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Evening star., 1938-11-11
Next for Children
Is 'NObOdY'S Bow

"Nobody's Boy" is the next play
to be presented at the National
Theater by the Children's Theater
Of New York, coming here the
morning of Saturday, November 10
Popular with children. Nobody S
Boy is the story of Remi. the little
street musician, and his adventures
with his monkey, Pretty Heart, and
his trick poodle, Capi, as he has
his ups and downs, finally to dis
Evening star., 1938-11-11

cover he is somebody's body after
all.
Tickets for the play and for the
ensuing four in the series are for
sale now at the local office of the
Children's Theater. l734 F street
NV. They are not available at
the National Theater.
Evening star., 1938-11-11

Teachers in South Africa have just
been given permission to serve on city
councils.
Evening star., 1938-04-14
" the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 14-Substan-
tial gains in United States Govern
ment issues contrasted with marked
weakness in rail liens in today's bond
market
The Federal list pushed ahead for
gains ranging 1872 to 1892 Of point
following release of President Roose-
velt's message to Congress on recov-
cry measures. Dealers said the rise
was in response to the Executives pro-
posals for desteriliZation of Sl,400,-
100000 of impounded gold and for
lowering of reserve requirements Of
Federal Reserve member banks.
II both measures we're adopted
institutional lonable funds and excess
reserves would be boosted well beyond
present levels, according to Wall
Street estimates This, it was assumed,
would lead to a wider demand for
United States Governments and other
seasoned securities for bank portfolios
Rails suffered their widest losses in
the forenoon and they revealed little
rallying power in later dealings. Santa
Fe loans were forced down fractions
to around points, matching yeSter-
days losses. Similar weakness marked
loans OF New York Central, Michigan
Central, Baltimore g. Ohio, Great
Northern, Southern Pacific, Northern
Pacific and MKT.
Evening star., 1938-04-14
BANK GROUP HITS
SPENDING PLANS
Success Of 'Pump-Priming'
Declared Dependent on
Business Confidence,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
EDGEWATER PARK, Miss, April
14.-Governmental pump printing"
cannot succeed in restoring prosperity
unless the Government creates conf
dence by cooperating with business,
the Economic Policy Commission Of
the Executive Council of the Amer
ican Bankers Association has re-
ported.
The council ended its annual three
day spring meeting here last night.
Orval w. Adams of Salt Lake City.
Utah, is president of the association
and head of the council.
Leonard P Ayres, Cleveland, Ohio.
is chairman Of the Economic Policy
Commission, whose report on the busi-
ness outlook was adopted by the
council.
economic pump priming :" is
the attempt to spend our way back to
prosperity by the lavish use of bor-
roWed funds" the report said. 1T
goes beyond the necessary relief of
unemployment and aims to revive
business by a widespread distribution
of purchasing power which will create
demand for goods.
1T assumes that if renewed flow
OF the production and distribution of
goods can be created the natural op-
Grafton of supply and demand will
sustain and continue the process and
durable recovery will get under way.
Economic pump priming can never
be more than temporary process.
There is one condition under
which a Federal spending program
might now contribute to bringing
about a lasting business recovery.
That condition is the creation by the
Federal Government of cooperative
relations between itself and private
enterprise that will create confidence
in the prospects for future profits.
Another period of large-scale
pump priming not accompanied by
fun restoration of business confidence
would almost inevitably impair the
value Of our money We cannot con-
tinue indefinitely to pile up the public
debt without decreasing the purchas-
ing power of the dollars which COM
pose that debt" -
Evening star., 1938-04-14
CLEAR|NCS DROP
SHARPLY IN WEEK
Reach Lowest Level for Any
Full Week Since October
10, 1884.
BY the hssC ciated Press,

BY the hssCciat ted Press.
NEW YORK, April 14-A sharp
contraction in bank clearings this
week cut the aggregate to the lowest
for any full period since the week of
October 10, 1884.
AS a result of this tumble the gap
between the corresponding 1888. and
1887 positions grew wider. in the
tWenty-second consecutive dip from
the previous years comparative.
Total clearings for % leading cities
of the United States for the week
ended Wednesday, April l3, accord
ing to Dun & Bradstreet, Inc,
amounted to S4,l30,427, 900, as against
s5,837,68l, 900 for the similar 1887
week, or a drop of 292 per cent This
contrasted with a loss of only 1876
per cent in the like comparison fot
the week previous.
New York clearings dipped to S.
448 ,681, 900 from S3,626,818,000 a year
ago, giving a decrease of 32.5 Per
cent. Turnover for the 81 cities out
side of New York fell to 81 ,681. 746 900.
which was 239 per cent smaller than
the $2,210,863,000 for the year pre-
vious.
Clearings this week went S1,491.-
70l 900 under the total of the week
preceding. Between the two corre-
spending weeks of 1887 the difference
was only 1922 100000.
Declines were again general for all
outside centers. the more important
of which included: Detroit, Ais per
cent; Pittsburgh, 1873 per cent; Kan
sas City, 3l.5 per cent; Cleveland,
272 per cent; Chicago, 26 per cent;
Boston, 252 per cent, Cincinnati
Is per cent, and Philadelphia, 22.5
per cent
Bank clearings at leading cities, to-
gether with percentage declines from
a year ago, follow; also, the daily
average bank clearings for the months
Of February, March and April to date
Evening star., 1938-04-14
DEMANDS OF LABOR
THORN TO BUSINESS
Berens Bulletin Says Friends Are
Too Eager to Accept ANY
Kind of a Bill"

Special Dispa tch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 14.-The most
irritating worry today to big business
is labor, asserts the Berens Bulletin
of New York. In its weekly report
to clients the service declares that
business executives feel that the Ia
Dor problem would be relatively easy
of solution-except for the Federal
Governments 'insistent interference -"
The Bulletin continues:
BY this they mean the continued
effort of the administration and in
Congress to force through better
treatment for labor. regardless of its
ill-timed and anti-economic poten-
tialities.
Business men are terribly irritated
by the persistent effort to get through
Congress at this time some form of
wages-and-hours legislation. The po-
litical aspect of such efforts. busi-
ness men claim, is amply proven by
the fact that almost any kind of
bill will be accepted by the most
insistent friends of labor
again, UuslllCoS ucIl PolllG W IilS
record to prove their point. When
the first '40-and-40' hours-and-wages
bill could not win congressional sup
port at the special session the busi-
ness community was heartened by the
prospect that no similar legislation
would be attempted at the present
regular session.
Instead, to the bitter disappolnt-
ment of business. a new wages-and-
hours bill effort is under way.
Worst of all the administration
seems just as determined as ever
to shackle business with the uncer-
tainties and increased costs that any
such Federal undertaking must in
volve, business men lament"
Evening star., 1938-04-14
JOHNS-MANVIlLE
TO BUILD PLANT
Decides to Go Ahead on ST 900, 900
Insulating Board Factory
at Jarratt, Va.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, April 14.-Johns-
Manville Corp. announced today it
has decided to 90 ahead with con-
struction Of new S1,O00,000 insulating
board plant at Jarratt, Va, after de-
ferring the project for some time be-
cause of uncertain business conditions.
The construction plans had been in
allegiance since last year. Lewis H.
Brown, president, explained funds for
the project were obtained in 1887
through issuance of new common
stock, but that mounting uncertain
ties on the business horizon delayed
the decision to undertake a new prof.
ect of this size"
He added the new factory would
employ from 300 to 400 hands when
in full operation. Construction will
start soon and initial operations are
expected early in 1885,
hns-Manville ranks as one of the
largest manufacturers of building ma
terials and has properties throughout
the country.
Evening star., 1938-04-14
CROWLEY URGES
SAFETY IN LOANS
Bank Depositors' Rights
Come First in Granting
Credit, Official Says.
BY the hssc ciated Press.

BY tEc hSSc clated Press.
NEW YORK, April 14.-Chairman
Leo T. Crowley Of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp. qualified the admin
istration's expressed desire for easier
business credit last night with a warm
ing to the banks to play safe" Speak
ing before the Bankers Forum, Crow
ley asserted:
"Long-term equity financing is quite
inconsistent with the short-term ma
ture of a banks obligations. The
proper order of bankers RESPONSE
bilities requires consideration first OF
his depositors rights, second of his
stockholders interests, and only then
Of his borrowers"
He said he hoped other means Of
meeting capital needs of business
would be found and urged banks to
make any proper" short-term busi-
ness loans.
Safety First Demanded.
Although he did not mention di-
rectly a recent suggestion of Chair
AiAoAA cSooS L. oollCo Va Vic 1LCSOllSll OC.
ton Finance Corp. that bank exam
liners should not criticize business
loans too severely, the F. D. I. C.
head said:
THE belief that bank supervisors
are unwilling TO let bankers assume
legitimate risks is quite erroneous.
Those holding the belief in the pres
ent instance lose sight of the fact
that no risk can be considered legiti-
mate that endangers the safety of
depositors' funds"
Crowley asserted the banks were in
strong condition despite the recession,
adding most Of the current concern
about the effect upon banks of re-
cent drops in bond prices is unwar-
ranted."
He said banks have 27.5 per cent of
their funds in cash, 25.2 per cent in
Government securities, and most of the
remainder in high-grade bonds. Bank
loans, he added, appear on the whole
to be sound"
Urges Investments Only.
He suggested that banks buy bonds
only for investment, and not for spec
ulation.
Market depreciation of securities
bought for investment with a credit
standing that indicates payment at
par at maturity and continuity of
dividend payments is of no practi-
cal significance in a well-run bank"
he said
The F. D. l. c. head told the bank
ers 1t might be several years before
the insurance assessment of one
twelfth of l per cent on deposits
could be lowered.
Evening star., 1938-04-14
MathiesOn Alkali
Quarters Profits
At SIP, 400 Level

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 14-Mathieson
Alkali Works reported March quarter
net profit of Sl72, 400, equal after divi-
dend requirements on preferred stock
to Is cents share on common stock.
This compared with $477O5l or So
cents share in the 1887 March quar-
ter
E. M. Allen, president, said operat-
ing results for the quarter were almost
10 per cent better than in the final
quarter of 1887, and IAN encouraging
improvement" was noted in March.
The company large producer of
alkalis and other industrial chemical
products, has its principal plants at
Niagara Falls, N. Y; Saltville. Va,
and Lake Charles, La.
Evening star., 1938-04-14
PLANS
MEMBERSHIP CUT
Special Committee Submits
Program to Governing
Committee.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, April 14.-Plans for
a reduction in the number of men,
berships on the New York Stock Ex-
change were submitted to the Gov
erning Committee yesterday by q
Special Committee Of members.
The Special Committee, composed
OF Benjamin H. Brinton, Otto Abra-
ham and r. Lawrence Oakley, was
appointed by Charles r. Gay. presi-
dent, to study the advisability OF
membership retirements. The pres
ent membership totals 1875.
In its report the committee said
1T is apparent that the supply OF
members of the exchange at present
exceeds the demand for their services
and that this situation is aggravated
by adverse circumstances peculiar tc
the securities business"
For effecting retirements the COM
mittee proposed amendments to the
exchange constitution and establish
ment of retirement fund through
contribution of Sl000,O0O by the
exchange and $3.50 semi-annually by
each member if needed, plus assess
ments on security transactions by
members for their own or outside
account.
Gay moved for consideration of the
question of membership retirements
following agitation attributed to COM
ment last fall by William o. Douglas
chairman of the Securities g. Ex-
change Commission.
In the course of somewhat critical
survey of Stock Exchange activities
Douglas suggested the New York in
stitution was possibly trying to feed
too many mouths" He Endorsed
the principle of smaller membership
on the ground the exchange could
not reasonably expect a return of the
big markets of the boom years.
Evening star., 1938-04-14
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, April IA R-Eees. o..
lat; steady. Mixed colors: Special packs
1ah-21i.: standards. 1a-1aH:. firsts. III
diSt No ll 1l, mssIsms' aesrses cbesks ls
15M storage packed firsts. -1SIs-a4
Hptter 1901. 1888: weak, Creamery
scorsl. 27I.-ia; firsts 1ss-s1). 23e2eia
seconds (S4-s7). 2Oll-22.
Cheeae, s4,s26 about steady; prices un.
Evening star., 1938-04-14
Federal Deficit
Exceeds Billion
Again After Drop
BY the Associated Press.

The Treasury's deficit for this year
has passed the l,0o0,o00,000 mark
again after a brief reduction during
the March income tax collection.
On April IL expenditures exceeded
income for the fiscal year which, began
last July by $1,000, ,446,724 Last
year, at the same time, the deficit was
$l,901, ,04l,367. If President Roose-
velt's budget estimates are borne out,
the deficit will reach sl,544 100000 on
June 80, the end of the fiscal year.
Receipts this fiscal year through
April II were $4,9l9.540,130 and ex-
penditures were $5,925, $685.
Evening star., 1938-04-14
PARIS BANK CHANGES
US. TREASURY POSITION
BY The Associated Press.

The position of the Treasury on April
12: Receipts, $1,000 .532,40; expenditures
S1S.S36. 1874 40: balance S2991 .08S,-
917.a4; customs receipts for the month
Receipts for the fiscal year (since Juiy
~. 50 .926 .034 1866 .3s; expenditures S5..
944.5O5.975.1a, including S1612 O47
25544 of emergency expenditures; exces,
of expenditures: 81 :01S.41l. .6O9.41: Nros:
debt; S37 559 ;95a .aa6.al. an increase ol
assets SIC 2S24.2l3,3G4.4a.
Evening star., 1938-04-14
COLLECTIONS DECLINE
BELOW LEVEL YEAR AGO
Ply the Associated Press

E'S .-tc aSSoCldteu TIeSS.
The Commerce Department reports
department store collections in Feb
ruary were 81 per cent less on open
credit accounts and 81 per cent less
on installment accounts. compared
with the same months last year.
Evening star., 1938-04-14

OMgAte Palmolive Peet Co.-1937
net Income, after $3.sl6,295 inventory
ad5ustment. was s7S2,25o, against
$4,218,955.
Evening star., 1938-04-14

Bolsa Chica OIL Corp-1s37 deficit
was $l7,s23, against net income Of
$88,919.
Evening star., 1938-04-14
RUBBER FUTURES,

NEW YORK. April IA GP.-Crude rub
ber futures opened higher to lower
May. 1875; July, 12.45-46; September.
Evening star., 1938-04-14
FREIGHT LOADINGs,

freight carloa dings on railroads reporting
for the week ended April 9, Included
Evening star., 1938-04-14
T R { A S U R Y.

FEDERAL FARM MORTGAGE.
3As 1964---. l04.S 104.4 l04.8
HOME OWNERS LOAN.
3As 1939-49- 10l.15 10l.1l l0l.15
IS l944-52 1O3.20 1O3.l3 103. 20
Evening star., 1938-04-14
DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED

NEW YORK, April 14-Dividends de-
clared-prepared by the Standard Sta
tistics Co.:
Accumulated,
Pc Stk of Pay
Rate. Rod. record. able
s. cum pf 15c So 5-l6
Michigan Gas e. El n
Opr lien -S1i2c - 4-l5 5-2
DO S6 pr lien---75c - 4-15 90
Passed.
Gosher & Deekertown R r.
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Sen. BLENDERS Gesture

rRANKLY, nobody was surprised to hear that Senator
Il Allen j. (by the grace of Huey Long, Elender, of
Louisiana, tossed monkey wrench into Washington's
ten million dollar national auditorium project, thereby
driving Senator Tom Connalys into the field of
another Congress-
The Senator in presenting his objections did not fail
to give hearty plug to the New Orleans auditorium,
built as he put it ito attract conventions and bring people
to New Orleans patronze stores and restaurants
and theaters."
We have no means of knowing but we would be willing
to bet cookie that the Senator from Louisiana has
been giving more consideration to his constituents down
South, since his master died, than
NOW ''"' H"'S he ever thought it necessary to do
Has Gone AWdy while Huey Long lived and ruled
and sent men to Congress pulled them out of Congress
at the twist of his thumb-up down.
The Senator seeking to retain his seat and perqslteS
on his own record has doubtless needed the plea of the
people of New Orleans who in Washington audi
forum major loss of visitors to their city. He has
four more years of service in the Senate and maybe IN
that time he can convince Louisiana that ne is giving
THOUGHT or two to the common veal.
But before his constituents decide to rid themselves
of Senator Eender we in Washington will have that au-
dtorium lust as Senator Connalys bill outlines the PLAN
And so yesterdays proptatory gesture to the people
of New Orleans" won't thing.
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its as he has done in the past,
untouched by the increased bur"
den. In fact, it is not alto
gether outside the realm of prob
ability that he might find in the
new upset Of the milk market
system consequent on the i'm
position of the tax an excuse to
juggle prices to his own further
advantage.
The Federal Trade Commits
sion investigation has revealed
practices on the part Of milk
distributors in many areas of the
country that clearly call for rem
edial action. That investigation
took place two years ago, but so
far as can be told, the practices
it revealed are continuing.
It showed production and dis.
tribution costs do not nearly
equal the cost to the consumer.
1t makes one wonder when the
consumers are going to get q
break. R. j. K.
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prevention Of cruelty to animals
in this town that was anything
like its name it would put a
stop to the torture these fiends
put their pets" through.
In the one single block in
which I live for the last six
weeks this performance has
been a daily occurrence. Short
ly after 9 o'clock at night a
dog is either turned out OF
doors or tied to a fence and,
resenting this, he starts in to
bark at the top of his lungs.
This has frequently kept up
for more than two solid hours
not once, but time after time.
Complaints to the police are USE
less. They do not come around
until the dog and the rest OF the
neighborhood are eXnauSVeo'
Must people poison harmless
dogs in order to get some much
needed rest?
Why don't you dog lovers
start a campaign to make 1t
possible for those of us who
don't own dogs. and don't want
to own dogs, to get rest enough
to do our work? I have never
seen a dog lover yet who had
any consideration for other hui
man beings. Why not?
LONG SUFFERING.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-08
Your |. O..
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

Dy S114NA4EL Ok EENNCn
This is a general quiz: Score
10 for the first eight questions
and 20 for No. 9.
l. What State had a rattle
snake flag before the Revolu-
ton?
2. From what old song are
these lines:
Far DER the mountain,
Breaks the day too soon!"
3. What number increased by
3sths of itself equals 1856?
4. What English writer is re-
membered as a conversation
alist?
S. What word when used as a
verb and accented on the last
syllable means to go forward,
and when in the plural form
and used as noun means a
result?
6. The sum of the sides of a
certain triangle is 8la inches.
The second side exceeds the
first by "a. The third is "a inch
less than double the first side.
What does each side measure?
7. What was the nationality
Of William Tell?
8. Identify vulcan.
9.-PROBLEM: A chicken
coop was robbed on three sue
cessive nights. The first night
one-half the chickens were stolen
and one-half a chicken more;
the second night half the re-
mainder were stolen and a half
a chicken more; the third night
the thieves took half of what is
left and one-half a chicken more.
The farmer had just 20 left.
How many did he have before
the thefts.
ANSWERS on Page 22)
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Giving Consumer Break

Injustices to both the producer
and consumer of milk go on and
on, their nature revealed by an
investigation. Of the Federal
Trade Commission, but as yet
remedial action seems to be
about as effective as a bellows
in a windstorm.
And now, on top Of everything
else, the consumers advisory
board points out that farmers
are in danger of having a bust
ness privilege tax imposed on
them if they are to sell milk in
the District. It is obvious that
such a tax will onl~ increase the
price to the consumer, and help
neither producer nor consumer.
Meanwhile, the distributor will
continue to reap excessive prof
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spread before me when I was in
my teens with those of today's
graduates to realize how lucky
I was-how horribly circum-
scribed and unlucky they are.
The world was my oyster
and I am a man still claiming
middle-age. I went where I felt
like going. Without money I
wandered the world over and OPP
portunity beckoned me not once
as the copybooks have it-but
many, many times. I needed no
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-08
Indians Viewpoint

What makes me sick and
tired is to hear one white per.
son say 70 another, IT think
so and so is a foreigner" ETC.,
etc. Now what we Indians
would like to know is just who
can boast their birthright truly
American?
Like Jesus Christ we Indians
have been crucified enough,
don't you think, H. H.?
We have been forced to re.
linquish everything in this land
we held dear, but one thing,
our birthright.
Only an Indian can truly
sympathize with the Abyssin-
ians. We can all appreciate
the fact that an Italian now
living in Abyssinia is not an
Abyssinian or none of his off.
spring.
Do you not see, H. H., If I
were to take something away
from you that rightfully be-
longed to you in the first place.
does not make it mine in the
second place. Although the
white mans law says posses
sion is nine points of the law"
Gods law says: do not covet
thy neighbours goods" Which
of these two conflicting laws
would you whites have us poor
uncivilized Indians believe?
I am proud that my ancestors
laws were not curved as the
law, but straight as the arrow
on its journey.
AN AMERICAN INDIAN.
Black River Falls, Wis.
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Barking Dogs

You are always promoting
some movement or other in your
paper to help out the poor dogs.
Have you ever thought 1t might
be a good idea to help out the
poor humans who have to try
to sleep while the poor dogs are
encouraged to bark for hours
without stopping right under
their windows?
If you had a society for the