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The Washington times., 1938-03-23
COASTAL LIMIT
BOOST is URGED

BATON ROUGE, La. March %.
Attorney General GastcGa L. Poc-
terie today advanced a plan
whereby Louisiana will claim SOW
ereignty over ~ marine miles
from the Shoreline instead Of the
three-mile limit prescribed by IT,
ternational law.
The attorney general said that
the old three-mile limit was set
because that was the distance
cannon was capable Of protecting
the shoreline. He said today
cannon are capable Of shooting
27 marine miles and that the
changed should be recognized at
law.
Porterie said he had prepared
a bill covering his plan and that
it would be be submitted to the
legislature by Gov. Richard Leche
at the May session. The attorney
general suggested that other
coastal States follow suit.
Porterie' advanced his plan as a
result Of the dispute now in prog
reSS between the Federal Gov
ernment and coastal States. A
bill now pending in Congress
would authorize the Federal Gov
ernment to file suit to obtain con-
troll OF submerged lands along the
coast. Some of these lands are
considered valuable from the
standpoint Of oil exploration.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
VIRGINIA UTILITY
CONTROL PROBED

The Virginia Corporation Com
mission today had under investiga-
ton the extent of authority exer-
cised by a New York holding com
pany over the affairs Of the vir-
ginia Public Service Company,
with emphasis on the holding com
pany'S declaration of common
stock dividends.
An injunction to prevent the
Virginia utility, which has its
offices in Alexandria, from declar.
ing dividends or transferring any
funds for a period of 80 days,
pending the investigation, was
issued yesterday by the State
Corporation Commission.
H. Lester Hooker, chairman of
the commission, said the injunc-
tion was inspired by the fact that
twice in the last eight months
the Associated Gas and Electric
Company. which controls the Vir-
ginia company, has declared 10
per cent common stock dividends
amounting to $4,000.
A public hearing was set for
April IL on the affairs Of the
Virginia company and its rela-
tions with Associated Gas and
Electric and it's affiliates.
The commission said a petition
filed by Alexander Speer, presi-
dent of the Virginia Public Serv-
ice Company, for approval of pro-
posed management contracts with
the Utility Management Corpor-
alton and other affiliateS of AS
ISOLATED Gas and Electric showed
certain practices had been fol-
lowed which tend to, and prob
ably will be, subverSive to the best
interests Of the said company"
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

This is the deal which has been
going on between David Lilien-
thai Of IVA and David L. Willkie,
president Of the Southern concern,
and at the present moment power
attorneys in Washington declare
that the price agreed on is be-
tween lis million dollars and 100
million dollars.
ONLY FIRST STEP
This will be the first step in
giving municipalities in the heart
of the iva power region distribu-
tion lines from the power plant to
homes. The price is said to take
into consideration a fair sum to
the preferred stockholders and to
the bondholderS-with something
left over for common-Stockhold-
ers. Just how much is left over
has not been divulged, but a hint
given in Washington last night
put the figure at about a dollar
a share, which is the quotation the
common stocks are carried at on
the books.
While negotiations have been
going on between Messrs. Lilien-
thai and Willkie, President Roose-
velt has been kept advised Of the
matter and is said to be completely
satisfied with the deal so far.
HOW IT WILL WORK
The purchase is not enc by
which the iva takes over and
owns these lines, but the iva
stands more as a friend to the
municipalities in that region
which want to own their own dis
tributing lines and need financial
help.
The IVA merely runs the big
power producing dams; the cities
are presumed to take the power
and distribute it. Cities unable to
finance the deal, it is understood,
would get RFC aid in floating
loans; and as a last resort iva is
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Tax Fraud Laid
To Ex-NeWsbOv

CHICAGO, March % QNSJ.
Abraham Zimmerman, 81, a for.
mer newsboy here, was free on
$4,000 bail today pending trial
for evasion Of $65,000 income
taxes. Government agents OBJ
tained his indictment on charges
that he failed properly to report
a gross income Of $411,916 be-
tween 1929 and 1881. Zimmerman,
who now lives in Trenton. N. j.,
is also under indictment there on
a charge Of transporting lottery
tickets in Interstate Commerce.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Versailles Treaty

VET, it Is the same Mr..
L Roosevelt CMr. Hull had no
hand in the court battle) who
breaches the absolute reverse in
international affairs. Both men
know that the Versailles treaty
was a stupid treaty. They know,
as well as Mr.. Borah knows,
that it's terms recognized
neither mercy nor repentance"
They know the treaty, upon
which the whole mass Of post
war treaties in Europe were
built, is "cold, remorseless i'm
perialiSm"-an edifice of syn
thetic peace, whose foundations
were laid in the quickSandS of
war and military force. They
know that it was the Versailles
treaty'S oppression that created
the conditions to promote Hit.
ler'S rise to power.
But, despite their knowledge,
in flat contradiction to their
own arguments as to the need
for elasticity in Interpretation
of our own Constitution. they
deny the mercy to those nations
which have been enslaved by
the treaty, that they arrogate to
themselves for domestic pur.
poses.
They encourage, rather. the
perpetuation Of a Versailles
constitution made oppressive
by a remorseless imperialiStic
international supreme court,
dominated by two of the great
est imperialistS ever known in
world history-Great Britain
and France-the League Of Ma
tions.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23


national order, and thus con-
tribute to the inevitable spread
of international anarchy
throughout the world.
Contrast the utterance Of Cor
dell Hull made March II, 1888,
with these words spoken Sep
tember 26, 1921, by a man who
has forgotten more about for.
eign affairs than Mr.. Hull will
ever know:
We know this treaty has in it
the seeds of many wars. It hangs
like a storm cloud upon the hori-
zon. 1t is the incarnation of
force. It recognizes neither
mercy nor repentance, and dis
eliminates not at all between
the guilty and the innocent,
friend or foe. It will bring sor-
row to the world again.
Its basic principle is cruel, I'M
considerable and remorseleSs
imperialism. Its terms will
awaken again the reckoning
power Of retribution. Everything
we were told the Prussian would
do If ne won the war, this treaty
does to some one or to some
other people.
That pToph tic utterance,
seventeen years old, was made
by Senator William E. Borah,
for thirty years in the Senate,
and for many years either a
member or chairman Of the
Senate Foreign Affairs Commit
tee.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Trade RelatiOnships

MIR. HULL, one Of the kindest,
AVA most courtly gentlemen in
public life, has a passion-to pro-
mote world peace through better
trade relationships among all
nations. 1t is passion that con-
EumeS him. The skin.flinted
word savers brigade" around
him who are imperialists at
heart fan that passion for their
own, ends. In quiet but subtle
manner, the British authorities
likewise fan the Hull ideal. The
tragedy is that his passion and
his pet prevent him from seeing
the "remorseleSS imperialism"
hidden in their back-scratching.
Mr.. Hull's colleague Of the
New Deal, in order to explain
to the nation their efforts to
pack" the Supreme Court, de-
clared time and again that a
Constitution which was not a
pliable document, able to fit
itself to the changing times,
was a document of oppression,
not a passport to liberty.
Circumstances, in the shape
Of designations from the Su-
preme Court, Unexpectedly
aided Mr.. Roosevelt to place
men on the court who could be
counted upon to interpret the
Constitution of the United
States the way Mr.. Roosevelt
wanted it interpreted. That is
to say, that Mr.. Roosevelt was
inadvertently successful in his
contention that unless the Con-
stitution was interpreted to
meet today's economic and so
cial conditions, American citi-
zenS would sooner or later re-
volt because of the weight Of its
unnatural oppression.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
u. S. AIRPORT
SITUATION HIT
BY ALDWORTH
Chaos Is Threat to All
Aviation, He Says

QN.S) The airport situation
in the country is chaotic and
menaces the whole civil aviation
industry, Richard Aldworth, of
Newark, N. j., chairman of the
Federal Advisory Committee on
Aeronautics and the New Jersey
Aviation Commission, testified be-
fore the House Interstate Com
merce Committee yesterday.
He urged that the Federal Gov.
ernment share the cost of airport
construction with States and
cities just as it aids in building
Of highways.
APPROVES LEA BILL
Endorsing the Lea bill setting
up a civil aeronautics authority,
Aldworth, nevertheless. said the
legislation would be fatally defec-
tive unless the airport situation
is remedied.
There has been 1904, 900, 900
spent on municipal airports and
the situation is chaotic" he
said. There never has been any
comprehensive plan. Changes
have had to be made as larger
equipment was manufactured.
ONLY SIX GOOD FIELDS
"A Commerce Department Of
ficial says that but six airports
in the country are capable of
taking equipment now on the
drawing boards"
Aldworth described the Lea bill
as a miracle Gin that people have
been persuaded to give up much
cherished authority"
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

q majority opposed to process
ing taxes under the name OF
equalization fees or any other.
The tax will be offered from
the floor of the Senate, but
there seems to be little chance
of final enactment.
It will come next year, after
everyone is reelected.
AN unforeseen hitch may de-
"A velop in the private Roose-
velt Green RamSpeck under
standing for wage and hour leg
islation. Certain things are de-
veloping which may cause Mr..
Green's AFL executive commit
tee to decline to go along with
him.
Five members of that commit
tee are said to have their fingers
crossed on Mr.. Green's compro-
mise idea. Their decision is
likely to be Of controlling impor-
tance.
Mexican government seizure
of American and British COM
pany oil wells caused less ex-
citement within the State De-
partment than might be sup
posed. Some officials here seem
to have personal notions that
Mexican President Cardenas
may not have been far wrong in
charging the oil men with hank
ering for a political chance in
Mexico. Likewise they noted the
oil men did not protest as swift
ly as usual in such matters.
General belief here is the dis
pute will be settled satisfactorily
after further warm debate. Both
sides apparently have faces in
need of saving.
The feeling exists that the
Mexican government cannot op-
crate the properties successfully.
Cardenas will probably be will
ing to give up the labor-petro-
leum board operation when he
receives adequate assurances
that the companies will refrain
from political activities.
MIR. ROOSEVELT did not get
NA into his clash with iva
Chairman Morgan without plan
ming his legal way ahead.
Although Senator Norris, god
father of iva, has believed his
iva law permitted expulsion of
Morgan only by concurrent reSo-
luton of Congress, Attorney
General Cummings has reported
otherwise. Cummings private
advice was given to the Presi-
dent apparently before Morgan
was summoned to the White
House for the first demonstra-
ton trial Of iva differences.
Cummings believes the President
can fire anyone he hires, except
as specifically restricted by Con-
greSS.
HNHE mystery of why anyone
l. wants to be a Congressman
is still unclarified. Representa-
tive Dick Kleberg was describing
with a homeSick CLINT in his eye
the glory of southern Texas in
the spring.
"Why, then" asked one of
the assembled Congressman,
did you leave such a beautiful
place to come to CongresS?"
II decline to answer" said
Kleberg, ION the ground that I
would disclose q case Of proven
imbecility."
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

authorized to float SO million dol
lars in bonds for such aid.
Attitude of power men, who
have been working on the problem,
is that the so-called power trust"
is a bit tired of the continued argu-
ment about public-owned power
and is ready to admit that the
time has come to sell out to the
Government.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

call for legis-
lation lodging
sole response
bility for
management t
in a single ad-
miniStr a t or
who would be
aided by a
three-man ad-
Visory board.
The PreSi-
dent himself
is privately
inclined to-
" ard this
change, and
may r e c o m
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
Nye and VOOrhis
To Address Forum

Senator Gerald P. Nye, of North
Dakota, and Representative Jerry
Voorhis, of California, will discuss
''Peace-Which Way?" at the
George Washington University
freshman forum, at 8 p. m. to-
night In Corcoran Hall.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

init interests
to lapse in
the face of
their actual
or threatened
VIC lation -
and thereby
abandon obli-
cations in
a n y impor-
tant area Of
the world can
serve only to
e n C o u r age
disregard of
law and the
basic princi-
DleS of inter-
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
III Is Enough"
Declares Father

GRANVILLE, Pa, March %
Q.N.S)-"No more. Positively
no more!" That was the reaction
Of william Mathues, e4year-old
farmer here, when he was IN
formed his wife had presented
him with his seventeenth child.
And his 40-year-old wife, Elsie,
nodded agreement.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

An Italian genius disappointing death.
After planning to embalm himself in a
glacier, blow himself up with q battle
ship, smother himself with poisonous
rose petals OF vanish mysteriOusly by q
luck to die the most peaceful death inn
aginabIe. The American Weekly, with
SundaY's WnahinRtOn Herald Times,
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

mend 1t to Congress, although
there seems to be little posi-
bility Of action this session.
IT Is no secret that most New
l. Deal commissions have been
conducted along the general
lines Of the war in Spain. The
fighting around the radio and
coal commissions as well as iva
has been no less enthusiastic
than around Madrid, even
though the casualty list is
smaller so far.
But the suggested remedy
seems to settle all differences
by the overly simple process Of
stamping out opposition. It is
not wholly new. One provision
in the pending reorganization
bill in the Senate aboliSheS the
Civil Service Commission and
turns the management over to
Q single administrator with an
advisory board.
Some Senators charged the
Administration was thus getting
civil service under its wing to
strangle it with a purely political
administrator. However, the
Senate declined to alter the PRO
vision.
A PROCESSING tax scare is
"A on. Business and consumer
representatives here have sent
out the word that such taxes
on food are now likely to be
levied this session. Their story
is that Agriculture Secretary
Wallace is the man behind the
Pope processing tax amend
ments. Wallace, they say, has
changed his mind and wants
more money to pay the farmers
before the coming election.
Truth is the Agriculture De.
partment authorities are split.
A substantial group in Mr.. Wal.
lace's own department believes
it might be fatal to business to
levy more taxes, especially on
fagm-food products, in the cur
rently depressed economic sit
uation.
Furthermore, there are more
Congressman from consumer
States and district than from
wholly farm States. To these
consumer representatives, q pro-
cessing tax on food before the
fall elections would mean moth
ing less than political suicide.
Consequently the prospect for
such taxes really seems to oe
much less void than the busi-
ness and consumer representa-
tives fear. The Senate Finance
Committee is known to contain
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
IVA Ready to Make
Power Line Offer
Rv EARL GOODWIN

redhot business that believed to be the first step in
capulaon by power industry the Governments
policies about brea-none other than the
of the price the IVA will offer to the South
power combine for practically all the power distribution
lines in
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

(BoGke CGrter's opinions
are his ot1n and not neceS-
sGrtly those of The Wash.
tnoton Times.)
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
But
Says BOGke Carter

CECRETARY OF STATE
~ HULL made this interesting
point in his now famous for
eign policy speech:
To wave rights and to per
The Washington times., 1938-03-23
NEW FOR U.S..
BOARDS PROPOSED
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
By PAUL MALLON

(word 1885, Rights
Reserved Reproduction PrOhibied)
A NEW formula for administration of Federal commits
"A sons is developing the inside out of the IVA
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

Various remedies nave been
discussed unofficially on high.
The one generally favored would
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

NOW everyone can enjoy the
~ comfort and convenience of
G-E Automatic Oil HEATH
For G-E engineers have per-
fected a marvelously compact, call
in-one" oil burner priced within
the means of every home owner.
A triumph Of c-E engineering!
This amazing new unit is a radical
improvement-the fruit of ffivey years
of research plus FIVE years of tests!
1t offers the maximum in safety,
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

mend it to Congress, although
there seems to be little posi-
bility Of action this session.
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

1 c. FUH.SAVINC D0UBE.lAIX N0Zzll
Oil is thoroughly mixed with air before il
enters the combustion chamber. It is mixed
twice. Once inside the nozzle-then as il
leaves the burner head. This means com.
plete atomization-better combustion
more heat from less oil.
2 c. "HAL0RED HANlE". A simple ad-
justment of the burner makes it possible to
quickly adjust the flame to fit any ordinary
combustion chamber. This means lower
installation cost-Iower oil consump-
ton.
3 c. NOM dOGCINC BURNER TIP. Air
and oil enter the combustion chamber
through an opening 100 times larger than
that found on ordinary burners. The famous
G.E low-pressure method Of burning oil
permits the air-oil mixture to almost float
through the opening. This prevents clog
Sin6, saves trouble and wear.
q &C QUICK .ACTING FLAME DETECT0R
The same remarkable safety feature used
in the G-E Oil Furnace. This exclusive G-E
device permits continued oil flow, only
when combustion is established. Otherwise
it shuts down the burner. Operates 10
times faster than ordinary controls!
5 c. POSITIVE MASTER CONTROL. The
same "brains'' as the Master Control in the
OilFurnace. This control startsand stops
the burner-in response to the thermostat
and directs the nneratinn of the entire
The Washington times., 1938-03-23

convenience and oil burner eff.
ciency.
New in conception, the G-E Oil
Burner embodies many of the prin-
ciples used in the famous General
Electric Oil Furnace. The efficient
method of burning oil-the oil-Aow
stabilizer - troublefree self-oiling'
mechanism, positive safety controls.
~AsSESS'Y
Fits your present system!
The G-E Oil Burner, which comes
all-in-one package, may be quickly
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
M|TzI ROMANCE
WINS APPROVAL

NEW YORK, Jan. Is G.N.SJ. .
Mitzi Mayfair's pale dry romance
with Albert Hoffman of the car
donated beverage Hoffmans, was
bubbling again today.
The Hoffmans put the fizz on
son Albert's engagement to the
sparkling dancer when news
papers burped out with a camera
study which featured Mitzi bottled
up in her boudoir with a photo
graph of Hoffman.
The Mayfair shapely gains were
much in evidence, too-too much
apparently, for the Hoffmans
promptly pulled the stopper on
wedding plans. But cupid had
not corked off.
Today Mitzi popped over to the
Hoffman manse by invitation and
the implication was that every
thing will spill out satisfactorily
and love will find an opener.
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
MISSING COED
REPORTED seen

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 26 (I.N.SJ.
Belief that a clue in the strange
disappearance of Ruth Elizabeth
Baumgardner, missing Ohio Wes-
leyan coed, has been unearthed
was voiced here today by two Ohio
police officials.
Corps. E. P. Webb and w. v.
Vance, of the Ohio State police,
said they had received informa-
ton that the Baumgardner girl
had been seen in the vicinity Of
Pittsburgh within the last six
weeks.
The information came from a
Washington PaO girl, whose
name they refused to divulge, but
whom they quoted as saying she
had been approached in a restau-
rant by the missing coed, who
asked her to make the fourth Of a
party, which included two men.
She consented, she said, and
they went to dance resort, where
her new acquaintance introduced
herself as Ruth Baumgardner.
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
Gets Refund
FCA Gives II Cents
Back, After Z Years

What a lot of figuring the au-
ditors of the Farm Credit Admin
istration must have done to ar.
rive at this interesting answer.
Seven years ago while a resident
of Brigham City, Utah, Wayne
Christoferson, now a clerk at
Police Court, wanted to plant
some melons on his farm. So he
borrowed $25 from the FCA. He
harvested the melons and paid
back the $25 the same year.
Today he received a check for
II cents from the FCA with a po-
lite note, which stated the agency
had overcharged him the II cents
in interest on the loan.
The Washington times., 1938-01-26

hausted Friday. From now until
then the lunches will be served
without bread and milk. No funds
are available to purchase addi.
tional food. The food up to the
present had been bought by pub
lie subscription funds turned, over
to the citizens permanent COM
mittee.
Mrs. John Boyle, jr., committee
chairman, was informed today
Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal
will rule on her request to have
$2,019 held by Auditor Donovan
as trustee turned over to the Citi.
zens Permanent Committee. The
fund was turned over to Donovan
by the Citizens Emergency Com
mittee, forerunner of the perma-
nent committee, and Donovan has
declined to relinquish the funds
until corporation certificates and
other legal evidence is produced
showing the permanent COMMITTEES
is entitled to the money.
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
Girls Figure
In Green
TUrCGse

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 G.N.S).
There were ten pretty girls in Col.
Edward H. R. Green's philanthro-
pic school plan but only one pretty
girl finished college.
That testimony was in the rec
ord today of the four-state tax
hearings on the $4,000, 900 estate
Of the late Hetty Green's son.
Far afield of the purpose of es-
tablishing Green's legal residence
the hearing strayed into the field
of education with particular refer
ence to Green's 10 proteges.
Walter H. Marshall, private Sec
retary to Green for many years,
contributed to the record the re-
port that Green carried on con-
tinuous correspondence with his
proteges, most Of it having to do
with the girls scholastic disabili-
ties.
Marshall also contributed an
other gem to "Greenovia" with the
story of how the financier bought
the yacht, United States, had it
sawed in half and inserted a new
50-foot section, making it the larg-
est yacht in the world. Later, the
yacht sank in Massachusetts
waters.
The Washington times., 1938-01-26
Nev Light on Edvards Love
B0n1bSheu to British Royalty
BY CHARLES A. SMITH

LONDON, Jan. 26 QN.S).
Something of a bombshell was
dropped into the circle of British
royalty today with publication of
the memoirs of Prince Christopher
Of Greece, in which he extolled
the romance of the Duke and
Duchess of Windsor in rhap5odic
phrases.
The sensation arose from the
fact that Prince Christopher, in
addition to being a ranking mem
her of European royalty, is the
uncle of the Duchess of Kent, the
former Princess Marina of Greece,
who married the Duke of Wind
sor's faVor1te brother.
Describing his first meeting
with the present Duchess of
Windsor at Buckingham Palace
on the eve Of his niece's wedding
to the Duke OF Kent, Prince
Christopher said:
Edward gripped my arm.
Christie, he said, Come with me.
I want you to meet Mrs. Simp-
son.
"Who is she?" I asked.
She is an American he re-
Piled, and she is wonderful
The duke scarcely left her side
all evening, Prince Christopher
said, despite the fact that some