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The Political Mill
Spending Inquiry Can Be Of Reel Service;
U.S.. and British Recovery Figures

be confined to officials Of the w.
p. A. and other Government off,
cals-presumably to be questioned
regarding the information which the
investigators turn up.
Can Render Real Service.
1t seems quite evident that If the
House had appointed a special COM
mittee TO conduct this investigation
instead Of directing the Appropria-
tons Committee to make it, the de-
mand for public hearings would have
been strong-and there would have
been no precedent-as in the case
of the Appropriations Committee
against open hearings.
But open or closed, the hearings
and investigation of the w. P. A..
by the House Appropriations Com
mittee can be very effective. There
has been suspicion and wide charge
that the funds of the w. P. A.
have been grossly wasted. The COM
mittee should be able to sift these
charges and to give the public a
real picture of what has been done
with its money in the name of relief.
The course Of relief appropriations
by Congress and their expenditure
by the administration over the last
few years has been both amazing
and disheartening. What measure
of recovery may be said to have
occurred in the United States when
a total of $2,250000,00O will have
been expended during the present
fiscal year by the w. p. A. for relief?
And when the President Is starting
out the next fiscal year with re-
quest for another $500, 000, 000-an
amount which may be increased by
later requests? 1t is a sickening
picture. 1t makes the administra-
tions spending programs-which
have increased the public debt by
more than $4,000 ,OOO,O since Pres
ident Roosevelt took command-look
like the greatest folly.
Comparisons Not Relished.
The spenders in this country do
not relish comparisons between what
has been done in this country and
Gllbldllu SlllCC 1910, Ill 1loCdl IlldGs
tiers. They do not like to have it
shown, for example, that the ma
tional income of England in 1887
was 10l per cent of its national
income in 1929, and that the ma
tional income Of the United States
in 1887 indicated only a 40 per cent
of recovery as compared to 1929.
England, it is true, did not seek to
spend itself out of the depression.
From 1882 to 1888, the British
budget showed surplus of $500, 000,-
0OO-the difference between govern
ment tax receipts and government
spending. In the same period, the
United States budget shows deficit
of $40, 400 900, 900, which represents
the amount of spending over the
government receipts.
What happened In regard to taxes
In the two countries? National tax
receipts in England increased II per
cent since 1892; in this country
national tax receipts increased 1913
per cent.
Senator Barley, defending his
vote against the Pepper proposal
in the Senate to increase the w. p.
A. appropriation by $50,000,0 900 to
the full amount demanded by the
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ignition of the fact that the battle
is going to be fought in the air
and by the navies, the maintenance
of an uninterrupted supply of ma
terials is going to be more valuable
than troops from this side of the
Atlantic. That's why the Presi-
dents theory at the moment is to
make it known to Germany and
Italy that the United States will
furnish supplies-and this may
have the effect of discouraging a
war spirit in the immediate circle
Of high officials in dictatorship
countries.
If the Presidents strategy sue
ceeds and war is averted, the po-
litical cry of the Democrats here
abouts will be just the opposite of
what their Republican brethren
suspect. The administration knows
full well there is more political ad-
vantage in staying out than in
dragging America into a war.
Copyright. 1939)
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is girl" And the heart of univer-
sal sentiment, totalitarian, no doubt,
as we'll as democratic. throbbed re-
sponsively to the maternal inter-
change. Bells proclaiming the mar
riage Of lovely Geraldine rang joy
fully forth just a year ago this
month, and the artillery salute Of
l01 guns early on the morning Of
April 5 had hardly ceased rever.
berating among the crags of the
mountainous little kingdom when
Queen and Crown Prince we're flee.
ing from Tirana before the advance
of Mussolini's legionnaires.
The Queens father was the late
Count Julius Nagy-Apponyi of Hun
gary, and her mother, the former
countess, is now Mrs. Gladys Stew.
art Girault, living in Southern
France Geraldine's ancestry reach.
es back into the Virginia planta.
tions, her grandmother having been
Virginia Harding of the Old Domin-
ion. Early settlers in America, the
Hardings lived first in New York,
moving then to Virginia.
The Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, apostolic delegate from
the Vatican to Washington, rarely
is interviewed, rarely appears in
public. So, in lieu of formal public
expression of satisfaction in the new
delegation house, it will have to be
taken for granted that the monsig-
nor is highly pleased with quarters
on Massachusetts avenue on EN-
bassy Row." across the street from
the British Embassy, just completed
at a cost of nearly million dollars.
Purely ecclesiastical in character,
having no diplomatic relations with
the United States civil government,
Msgr. Cicognani as direct repre-.
sentative of the Pope has jurisdic-
ton over the 100000 Roman
Catholics in the U. S. A. and its
possessions. Appointed to Wash.
ington just six years ago, about So
years old now, he speaks English
perfectly and has long and illus.
trious ecclesiastical background, in.
Guiding posts as consultor of the
Congregation for the Propagation
of the Faith, which directs world
wide mission work, and consultor Of
the Congregation for Extraordinary
Ecclesiastical Affairs.
| (CopyriEht. 1897
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eleventh enlist
with academic That all the threatened
nations willing hgh-thee nothing
they don't want share the of
If only Britain and France would do the
Reports from London puzzng American diplomats.
is said the British intends guarantee
the Mediterranean guarantor.
this correct then there doubt the British
suffering from attack of panic
Chamberlains admirers-and there many City
describe him the third Pitt This like
hand at poker
to withdraw his troops from SPAIN AS long
continues Europe Duce will not withdraw single private
that country The British and the French general stats
No thinking soldier would abandon
position during crisis because at time diplomats had found
convenient to give certain On the contrary, despite
official denials there to doubt that the Italian
IN Spain has been substantially increased
This is logicaeven it is adopted
the slogan All is fair in love and
During a the last World War France was able to send all the
troops from Southern France and the
SPANS neutrality enabled Jore to win the Marine Muson does
not want to give the advantage
breaks out soon France will be compelled defensive
army OF at least three army in the Pyrenees.
The exchange OF love between Italian
governments causing considerable diplomatic
Every time OF the dcators Il
he PUSHES swallow another piece
The invasion OF Albania strenuously denied until
Mussolni found out that King
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Ira Yates, Rich Gilman,
Once a,Poor Boy, Dies
BY the Associated Press.


AUSTIN, Tex, April 13.-1ra G..
Yates, 10, who began work as boy
digging peanuts for so cents day
and ended up as Texas RICHEST oil
millionaire, died yesterday of pneu-
monia.
The States most prolific oil pool
was discovered in 1926 on the West
Texas, Pecos County, ranch of Mr..
Yates, former mule trader, ranch
man and butcher.
Today the Yates field has more
than $50 wells with a total daily po-
tential Of 1921 $50 barrels, and has
produced more than $40 1000, 900 bar
rels.
Mr.. Yates said when he traded q
store he owned at RANKIN for the
ranch across the Pecos,' friends
were certain Il was going broke"
They said even buffalo knew bet
ter than to cross the Pecos-that a
crow would not fly over it and that
1t was not worth taxes"
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ing governmental expenditures is
still there, despite all efforts of the
administration to convince Congress
and the people that the way to
improve conditions is to spend
money-whether you have it or not.
This battle over relief appropria-
tons is over-but the next will begin
very soon. Senator Barley, Demo-
cratic leader of the Senate, an
nounced on Tuesday that the Presi-
dent would send to Congress an
estimate of $500, 900 900 for w. P. A.,
the relief organization, during the
fiscal year beginning July l next
and ending June 30, 1910. 1t was
significant that Senator Barley
said he hoped this appropriation
would be made without a serious
contest in either house. The Ken
lucky Senator bolstered his hope by
remarking that such an appropria-
ton would be some 100000 or
$700, 000, 900 less than will have been
appropriated for the present fiscal
year.
Many Believe Sum Too Great.
There are, however, members Of
Congress, both Democrats and Re-
publicans, who contend that $780,
600, 900 is far too large to be made
for the w. P. A. for the next fiscal
year. They hope that the in
vestigation now being made into
the expenditure of money by the
w. P. A. by the House Appropria-
tons Committee will clearly demon
strate that fact-further, they be-
lieve that the system of granting
Federal relief should be radically
changed before any new appropria-
tons are made. That, for example
Is the position of Senator Adams of
Colorado, who handles relief ap-
preparations for the Senate, and OF
Representative Woodrum of Vir-
ginia, a leader in the fight to reduce
governmental expenditures.
The inquiry by the House Appro-
priations Committee is already
swinging into activity. There will
be no public hearings-for the GUS
VIA "a VAC oPpAoP1 AoCAOIlo SOlAl11llts
tees has never been to open their
doors to the public-though why not
when all other committees hold
public hearings is not at all clear
Certainly, the public is entitled to
hear the reasons advanced for and
against the spending of the money
taken from it in taxation. to be used
for public purposes. And If there
is anything wrong with the ex-
penditure of public funds for relief
by the w. P. A., any waste or worse,
the public is entitled to know it..
1t is quite true that the House APP
preparations Committee publishes its
hearings after they have been COM
pleted and that it plans to publish
the hearings and findings in the w.
P. A. inquiry. 1t is explained that
the committee does not intend to
provide dramatic" sounding
board or to stage a show by holding
its investigation in public and sum-
moning all kinds of witnesses.
Further, it is explained that the
Appropriations Committee is max
ing its inquiry into the spending Of
money by the w. P. A. through its
investigators and that actual hear
ings before the committee will likely
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Italian military instructors in Albania had been ambused
mountains and the Italian blame
for that action The the council Of
doris in Paris prevented the Italian governmenMssoi
unknown politician then-from taking Corfu for
movements OF the British the French fleets
shrouded in mystery 1t is believed that only small portion
Of the has to Mediterranean 1t
probable that the of the British cruisers and
cruising Mediterranean
marine bases in Spain and In Spanish Morocco
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Registration Of Pupils
For New School Urged

Michigan Park Citizens Associa-
ton members were advised last
night by Mrs. Oscar Mast, president
of the Bunker Hill Parent Teacher
Association, to register all pupils
now for entrance into the new Bum
ker Hill School, which will be COM
pleted by next fall.
Mrs. Mast explained the PIT. A.
hopes to have a separate teacher
for each class and that at least 20
pupils per class are required to
justify teacher.
The association voted to suggest
to all residents of the Michigan Park
section that they turn in the names
and addresses of children from the
ages of to II to insure the school
of having at least sixteachers.
Col. Harry E. Coope and William
E. Russell were delegated to work
for the elimination of traffic conges-
ton caused by street cars stand
ing on Twelfth street NE, and
to ask the Capital Transit Co to pro-
vide larger buses.
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Dr.. Domrosch to PIoy
In New Crosby Film
By the Associated Press.

b the ASSoclAted PreS8.
HOLLYWOOD, April 13.-Dr
Walter Damrosch, 71-year-old mu-
steal conductor, will make his mo-
ton picture debut in the Bling
Crosby picture The Star Maker"
DR.. Damrosch is to direct a SYM
phony orchestra which accompanies
Linda Ware, 13-year-old child sing
ing discovery. The picture will be
based on the life and songs Of Gus
Edwards.
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termination Of
c on gre SIS, as
finally expressed
in votes of the
House and Sen
ate, not to &C.
cord to the Presi-
dent the full
amount Of his
demand for w.
P. A. appropria-
ton means far
more than the
withholding of
that amount. 1t
means that the
sen tim emit in
founr re rnL,vo
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tuary contained
t h e s t uff Of
which m ov in g
|pi c t eS are
during his t tory
made and en-
written.
Its q boy"
wired the happy
Queen to her
sister, Mrs. An
dreas Won Baghy
of B u d a p e S t.,
who In return,
having give n
birth to a child
on the same day,
aGvA
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objective diff
fers from others
in the National
Capital, who be-
lieve that Amer
lea should not
indicate one way
or the other
what her course
might be if a
European W ar
breaks out.
This funda-
m e n t al diver
gence of view is
playing a part in
the interpreta-
finnc loaif1 O
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approximately 81, 900, 900 ,o0O of the
United States" He may not be
frightened-but there are great
many people in this country who
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today. Like so many other South
ern Democrats, they are close to
Baruch. His testimony deeply
impressed them. They can
swing their followers into line
behind the Pittman bill And
their followers, with such White
House adherents as Guffey.
Schwellenbach and Green of
Rhode Island, plus scattering Re-
publican supporters, would give
the Pittman bill a handsome ma
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jority both in committee and on tn

orlty Doth IN committee The Senate noor
The thing be done II there's danger defeat Of the
Pttman bill which the relationships would interpret
pudaton of the democrace will be better the fearful
risks Of nacon Ptman said privately that he
would his bill without Of
But the Senators and the President reasonably patient the
thing be done.
e Am Newspaper 1nc)
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IS nOth1ng 70 1nd1cate tnaC ne
will find King George or Pre-
mier Metaxas more cooperative
when he asks them to give up
their country.
AS to the traditional friend
ship" between the two countries
of which the Greek Minister at
Rome spoke yesterday, it is re-
called that not later than Is
years ago Italian guns barked
in before Corfu because some
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Meanwhile, under the Neu-
trality Act, the President must
declare q state of war on the
outbreak of hostilities, and there
after embargo all arms exports.
Military authorities may exag-
gerate the danger from the air.
But if they do not, while the
bombs rained on London and
Paris, America would be with
holding the weapons needed for
their protection. The emotional
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This Changing World
Chamberlain Suffering Attack Of Panic II Reports
Of Mediterranean Guarantee Pact Are True
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

American diplomats and in Washington having mental
and strain trying to and read between
Premier Chamberlain the future
good deal Of sympathy with the British Premiers
plight British confronted
difficult situation the
Even the Napoeonic Britain in such
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President, said: II have not been
averse to spending for relief, and I
am not now averse to such spending;
and I am not at all frightened over
the size Of the public debt (now
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Mr.. Chamberlain Is alone.
The majority of his collaborators
confine their advice to the British
equivalent of Eyes, boss"
He is bewildered because
people he had officially termed as
"gentlemen"-the highest title an
Englishman can bestow on his
fellowman - have proved that
they were not. Neither Hitler
nor Mussolini has kept his writ
ten and verbal pledges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

In the sum total of governmental
expenditures-now running nine or
ten billion dollars year-$50 900 900
Is a drop in the bucket. The de-
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HE opinions the ortters this page their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented n The
readers although such opinions may be contradictory
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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The Capital Parade
Conservative Democrats May Back President on
Neutrality; Introduction Hinges on Assured Passage

JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KNTNER.
soations tire
ess vocal it's widely assumed that nothing will be done to the
Neutrality assumption
reckon however without extremely interesting possibility
this great the only fundamentally important before
and conservative
Certainly this no time to let the problem Of neutrality by
default Events abroad have desperate disclosed
here British
danger from the air
London Paris and
inhabitants American sympahies wholly with the
And the reduction bloody
would surely be stirring than
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Depth ofU.S.
In Any War
Is Question
Supplies, Not Army.
Seen Needed
By Allies
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

President Roosevelt's influence
today is being exerted in the direc-
ton of preventing war His con-
ception of how to achieve that
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Folk
And What
They Do
Flight Of AIbonion
Queen Is Packed
| With Drumu
By LEMUEL F. PARTON,

ny AGnCEA r. Ihn AoENs
Every phase Of the flight Of Queen
Geraldine of Albania with her q
day-old son from the kingdom Of
her consort, Zog I, to Grecian sane
Nogales international., 1939-02-04

been complied with and plates are
securely fastened on the vehicle,
release same Immediately without
permission of the Motor Vehicle
Division"
Registration of motor vehicles
for 1889 expired December 81, 1888.
The months period of grace ex-
pired January 81, 1889.
Operators who did not register
their motor vehicles on or before
that date and who continue to
drive on the public highway are
doing SO Illegally Mr.. Allen said.
"The Arizona highway patrol is
compelled by law to seize motor We
hicles operated Illegally and hold
them until such time as registration
for them has been secured or the
illegality has been rectified.
1--WE urge motorists to secure their
1889 motor vehicle registration at
once. Patrolmen will begin seizure
of automobiles operated illegally
on and after February S, 1885,"
Nogales international., 1939-02-04
Extra Million
For Farm Loans
Needed

SAN FRANCISCO, California
February 3-An extra million dol
lars for rehabilitation loans to
farmers in California, Arizona, Ne
vada and Utah will be needed to
take care of all loan applications
made to the Farm Security Admin
istration this fiscal year, r. w.
Hollenberg, FSA assistant regional
director, said today.
Mr.. Hollenberg will ask his Wash
ington office to allot the million
as a supplement to $3,5OO,00O al
ready granted for rehabilitation
purposes. Need for the money, he
said. is shown by a survey recently
made in the four states of Region
TX which found the number of re-
quests for farm aid greater than
in any previous year.
Applications now on the desks of
Farm Security Administration coun-
ty rehabilitation super is o r S
throughout the region number 1,610,
according to Mr.. Hollenberg, while
another 1855 are anticipated by end
of the fiscal year on July l. Of this
total, 1,435 applications are expect
ed in Utah, 1000 in California, 40
in Arizona and 80 in Nevada.
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Boy Scouts
CONTINUED From Page one)

Continued From Page One)
IA Scout is Reverent-he is faith
full in his religious duties and re-
spects the convictions of others in
matters of custom and religion"
More than fifty percent Of all
Troops, Club Packs and Sea Scout
Ships are sponsored by churches,
religious bodies and societies and
Scouting recognizes and actually
supports the place of religion in
American life.
Scout Dedication Day, Monday
February 13, has been planned espe-
cially for Senior Scouts, including
Sea Scouts, Explorer Scouts and
Rover Scouts For this group there
has recently been written Senior
Scout Citizenship Dedication" by
Chief Scout Executive. James E.
West and so they are planning
ceremonies of dedication either in
their meeting places or at conven-
lent patriotic shrines or points of
historical interest. In many cases
these formalities will take place as
part of an outdoor campfire, at the
climax of a one or two-day hike or
camping trip.
The final day Of Boy Scout Week,
Tuesday, February IA, will be de-
Nogales international., 1939-02-04

T1E quality engine in the Ford
quality cars now has more than
5 million Ford V-8 owners to attest
its economy, dependability and fine
performance. Again for 1889, expert
ence in building well has taught new
ways to build still better and the
present engine is both smoother and
quieter-runt1ing than ever.
Throughout the car is other new evi-
dence of extra built in value. Bodies
are irnpressively quiet and extremely
comfortable.
Hydraulic brakes, rigidly held to
Ford standards of precision and safety,
now add to Ford handling ease.
Nogales international., 1939-02-04

that the property Immediately be
designated as a game preserve.
In statement issued to the Execu-
tive Board DR.. West described the
reservation in this way: "The prop
erty is in the Rocky Mountains, all
above an elevation of 1000 feet and
rises in spots to at least 1000 feet. It
is the Kit Carson territory and the old
Santa Fe trail passes through it. There
are nine main canyons on the tract
converging either at the Cimarron
River or the main branch Of the Ponil
River, which later flows into the Cim-
arron.
Older Boys Paradise
Each of the canyons is of the same
general makeup, f1anked on each
side by ever-changing vistas, rock
palisades, timber growth, and with
smaller canyons in endless numbers
lingering out from the main ones.
There are also several high land
meadows or mesas, offering excellent
additional camping area spots. Bear
Canyon, Dean Canyon, and Turkey
Canyon have an extensive amount of
timber growth, comprised, principally
Of western pines, Douglas fir, balsam,
quaking aspens and cottonwoods. 1t
is the natural habitat of deer and
while on the property we saw mule
deer, wild turkeys, and dozens Of
beaver dams and many evidences Of
bear.
while there are few Boy Scout
Local Councils throughout the coun-
try which do not have camps both for
short camping trips and for summer
vacation camping" DR.. West con-
tinued, there is need of opportuni-
ties for Troops and Patrols with ex-
perience, training. leadership and
proper equipment to secure the bene-
fits of wilderness camping, which
l believe will appeal to older boys
in all parts Of America. By this is
implied a more rugged experience
with nature in the raw than is pos
sible in the customary local Boy Scout
Council camp but at no sacrifice Of
our essential safeguards Of health and
safety"
A recent digest Of Scout member
ship records revealed that more than
100000 Scouts in nearly 1000 Troops