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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-12-03
Mitchell Loses Case
Against Rock Island
Railroad Officials

WASHINGTON. d. C.-Congress-
alsn Arthur W Mitchell. Democrat
Illinois, lost his case against the
Rock Island Railroad when II was
2 smissed by the Interstate Com
nerce commission here Saturday.
The commission is composed OF
u members. Five OF them express
90 dissenting votes.
Congressman Mitchell charged
10, he vas travelling from Chica-
20 % Hot Springs, Ark, on April
~ 1887. and that the conductor on
ae train required him 10 change
rars when the train entered Ark
aasas The railroad declared seq
legation OF races Is required by
Arkansas laws.
Congressman Mitchell contended
The law required equal but sepa-
rate Accommodations Tor both races
and that the accommodations for
colored persons were unsatsfac-
tory.
1T Is not for as to enforce the
state law the commissions deci-
sion said. We understand that 70
be a matter for state authorities.
But In deciding the case on the
facts presented We must recognize
that under state law defendant.
must segregafe colored passeng
ers
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-12-03

der bail which was reduced \.
Monday in Distric ccr-' ,-sr ,,,.
600 TO $4,000
Groos Is also in csls,oba! a 4.
waiting trial whi'e he Garn,
girl and Kuhrig are az llssr,y 4.
ter putting up bail Il The sncu.,
OF $1,000.
Because OF the paals;y 81.
rounding the cas- s. erpsc,,
that the courtroom VII be "a.
small 70 accomoda'e IL, crcz. \
interested persons aa4 rs rin
this an all-white afiai- coa-; Nsr.
shall Hushing aas given no.ics .sE
West Indian lwill ro' Sc ala-:a
to the COURTROOM Oh ,he sas Ii,
trial.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-12-03
Walter White Raps
Bishop Edwin Hughes

NEW YORK CITY amp -
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes. OF the
Methodist Episcopal church. was
criticized here Thursday by Walter
White. executive secretary, NAACP,
az q "dlsheartening" example OF
a great leader Of a great church
guilty OF attempting TO cast out
the Nasi mote In eyes across the
sea while ignoring" beams In A
mericsn eyes.
The criticism. which vac con.
tanned In q letter addressed TO the
bishop, wss oocssionsd BY s'rsport
appearing In q Philadelphia daily
paper last week which placed the
bishop on record a. giving comfort
10 reactionarIes who are opposed
10 the passage OF federal anti
lynching bill by Congress.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-12-03
Settle Out OF
Court For Death
OF Car Driver
Dependents Get
$500 Under
Compensation Law

A settlement OF $500 for the
death OF John Thomas. truck
criver for the Standard Poultry
npany. sOll Russell street. was
made out OF court LAST week. Tho
mas was killed AprI IL OF this
y@a-
Tie case was taken before Jo-
ssph A. Craigen deputy labor COM
L. .Ssioner on November Fl by Attor-
Key William v Banks. counsel for
l.scile Wright and lillian Mae
Weight mother and sister Of the
deceased Mary Goodrum, 1852 An
lam street, also made claims as
dependent By setting up that she
vas the common-iaw wife o. Tho
-as
The case aroused much inter-
est when the welfare department
sought to prosecute Mrs. Goodrum
Tor accepting welfare aid after stat
.ag that she had been living with
me deceased for a long time as
comnon-law wife.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-12-03

An Apology

The Tribune takes this oppor.
tunIty 10 apologize 10 Chief In.
vestizstor oliver J. Beresiord.
Of the Election Commission, for
the error cccasiened BY . trans
position Of his name for that Of
. defendant. IN last weeks Is.
sue.
In copying the proceedings Of
the case from the records, q re-
porter unintentionally wrote Mr..
B<resfcrd's name In place OF
Travis Cavness, who Was ar.
ralgned and convicted on q
charge Of false registration and
sentenced to a term NJ the De-
trolt House OF Correction.
Mr.. Beresford was the plain.
tiff, representing the Election
commission. and was not the
defendant In the case.
We regret the occurrence OF
the error and again apologize.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-12-03
Two Locked Doors And Cousin
Rouse Husbands Jealous Ire

Walter Lawson was emphatic In
his assertions that he would not
return TO his wife. Waiter was
talking 10 Judge Christopher II.
Stein. OF Recorders Court Friday
morning. He was before the court
on felonius assault charge.
Walters assertions were mott
waited by some incidents which had
occurred the night before Al first
he was reluctant about telling the
court, bu, Judge Stein finally per-
suaded Walter TO unravel his story.
According 70 Walter he returned
home from work, and when he put
his key in the door, the door re-
fused to open. Going TO the rear
door he met a similar fate. SO back
10 the front again, and this time he
was greeted by his young wife,
Allyne. who wanted 70 know what
he wanted.
Pushing past his wife, Walter
said that he discovered cousin,
Charles Armstrong, sitting in the
house And then the fight began
During the melee Mrs. Lawson was
cut. but lawson denied that he had
inflicted the wounds which sent his
wife to the hospital.
After Walter had been released
by the court, he reiterated his pro
mise 10 remain away from IN
house at 1887 Waterloo street, I
Detectives Earl Moore and Alfre
Perry who had arrested him.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-12-03
Victim Dies
Shortly After
Stabbiing
Man Arrested On
Nearby Grounds
BY Police

nISr-Jerorne Bower 23-yesr-
old worker vas held by police sa.-
irday on murder charge AFTER
GLADYS frye o. of sz5 JAnisoa
street. died in Hurley hospital u
stab wounds ~ Ken .y4 a. 1851
Afaines stree.
ACCORDING 20 police Miss FRYE
~as cut b. Bower wi,h pocke
Knife she died Jess thar Al h5lr
sttsr The s,,ack Bowen led 'rrn
ne scere x The crime before ~
arrival u s.ollce.
Witnesses who lad seen tAe
stasbins FAMED him a. Re as
saul,s- Ms Frys ~ ras az
res,4c la.+r ~ ne H..s,er a@.s-
.ouse grounds ~ 1a3 been GU:
On he hsrd and mad ,a~el ~,a2-
pa a-osra he ~ound
ss:rhoors ha1 ca.ied TIE police
AZ .o'e her ess--e per
--~en 3 zs- A1t Nss ere 7'z-
x his g-1g,c go -- pm. BE-
eve - 10 I'd I'D a~a;s-
s-r1ns-; before ne e-.'irE
Bo~.E III. 81 s-s.z-4a r. se
rzrdsr large ~e44 ard -rs-
z.zat.o- he'd rert reex
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-12-03

school system. The sorors who
helped welcome them included
Mesdames Jennie Young, Ethel
Simmons. Ernestyne Walker, Irene
Graves, Agnes Lewis, LaClaire
Knox. Beulah Whitby, Lallie Walk
err, Thelma Baldwin, Beatrice
Jackson, Emma Copeland, Laura
Kate Pickens, Ashley Cain. and
Jennie Page, also Misses Hertha
Priest, Mabel Windrow, Beulah
and Betty Cain, Cornell Tondee,
Hazel Lyman, Fannie and Portia
Bethel, and Ruby Bradley.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-12-03
------fi ------
Councils Reflect
Current, Chairman

C3s,e- Z asz
youth 4@. AS re- ~
rs ard corssrg We .s--o - Ar
mar - Re stt-sl Y,-.r ctg-
y 'ae De-. tAs E -er.4
Sovemb4- q ~ -Arl,s ~e-
.rg held a, re y y ~
Chairman c.--s-. -er~yes
unanimous soc es tic Taeo1~-e
Smith vice caa!rns- Hs5e VIZ
drow. recording sec-e.a-y ca-3-
lyne Der co-resqore..v sse-sta-s
Yvonne Alien assam o,r-es-
ponding. eecrefsry 7re he-'s.
harris. -easlrer
Belle, vas expressed that 4 NOS
progressive year ras forthcoming
after the election o, ne executive
board which corpases f.4c,a-G
Troutman, Conne.i Ro+4m>rd Hor-
acc Sheffield BENJAMIN Esat.ze-
Eugene Hall r-arces I<0na-1
Horace HOLLOWAY srs Johr Tsorr-
s0n.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-12-03
Committee Gets
Oxford Hall REM
Case To Settle
Injunction Hearin,
On Rowe and Scot,
Adjourned Week

Efforts TO settle the ,arss 49,.
ton between Julius Waem.. Ia
er OF oxford Hall ssli Brush ...'' :
ard his tenants. was ma. ~ :,
week with the appoin,nss :. ~
committee to study tAs i.s,., :
,volyed IN the es;rangemss. :
The committee was 49,
wagman and Is composed :, ~
ministers and three laymsr ~.
committee met las Friday ia.
In the home Of the Rev Jaar b..
52S East Ferry avenue.
The committee ne azs,s ~.
day afternoon. made a, i-sn.,.,.'
OF the building, and 'la,e- 49,.
conference with wagmar ~
meeting was an a;,emp, % sr.l,.
at an amicable set;lemer, =. =
rent situation al the ox,o-s W.
apartments. go
Claude Rove, presiasn, ). =.
Rent Payers Protective assor,s,,,.
and Theon Scott one 4. re- -ss.r.
ing tenants appeared. n rl..,s|
Court Saturday on a snow ~...
action In a temporary .-.a-,.,,
restraining the two from ia.s-....
ing with the tenants The s4,r,,,
was adjourned untl Decsns..
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-12-03
AUDI T-I-O.N.S.
FOR OPERA CARMEN

The Detroit Negro Opera Dhad|
will hold additions on Monday, ana
Wednesdays, from : 10 $3.50 p. n.
mt the Y. W. G. 4.
This Is an opportunity iOr s.pf.
Ing singners 10 participate In II,
Opera @Carmen" which will n
presented In English this ccmln,
spring. There are principal parts
and chorus vacancies.
Bring s5c Tor registration N
and music.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-12-03
In Memoriam

flavee 6ustava Speights, who
died December ], 1887 OF the May.
bury >anstorium- Worthwhile, Michi.
gan.
The flowers ! lay on your grave,
may wither and decayi
But the love | have for you,
dear FIa,ee, shall never pass a.
way Sadly missed by her moth.
or, Mrs. Sara Lucas, ISIS Good.
Win AVE. and other relatives.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-02-25
WashingtonHIv Den oslaven.

Dvoustolete a seste vyroci
narozenin George Washington
ma oslaveny byly v Baltimore.
Vice nezli 10000 pekard sla-
vfc1ch v den ten sv1j narodn1
|tyden pr nejmensfm upeklo
10000 tTesnovych patti.
Skoly byly zavreny We statu
a v meste.
Ma Johns Hopkins universe
te konana byla oslava spojena
S ud1len1m dekretG v divadle
Lyric. Recnfkem byl DIR. Cor
don Jennings Laing, redaktor
universitn1ho Chicazskeho It's
ku.
William S. Culberton, byva-
~ velvyslanec americky v Chi
lie a ministr v Rumunsku, byl
hlavnim recn1kem pTi hostine
Marylandske spolecnosti Syn6
Americke Revoluce v Belve-
dere hotelu.
Y poledne vyslouzilci ma
Mount Vernon Place osloveni
byli governerem Nice, mayo
rem Jackson a gen. navladn1m
O'Conor. Kapela IL. pes1ho
pluku z Fort Howard koncer-
tovala.
U patty pomn1ku polozen byl
nadherny venec cleny legie.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-02-25

Nanka odebrati jinam. A nyni
Sc pocfna DEF vyvfjeti. Srdecne
Cd pile Sc musite zasmati ko-
mickemu parku manzel1 Spou-
tilovych. Jejich synek Pepa,
je zamilovan do hajneho dcery
Terky. Vyber hercG je INA
menity.
Rudolf Hosta, statkaT, p. A.
Cihlar; Vojtech Douda ,hajny,
p. Jan Kaspar; Terka, jeho
dcera, pf. MaTenka Neumano-
va; Nanka Razova, p1. Fran
tiska Maresova; Ignac soputil,
uzenar, p. Franta stetka; Gil
zela, jeho zena, p1. NADIA Kar-
penkova; Pepanek, jejich syn,
p. Jarka Mares; Vincek a Ton
da, tulaci, PIP. Jan R1zicka a
A. Radek.
Rezii ma mlada adepka Dram.
umeni pi. Frantiska M~aresova
a A. CihlaT. Zacatek tentokra-
tie je s%tanoven ma $3.50 odpol.
Vstupne jake obycejne.
Nezapomente datum 6. bfe-
INA v Sokolovne "Zlaty lijak'.
Dop.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-02-25
Statni sluzne pills nizkym.

re stat Maryland platf pTflis
mike sluzne sym zT1zencGm,
pronesl v pondelf Henry G.
Jones, komisar statnfho "a
mestnavani. Nejblizsimu "a
sedani zakonodarny podana
Dude pTedloha ma zlepsen1, a.
by sluzba statu nemusela z1-
staff pozadu "a vladn1 spra-
YOU, mestem Baltimore a pri-
vatni industri1.
Uvedl, re mladsf klerkove
dostavajf ma sluznem ami ne
5000 a $1,000 rocne a v jinych
pfipadech stars1 klerkove ko-
najfcf tutez praci spokojiti Sc
must sc sluznym cd $1.100 dc
$4,000 rocne.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-02-25
Mlyn shorel.

Prospect mlyn v~lastneny Ro-
berton Heighe u Bel-Air, mi
cen byl ohnem. Hasic1m me-
bylo mono uhasiti pozar ma
sledkem nedostatku vody. Sko-
da paci sc ma $4,000.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-02-25
Ubytek zamss tnani
" Marylandu.

Stalym klesanlm obchodnf-
no zivota v Marylandskych to-
varn1ch industri1ch, ukazano,
re platebn1 listing a zamestna-
nj je nejnizsfm cd ledna roku
1924.
V lednu tohoto roku pocalo
klesan1 a dostoupilo ma klesnu-
tt v obnosu petit procent a sn1-
zen1 mzdy O 7.8 procent u pri-
Irovnan1 s prosincem. Klesani
toto, jak stanovf statnf depart
ment jest rozs1reno pc cele in
dustrii statu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-02-25
Policejni soudy kolektory
dIuhH.

Baltimorske policejnf soudy
uzity byly jake sberaci dluhd
pro obchody prodavaj1ci ma
splatky. TAX pripusteno bylo
V patek governerem Nice, KITE
ry ma otazky mu dane vyjadril
Sc, re O tonic slysel teprve ten
samy patek.
Rozkazy dany byly soudcGm
zastaviti lined akce takove.
Stanoveno jest, re policejn1
soudcove nemaji zadne pravo
a re volani neplatfcfch splatky
zlatnickym, odevnfm, nabytko-
wynn a jinym obchod1m ku pla
cent, jest re strany policejn1ch
soudcG nezakonnym a re must
toto lined prestati.
Akce takove dedeny jsou
jednou administered dals1m.
Governor nezm1nil sc v patek
O st1znostech druhu tohoto.
Zaznamy vsak ukazujf, re oso-
by dluhujfcf splatky predvola-
ny byly soudci: Harry H. Fine
re severozapadnl stanice, S.
Robertem Levinson z JIM sta
nice a Hugh HI. Jones re seve-
rovychodni STANCE.
Sedm pet procent anebo Vi
ce stihano bylo pro neplaceni
V poslednfch dvou mes1c1ch
zlatnickym obchodem v 100
blocku Pennsylvania avenue a
obchodem S odevy v 600 bloc
ku w. Baltimore ulice.
V kazdem pT1padu osoby vo-
lane nebyly vzaty pred soudce
ma stanici, ale vsechny oceka-
vany byly kolektujfc1mi agen-
ty ma chodbach stanic, kde Jim
sdeleno, re zaplatf-li, nemusi
pred soudce.
Podobne jednano S osobami
predvolanymi "ukazati SCI,
kdyz proti MIN podany st1zno-
sti kousl-li nekoho jejich pes,
doslo-li ku nejake patalii v do
macnosti anebo mezi sousedy.
Vybrane splatky placeny by
ly temto kolektuj1c1m agentdm
ale predvolan1 cineno policis-
ty v kazdou hodinu dine cd 6.
hodin rano do pill noel.
Zena jez udala, re byla O.
betf teto praktiky byla v nede-
Ii povolana policejnl severni
stanicf. Zenou byla Mary Blunt
ing Howard z Roland avenue.
Bylo il dano pTedvolan1 ma jiz-
nj stanici ma den 16. 1nora.
Predvolani dodal j policista.
Toto bylo podepsano soudcem,
Hugh H. Jones re severovy-
chodni STANCE. Ma JIM sta
nici podala p~redvolan1 soudci.
ktery pc prectenf j oznamil.
re neni Jones, ale re jest Fox
a kdyz nebylo tam prot nj "a
lobnika, postal il domd.
Tyden pred tim kolektor fir.
my, ktere dluhovala splatky
pohrozil il, re nezaplat1-li
pravnik skolektuje cd nj duh
Hned ma to psala firme re ne.
ma praci a re zaplatl kazdJ
cent, jakmile il mono Dude
-|Po tydnu pTislo predvolan1.
Ma otazku jak soudce Jone'
re severovychodn1 stanict
predvolal zenu tuto ma jim
; stanici, vymlouval Sc, re OF
predvolanf nepodepsal, re by
! velice pilnym v te dobe a re t.
. svefil jinemu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-02-25
Nejnovejsi pisen.
(Napev: "Tluce buben1cek".)

(Napev: "Tluce bubenfcek".)
Tluee kapral adolf"
tluce ma buben,
nasadte sve helmy,
porukujem ven!
name "bertu", flinty, bodak,
necht at "zhyne" Cechoslovak
"ted mann odvahu 49,.
hura! ma "Prahu!"
Seberem jim busy,
tucny dobytek,
"sauerkrautu" u mas
Dude "nadbytek!"
"My" VaSkovi ukazeme
co my Nemci" dovedeme!
hoj "a hranice,
Dude zranice!
Ease budou ~''nase"!
Ust1, Leitmeritz,
celadky v mich mast"
s1dl1 pTec jen vic!
Zatec, Chleb a Maryany,
"kolonyf" budem pany!
Velkou "naSf f1S
svete uvidlS!
Mily pane "Michl"
sen jest krasna vec!
to isl sam mel lepe
uvaziti pTec!
Kdo ma chut ma "Ceske busy"
df1v Sc S "Vaskem" radit must!
ma ten vas "anshluss"
"FrancOuZi" S nami!- "Rus!"
V Baltimore, Md,
20. 1nora r. 1888. j. r. c..
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-02-25
Uhelnf vypary ohrozily
Zahrsdkovou.

V kuchyni domu, {. 1888
Aisquith ulice, ohrozena byla
Alice Zahradka a jej1 8 roxy
starry syn, Edward, uhelnimi
vypary vychazej1cfmi z kamen
|Podarilo sc j zaklepan1m pfi-
volati pomoc nezli klesla do
bezvedomi. Ambulance gave
zena byla do nemocnice a le-
cena. Manuel jejf, Josef "a
hradka, pred nehodou odesel
do prace.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-02-25
Namornik zaluje spolecnost.

St6zujfcf 81, re roznemohl Sc
zapalem Pile jake namorn1k
ma lodi Hollywood, kde rozka-
zano mu, ably LODI cistil cd "a
schle barry v lijaku, Joseph
Ridzik, podal zalobu v obnosu
$4,000 nahrady prot McCor-
mick paroplavebni spolecnosti.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-02-25

Vybuchem ma petrolejove
lodi Dolomite H., jez pfijela
sem z Mexika, popaleni byli
til namoTn1ci, kdyz barvili
mistnost lodn1 v zalivu v Me-
xiku. Gin vybuch zavinen byl,
lnebylo z~jisteno.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-02-25
Zranen ma pieru.

Lodnf nakladac, 42lety 10
seph Lineyenski z Locust Point
tezce zranen byl prknem ma
neho spadlym pfi praci ma pie
ru Baltimore & Ohio drahy
Byla mu rozrazena stehenni
panev.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
SHOWDOWN NEAR
ON WAR PROFITS.

Q.N.S.) The House Military Al
fairs Committee was convened to-
day for a showdown on President
Reosevelt's proposal for legislation
to take the profits out Of war.
: Chairman May Cd of Ken
tucky said he will force action
"either to vote the bill up or
down" He said We've got the
votes to approve the bill"
, Representative Maverick CD OF
; Texas, who has led the fight
against the proposal. said he will
carry his fight direct to the House
floor if the committee approves it.
The Texan heads a group Of
House liberals who claim the meas
ure has become nothing more
than a piouS hope" that profits
can be legislated out Of war, be-
cause of the elimination of the 95
per cent tax on war profits from
the bill.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
LYNCH BILL FOES
FACE. new MOVE
TO FORCE VOTE
Advocates of Measure
To Seek Gag Rule
By ARTHUR HACHTEN

QN.S). Defeat for advocates
of the anti-lynching bill in q
Senate vote tomorrow on their
appeal for invocation Of the
cloture or gag" rule to crush the
filibuster and bring the measure
to an immediate vote, was fore.
shadowed today,
While a few switches from the
recent vote in which cloture was
rejected. 81 to 81, were indicated,
the result was expected to be
another triumph for the band Of
Dixie senators in battle to prevent
a showdown on the bill.
Senator Van Nuys CD Of
Indiana, co-author of the bill,
said:
IT believe the outlook is bright
for adoption Of cloture. A vast
majority Of the Senate favors
the anti-lynching bill. Demo
cratic processes of majority rule
should prevail" !
CONNALLY DEFIANT
Senator Tom Connally CD Of
Texas, floor manager for the fill.
busterers, defiantly replied:
This is just an alibi gesture
by proponents of the bill. They
are not going to get cloture.
They ought to realize that q
vote on the bill is impossible.
Let's get to work on other legis-
lation."
With these calls to battle, the
opposing leaders were busy plead.
ing with Senators. Sixteen Sen.
ators having signed the cloture
petition, the Senate under the
rule, votes tomorrow afternoon.
A two-thirds majority Of Senators
voting is required to apply
Icliture.
Should two-thirds vote "aye,"
each Senator thereafter would be
allowed to speak not more than
one hour on the bill and all
amendments pending. Then vot-
ing would begin on amendments
and the bill.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
Il Leaders Named
For Budget Drive

Team leaders to direct 13
groups comprising 100 volunteer
collectors for the $35,000 annual
budget of the Washington
Criminal Justice Association have
been selected and will begin oper-
ations tomorrow.
Civic leaders designated to
head the teams by Clarence
Phelps Dodge, campaign chair
man; are Mrs. Roger Robb, Mrs
Florence Meara, Mrs. G. C. D
Townshend, Mrs. Patricia Howell
Mrs. E. R. Bryan. Donald
sheehan, D. J. kaufman, Joseph
E. Dayton, Robert Lee O'Brien
jr., Lyle O'Rourke, James Kirk
land, Frederick Ballard and
Vicent Saccardi.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
WAR AT HAND,
NYE ASSERTS

NEW YORK, Feb. IS Q.N.S).
A warning that the United States
is on the threshold Of war was
sounded today by United States
Senator Gerald P. Nye (R0 OF
North Dakota.
Criticizing President Roosevelt's
naval expansion and Far Eastern
policies, he told an audience here:
"Our direction today is pre-
else with our direction in 1916.
We are as near to an engage
ment in a foreign war today as
we were 80 days before we
marched off to war in that
April Of 1917"
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
d. c. Meat Dealers
To Gather Tonight

Some 1900 meat dealers of the
District and their employees join.
ing in a national campaign to
boost the consumption of meat
are expected to meet in the U. s.
Departmental Auditorium at 8 p.
m. today.
Speakers at the mass meeting
will include Harry Brown, assis-
tant secretary of Agriculture: DR..
F. B. Simons, director of Agricul-
tural Extension of the University
of Maryland; Michael Keane,
president of the Southern Hotel
Supply Company, and Mrs. Fran
ces T. Northcross, home econom-
iSt and dietician.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
z CIVIL SERVICE
BILLS STUDIED

Hearings on two bills to revise
the present Civil Service retire
ment system will start Thursday
at 1O:30 a. m. before the Senate
Civil Service committee, Chairman
William ]. Bulow announced to-
day.
One bill, introduced by Senator
Neely of West Virginia, would re-
duce retirement ages in the three
principal classifications from 68,
SO and 60 years to 81, so and So
years. The other measure calls
for comprehensive revision of the
entire retirement structure.
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
Green Pledges AFL Drive
To Get AFGE Legislation

Assurances that the American
Federation Of Labor will become
immediately active" in a drive
for legislation advocated by the
American Federation Of Govern
ment Employees have been given
by William Green, president Of
the AFL, it was learned today.
Green was closeted yesterday
with the national executive coun-
Gil of the Government employees
group. At conclusion Of the par
ley it was said Green indicated
"wholehearted support" Of the
AFGE program.
IT will be pleased to CO.
operate fully" Green said, "and
will have our legislative repre-
sentatives become Immediately
active in this situation, as our
convention has definitely and
decisively expressed itself on
your proposals"
Included in the AFGE program
are expansion and extension of
the merit system to all but policy.
forming positions in the executive
civil service; retention Of the bi.
partisan Civil Service Commits.
sion: more reasonable hours and
better working conditions for
employees in Veterans Administra
ton facilities and Federal penal
The Washington times., 1938-02-15
Fish Fights
Plan for
BigNGUy

G.N.S). Representative Fish
(R.) of New York today told the
House Naval Affairs Committee
that not only should Japan have
naval parity with the United
States, but that Great Britain
"needs a larger fleet" than this
nation.
Britain, he said, has "far-flung
possessions, great unprotected ter
ritories and trade routes that must
be kept open"
Testifying for the second day
against the proposed 800-million-
dollar naval building program,
Ffsh's statements came in response
to questions from his G. o. P. col
league on the committee, Repre-
sentative Church of Illinois.
Their lengthy exchange of ques-
tions and answers drew from a
third Republican, Mass, of Mime
sofa, a demand on Chairman Vim
son (D.) of Georgia to stop this
Charlie Mccarthy act"
Church's questions broug h t
from Fish opinions on Mrs. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt's recent "shock-
ing" statement on naval building,
former President Hoover's "abso-
Lutte reputation" of former Sec
retary of State Stimson's plan for
sanctions and embargoes against
6ggressor nations" and England's
"bluff and buster" against Japan
IN the dedication of the British
Singapore base.
Fish's assertion Of yesterday to
the effect that Britain had been
willing in 1886 to "go along with
Japan in abolishing battleships"
caused Vinson today to demand
"your proof of your statement. :"