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disappear entirely unless he
contributes nightly to pri-
waite recovery.
The spenders include such
powerful White House cronies as
Mariner S. Eccles, Tommy Cor
coran and Harold Ickes. Between
them F.D,R. is being hauled to
and fro, making plenty of prom
Uses that he won't hurt business
but framing no specific program
for large-scale reductions. With
the persuasive Mr.. Corocoran's
return to active duty after his
illness. the squabble will come
To a head-and heads may fall.
Betting favors the financial
free-wheelers.
Accidents frequently happen
on Capitol Hill even under a
system of strict party discipline,
but the housc-senate working ar
rangements for spiking presiden-
tial plans il functioning too
smoothly to be just one of those
things. II begins to look like
a conspiracy among legislative
leaders on both sides of the cap
itol-and the aisles.
The house initiated the $780,
900. 900 WPA cut. and the senate
sustained IL without murmur.
The senate stripped Frances
Perkins of control over Wage
Hour Administrators Andrews
funds, house conferees agreeably
assented and the rebuff of the
lady cabinet member swept
through the lower body. The
house will probably pass a gov
eminent reorganization bill IA
vorable TO the White House, but
the Wheeler amendment requlr-
ing affirmative congressional APP
prevail of reshuffling will be in
serted by his colleagues. The
house will probably oblige again.
The senate will also knife the
Wagner act if ii ever reaches
both floors, and once more the
lower chamber will bow to the
greater wisdom of its senatorial
peers.
Now. such good nature be-
tween the two bodies is not nor
NAL. Ordinarily the conferees
fight fiercely behind doors for
their own chambers handiwork.
II they don't. they arc ordered
back to the operating table by
a mandate from the floor. But
there hasn't been a single quar-
rel this session, and the harmony
music strikes White House ears
as ominously coordinated.
The only kind of economy
Washington will practice within
the next few months-or years
will be political. Although con-
demning the president for his
so-called extravaganza. Demo-
Gratis and Republicans in con-
gress have already done their
share of raiding the treasury.
But they try TO hide their re-
sponSibility.
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ness district.

ness district.
Our loyal citizens have work
ed increasingly to accomplish
this magnificent bridge, and why
not let the world know we de-
mand credit for it-not label it
with a name that instantly re-
minds one of our neighboring
city. who after all, considers us
her suburb. Let's advertise
TACOMA, a true name of the
west.
Mrs. Blanche Sprague Doore,
AIS Ea. 44th st.
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HOW CAN | ~?
BY Anne Ashley

Q. What is good treatment
for falling hair?
A. A remedy that is often eff
fective is to brush the hair
thoroughly every night and
morning. and shampoo every
two weeks with CASTLE soap
suds, following with a good
rinsing.
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TWO BIRDS,
ONE STONE

In some cases, these foods
ripen simply to rot. Prices in
many instances drop 80 low that
the farmer finds it isn't worth
his while to pick and ship his
produce. In other cases. he re-
Trains from growing foodstuffs
which millions of Americans
need, but can't buy.
Secretary Wallace suggested
that, If the buying power of the
relief group could be built up.
two birds would be killed with
one stone. The needy would get
the sort of food they ought to
have, and the farmers market
would be vastly expanded.
So the two-price system got
talked about-and got squelched
very quickly, when the secretary
noted its unfavora BILE reception.
Ever since then. however. a
department committee has been
studying the problem. 1t has
conferred, step by step, with
business organizations. More
conferences are still to come
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REMEMBERS BIOGRAPHIES
WITH INIT. TACOMA"

Editor, The Times: This writer
was born in Tacoma and pos
sibly may be forgiven for re-
Numbering that our grammar
school geography had map on
which was printed MT. Ia
coma" If daring to go into
Seattle and speak the name
MT. Tacoma" labels me foolish,
petty or even old-fashioned, then
I'll admit such faults.
Let Seattle have its Rainier
club. Rainier ave, Rainier beer
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The new plan - which would
channel surplus commodity ex-
penditures to the farmer BY way
Of the corner grocery store. and
would drop both direct-purchas
and price-fixing schemes - Is
what is left OF the famous two
price system which Secretary
Henry Wallace brought I'D for
discussion last fall.
No final plans have been set
tied upon yet. but within a week
or so it is expected that a pro-
gram will be agreed upon. The
idea that is receiving the most
thought now. and that is being
discussed with key business
groups. would work as follows:
GROCERY SHOPPING
WITH TICKETS
Tickets OF certificates of one
kind or another good. proba bly,.
for about half what relief fam
lily spends for food during an
ordinary month-would be is
sued Such tickets could be
spent" at any grocery store, at
face value. for such foodstuffs
as the department of agriculture
designates as surplus commod-
tiles.
These commodities would vary
from month to month. possibly
even from week to week. The
list would include such things as
fruits, vegetables, dairy prod
ucts-possibly poultry products
and certain kinds of meats. The
grocer could turn the tickets in
at some government office-pos-
sibly at the postoffice-and get
cash for them.
Tickets would supplement the
allowances ordinarily received by
relief families. A family getting
$50 month in relief money, for
instance, would still get the $50
a month. Assuming that it had
been spending SIG month for
food, it would simply get an ex-
ira IS worth of these tickets.
And the idea behind all of this
is the idea that was in Secretary
Wallace's mind last fall when he
started talking about his two
price system. The idea: That
the lowest-income groups in
America are unable to buy the
foods that would give them a
balanced diet, and that actual or
potential SURPRISES of those
foods nevertheless exist on the
American market.
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Bruce Cation
Tacoma Times Washington
Correspondent
WASHINGTON

NASHINGTON-Back OF this movement for get
ting surplus farm commodities the dinner tables OF
relief families there rather surprising swing TO the right
on the part of the department of agriculture.
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notably. one scheduled for March
IL and IS az Washington. when
the idea viii be discussed
thorough with retail and
wholesale food trade leaders.
The important thing about
this plan is that the handling of
SURPRISES would be taken care of
by the country's regular COM
mercisl distributive syst e m.
from the wholesaler down to the
corner grocery store. The gov
eminent would not do any buy
ing it would not license any
dealers, it would not fix any
prices. II would simply funnel
buying power into local commu-
mites.
PROGRAM GOES
on TEST BASIS
A start will be made on
purely experimental basis. prob
ably in half dozen carefully
chosen cities. Unless and until
the program proves success. no
change will be made in the pres
ent activities of the Surplus
Commodities Corporation.
But the potentialities OF the
idea are vast. Already. for in
stance, some department experts
are trying to figure if the idea
could not some day be expanded
TO include such commodities AZ
cotton.
Ultimately. the program could
be pretty costly. President Milo
K. Perkins of the Surplus Com
modities Corporation estimates
that some 2o,O0O,O00 people are
now receiving some form of pub
lie assistance. If these tickets
were made availa Bile to all of
them, a fair estimate of the cost
is about s45,000.0 900 a month.
Copyright, 1882
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To receive attention IN this COL
umn letters must giVe name and
address OF writer ONLY Initials
Will be published when requested.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
City Greets Ford Car
No. 10000

The 27,000,000th Ford car manu-
factured by the Ford Motor Go.
stopped in Washington for official
greetings today on a round-trip
transcontinental tour of the United
States.
The car was scheduled to be
greeted at the Capitol by group of
Senators and Representatives and
at the District Building by Commis-
sioner Melvin C. Hazen and Police
Supt. Ernest w. Brown.
En- route to the Golden Gate
International Exposition from the
New York Worlds Fair, No. 27,-
100000 will continue its trip via
Frederick and HagerstoWn, in
Maryland, and Martinsburg, w. Va,
and Winchester, Va.
The car left the Golden Gate Ex
position May % and reached the
New York Worlds Fair June 16.
On its eastbound trip it carried
letters of felicitation from Cali
fornia's Gov. Olson to Gov. Lehman
of New York; from Mayor Rossi of
San Francisco to Mayor La Guardia
of New York, and from Leland w.
Cutler president Of the Coast fair,
to Grover Whalen, president Of the
New York fair,
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Mrs. f. 7. Stotesbury
To Make Home Here

Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury, wife
Of the late. Philadelphia financier
and mother of James H. R. Crom-
we'll, husband of Doris Duke. plans
to take up residence in Washington
some time next fall according to her
close friends here.
Mrs Stotesbury, according to these
sources, will rent the former home
Of the late Raymond T. Baker, for
mer director of the Mint, at 1900
Foxhall road NV, from Mrs. T.
M. Godde, the former Delphine
Dodge Baker and former wife of
Mr. Cromwell
Friends of Mrs. Stotesbury say
that she is already taking active
steps in plans to redecorate the
house, selecting furniture, matching
colors, choosing draperies and at
tending to other details.
The extensive care necessary in
maintaining the 145 rooms of White
marsh Hall, her estate near Phila-
delphia, was believed by friends to
be one of the reasons she decided
to change residences.
Mrs. Stotesbury is familiar figure
in Washington social circles. hav-
ing lived here with her first hus-
band, Oliver Cromwell.
Evening star., 1939-06-23

That boys got talent" said the
Senator. I'm going to take him to
Washington and see what I can do
for him."
That was in 1886 and Cliff Berry,
man has been in Washington ever
since
But for Senator Blackburn,
might be sitting on a cracker box
in some Kentucky town to this day."
the cartoonist laughed yesterday.
He also recalled that the only
time he played hockey from school
was as boy to hear Blackburn, then
a member Of the orty-fourth Con-
gress, address a typical Kentucky
audience.
But I wouldn't play hockey TO
hear any member of Congress now"
he added. And Senator Barkley and
Senator Logan joined in the laugh
ter.
In another way Mr.. Bergman
was able some years before the
World War to do a kindly act for
Senator Blackburn, who had been
retired from public life by the
fate of politics and had completed
term as Governor of the Panama
Canal Zone under appointment by
President Theodore Roosevelt. There
was vacancy on the Lincoln Me-
mortal Commission and at Mr..
Berrymans suggestion the late
Senator Ollie James secured the
appointment of Senator Blackburn
by President Wilson.
And thereon hangs an interesting
and little-known fact concerning
Senator Blackburn's early career.
At the age of 20, fresh out of Centre
College, Mr. Blackburn went to
Chicago in 1858 to practice law. He
was having tough time of it
during his first trial case when
long, rangy lawyer from Spring.
field, Ill, who was seated at the
bar, volunteered an unexpected as
Sistance. 1t enabled Mr.. Black
burn to win his first case. He didn't
know until afterwards that the
kindly lawyer who helped him was
Abraham Lincoln.
When the War Between the
States followed, Mr.. Blackburn en-
listed as private in the Confed-
crate Army and rose to the rank of
lieutenant colonel. Nothwithstand-
ing this intense Southern feeling
and the anomosities engendered by
war. he never forgot Lincoln's act
0f frieOdlineSS tn a STRUGGLING VOlnp
lawyer.
1t was a fitting end to Senator
Blackburn's long and distinguished
public career that he devoted the
remaining years of his life to direct
ing the building of a memorial to
President Lincoln in the Nations S
Capital.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Band Concerts

BY the United States Marine Band
this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the
auditorium at the barracks. Capt.
Taylor Branson, leader: William F.
Santelmann, second leader.
BY the United States Army Band
this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the
United States Capitol. Capt. Thomas
F. Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, as
sistant leader.
BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band this evening at o'clock
in the bandstand. John S. M. Zim-
mermann, bandmaster; Anton
Pointner, assistant.
BY the United States Army Band
tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock
in the Army Band auditorium. Capt.
Thomas F. Darcy, leader; Karl HUB
ner, assistant leader.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Two Associations.
And Two Diaries
FaceCourtAction
Seal Prepares Cases
For Trial After
Winning First

Preparation for trial of cases al
leging violations of the Milk Act
against two more daries and two
milk associations is under way to-
day, Corporation Counsel Elwood
Seal announced, after disposition
of charges against the Fairfax and
Embassy Diaries at Police Court
yesterday.
Informations alleging two counts
each against Southern Diaries, Inc,
the Maryland-Virginia Milk Pro-
ducers Association, the Maryland
Cooperative Milk Producers, Inc,
and the Fairfield Western Mary
land Dairy are on file with the
Police Court warrant clerk.
Although warrants on the in
formation filed several weeks ago
have not been issued for service,
Mr.. Seal said he has communi:
Gated with the heads of the dairies
and associations and they agreed
to appear at court when called.
Mr.. Seal said the cases will be
taken into court as soon as defense
attorneys, who are now engaged in
other litigation, are free.
Yesterday James J. Ward, presi-
dent of the Embassy-Fairfax firm,
pleaded guilty to one charge, and
the corporation counsel nolle
pressed nine other charges against
the dairies. Judge John P. Nc
Mahon imposed the maximum pen
atty, a fine of $40.
The other dairies and associa-
tions are accused in one informa-
ton with bringing into the District
1000 gallons of cream without a
permit from the health officer and
in another information with bring
ing in cream which had not been
produced or handled in accordance
with specifications of an authorized
medical milk commission or State
board of health.
The alleged shipment occurred on
March 81, according to the informa-
ton, but few details have been re-
vealed in connection with it.
Evening star., 1939-06-23

The place: Intersection Of Con-
stitution avenue and Seventeenth
street NV.
The accident: A 42-year-old COL
ored employe of the Districts ref
use division was injured fatally,
according to inquest testimony,
when the garbage truck on whose
right fender seat he was riding,
collided with the rear end of an
out-of-tow truck ahead of it on
Constitution avenue. The driver of
the garbage truck said he was pro-
ceeding east on Constitution avenue
about Is to 20 feet behind the truck
from Georgia, when the latter sud-
denly stopped as a traffic control
light turned amber. The garbage
truck driver said the signal was
changing from the green light per-
mitting left turns only to that
allowing through east-bound traffic
to proceed. He said he did not
notice the other truck was. from
out-of-town and assumed that it's
driver was familiar with the signals.
But when the other truck suddenly
halted, he said, he jammed on his
brakes and swung out to the left
in futile effort to avoid hitting it,
The driver of the out-of- town truck
said he "braked down" when he
saw the light change, but had not
stopped completely when the COLI
usion occurred. Both trucks were
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Cooler Weather Due
As Heat Claims
Numerous Victims
Boy browns in River;
Six Suffer From
Prostrutions

Washington was due for slightly
cooler weather tonight after the
heat yesterday resulted in one
drowning, near drowning and six
heat prostrations.
The Weather Bureau predicted
the temperature would not rise above
Sc degrees today. Fair weather was
forecast for tomorrow.
High Humidity Prevails.
Until the thunderstorm struck
about 10 pm. last night, forcing
the temperature to drop u degrees
in two hours the city suffered from
high humidity and heat which
reached peak of 88 degrees at $50
pm. At the highest temperature,
the humidity was recorded at 81
per cent, about S per cent more
than the average humidity for June.
The District Playground Depart
ment estimated that about 5000
children took advantage of the open
ing of its two swimming pools and
IA wading pools yesterday to escape
from the heat.
browns in Potomac.
The drowning victim was Leonard
Martin, colored, l8, of 24l3 I street
NV, who lost his life while SWIM
ming in the Potomac River about
mile above Key Bridge on the Vir-
ginia side yesterday afternoon. His
body was recovered three hours
later by harbor police.
John McSorley, 13, of 1912 A
street NE. was in a fair condition
at Casualty Hospital today after
being dragged unconscious last night
from the club pool of the Boys Club
of Washington branch at Seven
teenth street and Massachusetts
avenue Sc. The boy, who had
joined the club to learn to swim,
was taken out of the water by
Richard Burchett, assistant SWIM
ming instructor, who applied arti-
flclal respiration until fire rescue
squad revived the boy.
Victims of the heat yesterday were
Floyd Ives, II, of 1241 G street NE,
treated at Casualty; Horace Walker
colored, "a, District government
employe, of HOO Sixth street NV,
who was stricken while collecting
trash and taken to the Public Health
Service clinic; Clinton E. Sale, 80,
! of l24 North Carolina avenue Sc,
treated at Casualty; Anderson Stew
art, colored, "a, of 1928 F street
NV, taken to Emergency Hospital;
Robert Shorter, colored, 36, of 1116
P street NV, also treated at Emer-
gency, and Wesley Lynn. colored, As,
of 1915 Hope avenue Sc, who suf-
fered heat prostration while work.
ing on a construction job and was
| treated at Casualty.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Conference Opened
In Effort 10 End
Carpenters Strike
Dissatisfaction With
New Transit Contract
Is Reported

Probability that the Districts
major construction will be in full
swing again within few days was
seen today as representatives of the
Carpenters District Council and the
Master Builders opened a confer
ence at IL am. in an effort to me-
diate the wage dispute that led to
strike of some 1000 carpenters on
June IL.
NJ A. Hutchinson. member of the
Carpenters Union National Execu-
tive Board, joined in the session.
Settlement with the carpenters
would bring complete solution of
labor difficulties that have beset
more than 100 building projects here
in recent weeks, since approximately
1900 members of the Building
Laborers' Union returned to work
yesterday after agreeing to arbi-
trate wage demands for which they
called a strike on June S. The
arbitrator, union and contractors
delegates decided. will be Howard T.
Colvin, conciliator for the Depart
ment of Labor.
Arbitration was anticipated, also,
in the ironing out of reported dis
satisfaction of several units of the
Street Car Mems Union with terms
of a new contract offered them by
the Capital Transit Co.
Transportation. shops and garage
divisions of the union have in
dicated their disfavor of certain
provisions of the new contract pro-
posed by E. D. Merrill, head of the
transit company, to supersede the
present one-year agreement which
expires July l.
Mr.. Merrill declared the new con-
tract provides for wage increases
totaling 100000 and a cut of IS
minutes in the average working
day. Motormen, conductors and bus
drivers would receive a 1-cent-an-
hour raise, according to Mr.. Merrill,
and the wage increases would go
mainly to employees in the lower
bracket income groups.
Mr.. Merrill added that the COM
pany's annual payroll has in
creased by % per cent since 1884.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Mrs. Thomas Named
Jury Commissioner

The justices of District Court
have appointed Mrs. Eunice B.
Thomas, 1890 Seventh street NV,
as q commissioner of jurors for a
term of three years, beginning to-
day.
Mrs. Thomas takes the place of
Mrs. Ella Henderson West whose
term has expired.
The jury commissioner selects the
names Of citizens who will serve on
various turies here.
Evening star., 1939-06-23

system of barn scores, dairy scores
and cattle scores as provided in
the 1925 milk act is great influ-
ence in increasing the cost of pro-
duction of milk to the detriment
of the consumer; also that the
stringent and in some cases SEEM
ing meaningless health require
ments of the 1925 act have added
to the cost of production of milk. "
The Schultz bill is now on the
House calendar and is scheduled
to be called up for consideration
Monday, the last District Day" Of
the month.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
G. T. Ives Elected

c. T. Ives of Clarendon, Va, was
one of seven directors elected yes
terday at the final session of the
SD annual convention of the Vir-
ginia Funeral Directors Association
at Roanoke, according to an Asso-
ciated Press Dispatch. F. c. Slower
OF Strasburg, was elected president.
Evening star., 1939-06-23

approaching the intersection in the
second lane from the curb. The
victim was taken to Providence
Hospital, where he died few hours
afterward.
The time: About sos pm, Mon
day, June 10.
The weather: Cloudy.
The street: Dry.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
Nomination Confirmed

The Senate confirmed yesterday
the nomination of Leland Olds OF
New York to be a member of the
Federal Power Commission.
Evening star., 1939-06-23

The vehicle: A District garbag
truck whose brakes, according to
police, were in good condition. The
driver said he was travelling about
IL miles an hour.
The driver: A 32-year-old colored
man with'14 years experience.
Coroner's jury verdict: Acciden-
tai death.
Evening star., 1939-06-23
A/L., A,,.4 TL1,, N;o7 No An Killed in Traffic Same
WY IVluSN 1"S/ N'S' LustY


Analyses OF the 9Th, 10Th aud
32d traffic fatalities haze not been
published, pending completion at
official Investigations. The first
tho mentioned ,Dere hit-rnn cases.
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Tacoma Obituaries

dent OF Lakeview for the last 20
years. died Wednesday at q local
hospital. She was . native Of
New Brunswick. Canada. Surviv-
ing are her husband. Joseph; three
sons, william E.. Henry and Myron
Of Lakeview and Chester OF Ia
coma; two daughters, Mrs. w. A.
Brattin Of Portland. Ore, and
Mrs. Josephine Miller Of Tacoma;
q brother. Alec Legacy Of WASH
burn. Wis: . sister. Mrs. Tim
Burke. also Of washburn. and 16
grandchildren. Funeral announce
ment by Piper's-
SHARON LEoRA swADENER
sharon Leora swadener, infant
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
@. swadener. Of 1901 So. G st.,
died Dec. 8. Funeral services were
held Wednesday at 2 p. m. At
the Fort Lewis chapel. with In
terment IN the Fort Lewis cems-
tery.
FUNERAL SERVICES
Ersd Charles Thursday. 3 ,
n. from TIE Buckley-KinE chapel
Rev. Frank z Goodnough officiat
ing; interment, Mountain vies
ccnctfry.
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Dana d. Rogers. So, Of ZOOS No.
11<h It., died Wednesday at his
home. A native Of Wilson. Wis.,.
~ had been in the lumber bust
- for 80 years. Is Of them In
Iocoma- He was = member Of
Modern Woodmen Of America
Surviving are his wife. Louise NJ;
Z nm, Charles; daughter. Sylvia;
= sister. Mn. Eva L. Catlin OF
0nnd Point, Ida, and five brothers,
III and Roy l. a Tacoma. Guy
4 IN Idaho. Lutte ID. IN British
Columbia, and Jay Of Auburn.
Wesh. Funeral announcement BY
Dncl<ley-King.
FRANK CU1GBERWORTH
Irnn1k Cumberworth, rs, Of Ia
-. 4 q. died Monday at = local
horplfal. He was : musician. He
1sG1es his mother 1zrs. Susans
oulnbexworfh Funeral announce
nnGn< BY 1rsllinger's-
ursnr 'osxArD
Henry Oswald. 30, Of the Stan
6nr1 hnt<1, did Tuesday It = Iocs
HcrplknL He Ieavos HE brother
kz-1nw, Alcc 1<onweIIer q T,ncoma
vneral announcement " Mel