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Evening star., 1938-07-25

about the President and the
sonal isolation At gatherings
NocsVets denounced
sense they
Inc truth that. borrow
the phrase OF the apopecic
son was popular
caste established families
whose male members Boston
New YORK and Philadelphia Speaking
hKed the President and they ver Jimmy
Inc PRESIDENT Tor example
ue at Harvard He have
oeg club which his father
he members OF the small
parallel out exaggerated by political feelings
~hn Jimmy settled IN Boston, the little
as oaoy to him possible although Boonan herself
ana one OF the most charming the
l President friction
WIN people OF MS
hheS that happened himself
environments conventions permitted him
an open mlno AND that
iedoe AS o Jimmy, the effects
must counted Of
as 'o 10 overcome Such
SN o soaton OF unslreness Add
le son OF the President personal stuation
WHICH most young men would have been to
~ S not proposed to discuss the
business affairs here Leaving
au1t'eo tha Jimmy has done
st nave oeen warped he has
soo ieo" He shrewd
trace of politicians e' e~ WIN 1u'' U"
mere III washington he works
S Eyes aho ears ne must deal with men far
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Headline Folk
and What
They Do
One Time Pctboy Urges
Britain to Pay
War Debt.
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

1T WAS at the Grapevine saloon.
at Eleventh street and Sixth ave-
nue., that John Masefield, Eng
a lands poet laureate, was potboy
and swamper. There he knew and
greatly admired John Barrymore and
Jim Thorton, who wrote and sang
When We Were Sweet Sixteen" He
noted that much of the business Of
the saloon was "on the cuff," and
once remarked to Mr. Thorton that
bar-flies frequently were more honest
than more highly placed and respect
able people.
1t is possible that the wayside pot.
house. as well as the playing fields
Of Eton, has nurtured the cl1ivalry
and integrity Of Britain, for 1t Is Lord
Smell. former potboy, and none Of
the Eton lads, who importunes Parlia-
ment to pay Englands war debt to
the United States. 1t was Just "on
the cuff" but Lord Smell insists it is
an obligation Of honor.
From potboy to peer is not only
neat ALTERATION, but long and rocky
stretch. His parents were farm labor
ers at on-Upon-Trent. He was
potboy at the tavern Of the Quiet
Woman"-the sign was a woman with.
out head. Later he was q groom,
handyman and ferryman. He worked
his way through Nottingham Univer-
sity College and did postgraduate
work at Heidelberg
For nine years he was an obscure
agent of charity societies before his
activity in reform, religious, labor and
ethical culture movements began to
bring him into public view He be-
came the first director Of the London
School OF Economics and was elected
to Parliament in 1922. Leader of tn.
Laborites in the Upper House he has
been a vigorous opponent OF the Gov.
ernment policy, particularly in the
dropping of sanctions against Italy,
which he characterized as the Begin
ming Of ruinous submission to ag-
gressor powers.
(Copyrisht. 1881
Evening star., 1938-07-25
Prominent MAINE
RESIDENTS DEAD
Ex-senator Obadiah Gardner Once
Headed International Boundary
Commission.

By the Associated Press.
AUGUSTA, Me, July 25.-Maine
Democrats today lost in the death Of
former United States Senator Obadiah
Gardner link with bygone political
day.
The one-time farm chore boy who
headed an international commission
on Canadian American boundary
questions succumbed to a heart attack
yesterday. He was 81.
A Rockland lime and lumber mer-
chant. who preferred to be known as
farmer. Mr.. Gardner had lived here
several years with a daughter, Mrs
Nina Beverage. He was born on a
farm near Port Huron, Mich.
Mr.. Gardner was appointed to the
Senate in 1911 and filled two years Of
an unexpired term, in which he took
part in creating the parcel post sys-
tenn.
The Legislature did not elect him
to full term, and in 1918 Woodrow
Wilson named Gardner to the Joint
Boundary Commission, elevating him
to the Craftsmanship two years later.
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DR.. Schacht's program of credits for
Germany In countries capable of sup
plying her sorely needed raw mate
rails and foodstuffs, and to permit
the Reich to finance such trade with
blocked marks" on a barter basis,
regardless of international exchange
dislocations or anti-dumping laws
this, too, would be peaceful settle
ment" of an outstanding question" Of
vital Importance to the Nazis.
X X X
3. Apart from territorial hunger
raw material needs and credit re-
quirements. the outstanding German
question, in the minds of all demo-
cratic countries. Is the totalitarian
states ruthless suppression of indi-
vidual liberty. The Nazi regime re-
sents the worlds criticism of that
philosophy and Graves peaceful
settlement" of that issue on the basis
of acquiescence in the treatment meted
out to Jews and Catholics.
4. Paramount among "outstanding
questions" pending with nations whose
friendship Germany seeks is her CO.
lOssal rearmament. Hitlers concep-
ton of a peaceful settlement" is that
Germanys neighbors should abandon
unworthy suspicious of her purpose
in expanding her army, navy and air
force, and accept them as an estab-
lishment created exclusively for self
defense Of a country which con-
fesses itself economically insufficient
and determined to seek by her might
what selfish have" powers are un-
willing to yield out OF the goodness of
their hearts and the fullness of their
own plenty.
Abasement, not appeasement, would
be the effect of peaceful settlement"
with Germany on her terms.
X
Despite the discouraging outlook for
peace in this naughty world, that in
defatigable organization known as the
1nter-Parliamentary Union is about to
hold its annual session at the Hague.
AS usual the United States Congress
VIII " represented Dy d ClSlUlRulSNed
delegation, in charge of Arthur D. Call
executive secretary of the American
Peace Society. The delegation. as at
present made up consists of Senator's
Alben w. Barkley of Kentucky, Edward
R. Burke Of Nebraska. Joseph F. Guffy
Of Pennsylvania. Claude Pepper of
Florida. Henrik Shipstead of Minne-
sofa. Lewis B. Schwellenbach of WASH
ington and Representatives Millard
F. Caldwell of Florida, Aaron L. Ford
OF Mississippi, Fritz G. Lanham of
Texas, Dan r. McGehee of Mississippi
and Emmet ONeal of Kentucky. The
conference will open on August %
and continue until August q. The
principal topics on the program are
as follow: Participation in the De-
velopment Of Colonial Resources" 1.-The
Most Favored Nation Clause" THE
International Unification OF Legisla-
ton on Copyright" The Initiative for,
and Framing of, Laws"
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IN remarkable summary of the rail-
road situation published on this page
today, this situation is intensified by
all sorts OF technical rulings which
result In payment for work not done
and employment Of unnecessary men
He cites among others the anachro-
nlStlc rulings that 100 miles consti-
tutes a days work and another ruling
that compels days pay for a H.
minute trip
The Times went on to saw that
railroad wages are the highest in
history i" that the average hourly wage
is Is cents, as compared with II cents
average in manufacturing, and that
the railroad average is brought down
by large number Of moderately paid
workers and does not indicate what
the arlstocrats in the Big Four Bro
therhoods are getting"
In justice to the owners of the rail-
roads-life insurance companies, hos
pitfalls, universities, colleges, savings
banks own 55 per cent and have suf-
fered loss of s5O00,0O0,0OO owing to
shrlnkage in Valuation-the subject
needs discussion. The railroad broth
erhoods want no pay cut, irrespective
Of the economic Justification for de-
creases, and they are supported DO
litically by Mr.. Roosevelt, who knows
the political power OF the railroad
unions. The national mediation law
provides machinery for settling labor
disputes over railroad wages. The
railroad companies are endeavorng
to avail themselves of this now for
the first time just as the unions have
used it always to obtain increases
Analysis of Figures.
I have sought to get an expert an
aylsis of the work not done" figures.
The statisticians of the railroads them.
selves have been studying the question
and their findings probably will soon
become available Meanwhile. I have
asked the statistical experts of Railway
Age, trade paper of the railroad
equipment industry, for their version
Of "M-300," which is the report on
work not done" issued by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. j. G..
Lyme, the New York editor for Rail-
way Age, writes me that, in his opinion,
the Friedman figure of $l98 900, 900
may be too high. but that his own
reading Of the 1887 statistics of the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
computation for work not done" adds
up to sl49,740,6s7. Mr. Lyme goes
on to analyze these last figures, show
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ing wherein they may be regarded as
an understatement or an overstate-
ment and wherein they are subject to
dl1erence OF Interpretation or opin-
ion. He says:
"All the other figures include some
payments which, in small part at
least. may have some Justification
But this s90.000,000 represents wages
paid for at the rate OF from $3.50 for
orakemen to over SO a day for an
ergineman, for which equivalent hours
were not put in. You cannot, I think,
be successfully attacked by anybody
for the use of this figure. And I
DON'T think there could be much
doubt about $56 100000 more (or 10
per cent of the total wages to train
men and enginemen) representing pay
10 unnecessary employees required un-
der union rules or 'full-crew' legisla-
ton. That gives you a total Of Sl4s,-
OO0,0OO as the cost of union rules in
train service alone, 500, 100000 OF
which represents I. C. c. statistics and
100000 an estimate which errs. if
at all. on the side of extreme conserva-
tism.''
What is the economic answer to
this charge of work not doneo"
Whether all or part Of it can be
justified by an analysis of the I. c. c.
statistics is secondary. There's a vast
sum involved annually for work not
done and if the railroad brother
hoods think the l. c. c. Is wrong in
using this phrase and that 1t is a
myth or Il falsehood or if they think
the right figure is different from those
quoted. this correspondent would like
to publish an analysis from the other
side.
Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1938-07-25
THREE HELD IN DEATH
OF HOSPITAL INNATE
Alleged to Have Died as Result
Of Assault in Spring Grove
Institution.

Ey the Associated Press.
TOWSON. Md, July 25.-Baltimore
County authorities investigating the
death OF an inmate at Spring Grove
State Hospital held two attendants
and a probationary attendant of the
institution in Jail here today.
Dr. Silas Weltmer, superintendent
Of the Catonsville institution, charged
that Henry Baumgartner, 81, of the
Essex section, was assaulted Friday,
allegedly in an attempt to quiet him
following his return to the hospital
after an escape that afternoon.
The patient died Saturday night Of
what DR.. Howard Maldeis, Baltimore
City post-mortem physician, described
as acute peritonitis resulting from a
ruptured intestine
DR.. Weltmer had county authorities
issue warrants charging Elmer A.
Loverrdige. 80, OF Baltimore. and
Oliver G. Corkran. 21, Of Trappe, with
assaulting and striking Baumgartner
and causing his death.
A third man. listed as Donald w.
Walters, "a. OF Hagerstown. probation
ary attendant, was held as a material
witness.
Acting Coroner John w. Loeber Of
Catonsville said he expected to COM
plete an inquest today.
Evening star., 1938-07-25
u. S. TRIO WOUNDED
IN SPAIN ON WAY BACK
Donations by District Residents
Bringing Them Back
to America.

Three Americans wounded while
fighting with the Abraham Lincoln
Brigade for Loyalist Spain have been
started on their way home through
donations OF Washington residents, It
was announced today.
The national campaign for repatria-
ton Of those wounded entered its
second week today. Contributions
may be made to Friends Of the Abra.
ham Lincoln Brigade. 1910 H street
NV, according to Edward Young,
executive secretary.
Evening star., 1938-07-25

~ eu ano are 70 be often calling
VI course Jimmy Rooseves
IN once ne has serious problems hey Ar. not
w most young men must
peoeh success Will come later ambitious He homes IA follow
III MS atner footsteps He has
hiarAao pohcal training How
on many them forthcoming answer to the
Blythe
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ter OF lnlS year, +,
when IS railroads
fail to earn even
taxes or general
expenses, a n d
when there is a
drop in railroad
security values in
the last eight
years causing a
loss to investors
of more than So
900. 900, 900, some
thing serious has
happened.
Likewise, t h e
amount of rail-
.ool .,,ilnnnn IN
Evening star., 1938-07-25
Conrad Nagel to Play Faust

HOLLYWOOD. July IS IP.-Conrad
Nagel will enact the title role in
Faust" opening the frst annual
Salzburgi in Hollywood season in the
Pilgrimage Theater August %.
This will be his first outdoor stage
role since he played Oberon In Mid
summer Nights Dream" in 1928 at
Hollywood Bowl Faust will be pre-
sented in English.
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industry all
bearing million
little
canned grapefruit would think would
loafers with grapefruit which hardly
called necessity life years
without it, and imagine did,
But howl have heard-why? the
Fruit Growers Association would Republican
foolish particular
for-use And production although,
ASK Secretary Wallace give list the which
been fed to the will
butter potatoes all of fruit and canned goods andhees
pay-of-s2O00O0 fets
habut that wife 40 pound for
quckeee
that the public could not buy fast they could
Wallace
believe and gives This is 10000 tons of cleaned fe
Tor the include is
getting pretty close to luxury product don't
newspapers putting howl the bankers
in this surplus fish glad Wallace
III We had caviar industry which
would feeding
don't in
ngulng they Wallace
unempoyed thereby
And We give grapefruit juice he
growers why not give
principle the and
have just as much right to be helped anybody.
I'm kicking a. to 7
Evening star., 1938-07-25

SlORdh pIOUlcII.
Parliament was
told that the spe-
cial Nazi envoy,
who arrived in
London just as
King George and
Queen Eliza beth
were s tar t | n z
for Paris, brought
renewed assur-
ances OF the
German govern
ment's desire to
achieve a peace
full settlement of
ou t S t a n d ! n z
n,IestionS " Non.
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We, the People
Wallace Buys Grapefruit Juice and Fish Filets for
Needy and Nobody Kicks.
Nv JAY FRANKLIN.


mis- letter
within years Surplus Commodities
Corp distributed unemployed amount
Of
the Tories to their wrath and
they
selves in the pocketbook If they
"As exampehe trees
Of which haveg their
industry such
Evening star., 1938-07-25
NEW IDEA IN STRAWS
Suck in Water, and It's Pop When
You Get It,

BURBANK, Calf. R,-Beveraee
straws that carry their own color and
flavor have been invented BY Sig
mund Scisorek. You just dip one into
q glass of sweetened plain or car
donated water and suck-and you're
drinking soda pop.
The secret lies in a small strip Of
cotton lintners impregnated with fla
voring and a dash of coloring matter
Evening star., 1938-07-25

o1"ei dfIu I1UTe Hlgnly placed than
ne At first they fretted against
haVlng to use Jimmy as the cham
mel TO his father, but he has con-
clliated them. He is tactfuI. not
presuming, easy to do business
with. In his private life he lives
simply but comfortably. He and
MS wife go out little. but the lead
Ing men Of the administration who
nave come to know Betsy Roose-
Welt at the White House admire
Evening star., 1938-07-25

HE opinions OF the orers this their not
necessarily ] TIE Stars Such opinions are presented IN
Ihe stars eDot to gve all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1938-07-25

tIIe IdClS 10 pass on.
Pending the entry of all the
facts in the record. discussion Of
James Roosevelt's business life is
foolish. But. since every one seems
to be choosing up sides for and
against him, this Is a pretty good
time to try to see what sort OF
fellow he really is.
X
1t may seem strange, but one
of the basic PSYCHOLOGICAL facts
Evening star., 1938-07-25
NEW CONTRACT PLANNED
Communicate tions Union Promises
Aid to Telegraphers.


NEW YORK, July Is P,.-The
American Communications Associ-
alton &C. l. o. has voted to inter.
vene this fall in behalf Of Postal
Telegraph & Gable Co. employees in
their negotiations for a new contract
The present contract expires in
December and negotiations are ex-
pected to begin in October. Shorter
hours, a closed shop and a clear state
ment of classifications and pay rates
were included in demands indorsed
by the association for postal employees.
Increased wage demands were not
included pending check of the COM
pany's ability to meet a higher scale.
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stricted purchasing capacity, could
consume. Only about half was
marketed through usual trade
channels. The remainder was
bought up by the Government, the
producer receiving price which
covered actual production costs,
and the surplus was distributed to
the unemployed.
Exactly the same situation
has dovelopoJ Il, o,,c ,{tr,,r fr,,;t
Evening star., 1938-07-25
The Capital Parade
James Roosevelt Bare Business and Income Records
in Answer to Article.
BY JOSE H AlsoP and ROBERT KINTNER.

HIS ode: certified copies Of
have been the
Roosevelt has also made available the full
n hrm Roosevelt u Sargent is,
by giving the pertinent public
No matter what the have
the facts in the There has been idle
POISONOUS talk already And
figure OF importance it's
Evening star., 1938-07-25

Overlooking Of the Amazon River
has caused floods covering thousands
Of square miles in South America.
Evening star., 1938-07-25
Washington Observations
Abasement, Not Appeasement, Would Be Effect of
Peaceful Settlement Under Reich Terms.
By FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
~ R1ME MINISTER CHAMBER
- LAIN on July 81 depicted
Chancellor Hitler's sudden olive
branch as seemingly genuine
peace overture. Next day Britain and
France rejected Germany's ne-sided
scheme for adjustment of the Czecho-
Evening star., 1938-07-25

100000 who are just hanging on
by the skin of their teeth, too
proud to accept charity. As the
food standards of the relief clients
go up, their resistance is going to
90 down. so it won't be long till
everybody will be on relief, and as
no one will be able to buy lobster.
we will all get our Holsters for
nothing.
1T looks to me as If our old
capitalistic system is crumbling, r
af Ia al- .l..> 4.
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Wage Policy
Of Union Hits
Railroads
Payment for Work Not
Done Held Burden
Hurting Lines.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

~ ERHAPS the most acute prob
l. lem before the Nation today is
the plight of the railroads.
4 When the earnings avail
able for interest on all railroads
amount to only $4,000 900 out of the
sl5o,000,000 required for the first quar-
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capStc system crumbng
attack which can be resisted like the
constant nloohng around the edges
~
The Washington times., 1938-11-17
KELLEYGRAMS

.tributed to guests of the Variety
frivolities.
This years affair is to be
held in the main ball room of
the Willard beginning 7:30
o'clock Saturday night. It is
announced that tickets for this
event. proceeds of which are di-
rected to charity, are still avail
able and my be obtained from
Archie Engel, 1416 F. ST., or any
member of the Variety Club.
Jimmy Dorsey and his famous
orchestra, Sande Williams and
his Carlton Hotel musicians,
Leon BruSiloff's Orchestra and
the orchestra of Ted Hill will
furnish dance music and pro-
vide the musical accompani-
ment for the huge program of
entertainment which will high
light the affair.
CORNELL PLAY TO CLOSE
Katharine Cornell will close
"HerOd and Miramne" on Satur-
day night, deciding not brave
Broadway critical opinion. The
massive setting will be be-
Queathed to Washington Civic
-7heater.
WaShingtOn's critical opinion
merely confirmed that of the
professional play reviewers
elsewhere, de: nOnStratinc that
Dorothy Thompson is not so hot
at picking 'em.
COlumniSt Thompson saw
"HerOd and Miramne" in Ber-
lin, was fascinated with the
Fritz KOrtner acting, influ-
enced Guthrie McCIintic and
Miss COrne' to offer the play in
America. Miss ThOmpsO, I'm
told, still thinks it a good play,
almost convinced the star the
Out-Of-tOwn Jugs were all wrong,
that here was something. When
Buffalo, COrnell's home town,
wouldn't have it, the notice was
hung up.
Settings turned over to the
civic trOuperS cost $4,000.
pat" COMING BACK
Patricia Norman, a pint-sized
SWinger of popular songs, proved
to be the show-stopping hit
with the revue presented at the
Earle a few weeks ago by Jan
CARRIER and his band. Patricia
the girl who made "OP Man
Nose" famous - presented her
numbers with a rhythmic zest
that kept audiences applauding
for more.
AS a result of this popularity,
General Zone Manager John j.
Payette instructed Production
Manager Harry Anger to bring
Patricia back to the Earle "aS
soon as possible"
She opens November Is.
The Washington times., 1938-11-17

the dramatic arts was being
sought by President Wizards
ENJOYS yesterday.
Tallulah is in the one-night
territory playing, II Am Diff
ferent," reaches Richmond to-
morrow, for Friday AMI Satur-
day performances. Opens here
Monday night.
GETS F. d. r. KISS
For the third successive year
the President of the United
States has dispatched a letter
to the Variety Club on the eve
Of its annual dinner and dance,
wishing Bankers and their
friends an evening Of gayety
and extolling their charitable
contributions.
This Presidential letter will,
as it has in previous years, &C.
Oupy the page Of honor in the
ouvenir program which is dis
The Washington times., 1938-11-17
Continued from Page 26)

CONTINUED from Page 26)
the sit-down actress with the
Pinnochio Ballet, touring high
ways and by-ways under the
sponsorship of the Children'S
Entertainment Association.
Perched on the side of the
pFoScenium, Miss Stevens serves
Is narrator, for two hours
speaking the lines which the
dancers interpret. It requires
changing her voice with light
ming speed to fit the characters.
Pinnochio Ballet travels by
auto Buses, has already played
Canadian dates, Indiana, Mich
igan, Wisconsin, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania and New England
territory. Returns to New York,
December IA. to rehearse a new
ballet founded on, "MidSum-
mer Nights Dream"
Il know by the time I get
through / will know more about
one-nighters, and I am sure =
will be fitted for a small chore
in a Broadway show. Besides
it's fun and it's show business"
she writes to KelleygramS. Good
luck, Romano.
THEY SEEK TALLULAH
When Tallulah Bankhead
comes to town next week she
will be invited to break a bot
tie of champagne over the fancy
new $500, 1000 Diesel electric loco
motive of the B.. & o.
1t will draw the Capitol Linn
tied between Washington and
Chicago, and Alabama's gift to