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The Washington times., 1938-01-15
HOWARD RAPS
TRUCE POLICIES.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. IS
G.NSD William Green, presi-
dent of the American Federation
of Labor, today was blamed for
the failure of the AFL and CIO
committees to bring unity to the
labor movement by Charles P.
Howard, president of the mterna-
tional Typographical Union
Although the Typographical
Union is an AFL affiliate. Howard
is secretary of the Committee for
Industrial Organization.
Howard's statements were made
in a telegram to John L. Lewis,
CIO chairman, denying press dis
patches from New York in which
Howard was reported to have
changed his favorable attitude to.
wards the CIO.
Howard said that the ITU re-
fused to pay special assessments
to the AFL which are used in
the fight against the CIO because
they have been "levied Illegally"
Howard also assailed the amend
ments presented to the AFL con-
vention at Denver, Col, saying
they would deliver autonomy and
jurisdiction of inter n t on
unions to the AFL. "One big
union" thereby would be estab-
liShed making the AFL menace
to every affiliated national and
International union," he asserted.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
Board Approves
Raises in Budget

ARLIN TON, Va. Jan. IS.
Budget requests Of two depart
ments of the Arlington county
government, embodying a total in.
crease OF $4,11O over last years
appropriations, were approved yes
terday by the county board, while
the Commonwealth ttorne''s
office asked for and received ap-
proval of expenditures equal to
that of last year.
The figures were: Commissioner
of revenue, $t6,9SO.5O, an increase
of $1,24O: treasurer, $S1 ,O45, an
increase of $2,87o, and Common
wealth's attorney, $8,875.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
Justice Knows
His Court Rules

NEW YORK, Jan. IS G.N.SD
Supreme Court Justice Willis Van
Devanter found occasion yesterday
to remind a Federal prosecutor
that he had helped to make the
rules of Federal Court procedure.
He told Assistant United States
Attorney John J. Dowling:
You have the new rules and
you haven't been living up to
them. I helped to make them and
know something about them"
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
Dickinson
Dies in Missouri

CLINTON, MO, Jan. Is GN.S0.
Former Representative Clement
C. Dickinson, SO, who for % years
was a member of Congress from
the old Sixth district, died here
yesterday of a heart ailment.
The Democratic leader was de-
feated by Reuben T. Wood in the
1884 primary.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
Today In
Congress
SENATE

SENATE
Meets at II a. m.
Resumes antilynching debate.
Special committee continues un-
hearing.
Conferees consider housing
and farm bills.
HOUSE
Meets at noon.
Resumes reading of Treasury
PoStoffice supply bill.
Ways and Means Committee
considers tax bill.
Appropriations subcommittee
consider District and Justice sup
ply bills.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
Lacey to Arrange
Bankers BANQUET

Robert H. Lacey, cashier of the
Columbia National Bank, has been
named general chairman of the
committee arranging for the
thirty-third annual banquet of the
Washington Chapter, American
Institute of Banking. The ban
quet will be held at the Willard
Hotel, February 10.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
Benefit SUPPER

A benefit supper for the Beth FL
Congregation will be held tomor-
row night at 8 o'clock at the head
quarters of the Sisterhood of the
Beth El Congregation, 702 Jeffer-
son st. n. w.. sponsors of the
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
.Durante Expresses
View on Broadway

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. IS QNsJ.
Jimmy Durante says: Broadway
is a place where you stand while
you wave goodby to your friends
who are en- route to Hollywood.
It's a swell place-for memories"
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
u. S. Vieu,ed
.AsFGctOrIn|
Next War |

American participation in the
next war is almost a certainty,
according to the views expressed
last night in the Mayflower Hotel
at a conference of the Progressive
Education Association by the three
principal speakers a United
States Senator, Chinese educator
and an editor.
Greatest danger seems to lie in
the overreliance of the nation on
legislative measures designed to
keep us out of war, declared Sena.
tor Lewis B, Schwellenbach DJ
of Washington.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
Capt. Page Guilty
In Staying of Son

OAKLAND, Calf. Jan. Is q.
N.SD.-Convicted of the Staying
of his son, Capt. Donald w. Page,
So, retired Army officer. yesterday
was sentenced to from five years
to life in San Quentin. He had
pleaded that the fatal shooting
was an accident.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
Roosevelt
PlaysGOod
Politics
BY EARL GOODWIN

President Roosevelt is playing
invulnerable politics when he
lines up the home town folks and
tells them they ought to run their
own banks and electric light com
panies without domination from
Wall Street.
It is the same brand of politics
that elected Andrew Jackson;
which made Bryan the idol of
millions; which made Teddy
Roosevelt, the big,stick welding
Trust Buster Of the early years
of the century.
LATEST JOB LAUDED
Practical politicians in town to
day say that the President S
straight left to the Holding Com
pany's jaw is unasSailable from a
political standpoint, and is the
logical sequence of Mr.. Roose-
velt'S views ever since he first
ran for the New York State legis-
lature in 1910. Mr.. Roosevelt, old
friends say, has always had a
hankering to throw a SNOWFALL
at a bankers silk hat. Provided
the banker was Big Banker
and not the home town financier.
Through the maze of congress
sional messages, the oratory of po-
litical campaigns and the heat of
the death sentence" debate, Pres
adent Roosevelt has consistently
clung to the idea that holding
companies are on the shady side.
He charges several of them with
unSound and watered finance;
with too much power in Wall
Street over the financing and op
Grafton of the home town electric
light and power companies.
FAMILIAR SITUATION
He sees a situation which every.
one who follows utility matters
will recognize; the home town
operating company would like to
carry out such-and-such a program
but always there is a vague
hand which reaches out in New
York and stops the operation.
The Presidents frank statement
that he is working for elimination
OF all holding companies is taken
to mean, too, that he will work
to wipe out the monopolistic prac-
tices Of present day big business.
He wants decentralization" of
business; wants to see less big
business and more Small-to-me.
dium business with consequent en-.
couragement to more individual
business men.
The same thing applies to bank
ers; he thinks that any commu-
nifty large enough for a bank
ought to organize and run it's own
bank without financial domina.
tion from New York and Chicago.
Whether the President can get
it all into his forthcoming mes
sage on business is a question.
Meantime, the reports from Dem
ocratic politicians around the
country are all very favorable to
continuance of his present snow
balling of the bankers silk hats.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
DIE SINKERS MEET

DETROIT, Jan. Is Q.N.SO.
Die sinkers from six midwest
ern States were here today for
the semiannual meeting of the
International Die Sinkers Associa-
ti0n
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
Reed Is Nominated
For Supreme Court

Kansas, Van Nuys CD of Indiana,
Borah (R.) of Idaho, and Norris
G.-R.) of Nebraska.
Stanley Reed, nominated today
to the United States Supreme
Court, has been one of the
staunchest defenders of the New
Deal, and has carried on the bur-
den of the Roosevelt administra-
tion's battles before the court.
A native of Kentucky, Reed was
educated at Kentucky Wesleyan
College, Yale and Columbia uni.
verSities and did graduate work in
the Sorbonne in Paris.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
SOURCES LISTED

Here is a list of the variou!
of pressure now turning OF
the heat to close the rift in organ
lied labor:
l. President Roosevelt. He
has several times expressed a
wish that the warning labor
groups would get together.
2. The Labor Department Con-
ciliation Service. It's chiefs have
publicly revealed they were quiet
ly working to settle the trouble.
RAILMEN IN MOVE
3. Railroad bro t h r h 30 d S.
Alexander Whitney OF the rail-
road trainmen has prepared, and
will shortly submit to both sides,
a peace formula as yet secret.
4. The International Ladies
Garment Workers Union. David
Dubinsky, president, has de-
manded a settlement, and criti-
cized the CIO, with which his
own union is affiliated, for its
failure to accept peace terms Of
fered by the AFL in the futile
peace parleys last December.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
Lynch Bill BaCkers
Set to Crack Down
On Dixie Filibuster
Van Mugs Demands Night Session of Senate
To Compel Vote on Measure
By ARTHUR HAcHTEN
By ARTHUR HACHTEN

QNS) Senate supporters of the WagnerVan Nuys anti
lynehmg bill prepared today crack down Sonh,s
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
TOBACCO COUNSEL

After being admitted to the bar,
he practiced in his native State,
and was counsel for the Burley
Tobacco Growers Cooperative.
Coming to Washington in 1929
as assistant counsel to the Federal
Farm Board, he was named gen.
eral counsel shortly after his ar
rival.
Later he became counsel for the
RFC. During the bank holiday
that followed President RooseVelt's S
first Inauguration, he became the
legal expert in the handling of that
emergency.
REFUSED OFFER
Later he turned down Federal
judgeship in Kentucky to accept
the post of Solicitor General, and
in this capacity did important work
for the New Deal, appearing be-
fore the Supreme Court to argue
the validity of the AAA, the Wag-
ner act and other important
measures.
Member of an old Kentucky
family, Reed is a member of the
Sons of the American Revolution,
while Mrs. Reed is active in the
D. A. r. and other patriotic or
ganizationS. They have two sons.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
WARNS HEARERS

He warned his listeners that
none "of these mechanical devices
can by themselves save us from
war" A clearer understanding,
he said, of the forces that make
for war is needed if the nation is
to act effectively for peace.
DR.. HUI Shih, dean of the College
of Liberal Arts, Peking University,
scored the negative pacificism"
which he declared is prevalent
throughout the United States.
The Chinese educator termed
Americas refusal to join the
League of Nations lone Of the
historic factors" in the shaping Of
the worlds present condition.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
HITS IGNORANCE

Max Lerner. editor Of the Nation,
said ignorance Of the social, politi-
cal and economic structure Of the
so-called "aggressor nations" was
in large measure responsible for
the uncertainty of Americas posi-
ton in the problems of today.
"Our energies" he said,
would not be dissipated in
moral indignation if this nation
understood the world as the
world seems to understand this
nation"
The conference will close with
today's session, which will be fea-
tured by the appearance of Mrs.
Roosevelt late this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15

lynching bill prepared today
filibuster against the measure.
A call for night sessions next
week in an effort to smash the
uprising Of Dixie's solons came
from Senator Van Nuys CD of
Indiana. co-author of the bill.
However, as the Senate went
into its ninth day Of debate on
the bill, Majority Leader Barkley
Of Kentucky disclosed no deci-
sion had been reached by the
Democratic high m m a n d to
lengthen the daily sessions and
insist upon rigid enforcement or
rules of procedure.
WAIT ON WAGNER
Senator Wagner CD of New
York, co-author of the bill, has
been ill the last few days and
unable to be present in the
Senate" said Van Nuys. "We
have been letting them (oppon-
ents Of the bilD have pretty
much their own way, but when
Senator Wagner returns I be-
lieve we will start night ses-
Sions of the Senate"
From Senator Connally CD of
Texas, came a statement that his
forces opposing the measure were
not disturbed" by suggestions for
night sessions. He conceded that
advocates of the measure have
ample votes to hold the Senate
in session, but he also claimed
the South has enough Senators
lined up to keep the debate run
ming "a long time"
DEMAND QUORUM
With first indications that Sen
ators were purposely staying away
from the Senate chamber to force
frequent time-consuming quorum
calls, Barkley served blunt notice
full power of the Senate to compel
attendance Of Senators would be
employed, if necessary, to main
tain a quorum.
Leaders of the filibuster stoutly
contended they were desirious of
keeping a quorum present; that
of the bill should also
stay in the chamber and defend
the bill. But proponents of the
bill, satisfied they have an over.
whelming majority pledged to
vote for the bill, said they were not
to debate and thereby
Qeldy q VOCe.
WAR ON GANGSTERS
Tossed into the hopper in a stra-
tegic move designed to embarrass
Northern supporters of the bill
politically were amendments to
outlaw intermarriage of white and
Negroes everywhere in the coun-
try, to forbid such couples from
travelling in States that forbid in
termarriage and to bar wedlock
of whites and blacks in the Dis.
trict of Columbia.
Another set Of amendments,
sponsored by Southern filibusterS,
would require the Federal Gov
ernment to make war on gang
Sters and racketeerS operating en-
tirely within States. The argu-
ment was that if Uncle Sam wars
on lynchings, he should combat
gangster murders with equal
vigor.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15

There appeared within both fac
tions undeniable sentiment for a
reunion. but so far it has not in
fluenced leadership on either side
to the point of making important
concessions.
This may develop later in the
year, at the AFL executive council
meeting in Miami the last part of
this month, at the projected CIO
convention in the spring, or at
both.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
SCHOLARS FEAR
AMERICA FACES.
ECONOMIC RUIN.
Professors Mitchell and
Davis Air Views

G.N.SO. AS the Senate com
mittee investigating the recession
recessed over the weekend. warn
ings that the business recession
may develop into economic break
down followed by FasciSm were
voiced by economists today before
the joint committee of unemploy
ment and taxation meeting here
Asserting that in addition to
huge money cost, the recession is
shattering the morale of the ma
tion, Prof. Jerome Davis, of Yale
University, president of the Ameri'
can Federation of Teachers, said:
THE danger of FaSciSm
comes not only directly from
the wealthy, propertied classes
who want to retain control, but
also indirectly from men of
wealth who deceive the unem-
ployed with specious propa-
ganda.
MITCHELL GLOOMY
'The unemployed, desperate
after long periods of unem-
ployment, may be led to believe
that prosperity will come back
only if the economic royalists
come into power"
DR.. Broadus Mitchell, associate
professor Of political economy at
Johns Hopkins University, cast a
gloomy outlook for the future OF
business.
'"The big fact about the pres
ent business slump is that it has
come close on the heels of the
mightiest effort the Nation has
ever made to get out Of depress-
ion," he said. TT was said
in 1935-1937 that we had re-
captured prosperity without sac
rificing the main principles Of
capitalism. The achievement
turned out to be an illusion.
And a brief one"
ANARCHY TO PLANNING"
How long will it take us to
learn that the price-and-profit
system is incorrigible" Mitchell
asked. Elaboration and pious
hopes accomplish exactly moth
ing, while we leave the means of
production in private hands,
produce for individual gain in.
stead of for common use, and
prefer anarchy to planning"
Calling for enactment of a long
range farm program to relieve un-
in rural districts and
the farmer, Fred
Brenckman, representative of the
National Grange, said "The ma
ton has made a mistake in neg
lecting too long to deal adequately
and realistically with the farm
problem"
Rev. James Myers, industrial
secretary of the Federal Council
of Churches, called for the aboli-
ton Of unemployment as the only
adequate means of relief.
MORE RELIEF URGED
DR.. Sidney E. Goldstein, of the
Central Conference of American
Rabbis, urged larger relief appro-
priations. A sliding scale Federal
relief program was proposed by
Representative Voorhis Cd of
California, based on industrial con-
ditionS.
Amendment of the social Sc
curity act was proposed by Sena-
tor Lundeen (F.-L) of Minnesota,
who argued the United States had
The Washington times., 1938-01-15

(NOuLlHueu ITOm rage
ate heightened the suspense of
waiting newspaper men.
Senatorial comment was gen
orally favorable to the appoint
ment, for Reed has been a hard
working Solicitor General, and is
popular among Senate Democrats.
During The speculation that has
grown since Justice Sutherland
announced his retirement, it has
been frequently stated in sena-
torial circles that Reed would be
the easiest to confirm of any
name the President could send up.
Nevertheless, it is expected that
in view of the Black incident, the
Judiciary Committee will conduct
an exhaustive investigation into
his fitness and qualifications.
FEW SOhf h1SED
Some of the Senate liberals said
privately they were a bit surprised
at the appointment, as they had
always considered Reed to be of a
rather conservative type.
But Senator Minton DO of
Indiana, whose name had also fig
ured in the speculation for the
vacancy, declared he considered
Reed liberal, and predicted:
1--WE won't have any opposi-
ton in the Senate, in my opin-
ion"
Senator George w. Norris, vet
eran Nebraska Independent, and
staunch New Deal supporter, said:
"He is a good man, so far as
I know"
The nomination was immediate
ly referred to the judiciary Com
mittee, and a subcommittee was
appointed by Chairman Ashurst|
to consider it. Ashurst named to
this subcommittee the following
Senators:
King CD of Utah, Dieterich
CD of Illinois, McGill CD of
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
Roosevelt Leading
Groups Seeking to
Force Labor Peace
Union Units, u. S. Labor Department Join
In Efforts to End Warfare

QNSD Seven separate and powerful sources applied
pressure the American Federation of Labor
and John /. Lewis CIO today.
The Washington times., 1938-01-15
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The Washington times., 1938-01-15
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Evening star., 1938-08-19
Less Bookkeeping.

Employers subject to the thousand
and one" reporting requirements OF
Federal and local governments on all
phases of their business should look
with favor upon the recommendation Of
a special committee Of the National
Lawyers Guild that one of the over
tapping requirements in tax bookkeeping
be eliminated.
In brief, the suggestion is that the
State unemployment compensation tax
be abolished in favor of the present
Federal tax with the Federal Govern
ment then to refund to the local ad-
ministrations the amount collected. At
the present time, returns must be filed
with both Federal and State govern
ments with the Federal Government
credlting ninety per cent Of the State
collection as paid.
The net result is that fifty-two sepa-
rate collection agencies are functioning
in connection with the unemployment
compensation levy with employers forced
to make returns in each State where
their business is located and to the
Federal Government. That such sys-
tenn is costly is undeniable.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
Concert Broadcasts.

The fame of the National Symphony
Orchestra has been enhanced by the
broadcasting Of its summer concerts.
Perhaps 1t now may be said with justifi-
cation that the Capitals premier musical
organization has established its claim to
be regarded as an agency of cultural
service to the people Of the entire coun-
try. If so, there is reason for general
rejoicing.
Those who sponsored the enterprise
at the beginning seven years ago were
possessed of broad vision. They did not
think Of the orchestras field Of effort as
being limited to Washington exclusively.
1t was their purpose to stimulate in
creased interest in great music wherever
it might be feasible so to do. And both
patrons and players have been faithful
to their dream, with the result that
artistic success, wide popularity and
measure of financial stability have been
achieved. The cooperation Of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Company is CRATE
fully acknowledged.
Whether or not future concerts-the
programs of the regular fall and winter
series-will be put on the air" remains
to be decided. DR.. Hans Kinder par
ticularly desires to know the wishes Of
his unseen audience" His friends. ap-
preciating his labors, are hopeful that
the verdict of listeners will be en-
Enthusiastically affirmative.
Evening star., 1938-08-19

becomes the irrevocable property Of
driver upon payment Of the proper fee,
the Commissioners would fnd them
selves deprived Of a potent means Of
penalizing erring motorists. The Com
missioners undoubtedly will argue that
their police powers are wide enough to
encompass revocation, under certain cir
cumstances, OF drivers privilege to
operate an automobile.
Under reciprocity agreements with the
States, District authorities have exer-
cised their police powers to the extent
Of revoking permits Of drivers convicted
Of serious traffic offenses in other juris-
dictions. Whether this right is we'll
grounded in law and, if so, whether the
right includes revocation in cases of COL
lateral forfeiture are questions which
may be passed on in the current suit.
The purpose OF revocation, of course,
is to discourage reckless driving. But
even II it should be held that a permit
is the sole property Of the holder, it does
not necessarily follow that 1t is license
to drive recklessly. The courts decision
in the pending suit should have no real
bearing on the effectiveness Of the cam
paign to arrest traffic violators and to
administer penalties sufficient to impress
drivers with their responsibilities.
Evening star., 1938-08-19
Lesson in Peace.

The world has Just had another i'm
pressive lesson in pacific settlement of
international disputes with announce
ment of an agreement between the
United States and Great Britain for
joint use of Canton and Enderbury
Islands in the South Pacific for their
civil aviation companies.
Instead Of each sending a naval force
to the coral atolls and fighting 1t out
for possession, as more irascible gov
ernments might have done, the two
countries have shelved, at least for the
time being, the question of who owns
these isles. which are important strategi-
cally in defense of Pacific possessions.
This was in spite of obvious technical
difficulties which uncertainty Of SOW
ereignty raises, but an attitude Of CO.
operation in meeting the common prob
lens OF aviation development dictated
the novel arrangement.
Although there is no question at this
time of condominium. for that re-
quires mutual recognition Of sovereign
rights, such q solution may eventually
follow from the happy result which pres
ent negotiations have brought. Both the
United States and Great Britain have
sound claims under international law
and only mutual acknowledgment Of
those claims is lacking. But where the
will to settlement is as strong as in this
controversy there should be no insur-
mountable barrier to that.
The political importance of the islands.
Of course. lies in the close affiliation Of
military and commercial aviation. In
no country Is civil aviation completely
detached from the military, and all
schemes of mobilization comprehend in
corporation OF civil aviation within the
military forces. Thus Canton and En-
derbury may, in case of war in the
Pacific involving either the United
States or Great Britain. become strategic
air bases.
The islands possess great political
significance also in the necessity Of
common defense against attack. This
illustrates the growing community OF
interest in defense between America and
England, an interest which ranges from
two tiny Pacific islands to the great
fundamental basis Of their govern
ments-democracy