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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-22
HOUSE C R 0 U P
Cites NEED FOR.
WAGE-HOUR BILL.
Measure Seen Balk.
To DefIation

U.N.S) Declaring that "inevlt
able" wage cuts of a depression IRE
already upon the nation, the
House Labor Committee today as
serted the need for enactment oi
the new compromise wage-hoi y.
bill by this Congress is urgent"
In a majority report on the
measure, the committee pointed Ia
the "alarmingly sharp decline IN
business activity" and declared
enactment of the legislation es
sential to forestall "a vicious spiral
Of deflation."
CUTS INEVITABLE"
with that decline have come
the inevitable wage cuts which
the great mass of American busi-
ness men so deplore, but are
powerless to prevent" the re-
port said.
These business men know
that wage cutting sets in mo-
ton this. vicious spiral of defla-
ton, which, il allowed to gather
sufficient strength, may threaten
the foundations of government
ITSELF"
The majority asserted that I'm.
less wage levels are maintained
on at least a cost-of-living basis
the unprecedented demands
upon the Federal and State gov.
ernments for relief must con,
tlnue."
DIRECT BURDEN"
''The payment Of oppressive
wages is not only detrimental to
interstate commerce and to the
health and well-doing of EN-.
ployes of employers in interstate
commerce. but also casts a direct
burden of such employees upon
government" the report con.
tinued.
THE government cannot indefi-
nitely provide what is in effect
a subsidy for such employers
subsidy made necessary by the in.
ability of the great majority of
such employers to maintain fair
labor standards in the face of
wage cuts by chiseling com
petitors."
Pointing out that the measure
within three years would make a
minimum 40 cents per hour wage
and a maximum 40 hour work
week the law of the land for per
sons engaged in interstate COM
merce, the committee expressed
the hope that State legislatures
will adopt similar If not higher
standards" for intrastate industry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-22
ROOSEVELT PAT.
ON ACCORD AIDS.
CHI A MERRIAM.
Britain Inspired OK. on
AngIo-ItaIian Pact
Copyright. 1888, by 1nterna tional
News Service.)

GNSJ. President Roosevelt's
formal statement placing Americas
20. K" on the Anglo-Italian &C.
cord was inspired by the govern
ment Of Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain, it was learned today
on high authority.
Hardly had the ink dried on the
concordat at Rome when Downing
Street approached the American
State Department through diplo-
matte channels. It was "sug-
gested" that an official pronounce
ment of approval by President
Roosevelt would prove a highly
effective additional aid toward
preservation of European peace.
Undersecretary of State Welles
communicated the British pro-
posal to the President Tuesday
morning and the residents state
ment, carefully drafted in the
State Department, was read by
him at his biweekly press con-
ference Tuesday afternoon.
DIPLOMATS SURPRISED
The revelation that the state
ment was not wholly spontaneous
but was prompted by a British
suggestion, particularly in the
light of British internal politics,
surprised foreign diplomats here,
who were just beginning to recover
from the surprise evoked by what
they viewed as a reversal Of the
United States attitude toward the
Fascist powers.
Diplomatic circles viewed the
statement, in its full effect, as an
expression to the British public
of the United States support OF
the CHAMBERLAIN cabinet.
Chamberlain, who succeeded in
oustinP Anthony Eden some weeks
ago on the issue of whether Brit
ain would oppose the growing
power of the Fascist nations or
cut them off" with concessions,
must face a national election
within the next IL or IA months.
EDEN CHIEF FOE
The issue will be approval or
disapproval of the Chamberlain
policy of realism Should Cham
berlain lose the election his cabi-
net must fall and it is probable
Eden, a strong League Of Ma
lions supporter, might succeed to
the premiership.
Chamberlain, according to Brit
ish sources, already faces strong
opposition ard has lost his first
test at the polls in the recent
vote for a parliamentary seat in
London, which was won by the
opposition Labor candidate. The
winner campaigned on platform
opposing the Chamberlain policies.
In the last national election test
the Chamberlain party won by a
comparatively small margin. His
national party polled 10000, 900
votes to the combined opposition
LaboriteS and Liberal vote of
100000. Chamberlain's strength
in Parliament is far greater
400 seats to the opposition's 210
but the cabinets fate will de-
pend on the outcome of the next
election.
Diplomatic circles conceded it
is highly improbable that Mr..
Roosevelt realized his statement
might be construed as giving aid
and comfort to Chamberlain in
British domestic politics, but that
is the effect of it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-22
ide open to aerial lombard

wide open to aerial lombard
ment.
"The best way to stop these
aggressor nations is to show
them that we have the strength
to back up our position. It was
noticeable that as soon as we
served notice on Japan that we
were going to build more battle
ships, the Japanese government
withdrew fishing fleets from
our Alaskan waters"
VISIT TO ALASKA
Vinson said:
"A subcommittee will be ap-
pointed to visit every navy yard
from Maine to Seattle, and
make a special trip to Alaska to
investigate the need for air, de-
stroyer, submarine and mine
bases there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-22
HarrisOnburg Man
Dies After Crash

HARRISONBURG. Va, April
22.-Charles King, jr., 20, of this
city, died in Staunton Hospital
last night Of injuries he received
Sunday when a car he was oper-
ating crashed into culvert on
the Valley Pike. 20 miles south
Of Staunton.
Kings sister, Carol, IT, is still
unconscious in Stanton Hospital
from brain conclusion she SUI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-22
Panay Check Given
u. S. by Japanese

TOKYO, April % G.N.SO.
A check for full payment of the
indemnity demanded by the United
States for sinking of the gunboat
Panay by japanese airplanes was
handed to the American Embassy
today, according to an official
announcement. With the pay.
ment, it was said, the affair has
been "amicably and satisfactorily
settled"
-VoTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-22
Jews in Hungary
Fight Restrictions

BUDAPEST. Hungary, April %
Q.N.SO.-Jewish organizations in
Hungary today protested to the
government against an anti-Semi-
tic bill designed to restrict Jewish
influence in this country. The
protest charged Jews were not con-
suited when the measure was
drafted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-22
WOODRUFF PUSHES BILL

Representative Woodrum Cd
of Virginia, high-ranking House
Appropriations committeeman in
charge of drafting the proposed
omnibus recovery bill, declared
conservative Treasury estimates of
the anticipated deficit do not ex-
coed $3.O00,000,o0O. and he dis
missed the "greenback" charge as
ridiculous and without founda-
ton"
Meanwhile, Secretary of Treas
ury Morgenthau set machinery
into operation to pour $400, 900 900
in desterilized gold into private
credit channels in the next eight
weeks at the rate of $4,000, 900
per week.
A proposal that the Government
establish intermediate credit banks
to share with banking houses the
underwriting of utility stock is
sues was studied by Administra-
ton officials as a possible method
to stimulate a billion-dollar build
ing program by private utilities.
300 MILLION FOR RAILS
On another front the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
prepared to draft legislation for
immediate enactment, lifting re-
quirement of ICC approval for
RFC loans to railroads in an eff
fort to speed $500, 000, 900 in loans
recommended by President Roose-
welt. to encourage purchase of rail
equipment.
In the House the Appropriations
Committee was disclosed to have
heard testimony from Aubrey Will
liams, head of the National Youth
Administration, to the effect that
the SIS, 100000 for NYA sought by
Mr.. Roosevelt will be used to boost
the agency's works-projects roles
from 10000 to 100000 youths and
to continue assistance to 100000
students.
unTe eon euEE1.or nnn, a.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-22
House Group Plans
Sweeping Survey of
US. Defense System
Special Navy Board to Join Congressional
Investigation on Air Tour in JuLv
By WILLIAM 8. NEAL

0N.S) FOreseeing another Army-Navy expansion pro-
next year. House military and leaders today de.
cded to institute sweeping Investigation Of the nation
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-22
Recovery Campaign
Pushed in Congress
Amid Foes Attacks
Republicans Forecast 8 Billion Deficit
This Year Because of Program
By ROBERT HUMPHREYS

INS) Moves broaden the nations credit facilities grant
emergency loans stricken railroads and stimulate privately
financed expansion program for utilities entered the Admins
traon's 81 SIP 100000 recovery drive today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-22
FTC Moves
Commission in Apex
Building

Meat but not gaudy' is the
official description of the Apex
Building, the new edifice which
became the home of the Federal
Trade Commission yesterday.
The commissions 500 employ Is
took over their new building, al
the foot Of the Federal Triang-e
in full force today.
Interior furnishings are ultra
modern but not swanky. Green
leather furniture and venetian
blinds feature the various confer
ence rooms. There are no escala
tors nor any private tiled bath
rooms for the commissioners.
On the top. floor there is 9
cafeteria for employees.
Members of the Federal Trade
Commission include: Garland S
Ferguson, chairman; Charles H
March, Robert E. Freer, Ewin l.
Davis and w. A. Ayres.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
RAIL LINE OKAYED
Q.N.S.) In a joint application
the New York Central and the
Evansville, Indianapolis and Terre
Haute railroads today asked the
ICC for authority to construct IL
miles of new line from a point
near BuckSkin to a point near
Dickyville, Ind. The purpose OF
the construction is to serve strip
mines to be opened near Dicky
vile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-22

fensive war machine.
The investigation will range
from study Of a program for de-
Tense of big cities against air raids
to the establishment Of a strategic
naval base in the Aleutian Islands.
A special Navy board. authorized
by Congress in the pending naval
expansion bill, will join the Con-
gressional investigators in an air
plane trip which is planned to
start about July and cover 20
600 to $4,000 miles.
FORCES JOINED
Representatives vinson CD of
Georgia, chairman Of the House
Naval Affairs Committee, and
Representative May CD of Ken
lucky, chairman Of the Military
Affairs Committee, Joined forces
in preparing for the joint investi-
cation.
The long-delayed plan to estab-
fish strategic air bases in the
States and in Alaska will be con-
sidered. Demands Of members
from the Atlantic seaboard for
new coast defenses and complaints
that many big cities now are open
targets for enemy air raids, will
be studied.
The investigation may bring to
a head the proposal of some high
military strategists for the estab-
lishment of a naval and air base
on the Aleutian Islands, which
stretch out into the Pacific off
Alaska.
TRIP OUTLINED
Special subcommittee will be
named from the military and
naval affairs committees to join
the proposed naval board. High
ranking army officers also will be
asked to accompany the legisla.
tors.
THE trip will be made from
Maine to Alaska by way Of the
gulf and the Panama Canal for
the purpose of inspecting coast
defenses to determine the need
for new coast artillery and anti
aircraft guns" said May.
I'VE are going to see for our
selves what dilapidated condi-
ton our coast defenses are in.
We apparently have a bunch Of
obsolete stationary guns that are
designed only to shoot at ships.
What we need is mobility. Mott
of the nations coast line is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-22
OPPORTUNITY
MONTH
For Home Buyers
Starts Today

Today inaugurates
PPO RT U NIFTY
MONTH FOR HOME
BUYERS. During this
period there will be an
unusually fine array of
new homes offered by the
leading real estate con-
Germs in greater Washing
ton. A complete alpha
betized listing Of these out
standing home values will
appear each day in the
Classified Section of the
Herald and Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-22

At the same time, Administra-
ton spokesman vigorously denied
Republican charges in Congress
that the new spend-and.lend pro-
gram threatens the Government
with an 100000, 900 deficit for
the next fiscal year, and encom.
passes a $3.0000O0. 900 issue of
inflationary "greenbacks.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-02
Morgan Firm Issues
Spirited Defense

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 LP.-J. P.
Morgan g. Co. issued a statement
last night which spiritedly defend
ed two of the firms best-known
partners, Thomas w. Lamont and
George Whitney, after the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission had
criticised both for what the commits
sion called "concealment" of the
irregular practices of Richard Whit
ney before the collapse of the lat
ter's brokerage firm last March.
we deplore the reflections in the
report of the Securities and Ex-
change Commission upon Thomas
w. Lamont and George Whitney"
said the statement.
They are unjust and unwar-
ranted. George Whitney did what
any brother would do. 1t was
only when demand was made upon
Richard Whitney by the stock ex-
change gratuity fund trustees that
George Whitney first learned of the
matter.
He forthwith provided his brother
with the money to return the cash
and securities of the gratuity fund
which Richard Whitney had I'M
lawfully used for his own purpose.
George Whitney lent his brother
over 81 100000 to enable him to make
restitution to this trust fund.
Mr.. Lamont did what a friend
and partner should have done-lent
George Whitney temporarily the
cash to make restitution possible.
There was no concealment from
the stock exchange and could not
have been, for the stock exchange
by its vice president and chairman
OF its gratuity fund had made the
demand and received restitution,
had with the approval of its counsel
refused days delay, and had sought
and obtained the assurance of
George Whitney that payment and
delivery would be made. an assur-
ance which would obviously have
been unnecessary if Richard Whit
ney had not misused the securities !"
Although there were signs of &C
tivity in the squat Morgan bank
building at the corner of Wall and
Broad until late in the evening, Mr..
Lamont was not available for per-
sonal comment on the S. E. C. stric-
lures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-02

with. Count half letter for Is,
spaces and punctuation, and a let
ter and half for Ms and WIS. The
two lines must be exactly the same
length. Below that you have three
lines. The first takes Is to q
letters, the others being enough
shorter to allow an even pyramid. :"
Then try it in the new style. Here
you have three lines. is, small is,
is and punctuation count half. Each
line can be from Is to 20 letters,
they need not be the same length,
and the three lines of smaller type
may be anything from 6 or 7 to Is
letters long. 1t was the old, re-
stricted type of headline which gave
the language such "journalese"
words as "flayS." inks" Tres" and
such common misusages as rep
lea and institute.
And before the type was changed
Sunday there were long intra office
conferences. studies of the uses to
which all the many kinds of types
in the plant were being put, confer
ences with typographers and au-
thorities on fine printing, and finally
the making of test papers in many
variations of type combinations tc
see how each would look in The
Star without changing the char
acter of The Star.
More than 40 test papers were
set and printed, on one occasion two
complete 24-page papers were print
ed to illustrate different problems.
Even details which the reader usual
ly doesn't know exist were the SUBJ
Ject of many trials. For instance.
when the new faces were decided
upon finally, the question arose con-
corning the ruling which runs across
the top of the page under the date
line. Should it be kept as a double
line as heretofore or should it be
single line? If single line,
should 1t be one, two or three points
IN thickness? Should the dashes
at the ends of items be changed?
Should there be a dash under each
headline, or should there be white
space. If white space, should it be
three, six or eight points? These
are Just a few of the myriad of
problems demanding an answer
And the best experts on Typography
In the country cannot answer a
single one of them off-hand.1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-02
Precinct Phone
Service Halted
| As Cable Is Cut

Police patrolmen had to dig down
in their pockets for money to make
their routine reports from phone
booths to the first precinct from
noon yesterday to am. today when
the call box system was disrupted
by workmen excavating for the new
court building. They had acct
dentally cut the main cable buried
on the side Of E street.
The first precinct operator re-
ported that about noon practically
all the IS call boxes flashed signals
at once and then went dead.
He finally got the switchboard
back IN operation this morning after
the trouble was traced. The main
trunk cable for the Eastern part of
the United States, carrying 200 wires
for Western Union, also was put out
OF commission temporarily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-02

time necessary for replacing each
character and assuring the use of
fresh, clean-cut letters each time.
In changing The Stars type it
was necessary to replace the type
on % machines for the setting of
the bulk of the news matter, IL
magazines of new headline type
were installed on three other ma
chimes, one font or set of Ludlow
matrices was added to the supply
already on hand. and one font of
Monotype matrices completed the
major part of the equipment.
However, this new material had
to be installed. Since The Stars
plant operates "a hours a day from
early Monday morning to the fol-
lowing Sunday morning, the only
time the work could be done with
out taking machines out of produce
ton was Sunday. A staff of six
machinists and the news foreman of
the composing room spent the day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-02
Lamont Is Rebuked
By5.E.c.1or Failing
To Report Whitney
Traditions Which Nav
Explain Thut Conduct
Also Are Condemned
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Thomas w. Lamont, partner in ].
P. Morgan g. Co., was publicly re-
buked yesterday by the Securities
and Exchange Commission for fail
ing to report the criminal conduct
of Richard Whitney to the proper
New York Stock Exchange authori-
ties.
Whitney, who for five years was
president Of the exchange, is serving
a 5-to-10-year prison term in Sing
Sing for misrepresentation of Gus
toners securities.
The S. E. C.'s criticism of Mr.. La
mont was contained in part three of
the report of its investigation of the
failure of the Whitney firm on
March 8, 1898.
In statement issued in New York
last night j. P. Morgan & Co. termed
the criticism unjust and unwar-
ranted."
Testimony at commission hearings
disclosed that George Whitney, in
order to help his brother Richard,
borrowed $l,082,00O from Mr.. La
mont. At that time, November, 1887,
the report said, George Whitney
fully Informed Mr.. Lamont of Rich
ard Whitney's embezzlement of the
gratuity fund securities" CThese Sc
curlties belong to the exchange pen
sion fund.-
No Reason for Silence,
The report said that the two Nor
gan partners, Mr.. Lamont and
George Whitney, although they
knew in November, 1887, of Richard
Whitney's misconduct, never called
that fact to the attention of the ex-
change authorities"
The S. E. c. stressed that even
ii George Whitney's relationship to
his brother should be regarded as
IAN adequate explanation of his
silence, this factor was not present
in the case of Mr.. Lamont, who
was in no wise related to Richard
Whitney, and had none but business
contacts with him"
yet, Mr.. Lamont testified that
he considered his failure to advise
the exchange authorities of Richard
Whitney's criminal conduct entirely
proper
u. P. Morgan testified that even
If he had known of Richard Whit
ney's unlawful acts, he would not
have reported them to the ex-
change"
1t is automatic" the report said.
that in any community attitudes of
outstanding members are likely to
color the attitudes and morals of
most of the community.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-02
Brig. Gen. Merrill
Transferred to Indiana

Brig. Gen. Dana T. Merrill, COM
mander of the Washington ProW-
slonal Brigade, which includes
troops stationed in the Washington
Baltimore area, has been transferred
to command of the 10th Infantry
Brigade, Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Ind, it was announced by the War
Department today. The transfer is
effective November 30.
Gen. Merrill will be succeeded
here by Col. Maxwell Murray, now
assistant commandant of the Field
Artillery School at Fort Sill, Okla.
Col. Murray is to be promoted to
brlgadier general on December l, the
department announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-02

doing this. Old matrices had to be
taken out of the magazines, the new
ones installed, the machines adjust
ed and checked.
On the machines which set the
editorial page and the headlines new
liners" had to be placed in the
molds. These are scientifically en-
gineered spacings which fix the
thickness of the line as it appears
In the paper. New molds were also
installed on some machines.
The new type for the editorial
page is 8 point on a 1O-point base.
One point, for most printing pur-
poses, is one seventy-second of an
inch. But the machinist cannot
take rough measurements. He must
use the true value of the point,
which is 1880 100, O0Oths of an
inch. The slightest variation on
one machine will make a whole
column of type look as if it were
slanting, and if the error is as
much as half point the printing
can be nearly illegible.
The type for the news columns of
the paper was increased to seven
points. cast on an eight-point base!
Ihere was no change in the kind of
letter used, it was merely enlarged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-02
George Burk|in Dies
After Iona Illness

George Burklin, 80, died yesterday
at his residence at Is Belmont court.
Sligo Park Hills, Md, after long
illness.
Born in Nancy, France, Mr.. Burk-
lin came to this country at the age
of 10, making his home in Washing
ton. A linguist, he was appointed
foreign proof reader in the United
States Printing Office, serving for
IS years, until his retirement at
the age of rs. He was a member of
the Typographical Union and of the
Fourth Presbyterian Church. He had
been a resident of Sligo Park Hills
for 10 years.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Harriet E. Burklin; three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Maude Delair Kimble of
Sligo Park Hills, Miss Lydia Burklin
and Mrs. Ruby Mitchell. and one
son, Robert Rayburn Burklin, all
OF Washington
Funeral services will be held Fri
dya at IL am. at the S. H. Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street
NV. Interment will be in Glenwood
Cemetery.