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The Washington times., 1938-03-24

last fall that the tremendous
new amount of legal business
raised in Federal courts by the
Wagner act and similar Federal
moves requires more judges.
But they recommended only IL
more district judges and four
circuit judges.
ATfoRNEY GENERAL CUM
"A MINGS, who conceived the
Presidents court reform pro-
gram, jumped the number from
16 up to "a when he recon-
mended legislation to Congress.
Also a provision has been tackled
on by the Senate committee
providing for appointment OF
two more judges for the Third
Circuit Philadelphia). There
three judges are considered by
New Dealers to be unSatiSfac-
tory for their purposes.
Their ages are 81, 70 and rs
years, respectively. The two new
appointeeS would serve in addi-
ton to the older jurists and no
successors would be appointed
for two of the older ones when
they retire just as in the PreSi-
dents court reform plan.
That provision crept into the
legislation apparently when sew.
eral Philadelphia and Delaware
lawyers (no aspersionS intended)
came down to appear before an
extra secret session Of the Sen
ate judiciary subcommittee.
They contended here was case
which, unlike the situation in
most of the other courts, really
needed attention. They insisted
their names be kept out of it for
fear of prejudicing their prac-
tice and this has been done.
But an indication that Mr..
Roosevelt was not unmindful
of his old court ideas, in ap.
proving the legislation, is seen
in the fact that he is known to
have called House Judiciary
Chairman Summers down and
instructed that. all the new
judgeships be kept in one bill.
CENATE committeeman were
~ easily convinced the situa-
ton requiring the new judges
is real rather than political,
but House Judiciary commit
teemen apparently had more
difficulty m aking up their
minds.
Regardless of the vague court
packing aspect, however, the
bill is certainly the biggest pat.
ronage plum tree ever planted
in Congress in the spring before
an election. And it is also in
controvertibly true that the
President, in trying to keep all
the plums in one tree, was OBJ
viously playing for joint sup.
port for the measure from all
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
ABELL, TOSSED
BY BRONC, SUES

George Abel, who rode herd on
Washington society for many
years as a newspaper columnist,
has been pitched into a Reno
Court by a bucking bronco.
The debonair Abel, according
to dispatches from Reno, has just
filed suit for $4,000 against the
Nevada Stock Farm Dude Ranch.
He charges a bucking horse ne
was. given to ride at the ranch
was entirely unsuitable for a dude
ranch guest. The horse threw him
hard and he was injured, Abel
charges.
Several months ago Abel fig
ured in a sensational episode
when he took his son, Tyler, to
the Channel Islands with him
after he had been divorced from
his wife, Luvie Moore Abel, who
later married Drew Pearson,
Washington columnist. Mrs. Pear
son charged her former husband
had taken the child out Of the
country illegally.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
u. S. Steel Plans
No Labor Change

CHICAGO, March "a d.N.S0.
No change in U. S. Steel'S labor
policies are contemplated, e. r..
StettiniuS, who will succeed Chair
man Myron C. Taylor next month,
said here last night. He said pres
ent relations with the steel work
ers' organizing committee have
proved every satisfactory"
Executives of the corporation
arrived here yesterday from Bir.
mingham on an inspection trip Of
the recent expansion develop
ments.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
Bar Fete
Judge Allen to Talk
At Banquet Here

Judge Florence Allen, of the
United States Court of Appeals,
Sixth Circuit, Cincinnati, will be
guest of honor and principal
speaker at the twenty-first annual
banquet of the Women's Bar AS
|Sociation Saturday evening at the
Mayflower.
The dinner, to be attended by a
host of persons prominent in ju-
dicial and official life, will also
be addressed by DR.. Mary Harris,
superintendent of the Federal In
dustrial Institution for Women,
Anderson, w. Va.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
Students to Visit
Convention Here

Sixteen students in the depart
ment of electrical engineering at
the University of Kentucky College
of Engineering will visit Wash
|ington tomorrow. They will at
tend the annual convention OF
the students branch of the Amer
ican Institute of Electrical En-
gineerS to be held here.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

pointmenc of
10 new Dis
trict judges
and six more
c / r c u / t
judges.
The origin
Of it Is a re-
port made by
the judicial
council, COM
posed Of Su-
prenne Court
Chief Justice
Hughes a n d
10 circ vi t
Judges. They
di c o Vered
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

the districts which are to be
benefited.
This consolidated plum dan
Cling technique has rarely failed
to succeed and never in a Con-
gressional election year. This
one will probably be no excep-
ton.
Note-The new Catledge-Alsop
book, "The 1853 Days." giving
the inside on the old Supreme
Court tussle chronologically
(and accurately will be off the
press shortly. The penetrating
facts were gathered mostly by
New York Times man, Turner
Catledge, written by the new
. columnist, Joseph Alsop, both Of
whom are justly high in the
news world here.
business representatives here
ID say the constructive tax re-
vision suggestions of Senate
Finance Chairman Pat Harrison
have done more to improve busi-
ness morale than anything else
lately. His insiStence on reduc-
ton of surtaxes as an encourage
ment to business is the first talk
like that they have heard in
many a year.
However, realists expect little
to develop along that line. Gen.
eraI inner belief is Harrison is
promoting his personal opinion
to offset an expected La Toilette
uprising in the Senate in favor
of increasing existing surtax
rates. From that standpoint,
but only from that one, the
Harrison move is likely to be
successful.
THE voluble j. Edgar Hoover
i may be voluble no more. 1t
seems Mr.. Hoover's utteranceS
IN respect to kidnapers, bank
robbers and their ilk were all
right, but when his Federal Blu
re au of Investigation men
started talking about foreign
spies, they neglected to use the
broad "a" required by diplo-
matte usage. In other words, Mr..
Hoover trod upon State De
partment toes by his depart
mental publicity in the recent
New York spy case.
A State Department COM
plant was made to Attorney
General Cummings and inside
orders have been issued by him
requiring hereafter that the
FBI is to do its talking, all talk
ing, only through the office Of
Mr.. Cummings. The specific
Hoover mouthpiece hencefor-
ward is to be Mr.. Cummings ex-
ecutive assistant, Gordon Dean.
The State Departments howl
was based on the FBI an
nouncement after the first New
York spy arrests that "other
arrests will follow" AS a re-
suit (the State Department
says) the Others" who were to
be arrested have holed in and
cannot be found.
MIR. RS annual early spring
W4 jaunt to the southland gen.
orally has been the sign for an
exodus in the executive branch
of Government. This year the
exodus came first. Much of the
executive branch has been in
Florida for the past week or
two. Some of the Cabinet mem
bers and practically all OF the
heavy thinkers in the unofficial
cabinet went South before the
President.
Florida vacationing has be-
come an official part OF the New
Deal spring curriculum.
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sioner Of the
p h i lippines
Men u tt to
make h at
speech about
the u nj ted
States hold
ing on to the
Philippine Is
lands in the
Far East so
as to permit
him to re
move himself
gently m
t h e 1910
P r eSidential
nictIIra9 Ger.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

Double, double, toll and trouble!
Fooled her political enemies with six
doubles, but she needed ~ to confuse
her br0ther-in-law's sweetheart. An
Illustrated feature about the Kings ia.
NOUS sweetheart in The American
Weekly, with Sundays Washington
Herald. Times
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
PATRONAGE PLUMS
INNEWCOURT BILL
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
By PAUL MALLON


in Strictly Prohibsd)
FAINT scent of plum packing is barely discernble be-
IA hind a new judicial expansion bill now being pushed
in Congress number of Congressman say they cannot
detect it. but they may be holding their nostrils.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

(BoGEe CGrter'S opinions
are his otDn and not peces'
SGrily those OF The Wash
tngton TinIes.)
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
But
Says BOGke Carter

T WONDER:
i If some smart New Deal
strategist didn't entice Comnis.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

Dental candidate who first
maintained martial law over an
Indiana county for two years
and now advocates a policy OF
imperialism in the Orient.
I wonder:
why it is that the gentlemen
who insist that we must spend
a few extra billions for more
battleships so as to prevent the
establishment Of q blockade OF
our shores which might cut OH
the raw materials so essential
to the operation Of our economy
don't look south for a change?
Turn TOuOGrd South!
IF THEY spent half the energy
/ in shouting for closer ar
rangements with South Ameri-
can nations so as to obtain the
vital raw materials from our
own hemisphere that they ex-
pend in cries for more warshlpS'
we wouldn't find ourselves in
the fix they say we are in now:
Tin is an essential material
we need. Had these hot-and-
bothered gentry hi-preSsured the
Government to work with Bolivia
to supply us with all the tin we
need, we might not be bowling
about warships necessary to
stall off a blockade.
Today an international cartel
controlled by the British super
viSes the output Of Bolivian tin
and we have to paddle 10000
miles across the Pacific to get
our tin supplies.
We need manganese and chro-
MUM. What's the matter with
Chile?
Help Democracy
IF some Of our superpatriots
/ spent more time trying to
promote the material and COM
mercial benefits that have been
lying at their feet for centuries.
instead of gazing off into the
Orient, Africa and Europe and
CRYING "battleships!" they would
be genuinely serving the cause
of preservation Of American
democracy.
wonder:
Why our statesmen cry so
much about the necessity Of the
United States taking a leading
part in patrolling the world, de-
nouncing every one as laWless
who does not conform to our
desires and wishes and salve
their conSciences by explaining
all this is necessary to avert q
world war.
Cites Revolution
OUR own Revolutionary War.
" the French and Indian Wars
we're part of a world war. The
British had sliced Gibraltar
from Spain. The United States
and France tried to entice Spain
to help fight against Britain
in the Revolution. The French
owned Canada until the British
swiped it from them. The Span
ish owned Florida, then the
British took it. We offered to
help Spain get Gibraltar back,
and Florida, too, if the Spanish
would help us against the Brit
ish. They failed on Gibraltar,
but repossessed Florida, and
then were kicked out by us
few years later.
Europe was experiencing the
Napoleonic wars, the French
revolutionary wars, all parts Of
q world war, replete with die
tators, imperialSts and all.
George Washington surveyed
them and then announced
calmly, "Our business is to mind
our own business"
What's the matter with that
advice today, Mr.. Hull?
(The opinions expressed here
in are those of Mr.: Carter and
do not necessarily reflect the
policies of the Washington
Times.)
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

AT any rate q Dill mas peen dp-
proved by the Senate Judiciary
Committee authorizing the ap-
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

picture? Ger BOake Carter
tainly few citizens are likely TO
show enthusiasm for a Pres:-
Dental candidate who first
maintained martial law over an
Indiana county for two years
and now advocates a policy OF
imperialism in the Orient.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
Grade 'En1 Early

Interior has ordered early ef-
ficiency ratings for guards .
Wonder why? The paper clip
battle raging every once and SO
often on the eighth floor, Federal
Housing, should be ceased before
someone's eye is BANKED In
ternal Revenues former Social Sc
curity Tax Unit is now a part of
Accounts and Deposits, and mean
while many in Processing FAX
Unit ale being reduced from Grade
4 to Grade 2, while in Accounts
and Deposits an, equal number
are being gravied from Grade 2
up to Grade Has Honest
Harold and friends forced the
resignation of that guard who was
considered too militant? 1t is
whispered they have Johnny
Federal says his chief considers
himself self-made man, but that
he is actually the revised work
of a wife and three daughters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
WEEPING the sweepstakes:

CWEEPTNG the sweepstakes:
~ Consider the lilies of the
field; they toll not, neither do
they spin, yet Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed as one of
theSe!" Which is not bad
description of the gloriously.
gowned Federalite prettieS who
turned out yesterday and WedneS.
day at the Capitol, except that
they do plenty of toiling if no
spinning! And here's the
pay-off: So tense was the excite.
ment when the judges went back
stage to make their choices, with
anxious girls fluttering in front
of them in hope of attention, that
the judges finally spoke French
with one another in order to dis
cuSS the good (and bad points
of the contestants And a
rose, properly red, to George
Jessel, for his capable presenta-
ton of all candidates ..
Flash: It's of course up to Walter
Winchell, but at least one Judge
Is entirely sold on General Ac'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
Be Good Hereafter

Note to the Secret Service: Some
days hence this corner itemsd
that an employe was in the habit
of imbibing too heavily, then driv-
ing, and when corraled by police
gaining his immunity by flashing
his badge and credentials. Secret
Service became perturbed over
the injury to its fair name, which
is a reasonable thing, and then
asked this corner to reveal the
gentleman, which is not only I'M
reasonable but wholly unethical
HOWEVER, the gentleman has
been approached has promised
not to repeat his actions. and will
attend to work seriously hereafter
Further note: he is an agent, not
a guard!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
Speaking Of Government Workers

'mittee hearings on retirement leg.
islation. Michigan splashes the
following civil service tests
through May IT: Insurance exam
liner, librarian and public health
physician, and applications should
go to Civil Service Department, 500
North Grand Ave, Lansing ..
Takoma Park Post, American LIE.
gion, has tabled a Shad bake for
May 81, Guides Farm, Ray Road,
just over the District Line, tariff
being 100 pennies!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06

specializeS on veterans and Gov
eminent employees magazines ano
dances, feeling that he has re
ported but a third of his income
Hole says it will fire July l
because its budget requires it, but
only few . Whoops, and where
is Mr.. Ripley: Yesterday letter
addressed to Johnny Federal
was delivered to this corner .
Deepest sympathy to C. M. Euler,
Treasury Legionnaire, whose wife
recently passed away.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
ConfidentiolLy Yours

Every day film passes are
mailed to some contributors
IL address is submitted (an
names cOnfidentiaD. They
are good for WARN E r
BROTHERS Theaters, fea-
turing these fine shows to-
night:
EARLE, showing Kay Fran.
els and Pat O'Brien in
"Women Are Like That"
with Broadway Discoveries of
1888" on the stage; METRO
POLITAN, showing Joan
BIondell and Melvyn Douglas
in There's Always a WOm-
an; AMBASSADOR, show
ing "Charlie Mccarthy" and
his boss Edgar Bergen in
"Goldwyn FOllies"; CAL
VERT, showing Shirley Tern
pie in "Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm; PENN and
TIVOLI, both showing Claud-
cite Colbert and Gary Cooper
in "Bluebe cards Eighth
Wife; and UPTOWN, show
ing, also, Goodwin Follies."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
Gone, Not Forgotten!

Flash: Folk within Labor Stats
tics, Labor Department, are won
dering what happened to the gen.
tleman who left the office Con
struction Statistics) at 1890 a. m.
Wednesday, ostensibly for the post
office, and hasn't been seen since,
office or home Between deaths
in Retail Price Section and diSap-
pearance in Construction, the out,
look seems sinister indeed The
lad who gained nationwide pub
LEFTY through heading a gang in
Washington State which forced a
Communist to eat a mouse is now
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
Quart o. Goodness

Louis Marshall, Treasury,
and Thelma Carpenter, Labor,
are invited to shuttle around
here anytime, 2-6 p. M, for
slips emitting to quart bricks
of delicious High ice cream
You should know, Incl
dentally. that there's a High
store dispensing packaged
sweetness at sos c st. N. E.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
More "OOnph I"

Herbert Foss, young son of a
Vets Administration worker, re-
Gently itemed here, says CATER
much kidding by school chums)
that he doesn't like publicity.
Okay, Herbie, but we did want to
publish your picture so the girls
could appreciate your "oomph!"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
Salt and Grass

National Association of Retired
Federal Employees gathers tomor
row night, 8, Natural History
Building, National Museum, to see
most interesting film. salt OF
the Earth and Grass Lands.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06

lin auditing the contracts which
overpaid so many Administration
"stand.ins" and underpaid so
many farmers during AAA's first
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
Treasury Dance Tabled

Treasury Local, UFWA, will
dance tomorrow twilight at tn e
Annapolis. 10-1, with Maxim
Lowe leading the stunning
Note to the lass who wrote Il
Wonder" an item regarding Vets
Administration: Well print part
of it,. Engraving and Printing
lost Mrs. Ida Hutchinson, jacob
Seitz, Joseph L. Morrisey, Mary
B. Patterson, John w. Thompson
and John P. Wager via retire
ment during April. A.. Tomorrow
Treasury Post, American Legion,
will hold a buy what you please"
luncheon at Duffy's Grill, 1903
Fourteenth st. N. W.. GAO work
ers have placed several bets at
.2-1 odds that their colleague, re
Gently arrested for implication in
jewel thefts, will not even be in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06

. with Social Security, where left
lists abound! ;. Internal Revenue
is now investigating that generals
simo of advertising statesmen who
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06

dicted Ages Godfrey Wick.
ware is back on the job after sew.
eral regretted-by-all weeks in the
hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06

counting Offices brunette bomb.
shell, Car Notre Angelo, because
of her wonderful expression! "
Many of the girls bought
evening dresses just for the &C.
casion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06

Johnny Federal flashes that he
likes those American Legion stag
parties because he "stags" in and
"staggers out!". Incidentally, at
least one large Federal agency is
accusing Ralph Werner, D. c. gov,
eminent, Of being Johnny Federal
Which is entirely wrong and
don't they wish they knew!. . It's
just leaked that Robert Garrett
of Treasury was welded Christ.
mas, and here are congratulations
E. District Organizing Committee,
UFWA, will be welded into a per.
manent Federal Workers Council
tonight, headquarters, 8.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
By ]. Earl MOSer

three years, when the best audit
clerk was the one who could make
the most red dots per hour2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06

Futuristic Problem
Wonder what AAA will do II
General Accounting ever succeeds
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
Delicious Chewiness

Original Velati Candy
Stores today will present one
pound boxes of their delicious
chocolates or caramelS, on
request. to:
Mrs. Lola E. Moss, AAA.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes, Ma
tiOnal Park Service.
Mayme Lyddane, Loans
and Currency.
Candy will be presented at
either store, $40 Ninth St.
N. W., or 6O9 Fourteenth st.
N. w.
TohT1 M Kline president. will ]
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06
NATIONAL
RESTAURANT WEEK

It's an excellent idea that she'll appreciate. Comfort,
convenience, quality food scientifically prepared I'M
der modern sanitary standards and the best of service
by courteous, well-trained employees. Take mother
to good restaurant Sunday it's her day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06

O'DONNELL'S SEA GRILL
1907 Il st. N. W.
OLMSTED GRILL
1886 st. NV.
PARK LANE CAFETERIA
21st and Penna. Ave. N. W.
PEOPLES DRUG STORES
(49 lOcatiOnsl
POMONA RESTAURANT
1907 e st. NV.
PRESS CAFETERIA
National Press Bldg.
ROUMANIAN INN
S1B 18th st. NV.
8. & w. CAFETERIA
Washington Bldg.
SCOTS RESTAURANT
1925 21St St. NV.
SHOLL'S CAFETERIA
e IOCatiOns)
SHoWBoAT
q IOcatiOns)
TALLY HO TAVERN COFFEE
HOUSE
$40 18th st. NV.
UPTOWN RESTAURANT
S433 Connecticut Ave. NV.
WEEDS PARK CAFE
1901 Park Rd. N. W.
THE WOOD SHED
1912 Penna. Ave. n. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-06


614 10th St. N. w.
THE ALLIES INN
1908 New York Ave. NV.
BACAS BROTHERS
q lOeatiOns)
SEA FOOD RESTAURANT
9th and Water SITS. s. w.
BLUE BELL SYSTEM
(6 lOeatiOns)
BLUE & GRAY CAFETERIA
722 18th st. NV,
cANDLESTICK COFFEE SHOP
1910 st. NV.
CAPITOL HILL CAFETERIA
1O1 st. S. r.
CASEY'S RESTAURANT
$40 18th st. NJ W.
CERES CAFETERIA
1911 st. NV.
CHAMBERLIN CAFETERIA
$40 18th st. w.
CHARLES GRILL & CAFETERIA
1901 14th st. NV.
CHILDS RESTAURANT
Is lOcatiOns)
CLEVES CAFETERIA
1715 G st. NV.
THE COPPER BOWL
$50 18th st. N. W.
CORNWELL'S, Inc.
1929 st. NV.
The Washington times., 1938-11-12
2 Gf'iI1aOem
Die IN Crash

BELLEPLAINE, Mimi, Nov. IL
G.N.SO.-Two football players
were killed near here today when
the bus, carrying the entire grid
iron squad of Gustavus AdolphuS
College of st. Peter, Mimi,
crashed into a truck.
The football players were on
their way home from Depree,
Wis, where they won an Armistice
Day game from the st. Norbert
College eleven.
The dead were Karl Olsen, %,
of st. Peter, a sophomore member
of the squad and driver of the
truck, and Don Victor Anderson,
of Washburn, Wis, center on the
team.
A dozen other players were hurt,
several seriously. Coach George
fMyrum was critically injured.
The bus crashed into the rear of
the truck, according to witnesses,
scattering the players on the road.
The Washington times., 1938-11-12
G.O.P.TO SEEK
HOPKINS CUSTER

Q.NS0 The Republicans, In
their first big drive of the Seventy
sixth Congress, will seek to enlist
dissident Democrats and then
force a comprehensive investiga-
ton of the Work Progress Admin
istration in the hope of dethron-
ing WPA Administrator Harry l..
Hopkins.
Representative Joseph w. Mar
tin Of Massachusetts,, chairman of
the Republican Congressional
Campaign Committee and slated
for the post Of Republican House
leader, will lead the battle.
When the SeyenGy-sixth Con-
gress assemblies on January 8,
Martin himself will toss in the
hopper a resolution calling for
investigation of WPA. The resolu-
ton may be reported to the floor
through bipartisan combination
of the powerful Rules Committee.
Republicans will demand a fair
hearing for the Townsend old-age
pension plan, as we'll as all others,
Martin said. But he does not
know whether a majority of Re
publicanS favor it.