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Evening star., 1938-03-24
Morgenthau, Jones
and His Son on
Committee.
INITIAL SESSION
HAS BEEN HELD
Ability Of Private
Agencies to Aid to
Be Studied.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Business recession uhich began
last fall brought criticism OF ad-
miniStration economic policies and
caused President Roosepelt and his
advisers to undertake special con-
sideration OF plans for stimulating
industry. Series OF conferences be-
treen Federal officials and business
leaders stressed stdgnation OF
money, difficulties of financing en-
terprices oDer emergency period.
Plight OF small business man ,pas
pictured as desperate at hectic
meeting held here recently under
auspices OF Secretary of Commerce
Roper.
BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen.
thau announced today President RooSe.
welt has asked a committee of high
Federal officials to prepare a program
of financial aid to business.
The Treasury head, who is chairman
OF the committee, said the group would
go over various suggestions for loans
to industry, including small business
and try to put something together that
is constructive
He added that he felt there was a
real need for expanded financing
particularly of small business, but said
he did not know whether the Gov
eminent could do anything about it
One of the first things that the
committee will study, he said, is the
ability of private institutions to fur
nish such financing.
With Secretary Morgenthau on the
committee are James Roosevelt. son
and secretary of the President;
Chairman Jesse H. Jones of the Re-
construction Finance Corp, Vice
Chairman Ronald Ransom of the
Federal Reserve Board, and Chair
man William o. Douglas, chairman
of the Securities Commission.
Preliminary Session Held.
The committee held a preliminary
session yesterday and will meet from
time to time, Mr.. Morgenthau said.
L lie 1IcSlutIlG tulIlSu OfSl W llic
group hundreds of letters and other
proposals for aiding business and
asked the group to sift them in search
for some constructive action. Mr..
Morgenthau indicated the study would
continue indefinitely.
The Secretary said the study really
dated back to the February conference
of small business men here. Easier and
more generous financing was one of
the principal demands of that group.
Ordered Lending Resumed.
Primarily as a result of that con-
ference, President Roosevelt directed
the r. F. c. to resume industrial
lending. Chairman Jones invited
business men to submit loan applica-
tions and requested the banks to join
the R. F. c. in making as many loans
as possible.
However, most of the small business
men asserted the r. F. c., like the
banks, was too conservative in making
loans and that some more liberal
method of financing should be devised.
Many of them favored the plan pro-
posed to Congress by Senator Pepper,
Democrat, of Florida for setting up a
new Federal financing agency to in
sure business loans.
Evening star., 1938-03-24
j. s. WILL BUILD
SUPER-WARSH|PS
Decision to Use EsCaIator
Clause of Naval Treaty
Revealed.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
The United States has decided to
invoke the escalator clause of the
London naval treaty and build battle
ships larger than $4,000 tons, State
Department officials said today.
Secretary Hull said at his press
conference that recommendations to
this effect were being received from
diplomatic and naval representatives
of the United States, Great Britain
and France, who have been consulting
in London for nearly a month.
They have decided on the neces-
sity for invoking the escalator clause,
officials said, and a formal notice
OF intention to invoke the clause is
expected in a day or so.
The notice of intention will take
the form of an exchange of notes be-
tween the United States and Britain.
France to Stand Pat.
France, however, it was understood,
Will not build battleships bigger than
the 35,000-ton limit. This is in the
hope of keeping Germany and Italy
from building them. The consulta-
tions in London are proceeding to
determine what upper limit, If any.
shall be set for the new super battle
ships.
The disclosure of naval plans came
coincidental with the start of House
debate on the $447,000000 War De-
partment appropriation bill, which
Representative Snyder, Democrat, of
Pennsylvania declared should be even
larger "in the light of present world
conditions"
Representative Snyder, chairman of
the Appropriations Subcommittee,
which prepared the bill, said he based
his opinion on the statement Of Gen.
Malin Craig, Army chief of staff, that
the Army needs equipment and a re-
serve force which would cost $780,
100000.
Against that deficiency, of which
the President was apprised," Mr..
Snyder said, He has given us sup
Elemental estimate Of $l6,880. 900.
II think we must assume that he
feels safe in not recommending more
at this time. I think we may also as
sumo, in the light Of more recent de-
velopments, that the President will
unhesitatingly further supplement the
budget, should his touch with inter-
national developments convince him
Of the wisdom of such q course"
Pacific Defenses Increased.
ALLEGATIONS proposed in the bill in
dicated the Army, like the Navy, Is
giving particular attention to key de-
fenses in the Pacific area.
The bulk OF q $6,748,559 allotment
for seacoast defenses was earmarked
to strengthen strategic points on the
Pacific Coast, in Hawaii and at the
Panama Canal.
OF $12,755,295 requested to meet q
critical deficiency in anti-aircraft
weapons and equipment, $3.7S3,540
was allotted specifically to the Pacific
area.
Evening star., 1938-03-24
TEA WITH FIRST LADY
Girl Contest Winner Invited by
Mrs. Roosevelt,

DENVER, March "a LP.-Eighteen-
year-old Lila Elliott, who said she had
not ridden in a street car or seen q
high building until last week, will
have tea In Washington next month
with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Lila, native of the mountain val
ley hamlet of Mosca, will be given q
four-day visit in Washington as first
prize in good citizenship contest.
She said she never had been In q
"big town" until she played In a
basket ball tournament at Colorado
Springs last week.
Evening star., 1938-03-24
ON T.V.A..
QUIZ DUE MONDAY
House Group Sets Session
on PIan-Bridges Seeks
to |mpound Records.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
President Rooserelt's remop1l of
DR.. Arthur E. Morgan from the
Tennessee Valley Authority cleared
the Udy for a congressional inpesti-
cation OF that agency, but the leg
tslatorS are in sharp disagreement
as to ho1D the inquiry should be
conducted Question as to whether
it shall be Joint investigation or
by Senate alone remains unsettled,
and effort to bar partial" inpesti-
gators Hkeuise is still in contro-
Uersy.
On the heels of the disclosure that
Senator Bridges, Republican, of New
Hampshire will make an attempt to
INBOUND all the records of the Ten
nessee Valley Authority, Chairman
O'Connor of the House Rules Com
mittee announced today that his group
would begin hearings Monday on pro-
posals for an investigation of the
T. V. A.
Mr.. OConnor offered it as his guess
that there will be a joint congress
sional investigation, although SEN
ator Norris, Independent. of Nebraska
father of the T. v. A., wants an inde-
pendent Senate inquiry. Senate Ma
jority Leader Barkley supports the
proposal for a joint investigation.
McNary Blocks Norris.
An attempt by Senator Norris this
morning to obtain immediate consider
alton of his resolution for a Senate
investigation was blocked by Senate
Minority Leader McNary. Soon there
after it became known that Senator
Bridges will offer a resolution for the
impounding Of the T. v. A. records.
In denouncing the Presidents re-
moval of Chairman Arthur E. Morgan,
Senator Bridges pointed out yesterday
that the records now are in the pos
session of Dr.. Harcourt Morgan and
David E. Lilienthal, T. v. A. opponents
of the deposed chairman. Senator
Bridges suggested there was a pos
sibility that records essential to q
thorough investigation of the T. v. A.
might be tampered with.
Delay Till Next Week Due.
Senator McNary said he favored an
investigation of T. v. A. and did not
care whether II" be made by Senate
committee or joint congressional
committee. He made it clear, how
ever, that he will insist upon taking
up the calendar after the reorganiza-
ton bill has been disposed of and
would oppose any effort to secure
action on the T. v. A. proposal until
that time.
Unless the Oregon Senator changes
his mind, therefore, 1t seems i'm
probable that action on the T. v. A.
investigation can be taken before next
week, when it is expected the final vote
will be had on the reorganization bill.
Senator Norris proposed that dis
cussion of his resolution be limited to
half an hour, but this was unsatisfac-
tory to Senator McNary, who said he
would insist upon the principle of
orderly procedure.
Evening star., 1938-03-24
Decisive Victory Claimed.

HENDAYE, France, March 24.-The
insurgent command today claimed for
the insurgent army one Of the most
decisive victories of the Spanish civil
war.
In the third day of the offensive
tightening a mesh around Catalonia
the central ,insurgent column pushed
forward from its new base at Pena,
while northern forces drove down from
Huesca and q southern unit advanced
along the Alcaniz-C -Caspe line.
The insurgent command said the
first two days of the new drive re-
suited in an advance of around 10
miles along q 15-mile front in the
northern sector, while the central VIC
tory opened q path to the zaragoza-
Lerida- Barcelona highway.
Insurgent Generalissimo Franco
himself commanded crossing Of the
Ebro yesterday, sending more than
10000 Moorish and Navarrese troops
over . pontoon bridge into an area
which has been . government strong
hold.
Evening star., 1938-03-24
CARRICK DIVORCED
American-Born Countess Obtains
n. ,~:-

American-Born Countess Obtains
Decree on Misconduct Charge.
LEWES, Sussex, England, March "A
R.-The American-born Countess of
Carrick won an undefended divorce
today from the Earl of Carrick on
charges of misconduct.
The Countess of Carrick is the for
mer Mrs. Marion G. Edwards Of Phila-
delphia, Pa, daughter of Daniel G.
Donoghue. She and the earl, q fire.
quent golflng companion Of the Duke
Of Windsor, were married in Doyles-
town, Pa, August 10, 1880. They have
one son.
At the time of her marriage the
countess gave her age Is ~ and said
she was q journalist.
Evening star., 1938-03-24
DR.. RICE TO ADVISE
Dartmouth Professor Will Guide
Philippine Finances.

HANOVER, N. H., March "a R.-
Prof. Lloyd P. Rice of the Department
OF Economics at Dartmouth College
today accepted an appointment as
financial adviser to the Philippine
government for period of IS months,
beginning in. June.
Prof. Rice served in 1934-5 as
economic analyst with the United
States Tariff Commission, specializing
on trade and economic problems of
the Philippines. Last year he was
chief economic analyst for the Office
OF Philippine affairs in the State De-
partment and financial adviser to the
Policy Committee of the Joint Com
mittee on United States-Philippine
Relations.
He is a native of CRANKY, Conn.
Evening star., 1938-03-24
MAY Join
CZECHS' DEFENSE,
H|TLER|S WARNED
Chamberlain Refuses Prior
Pledge Of Arms Aid,
However.
WARFARE MAY INVOLVE
BRITAIN, COMMONS TOLD
Premier Promises New Weapons
to Be Used for Protecting
France and Belgium.

oAC n hIHCOND-
In face of persistent aggressiors
by dictntors Great Britain has
sought security in Uastly increased
ornaments; $500 900 900 building
program 1pas announced year
ago, but Prime Minister Neuille
Chamberlain has reuealed that ulti-
mate cost UiH 90 far beyond sun,
originally fired. Accelerutton OF
arms building necessary to bring
Britain's forces to maximum in
shortest possible time.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. March 24-Prime Min
lister Chamberlain today refused to
give Czechoslovakia "a prior guaran-
tee" of immediate armed help against
German aggression, but he warned
Adolf Hitler that a Middle European
war would drag in other powers.
Where peace and war are con-
cerned," he told packed. intent House
Of Commons, legal obligations are not
alone involved. and if war broke out it i.
would be unlikely to be confined to
those who have assumed such obliga-
tions.
1T would be impossible to say where
it would end and what governments
might become involved.
This is especially true of two ccun-
tries like Britain and France
devoted to the same ideals of demo-
cratic liberty and determined to up
hold them"
Speaks 81 Minutes.
Mr.. Chamberlain spoke 81 minutes
in presenting his anxiously awaited
statement of foreign policy. the most
important such declaration by a Brit
ish prime minister since the World
War.
During most of his speech Mr..
Chamberlain leaned his left elbow on
the famous dispatch box used by
Disraeli, Gladstone and other prime
ministers before him.
He promised Britain would send the
new arms she was forging into battle
to uphold the treaties she already has,
notably those for aid to France and
Belgium, and to protect her vital in
terests.
He urged solution of the problems
between Hitler's expanded Germany
and Czechoslovakia. He insisted there
still were prospects for success in his
bargaining with Italy's Premier Mus
solini.
AttIee CriticizeS Quickly
Voicing the views of the labor party
and others in the opposition that
Britain should take a firmer line
against Europe's dictators, Clement
r. Attlee, opposition leader followed
Mr.. Chamberlain.
chamberlain has yielded to force"
he declared. He has left us and the
world in the 1914 situation.
There is nothing so dangerous as
a policy of weakness, drift and un-
certainty.
The prime minister does not seem
to realize the full gravity of the
situation and the need for positive.
not mere negative, action"
Attlee said he was shocked by Mr..
Chamberlain's amazing credulity' in
accepting Italy's promises.
He made fiat pledge to fight if
France or Belgium were the victim of
unjustified attack when he said
Our existing commitments which
might lead to the use of our arms for
a purpose other than our own defense
are, first of all, defense of France and
Belgium against unprovoked aggres-
sion.
Britain also has treaty obligations
to Portugal, Iraq and Egypt"
The Prime Minister declared that
Evening star., 1938-03-24
BY J. A. OLEARY.

The Senate this afternoon voted, At
to 36, to abolish the General Account
ing Office and split its functions be-
tween the Budget Bureau and a new
auditor generals Office. created by the
pending reorganization bill. The pro-
vision eliminates the Office of con-
troller general.
Last-minute appeals by the opposi-
ton failed to break through the ad-
ministrat ton line, which for several
weeks has resisted all efforts of a BIZ
partisan bloc to curb the broad pow
ers in the measure.
The roll call came on the motion of
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia to
strike out the new system Of Govern
ment accounting. This was regarded
as the last major move to amend the
bill. but does not mark the end of the
fight against passage After several
minor amendments are disposed Of the
climax will come on drive to send the
entire bill back to committee.
There is no limitation on the motion
to recommit, however, and opponents
Of the bill may stave off a vote until
next week in the hope of arousing
greater opposition to dangers they be-
lieve lie in the wake of powers to be
transferred from Congress to the
executive branch to regroup bureaus.
A new blast was fired at the reorgan-
ization bill earlier by Senator Walsh,
Democrat. of Massachusetts,. who
charged it gives the President powers
which no executive has ever exercised,
and which no executive should be per-
mitted to hold in reserve
Senator Walsh will make the motion
to send the bill back to committee
after all amendments have been acted
on.
Not since the Supreme Court reor-
Evening star., 1938-03-24
Summary Of Today's Star

FOREIGN.
Britain may join Czechs' defense,
Hitler Is warned. Page Al
Japanese believe they are targets of
U. s. Navy bill. Page Al
Smoke screens used by Rebels striking
into Catalonia. Page Al
Chinese attack foe seeking to cross
Grand Canal. Page A-4
Herrera is named to head Mexican oil
council. Pare Ak
Scott abduction trial next month in
Bahamas high court. Page Ais
NATIONAL.
Hearings on proposed T. v. A. probe
set 1or Monday. Page Al
Undistributed profits tax eliminated by
Senate committee. Page Al
Business aid program by Federal ON
cials planned. Pare Al
Senate votes to abolish General Ac-
counting Once. Page Al
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Hearings on D. G. representation
amendment due In May. Page Al
ondcer scheid held on murder charge
In Daugherty shooting: Page Al
Young naval officer kills self in nearby
Virginia woods. Page Az
House approval Of D. G. tax bill is
forecast. Page B-1
1ckes announces plans for historic 6.
d o. Canal Page B.l
Evening star., 1938-03-24
SMOKE SCREENS
USED BY REBELS
Insurgent Offensive Strikes
Into Untouched Section
of Catalonia.
BACKGROUND-

BACKGROUND
Insuroent forces of Gen. Francis
co Franco launched offensive to
reach Eastern Mediterranean sea-
coast OF Spain after recapture of
Teruel in February. Government
territory Would be cut in two by
rebels reaching objective. Premier
Juan Neorin recently appealed to
France for men and arms against
Italian and German forces, uhich
are proving superior to Loyalists.
BY the Assoc ated Press.
MADRID, March 24.-The Spanish
insurgent army, for the first time with
smoke screens to cloak its advance,
struck out today for the Mediter-
ranean on a new course into rich and
hitherto untouched Catalonia.
Shifting their attacks north of the
Ebro River, after two-week cleanup
campaign on the south bank. the in
surgents fixed Lerida as their first
objective.
Lerida is a key city for any drive to
carry the insurgents, moving north
and east from the Ebro. into the
northeastern corner of Spain. The
insurgents already have conquered
Northern and Western Spain. North
eastern Catalonia, a central portion
south of Madrid, and the southeastern
sector about Valencia remain in gov
ernment hands.
Using the tactics by which they
came to the south bank of the river,
the insurgents are driving first at
Lerida, communications with columns
of mechanical troops and an aviation
force.
The smoke screen first made its ap-
pearance yesterday and to it the gov
ernment credited defeat OF its forces
and the surrender Of two towns south
Of Huesca.
Evening star., 1938-03-24
GAO.
VOTED BY SENATE
Ballot Is 47 to So to Give
Part of Functions to an
Auditor General.
BACKGROUND

BACkGROUNU-
One OF tauorite reform measures
OF administration is pending bill
to reuise lineup OF Federal DEPART
ments and agencies. Amare OF bit
ter opposition, majority leaders
1Ctthheld bill from consideration in
special session. Test totes on at
tempted amendments in Senate
sholD administration strength.
Evening star., 1938-03-24

(See CHAMBERLAIN, Page A-5)
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See REORGANIZATION, Page A-7.J
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TO- 8 Weather Bureau Forecast)
Fair and colder, with lowest tempera-
ture about IS: tomorrow fair and warmer;
diminishing northwest winds Tempera-
lures today-Highest, II, at midnight;
lowest, So, at 3 pm.
Full report on page AZ.
Evening star., 1938-03-24

Not since the Supreme. Court reor-
Evening star., 1938-06-06
Marietta Park Dinner
Retiring President of Club
To Be Honored Tomorrow.

were announced by H. c. Waterman,
who acted as judge. The winners
were Robert w. Cochran, first prize;
Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, second; Parke
Arnold, third, and Mrs Bobbe Haag,
fourth. Honorable mention, Mrs. Rita
zaTin, Mrs. Elizabeth Aldrich and Miss
Mimika Abraham.
The banquet was arranged by Presi-
dent Mayne r. Coe, Maj. e. l.. Dyer,
Miss Bordeaux and Miss Abraham.
Epsilon Chapter, Phi Sigma Ep-
silon, will install officers at a dinner
June is, with the place to be
announced later. They are: Ine2
Gravelles Pike, president; Marion
Farley Benson. vice president; Marion
White. secretary; Margaret Grow
Stutz, treasurer; Louise Garrett, SER
geant at arms; Altha Rhodes, council
representative; Kathryn Spengler, re-
porter, and Ruth Bivins and Evelyn
Werner, province representatives.
X X X X
The Home Economics Women In
Business division of the District OF
Columbia Section of the American
Home Economics Association elected
Mrs. Anne Sullivan Hagen, president
at the meeting last week at Brooke
Farm Tea House. Miss Ethel Jean
Lamont was elected secretary-treaS-
urer Mrs. Hagen announced the
chairman of program for next year
would be Miss Bernice Burns.
X X
The Washington Chapter of the
Daughters of the U. S. Army met TO-
day for luncheon and business at the
Army Navy Club.
Evening star., 1938-06-06

Miss Polly Berry Married
To Mr.. John Sessions.
Mrs. Albert E. Berry announces the
marriage of her daughter, Polly, to
Mr.. John Sessions Thursday, May 26.
Evening star., 1938-06-06
Miss Lila Ogston Wed
To Mr.. John III. Kent.

THE marriage of Miss Lila Ogston
to Mr.. John Holloway Kent took
place June at the rectory of St.
Anne's Church, Wisconsin avenue. in
the presence of only the two families.
A small reception followed at the
apartment of the brides mother, Mrs.
Alfred James Ogston.
The bride, who is the daughter of
the late MIR. Alfred James Ogston,
British Consul at Portland. Greg,
wore a chiffon gown Of hyacinth blue
with a large picture hat and carried
Johanna Hill roses.
Miss Virginia Ogston, who was her
sisters only attendant, wore similar
gown of corn yellow and a picture hat,
and carried talisman roses and del
phinium.
Mr.. Edwin Kent, brother of the
bridegroom, was best man.
Evening star., 1938-06-06
Miss Sarah Moore Bride
OF Mr.. Howard Cecil Coffin.

THE Calvary Methodist Protestant
Church in Aurora Hills, Va, was
the scene of the wedding Saturday
evening of Miss Sarah Moore, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Thomas Wesley Moore and
the late Mr.. Moore, of Aurora Hills,
and Mr.. Howard Cecil Coffin of Wash
ington and Kansas, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Max Coffin of Leroy, Kans.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Thomas G. Betschler at o'clock
in the evening, before an altar decor
ated with palms, ferns and baskets of
mixed spring blossoms.
The wedding music was played by
Mrs. E. j. Skidmore, who also ac-
companied Mr. Benjamin Genoa, who
sang preceding the ceremony.
The bride was given in marriage by
her brother, Mr.. Thomas w. Moore.
She wore a gown of white lace, over
satin, made on princess lines, with an
Elizabethan collar of lace and with
long, tight-fitting sleeves, which ended
in points over the hands. Her finger
tip-length veil of tulle fell from a cap
simply arranged about her head, and
caught with orange blossoms, and she
carried an arm bouquet of gardenias.
She had as her matron of honor and
only attendant, Mrs. William Oponick
OF worcester, Mass, who was dressed
in green silk embroidered net gown,
with which she wore green lace mitts
and a Juliet cap with a shoulder
length veil, which matched her gown.
Her flowers were an arm bouquet of
Talisman roses.
Mr.. William Oponick served as best
man for Mr.. Coffin and the ushers were
Mr.. Jack Ross and Mr.. Earl Miller of
Arlington.
Following the ceremony Mr.. Coffin
and his bride left for a wedding trip
to Asheville, N. c.. and after June
ii they will be at home at 2502 South
Joyce street, Aurora Hills.
Mrs. Cofin's going-away costume
was a navy blue fat crepe, with ac-
cessories to match, and wool top coat
In shade of gold.
She is graduate of Central High
School, Washington, class of "a. while
the bridegroom attended public schools
In Leroy, Kans., and is a graduate of
the United States Naval. Academy,
class of '35.