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Evening star., 1938-10-25

that in millions Of homes expenditures
for food and clothing are severely lin
tied. This is especially true Of big
families trying to live en- tiny incomes.
The situation with respect to cloth
ing was graphically described by the
Detroit Free Press recently in . page
advertisement In the New York Times.
THE upper income half Of Detroits
families" said the Free Press, buy
four -f1fths Of the clothing sold. Mid
die and upper income level families
spend two to five times as much for
clothing As families in the lower in
come half"
This shows that the lower income
half Of city families are doing without
the cotton and woolen goods they
need. They are also scrimping along
on food budgets that are pitifully
small. In some cases they cannot get
enough quantity Of food to keep from
being hungry. But in many more
cases they are not able to buy enough
Of the right kind Of food. They must
deny themselves the fruits and veee-
tables and livestock products contain
ing protective mineral elements and
vitamins. Lacking these, the growth
OF children Is hampered and the health
OF adults is endangered.
Just as soil erosion If unchecked
would threaten the source OF our
national food supply, 50 human ero-
sion resulting from lack Of nutritious
food threatens the future OF our race.
In the face Of this situation, what
ought farmers to do? If they 60 on
producing with no attention to mar
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IN that way. They begin to think that
all city people are against them.
If . permanent cleavage between
farm and city IL not to come about.
1t is high time that the responsible
and open minded citizens Of urban
communities begin to make themselves
heard. 1t Is high time that they put
their shoulder to the wheel to help
solve this great national problem Of
getting the productivity Of the farm
to the masses Of consumers In tho
cities.
The watchwold fer us all ought 10
be better eating and better living. That
means not only better eating and bet.
ter living in the cities, but also In the
rural towns and on the farms. To
achieve that goal Is the major task
for this generation Of Americans.
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kets - they did In 1882, their album
dance u curse to every one. II they
try to protect their own incomes by
reducing their production to 1T the
effective demand. they help the situa-
tion somewhat. AZ experience has
proved, this Is far better than general
Generalization. But farmers would
much prefer that the bounty Of nature
should get into the hands Of the
people needing 1t, provided this can
b arranged In such . way a. not to
vtctimise the farmers themselves.
The farmers consider that their big
Job Is to produce the food. They have
done and are doing this Job. But
farmers don't think It Is their lob
alone to put the food into the city
peoples mouths. To do this they need
the help Of the city people too
We have made . good start in this
direction In the last few years through
the work Of the Federal Surplus Com
modities Corp. Last year alone this
agency bought 1000. .000, 900 pounds Of
surplus food and distributed 1t to FAM
lilies on relief. But there are millions
Of other families who are supporting
themselves, yet whose incomes are too
small to permit them to buy enough OF
the right kind Of food to eat.
Sell Cheaper to Poor.
Here, then, Is . great potential out
let for our surplus farm production.
As I mentioned . few moments ago,
some persons want to solve the farm
problem by selling our products cheap
to foreigners. Now. would 1t not be
better as 4 general thing to give our
own people rather than foreigners the
benefit Of such bargain prices? 1, for
one. think it would. And I feel sure
most farmers and most city people will
agree with me.
A demonstration Of what may be
possible has been made In New York
City, where. under the leadership Of
Mayor La Guardia, milk has been sold
from central distributing points at a
reduced price to low-income groups
unable to buy the milk they need at
the regular price.
II such q plan Is worth while for
milk, could 1t not be made worth while
for some other farm products? Take
grapefruit, for example. The crop this
year is expected to be 10000 900 boxes
or more, compared with q maximum
commercial use Of only $4,000, 900
boxes. Apparently the ordinary mar
ket can be more than fully supplied
with grapefruit OF the No. and No. 2
grades, leaving all Of the No. IS and
culls and part Of the better grades
to go to waste unless something un-
usual Is done. II the market price
is too low to pay freight and ham
ding charges growers will have no
choice but to leave the surplus grape
fruit to go to waste The problem Is
not simple. Even if the growers gave
their grapefruit away, ordinary freight
and handling charges would make the
minimum retail price at which they
could be sold not much less than 5
cents each. Apparently the retail
price will have to be lower than that
II the surplus grapefruit are going to
be consumed in any quantity by low
income groups.
This seems to be . situation calling
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Tor cooperation By al interested
groups to get those extra grapefruit
consumed. II the farmers are willing
to sell them at . sacriflce-say one
third Of . cent for each srapefruit-
will the other agencies along the way
DO their part? VIII the railroads ship
them ut less than the usual rate? Will
the handlers and retailers do their
part BY reducing their usual charges?
II these extra grapefruit could be Of
fered to low-income groups 1T z cents
apiece or less instead Of 5, would they
be consumed? believe that millions
OF families would begin eating grape
fruit for the first time.
The grapefruit problem have de-
scribed is typical Of the problems We
face when We begin to think about
expanding consumption Of farm prod
ucts In the United States. The ad-
ministrative questions that immedi-
ately arise are numerous and COM
plex. To solve them requires the best
thought and effort not only Of farm
ers. the land-grant colleges and the
Department Of Agriculture, but also
Of professors, distributors and the re-
sponsible leaders Of every community.
Right here want to say . word to
reassure those retailers and other busi-
ness men who have been frightened
by some Of the imaginative versions Of
this suggestion that have appeared In
public print. believe that WORTH
while progress along this line can be
made through the active cooperation
Of these groups, and without any great
disturbance Of the existing distributive
system.
Attacks by Certain Interests.
feel sure that both farmers and
city people are eager to grapple with
this problem. Yet as soon as any one
proposes actually doing anything about
1t the same opposition interests that
always attack any farmers program,
whatever it may be. lay down a bar
rage against 1t. These are the same
interests that for five and one half
years have attacked the farmers ad-
tustment programs on the ground Of
scarcity, ignoring the fact that farm
surpluses are greater today than ever
before. ignoring the fact that real
scarcity is practiced by many city
industries, ignoring the fact that un-
der these programs city people actually
had more to eat than they did before,
and ignoring the fact that increased
purchasing power in the hands of
farmers brought increased city employ
ment and q higher standard Of living
all around. These interests have said
the farmers were being reeimented,
ignoring the fact that the farm pro-
grams have been formulated In con-
sultation with the farmers every step
Of the way, and have been admin
istered by local committees elected by
the farmers, and responsible to the
farmers. These interests have hysteri-
cally shouted that farmers were being
ruined by great flood Of imports,
ignoring the fact that farm imports
have been less than before 1929 and
have been the inevitable result Of the
droughts Of 1884 and 1896, and Of
rising prosperity on the farms and In
the cities. These interests have at
tackled the limited export subsidy
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OK members Of the Supreme Court
were apparently unfamiliar with this
problem. When these men in jan
uary. 1895, agreed to outlaw the Triple
A production adjustment programs,
they surely could not have known what
. tremendously destructive thing they
were doing. For one season after that,
nature continued to hide the enormity
OF the courts blunder. Then, as
drought gave way to plentiful rainfall,
the surplus problem came back with
q vengeance. In 1887, production of
the 50 leading crops in the United
States was per cent above the pre-
vious high record. For example, cot
ton production was so per cent above
ordinary sales. Potato production was
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
MONTFORT QUITS
HOTEL POST

A familiar figure to persons who
frequent the Carlton Hotel and
civic organizations which meet
there, James G.. Monfort, assistant
manager Of the hotel, will resign
today. He will leave shortly for
Denver, where he will manage the
New Albany.
Monfort, formerly a student at
Dartmouth College, trained at
the william Penn Hotel in Pitts
burgh and the Fairfax Hotel here.
Ha Is a member Of the Junior
Board Of Commerce, Dartmouth
Club Of Washington, Theta Chi
Fraternity and Hotel GreeterS OF
America.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
BOND IS SOUGHT
FOR WAMPLERS
LA PLATA, Md, May GIVE
I. .,z,...

LA PLATA, Md, May GIVE
have a very strong case"
Sheriff Russell Howard said
that today following further in
vestigation into the death of
Charles Adams, 65, which resulted
in T. Morris Wampler, former
Washington criminal lawyer; his
wife, Mrs. Wyvil Wampler, and
Alan Buck, writer of fairy stories,
being charged with murder.
They are held in the county jail
here without bond, pending the
meeting of the grand jury on May
16. If an Indictment is returned,
efforts will be made to bring them
to trial this month, States Attor-
ney Edward Edelen said.
Defense attorneys today will
seek to gain the release Of the
WamplerS on bond.
The State contends Adams was
beaten to death by the trio in a
fight following a drinking party
a week ago today.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06

a meeting and issued the state
ment:
Although apparently, on the
face of it, the ad appearing in
the Hollywood Reporter is def
nitely of libelous character, the
managers representing the per
sonalities involved cannot bring
suit for libel because Of con-
tractural relations between
their clients and the studios
employing them.
"A canvass is being made for
the purpose of determining
whether or not any legal action
will be taken.
RESENTMENT CITED
But based on the resentment
from other exhibitor groups
through the national and opin-
ions expressed in responsible
circles, it is pretty well con-
cluded now that the ad in queS-
tion was the result of a group
of brain-fagged individuals try
ing to kick up a fuss where none
exists or belongs"
Robert H. Poole, president Of
the Independent Theater Owners
Association of Southern Califor-
mia, defended the stars. He said
the theater slump is due to other
reasons. The association making
the criticism Is an Eastern organ.
ization headed by a New York
theater chain owner.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06

promise or settle.
Secretary Ickes, instead of
relaxing his anti-Nazi position, is
getting harder boiled against the
idea Of helium-to- Germany by the
hour, and is understood to be
working on a recommendation to
the President to make the already
tough export regulations for
helium even tougher than ever.
NAZI PROPAGANDA
In the meantime, there come
from the IckGs side Of the fence
rumors that the whole scheme for
use Of helium in a great Zeppelin
type airship, is part of a Nazi
propaganda plan to flood this
country with sympathy for Com.
mander Eckener, whose Yep
burned with horrible loss Of life a
year ago.
Already the President is to
have before him, it is understood,
the charge that the Munitions
Control Board, which is headed
by Joseph Green, a State Depart
ment official, has drawn helium
export regulations which violate
the helium act and also violates
certain treaties covering the
export of munitions.
That board is theoretically COM
posed Of cabinet officers, from the
State, War, Navy, Commerce and
Treasury Departments.
SUB-OFFICIALS
Actually the board sits with sub
officials of these cabinet officers,
and it is a cabinet secret that at
least two cabinet officers are
aghast at the regulations for eX-
porting helium which is drawn in
their names.
One of these officers is Secre-
tary Morgenthau who shares with
Secretary Ickes his antipathy for
the Nazi regime. Minutes of the
meeting of the control board show
that all present voted AYE" on
the helium regulations except rep
resentatives Of the Treasury and
Department of Commerce, which
means that the man who proposed
the regulations, Joseph Green Of
the State Department, and the
man who seconded them. voted
for them; others refused to vote.
HELIUM PROMISED
It is recalled that the real power
behind the "helium-for Germany
drive began with Hitler's accession
of power. One of former Ambas-
sador to Germany Dodd's firm po-
sitions was against American
helium in Germany. Diplomatic
influences began to work. Am
bassador Dodd, very much out of
favor with Hitler, resigned; Hugh
Wilson, an old-line diplomat of the
career and "smoothie" type was
substituted, and his first mission
was to smooth things over with
Hitler'S government: promise Ger
many most of the things she
wanted out of the U. s.. A., and
hehum was first on the agenda.
The helium act preserves helium
gas as the property of the Coy
eminent under Bureau of Mines
and Interior Department control.
The act provides for the export
Of the stuff under certain regula-
tions, and also separately provides
for the sale.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Heel ThrOWS
Dancer

One minute all was hey.nonny-
nonny on the ballroom floor of a
downtown hotel last night, and
the next minute Mrs. Mary
O'Brien, 80, of the 1900 block Of
Park Road N. w., was dancing
with tears in her eyes.
Today she is in Garfield Hospi-
tai, where X-rays are to be taken
to determine if her ankle is frac-
tured.
The sudden reversal from gaiety
to grimace came when Mrs.
O'Brien, who was wearing high
heeled shoes, caught one of her
heels in the cuff of the trousers
of another dancer. She tripped
and fell.
Mrs. OBrien's escort took her
to Garfield Hospital where she was
examined by her private physician.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06

BRIDGEPORT, May 8 (C.T.
N.S0.-The secretly filed divorce
action of Henry J. Topping, jr.,
Of Greenwich, big-game hunter
and heir to a tin-plate fortune,
was revealed today when his pretty
actress wife, Jayne Shadduck Top
ping, petitioned the superior court
that the action be thrown out.
Through her attorney, Max
epelke, of Stamford, Mrs. Topping,
the former wife of Playwright
Jack Kirkland, accuses her hus-
band of bad sportsmanship by
violating the hard and fast rules
OF divorce procedure.
Topping's application to sever
his marriage is based on grounds
Of intolerable cruelty and was
slipped into the record last April
26. Apparently the decision to
go ahead with the proceedings
was delayed, since the original
papers were dated April 16.
HE CHARGES CRUELTY
Topping claims that a year and
four days after their marriage,
August 6, 1885, in their elopers'
paradise of Armonk, N. Y, his
actress wife started to show signs
of cruelty. Her acts of cruelty, he
states, continued until April 16
Of this year.
Mrs. Topping, in the papers
filed today, says that her husband
violated the rules of divorce in
the following ways:
. The order of notice for the
divorce action was never received
by her: the copy of the complaint
was not left with her as stated in
his application; and, Furthermore
he has not been a resident Of Con
necticut for the past three years
as required by law.
OFF TO AFRICA
Attorney James Walsh, OF
Greenwich, counsel for Topping
said his client is off to Africa on
another hunting expedition.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
PERFECT HANDS
IN RESHUFFLE

FINDLAY, Ohio, May 6 G.N.S).
A dropped deck, picked up and
reshuffled, was the talk of Find
lay today, for in the re-shuffling
process four women members Of
the Findlay Country Club were
dealt perfect bridge hands.
Vacant stares were in order as
Mrs. Glen Schooler laid down 13
spades after being awarded the
contract on her bid of seven. Her
partner Mrs. E. L. Woosley spread
a full hand of diamonds, Mrs. H.
C. Mccullough showed solid suit
of hearts and her partner, Mrs.
Pau Myers laid down 13 clubs.
According to bridge experts the
chances of being dealt 13 cards of
one suit are one in 158 billion
deals,
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Toxes Probed
U. S. Searches Little
Incomes for More

Secretary Of the Treasury Nor
genthau yesterday ordered Inter
nal Revenue Commissioner Guy T.
Helvering to launch a check-up en-
small as well as big income tax
payers to scrape "the bottom Of
the barrel for additional revenue.
Helvering issued orders to COL
lectorS to compel taxpayers to
come to their offices for check
ups on alleged deficiencies, instead
Of spending Government money
going to the taxpayer.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Film Stars Silent,
Managers Angry
On Flop Charges
West, GarbO. and Others Called "POisOn" to
ROr-Office IN Advertisement

HOLLYWOOD, May QN.S.).-While indignant fans
showered Hollywood with kilograms and air mail today Mae
West Greta Garbo and group of other topight movie
pouted silence and their managers do the
plying charge from heaer that they poison
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Clark Assured
Pendergast Aid

KANSAS CITY, May 6 G.N.S0.
Boss" T. j. Pendergast, head Of
the powerful Kansas City political
machine, announced he would
keep his promise to support U. S.
Senator Bennett Champ Clark for
denomination in the State primary
next August.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Farley Cites Fund
To Hurt President

EAST ORANGE, N. j., May 6
QN.SO.-Post aster General
James A. Farley thus identifies
the source of anti-Administration
feeling:
Unlimited campaign funds
are being poured out all over
the country to discredit the
President"
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Retired Employees
Meet Tomorrow

The regular monthly meeting Of
the National Association Of Re
tired Federal Employees will be
held at 2 p. m. tomorrow in Room
43 Of the Natural History Build
ing, National Museum, Constitu-
ton Avenue at Tenth Street.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Guatemala Cuts
Its Public Debt

GUATEMALA, May 6.-Guate-
mala reduced her public debt by
$1.777,422 during 1887. leaving a
debt of $11,029, ,699. Metallic re-
serve for paper quetzals has in
creased progressively from 1898
per cent in 1881 to 1896 per cent
at the end of 1887.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Alumnae to Honor
Rt. Rev. COrrigan

Rt. Rev. Joseph M. Corrigan,
rector of The Catholic University
of America, will be honored by
the Alumnae Association at a re-
ception in Caldwell Hall, Sunday,
May Is, from 4 to 6 p. m. Invita-
tions have been sent by Mildred
Crook Bennert, president of the
alumnae association.
The Washington times., 1938-05-06

at Ine DOX Office.
The reply, issued by the Artist
Managers Guild, was a blast that
the criticism from the Independ-
ent Theater Owners Association
was the work of "brain-fagged in
dividuals trying to kick up a fuss
where none either exists or be-
longs"
$500 ADVERTISEMENT
The association bought a $500
advertisement in the Hollywood
Reporter, film trade daily, and
aired its views. It claimed the
theaters are taking a financial
beating because the Hollywood
producers fear to prune their pay
rolls of high-salaried contract stars
whose popular appeal is nil. The
advertisement said:
Among these players, whose
dramatic ability is unquestioned
but whose box-office draw is nil,
can be numbered Mae West, Ed
ward Arnold. Carlo, Joan Craw-
ford, Katharine Hepburn and
many, many Others"
Professional Hollywood sizzled
with indignation. The stars, on
the theory of never offending a
customer, kept still and did not
reply to the men who buy their
pictures. But the managers held
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
Ickes' Opposition
On Heliun Sale Due
To Be Major Issue
Roosevelt Nay Be Asked to Compromise
With Secretary on GernlGny's Plea
By EARL GOODWIN

Secretary Ickes opposition to the sale of helum to the
German Zeppelin Company is so violently opposed by the
State Department and has many critics in the War and
Navy Departments that his refusal may become major issue
in the Cabine-somehng for the President himself to
The Washington times., 1938-05-06
OFF TO AFRICA
County Milk Men
Meet Wednesday

Milk dealers of Prince Georges
county will meet next Wednesday
night in the Court House, Upper
Marlboro, to discuss the proposed
adoption for the county of the
Standard Milk Ordinance of the
U. S. Public Health Service.
Evening star., 1938-06-25

cluded 542,353 farms in 282 typical
counties
Evening star., 1938-06-25
F. H. A. CODES SETTING
COMMUNITY STANDARDS
Protection in Many Phases of
Building and Zoning Given
by Federal Unit.

Small communities have benefited
most directly from the enforcement of
the localized minimum constructor
requirements established by the Fed
eral Housing Administration.
Reports received by the F.. H. A.
from city officials and members of the
building industry indicate that F. H. A.
requirements are, in many instances,
taking the place of written building,
plumbing and sanitary codes Few of
the smaller communities are fully pro-
tected by such ordinances,
1t is apparent also that the F. H. A.
program has served to awaken inter-
est in coming. planning and other pro-
tective measures, F. H. A. officials say
A constantly increasing number of
smaller communities are seeking ad-
vice from the administration as to
the steps to be taken in drafting the
necessary ordinances.
Evening star., 1938-06-25

F. Scott, Petersburg; Francis L. Har-
ris, Charlottesville; A. F. Patton. DAN
vile; Charles w. Pryor, Lynchburg;
8. B. Pace, Roanoke.
Also, ]. Waller Callison, Staunton;
B. M. Sullivan, Winchester; Ashton
G. Jones. Arlington: John w. Allison,
Fredericksburg. and Otto Hollowell,
Norfolk, who will be secretary Of the
committee.
Evening star., 1938-06-25
POPULARITY SHOWN
Home Buyers Found to Prefer

1AOM0 ouyc1b 6OuAu " 3IoAcA
Winter Acknowledging.
The American home-buyer likes
winter air conditioning and prefers
homes that employ it. poll Of 20
leading small house builders in New
York, Chicago. st. Louis. Cleveland
and Washington recently conducted
by the National Warm Air Heating
and Air Conditioning Association
indicates.
Winter air conditioning, providing
automatic heat, together with cleaned
and moistened air. Is almost an essen
tial part of the modern house, they
reported. They ranked 1t with insu-
lation, extra bathrooms and attractive
landscaping among the most sales
compelling small house features.
Their views are substantiated by
comparative sales figures. In 1887.
sales Of winter air. conditioning units
showed an increase Of 200 per cent
over 1896. although residential con-
struction. in the same period, showed
only an 18 to 20 per cent increase.
Evening star., 1938-06-25
HOME STYLES BORROWED

The average home owner seems to
feel happier If he can say his house
is built according to some historical
style or period We have borrowed
freely from the designs Of builders in
England. Spain, Italy and many
other countries. These historic styles
have developed logically and artisti-
cally. They are the results of the
tasteful applications Of the materials
at hand to the construction of build.
ings that were required at the time.
Evening star., 1938-06-25
ONLY 100000 TUBS
Less Than Half of q. S. Dwelling
Units Supplied.

Despite the fact that America is
generally regarded as the land of the
bath tub. only approximately 1l,000,-
900 of the 25,200,000 dwelling units
in the United States are equipped with
bath tubs, says the Plumbing and
Heating Industries Bureau, in calling
Evening star., 1938-06-25

attention to the vast potential volume
OF modernization work until Title I
of the National Housing Act.
That the total number Of bath tubs
in the United States is much smaller
than has been generally supposed is
indicated. the bureau says. by combin-
ing and extending the findings of the
real property inventory covering 81
representative cities with the results
of the farm housing survey which in
Evening star., 1938-06-25

South American sugar cane produc-
ion totaled 2,375,000 short tons in
1861.