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Evening star., 1938-01-26
RISE SEEN IN SUPPLY
OF FOREIGN LIQUORS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Customs Bureau says stocks Of
imported liquor and wine in this coun-
try increased substantially in the first
IL months of 1887. From January /
to November 80 foreign liquor stocks
increased from 3.424,539 to 4,944,3l3
gallons. foreign still wines increased
from l,360,4l7 to 1,603,74l gallons.
and foreign sparkling wines increased
from 1922 to 357,52l gallons.
Evening star., 1938-01-26
Heard in Financial District.

L. Clark Brown of Brown, Goodwin
L. Co., president of the Bond Club
OF Washington, reports wide interest
In the annual dinner to be held at
the Mayflower on February 10. The
tickets, in charge of Robert Norman
Of Alexander Brown g. Co., are going
rapidly. indicating an attendance of
about 1875 members and guests.
American Security &, Trust Co. stock
sold at $3.50 share on the Washing
ton Stock Exchange today, 10 s
points from the last sale.
Washington Gas Light preferred
stock was strong at SO and Gas S.,
1858, registered a $1,000 transfer at
105A.
washington Railway & Electric pre-
ferred again sold at ITO, fractionally
higher than last weeks close.
Evening star., 1938-01-26

CONTINUED on PaSs A.l7o
Evening star., 1938-01-26
MONTREAL SILVER.

MONTREAL. Jan. % R,-silver fu-
lures opened 90 points up Bids: March.
44.55; May, 44.35: July, 44.15.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

reported to be running $3.50 a
month, and the COMPTROLLER
General is in no mood to play
Santa Claus for this either. He
has turned down a FSA voucher
calling for $4,000 arrears in bus
costs.
I ABOR peace is further away
- than ever, as far as Messrs.
Lewis and Green are concerned,
but Government officials have
received some recent evidence
Of working cooperation between
local CIO and AFL groups out
in the field One Of Miss
Perkins lady braintrustees, Mrs.
Otto Boyer, has moved into the
compliance division of the
Wage Hour Administration,
crowding Deputy Administrator
Fletcher Treasury Assistant
William H. McReynolds, a Nor.
genthau man, has the inside
track for the permanent Comp
troller Generalship If and when
the General Accounting Office
is revised
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
MOnaentous InterUieGO

VoU cannot see Mr.. Garner
l. these days for the smoke
from his Texas cheroot." a
strong gaseous weapon he calls
q cigar, reported to be made
from gunpowder and tanbark
rolled in cowhide. He smokes
them necessarily. Three news
men who have tried to talk with
him have been overcome, but
were revived after artificial res
piration by their comrades.
All they could remember Of
the conversation was something
about two bobcats" sold by the
v. P. to Bascom Timmons, Texas
newsman, and the fishing he
has done; nothing at all about
political shooting or fishing, or
his trip to the White House.
Developments may tell more
about that situation than either
Of the parties to 1t know now.
TVExT Of a new Neutrality Act
l. which the Administration Is
going to espouSe at the next ses-
sion has been completed inside.
Word Of its completion has
seeped to Congress. All that is
known there. is that 1t gives
full discretion to the President
for applying trade embargoeS.
There will be trouble about 1t.
Senator Gerry Nye will lead the
opposition.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

ing agencies-and will be
printed.
Greenbelt Complications
HREENBELT, the Govern
" ment's ideal community
near here, is not getting along
ideally. Farm Security Admin
iStration runs 1t, although this
particular resettlement'S connec-
ton with Farm Security is only
rhetorical.
FSA did not want to pay
county taxes for police, fire pro-
lection, schools, so it made a
deal with the Prince Georges
county superintendent of schools
Marylan0 to hire IA school
teachers for $4,000 a year.
However, FSA has not paid up,
possibly because it is not legally
authorized to make such deals.
The schools may be closed Janu-
ary If something is not worked
out.
FSA also has hired Greenbelt
buSSeS upon which its losses are
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
By eEUie' Robert

leyS and half dozen more shops-trying to COM
plete my Christmas lists. Some people say they
hate Christmas. I'll have to admit love it
and nothing gives me more pleasure than to run
across some little thing very nttle) that some
friend might enjoy. I'm just Simpleminded
enough to give presents-Christmas or not.
That's the only reason I'd like to be big and
filthy rtch"-to be able to give presents all the
time. But all of this dwindes into insignificance
when compared to a thrill enjoy each year.
Here's what it is and you can find out for
yourself If I'm right. Fill UP few baskets with
fruit, toys jams nuts, raisins, etc.-whatever you
think of-and deliver them personally to num-
Der Of poor families with little children who
otherwise might be robbed Of the thrill Of know
ing that there really is a Santa Claus"
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
Business Sense

CONGRESSIONAL investiga.
" tors Of the Tennessee Valley
Authority are mulling over a
new idea for their coming re-
port to Congress. They may ad-
wise continuance Of the existing
Setup with the addition of a
business man to work under
the threeman board. They
figure someone in iva should
have some business sense. Pre-
gentation of the report will be
delayed q month or two, while
the investigators continue think
ing.
CEVERAL HIGH HATS are
~ going to be blown off by the
Forthcoming report Of Acting
Comptroller General Elliott to
Congress. His annual reports
have been soft-pedaled in the
past few years. They have not
even been printed. This new
one will expose the accounting
systems IN most Of these spend
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

two Of them seem to be direct.
You will be able to recognize
these offhand. There may be
more.
It has been an old Washing
ton custom for lobbyists to take
money from financial trimmers
for personal influence" that Is
never actually used. That Is,
some lobbyists get paid for the
people they know here rather
than for services performed.
Officials generally would like
to see a certain large lobbyist
exposed In this case just to break
up the practice, II for no other
reason.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
Rush for Christmas Gifts
Behind the News By Paul MalZon

Cworld copyright, 1898. by King Fea-
lures Syndicate. Inc. all right reserved.
Reproduction in full or in part strictly
prohibited.)
THE WASHINGTON CON-
l. NECTIONS Of those Musica-
Costers will be turned up by a
Congressional investigation next
month"; not before. Anyone
who can steal 18 millions should
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
Game Where Everybody Wins

VOU can get the names and addresses Of deserv-
4 ing people from the Community Chest. I
prescribe this, particularly, to a bunch Of old
dodos, bachelors and widowers. gouty and dys-
peptic, sitting around any Of our prominent
clubs who haven't any best girl" any more and
need something very fundamental to give them
thrill.
For purely selfish reasons boys you should try
this and get great kick. TIN make your high
ball and "old+fashion" taste better-believe It or
not-and you can consume a heavy Christmas
dinner with all the frils. You can even put away
bottle Of good old Burgundy in the process,
without having any Ill effects. wratever-due
entirely to clearer conscience and a satisfied
1eehng-at least once during the year. Try it,
boys because this is game In which both sides
win in big way
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

have had one
or more lob
pyists, or at
least known
more tn a n
one Congress
man.
In this case,
the suspicion
is not solely
SuT0lS6. In
SiderS have
definite in
form q t ion
leads involv-
ing t h r e e
names. Con-
~An%4ASa0 80
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

were in the middle of the lake
region and orange groves of
middle Florida. This is what
I call moving. Makes me think
of the old country man who
said 1t took two people to see
this train. One to say, Here
she comes" and one to say,
Thar she goes" And to think
every bit Of space on 18 Pull
mans was taken UP. Doesn't
look like much Of q recession
to me, or else it's getting to be
pretty cold weather up the
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

country. We were met at the train. as usual, by
the colored orchestra; which instantly makes you
feel at home. They're an institution here ever
since the days when Mr.. F1agler first built the
famous old Poincianna (they tell mel and the
train used to back In across Lake Worth onto
the island and stop at the little yellow station
right across from Mr.. e. r. Bradley's wellknown
beach club
In those days 1t was great to have a private
car, and you could usually see half a dozen Of
them parked among the palm trees in the Poinci-
anna grove. All the "big rich" we're down here
with the possible exception of Mr.. Rockefeller,
who always preferred the beautiful surroundings
Of Ormond Beach, where he spent all Of his
winters right up until death.
Rush for Christmas Gifts
GETTING back to Washington, can still shut
"a my eyes and see myself back there, rushing
through Woodward and Lothrop's, Garfinckles,
Carole Steupels, Pasternak's, Camalier and Buck
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
Ewes Rib
PALM BEACH. Fla. Dec

PALM BEACH, Fla, Dec. q.
TNH1S Orange Blossom Special is some train
Just to think we left Washington after
p. m. and, when we woke up next morning, we
Evening star., 1938-11-04

caused BY the death Of the late
Senator Copeland. Both Demo-
cratic senatorial candidates are
given decided edge-although
much will depend upon how the
Dewey-Lehman race goes. Demo-
cratic leaders admit frankly they
expect the Governor to run behind
his ticket. In that case, Dewey
might conceivably be elected gov
ernor and Mead and Wagner win in
the Senate races.
Bid for Italian Vote.
Corsi Is an Italian-b born citizen Of
the United States. Formerly he
was immigration commissioner in
New York, and he was put on the
G. p. o. ticket not only because he
is an able man, but to attract the
large italian vote here.
In all the fuss and feathers about
the gubernetorial contest, John j.
O'Connor's attempt to have himself
reelected in the 10th congressional
district has almost been submerged.
Yet Mr.. O'Connor has been chair
man, and still is, of the important
House Rules Committee, and he was
also the one prize exhibit of the
presidential purge" He is run
ming as an Andrew Jackson" Demo-
crat, with the Republican nomina-
tion-for he was defeated in the
Democratic primary by James H.
Fay, New Dealer, backed by the
American Labor party. The con-
sensus Of opinion is that O'Connor
will be defeated; that the odds
against him are too great.
Evening star., 1938-11-04

to cast their ballots. They hope,
however, that he will be particularly
effective in bringing back into line
the colored voters in Harlem, some
Of whom have drifted away. They
believe, also, the President will be
most effective with the w. P. A. and
other relief roles.
Registration Under 1886.
The total registration in the State
reported for this year is 5,557, ,S45.
This is considerably short of the
record registration Of 6,2i8,334 in
1886. Upstate registration amounts
to approximately 5000, 900, and New
York city registration to 1900, 600.
Two years ago 82.67 per cent of the
upstate registration voted. In the
city the percentage was 1892.
The Dewey leaders say they be-
lieve their candidate will come down
to the city with lead of 500 900 at
least. The Democrats reply that Is
mere wishful thinking. They are
unwilling to concede Dewey more
than 3OO,00 to $500 lead upstate.
They add that Lehman will run up
a lead Of 100000 to soc, 900 in the
city, to win. Lehman's plurality in
the city in 1885 was $4,000.
The Dewey-Lehman contest here
has cast into the shadow all the
other election races. Yet New York
Is electing two United States Sena-
tors and all its House delegation, in
addition to its State ticket.
Senator Wagner Is seeking re-
election against John Lord OBryan,
Republican, and Representative
Mead Of the Buffalo district is the
Democratic opponent of Edward F..
Corsi, Republican, for the vacancy
Evening star., 1938-11-04

party-although the Democratic
borough leaders recently expressed a
view that the Labor party would not
poll over 800, 1000 votes. If 1t doesn't.
the Democratic ticket may well be
sunk. What the Democratic leaders
desire, of course, Is that the great
bulk Of voters will vote Democratic
and skip the Labor party.
Mayor La Guardia, Dewey's run
running mate in the city elections
last fall, is a member Of the Amer
ican Labor party. He has apparently
decided to 60 along with Gov. Leh-
man, which is expected to be helpful
to the Governor. 1t would have been
decidedly hurtful If the Mayor had
come out for Dewey. The Mayor,
who has had a feud on with Gov.
Lehman for some time, picked him
up and took him to a funeral on
Wednesday. This was taken as clear
indication that the Mayor had de-
termined to support Lehman, even
although he doesn't like him. La
Guardia is given credit for having
forced Lehman to come out and
defend the Roosevelt New Deal pro-
gram, by simply demanding the
Governor state his position. Leh-
man opposed the Presidents court
bill, and also his big spending lend
ing program. The Dewey people
sought in every way to persuade La
Guardia to support their candidate,
or at least to remain entirely neu-
tral.
Democratic leaders admit that
President Roosevelt's speech comes
late in the campaign, probably after
most of the voters have made up
their minds which way they intend
Evening star., 1938-11-04
President Indorses
California Candidates
By the Associated Press.

~ the ASSoclated TresS.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4.-The
California Democratic State Com
mittee last night made public . let
ter from President Roosevelt in
which the Chief Executive asserted
that regardless Of his opposition to
the $30-every- Thursday plan he
considered 1t Of national importance
that Democratic candidates be
elected in the State next Tuesday.
The letter, written to George Creel,
q party leader, said:
apparently an impression is be-
ing carefully propagandized through
California that since do not agree
with the $30-every- Thursday plan,
that I am Indifferent to the nomi-
nees Of the Democratic party on
both the State and national ticket"
the Presidents letter, dated October
81, stated.
THAT Is nat Misrepresentation
Of my position. It is not true. -
"As for the '$30-every-Th
plan, have never concealed the
fact that I am against it. I hope
that 1t will not be tried-because on
the one hand I feel quite sure that
we can evolve from the present So
cial security statute methods Of OBJ
tanning security for old age which
will work better and better each
year. But the plan is wholly State
issue with q separate place on the
Evening star., 1938-11-04
President will devote "a ma a1ority
Of his speaking time to We New
York situation.

PRESIDENT Will devote U..A ma 1or1ty
Of his speaking time to Na New
York situation. ss
While the Democratic leaders talk
Of carrying the State for Lehman
by half a million or more votes
when they speak for publication
more privately they say they hope
to re-elect the Governor by not
less than 100000 and they do not
put their highest estimates above
SOC, 900.
On the surface it would look as
though Lehman should win in q
walk. He has the backing of the
Democratic organization and also
OF the American labor party. To-
gether these organizations reelected
President Roosevelt in 1896 with
a plurality of 1,113,000 votes over
ALI M. Landon. Whether Lehman
helped" Roosevelt or not, he GER
tainly ran far behind the President
In that election. His lead over
Bleakley, the Republican candidate,
was 52l 900. In that election Leh-
man, as well as Roosevelt, had the
backing of the American labor
party.
Jewish Question Arises.
Underneath the surface, however,
there are several items that worry
the Democrats day and night. The
first of these is the increase in anti
Semitic sentiment. Gov. Lehman
is a Jew. That is not all. Scores
OF other important Offices in the
State and city governments are In
the hands of Jews. In the old days,
most of the jobs went to deserving
1rish-Americans, who had in
trenched themselves in politics of
the city-the great Democratic
stronghold. What the Democrats
fear now Is that the Irish will cut
the ticket and leave Mr.. Lehman
out on limb.
At the insistence of Cav. Leh-
man, 1t. Gov. Bray, an Irish Cath
olic, was left of the ticket this year,
and In his place the Democratic
convention nominated Charles Po-
letti, Protestant Italian. This has
made resentment of the Irish still
stronger.
Up State, in the Republican
stronghold, there is also tendency
to oppose Lehman on racial grounds.
There is a tremendous Jewish
population in New York State, and
most of it in New York City. The
statistics for 1927 show 1908, 800
Jews in the State, or 1857 per cent
of the total population. The Jew
ish population increased from 1917
to 1927 by 100000. In the last IL
Evening star., 1938-11-04
Roosevelt Speech
May Turn Tide
From Dewey
Moy Cry Halt on
Religious Attacks
On Lehmun
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,
Star stan Correspondent.

NEW YORK, Nov. Anew York
Democrats have drafted President
Roosevelt to help pull Gov. Herbert
H. Lehman through. Two years
ago the boot was on the other leg.
Lehman was called upon to run to
help carry the Empire State for
the President.
So the President is making a
radio address from his Hyde Park
home tonight in which it is expected
ne will urge all New York voters
to toe the line for Gov. Lehman.
In some quarters it is rumored
he will attack Thomas E. Dewey,
the racket-busting Republican nom
inee for Governor. attempting to
hook Dewey into the Dick" Whit
hey case.
The very fact that the New York
Democrats have sought and pre-
vailed upon the President to mix
IN this campaign at the 11th hour
Is indicative of their nervousness.
They have not been able to check
the hard-hitting district attorney
OF New York County. Dewey has
had Gov. Lehman constantly on
the defensive, answering charges.
He sticks a pin in Lehman at a
new point each day.
Own Prestige Threatened.
Probably the President did not
need much urging to get into the
scrap. 1t is obvious that a defeat
for the Democratic nominee for
Governor in his own home State
would pull lot of feathers out of
Mr.. Roosevelt's personal prestige.
Furthermore, the President in this
radio talk will seek to save some
: OF his other friends who are in
grave danger of defeat in Michigan,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and several
other States.
But fervently the New York Dem
ocratic high command hopes the
Evening star., 1938-11-04

years, 1t has increased still more
and 1t Is eoGimated that probably
2SAo ~ Jews are here. The vote
u vaguely placed at from SOC, 900 to
1000 900. These figures may be far
too high. Mr.. Lehman, however, Is
expected to benefit from an almost
solid Jewish vote. Decidedly there
are two sides to this racial issue.
Roosevelt May Cite Issue.
President Roosevelt may speak out
tonight against racial and religious
discrimination in an effort to stem
the tide Of opposition to the Gov
ernor because he is q Jew. Mr..
Dewey, however, has beaten the
President to that issue, declaring
last night: II would rather 90 down
to- defeat than be elected by any
vote based on race or religion"
Another matter that is causing
some uncertainty is the deterioration
in the Democratic organization in
Manhattan-Tammany-plus great
amount Of independence among the
voters in all the other four boroughs
OF Greater New York. OF Tammany
there is little left but the shell-the
leaders and not much rank and file.
The beatings which the Democratic
organization has taken in the last
two city elections by Mayor La
Guardia, running on a fusion ticket
of Republicans and independents,
has left their impress.
Jimmy" Hines, Tammany leader
In the 11th Assembly district, the
man Dewey has been trying to put
IN Jail on charges Of conspiring with
the operators of the numbers game,
after the drubbing La Guardia and
Dewey gave Tammany last fall, de-
clined to put out any turkey dinners
for the faithful as had been the GUS
tom for years.
Let 'em eat fusion" Mr.. Hines is
quoted as having said forcefully.
Furthermore, Tammany and other
segments Of the Democratic organi-
zation, in the Bronx, Brooklyn and
the rest of the boroughs, has not had
the jobs to pass out they formerly
had; not with La Guardia on the
Job as Mayor. All Of which has
tended still further to weaken the
organization.
Disappointing Vote Possible.
1t is clear that, with a large num-
Der Of people running loose and with
the organization unable to deliver"
as it used to do, the results Of the
vote In New York City next Tuesday
may be disappointing to the Demo-
cratic leaders.
They are counting, however, very
heavily upon the American Labor
Evening star., 1938-11-04
State ballot for Novem.

California State ballot for Novem.
Der 8.
However important $50 every
Thursday may seem in the heat Of
local campaign, 1t Is actually only
q small item compared with other
fundamental trends which will be
determined by the results Of that
campaign"
Evening star., 1938-11-04
Cotton Grading

The grade Of cotton-an impor.
tant factor in the price it brings-is
determined by the color Of the fiber,
trash or foreign matter. pre-ginning
condition and ginning methods.
Evening star., 1938-11-04

Taxes last year absorbed TN per
cent Of the national income.
Evening star., 1938-11-04

WHERE TO DINE.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-13
JAPAN DENIES
NAVY REQUEST
Fleet Construction
Plans to Remain
Secret

TOKYO, Feb. IL. (UP)-
Japan refused today to re-
zeal her naval building plans
% the United States, Brit
ain and France and told the
three powers, in effect, to go ahead
and build more and large ships
under the "escalator" clause of the
1896 London navy treaty, if they
saw fit.
The note to the United States,
which was almost identical with
those to Britain and France. said:
1T is not a matter which should
concern this government in the event
that your government, on basis
of whatever reason or rumor should
exercise the right of oscillation pro-
vided in any treaty to which Japan
is not a party
Japan refused to join the 1896
treaty because the other three pow
ers would not agree to her demands
for limiting navies by total tonnage,
instead of limiting only the size
and gun calibres of different types
of ships Under the ''eScalatoc"
clause, the three powers are en-
titled to exceed the treaty limits
if any -Signatory power started
building excessively
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-13

OF the state board OF equalization.
Details of Edgar's death were
not available here late Saturday.
One report said his daughter, Rob-
erta, was with him on the golf
course at the time of his death.
He had been living with his wife,
Mrs. Mabel Edgar, and his daugh-
ter at Dana Point.
Close relatives now living in
Imperial Valley are j. H. Edgar
of Ell Centro, a brother, and Mrs.
J. H. Marshall of Imperial, sister.
Another brother, Arthur, lives at
Laguna Beach.
The Edgar family's history is
closely woven with the history of
Imperial Valley in agricultural and
business development and in pub
lie affairs. The family came to
the valley in 1901, and in 1908
founded the implement and hard
ware company bearing the family
name. First abode of the Edgars
in the valley was a crude ramada
at Imperial.
Throughout the history of I'M
perial Valley, Ray Edgar was close
ly associated with movements for
development in business and pub
lie life. Partly as the result of his
active interest in civic affairs, he
was appointed to the state board
of equalization as the member from
southern California, and took Of
flee Dec. 1885. He has held the
position ever since.
Edgars body was taken to the
Divel mortuary at San Clemente,
where funeral arrangements were
being made. 1t was exp ted many
from here will attend the Edgar
! funeral
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-13
WILLOUGHRY
BEATS CHAMP

BRAWLEY. Feb. II Laddie
Willoughby, of Calexico, Saturday
morning eliminated Lyle Kurisaki.
defending champion, 80 in the
semi-finals of the annual Lettuce
mems golf tournament. In the
other semi-final match Loveridge
Marsh defeated Ted Blue 80. Earl
Roberts, playing in the cham
pionship guest flight. went into the
finals with 2 up victory over C.
Linnan of San Diego. He will meet
Lee Lamberson Sunday in the
finals Lamberson defeated Dick
Lott 7-6.