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The Washington times., 1938-04-11

. It was estimated that approx
mately 100000 will be retained
on the relief rolls as a result. per-
sons who otherwise would have
had to be dropped.
The congressional leaders also
agreed at a White House confer
ence to appropriate an additional
$50,000,000 for the CCC to prevent
300 camps from being abandoned.
LEADERS FARLEY
Present at this conference were
Senator Carter Glass CD, of Vir-
ginia, chairman of the Senate Ap-
preparations Committee; Repre-
sentative Edward T. Taylor CD,
Colorado, chairman of the House
Appropriations Committee; Senate
Majority Leader Alben w. Bark
ley. Senator Kenneth Mcclellan
CD, Tennessee; Senator James
F. ByrneS Cd, South Carolina;
House Majority Leader Sam Ray
burn, Representative Clarence
Cannon CD, Missouri; Repre-
sentative Cliff Woodrum CD,
Virginia; Secretary Morgenthau,
Federal Reserve Governor Mari
ner S. Eccles, WPA Administrator
Harry Hopkins and Acting Budget
Director Daniel Bell.
MEETS GARNER
Earlier. Mr.. Roosevelt received
Vice President Garner, Speaker
Bankhead and Senators Barley
and Rayburn, devoting that con-
ference almost entirely to relief.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11

Their story is that the Con-
gresham took his political life
in his hands to support Roose-
welt at Chicago in 80 when
Tammany Hall was behind Al
Smith and that Roosevelt has
steadily snubbed him ever since,
not only politically but socially.
And, according to the experts,
the social omissions have Of
Tended O'Connor the most. Ger
tain social recognition was owed
Chairman O'Connor of the
powerful House Rules Commit
tee, it is argued, whatever the
Presidents personal antipathy
might be to the arrogant and
clustering brother of F.. D. RS
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
u. S. Ship Plea
England, France Get
Dreadnaught View

LONDON. April II GN.SO.
The United States demand for
consent to build 45,00O-ton battle
ships will be presented to Great
Britain and France tomorrow, it
was learned today.
Invocation of the escalator
clause of the London naval treaty
to permit such construction will be
asked on the grounds large ships
are needed for defense of the
Pacific.
AS a Pacific power, Great
Britain is understood to be agree
able. The French are playing the
role of observers, maintaining that
actual French oscillation at the
moment would serve only to
antagonize Italy.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
SwOpe Asks
Employer
Reward

NEW YORK, April II, d.N.sJ.
Gerard swope, president Of the
General Electric Company, in a
radio forum on what government
and business could do to stabilize
employment, asserted industries
require the encouragement af.
forded by tax reduction. He
added:
ut seems to me one of the
most obvious and constructive
things the government, Federal
and State, could do would be to
offer encouragement and incen-
tive to industries and employers
to stabilize employment, or give
assurance of a minimum annual
wage by providing that the tax
they have to pay toward unem-
ployment compensation will be
reduced in line with their sue
cess in Stabilizing employment"
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
Water Routes InuOlUed

6. The Lighthouse Service of
the Department Of Commerce.
7. The Bureau of Navigation
and Marine Inspection of the
Department of Commerce.
These agencies deal with spe-
cial phases of transportation
rather than the transportation
problem in its broader national
aspect. Some of the functions
are executive, some are legis-
lative, some are judicial.
From the point of view Of
business efficiency, such as Q
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
SCARED MINERS
STAY ON STRIKE

SACRAMENTO, Cal, April II
Q.N.SD. - More than 100 CLIO
miners from the strife-torn Grass
Valley mining area, today baked
at returning to work under a CLIO
contract signed two months ago
although promised complete pro-
lection by Sheriff Carl Tobiassen
of Nevada City.
Herbert Resner, CIO attorney,
told mass meeting of CIO and
AFL workers here that Otto
Schiffner. owner of the Lava Cap
Mine, which has a CLIO contract,
informed him he would lead a
labor delegation to Governor Mer-
RAM in protest, if any more men
are injured in the dispute.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11

The $500, 600, 900 is based upon
the authorization in the Vinson-
Trammell act and the pending
$1,121 100000 naval expansion
bill, said Bone, who is a member
of the committee.
FALSE IMPRESSION
There seems to be an i'm.
preston abroad that the ships
called for in the pending bill
are going to be built immedi.
ately," interjected Senator
Walsh CD, Massachusetts,
committee chairman
"All of these ships are not
going to be built now. We
don't know how much money
is going to be appropriated for
actual construction. This bill
is merely an authorization and
provides no money"
Bone made his estimate as viii.
liam Griffin, a New York news
paper publisher, was telling the
committee of conversations on
national defense, war, peace and
war debts, with top-ranking states
men of Europe a year ago.
Earlier, F. E. Turin of Norfolk,
Va, representing the Adequate
Coast Defense Association, plead
ed for passage of the navy bill as
a means for putting idle men to
work as well as providing ma
tional insurance" Every industry
will benefit by a navy expansion
bill, he said.
SEES LABOR BOOM
Out of $1,OOO,OOO,OOO spent for
new warships, about $500, 00O, 900
will go to labor directly on the
construction work and supplying
materials he said.
But it was Griffin with his It'd
bits of conversations with David
Lloyd George, Winston Churchill,
President lie Brun of France, Lord
Robert Cecil and the Pope in
Rome, a year ago, that stirred
committeeman.
In his series of interviews with
foreign statesmen, Griffin spread
an appeal for nations to pay their
debts to the United States, meet
ing various responses as he went
along, the witness said.
He characterized the debtor
countries as the allied bandits
Of the World War"
Everything points to war in
Europe, Griffin said. Uncle
Sam was left holding the bag
after the World War. A bill
lion dollars spent by us for ma
tional defense would be the
best investment we could make"
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
II, Home Taken
By Hole. Seek Aid

ORANGE, N. j.; April II I.N.S).
Appeals were to be made to Wash
ington today for a family Of IA
evicted from their home by the
Hole. The family, headed by
Basilo Fabbo, 81, unemployed gar
dener, consists of his wife and
nine children, an unemployed son.
in-law and two grandchildren
Fabbo has a $500 equity in the
house, but owes about $1,000 to
the Hole.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
CONGRESS- HEADS
FARLEY
ON TAX FIGHT.
ConfereeS to Battle
Over ReviSionS

G.N.S) With the Senate and
House revenue bills in violent con.
flict, conferees representing the
two branches of Congress today
were expected to hold their first
meeting Wednesday.
The Government Printing OF,
flee was busy printing the Sen
ate provisions today, with hope of
having the measure ready for
transmission by the Senate to t e
House tomorrow.
The House will formally dis
agree to all Senate amendments
and ask for a conference with
the Senate. This will be swiftly
granted and then the battle be-
hind closed doors between con-
ferees will get under way.
MINOR DIFFERENCES
Usual procedure IN cont terence
is to dispose of minor differences
first and then tackle the major
issues in dispute. OverShadoT-
ing all others, it was believed, are
the corporate undistributed profits
levy and the Borah amendment to
tax income from future issues of
Government bond issues.
Il believe the Senate passed
a good bill, one that will help
business, and I am going to
try to retain its major provi-
sions in conference" said Chair
man Pat Harrison Cd, MiSSiS-
sippi, of the powerful Finance
Committee.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
N. Y. Relief
NelO Aid Program
Is In Effect

NEW YORK, April II Q.NSO.
Destined to raise an estimated
$10,000,000 for relief, New York'S
extensive tax program went into
effect today.
Included in Mayor LaGuardia's
new tax setup are a 3 per cent
utility tax, a similar tax on meals
costing over 81, a one-cent cigar
cite tax and a lilo of l per cent
tax on general business, with the
present business exemption under
$4,000 eliminated.
The cigarette tax will take ef-
feet on May /, to allow merchants
to move stocks on hand.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
Memphis to Get
Safe City Award

Memphis will be honored as the
safest city" at the award dinner
OF the annual national traffic
safety contest at the Mayflower
Hotel tomorrow evening.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
will be the principal speaker.
Victory plaques will be awarded
by D. D. Fennell, president of the
National Safety Council. Alfred
Sloan. president of General
Motors, and Paul Hoffman, presi.
dent Of the Studebaker Corpora,
ton, are among the automobile
executives expected.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11

q w IL ~ z
House dinner
napkin, ap-
piled in time.
would h a v e
stopped the
p r o t e sting
m @ u t h of
M a n haitian
C congressman
j o h n J.
O'COnn n o r,
who led the
successful at
tack on the
P r e Sident'S
cherished re-
or ganiZation
bill
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
Franc Registers
3-POint Advance

NEW YORK, April II GNsJ.
Formation of the Daladier cabi.
net in France with the aid of
rightiStS and without Communist
participation, brought a rise of
8 points in the French franc to
S.10A cents today. Dutch gulders
rose 2 points to 55-4412, and other
currencies were also higher. The
British pound gained % of cent
to S4.96A.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11

The average for 1887 is Sc
per cent below that for 1929,
the fares having been dras-
tically reduced to increase
passenger travel.
The presence of cOmpeti-
tors in the field of transpOr-
tatiOn for the traffic which
seemed formerly to belong
exclusively to the rails is one
reason why it is not possible
to solve the railway problem
by the simple expedient of
raising the prices Of the rail-
road service.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
s Insane Votes
Charged in Town

MADISON, Wis, April II.
The eight votes that defeated M.
F. Hogan in the election Of the
Westp0rt town board last week
were under investigation today.
Hogan filed a charge with the
State board Of control that the
eight were apparently inmates of
the Mendoza State Hospital for
the Insane.
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Continued from Page u

House of Representatives in
formed of the report.
Summarized, the three mem
bers of the Interstate Commerce
Commission recommend as a
means of immediate relief the
following:
/. That approximately $780,
900, 900 be made available from
Government funds for the pur-
chase of railroad equipment, the
equipment to be the security for
the advance.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
DEFICIT INCREASES

NEW YORK, April II G.N.SO.
Total corporate deficit of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee, st. Paul and Pa
cific r. R. at the end of 1887 was
$125,771,737 against $110,551, 1859
IL months earlier, according to the
roads annual report issued today.
Total assets increased to $757, 140,.
1873 in 1887 from $748, 222, 568 in
1915.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
GETS SHIP CONTRACT

NEW YORK, April II G.N.S0
Carrier Corp. of Syracuse, N. Y.
has been awarded a contract for
air-conditioning the new 32,000-ton
United States steamship being
built at Newport News by the New
port News Shipbuilding and Dry
dock Company, it was announced
TODAY.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
800 Million
Loan Asked
FOrRaiIs
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page II
portation authority permitted to
intervene in such proceedings.
WOULD STUDY COMPETITION
8. Investigation by the author
ity of economy and all types of
transportation with a view to
encouraging special fitness and
abating destructive competition.
4. Consideration of railroad
financial abuses now under in
vestigation.
1T is true that a general up.
turn in business would undoubt.
eddy help to keep many rail
The Washington times., 1938-04-11

Republicans have and friendly regard for their
allies, the Southern Democrats who wreckng the
Roosevelt program Even they telling this joke
the Dixie reactionaries in the House last week.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
Navy Boost to Cost.
$7,5OO,O 100000, Is
Sen. Bones Claim
CrOuOd Jams Hearing as Committee Begins
Study of Expansion
By ARTHUR HACHTEN

QNS0 Americas projected naval expansion program will
cost 100000 spread the 10 years. Senator
Bone D Washington declared today spokesman patri-
otto organizations bombarded the Senate Naval Affairs Com
mittee with demands to enlarge the fleet -
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
Congress Leaders
O. K.Appropriation
Of Billion for WPA
Agree to Roosevelt Demand; so Millions
To Prevent Closing of 300 CCC Camps

NS) President Roosevelt today obtained from congress
siona leaders agreement to appropriate $5O0OO00 for
MPA for the first months Of the next fiscal year.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
WORK STARTED
ON COMPROMISE
WAGE-HOUR BILL.
Sentiment Divided as
To Programs Chances

Q.N.SO Despite indecision of
Administration leaders over
whether to push wage-hours legiS
lation the House Labor COMMITTEES
today started work on a COM
promise bill.
Chairman Mary T. Norton CD
Of New Jersey, scheduled a com.
mittee meeting tomorrow, to con.
slider a new measure drafted by
the Ramspeck subcommittee after
nearly a month of secret sessions.
What the future holds for a
compromise bill in the House,
which four months ago rejected
the original Black Connery bill by
a margin of 10 votes, few dared
guess.
O'CONNOR WILLING
Majority Whip Boland said an
Administration survey showed a
considerable" change of senti-
ment and that a reasonable bill
can be passed"
Representative O'Connor CD
of New York, who led the revolt
against the reorganization bill,
said that wage-hours legislation
should and would pass" if Of
fered to Congress before 1t ad-
journs.
Administration leaders them
selves were in doubt, however,
over the wisdom of reviving the
issue. They feared another major
fight might further widen the split
in Democratic House ranks and
place an additional controversy
before the nation in a campaign
year.
WOOD DISPLEASED
A leading Democratic member
Of the Labor Committee, Repre-
sentative Wood, president of the
Missouri State Federation of La
Dor, made it plain that the Rams
peck compromise measure was not
satisfactory to him.
He said he would oppose pro-
posals for five-man administra-
tive board and a maximum work
week Of 48 hours. Wood indicated
he would urge a 44-hour top and
placing administration in the De-
rartment of Labor.
AS drawn by the subcommittee,
the new measure calls for a 40
hour week and Accent per hour
minimum wage.
The Washington times., 1938-04-11
Rate Per Mile
In Steady Drop

The decline in passenger
mile revenue of the railroads
has been:
The Washington times., 1938-04-06
A. DI FRANCISCO,
Lone RESIDENT
or de-, DIESAT So
Was Noted CobbIer oil
Capitol Hill

The man who shod Congress fol-
more than a third of a century
is dead.
Antimo Di Francesca, who for
IS years operated a shoe repair
shop on Capitol Hill, patronized
by many members of Congress
and Government officials, died
yesterday of double pneumonia
after a weeks illness. He would
have celebrated his fifty-ninth
birthday April 10.
BORN IN ITALY
Born in Caserto, Province of
Naples, Italy, Mr.. Di Francesca
was educated in private schools
there. He served three years in
the Italian army.
He came here in 1908. He was
a member of the Felice Cavolotti
Lodge, largest italian organization
in the District Of Columbia.
Requiem high mass will be cele-
brated by the Rev. Francis Eugene
Sullivan in st. Peters Church,
Friday at 9 o'clock. 1nterment
will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Rosa Di Francisco, three
daughter, Theresa, Justine and
Maria Di Francisco, and two sons,
Frank and Vincent Di Francisco,
all of Washington. He also leaves
two brothers, Louis and Antonio
Di francesca, Of Caserto, Italy.
The Washington times., 1938-04-06
MOnck's
Funeral
Friday

Funeral services for Mrs. May
EStelle Monck, wife Of DR.. George
Paul Monck, who died yesterday
at her home, Alb Fourth St
N. W., will be held Friday at 2
o'clock at the Petworth Baptist
Church. The Rev. Henry ].
Smith, rector, will officiate. East
ern Star rites will be held at the
grave in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Born in Elmira, N. Y, Mrs.
Monck was educated in whining
ton. Del. She was married to DR..
Monck August 6, 1901, and in 1917
came with him to make Washing
ton her home.
She was member of st. Johns
Chapter, No. 10, Order of the East
ern Star, the Petworth Woman's
Club and was a past president of
the Philithea Class of the Pet
worth Baptist Church.
Besides her husband, Ishe is sur
vived by a daughter, Mrs. Mar
garet May Wolf; son, Gilbert A.,
both of Washington; two sisters,
Mrs. S. Walter Green, Chester,
Pa, and Mrs. Harry Shoemaker,
philadelphia, Pa.
The Washington times., 1938-04-06

/ General Logan's staff during the
civil war.
Lieutenant Parsons also partici
pated in Sherman's march to the
sea, and for his bravery under fire
was appointed by President Grant
to the regular army. He also
served during the SpaniSh-Amer-
lean war, the Philippine insured
ton and the Boxer rebellion.
During the SpaniSh-American
war, Captain and Mrs. Parsons re.
turned to Washington to make
their home, when he was detailed
to duty in charge of the supply
depot, as a member of General
Lettington's quartermaster staff.
Mrs. Parsons was a personal
friend of Susan B. Anthony and
Jane Adams. She continued
her suffrage and educational
work during all these years. Her
mother was governeSs to Benjamin
Harrison.
Captain and Mrs. Parsons were
charter members and founders of
the First Presbyterian Church in
Salt Lake City and were also mem.
bers of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church. She was
prominently identified with the
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton.
Funeral services are still in the
tentative stage, arrangements
being made to have her body
brought here for burial in Airing
ton National Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1938-04-06
|MOLLIE LUSBY
RITES ARE SET;
BUILDERS WIFE.

Mrs. Mollie Mabel Lusby, wife
of James A. LuSby, prominent con
tractor, of Edmonston, Md, died
yesterday in Sibley Hospital after
a weeks illness.
Native of Bolivar Heights,
w. Va, Mrs. Lusby was educated
there. She lived in the Edmon-
ton-Hyattsville section more than
IS years. She was a member OF
the First Methodist Episcopal
Church of HyattSville.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at 2 o'clock in the Meth
odist Episcopal Church in Hyatts-
vile. The Rev. J. R. Wood, rector,
will officiate. Interment will be
in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by three sons, William E.,
former mayor of Edmonston, now
residing at University Park, Md;
James L. and Kenneth N. LuSby,
both of Edmonston; five daugh-
tiers, Mrs. w. w. Lewis and Mrs.
j. C. Lewis, both of Edmonston;
Mrs. James Monroe and Mrs. j. A..
Griffith, College Park, Nd, and
Mrs. E. S. McChesney, of Univer'
sity Park, Md; three brothers,
George and Hammond Merritt,
both of Baltimore and Erdie Mer-
rift, of New York city, and three
sisters, Mrs. Verna N. Hilsey, Of
New York city; Mrs. Lucy Leary
and Mrs. Katie Gourish, both Of
Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1938-04-06
Mrs. McForIone
Representatives Wife
Dies Suddenly

Mrs. Alma McFarlane, 80, wife
Of Representative William D. Nc
Farlane CD, of Texas, died sud-
denly this morning at her home at
2434 Tunlaw Rd. N. w.
She was pronounced dead by
DR.. j. j. Mundell, of 1915 Rhode
Island Ave. N. W., and by a physi-
clan summoned with the Emer-
gency Hospital ambulance. Sew
enth Precinct police were told a
heart attack apparently caused
her death.
Mrs. McFarlane, the mother Of
five children, had been under
treatment by DR.. Mundell for the
past two years. A maid said she
complained this morning of severe
head pains.
The Washington times., 1938-04-06

Distinguished educational and
civic worker, Mrs. Parsons was i'll
Strumental in having kindergar-
tens established in the public
schools of Utah in 1886. Through
her tireless efforts and endeavors
in furthering the progress of suf.
frage for women, Mrs. Parsons is
recognized as the suffrage leader
who gained the right of women to
vote in Utah when that territory
entered the union as a State in
1896.
FIRST KINDERGARTEN
Close friend of Alice Chaplin, who
was educated in Germany in kin
dergarten work and from whose
school she graduated IN kinder
garten training in 1886 Mrs. Par
sons home in Salt Lake City was
the scene of the first kindergarten
classes. Miss Chaplin was a close
friend of Lincoln, Peabody. Elmer
son, Hawthorne and Whittier.
Daughter of Major Emanuel
Giesy and Harriet Root, pioneers
of Ohio, Mrs. Parsons was born in
Lancaster, Ohio. She was reared
in that State and was a graduate
of the Granville Seminary, Gran.
vile, Ohio. She was a grand
niece Of Horace Bushnell, first
president of Yale.
Mrs. Parsons came to Washing
ton as bride 70 years ago when
her husband, Lieut.. E. Howard
Parsons. was detailed to duty in
the quartermaSter corps here on
The Washington times., 1938-04-06
DEATHS

BYRD, IDA Mon Wednesday, April a.
1898, at Sibley Memorial Hospital, IDA
N. BYRD, the beloved daughter Of John
Funeral services will be held from the
residence of her father. 3641 Thirteenth
street Northwest on Friday, April 1898,
street Northwest on Friday, April 8, 1888,
Relatives and friends are invited to at
Interment in Glenwood Cemetery.
Services by W. W. Chambers CO.
DUFF. RUTH DOLLY-suddenly, on Sun.
day. April g. 1888. RUTH DOLLY
DUFF. the beloved daughter of the late
and sister of Bella A. stramer and grand.
daughter of Mrs. Matte Robertson. Re-
mains resting at the W. W. Chambers Co.
funeral home, 1400 Chaplin St. N. W.
Notice of funeral later.
HUBERT, WILMER-on Tuesday, April 5,
1888. WILMER HUBERT the husband
Of nellie Hubert and father of Haverly
Hubert.
Funeral from the W. W, Chambers Co,
s. E, on Thursday, April Z. 1888. at $50
q. m. Services at Fort Myer chapel, Fort
Myer. Va, at 10 a. m.
Relatives and friends are invited to at.
1nterment in Arlington National Gene
terry.
MONCK, MAY EsTELLE-on TUESDAY.
April 5, 1898, at her residence. 4713
IFourth ST, N. w. MAY ESTELLE MONCk,
the beloved wife of George Paul Monck,
and mother of Mrs. Margaret May Wolf
and Gilbert A. Monck. Remains resting
at the W. W. Chambers Co. funeral home.
1400 Chaplin St. N. W.
Funeral services at the Petworth Baptist
Church, Seventh and Randolph SITS. N. W.,
on Friday, April 8, at 2 p. m.
Relatives and friends are invited. "
Interment in Rock Creek Cemetery.
MURPHY: John T.-on Tuesday. April g.
1888, at 800 a. NJ JOHN T. MURPHY.
beloved husband of the late Julia c. Muir.
ply (nee Falveyl and father Of Frank,
Daniel and Julia Murphy and Sister Mary
Gertrude.
Funeral from his late residence. 10 r
Street Northeast. on Thursday. April 7.
1888, at 80 a. m. High requiem mass
at ST. Martins Church at a. m.
Relatives and friends are invited
1nterment in Mt. olivet Cemetery.
PEARSON. ETTA-on Tuesday, April 5.
1898, ETA PEARSON the beloved
mother of four sons and five daughters.
Remains resting at the W. W Cham
bers Co. Southeast funeral home, ST.
Eleventh Street Southeast
Funeral services will be held on Fri
day, April 8. 1898. at D. M. from the
W. W. Chambers Co Southeast funeral
home. BY Eleventh Street Southeast.
Relatives and friends are invited to at.
tend Interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.