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Chairs

Burnetville Easy Chair In solid naahog.
any. Chippendale style showing the
Oriental influence. Would regularly be
$161. Now NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $3.50
Fenwick Easy Chair, in mahogany. The
comfortable and popular English Club
type. Would regularly be $158.50.
NOW S04.0U
LOmbardy Easy Chair in mahogany in
18th Century style. Would regularly De
$l24. Now .................. ..S14
RaleighfOrd Wing Chair in walnut. A
generously sized chair OF Ch1ppendale
inspiration. Would regularly be $151 oO:
now .........s...... "'.''s' @O"'OV
Norwich Wing Chair in walnut. inSpir'
ed by a piece in Norwich. ENGLAND.
Would regularly be $134. Now. $3.50
Granville Easy Chair in mahogany. A
luxuriously comfortable chair inspired
by an original in the Metropolitan Mu-
scum. Would regularly be $l74.
Now .................. $1O4
COleridge Easy Chair. Would regularly
be $92. Now ................ 800
BrandtfOrd Wing Chair in mahogany.
Would regularly be 5000. Now. $12O
Warwick Arm Chair in walnut. Authen-
tic Queen Anne design. Would regular
ly be $8S. Now. .$5S.5O
Rosslynville Easy Chair Of picked pine.
Sheraton inspiration. Would regularly
be $3.50. Now ................$47 $47.5O
Burnett Arm Chair in mahogany. Au-
thentic Chinese Chippendale. Would
regularly be $149. Now. ......... $89
Dryden Wing Chair in mahogany fol-
lowing the Hepplewhite tradition.
Would regularly be $61. Now. $3.50
Canterberryville Chair in walnut. A
comfortable present day rendering of
authentic Queen Anne piece. Would
regularly be $84. Now. .$49.5O
BinghamtOn Chair in walnut. Would
regularly be $10S. Now ........ .$64.5O
HadIeyviIle Arm Chair. in walnut.
Would regularly be $132. Now. ... $79
Radnor Chair in mahogany. A Chip
pendale chair Of great beauty. Would
regularly be $139. Now. $3.50
FURNITURE. SIXTH FLOOR
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Five delegates to the Wash
ington branch, National Associa-
ton of School Secretaries will
attend the annual meeting OF
the organization in New York
city. The conclave begins June
26 lasting through July l.
Three hundred secretaries.
representing a large number OF
States will attend the conven-
ton. Miss Louise Henderson,
president of the association and
Miss Anne Buckman, president
of the New York City Teacher
Clerks Association, are pro-
gram chairmen of this event.
The conference will open Sun"
day evening with all members,
delegates and guests attending
vesper services at the Collegiate
Church of st. Nicholas, con-
Quoted by DR.. Joseph r. Sizoo,
pastor. DR.. Sizoo was formerly
pastor of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church of this
city. .-
Monday will be occupied with
business sessions. In the after
noon, they will lunch in Green
wich Village. Mayor LaGuardia
will extend greetings at the
luncheon Tuesday. other
speakers at this affair include
DR.. Sidney B. Hall. State super.
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witz. Mrs. Keren, Mrs. Cherner.
Mrs. Abraham Lapkoff, Mrs.
Gewirz. Mrs. E. M. Solomon.
Mrs. Samuel Schlosky, Mrs. A.
Mostow, Mrs. S. Tpear, Mrs. A.
Maiger, Mrs. j. Goode. Mrs.
Isaac Cymes, Mrs. A. Kolodne,
Mrs. L. Lipsky, Mrs. Joseph
Kronman, Mrs. Leon Tashot,
Mrs. S. Ginsberg, Mrs. Kushner,
Mrs. Arthur Lastfogel, and Mrs.
Berman.
VISITOR GIVES CHECK
Mrs. Mary Cotter, OF Pasa-
dena. Cal, who is in Washing
ton visiting ner daughter, Mrs.
Alexander Sterling, a guest at
the luncheon. presented check
to the organization to be added
to their fund. Among other
guests we're Mrs. 1. Z. Levinson,
Mrs. Charles RoSenthal, Mrs.
Edward Ostrow, Mrs. Herbert
Glassman, and Mrs. Morris
Blumenthal.
The committee in charge of
yesterdays affair include Mrs.
Cherner, Mrs. A. Lapkoff, Mrs.
Simon Davis, Mrs. Louis Sklar,
Mrs. Lipsky, Mrs. Kolodne, Mrs.
Schlosky, Mrs. Goode, Mrs.
Harry Ehrlich. Mrs. Millenson,
Mrs. Mendelsohn and Mrs. Penn
stein.
Mrs. Nathan M. Wallack, first
vice president of the Ladies
Auxiliary, Jewish Consumptive
Relief Society, who was a guest
at the luncheon, will be a dele
gate from the local group to
the conference being held in
Denver, June %. Alternates
who will go with her are Miss
Irene Saloman. of the Junior
Auxiliary, and Mrs. Joseph Mil
lenson, recording secretary of
the National Council of the Jew
ish Comsumptives Relief So
ciety.
Chairmen of all committees
of Columbia Chapter, Women Of
the Moose, will meet tonight at
8 p. M, at the home of Mrs.
Frances Baldwin, senior regent
of the local organization. Mrs.
Mae Sine will assist Mrs. Bald
win in receiving the guests.
Under the auspices of the
ways and means committee, a
dinner will be held by the group
tomorrow, at 6 p. M, in the
Furhman Inn, Fairfax Hotel.
Mrs. Emily Giles is chairman of
the ways and means committee.
Principal speaker will be Mrs.
Marie Clark, vice regent, and
Mrs. Margaret Bates.
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Jubilee PARTY
OF City Club

The campus of the Marjorie
Webster School will be the scene
of a June jubilee party of the
Women's City Club Saturday.
Elaborate plans are being made
for the party, according to an
announcement by Miss Webster,
president of the club and head
of the school.
Plans are in charge of Miss
Elva Mcnamara, chairman of
the ways and mean committee.
Assisting her are the Misses
Mary Clifford, Lulu Dick, Pau
line Sabin, Minnie Hardy and
the newly organized junior
guild of the club. The jubilee
will start at 2 p. m. and con-
tinue until 6 p. m. when dinner
will be served.
The National Council of Jew.
ish Juniors, will hold a dance,
the final event Of the season,
Saturday, June rs, at 10 p. m.
at the National Woman'S Coun-
try Club.
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HebreU Aid Circle Holds Luncheon
School Secretaries Association Will
Hold Session in N. Y.

tendent of Instruction Of Viz.
ginia; Clifford Goldsmith, au.
thor of What a Life: DR.. John
A. Sexson, president, American
Association of School Admins
traitors; Miss Florence Hale, edi-
tor Of the "Grade Teacher" and
T. D. Martin, director of mem
bership. National Education AS
sociation. The National Educa-
ton Association is holding its
conclave in New York City at
the same time.
Sightseeing trips have been
planned for the members to the
N. B. C. studios, the steamship
Normandie, and other places of
interest. The convention will
close by members Of the associa-
ton attending the International
Program at the New York
Worlds Fair 1899 fair grounds,
at which Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt will preside.
Secretaries from Washington
who will attend include Grace
Robinson, past president of the
local group; Anne Ubboff, newly
elected president; Lucy Voris,
secretary; Olive s. Daniel, secre-
tary, western High School, and
M. Alvina Carroll, member Of
the executive committee.
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Sorority Meets
In BinghdmtOn

Delegates from nine chapters
of Lambda Chi National Sor-
ority will represent the National
Capital at the annual conven-
ton of the organization IN
Binghamton. N. Y. Miss Ruth
Bellinger, national vice presi-
dent, is chairman Of the con-
vention. y
The convention opens with
registrations Friday at 7 p. m.
at the Arlington Hotel. Satur-
days program includes two
meetings, a luncneon and for.
NAL banquet and dance. and in.
stallation of new national Of
ficers. Delegates will attend
church services on Sunday. and
the conclave will close with q
farewell dinner. Mrs. Evelyn
Heath, national president and
member of the local Alpha
Chapter, will preside at the
business sessions.
Washington delegates will be
Joined by their Baltimore sisters
on the chartered bus which will
convey them to Blnghamton.
Members of the District chap
tiers. all delegates, include Ar
lene Runkle and Virginia Haight,
Alpha Chapter; Dorothy Park.
hill, national editor OF the
Lambda CHER, Mary Pauls,
Winifred Huck, Dorothy Marsh,
Sally Meenehan, Agnes Null
hall, Alice Meenehan and Flea
nor Fox. Beta Chapter; Mar.
garet Warrington and Betty
Dietzler, Gamma Chapter; Jane
Grubbs, Francis Saphos and
Josephine Messick, Epsilon
Chapter: Loretta Gardella and
Gloria Summers, national secre-
tary, Zeta Chapter; Jessie Mae
Barron and Marie Teats, Theta
Chapter; Lillian Brunner, Peggy
MacAleer and Judy Rawls, Kap-
pa Chapter: Ada Beavers, Mar
guerite Lakeman a n d Pauline
Harris, Lambda Chapter; Cath
crime Fisher, Hazel Raley, Rae
Puzrin, Gwen Henderson and
Hazel Droenenburg, Nu Chapter.
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Picnic Is Set
BuGdnln1d Unit

Gamma Chapter, Beta Sigma
Phi National Sorority, will hold
a picnic and meeting at 5 D. m.
Friday at the home Of Mrs. E.
B. Sunday. 5000 Hutchins Pl.
N. w. The regular business
meeting will be conducted at 9
p. m, with Irene Stevenson pre-
siding.
Gamma Chapter was hostess
to the middle eastern area of.
ficers, delegates and members of
Beta Sigma Phi National Soror-
ity at their third annual con-
vocation Saturday at the Willard
Hotel.
Festivities Of the conference
concluded with a luncheon in
honor of newly-elected officers.
Miss Lavinia Engle, field rep
resentative for the Social Secur.
ity Board, was guest speaker.
The luncheon was presided over
by Margaret Camburn, retiring
president.
Newly-elected officers of the
middle eastern area council in
clude Charlotte Warncke, presi.
dent; Ann Riehl, vice president;
Elizabeth Remmele, correspond.
ing secretary; Ruth Cate, record.
ing secretary; Margaret Myer,
treasurer-secretary, and Lillian
Cotty, historian.
Local officers Of Gamma Chap
ter are Irene Stevenson, presi-
dent; Mildred Vettori, vice presi-
dent; Edna Steinberger, treas
urer; Margaret Franzen, record
ing secretary; Alice Robert Koch,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. E.
B. Sunday, educational director.
and Mrs. Ellis Logan, sponsor.
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Activities Among the Women's Clubs
Triumph Council
Installation

Colorful ceremonies will mark
the installation of officers Of
Triumph Council, Daughters Of
America, on Thursday, July 7,
at 8 p. m. in Masonic Temple,
Eighth and F. SITS. N. w.
Officers who will assume their
duties on that evening are Au-
drey Barbour. councillor; Mar
guerite Gray, associate coun-
cilor; Sophie Schlieth, vice
councillor: Virginia E. Thomp-
son, associate vice councillor;
Adelaide Miller, Junior past
councillor: Jessie Hector, associ-
ate junior past councillor; j. w.
Schwenk, recording secretary:
Agnes Barbour. assistant record
ing secretary; Marie Stephen
son, financial secretary; Fannie
P. Joyner, treasurer; Laura
Burke. conductor; Pearl Wolfe,
warden; Esther Reid, inside SEN
tinel; Thomas Nutwell, outside
sentinel Mary De Ment, trustee
for 18 months; Harry w. Buell.,
captain of the drill team; Agnes
Barbour, Katherine .Ereeberger
and Mrs. Mary De Ment, repre-
sentativeS to the State council
convention, and Louise Schwenk
and Pearl Wolfe, color bearers.
Following the meeting, q So
cial will be held.
Betsy Ross Council, No. IS,
Daughters of America, elected
the following officers for the
year: Bessie Crandall, coun-
cilor: Rosa Barrack, associate
councillor; Marjorie Wine, vice
councillor; Stella Graham, aSso-
ciate vice councillor; Pansy An
derson, junior past councillor;
Marie Koenig, associate. junior
past councillor; Maude A Wine,
recording secretary; Ida s. Fra
zier, assistant secretary; Nellie
Baden, financial secretary; Ella
Treynor, assistant financial sec
retary; Olden K. Wine, treas.
urer; Miss Faye Frazier, con-
ductor; Charles Whitney, war
den; Edna Best, inside sentinel:
Russie Garfield, outside SEN
tinel; Maude v. Krebs, trustee,
and Grace Duckett, drill captain.
Representatives to the State
council convention from this
chapterf are Olive Yowell, Mar
tina Inscore and Maude Brad
burn. Color bearers include
Ella Pellow and Martha Inscore.
The regular meeting Of the
Potomac Rose Society, sched-
uled for tomorrow, has been
postponed until Sunday at 4
p. m., in the garden of the home
of Mrs. Benedicta Regenstefn,
1850 Tunlaw st. N. w.
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D. A. X. Plans
Benefit Pdrtu

A benefit garden card party
and supper will be held by the
Chapter House Corporation, Dis
trict Of Columbia Daughters of
the American Revolution Friday
at the Martha Washington
Seminary, 3640 Sixteenth St.
N. w.
A Colonial" supper will be
served from 8 to 8 p. m, fol-
lowing which cards will be
played. Fortune-telling booths
and other. entertainment is
scheduled.
Mrs. Harry C. Grove. presi-
dent, is general chairman Of the
affair. Assisting are Miss Sally
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lIS SIA III duIludl OOllol IulSiA
The affair was held in the
large ballroom of the Willard
Hotel, attended by $50 women
of the city and by several out-of-
town guests. approximately
$1,000 was added to their fund
for the maintenance of needy
families.
ORGANIZED 21 YEARS
Organized 81 years ago. the
Aid Circle has grown in mem
bership from 81 to over $50 mem
bers. 1t now takes care Of 18
needy families a week, and as
sists in the support OF other
families. who, although recelv-
ing relief, are not able to sub
sist on the meager contribution.
The luncheon program began
with prayer by Mrs. Morris Ge-
wirz president protein, Womens
Auxiliary, B'nai Birth.
Greetings were extended by
Mrs. Joseph Cherner, chairman
of the luncheon, who introduced
the women at the speakers
table. They we're the officers
of the organization and repre-
sentatives of every Jewish Wom-
er's organization in the District.
DR.. Alec Howritz, Washing
ton physician and member OF
the board of the Jewish Home
for the Aged. lauded the work
of the group. DR.. Harry Silver
stone, Rabbi Tifereth Israel Con-
gregation, addressed the guests
in Hebrew.
CORSAGE PRESENTED
Mrs. Kussel Keren, president,
spoke briefly, outlining the en-
deavors of the organization, and
giving brief history OF its eX-
istence. Mrs. KerenS was pre-
sented with a large corsage OF
gardenias, gift from the CIRCLE
in honor of her thirty-fifth we'd
ding anniversary yesterday.
Characterizations were given
by Mrs. David Kishner. She en-
tertained the guests with
sketch dealing with a period in
the life of DR.. Cham Weizman.
Musical entertainment was pro-
vided by Barnee of the Shore
ham who gave several violin
solos, and by Frank w. Owens,
pianist of the Mayflower orches-
ira, who played the piano and
the accordion.
Seated at the speakers table
were Mrs. Morris Rods, Mrs.
Jennie Horowitz, Mrs. B. Carpet,
Mrs. E. Stolar, Mrs. M. Cayton,
Mrs. Harry Bland, Mrs. Israel
zeskind, Mrs. Anna Shulman,
Mrs. Harry Ehrlich, Mrs. Sam
suel Pemstein, Mrs. S. BobyS,
IMrs. Simon Davis, Mrs. Joseph
'Millenson, Mrs. Harry Silver
Istone, DR.. Silverstone, DR.. Hor-
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Love Seats

Marsden Seat In walnut. An excellent
example Of early Queen Anne comfort.
Would regularly be $2S5. Now. .$16S
Cecilford Seat in mahogany. Slender
proportions for delicacy Of design.
would regularly be $274. Now. .$164.SO
Eldon Seat in mahogany. Scroll arms
and exquisite hand-carved details in.
dictative Of French influence. Would
regularly be $265. Now. w...........$1SS
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Whitcombe, Mrs. Cary e. Walt
ers, Mrs. Addam McCallister,
Mrs. Thomas H. Seay, Mrs. Ger
trude M. Moser. and Mrs. Carl
Giroux.
The Chapter House Is a project
long fostered by members Of
the so local chapters.
Newly elected officers Of the
Helping Hand Club, a subordi-
nate group of the Washington
Colony of New England Women,
are Jean Casanova, president;
Dolores Griest, vice president:
Shirley Shaffer, recording secre-
tary; Helen Smith, correspond
ing secretary; Dorothy Barren,
treasurer, and Mary Alice
Cooper, Sushine girl.
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Brush It Away Lsok - YeaFs YosanesP
At home. without risk you can aOaskly tint those
blonde, brown or black. BROWNATONE and
q small brush does it. EaSy to prove by tinting
alock of your hair. Cannot affect waving Of hair.
Guaranteed harmless. Activeco coloring agent pure
ly vegetable BROWNATONE must give your
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Affair Adds $1,000 TO Funds for
Aiding UnderpriUileged
By TINA MARRANZANo

The Hebrew Sisters Aid Circle dedicated to the work OF
caring for underprveged Jewish families in the District OF
Columbia who do under the scope of the Community
Chest and other similar official organizations yesterday held
ssivth donor luncheon
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Gladwyn Sofa in mahogany. An out
standing 18th Century English Chip
pendale design. Would regularly be
SG40. NOW s$146
Venetian Sofa in walnut. A pleas
ing combination Of French charm and
italian vigor. Would regularly be
9ooU. NOW ...ssSss'" "'' 1880
Fenwick Sofa in mahogany. A sump-
tuous example Of late English Eight
eenth Century Club Style. Would reg
ularly be $317 Now. $1SS
Lorraine Sofa In walnut. Copied after
true Louis XVI design. Would regularly
be $401. Now. w................. $E4U
Verdunville Sofa in mahogany. French
Chippendale style with graceful lines.
Would regularly be $34S. Now. .$1SS.5O
BuckIand Sofa In walnut. Would regu-
larly be $405. Now. .$24O
Durpe Sofa in walnut. A fine example
of late Louis XVI style characterized
by austere simplicity and comfort.
Would regularly be $S79. Now. .$227
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Women Arctic Explorer Honored
Miss Louise Boyd Wins Cullu1n Gold Medal

will be the second woman to re-
ceive the society's award.
Miss Boyd claims San Rafael,
Calf, as her home and lives, be-
tween expeditions, in a house
built there by her grandfather.
Accompanying her on her latest
trip, which ended Sept. 10, were
James Leroy of Elizabeth, N. c.,
photographer; Fred BUTLER, New
York City, assistant photographer
and surveyor; Eyolf Bronner, New
York City, geologist; Anthony
Hilfertz of New York City, radio
operator and metearolgist; and
her secretary, Miss Rose Roche of
San Francisco.
Miss Boyd was the first woman
to be decorated with the Nor
wegian order o. st. Olaf for her
courageous expedition in search
of Amundsen, the explorer lost
in 1929
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Eleanor Jefferson
Visits Mother
In Florida
By NANCY RANDOLPH

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-Eleanor
Jackson Alsop jefferson has gone
to Boca Ration, Fla. and will stay
with her mother, Mrs. Frederic
Winthrop Nelson, until her final
divorce papers from Floyd Jeffer-
son, jr., are handed down within
the next two months.
Floyd and Eleanor have not
been sharing the same apartment
for many months.
They were married March l.
1885, at st. Luke's Episcopal
Church in Noroton. Conn. Flea
nor's father, Edward Hussey IL
sop, came back from Paris, where
he has been living for several
years, to give his daughter in MAJ
riage. The Jeffersons made their
home on Manhattan's upper East
Side until last october.
Eleanor attended Rosemary Hall
and the Spence School. Floyd,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Jeffer-
son, of Short Hills, N. j., prepared
for Yale at St. Paul'S School in
Concord, N. H.
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POSTAL THREAT
WARRANT OUT

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Dec. s..
Judge Luther B. Way, of the
United States District Court, today
issued a bench warrant for the
arrest of John Stoddard, of East
Falls Church. indicted by a Fed
eral grand jury yesterday on a
charge Of violating postal laws by
sending a defamatory and threat
ening postcard through the mails.
The Grand Jury indicted 30
other persons for Federal law vio-
lations in it's all-day session. 1t
charged ii men with violating the
Internal Revenue laws by boot
Logging; four with driving while
drunk on Government reServa-
tons; two with reckless driving;
three as escaped Federal prisoners;
six with larceny, and one with
assault.
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Nv JANE COCHRAN

NEW YORK, Dec. 6 GN.S).
Polar bears sat up on their
launches, rubbed their eyes in
establishment, and hid behind the
nearest ice floe this summer when
Miss Louise A. Boyd. her secretary
and a crew of four other scientists
and explorers invaded their Arctic
homeland.
But Miss Boyd. honored by the
announcement that she will re-
ceive the American Geographical
Society's Cullum gold medal for
her achievements in Arctic geo.
graphical research, has been as
toniShing polar bears and explor-
ers since 1925 when she first
headed an expedition to the
Arctic.
The American Geographical So
ciety under whose auspices Miss
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DISTRICT PLAN
OF PEDESTRIAN
RULE DRAFTED
Final Action to Await
Hearing on Dec. 20

Assistant Corporation Counsel,
Edward w. Thomas, drew in leg
islative form today tentative pro
posals to require pedestrians
throughout the city to cross streets
orly at intersections and only on
green signals where traffic lights
are located.
Public hearing on the proposals
will be held December 20 at the
District Building.
SYSTEM OUTLINED
Recommended by Traffic Di-
rector, William A. Van Duzer, the
pedestrian control system was out
lined yesterday by Commissioners
Melvin C. Hazen and David Nc
Coach jr., Corporation Counsel
Eiwood H. Seal, Police Superin-
tendent Ernest w. Brown and
Highway Director H. C. White
hurst
1t was emphasized, however,
that PRONUNCIATION of the proposals
does not entail their approval,
necessarily, by the District Com
miSSionerS.
Formal action, it was explained,
will await reactions atNthe public
hearings. To this end, 100 copies
of the proposals as drawn by
Thomas are being forwarded to as
many representatives of civic and
business groups.
RESULTS OF SURVEY
Traffic Director Van Duzer in
formed the city officials more
than SIS per cent of accidents in
volving pedestrians the last three
years occurred at points between
intersections.
A survey of Sc cities of 100000
population or more, Van Duzer
said, showed 20 cities had full
pedeStrian-control systems II
others exercise partial control,
while 16 make no attempt to regu-
late pedestrian traffic.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Better Working
Conditions Urqed

To make money, business men
must devote their attention to the
Improvement of working condi-
lions of their employees, Jacob
Baker, president of the CLOS
United Federal workers. told a
New York Town Hall audience
this morning. Stressing that en-
ployerS' benefits from union con-
tracts can be measured in terms
of what they put into it, >"
Baker cited instances from several
large industries, pointing out how
many mines have been saved from
bankruptcy or made profitable
through aid of the Mine Workers
Union and how stability to the
garment industry has been aided
through the Ladies G arme n t
Workers Union.
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
Burke Doubts Murphy
Is Fitted for High Court

G.N.SO Senator Edward R.
Burke CD of Nebraska, a mem
Der Of the Senate Judiciary Com.
mittee, today revealed he is "dis.
tinctly cool" toward suggestions
that Gov. Frank Murphy, Of Mich
igan. be appointed to the Supreme
Court.
II would have to think long
time before I would vote to con-
firm his nomination, should
President Roosevelt name him to
the highest tribunal" Burke
said. 81 do not believe that Gov
ernoe Murphy has all of the
qualifications for that great
position"
The Washington times., 1938-12-06
NeW Witness
Revealed in
Hines Case

NEW YORK, Dec. ga
mystery witness, who did
not figure in the first trial Of
James J. Hines, will take the
stand at the second trial
starting in General Sessions
on January 9, according to q
source close to District AttOr.
ney Dewey.
Existence Of this unidenti-
fled person was revealed
yesterday before S preme
Court Justice Pecora.
Dewey won an extension Of
his custody of three Dutch
Schultz racketeerS, who are
principal witnesses against
Hines. PecOra consented to
their remaining in "Dewey'S
jail on Long Island"
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