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Evening star., 1938-12-28
Walter Scott Smith
Rites Set Tomorrow

Funeral services for Walter Scott
Smith, So, retired locomotive en-
gineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
who died Monday at his home, 1913
Carroll street Sc, will be held at
pm. tomorrow in Chambers South
east funeral home, SIT Eleventh
street Sc. The Rev. DR.. w. R.
Moody, rector of st. Marks Episco-
pal Church, will officiate. Burial
will be in the National Memorial
Park Cemetery.
Mr.. Smith had made his home
all his life at the Carroll street ad-
dress, where he was born. He was
son OF the late Robert Smith. an
engineer for the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg & Potomac Railroad.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Lille Smith; two daughters, Mrs.
Resale F. Smith. this city, and Mrs.
Agnes M. Frazier, Silver Spring
Md; two brothers, John NJ. and
Fred E. Smith, this city; three
sisters, Mrs. William Williams. Mrs
Bessie Rossiter and Mrs. Margaret
Mccormick, all of this city, and
three grandchildren.
Evening star., 1938-12-28
Mrs. Mary Ann Hooff
Funeral Rites Held

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Ann Hooff, SO, who died Monday
at her home, 6OO7 Broad Branch
road NV, were held today in
Chambers funeral home. The Rev.
DR.. G. E. Lenski, pastor of Grace
Lutheran Church offlciated. Burial
was in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Hoof was the widow of
Philip Henry Hooff, former Alex
andria, Va, commission merchant,
who died In 1918. They were mar
ried in 1853.
Born on a Virginia plantation,
Mrs. Hooff witnessed several skir-
mishes between Confederate and
Union Army veterans during the
Civil War. Her father was the
late William Carson Overall who
owned large estate, section of
which was taken over by the Gov
ernment to form a part of the
Shenandoah National Park. Mrs.
Hooff had been resident of this
city for so years. During the World
War she was employed in the Gov
ernment service She was a mem
Der of st. Stephens and Incarna-
ton Episcopal Church.
Surviving are two daughters. Mrs.
Ella NJ. Franklin and Mrs. Virginia
Bond, both of this city; four sons,
Philip Henry Hooff. Carson Ham
mond Hoof and Mahlon o. Hooff
all of Virginia, and William w.
Hooff of New Jersey; a sister, Mrs.
Clarendon Smith, this city; seven
grandchildren and several great
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1938-12-28
Miss Wassmann Dies;
Was Member Of Bar

Miss Dorothea Wassmann, 80,
agent of the Waters Travel Service,
died yesterday in Sibley Hospital
after q short illness.
A native Of this city, Miss Wass-
mann was graduated from Business
High School in 1923 and from the
Washington College of Law in 1926,
later doing postgraduate work at
the National University Law School.
She worked for local law firm be-
fore joining the travel agency.
Miss Wassmann lived with three
sisters, the Misses Adele, Rosa and
Katherine Wassmann, at 1850 Oak
street NV. She was a member of
the Phi Delta Delta, women's legal
fraternity, and the District bar.
Besides her sisters Miss Wassmann
leaves three brothers. Henry Wass-
mann, this city; Karl Wassmann,
Evening star., 1938-12-28
Sanford Funeral Rites
Held Here Today

Funeral services for Everett D.
Sanford, SIS, Washington sales man
ager for the w. w. Kimball Piano
Co. of Chicago, were held at 2::3O
pm. today at the Hines funeral
home with burial in Cedar Hill
Cemetery. He died Monday at
George washington University Hos
pital.
A native of Missouri, Mr.. Sanford
came here 10 years ago after work.
ing in Indiana and Michigan for
the piano firm. He is survived by
his wife, Rose, and two daughters,
Jean and Marian. He was a men,
ber of the Lansing, Mich, Masons
and Odd Fellows.
Evening star., 1938-12-28
Rites for Miss Sumner
Held in Carolina

Funeral services for Miss Sallie E.
Sumner retired employe of the Post
Office Department., who died here
Monday at 1923 Ogden street NV,
were held yesterday at Lincolnton,
N. c., her birthplace. Burial was
there in the churchyard of St.
Luke's Episcopal Church, where
other members of the family are
buried.
Miss Sumner was educated in the
public schools of North Carolina
and at Fairmount College, Mont
eagle, Tenn. On September IS,
1915, she accepted a position in the
Winston-Salem post Office, where she
remained until February 10, 1917,
when she was transferred to the
Post Office Department in WASH
ington.
During her service in the depart
ment her time was given princi-
pally to correspondence with foreign
countries on money-order subjects.
She retired in 1884.
Evening star., 1938-12-28
Marriage License
AppIicotions

Angelo Ferdeai. = A 434 Massachusetts,
aSe,, aye nv and GRACE Longo q. s37
SSnepherd ST. NV; the Rev. william J.
AbEaham Horxitz, IS; Elmira, N. Y. and
Rose Ss oh Hirseh; II % s5 625 Oneida pl. NV.
Wilfred r. Dugan. SO, Auburn. N. H.. and
Margaret N Ellis, Walter Reed Hospital;
James N ". e'sa Mecsaley. y Ryan g 41oo Bennins
St: ne, and jamie R. stinson 10. Glen
Efh0 Eihf,v Heights: the Rev. Arthur H, Nc
Edward n: cress, sa 1o2l Otis st. NV.
hs RfS Gs0FFe e Ferd 81 and Blanche
MOSES 5hs 6sy stsDhsHs spo!tsSood ss
?s ara Msstis &sresT - 5a4 4nf S. st. sS sx
Lee &c Gregg, egg, IS 1923 Sherman ave; NV.
HenTy ns HsV Gray Sra go sSsFS!ss sss Rhode Island
vefmons ont sne Msdse bN ,bs smh Rev 49, ls3s
william a 4 ,sss, ggsxton,, q. 1901 Astor pl
pi. Sc; 0 the Sfss Rev. James Grimm. grim As'0f
soioman WaFshaw. 50, 1910 Euclid st.
pb,b q and F Fappe fps psv H tstcee Al Sso7
AAHS Mabel l. 0MeE MeEntree e ss ii s. ST. nR eRa
Raips inf Esv Biom 5Shn 3 Haais9n s54 F1ankn st
St. ST. NV the Re!; Alvin / |; wis Wis iA''0f
HoSs!a D 6hsse VI aat4 a 5vRf s'
County. Va; the Rev. Sheridan Carter
JOSEF, Joseph l. .nn Evans "a ss5s st. ne, and
Rev. E: p McAdams. 30 Y s'' A's'' 'He
Walter T. Holt. jr 2s. 1924 Quincy ST.
NV. and Elizabeth NJ. ,Boiteaux.. 90
NJ Michael
John W Dunagan; %, Bradford Pa, and
;Ss Rev Earns KoontS Lexington N
An AAnita F. Crosby: 90, Duauoin. iii: the
Louis L. Berends. "a, and Marie c. Jones.
Il' both beth Of Baltimore the Rev. William
George N Bates. 80. I'LL New. Hampshire
ave. and Katherine v. Blanck 10. 55l0
>, Both st: NV; the Rev. Charles German.
and Mildred Woodhouse 20 1854 Hill
brook st. ne; the Rev. George H. Ben
res2 of S New sPs york Ms5sass Ma kev
Irving N. Hoddes, 81, 4s39 Kansas ave.
obn sth St F1eytv the Ees soqmon IN Metz
Rsvmond 2: LoTe; 20 woven NeW York City; the Rev.
;5 ;s5; i both Of If; l43a N st. NV. the Rev.
Anderson, Sc both Of q ~ ~ 4th 0sel ST. NV; =;
the Kew George y. BULLOCK.
~ sw. - and Eleanor brown, stHuts IS. 81 X ST. St.
s.w. the Rev. Wiley Westray
Ebert J. Whittinston. SO. 47l6 44th st;
NV. and Geneva P. Gelbach, 81, 1922
10th St, NV. the Rev. J. Carroll coale.
Alphonse J. Laupheimer, SO, and Elizabeth
the Rev. arthur arthur H; MCKINLEY: ~ ,
Mary F. Williams. 25,. 1897 Myrtle st.
ne: the Rev: J; H. Durham;
Phillips: 80. both Of zoos Q st. NV;
Dayid A. Garzband, 25. and Rebecca Stein.
25. both Of 1901 Argonne pl. NV;
Thomas Breckinridgs. 2s., 1416 Swami
st. NV. and Lucille L. James. 26. 14S
:. ds ADAMS st; trI1;,s nv the Rev, H. Pagan.
21 both Of 1874 Union ST. sw; the
Eddie. Smith "a. and Cora Brown. 20.
both of 34S BRYANT st. NV; the Rev.
Ford Johnson 50: caret, Va, and Mary
Theodore R. Fletcher, 80. Faber. Va, and
Sarah L. Blair. 25 Tye River, Va; the
Rev, John L. Henry,
Evening star., 1938-12-28
Births Reported

Louis and Esther Rohlader; boy.
a. Harry and Mildred ostrow. boy.
joseph and Julia spivak: girl,
Leonard and Lois Chisolm. girl.
Thayer and Juliet Black girl.
James and Elizabeth sanderson. girl.
James and Ruth Nutwell; girl
Edxafd ana spd MATHIS Tanees arm %asaf boy
Aard2 sTeg ana and f1sae Hsxe Ha1qs paqsop ar boy
ATssHs ssn and ma a;ss girl
Louis louis and and Ss Evelyn ! Ludiow. si jr' Poy girl.
Hugh and Martha PAUL. boy:
Thomas % and and Rpberts 1tsi HoWard toaa pob BOY.
Mam Edmana and and rsH9s nal9 efossg Soy girl
si ssmaei ana dn PoFotSy ssne Safrits:: fs: 6Os 6Os:
HsRs0n HsRs0 sad and gftts fda Eambn zssa slF boy
4tna a@es aas and vSsins FTandss vf Aissn e5 h boy
Joseph and Viola Mills. girl.
Eas Eeon ana ana vgns R4ans RsHSfs oqs Soy
Edward and Frances ,snead boy,
Theodore IS and AZ Ards Johnson girl
Edward and lorraine Robinson boy.
James and Mildred wilkins. girl.
Charles and Beulah Powell boy.
Edmund and Mary Cahill. boy.
Arthur and Emma Tetlow. boy.
Claude and Helen Carrier. boy.
Shirley and Marguerite Chadwell, jr. girl
Carbery and Genevieve O'Shea. girl.
Paul and Mary Scherf girl.
Gerard and Julia Kyle, girl.
Qverton and Mamie Nelson, boy.
James and Bernice Catae. girl.
Adolphus and Marian Horne. boy.
Hamilton and Dorothy Payne, girl.
Dallas and Gertrude Wilson. boy.
John and Verna West. girl.
Richard and Constance Aston tr.. girl.
Willis and Louise Charles girl.
Lswrenee and Geneya Green. girl.
Charles and Madeline Donaldson. bo.
David and Rosa Wall boy.
Charles and Ruby Lee. boy.
Charles and Sarah Baron. girl.
Charles and Elizabeth Costello; Firl.
Ernest and Mary Burdette, girl.
Peter and Helen Boinis. girl
Edward and Nora Brown. girl.
Evening star., 1938-12-28
Comdr. Hovey-King,
Ex-Resident Of D. E.,
Dies in New Orleans
Resigned From U. S. Navy
In 1919 to Go Into
Business Career

1t. Comdr. Alvin Hovey-King, U.
S. NJ, retired, a former Washington
resident, died yesterday after a
brief illness in New Orleans, La.
He was Sc years old. At the time
OF his death he was a partner In a
perfume manufacturing business.
A world traveller. he spent much
time in Europe and Latin America.
AS a boy he was brought to WASH
lngton and was educated In local
schools. In the early 1905 he was
Star copy boy. He was born in
Chicago.
From 1900 to 1903 he was an in
ternal commerce expert in the
Treasury Department here, after
which he received an appointment
as assistant paymaster with the
rank OF ensign in the Navy.
He was promoted through the
grades and resigned in 1919 with the
rank of lieutenant commander TO
60 into private business in England.
During the World War he was
supply corps officer in the second
naval district, with headquarters at
Boston. and later went overseas.
For a while he was ship inspector.
At the end of the war he was COM
mander of the United States supply
depot at Cardiff, Wales.
He joined an English export firm
and returned to this country in 1920
as representative of the British syn
dicate which marketed automobiles.
The next year he left to become
commercial attache at the United
States Embassy in Mexico City,
where he stayed about year. He
resigned because of i'll health.
He was member of the Military
Order of the World War and was
decorated with the Philippine, Mex
lcan. Cuban Pacifcation and Victory
Medals. Besides his wife, the for
mer Lillian Moon, he is survived by
a daughter, Rita Hovey-King, New
orleans, and brother, Albert
Hovey-King, 1901 Brentwood road
NE, president of the Paving Supply
q Equipment Co., here.
Evening star., 1938-12-28
Leaders Pay Homage
To Dr.. Simon al
Funeral Rites
Five Churchmen Tuke
Part in Services
At Temple

Local and national leaders attend
ed funeral services at / pm. to-
day for Rabbi Abram Simon of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation
IN the temple at Eighth and I
streets NV. Rabbi Simon died Sat-
urday.
Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld, asso-
ciate rabbi of the congregation, OFF,
clated at the services. The ritual
was read by Canon Anson Phelps
Stokes of the Washington Cathedral.
Others to take part in the services
were the Right Rev. James E. Free
man, Bishop of Washington; Rev.
DR.. Julian Morgenstern, president of
the Hebrew Union College at Cincin-
natl, and Rev. DR.. William Rosenau
OF Baltimore, the latter representing
the Central Conference of Ameri-
can Rabbis.
Burial will be in the Washington
Hebrew Congregation Cemetery,
where the Rev. DR.. Albert Joseph
Mccartney, pastor of the Covenant
First Presbyterian Church and
chairman of the Committee of Re-
ligious Life in the Nations Capital,
was scheduled to take part in the
services.
Honorary PaIlbearers.
A list of honorary pallbearers in
cludes DR.. Frank w. Ballou, Henry
P. Blair, Representative Sol Bloom
OF New York, Morris Cafritz, Will
liam j. Flather, jr.; Robert v. Flem-
ing, Isaac Cans, Marc Goldnamer,
Joseph Hines, D. j. kaufman, DR..
Harry kaufman, Harry King, ST.
mon Lyon, Eugene Meyer, Alvin
eNeWmyer. former Secretary of Com
merce Daniel c. Roper, Maurice D.
Rosenberg, Leo Rover, Morris ST.
mon, Leon Tobriner and Joseph p.
Tumulty.
The active pallbearer list con-
slsts Of Alan David, Norman Fischer,
Milton Harris, Maj. Jesse I. Miller,
DR.. George Nordlinger, Frederick
Pelzman, Theodore D. Peyser and
James Simon.
Among those listed to attend the
funeral were: Past presidents of the
Temple, Levi H. David, Adolph M.
Fishel, Jacob Gichner, Charles Gold
smith and Joseph Solomon.
Officers of Temple.
Officers of the Temple, Col Julius
I. Peyser, president; DR.. Barnard
A. Baer, vice president, and the
following members of the board ::
DR.. Harry Bernton, David Bornet,
William Bush, Allen v. De Ford,
Jacob Gichner, Mrs. Estelle Green
baum, Sidney Hechinger, Milton
King, DR.. Harry Lewis, Sidney Lust,
Samuel T. Schwartz and David Wise,
and trustees. Leo Baum, Mark Lans-
burgh and Herbert Rich.
Officers of the Sisterhood of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Mrs. Frederick Pelzman, Mrs. Jesse
Miller, Mrs. Sidney Hechinger, Mrs.
Benjamin Brill, Mrs. Max Goodman,
Mrs. Albert Ney, Mrs. Martin Baum,
Mrs. Theodore D. Peyser, Mrs. A. E.
Lichtman, Mrs David Bornet and
Mrs. Simon Eichberg.
Officers OF the Brotherhood, STAN
ford Abel, Herman Norwood, Cole
man Stein and Ferdinand Nauheim.
From the Young Peoples League,
Norman Wollberg, Allen Brylawski,
Miss Geraldine Grosner and Eugene
Young.
Evening star., 1938-12-28
zona Gale, Novelist,
Dies; Wrote Of Life
In Small Towns
Rites for Famed Wisconsin
Author to Be Held
Tomorrow
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-Zona Gale
Breese, Wisconsin author whose
novels and plays mirrored the small
town Midwestern scene, died of
pneumonia last night in the Passa-
want Hospital. She was 65.
She came to Chicago for hospital
treatment three weeks ago and con-
tracted pneumonia after her arrival.
A week ago she was placed In an
oxygen tent.
With her when she died was w.
L. Breese, Portage, Wis, manufac-
turer and banker whom she married
in 1929.
Funeral services will be, conducted
tomorrow at her Portage home by
DR.. John Van Eman Berger OF the
First Presbyterian Church, and DR..
Glenn Frank, national chairman of
the Republican Program Committee
and close friend of the author.
Miss Gale-she used her maiden
name in writing-Won the Pulitzer
Prize in 1921 for the dramatization
of her novel, Miss Lulu Bett," her
best-known work She wrote more
than Is novels, plays, books of es-
says, verse and short stories.
Among the better known of Miss
Gales works were Friendship Viii
lage Love Stories" Birth" Faint
Perfume" preface to a Life" "Bor-
gia," yellow Gentians and Blue"
and Papa La Fleur."
Preferred Small Town.
Virtually her entire life was lived
in Portage, her birthplace. She once
expressed her choice of small town
as follows:
"The small town today is a place
where one can find plenty of leisure,
where people talk about their gar
dens, where children have place
in the home, where members of the
family come into intimate contact
with each other, and where there is
not that air of breathlessness that
plants one impression on top of
another so fast that all are lost"
From Portage, Zona Gale could
travel easily to Madison, the State
capital. For many years she made
the trip regularly as q member of
the University Board of Regents.
The senior Senator La Toilette had
appointed her when he was Governor
in 1910. Once free from that duty,
she established a series of "Zona
Gale scholarship" which gave many
promising writers the impetus to
continue their work.
Was Prolific Writer.
She had always written. Printed
and bound in ribbon, her first book
Of fiction and verse was illustrated
by herself at T. From the time she
graduated from the University of
Wisconsin in 1895, she wrote and
submitted stories steadily with no
acceptance until 1904. Newspaper
work in Milwaukee and New York
filled the intervening space. A half
dozen plays were additional fruit of
that period.
The daughter of Charles Franklin
and Eliza Beers Gale, she credited
to them her stature as writer. 81
should say she once wrote, that
the consistent and even urgent en-
couragement of my parents to fol-
low my line of strongest tendency
was the greatest factor"
The University of Wisconsin rec
ognized her work in June, 1929, by
giving her the honorary degree of
Lift. D,
Evening star., 1938-12-28
Mrs. Birmingham Dies
In California

Mrs. Elizabeth v. Birmingham, II,
member of an old Washington
family, died December 81 in Holly.
wood, Calf, after long illness. She
had been living on the West Coast
for some time with her daughter.
Mrs. E. A. Morse. Services were
held last Saturday. Besides Mrs.
Morse she is survived by another
daughter, Mrs. Leon Fraser, News
York City, and sister, Mrs. William
B. Caperton, Newport, r. I.
Evening star., 1938-12-28
Dr.. Porron Gets Medal

CLEVELAND, Dec. % (R.-Dr.
Thomas Parran, surgeon general of
the United States Public Health
Service, received the Achievement
Medal of Alpha Omega, interna-
tional dental fraternity, last night
The fraternity is holding conven-
ton.
Evening star., 1938-12-28

BOROUGH. Interment Arlington National
cemetery JAMES =, WILSON. Commander.
eayy MAWlGf e9 mHRF MAFf Sse5sd vito tS as tas
us five years ago today. December 2s. 1883
foRE With sfnsf sadness aaes se aea 1eea patent smile
You had a. kindly word for each
HER as HGssHsp sss 9e1SYfd %fEl1SM AZ VI II HAwLEy
JOHNSON WILLIAM H.. In memory of
life on December 2s, 1929,
KAISER, CARL S. In, loving remem-
t; today. ' December S Is 1887. Vic 'eA' A'0
One year has passed since that sad day.
God God took him home It was His viii. "
1s Whn ySd T4s hesTtS MoHEk h vesh SRo5HERs 55
memoFs nEs Of my BELOVED vie ErFiE = lPE!6e PRD
ELLA KERH cho passed So aSs s three years
0jt Just a memory fond and true;
just ia token pesrtadhs Of aasetien Sim for vou
ory Of our mother. SARAH c. Tfs1NdER,
who passed away DefaTRef HER ca1lDRGN.: as faas: {.
TRIBBY, CHARLES E. In sad but low
ing remembrance Of our dear father.
CHARLES E. TRIBBY. who departed this
1890 HIS FAMILY.
WILLIAMS. EMMA A. In loving re-
membrance Of my sister. EMMA A. VIII
so. yhS sDsstess g. s sa5 s ten
AS long as life and memory last We
SISTER. BURNscEANA SMITH.
WISsEL, JOHN A.. JR In loving mem
A. W1ssEL. Jr.. who departed this life on
December 20. 1885,
May his soul rest In peace.
Evening star., 1938-12-28

Harrisburg, Pa, and Alvin Wass.
mann, Philadelphia.
Funeral services will be held at
$3.50 am. Friday in st. Mary's Cath.
olic Church.
Evening star., 1938-12-28
Dancing Contest

Twelve nations were represented
In an international dancing con-
test in Berlin.
Evening star., 1938-12-28

AT SO, Mrs. Phoebe Stanton of
Adelaide, Australia, still rides 4
tricycle..
Evening star., 1938-12-28
New Power Plant

A new hydro-electric plant has
been opened in the canyon of
Treska in Yugoslavia.
Evening star., 1938-12-28
I'm mpn1nrtan1.
MARLBOROUGH. HOWARD BURT.

YARBORoUGH. HOWARD BURT. Sud-
denly. on Tuesday. December 81 1888
HOWARD BURT YARBoRoUGH Of 1852
M Yarborough and the late Mott j. var
borough
Funeral from the above residence on
QUEEN mass at the Shrine of the Sacred
Heart at am. Relatives and friends in
Vited. lnterment Arlington National Gem
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-13

the usual New York manner. Most
of his congregation. he said, were
regulars. So far as he could observe
we were the only strangers there
that evening. His church had full
membership of 700 but his congre-
cation, he said a bit sadly, rarely
averaged more than 300 and that
at the Sunday morning service. He
took our address and hoped some
day he might be permitted TO call.
Meandering northWard into the
buzz-fuzz of the evening roar, We
could not help but reflect ON thou
sands of churches similarly strug-
Cling - veritable vorteXeS in the
gathering storms Each trying va
liantly and often pathetically to
establish a need Of hope, peace and
comfort in a hungering world Of
vanishing faith. And how little
most of us aid in such worthy en-
deavor, morally, financially or 9TH
erwise. There is no place in a vast
city where the lonely are SO pleas
antly and sincerely welcomend as
the average church. For this rea-
sen alone one would think they
would be filled.
This. too. had had a troubling
week. Yet I felt markedly reposed
leaving the church. There was a
tranquility and a fresh clarity of
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-13
News Behind the News
- Cardozo 8 HI Health

WASHINGTON - Although Supreme Court
Justice Benjamin N Cardozos health has I'M
proved in the last few days its still toss-up
whether he will resign from the court.
Cardozo has shown an encouraging m-
provement" according TO his physician but he
will be unable TO resume his place on the bench
before next fall, if then.
His colleagues on the court are using their
influence to keep him from resgning. They
want to keep this great jurist on the job-and
most Of them. it can be said, fear that he might
be replaced by man who would be too mueh
like Justice Hugo Black
Personal relations between Black and his lib
eral colleagues are excellent.
But the AlabamanS Selt-aSSuranCe has sur
prised and even disconnected them. Black nei-
ther asks nor takes advice from his eXpe
rienced brethren. He has embarked on a series
of one-man dissenting opinions which delight
many liberal laymen.' but Scandalize the eonser-
vatye justices and cause even the cautious lib
eral justices TO say privately that one Black
on the court IS enough.
In the Indianapolis Water Works rate case.
which the majority sent back TO a lower court
on technical grounds Black insisted the issue
should have been decided promptly. He made
what resembled a senatorial speech against alb
surdites of the cost of reproduction-new valua-
ton theory and in favor of the prudent invest
ment theory.
In another case Black denounced the famous
old Supreme Court decision that a corporation
was person with a human beings rights
Black intends to slam whenever possible at the
Supreme Courts "usurpations of power in the
last century
He is shooting in the right direction. but
with blank cartridges said one liberal justice
of Blacks corporation person dissent explaining
that. although he felt Black had delivered an
able opinion on the subject it had little prac-
teal application to affairs before the Court.
As TO the indianapolis dissent. liberal justices
wondered whether Black realized that the public
utilities themselves might under changed future
conditions. sometime espouSe the prudent invest
ment theory the best way to hold up Watered
financial structures
The liberal justices pray that the next ap-
pointee may be liberal Of the Felix Frankfurter
type who has thorough grounding in the his
tory of the law.
Persistent reports that Brain Truster Tom
Corcoran, Roosevelts fast-moYng al-round han
dy man, has been ghost writing Blacks dissent
ing opinions fantastic and absurd Black
writes the opinions himself and is darned proud
OF them.
The yarn appears to have grown from a
casual and facetous remark made by Mrs. Vir-
ner party. Mrs. Durr knows Corcoran and his
prodigious reputation a speech writer for the
President and others.
Hugo is SO sWamped with work these days
that he may have to get Tom Corcoran to help
him said Mrs DUR
She laughed when she said it-but in Wash
ington stories have a way of growing out of
nothing very much.