Kennedy, chairman of the Mari
time Commission, and Practical
Politician Jim Farley.
Kennedy's hard-boiled argu-
ment is that Bridges has kept
West Coast shipping in turmoil
to satisfy his lust for power,
that it's immaterial whether he's
a Communist, but that he's a
trouble-maker and a pest and
does not deserve the tender con-
sideration bestowed on him by
Nine. Perkins.
Farley is fighting the battle
of the California Democrats
who want Bridges out of the
picture because they say he
meSses in Democratic politics,
drives all moderateS out Of the
party and causes Republican
victories at the polls.
Cause and effect:
A capital newspaper reported
that a current poll of public
opinion showed Indiana'S silver
crested Paul v. McNutt had
slipped from fourth to eighth
place in list of possible candi-
dates for the Presidency.
An item tucked away in the
corner Of the page reported that
McNutt had left his post as
Governor General of far-Off
Philippines and was on his way
home.
The HOOsier will stay home,
tOO-mending his fences. His
boom will be launched here in
the Capital at q reception for
5000 persons given by his
friend and ally, out spoken
New Dealer Senator Sherman
MintOn. And just to make
sure the press realizes he is
here, McNutt took q long de-
tour, came home by way of
China SO that on arrival he can
dispense the last word on the
SinO-Jap war. The McNutt
theory: The longest way round
is the shortest way to the White
House.
Since he couldn't get into the
White House, Alf LandOn is def
nitely not going to take second
best and seek the Senate seat
of bald, silent George McGill,
the obscure Wichita Democrat
whom a Republican family fight
landed in Congress from Kansas
in 80.
The consensus is McGiIl can
be beaten, but LandOn has no
taste for another political fight.
Former Governor Clyde Reed
has announced his candidacy on
the Republican ticket, but Ian
don won't support him because
Reed wouldn't support LandOn
for the presidency. So the
thoroughly innOcuOuS McGill
may get another six years in
the Senate at $4,000 per year.
Because the House Naval At
fairs Committee doesn't want to
be accused of shutting off the
witnesses assembled by peace
and anti-war societies to block
the Navy increase bill, the press
agent boys are having a field
day. In theory, the committee
sits to absorb technical and ex-
pert knowledge on naval require
ments and costs. In practice,
its ears are aSsailed by the tom
toms of crack pots and the bay
ing of publicity hounds.
Last Ueek, Maj. Gen. John
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sc Ue n REFER
enceS to his
p u b is h ed
DorES in his
pr p a r e d
s t q t e m ent
O. n d m e n =
10 n e d the
titles a dozen
times more in
the coUoquy
IDith his COM
mittee MEM
Der, r e p r E.
sc n t q t D z
Bre 10 s t er
CR.). Maine.
rI:nAnrinm
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C. o ur t s u b.
pOenaS slap
ped last week
on w hi t e
House Core
s p o n d e n IS
Earl Goodwin
and ]. Russell
Y o u n &, as
they marched
OUT OF f. Os
RS press in
terview. N o
gag! The two
veterans were
r e q u i red to
t e S tify as
ia
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BerIe Seen
ASIn Job to
Push Peace
BY EARL GOODWIN

Does the presence of Adolph A.
Berle, jr., in the Presidents side
yard as Assistant Secretary OF
State mean that President Roose-
welt is about to start something
new, startling and worldwide in
the way of an international peace
plan that will really work?
People in New York, whence
Mr.. Berle comes, say that the
young man who was once associ-
ated with Justice Brandeis' former
law firm when he was only 81 has
Aeen drawn into the Washington
situation for that purpose and
no other.
Mr.. Berle gives evidence of not
being prepared to stay around
Washington very long; say a
couple of months or So-and the
impression is that there Is some,
thing being cooked up for public
consumption of a large and inter,
national variety.
PRESIDENT RETICENT
The President, quizZed as closely
as is polite, merely replies with
bored expression that Mr.. Berle
is going to be Assistant Secretary
of State, a position which another
brain truster, Prof. Raymond Mo
ley, held until he and Secretary
of State Hull tangled.
It Is not believed very seriously
that Mr.. Berle is going to under
take routine duties at the Stat
Department. He is of the bo!
prodigy type, as one can see b!
checking the dates of his various
degrees and what not against hi!
age. Such as a bachelors degree
at Harvard when he was 18;
master of arts next year and 8
bachelor of laws-fuu LII. Bat
10, about the time other boys are
trying out for the freshman foot
ball team.
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FIGHT MALARIA

: South Africa is carrying out q
program of tree planting to pre-
vent malaria. as it is known ma
laria mosquitoes breed only in
pools open to sunlight.
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LEADS IN ROADS

The United States has approx.
mately 3,O65,00 miles Of high,
ways, or nearly one-third of the
world total of about 9,687 900, the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce reports.
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Iltary Affairs Committee, a de-
l the proposal tomorrow.
While opposing members have
twice succeeded in keeping the re
vised Sheppard-Hill bill bottled ur
in committee, May announced he
will put the measure to a final
vote in an effort to report it to
the House.
His assertion came as the House
liberal bloc leveled another blast
at the revised bill, branding it a
betrayal of the veterans hopes
to eliminate profiteering in time
of war. The original Sheppard
Hill measure had the endorsement
of the American Legion.
SURRENDER TO DICTATORS"
The attack was made by two
House veterans of the World War,
Representative Maverick CD of
Texas, leader Of the bloc and q
member of tRe Military Affairs
Committee, and Representative
lac CD of California. chairman
of the bloc's committee on ma
tional defense.
In the first place." their
statement said, this bill does
not take the profits out of war
as the veterans had hoped. 1t,
furthermore, is a surrender by
CongresS-in advance of war
to a dictatorship.
It contains no legislative guar
ing and to equalize the burdens
of war-and it does neither. It
claims to provide for national
defense and in no way does so.
1t cantains no legislative guar
antees against profiteering, but
only expresses the pious hope
that some dictator-P President
and his Secretary of the Treas
ury will limit profits to a fair,
normal return on investment"
The liberal bloc is waging q
bitter fight against the bill be
cause a provision to impose 95
per cent tax on war profits has
been eliminated, and a plan call
ing on the Treasury Department
to make a continuing study Of
tax system for war times sub
stituted.
LABOR EXEMPTION FOUGHT
A group led by Representative
Short (R.) o Missouri, a commit
tee member, objects to a new pro
vision exempting labor from the
universal service, or conscriptlon
clause. for massing men and ma
terials for war.
IT am confident that the COM
mittee will approve and report
the bill when it meets tomor-
row." May said. "1S this an Ad-
ministration bill? Well. we have
twice written department heads
of the State, War, Navy and
Commerce Departments for
their opinions, and since none
has replied, we assume it is"
MAVERICK DOUBTFUL
May also pointed out that he
had laid the bill before the Presi
dent before Mr.. Roosevelt, in his
defense message to Congress-, rec
commended enactment Of wal
profits legislation.
Maverick said he doubted Il
Mr.. May can get enough votes te
get the bill out of committee" He
asserted he would urge the com
mittee to kill the measure.
IF Congress is not courageous
enough to adopt a bill actually
taking the profits out of war
and promoting peace, the mat
ter might as well be dropped"
Maverick. The national de-
fenSe act already gives power
to the President to conduct a
war with the present machinery
set up by the War Department.
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SECRET PARLEY
NTSMONETARY
MOVE is NEAR.
Morgenthau, ECCle S
Map Plans

G.N.S.) il secret cor ference
between Secretary Of the Treasury
Morgenthau and Federal Reserve
Board Chairman Mariner EccleS
was held today, giving additional
indication that the Treasury is
preparing to engage in an import
ant monetary move.
High Administration fiscal lead
ers have been conducting a series
of conversations over the week
end and a Treasury spokesman re-
ported that an announcement"
may be forthcoming shortly.
WILL RELEASE GOLD
It was indicated the following
steps probably will be taken in the
near future:
/, Release of a substantial
portion of the Treasury's "froz-
en-" gold stock;
2. Issuance of $25,000,000 to
$50, O,0OO, 900 of debentureS by the
National Mortgage Association
of Washington to assist in the
housing program;
NEW BUDGET MESSAGE
3. Renewal, of loans to in
dustry by the RFC;
4. Submission to Congress by
President Roosevelt of a new
budget message fixing the
deficit for the current fiscal
year at $1,35O.OOO.OOO. and,
S. New borrowing by the
Treasury to meet maturing Sc
curities issues.
Release of metal from the Gov
ernment's "sterilized" gold stocks
would provide the Treasury with
fresh working capital which is
needed to meet mounting relief
and national defense costs for the
remainder of the fiscal year.
NFLATIONARY ACTION
While such action would be In
flationary in character since the
paper money printed against the
gold would increase bank reserves.
both the Tresury and the Federal
Reserv Board are reported in ia
vor of the move.
The National Mortgage Asso.
citation. formed last week, is au.
thorized to raise 5000, 900 ,00O
through securities flotations, the
money to be used in buying in first
mortgages on houses insured by
the FHA. Agency officials said
the funds would be raised grad
ually as the need fer them arose
with the probability that not more
than $50, 100000 will be sought In
the immediate future.
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By JOHN o'DONNELL and DORIS FLEEsoN

BY JUhN UDONNElSII DOh4o AAGINON
Slowly but surely the clahng forces behind the deporta
on of Harry Bridges West Coast CIO leader creating
another eeebre for the history of labor that
be placed side by side with the of Sacco and Vanze
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War Profits Curb
Showdown Sought
By House Groups
May to Ask Approval of Bill Being Fought
Bu Liberals As Betrayal of Vets Hopes
By ROBERT HUMPHREYS

GNS) A fresh attack on the Administrations plan to
egslae the profits of today drew from Chairman
Andrew May of the House Military Affairs Committee, de-
cison to force a showdown the proposal tomorrow
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Continued from Page u
duct the amount paid in Federal
taxes from their gross receipts.
The subcommittee indicated it
would give favorable consideration
to Mr.. Robertson's recommends
ton.
FOOD GROUPS VIEWS
Entire revision Of the food in
dustry will be necessary, R. D.
Marshall, representing the Ma
tional Commission Merchants AS
ISOLATION, told the subcommittee,
unless commission merchants in
Washington are relieved Of the
burden Of paying the business
privilege tax.
He told the committee that
wholesale food merchants "can-
not exist" when they are forced
to pay the current twofifthS of
l per cent on their gross earnings.
Although the bill makes special
allowance for commission mer.
chants by providing they pay a
tax. not on gross receipts but on
gross earnings, Mr.. Marshall said
that the merchants cannot make
sufficient profit.
He quoted statistics showing
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Drops
Plan to Turn Back
Relief to States
Communities Unable to Raise Necessary
Funds, Congress Is Told
Bv WILLIAM s. NEAL
By WILLIAM s. NEAL

(LN.S) The Administration has abandoned all hope Of
being able the relief back to the States and
cities for indefinite period it disclosed today
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son HGgood, after admitting he
DdSn't a NGUy. expert, tDorked in
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d. c. Businesses See
Destruction From Tax

that in many cases net income Il
approximately ! per cent.
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"By direction of the President
Of the United States of Amer
ica," read two District Police
The Washington times., 1938-04-14
House Gets
2 Spa Bills

With. Senate interest already
aroused, the House today received
two bills looking toward the crea-
ton of American spas.
The bills, identical with the
measure introduced in the Senate
by, Senator Joseph O'Mahoney
Cd of Wyoming were introduced
in the House by Representatives
Jerry O'Connell CD. of Montana
and Francis Walter Cd of Penn
sylVania.
The legislation authorizes the
United States Surgeon General to
make an investigation and health
survey Of the natural resources Of
the country with a view toward
formulation and submission to
Congress of a plan for the develop
ment Of these resources.
= The purpose of the investigation
and the development Of the Spas,
according to sponsors, is to make
them generally available to the
public and "the greatest benefit
in improving the nations health"
(Other details on Page 49,
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practically every article or TN.
strument used by man. During
the process of oVer-Speculation
and oVer-production - in the
twenties-millionS of people had
been put to work, but the prod
ucts Of their hands had en-
ceeded the purchasing power
of their pocketbooks, with the
result that huge surpluses, not
only of crops, but also Of build
ings and goods Of every kind,
overhung the market.
Under the inexorablc law Of
supply and demand, supplies So
Overran demand which would
pay that production was COM
PEELED to stop. Unemployment
and closed factories resulted.
Hence the tragic years from
1929 to 1893.
Starting in March, 1888, the
Congress and the Administra-
ton devoted themselves unceaS-
ingly. not only to reestablishinE
reservoirs Of credit. but to put
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Gravelly Point.
A spokesman for the Navy De
partment' said that today, setting
at rest one Of the objections made
against Gravelly Point, that it is
too close to the Naval Air Station
at AnacoStia.
1t was reiterated, however, that
the Navy Department is still I'm
alterably opposed to the Camp
Springs site, since an airport there
would interfere with operation of
the new Navy radio station, one
of the vital links in the system of
national defense.
While the Navy has been stead
fast in opposing the Camp Springs
site, theirs was only one of many
objections made against the pro-
posed Maryland field as the Dis
trict's major airport. Chief OBJ
lection is it's distance from the
Capital.
In view of fast train service, it
has been estimated that the aerial
traveller would save little if any
time between Washington and
New York, if forced to go to Camp
Springs to board a plane and then
go into New York from the Newark
airport.
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Fast up. TRAIN
GOES into DITCH

LOS ANGELES, April IA Q.N.SD i.
Hitting a broken rail, the "Chal.
lenger,' - eaStbound Union Pacific
passenger train, was wrecked 40
miles south of Las Vegas, New,
shortly after 6 a. m. today, rail
road headquarters here reported.
It was believed, officials said,
that, about 20 persons were in
iured.
Two dining cars, a lounge car,
and three Pullman cars were over
turned and are lying in a ditch.
The engine did not overturn.
The Challenger left Los Angeles
for Chicago at sos last night.
Wrecking crews were immedi-
ately dispatched to the scene from
Las Vegas and Los Angeles, while
medical aid was requested from
Las Vegas.
The train was not carrying
many passengers, it was said here.
--VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
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To the Congress of the
United States: The prosperity
Of the United States is of neces-
sity a primary concern of Gov
eminent. Current events. if al
lowed to run undisturbed, will
continue to threaten the secur-
iity Of our people and the sta
bility of our economic life. The
National Administration has
promised never to stand idly
by and watch its people, its
business system and it's national
life disintegrate. It is because
the course Of our economies has
run adversely for half O. year
that we owe it to ourselves to
turn it in the other direction
before the situation becomes
more definitely serious.
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BUSINESS LEVY
Due IN PLACE.
OF INCOME TAX
COnferenceD Decides
On Modified Plan

There will be no income tax in
Washington during the coming
year except that which District
residents pay now to the Federal
Government.
The real estate levy will remain
at SITS a hundred.
Liquor and beer taxes will re.
main at the level provided for in
the House tax bill.
BUSINESS TAX
These decisions were understood
to have been reached at an execu-
tive session of the Senate and
House District Committees today,
at which District Commissioners
and members of the committees
agreed on a modified business
privilege tax as q solution Of the
District deficit.
Corporation Counsel Elwood H.
Seal submitted to the legislators,
with the approval Of the Commits
sioners. a draft, Of a new gross re-
ceiptS tax ranging from one tenth
to four tenths Of one per cent,
based on the earnings Of business
concerns, Those earning a lower
net profit will have the benefit
of the lower gross receipts tax, as
the levy was explained. Business
establishments earning q higher
rate Of return will pay q higher
levy with four tenths of one per
cent as the top.
Higher. beer and liquor taxes
were ruled out on the asSump-
ton that they would either drive
District dealers out of business or
force them to move either to
Maryland or Virginia.
INCOME TAX OUT
All idea Of an income tax for
the District was likewise rejected
finally when it was pointed out
by the Commissioners that the tax
applicable to District residents in
Guiding Federal employees would
have tendency to force these en-
ployes to move to Maryland and
Virginia where their Federal pay
could not be taxed by the States.
The legislators were also re.
minded that the lower paid Fed.
eral employees who could not az
ford to live in the. suburbs, would
in that case have to pay an in
come tax while their more for.
tunate associates escaped it.
Considerable sentiment devel-
oped for a sales tax, to raise money
to meet the deficit between a
million. and a million and a half
dollars, but it was agreed that
there was no possibility of getting
either an income or sales tax
through Congress.
-unTR EAm
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On the occasion of Pan-Ameri-
can Day. in a speech short. waved
and translated throughout South
and Central America, the Presi.
dent announced that the 81 Amer
lean republics are presenting
proudly to the rest of the world
"a demonstration that the rule
of justice and law can be Substi.
tuted for the rule of force"
SAME PROBLEMS"
1--WE have the same problems,
the same differences, even the
same material for controversy
which exists elsewhere" MI.
Roosevelt asserted to the an
nual aSSemblage Of the ambas-
Sadors and ministers from the
Latin American countries.
yet. We have undertaken
contractural obligations to solve
these normal human differences
by maintaining peace; and that
peace we are firmly resolved to
maintain.
1T shall not be endangered
by controversies within our fam
lily; and we will not permit it to
be endangered from aggression
coming from outside our hemi-
sphere"
The Presidents Pan-American
speech was going over the ether
waves at about the same time his
important special message
was being read to Congress ous-
lining q recovery program to meet
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perilled. 81.
In addition to the, outright
spending and lending he pro-
posed, Mr.. Roosevelt informed
Congress that the Treasury
will proceed to desterilize
81, 4OO,O 100000 of its impounded
gold. This, it is expected, will
have to some degree an infIa-
tionary effect on the credit
structure Of the country.
THREE BROAD HEADINGS
The Presidents recommends
tons fell under three general
headings: -
/. Additional appropriations of
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Mercury to Hit Sc Today,
Hottest So Far This Year

The hottest day of the year ap.
peared in prospect for Washing.
ton today after the Weather
Bureau predicted the mercury
would climb to 90 degrees before
shutdown.
Hottest day recorded so far
this year was on March % when
the mercury reached as degrees.
But even If Sc degrees is recorded