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Evening star., 1938-12-30

United States Railroad Retirement
Board.
Mr.. Wilkinson became associated
with j. Bond Smith of Takoma Park
and Washington after his gradua-
ton and since that time he has been
a member of the law firm headed by
Mr.. Smith.
Took Up Politics Early.
He became interested in politics
at about the same time he began
practice and now is vice president
of the Young Mems Democratic
Club in Takoma Park, where he was
born and where he makes his home
with his wife and son.
The new prosecutor is member
of the Takoma Park Lodge of
Masons, member of the bar asso-
Citations of the District of Columbia.
Montgomery County and Maryland
and the bars of the Maryland Court
of Appeals and the United States
Supreme Court
He is on the Speakers Committee
OF the Junior Bar Association of
the District of Columbia and is
widely known through his partici-
patton in many debates on Presi-
dent Roosevelt's court reform bill
which that organization recently
presented at civic meetings in
Washington and nearby Maryland.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Thieves Haul AWAY
30O-Pound Safe
They Cou|dn't Open
Purse-Snotcher FeIIs
Woman to Take Her
Empty Bog

Thieves entered the Waple e.
James, Inc, real estate Office at
1924 Fourteenth street NV. last
night and hauled away a 30O-pound
safe they were unable to open.
The little safe contained about
500 In cash and valuable papers,
Marshall j. Waple, member of the
firm, said. The robbery was dis
covered at am. by Howard Elms,
80, of $3.50 Georgia avenue NV,
employe, who came in to look at
the automatic heater in the rear of
the building.
Mr.. Elms found a larger safe open,
the pins gone from its hinges and
the door lying against it. The small
safe was missing, but its two knobs,
left on a nearby desk, indicated the
cracksmen's tools couldn't break 1t.
This looks like the work of vet
erans," Mr.. Waple said. '"They
shipped the wire netting on back
window, opened the paddock on the
netting, broke the glass, unlocked
the window and came through my
Office into the front where the safes
are" Tell-tale footprints showed
the bandits had picked up the
small safe, lugged it through the
hall and up the back concrete steps.
Automobile tracks in the alley in
dicated they drove away with the
safe.
The hands of veteran robbers were
shown again at the back door of
the building, where the lock had
been cut off,
More money would have been lost,
Mr.. Waple told police, had he not
made deposit yesterday. He said
the loss was not covered by insur-
ance.
Police took fingerprints from the
door of the large safe and the VIM
dow through which the thieves en-
tered and also made photographs of
the remaining safe and papers
streWn around 1t.
Evening star., 1938-12-30

Mr.. Simon is retiring because of
statutory provisions after a years
of service with the Office of the su-
pervising architect. During this
time Mr.. Simons advancement in
the organization has been without
interruption. He rose to his present
post in 1888, succeeding James A.
Wetmore, an attorney, who for many
years had been acting supervising
architect of the Treasury Depart
ment.
Lauded for Service.
In announcing Mr.. Simon's re-
tirement, Secretary Morgenthau
praised his service to the Govern
ment. During this span of years. u
said the Secretary, "Mr. Simon S
great interest has been in the de-
velopment of an expressive Federal
architecture: the observance of high
standards in architectural design
and construction, and a closer CO.
operation with other agencies of the
Government having to do with the
construction of Federal buildings.
He represented the Treasury De-
partment in the development of the
triangle group of buildings here, as
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Bargaining Unit Picked
For Hotel Workers

The local Joint Executive Board
OF the Hotel and Restaurant EN-
ployes' International Alliance and
the Bartenders' International League
of America will serve as the COL
lective bargaining agency for three
groups of workers at the Hamilton
Hotel, under certification by the
National Labor Relations Board.
Those affected by the board ruling,
announced last night. are restau-
rant and kitchen employees. hotel
service employees and bartenders.
Excluded are managerial and super
visory employees. Office employees,
musicians. f1remen, engineers, car
penters. painters and upholsterers.
The hotel management had argued
for individual representation for
each of the affected groups. while
the unions-afflliated with the
American Federation of Labor
sought joint representation.
In another hotel case today, Hotel
Service Workers Local 80, an
nounced that unfair labor practice
charges lodged with the board
against the Raleigh Hotel had been
withdrawn after settlement OF the
controversy. A maid and doorman
involved were reinstated by the
hotel with pay for time they had
been out Of service.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Trust Co. Employees
At Christmas Party

Employees of the American Sc
curity & Trust Co. frolicked last
night at the annual Christmas party
at the Wardman Park Hotel. enter
tainment being provided by dancing
and card games.
Henry S. Kenworthy. president
OF the Security Club, social organi-
zation which sponsored the party
headed the Committee on Arrange
ments. Assisting him were Miss
Hazel Zoerner. Montfort Smith, John
S. Trodden, Miss jeanette Padgett
Miss Jean Rousseau. Edward Tur-
vile and Edward 3. Heilig.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Wheat Straw Paper
To Be Given Test
As Newsprint
Chemist Sees Lower
Cost and Another Cash
Crop for Farmers
By Vbe Associated Press,

By The Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 30.-A low
cost newsprint made from Pennsyl-
vania wheat straw will be given its
first tryout on high-speed metro
politan newspaper presses soon, DR..
F. w. Hochstetter said today.
The research chemist, who de-
veloped the paper last spring after
months of experiments, disclosed
straw pulp would be made In a
Pittsburgh plant next week and
trucked to Tarentum (PaD paper
mill.
Approximately 10 tons Of finished
paper will be manufactured and
distributed to three Pittsburgh news
papers for tests of tensile strength.
linking, and reaction under speed
runs.
Straw for the pulp was purchased
from Pittsburgh grain dealer, but
DR.. Hochstetter said other farm
wastes-Florida grass, seaweed, cot
ton plant stems "and a hundred
other products be used salts
factorily.
"As we see it now" the chemist
explained, "a ton of newsprint from
straw and similar materials will
cost about s35 or $37 ton. That
will be, I am informed, about $40
to SIS less than the lowest prices
for wood pulp newsprint."
Envisoning a new industry from
his secret process, DR.. Hochstetter
predicted the manufacture of straw
newsprint would conserve forests by
reducing consumption of wood pulp,
help farmers dispose of wastes
profitably and make available
large supply of cheap newsprint and,
book paper.
DR.. Hochstetter, who is credited
with several inventions and chemical
processes, proposes making the pulp
and paper in established mills locat-
ed in belts where waste products
are available in sufficient quantities.
In his laboratory he converted
! straw into a snow-White, flexible
paper in a few hours with simple
equipment, the principal item being
a common, household potato ricer.
The straw is treated in secret
way" and converted into a fihC<
resembling a fine thread of cellulose
of varying lengths. Given further
treatment, it becomes pulp which
can be rolled, made into sheets or
slabs preliminary to conversion into
paper.
Evening star., 1938-12-30

tinguished honor of advancement
to fellowship in the American In
stitute of Architects at the annual
convention of that body in Boston
in June of 1887. AS member of
the Organization Committee, having
been appointed by the State De-
partment. he is now perfecting
plans for the International Con-
gress of Architects to be held in
Washington in September. 1899.
Mr.. Barton, an architect of New
York City, who takes over his new
duties January l, has been with the
Treasury Department for four ans
a half years as an assistant to the
Secretary, assigned to the Public
Buildings Branch, Procurement Di-
vision.
Mr.. Barton's preparatory school,
ing was in New York City and his
architectural training in the Atelier
Prevot, supplemented by foreign
study and travel He was asso-
ciated for many years with Aymar
Embury II in the practice of archi-
lecture in New York City. He is a
member of the American Institute
of Architects and the Architectural
League of New York, holds the rank
of lieutenant colonel in the Officers
Reserve Corps and is graduate of
the United States Army Command
and Staff School.
Frank Ludlow Retires.
Another retirement in the Procure
ment Division, took place today, in
the supply branch, when Frank Lud-
low, chief of the contract section
left the Government service after
being in continuous work for Uncle
Sam since 1902.
Honoring Mr.. Ludlow on his last
day. friends and fellow workers
gathered and presented him with a
pocket watch and chain, fishing rod
and reel and tackle box
His previous service had been in
the Internal Revenue Bureau, the
former Office OF supervising architect
and the original General Supply
Committee. Mr.. Ludlow will cele-
brate his 10th birthday tomorrow.
He came to Washington from Den
yer, where he operated a printing
shop, which still carries his name.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Proctor Will Review
Hiqh Liqhts of 1893

John Clagett Proctor. vice presi-
dent and chronicler of the Associa-
ton of Oldest Inhabitants of the
District of Columbia. will review
high lights of the year. 1898, at the
New Year meeting of the association
Monday morning, it was announced
today.
The association annually meets on
January /, but this time, because
January l falls on Sunday, it was
decided to change the meeting to
Monday The session will open at
1890 am.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
BY JACK ALLEN.

BY JACK ALLEN.
In the 1923 graduating class at the
Washington Missionary College in
Takoma Park. Md. were 18 young
men and nearly the same number
OF young women.
Seventeen of the male graduates
eventually became members of the
clergy the majority of the women
either became wives of ministers or
entered the service of the Seventh
day Adventist Church.
Only one member of the group.
Benjamin G. Wilkinson. jr, the class
president. decided upon another
course. He chose to find his future
in the legal profession and he is
now the new States Attorney for
Montgomery County.
In pursuing the study of law, Mr..
Wilkinson set precedent in his
family, for most of his relatives have
devoted their time and efforts to
work for the church, including his
father, who is president of the
Washington Missionary College.
Won Even in Schooldays.
However, winning an election, as
he did in the recent race for the
States attorneyship, is nothing new
to him. After studying in District
OF Columbia elementary schools he
entered the Seventh-day Adventists'
high school at Takoma Park and
was elected president of all of his
classes. He enjoyed like distinc-
ton in the missionary college.
Upon leaving the latter institu-
ton he entered the law school at
the University of Nebraska, but
transferred to the Harvard Univer-
sity Law School the following year
and was graduated in 1882.
In his class at Harvard, he re-
called today, were nearly 100" STU
dents who now are attorneys for
various branches of the Federal Gov
ernment. His roommate was Lester
P. Schoene, general counsel for the
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Rabbi Henry SeeoI
To Speak Tonioht

"Ancestry-Our Bond and Our
Inspiration" will be the subject OF
a talk by Rabbi Henry Segal at the
B,Nai Israel Synagogue, Fourteenth
and Emerson streets NV, at $3.50
tonight.
Attendants at services tonight at
the Adas Israel Synagogue will hear
talks by Rabbi Solomon H. Metz and
Sebastian B. Littauer. Services will
be conducted by Cantor Louis
Novick.
Rabbi Moshe H. Levinson and
David Blum, principal of the Beth
Sholom Hebrew School, will speak
at the weekly forum and services OF
the Beth Sholom Congregation at
the synagogue, Eighth and Shep-
herd streets NV, at 8:15 tonight.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Government Ponders
Case Of Mint Enterers
B, the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 30.-Two
15-year-old boys who broke into the
supposedly impregnable new United
States mint here lust to see If we
could do it." were held in Juvenile
Detention Home today while the
Government pondered whether to
prosecute them
United States Attorney Frank j.
Hennessy said it would do them
good" for Paul Francis and William
Gallagher, orphans, to spend the
New Year holidays in custody, after
which they would probably have
a private hearing before a Federal
judge
If they consented to such pro-
ceeding, as required under the new
Federal juvenile delinquency law
and were found guilty, they might
be granted probation until they
reached their majority at 2l, Hen
messy said.
The boys entered the $1,000, 900
fortress by climbing to a second
story window, they said.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Hoffman Declares
Murphy Is Tool
OF Reds and Traitor
Michigan House Member
Assoi|s Prospect for
Cumminqs' Post
cummings TOs
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Representative Hoffman, Repub-
lican, of Michigan said today re-
ports that President Roosevelt
would appoint Gov. Frank Murphy
OF Michigan as Attorney General
meant. if true, that the President
would make "a tool of the Com
munists a member of his of1icial
family"
The appointment would demon
strate the Presidents utter lack of
respect for our constitutional gov
ernment," Representative Hoffman
declared.
While Governor, Mr.. Hoffman
said, Mr.. Murphy permitted armed
men to invade our State, to destroy
property, to assault, beat and send
to our hospitals defenseless, law
abiding citizens"
Gov. Murphy, the Republican
Representative added. said he set
tied the Sit-doWn strikes without
bloodshed, but hundreds of citi-
zens know this statement to be
false and so does Frank Murphy
Calling Gov. Murphy "a traitor to
his State" Representative Hoffman
said the President had approved
OF the Governors conduct during
the campaign and nov appoints
him chief law-enforcing officer of
the Nation"
That action is an invitation to
the lawless," he exclaimed.
Instead of worrying about die
tators abroad. pointing with horror
toward prosecution in other lands
patriotic Americans will do well
to turn their attention to those
who permit the lawless, the Com
munists, here In America to perse-
cute men and women who only
desire to earn an honest livelihood .
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Fire Threatens Block

MAN, w. Va. Dec. 80 R.-Fire
which for a time threatened this
Logan County mining communitys
single business block destroyed a
furniture store last night with a
los estimated between $4,000 and
$4,000. A. w. Cook, owner OF the
store, said he believed spontaneous
combustion started the blaze in a
rear room.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Enqineer Named

The Prince Georges County Board
of Commissioners yesterday an
nounced the appointment of Col
William T. Jennings of Hyattsville,
as the supervising engineer on the
construction of the County Service
Building there. Col. Jennings, q
graduate engineer, Is q member Of
the Hyattsville Town Council.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
|New Bill SLUMP
Reported by
|House Clerk
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
Maybe the new Congress
won't be so busy after all.
The bill clerks office disclosed
today that House members have
turned in about one-fourth as
many bills as usual for intro
duction on the opening day.
The reason? Probably there
are many new Congressman
who have not yet decided what
measures to offer or do not
know how to draft bills.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Kennedy Formu|ates
Curb on Riders in
D. {. Appropriations
Hopes to Restrict
Slipping In Of
legislative Provisions
BY JAMES E. CHINN

There would be no more red
riders or legislative provisions of
any kind attached to District ap-
preparation bills in the future under
a plan which Representative Ambrose
j. Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland
disclosed today he proposed to urge
the House District Committee to fol-
low at the coming session of Con-
gresS.
Mr.. Kennedy, who sponsored a
resolution several years ago repeal
ing the celebrated red rider" rela-
tive to the teaching of the subject
of Communism in the District pub
lie schools, is now aroused over an
other rider" tackled to the current
appropriation act which designated
part of the farmers produce mar
ket in Southwest Washington as a
site for one of the two new automo-
bile inspection stations
The plan of Representative Ken
nedy is simply this: 1T shall be the
duty of the committee clerk and
every member to read carefully all
District appropriation bills to dis
cover any legislative provision which
might be found Objectionable and
report it to the committee chairman "
Can Raise Point of Order.
Mr.. Kennedy pointed out these So
called riders are subject to a point
of order on the House floor, and can
be eliminated if the members are
aware of their existence in advance
OF consideration of the appropriation
bill.
After all, it is the duty of the
District Legislative Committee and
not the Appropriation Committee to
handle District legislation, he de-
clared. Too often in recent years,
these riders have been slipped in ap-
| preparations bill without the knoWl-
edge of members of the Legislative
Committee, and have become law
after it was too late for them to do
anything. That was true particu-
larly in the case of the red rider
L believe one of the most i'm
portant functions the District Com
mittee can perform is to keep a care
tul check on the appropriation bills
and go on the House floor and have
them removed on point of order.
II the legislation proposed in the ap-
preparation bills is desirable, then
it is up to the District Committee to
handle it. And if the District Com
mittee does it, there will be no op-
portunity to slip anything over on
| Congress or the people of Washing
ton
Predicts Change in Site.
Mr.. Kennedy said use of the farm
ers' market site for an automobile
inspection station was detrimental
to the produce farmers of Maryland
and Virginia. He predicted a bill
would be introduced early in the
coming session to prevent the use
OF the property for that purpose.
AS ranking majority member of
the District Committee, Representa-
tive Kennedy would have been its
chairman in the new Congress had
not he stepped aside so as to retain
the Craftsmanship of the Claims
Committee. He proposes to remain
on the committee, however, and con-
tlnue to take an active part in its
affairs
incidentally, Representative Jen-
nings Randolph, Democrat, of Yves,
Virginia, who accepted the chair
manshlp, has promised to appoint
Mr.. Kennedy head of special sub.
committee to handle legislation to
be introduced in the new Congress
for reorganization of the District
government.
Evening star., 1938-12-30

LIE Roy Barton,
architect of New
York, with the
title of acting
su er 81 n g
arc h itect. Mr..
Simon will con-
tinue as an ad-
visor and con-
sultant to Mr..
B ar on until
June l, 1899.
InlS was an
nOunced today
by Secretary of
t he Treasury
MOrgenthau who
explained that
Evening star., 1938-12-30

W e l | as t n e
6 r a n d Plaza.
and the imprint
of his influence
Is e vi d EN- t in
m a n y of t h e
most important
F. e d e raj build
ings throughout
t he U n i t e q
States"
Mr.. Simon is
a graduate in
rc hitecture of
the M a S sachu-
setts Institute of
Technology and
raroivod tho dis.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
L. A. Simon Retires
Tomorrow From
Treasury Post
Supervising Architect
Will Be Succeeded
By lie Roy Barton

Louis A. Simon, will retire tomor-
row as supervising architect of the
public buildings branch, Treasury
Department., to be succeeded by
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Wilkinson, Ministry Trained,
Answered Lure of Law
New Stute's Attorney
For Montgomery Also
Active in Politics

This is another of q series OF
sketches on ne1Cly elected off,
ctals OF nearby Maryland and
Virginia. The merit Uil appear
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Garner Is Backing
Local Control
OF Relief
Confers With Byrnes,
Floor Manager for
Appropriations
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Far-reaching changes in Fed
eral system OF relief to needy un-
employed apparently are in
making as Army group takes over
administrative duties and Con-
gress prepares to study needs
and Legislative safeguards for
proper use OF funds. Best picture
OF ertent to 1Dhich politics actu-
ally has entered relief is expected
in Senate Campaign Expenditures
Committee report to be released
soon.
Evening star., 1938-12-30
Selection

Tropical Fruit Cup with Fresh Pine
apple Ice. Cherrystone CLANS. Genu-
Inc Bluepoint oysters, Consomme
with Noodles or Mock Turtle Soup.
Evening star., 1938-12-30

Tuesday. Many are coming by auto
and some by airplane.
The House Office Buildings are in
q hubbub, because most of the
members who were defeated in No
vember are keeping their suites un-
til the last minute. OF the 1T new
members only about Is have moved
into their Offices.
In shaping the administration
program for the session, leaders
predicted that, despite evidences
Of farmer unrest, Congress would
make no fundamental change in
the crop control program.
Representative Hope of Kansas,
senior Republican member of the
House Agriculture Committee, ex-
pressed the opinion that proponents
of such farm programs as cost of
production and domestic allotment
would flight each other off, leav-
Ing no concerted opposition to the
present law.
Il see no necessity for any major
change in the law itself but, of
course, we ought to have process
Ing taxes on wheat and cotton to
provide the money for benefit pay
ments on those crops" Hope said.
Opposes Labor Act Change.
Opposition to any amendment OF
another New Deal law-the Wag-
ner Labor Relations Act-came from
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Utah
chairman of the Senate Labor Com
mittee.
II am opposed to changing the
act until cases now pending before
the courts have been decided" Sen
ator Thomas told reporters. From
the court decisions will come surer
and better interpretations than any
amendment would bring"
The American Federation of La
Dor has been advocating revision OF
the act, while the c. I. o. has con-
tended it should not be amended
A number of Senators have pro-
- posed changes on the ground the
law is prejudicial to employers.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
IMPORT DUTIES LIFTED

The Treasury yesterday lifted
its countervailing duties on GER
tain German agricultural imports,
principally wheat and beans,
which had been exported through
official government subsidy.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
SCHOOL PLANS
TALENT SHOW

Sponsored by the Year Book
staff Of Cardozo High School, a
special talent show will be pre-
scented in the school auditorium
Friday at 2 p. m.
Participants in the program
which will feature songs, dances
and dramatic Skits, will be Ran
dolph Bell, Cooper Gibson, Velma
Burke, James Rogers, Louis Veney,
ArbutuS Lee, Virginia Gilmore,
Rebecca Euen, William Taylor,
Joseph Carpenter, Miriam Carter,
Matthew Lewis, Wilhelmina Eos
ter, James Watts, John Burton,
Wilson Bowie, Leonard Gordon,
Norman Stevenson, Thelma Har-
riS, Tyler Marie, James johnson,
George Hurd, Harry Baker, Hayes
Norris, William Mckinney, JAG
quelyn Gordon, Arlyn Gordon,
Bliss PLANE, Ernest Williams, Der
nice Ennis, Stanley Harris, Nettie
Jones, Thomas Commodore and
Edith Anderson.
Miss Helen L. Sparks is faculty
sponsor of the talent show.